Earlier text: HOPE—OR DESPAIR—WHICH?HOW MRS. ADKINS TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF.
Do the readers of this department of the Signs of the Times remember of reading, in number 15 of the current volume, of a visit a certain Mrs. Adkins made to her neighbor, Mrs. Jewett, and of her going home with a full determination of turning over a new leaf in her own home. The truth is, Mrs. Jewett had by the help of the Holy Spirit "provoked her neighbor unto good works" by her own example, by kindly words, and deeds, too, in supplying her with good yeast and directions how to use it, and the loan of a good book to read to her children. But the Holy Spirit was also performing its office work in Mrs. Adkins' heart, and as she walked home, she might have been heard to say this: "There is something in religion; that has to do with the difference I believe. Oh, I wish I was a real genuine Christian; I wonder if I ever can be." She found her children having a great game of hide-and-seek in the yard, but they left playing and followed her into the house; the baby had gone to sleep again, and laying him down, Mrs. Adkins set herself to work diligently, setting things to rights without one word of the usual fault-finding, telling her children as she worked all about the visit, of the cozy rooms, of the new home-made rag carpet, and how the rags were made ready, and of how the Jewett girls managed their dish-washing, and how much they seemed to enjoy it. "O Hattie, let us try it in the morning! May we, mother? I wish there were dishes to wash to-night, don't you?" "Yes, I do, Dora! won't we have fun? I don't see why we never thought of it ourselves." Mrs. Adkins knew why, and sighed to think how she had always thought it too much trouble to devise plans to make work seem pleasant for her children; how she had always rather do the work than to run the risk of getting into a bad humor herself and putting them into the same, before the work was done in any shape. To-night she saw her mistake plainer than ever before, and with it the glimmer of a hope of something better in the future; and very soft and tender was the voice in which she said,— "George, if you and Hattie and Dora will help me with good will to do up all the chores, so I can get my sponge all set and ready for bread, when baby gets to bed for the night, I will read aloud to you from a book Mrs. Jewett said her children all liked; what do you say?" "I say, hurrah for Mrs. Jewett! and you too; we'll do all we can, won't we girls? Dora, you shut up the chickens, Hattie you get the night wood, and lots of nice dry chips; and I'll feed the horses and calves. Mother, you seem so happy to-night, wish you would go visiting oftener and let us all go 'long." His mother's cheeks flushed with hot blood that came with the excitement of her new venture, and at the words of her son, which proved that the change in herself was marked by him, and almost without knowing what she did, she silently prayed, "O Lord, help me to make lasting change for the better, that may show everywhere, and to every one." Then turning to the children, she said, "Run now, and let us see how we can get everything done up good; won't father be surprised to find everything done when he comes home tired? may be he will like to hear the story too." With what a will all worked; and George could work "better 'n some men," his father often said, "when he 's mind to." He was a kind-hearted, impulsive boy, and to-night, having caught the sweet spirit of tenderness and enthusiasm from his mother, he went running from house to barn, and as he patted the face of their favorite horse after giving her the feed she had been neighing for, he said aloud, "If mother 'd only always be so pleasant as she is to-night it would be jolly, wouldn't it Jule?" looking into her eyes as if expecting an answer. Was it a gleam from out the mild, grateful eyes of the faithful old work horse that broke over his soul, and suggested a perfectly new thought to him. "I do wonder if I can't help her to be always so, I know I can do things to rest her, and if I don't plague the girls, she would not worry about that; my mother is the prettiest woman on earth, I believe, when she is not tired and —" cross was the word he thought, but something made him ashamed of even thinking it to-night; he pitched down the hay for all the horses; carried in the milk for his mother, and fed the calves; took a look to see if Dora had brought plenty of wood for morning. "Is there anything else I can do to help, mother?" "Only, I have been thinking, if you will help me bring that chest from the store-room, and set it in that corner where your father usually puts his chairs for his evening nap; I will fold a large comforter and