p. 108 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 7. (2/17/1888)

Earlier text: ORIGIN OF SUNDAY OBSERVANCE

"I SHALL DO AS I LIKE!"

By Frederick Waggoner

"I SHALL do as I like!" This was the declaration of a school-boy eight years ago. There were two lads walking home together, and the topic of conversation was an important change that was about to take place in the circumstances of both of them. Within a month of the conversation referred to, their last "half" at school would terminate, and both of the boys were shortly after to go from home to begin business life as apprentices. There was a considerable difference in their position, inasmuch as one of them was the only son of a prosperous lawyer, and the other was one of a large family, brought up amid much privation by a widow lady with small means. The lawyer's son was going as an apprentice to a manufacturer; a large premium was to be paid with him, and he was to receive handsome wages from the termination of his probationary six months. The other lad was going to learn a mechanical trade. His mother was unable to pay a premium, and he was to maintain himself as well as he could on his small wages.

Boy-like, the lads were full of gleeful anticipation at the change which promised so much that was new and interesting to both of them. Each had plenty to say about his future career; but a listener to their discourse would have observed a great difference in their speculations. The poorer lad was telling his companion how earnestly he meant to apply himself to his trade, and how resolute he was in his determination to become skillful in every branch of it. The other was more concerned about the opportunities he should have for enjoying himself when beyond the control of his parents. It was in regard to this that he exclaimed, "I shall do as I like!"

One rigid regulation of John Rayner's home life was that under no circumstances was he to smoke. One of the principal sources of pleasure which young Rayner saw looming before him in the distance was the facility he should have for avoiding this parental restriction.

The month passed rapidly, as did the succeeding weeks which necessarily elapsed before our two young friends were duly settled in their new homes. The difference in their circumstances was even greater now than it had been before; but the old school-boy attachment drew them into occasional communication, and at irregular and distant intervals the two lads met.

"I told you I meant to do as I liked, Frank," said John Rayner, one evening as they were walking in company. "I've got to know a jolly set of fellows at our warehouse, and between them they've learned me to smoke first-rate. Look here," he added, producing a cigar which he proceeded to light and smoke, "I couldn't have done that at home, old boy, even if I had dared."

And then Rayner, with great glee, proceeded to relate how he had struggled to overcome the dreadful headache and sickness that accompanied his earliest attempts, and how by degrees he had at length mastered the disagreeable nausea, and could smoke a whole cigar in an evening without being ill. It seemed to him that his most important step towards manhood had been taken when he had succeeded in overcoming all the faintness and other disagreeable sensations that accompanied his first cigar. Poor fellow! Like many others he had strange ideas of what constituted true manliness, and in seeking to "do as he liked" he was rapidly paving the way to become a slave to a vile and injurious habit.

But to return to our story. John Rayner was not content with becoming a slave himself; he wanted to drug his old school-fellow into the same course. More than once he tried his persuasive powers, but without avail, till one evening he reminded Frank that the morrow was the first anniversary of his (Frank's) being bound apprentice, and that there could be no better time for "turning over a new leaf," as he described it. The old proverbial expression suggested a pun, and with more truth perhaps than he intended, he said, "Come, Frank, make up your mind, and try your hand at a cabbage-leaf cigar tomorrow."

For awhile Frank seemed disposed to resist, but before the companions separated he closed the argument by saying, "Well, I think I will allow myself just one cigar a day."

"Bravo!" exclaimed Rayner. "That's right, Frank; be a man, and do as I do. You know I always told you I meant to do as I liked."

And so the matter ended. As time rolled on the two friends met less and less frequently. The associations which Rayner formed engrossed more and more of his attention, and the humble lad who had to work hard all day and maintain himself out of scanty wages, was not likely to be very acceptable company for the fast young men with whom John Rayner had formed such close friendship. When once in a while the two former school-fellows met, the interview was brief though friendly enough. John generally wanted to know how Frank got on with his one cigar a day, and was as regularly assured that the allowance was always adhered to, but never exceeded.

"I never see you smoking, old fellow," was Rayner's remark on one of these occasions.