put on it, which with a pillow will be much more comfortable I think, don't you? and I believe I can fix it up to make quite a decent-looking lounge one of these days." The old chest was put into place, and a box put at the end of it, one comforter folded and made to form a mattress, another to cover the whole, a pillow, and then it was declared by the children "so nice that they believed pa would forget to wake up till morning." When Mr. Adkins came home, there was such a quietness about the house that it seemed strange to him, yet every one looked happy; he wondered more and more as he found the chores all done, an unusual tidiness apparent in kitchen and dining-room, and when he got ready for his two chairs and found even in his corner another surprise, he said, "What has happened to you all, to-day, I wonder?" No one answering, from sheer ignorance as to how to answer, he gave his wife a bit of news. "Jennie, Mrs. Owen has a sister just come from Chicago, and she said, tell you to be sure and come and see her." "A sister! what is she like, John; like Mrs. Owen?" "Not a bit; better looking, ever so much; tall and slender, blue eyes, brown hair, white hands—'bout like yours were Jennie when—when I—when we were married. Can you remember how that was, wife? I can." "Jennie" and "wife" both in one sentence almost, "and he never calls me anything but mother, any more hardly," Mrs. Adkins thought, while the children looked from one to another thinking, "How nice pa and ma are to-night;" and while the little bit of chatting was going on, Mrs. Adkins rubbed very bright a lamp chimney, lighted the lamp, and then said apologetically,— "John, I promised the children to read to them awhile to-night; I thought if I read low, perhaps you would enjoy your nap better than if they were as uneasy as sometimes they are. You won't mind it will you?" "Mind it? I'll only be too glad to have you read; it will seem like old times, like the winter before George was born; let me see, we used to take turns reading aloud then, didn't we?" "Yes, John!" and though the book was opened, the children anxiously waiting, Mrs. Adkins had a great deal to do to get the lamp turned just right, and a strange lump swallowed down out of her throat so she could read; and when she turned her eyes on the book she found them too full of tears to see, and suddenly turned to the baby's crib, and gave him some entirely unnecessary pats and tuckings till the tide risen to her eyelids ebbed back again to its hidden fount. Mrs. Adkins was a good reader, and in a voice softened by the unusual state of mind,589she read two chapters of the book without looking up to mark the effect upon her listeners; then she found them all awake and ready to clamor for more. "Mother is tired, my children, and this new lounge of mine has rested me so much more quickly than I am accustomed to that I will change places with her and read one chapter for you myself," Mr. Adkins surprised them all no less than himself by saying. He insisted on his wife's resting on the lounge he left, and felt something like a lump in his own throat, as he saw George arrange the pillow for her and sit down, caressing her forehead with one hand. The chapter done, he said, "Now children, who will be first in bed? This has been a good evening to us all, may to-morrow be as pleasant all day long." For a wonder, all went to bed with alacrity with quietness and good temper, even to little Dora, without a single remonstrance. But the father and mother lay long, wide awake and thinking, each believing the other asleep, and each resolving over and over to make life more pleasant for all concerned, in the future. Thus "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump," and Mrs. Jewett sleeping away soundly in her home half a mile away, little guessed the seed sown a few hours before was already springing into life; but had she known she would have taken no glory to herself, but thanked "God who giveth the increase;" and surely it was he who had spoken to both these parents in the closing words of the last chapter, as Mr. Adkins read: "What doth the Lord require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart and all thy soul." Over and over he turned in his bed with the first sentence always recurring to his memory: "What doth the Lord require of thee?" At last, just as he fell asleep, his wife heard him murmur, "'What does the Lord require of thee?' That 'thee' means me, I believe." Since thy Father's arm sustains thee,
Peaceful be;
When a chastening hand retains thee,
It is he.
Know his love in full completeness
Fills the measures of thy weakness;
If he wound thy spirit sore,
Trust him more. Without murmur, uncomplaining,
In his hand
Laying everything thou canst not
Understand.
Though the world thy folly spurneth,
From thy faith in pity turneth,
Peace thine inmost soul shall fill,
Lying still. Like an infant, if thou thinkest
Thou canst stand;
Childlike, proudly pushing back
The offered hand,
Courage soon is changed to fear,
Strength doth feebleness appear.
In his love if you abide,
He will guide. Fearest sometimes that thy Father
Hath forgot?
When the clouds around thee gather,
Doubt him not.
Always hath the daylight broken,
Always hath he comfort spoken,
Better hath he been for years
Than thy fears. Therefore, whatsoe'er betideth,
Night or day,
Know his love for thee provideth
Good alway.
Crown of sorrow gladly take,
Grateful, wear it for his sake,
Sweetly bending to his will,
Lying still. To his own thy Saviour giveth
Daily strength;
To each troubled soul that liveth,
Peace at length.
Weakest lambs have largest share
Of this tender shepherd's care;
Ask him not, then, "When?" or "How?"
Only bow. Health and Temperance.
By John Harvey Kellogg
STARVED NERVES AND FAMISHED TEETH.
It may not be generally known that the same elements required to nourish the bones, are also equally necessary for the maintenance of the nervous tissues of the body, the brain, and the nerves. Bad nerves and bad teeth are neither an infrequent nor an accidental combination of ailments. The same conditions of body which lead to lowered nerve tone, lead to decay of the teeth, whether the cause be a disturbance of digestion which prevents the proper assimilation of the "salt" (the bone and nerve-building elements of the body), or a deficient supply of these important elements in the dietary. Premature decay of the teeth is an ominous outlook for an individual; it means premature decay of brain and nerves as well; it means an early loss of the energy and buoyancy of youth. In view of these facts, there is a sad future before the American people. The condition of the teeth of the average American is such that it has been asserted that a hundred years hence, at the rate at which deposits of gold in human teeth are now taking place, there will be found more gold in the cemeteries of the United States than in the mines of Colorado. However this may be, certain it is that the young man or woman of twenty who has thirty-two, or even twenty-eight, sound teeth is an exceptional individual. Plenty of boys and girls of sixteen or seventeen years are wearing artificial teeth. It is worth while to inquire into the cause of this premature decay. There are, doubtless, two important causes, overlooking several minor ones. There are, first, the introduction of superfine preparations of the grains in modern times; and second, the general physical decline of the race. That portion of the grain which, until within a few years, the farmer fed to his hogs, contains in largest proportion the elements needed for the nourishment of brains and bones. It is no wonder, then, that the farmer raised fine hogs and puny children. The accumulated effects of this starvation of the body, as regards the class of elements needed for teeth and nerves, for several generations back, is now seen in the premature decay of these structures. Dentists and lunatic asylums flourish and multiply beyond all precedent. The peripatetic dentist is no longer seen. He finds work enough at home. The victims of crumbling grinders are not widely scattered through communities, but constitute the majority. The remedy for this state of things, so far as food is concerned, is to be found in the use of whole-grain preparations. Oatmeal, unbolted wheat flour, known in this country and Germany as graham flour, whole-wheat flour, rye and corn bread, and the legumes, peas and beans, afford salts in abundance. But these foods must be digested and assimilated as well as eaten. The American disease, dyspepsia, is doubtless largely dependent on the general lowered nerve tone of the American people, which is a natural result of a century of high-pressure living, and is a serious obstacle in the way of the improvement of our famished teeth and nerves. Salts cannot be assimilated until they have first been digested. A first step toward improved digestion will be in the abandonment of tea, ices, pastry, greasy foods, and the adoption of simpler habits in diet. Then we must have more out-of-door exercise, more muscle work, and less excitement of brain and nerves. We do not say less brain work, but less excitement, less worry, less indulgence in such nerve-exhausting recreations as balls, theaters, horse-racing, and progressive euchre parties. We are often told that "the world moves." Assuredly it does. It moves fast. It rushes, it whirls, it gyrates like a western cyclone. We should be grateful if some one would tell us, and support the assertion by facts, that "the world pauses"; at any rate, that its headlong destructive speed is slowing down a little. Our teeth are crumbling to atoms under the pressure of our bad habits, dietetic and otherwise; our nerves are snapping with the tension of our stimulated life; our brains are reeling with the intoxication of excitement. It is time for us to pause, and give attention to the requirements of nature's simple laws, before we become a soft-brained and toothless race.—Good Health, for August. Prayer and Hearing God's Word