"Well, you see," was the reply, with a smile, "I prefer to keep my cigar to myself at home. I can only afford one you know, and I like to make the most of it."

So years passed on, and the apprentice days were ended. Young Rayner had formed extravagant habits, and was in debt. These things had grievously offended his father, who refused to risk his money by affording his son the means of entering into business for himself; and from that time forward John Rayner lived an idle, useless life, consoling himself with the thought that his father would not live forever, and that sooner or later the money must become his own, when once more he would do as "he liked."

One day he happened to meet his old school-fellow near the latter's lodgings, and was invited to enter and sit awhile. In the conversation that ensued, Frank told him of his circumstances, which seemed far more promising than his own.

"I'm a sort of foreman," said he, "in one of the departments of the factory—the same that I've been in all through. I mean to go on and qualify myself for the post of manager, and perhaps I may one day get a partnership."

"But what do you do with all those books?" asked Rayner, pointing to some well-filled shelves upon the wall.

"Oh! that library is my 'one cigar a day,'" was the response.

"What do you mean?"

"Mean? Just this. When you bothered me so about being a man, and learning to smoke, I'd just been reading about a young fellow who bought books with money that others would have spent in smoke, and I thought I'd try and do the same. You remember I said I should allow myself only one cigar a day?"

"Yes."

"Well, I never smoked. I just put by the price of a two-penny cigar every day, and as the money accumulated I bought books—the books you see there."

"Do you mean to say that those books cost no more than that? Why, there are pounds and pounds' worth of them!"

"Yes, I know there are. I had six years more of my apprenticeship to serve when you persuaded me to 'be a man.' I put by the money I have told you of, which, of course, amounted at two-pence a day to £3 0s. 10d. a year, or £18 5s. in six years. I keep those books by themselves as the result of my apprenticeship cigar-money; and if you had done as I did you would by this time have saved many more pounds than that, and been in business besides."

Rayner took his departure soon after; it is to be hoped a wiser man. Which of these youths would my young readers rather imitate? Remember both of them "did as he liked." The difference was that one liked self-indulgence, and the other liked to be careful, studious, and industrious.—Frederick Waggoner

The Home Circle.

MY NEIGHBOR'S BABY.

Across in my neighbor's window, With its drapings of satin and lace, I see 'neath his flowing ringlets, A baby's innocent face. His feet in crimson slippers, Are tapping the polished glass, And the crowd in the street look upward, And nod and smile as they pass.

Just here in my cottage window, Catching flies in the sun, With a patched and faded apron, Stands my own little one. His face is as pure and handsome As the baby's over the way, And he keeps my heart from breaking At my toiling, every day.

Sometimes when the day is ended, And I sit in the dusk to rest, With the face of my sleeping darling Hugged close to my lonely breast, I pray that my neighbor's baby May not catch Heaven's roses all, But that some may crown the forehead Of my loved one as they fall.

And when I draw the stockings From his little weary feet, And kiss the rosy dimples In his limbs, so round and sweet— I think of the dainty garments Some little children wear, And that my God withholds them From mine, so pure and fair.

May God forgive my envy— I knew not what I said; My heart is crushed and troubled— My neighbor's boy is dead! I saw the little coffin As they carried it out to-day;— A mother's heart is breaking In the mansion over the way.

The light is fair in my window; The flowers bloom at my door; My boy is chasing the sunbeams That dance on the cottage floor. The roses of health are blooming On my darling's cheek to-day, But the baby is gone from the window Of the mansion over the way. —Selected.

DAMP ROOMS.

By Selected

HUNDREDS of children die each year from the effect of sleeping in damp rooms, and scores of ladies go coughing around with severe colds, which become seated on the lungs and will terminate in consumption and death, from their gross ignorance or neglect of the simple laws of health. Light, warmth, and pure air are as necessary to health as food and drink.