By Matthew Henry
If we would have God hear what we say to him by prayers, we must be ready to hear what he saith to us by his word.—Matthew Henry. 1. BEGIN young by giving him whatever he cries for. 2. Talk freely before him about his great cleverness. 3. Tell him he is too much for you, that you can do nothing with him. 4. Let him learn to regard his father as a creature of unlimited power, capricious, and tyrannical—or as a mere whipping machine. 5. Let him learn (from his father's example) to despise his mother. 6. Do not care who or what his companions may be. 7. Let him read stories about pirates, Indian fighters, and so on. 8. Let him roam the streets in the evening and go to bed late. 9. Devote yourself to making money, remembering always that wealth is a better legacy for your child than principles in the heart and habits in the life; and let him have plenty of money to spend.—Selected. Warning Signs of Brain Exhaustion
The following from Dr. Hammond is warning and advice which all hard brain-workers will do well to heed:— "Any man or woman that neglects the first warning of a brain or nervous system that is becoming exhausted, overtaxed, or about to break down, is not only a fool but a criminal. These signs are not many, but they tell the story of coming danger only too plainly. Headache, sleeplessness, irritability of temper, neuralgic pain about the head and heart, unrefreshful sleep, nervous dyspepsia, dull eyes, heaviness of the head, and stupid feeling after meals, worry about trifles, unreasonable anger, tingling and numbness in the limbs, cold feet and hands, flushed face and burning ears, palpitation of the heart, and irregular, weak and unsteady pulse. When you note these symptoms, beware, the brain and nerves are about to break down, and it may be insanity, perhaps death." THE Chicago Tribune quotes a restaurant keeper in that city as saying that many women in Chicago are becoming great beer-drinkers. He says: "Ten years ago the spectacle of a woman drinking beer while lunching was so rare as to cause comment. Now they come in droves and order with the familiarity of veterans their favorite brands, and many of them have so far cultivated the failing of their masculine brethren that they are not happy unless they also have a plate of Limburger. Wines and stronger drinks are little called for, but the growth of the beer-drinking habit is astonishing, and although I am in the business, to me it is really alarming." The beer propagandism of the present period, especially among the women, as in Chicago, and among the young of both sexes, is the greatest obstacle the temperance reform now has to contend with. The doctrine enunciated by the Supreme Court of the United States, that the brewery and the beer saloon are nuisances which the people of any State may cause to be abated and destroyed, should be everywhere and unceasingly proclaimed and enforced.—National Temperance Advocate. —Coulanges, the French historian, is dead.
—Congressman S. S. Cox died at New York City the 10th inst.
—Melbourne, Australia, had a million-dollar fire the 14th inst.
—The attendance at the Paris Exposition averages 150,000 people daily.
—Insanity has increased in Paris between 1872 and 1888 by 30 per cent.
—It is now proposed to organize a huge trust to control the entire Florida orange crop.
—Ten thousand French workmen will make a pilgrimage to Rome about the last of October.
—The stockholders of the Eiffel Tower in Paris have already received dividends of 420 per cent.
—Corporal Tanner has resigned his position as Commissioner of Pensions, at the request of President Harrison.
—The Aurora Watch Company of Illinois has assigned for $200,000. It is thought the difficulty is only temporary.
—A Siberian explorer has left Peking with the intention of penetrating Thibet. He is accompanied by a Chinese escort.
—Eleven men were buried in a burning mine near Golden, Col., on the 9th inst. There are no hopes for their recovery.