During the summer, little care is needed but to throw open the doors and windows and let in the sunlight and pure air which everywhere abound. It is during the rainy season that special precautions are necessary. No room should be occupied which cannot be warmed and dried every day when it rains, and twice a week during the whole rainy season. Every occupied room should have a stove or fire-place in which a little fire should be built morning or evening; but where, from the imperfect construction of the house, this is impossible, the simplest substitutes should be adopted.

Dwelling rooms are allowed to gather dampness until, in extreme cases, the water stands in drops on the walls, and wall-paper moulds and drops off, and then "a mysterious providence"—nothing but ignorance and wet weather combined—allows the children to be swept off with diphtheria, croup, fever, and consumption. If a fire cannot be built in a room where children sleep, bring out the bedding and dry it by the fire, open the windows sunny days, and if a particle of dampness remains carry a large kettle of coals into the room frequently and let it dry out the moisture.—Selected.

Health and Temperance.

THE TWO GLASSES.

There sat two glasses filled to the brim, On a rich man's table, rim to rim; One was ruddy and red as blood, And one as clear as the crystal flood. Said the glass of wine to the paler brother: "Let us tell the tales of the past to each other. I can tell of banquet and revel and mirth, And of the proudest and grandest souls on earth, Fell under my touch, as though struck by blight, Where I was king, for I ruled in might. From the heads of kings I have torn the crown, From the heights of fame I have hurled men down; I have blasted many an honored name; I have taken virtue and given shame; I have tempted the youth with a sip, a taste, That has made his future a barren waste. Far greater than any king am I, Or than any army beneath the sky; I have made the arm of the driver fail, And sent the train from the iron rail; I have made good ships go down at sea, And shrieks of the lost were sweet to me, For they said, 'Behold how great you be!' Fame, strength, wealth, genius, before you fall, For your might and power is over all.' Ho! ho! pale brother," cried the wine, "Can you boast of deeds as great as mine?" Said the water glass: "I cannot boast Of a king dethroned or a murdered host, But I can tell of a heart once sad By my crystal drops made light and glad. Of throats I've quenched, of hearts I've laved, Of hands I have cooled and souls I have saved. I have leaped through the valley and dashed down the mountain, Flowed in the river and played in the fountain, Slept in the sunshine and dropped from the sky And everywhere gladdened the landscape and eye; I have eased the hot forehead of fever and pain, I have made the parched meadows grow fertile with grain. I can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill, That ground out the flour and turned at my will. I can tell of manhood, debased by you, That I lifted up and crowned anew; I cheer, I help, I strengthen and aid; I gladden the heart of man and maid; I set the chained wine-captive free, And all are better for knowing me." These are the tales told each other, The glass of wine and the paler brother, As they sat together full to the brim, On the rich man's table rim to rim. —Selected.

A BOY'S RESOLVE.

YEARS ago a German boy read of the siege of Troy, and made up his mind to find the ruins of that ancient city. Troy had perished three thousand years ago—if indeed it ever existed at all. But, said the little German, I will find it. Though a poor lad, slaving at work until bed-time, he procured books and taught himself six or seven languages. He pushed on and prospered, until as a merchant he had made a fortune. Every step of this study and money-making was taken with the aim of fulfilling the vow of his boyhood. In due time he started eastward with a company of laborers, and for long, long years pursued his search. At last he found Troy. His discovery was a sensation through all Europe. A few years ago the treasures of gold, silver, and bronze, dug out of the palace of the Trojan king, were exhibited at South Kensington. For three thousand years the buried ruins of that city had lain covered with sand, and by many it was regarded only as the fabled creation of poetry, but Dr. Schliemann, at his own expense and by his amazing enterprise, proved the discovery to the world. Think of it. A poor lad learning languages, making money, spending seven years or more in far-away deserts, sustained through a life-time by one fixed resolution. He vowed in boyhood that he would find Troy, and he did find it. This German lad said, "Put down my name," and when life was far spent he succeeded in hacking his way into the temple of fame.

Now, if we can find truth and God, if we can find glory, honor, immortality, and eternal life, is it not worth while, for the sake of these imperishable possessions, to summon up our uttermost resolution, and to pursue our aim with diligence through the swift years of our mortal pilgrimage? They do it for a corruptible crown, but we for an incorruptible. Do it with thy might.—Band of Hope Review.

A Sailor’s Prayer for Protection

How beautiful is that simple prayer which it is said the Breton sailors are wont to utter when launching out upon the heaving ocean: "Keep me, my God; my boat is so small, and thy ocean so wide!"

HOT BREAD.

PHYSICIANS often recommend for sick people oatmeal or graham pudding, made by stirring the meal into water and boiling a few minutes, as one of the first things to be eaten when the stomach will not stand hearty food. Why is the meal thus prepared any more easily digested than new bread or hot muffins, which are considered unhealthy?

The two cases are by no means similar. The oatmeal or graham flour is made digestible by boiling, the starch granules being ruptured so that their contents are more easily acted upon by the digestive fluids. In the making and baking of bread the same change is accomplished. The difference between hot new bread and that which is older is essentially the same as between "heavy" and "light" bread. It is its "lightness," or porosity, which gives to bread its ready digestibility. When new it is softer, for the steam of the water it contains; and this makes it difficult of mastication, and liable to form a close and cloggy mass, which, on passing into the stomach, is less easily penetrated and acted upon by the gastric juice. By cooling and drying, it becomes firmer and more friable, so that it is more thoroughly mixed with the saliva in the mouth, and goes into the stomach in better condition for the process to which it is to be subjected there.

Bread becomes more digestible by toasting, chiefly because it is made drier and firmer—that is if toasting is properly done. The slice should be rendered crisp throughout its entire thickness. If it be merely scorched on the surface, as often happens, the interior is merely softened and made like new bread, and consequently less digestible.

While on this subject, we may remark that oatmeal, cracked wheat, and similar boiled breakfast dishes, often become more or less indigestible from being "bolted" in the usual Yankee style. They are soft and go down easily, and are shoveled or spooned into the stomach, with no delay in the mouth en route. They need mastication as really as beefsteak does, not to save one from choking (which many people seem to suppose is the sole reason for chewing), but to mix them thoroughly with saliva, which is a digestive agent and not a mere lubricant to expedite the passage of dry food down the œsophagus.—Journal of Chemistry.

Rest Before Meals

REST before meals makes digestion more complete. Exertion immediately before retards digestion, and exertion immediately afterward deranges it.

SECULAR.

—Lord Stanley will succeed Lord Lansdowne as governor of Canada in May.

—Severe fighting is reported in Soudan between the dervishes and Abyssinians.

—O. K. Hopkins, a nephew of Mark Hopkins, died of small-pox, at Oakland, Feb. 7.

—Reports of extreme cold weather in Minnesota and the North continue to reach this coast.

—Exports from New York for the week ending Feburary 6 were $6,086,000, exclusive of specie.

—It is reported that the King of Abyssinia is making overtures to Italy for peace negotiations.

—Advices from China say that nearly 2,000,000 persons are utterly destitute through the Hoang-Ho floods.

—Seven negroes and six whites were castigated at the public whipping-post in New Castle, Del., February 11.

—The Austrian Minister of Commerce asks for an appropriation of 1,280,000 marcs for the construction of State railways.

—Information has been received that Russia and France have concluded a treaty similar to that between Germany and Austria.

—The death sentence was passed upon seven men by Judge Parker the 10th inst. at Fort Smith, Ark. The execution will occur April 27.

—The U. S. Treasury Department has decided that coins worn smooth by natural abrasion are not “mutilated coin” and are redeemable.

—The Lick observatory on Mount Hamilton, Cal., has inaugurated its history by the discovery of a new star in the constellation Orion.

—The Lusk Canning Works at Oakland, Cal., produced last year 1,000 car loads of canned fruits, which would form a train seven miles in length.

—Congress is asked to make appropriations for the protection of shipping on the coast of California and Oregon by the construction of mooring places.

—The Sugar Trust, lately formed, is making itself still more odious by a merciless oppression of producers, and yet advancing prices of the refined product.

—Mr. Wassalls, a Methodist clergyman, was dismissed from his charge in Mendon, Mass., for being a tobacco-smoker, a fact which he unsuccessfully tried to conceal.