—A steamer and tugboat collided on the Niagara River near Brockville, Ontario, the night of the 12th inst. Three lives were lost.
—A colossal bronze statue of General Grant was unveiled at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., the 14th inst., with appropriate ceremonies.
—Indians in the far northern portion of Manitoba, British Columbia, are reported to be dying of starvation owing to the absence of game.
—A lady in New York City who swallowed a needle twenty-six years ago, recently had it removed from the wall of one of the arteries of her heart.
—Joseph Kelly, son of the millionaire banker, was blown from a moving express train near Hackensack, N. J., the 9th inst., and was instantly killed.
—Captain Wissman has offered $25,000 for the head of Chief Bushiri, of Africa, on account of the latter's threat to destroy the missions in the interior.
—Prime Minister Crispi of Italy came very near being killed by a stone thrown at him by a lunatic in Rome the 13th inst. His wound is quite painful.
—The entire bench of district and circuit judges of Riga, Russia, have been arrested for using the German language after they had been ordered to use the Russian.
—The Canadian Pacific Railroad will order at once three new steamers at a cost of $1,000,000 apiece, to run on the Pacific mail service to China and Japan.
—Both of the Western Union cables across the Atlantic are broken just off the Flemish Cape, close to the American coast. It will require several months to repair them.
—According to the official report 135 persons were killed and 20 missing, 100 seriously injured, and 200 slightly injured by the recent explosion of the cartridge factory at Antwerp.
—The Porte has at last been roused to give some attention to its naval forces, and the ironclads so long left in utter neglect are being docked and repaired, so as to be fit for service in case of need.
—London is greatly excited over another murder recently committed in the Whitechapel district, supposedly by Jack the Ripper. As usual, the police have no clues to speak of. The victim was a woman.
—A terrific boiler explosion occurred at the works of the California Sash and Door Company in Oakland, Cal., September 16. Six men lost their lives, and twenty others were injured, some of them very seriously.
—The descendants of Benjamin Talbot, colored, lay claim to 640 acres of land covering the central portion of Logansport, Ind. Their title is said to be indisputable. The property is worth several millions of dollars.
—Fire in the exposition building at Chicago on the 14th inst., left one-fourth of the interior in ruins, and caused ten thousand people to become so panic-stricken in their efforts to escape that several were more or less injured.
—One of the fiercest and most destructive fires yet reported from Montana occurred in the St. Regis district the 8th inst. The destruction of property will aggregate $1,000,000, and at last accounts it was feared that several lives had been lost on the mountain slopes.
—In a recent official trial of British war vessels, the fact was developed that many of them were deficient both in speed and power. This was especially true of the earlier types, some of which were rated at sixteen knots, but could only make ten knots actual speed.
—There has been such an epidemic of unbooked-for and almost supernatural fires on the Pacific Coast during the present season that the Pacific Insurance Union has decided to raise the rates of insurance all over the Coast. In some towns the rates have been advanced fifty per cent.
—An earthquake shock in Pennsylvania on the 10th inst., caused an extensive cave-in of the coal mines in the vicinity of Wilkesbarre. Five acres of the surface over the Delaware and Hudson mine went down, but as no one was at work in the mine at the time, there was no loss of life.
—The John Hopkins University at Baltimore, Md., one of the foremost educational institutions in the United States, is said to be on the verge of bankruptcy. Its magnificent endowment of nearly $4,000,000 was largely invested in Baltimore and Ohio railroad stock, which is now practically worthless, hence the distress accruing to the university.
—Henry Golding (colored), who lives near Leary, Ga., claims to be 120 years old. He says that he was nine years old at the commencement of the revolutionary war. He belonged at that time to George Humphreys, of Richmond, Va. Humphreys sold him to George Heard, of Augusta, who had owned him ten years when the “stars fell.”
—The great London strike has ended with victory for the striking dock laborers. The dock companies offered to advance wages the first of next year but the strikers refused, and asked the advance to begin October 1. The present settlement was on the basis of a compromise, and the advance will be given the 1st of November. Cardinal Manning was largely instrumental in bringing about the settlement.