—To retaliate for the Austrian refusal to participate in the French art exhibition, France now “returns the compliment” by refusing an invitation from the Austrian exhibition.

—The erection of the Beecher statue is assured; the required sum of $35,000 being nearly all obtained.

—The International Council of Women will meet in Washington, March 25, in the interests of the Woman’s Suffrage movement. Representatives from the old countries will be present.

—The Board of Regents have chosen Horace Davis, of San Francisco, for the position of president of the California State University. Mr. Davis is a nephew of the historian, George Bancroft.

—Great avalanches have recently occurred on the Alps, causing destruction of life and property. A station and mail train were engulfed by one of them, and 2,000 men are employed in digging them out.

—Dakota authorities claim that the loss of life in that territory by the late blizzard has been exaggerated. The Railroad Commissioner at Fort Smith claims that 114 is the authentic number thus losing their lives.

—The Dupont Powder Mills, near Wilkesbarre, Penn., exploded on the 9th inst. with a force which was felt for forty miles around. Four men were killed and forty wounded, of whom fourteen will probably die.

—Experiments made in France in “deep sea” photography have been successful. With a camera and the electric incandescent light, it is said to be possible to photograph sunken ships, and make more simple the diver’s perilous work.

—It is stated that a large corporation with a capital of $10,000,000 will compete with the Standard Oil Company. They will build a pipe line from the oil fields to Toledo, and they claim to possess the patent on a new refining process which will give them superior advantages.

—The case of the Crown Prince of Germany still hangs in doubt. The obstruction in his throat became such as to necessitate the operation of tracheotomy, which was performed the 9th inst. The physicians speak hopefully, but grave fears are generally entertained as to the result.

—Michigan Commissioners of Labor certify that 43,079 of the 90,803 farms in that State are carrying mortgages to the amount of from 55 to 60 per cent. of their assessed valuation, and that the annual interest thus required to be met is more than twice as much as all the taxes paid upon said property.

—Miss Etta Shattock, one of the Nebraska schoolteachers who suffered so severely for her scholars, after losing both lower limbs, died on the 6th inst. The next day Miss Royce, who lay all night in the storm endeavoring in vain to save the lives of three pupils, suffered the amputation of both feet. The Omaha Bee has raised a fund of about $4,000 for each of these heroines.

—The U. S. Senate Committee on Education will report favorably a bill providing for the appointment of a commission of five to investigate the liquor traffic in its relations to general economy, its moral, criminal, and scientific aspects, and its relation to health, pauperism, social vice, and the general welfare; and also to consider the results of license and prohibitory legislation.

—Following close upon the collapse and swindle of the Fidelity Bank, comes another, also in Cincinnati. The Metropolitan Bank closed its doors the 6th inst. The principal officers were placed under arrest, and the affairs of the bank passed into the hands of Government officials. It is not known that the officers are guilty of any criminal dealings. The president, William Means, is a prominent business man, quite wealthy, and was once mayor of the city.

—A bomb has been thrown into the atheistical camp of the anarchists, in the shape of a spiritualistic communication from the spirit of Spies, one of the five executed in Chicago. Spies was an atheist, but his experience in the spirit-world has converted him. His earthly associates are, many of them, extremely skeptical, and indignantly repel this attempt to lead them into Spiritualism. They are not far apart, however, and under one common leadership the Satanic coalition will easily be brought about.

—Prince Bismarck delivered his anticipated speech before the German Reichstag on the 6th inst. The tone was very pacific. He professes great faith in the peaceful intentions of the Russian Czar, and states that since France has elected a peace-loving president there is no probability of war in that direction. Russia’s warlike movements he construed to be simply preparations for emergencies which may arise in the Eastern question. “Russia,” he says, “has no interest to conquer Prussian or Austrian provinces.” Emperor William has complimented the speech; the Czar has shown himself especially friendly to the German and Austrian embassadors at a court ball. And thus for a moment the skies appear calm while the winds of strife are restrained by an unseen power. Let Europe take a long breath, to-morrow trouble will be brewing.

—A serious accident occurred on the Ninth Street cable line, Kansas City, the 8th inst. A well-loaded train was going up the steep incline near the Union depot at an angle of 35 degrees, when the grip broke and the cars dashed rapidly to the foot. Here was a waiting-room on a trestle 20 feet high, which was crowded with passengers, and a loaded train ready to start. The descending cars struck this train with a terrible crash. A panic was created and the crowd rushed down the stairways leading to the street. Thus the number injured was greatly increased. One man was killed, three or four fatally hurt, and nearly one hundred less seriously injured.

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Obituary.

By H. W. Reed

CARTER.—Died at Harrisburg, Oregon, January 30, of typhoid malaria, Sister Madge Carter, aged nineteen years. She suffered greatly but bore it with Christian patience. She leaves a husband and babe, and many loving friends, who mourn their loss. Words of comfort from Ps. 17:15. H. W. REED.

THE GREAT CONTROVERSY

BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN

DURING THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION.

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.

Author of "The Life of Christ," "Sketches from the Life of Paul," "Bible Sanctification," and Other Popular Works.

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Below we give a brief synopsis of the subjects considered—Destruction of Jerusalem; Persecutions in the First Centuries; The Roman Church; The Waldenses; Early Reformers; Luther's Separation from Rome; Luther before the Diet; Progress of the Reformation; Protest of the Princes; Later Reformers; The Two Witnesses; God Honors the Humble; William Miller and His Work; The First, Second, and Third Angels' Messages; The Tarrying Time; The Midnight Cry; The Sanctuary and 2300 Days; An Open and a Shut Door; Modern Revivals; The Investigative Judgment; Origin of Evil; Enmity between Man and Satan; Agency of Evil Spirits; The Snares of Satan; The First Great Deception; Ancient and Modern Spiritualism; Character and Aims of the Papacy; The Coming Conflict; The Scriptures a Safeguard; The Loud Cry of Rev. 18; The Time of Trouble; God's People Delivered; Desolation of the Earth; The Controversy Ended.

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RELIGIOUS.

—One of the oldest meeting-houses in the world is the Bangund Church in Norway, the age of which is over eight hundred years.

—The expected visit of D. L. Moody to the Pacific Coast has been postponed until next season on account of other engagements.

—The Methodists having successfully crossed the million dollar line, have now pledged $1,200,000 for mission work during the coming year.

—Within a certain area of New York City, comprising eight districts, and having a population of 360,000, there are 3,018 saloons, and but 31 Protestant churches.

—The Rev. Mr. Craven says that he knows of one Rajah who alone is printing at his own expense 200,000 Hindoo tracts, and intends to distribute them at the large fairs in North India.

—The venerable Dr. McCosh has resigned the presidency of Princeton College, and Francis L. Patton was unanimously chosen to succeed him. Dr. McCosh retains an honorary position in the school of philosophy.

—The Independent says that there are no fewer than one thousand Congregational ministers in this country among the “unemployed.” This is one-fourth of the entire ministerial force of Congregationalism in the country. And why are they unemployed? Simply because nobody has raised up churches for them to preach to. Imagine the apostles tarrying at Jerusalem until congregations paying good salaries were provided for them. They made their congregations.

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THE Bible Echo, published in Melbourne, Australia, entered upon its third volume with the January number, improved in appearance and enlarged in size. Anyone will be impressed at a glance with the valuable nature of the matter it contains, and the care with which it is prepared and presented; and a more careful reading deepens this impression. We are pleased to know that it is enjoying success in the colonies, and we can commend it to lovers of present truth everywhere. It is published as a large 16-page monthly. Price, post-paid, per annum $1.00. Subscriptions may be sent to the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

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THE SABBATH QUESTION.

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Which Day Do You Keep, and Why—Who Changed the Sabbath—The Sabbath in the New Testament—Elihu on the Sabbath—God's Memorial—Sunday Not the Sabbath—Why Not Found Out Before—One Hundred Bible Facts about the Sabbath.

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