—The fifty representative American workmen who were appointed to compare the methods, wages, work, and general condition of the workmen of foreign countries with those of the United States, returned recently from a six weeks' tour in Europe, fully satisfied that the lot of the average American workman is immeasurably better in every respect than that of the workmen in the countries which they have visited.
—Five members of a gang of horse thieves which has been operating in a wholesale fashion for the last eighteen months along the South Dakota and Wyoming border, were captured the 11th inst. The gang is estimated to have made away with at least fifteen hundred horses since its organization, and it is likely that the members who have been captured will suffer the extreme penalty of the law, which is fifteen years' imprisonment.
—The thickest armor afloat is that of the British ship Inflexible, twenty-four inches, but it is of wrought iron and has not the resisting power of some of the later steel and compound plates of less weight. The heaviest armor in the German navy is 17.25 inches thick. It is of iron and could be pierced at short range by any modern gun from the eight-inch upward. Of course, if it were not struck squarely, as it seldom would be, the shot would have less effect.
—A terrible gale, the worst known in fifty years, if not the most destructive one that has ever visited the Atlantic Coast, swept from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras September 10, 11, and 12. The damage is simply immense, being far beyond any reasonable computation at this writing. Scores of wrecks lie along the shore in either direction as far as eye can reach, and the loss of life has been awful. The summer resorts along the New Jersey Coast suffered severely, many of the large bathing pavilions and cottages being undermined by the fury of the waves, and smashed into fragments. Several of the hotels shared a like fate, and it will require hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair the damage done to piers and sea-walls. Sandy Hook was completely cut off from the mainland, leaving Atlantic City standing on an island. The water rose higher than ever known before in lower New York City, and the first floors of many buildings were flooded. It is probable that appeals for aid will be sent out. —The Bible in Japanese, with maps and the usual references, can be bought for sixty cents. —The Roman Catholics have a cathedral in Peking, China, built and presented to them by the Emperor himself. —Thirty thousand out of the forty thousand people of Jerusalem are Hebrews; the city has 150 synagogues, but most of them are small. —The ninth annual general conference of the Swedish Baptist Church in the United States convened at Kansas City, Mo., September 12. —A Mohammedan mosque has been built in Woking, England, and a Buddhist temple has been opened in Paris. There are about three hundred Buddhists in Paris. —Christianity was first introduced into the Samoan Islands over fifty years ago. The present population of this group is 35,000. Church members, 5,974, and 15,734 adherents; eight English missionaries, and 177 native teachers and preachers. —A little Moslem child accounted for the preference for the Christian religion by saying: “I like your Jesus because he loves little girls.” With unerring instinct she had seized upon at least one of the great differences between the two religions. —Father Chiniquy, of Canada, is in his eighty-first year, but is still dealing powerful blows against his ancient enemy, the church of Rome. He is, with one exception, the oldest ex-Catholic priest now living, and is as hale and vigorous as most men of sixty. —On account of the intervention of a number of bishops in the recent French election, the minister of public worship has issued a circular forbidding priests to interfere with political matters, or to exercise pressure upon the consciences of their flocks, under heavy penalties. [Every book sent to us by the author or publisher will be promptly acknowledged, the title of the book, number of pages, the names of author and publishers being given in every case, together with the price, when we are informed what it is. Such other notice will be given as the merit of the several works may demand. Marked copies of the paper containing notices will be sent to publishers.] WE have received from the author, Rev. John H. Aughey, A. M., a copy of one of his latest works, "Spiritual Gems of the Ages." This book is for the most part a compilation of choice extracts from the writings of "more than three thousand saints, philosophers, and sages, whose lives have extended through a period of four thousand years of the world's history." While we cannot fully indorse every shade of sentiment expressed in the book, we can say that the work is deserving of the title which it bears. The book is in nowise sectarian and cannot fail to be profitable to all who read it. It contains 560 pages, and is published by the Elm Street Printing Company, Cincinnati. "A GUIDE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES," is the title of a little pamphlet of 136 pages which has been laid upon our table by the publisher, B. Martinusen, San Francisco, Cal. The book presents no argument on any subject, the Scriptures being permitted to speak for themselves. The work is really a Bible analysis on a small scale. It gives the important texts on the great and important subjects which relate to man's salvation. The pamphlet is composed of nearly a half-hundred different subject headings, with the scriptures bearing on each subject directly following. Precepts and promises, instructions and warnings, privileges and duties are set forth in the work. The author has made good selections. The miracles of the Bible and the parables of Christ are given, and the chronology of most of the prophets and the principal events of the New Testament, as well as a number of hymns. We believe that the book will do good, if studied. Address the publisher. Obituary.
By J. A. and Rilla Rentfro
Miller.—Died, of tumor in the stomach, May 9, 1889, at her home in Sigourney, Iowa, Sister Elizabeth Miller, wife of C. E. Miller, aged 56 years. Sister Miller was a great sufferer during her last sickness, but she bore her suffering with patience, and often found comfort and consolation in reading the 116th psalm. She accepted the truth, and was baptized by Elder R. M. Kilgore, June, 1875. She was beloved by her many friends and neighbors, and was ever ready to help and comfort the poor and needy. She leaves a husband and son to mourn their loss. Funeral services at the S. D. A. church, conducted by J. W. Hackley (Methodist). Publishers' Department.
By C. H. Jones
THE San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad has finally consented to sell round-trip tickets from Ukiah and Guernerville to those who wish to attend the camp-meeting at Oakland. The schedule now stands as follows:— From Ukiah to San Francisco and return, $4 50
Cloverdale " " " " " 3 00
Guerneville " " " " " 2 50
Healdsburg " " " " " 2 25
Santa Rosa " " " " " 1 50
Petaluma " " " " " 1 00 Call for camp-meeting tickets, which will be on sale at all the above-named stations from September 14 to October 8. These tickets must be counter-signed by the secretary of the Conference on the camp-ground, and will entitle the holder to return at any time up to and including October 14, 1889. The Southern Pacific Company has also granted a reduction in fare on the Coast Division of their line, as well as on all other branches. For further particulars see notice on page 15 of No. 34 of the present volume of the SIGNS.
C. H. JONES. THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH
By Editor
The above is the title of an important new pamphlet which we have just issued. The object of the work is "to defend the faith of Seventh-day Adventists on the single point of the change of the Sabbath, and who is responsible for that change." All the evidence is from those who favored the observance of Sunday. Here will be found a strong array of testimony against the idea that there is any Scriptural authority for Sunday keeping, and all this evidence is given by those who Believe in the Observance of Sunday.
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By A. T. JONES,
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This important work shows clearly the relation that should exist between Church and State at the present time, as proven by the Bible history of the past twenty-five centuries. Chapter I outlines vividly the relation that existed between "Christianity and the Roman Empire;" Chap. II distinguishes between "What Is Due to God and What to Caesar;" Chap. III shows for what purpose "The Powers That Be" are ordained; Chap. IV ably discusses "The Religious Attack upon the United States Constitution, and Those Who Are Making It;" Chap. V unmasks "Religious Legislation," calling special attention to the Blair Sunday Bill, introduced in the last Congress; Chap. VI is devoted to "The Sunday-law Movement in the Fourth Century, and its parallel in the Nineteenth." These and other topics of equal interest make this treatise INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY LOVER OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. "CIVIL GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION" is a pamphlet of 176 large octavo pages. Price, 25 cents. Millions of Copies should be placed in the hands of thinking people AT ONCE. It clearly defines what position we, as American citizens, should sustain toward the effort now on foot to secure religious legislation. Address, AMERICAN SENTINEL,
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AN EIGHT-PAGE WEEKLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO
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