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Signs of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 21.

THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT
Earlier text: UNSCRIPTURAL VIEWS OF GOD'S KINGDOM

Advancement and Success in Japan

By F. H. De Vinney

We have moved our presses into a large Japanese building near where we have been. The place is well adapted for our publishing work, and is really a better location. But we trust that ere another year passes, we shall be in our own quarters.
For nearly two years now we have had an application before the government for a shadon, or permit to own property through a committee of the mission. The matter has lingered along until the present without a decision, on account of our doctrine of the coming of Christ, and the attitude that one of our young men took, while in the army, toward Sabbath work, he having refused to do service on that day. The matter is now in the hands of the minister of education, with whom we expect to have an interview soon, and we hope it may be closed up favorably to the mission.
A party of nine from the mission, six foreigners and three Japanese, went to Kuji-machi to assist in the dedication of our new church there. This church is located in the country, among the farmers, who planned and built it. The building is 20 x 30 feet, painted, furnished, and dedicated free from debt. The dedicatory services were held with nearly all the members and a goodly number of interested neighbors and friends in attendance.
In all, four services were held with them while we were there. Evening after the Sabbath, we gave a stereopticon lecture on the Holy Land; and no one but those who know how the Japanese can pack a house, can conceive of the number that succeeded in getting inside.
We had with us a phonograph, with records of sacred music; and the pictures and music undoubtedly were a treat never before enjoyed by many who were present.
Some, having come from a distance, arrived about an hour after the meeting was over, still hoping to see or hear a portion; but we had to disappoint them, as everything was packed away and we were getting ready for bed.
There is a good interest at the place, and meetings are held several times each week, and we expect to see raised up a good, strong, substantial, self-supporting church of tithe-paying members, who have their own homes, and will be a factor in the support of the work of the Lord in this land.
F. H. DE VINNEY.

Impressed by a Dream

By Riley Russell

DURING recent weeks, we have made a round of the churches in the northwest of Chosen. Sixteen have accepted the binding claims of God's law, and several more are interested. Two patients, men, have taken their stand for the truth.
On this trip, we met a man who had formerly gone to the mountains to pray to Satan, but getting no satisfaction, he decided to become a Christian. As there were so many different churches, he was troubled, but prayed God to show him the true church. That night he dreamed he saw a tree bearing twelve kinds of fruit, and by it a blazing Chinese character "7." Next day one of our men gave him one of our papers, and a short study on the binding claims of the law of God and the seventh-day Sabbath and the new earth. When he had read of the tree of life, he said, "This is the true church," and he has kept the Sabbath now for nearly a year.
RILEY RUSSELL.
This historic old cathedral fronts the great plaza of Lima, Peru, and is built of sun-dried mud. It would melt down in a week's rain provided they ever had such a thing in Lima. In one of its side rooms are the mummified remains of Pizarro, who caused the Inca emperor to be strangled after he had paid a ransom equal to seventeen million dollars. In the plaza, heretics were first burned at the stake in South America in 1573. Just across the street and fronting the same square are the government buildings. When Mr. Hall was there, masons were busy plastering up the bullet holes made during the nearly bloodless revolution that accompanied the unseating of President Billinghurst a few weeks before.
This historic old cathedral fronts the great plaza of Lima, Peru, and is built of sun-dried mud. It would melt down in a week's rain provided they ever had such a thing in Lima. In one of its side rooms are the mummified remains of Pizarro, who caused the Inca emperor to be strangled after he had paid a ransom equal to seventeen million dollars. In the plaza, heretics were first burned at the stake in South America in 1573. Just across the street and fronting the same square are the government buildings. When Mr. Hall was there, masons were busy plastering up the bullet holes made during the nearly bloodless revolution that accompanied the unseating of President Billinghurst a few weeks before.

Optimistic Views of the Work in China

By John J. Vestrup

PRAISE God for this onward missionary movement, telling of the soon-coming Christ. Already it is in ninety-one kingdoms — a most wonderful movement indeed.
But we do not regard it as strange. We expect this. It is the fulfilment of prophecy. Rev. 10: 11; and 14: 6, 7. The word of God can not fail.
I have been in China eight and one half years; and if the message advances as quickly during the next eight years as it has in these past eight years, the greater part of China will have had an opportunity to hear it. But the beginning of a thing is always the most difficult, and the message will advance here at least three times faster the next eight years.
Eight years ago, we had no schools, no press, no literature, not even a Sabbath-school lesson, but had to write such out by hand every week — and no foreign missionaries that could as yet speak the language intelligibly. Now we have all these — a good, solid foundation laid for future aggressive work. But more than this, now we have a name and a reputation nearly all over China, and thousands of honest-hearted ones, who want the Bible and the Bible only, are constantly inquiring, "Why do they call themselves Seventh-day Adventists?" and wanting to understand why we have such a long and queer name. They write for our tracts and books — "Bible Readings," "Daniel and the Revelation," and "Christ Our Saviour," etc.; and as they read the truth, they are impressed by the Spirit, and call for a living messenger. This is our experience now, and will be thus even more so in the future.
Hence China's 430,000,000 should not cause us to postpone Christ's coming in glory. "At such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." God can and will warn China quicker than many imagine.
In looking back upon the eight and one half years, I am happy to see the progress made in China. A good foundation has been laid, ready for a quick work, and the next eight years will disclose even greater joy.
We shall soon be in the kingdom. This message and this people will go through. Those who allow themselves to be side-tracked by the enemy, are greatly to be pitied. Those who stay on the "through car" will soon be in the eternal world. May the Lord bless all our brethren.
JOHN J. VESTRUP.
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Keeping Cool in Warm Weather

By Daniel H. Kress, M. D.

Kind of Foods Best for Health in Summer-Time The Amount We Eat Is Important—Heat-Strokes and Various Summer Diseases May Be Avoided
By Daniel H. Kress, M. D.
THE warm weather is here. Many persons think they must go to the seashore or to the mountains in order to keep comfortable. It is possible to be comfortable at home, provided you know how.

THE HUMAN BODY AND CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE

The human body is a wonderful piece of mechanism. It possesses the power of adapting itself to changes in external temperature in such a way that the temperature internally remains always practically the same.
The internal temperature is maintained by means of the nervous and the circulatory system. The temperature of the liver, and of some of the deeper muscles, in which the greatest amount of oxidation takes place, ranges from 102° to 105° Fahrenheit, while the mucous membrane of the mouth has a temperature of only 98.6°, and the temperature of the skin is still lower.
The heated blood from the internal organs and muscles is constantly brought to the surface for the purpose of cooling. The cooled blood is then carried back again, to aid in keeping cool the internal organs.
When the weather is cold, impressions are made upon the sensory nerves of the skin to that effect, and these impressions are in turn conveyed to the blood-regulating centers. As a result, the surface vessels contract, and less blood is permitted to be brought to the surface for the purpose of cooling. This accounts for the white skin or goose-flesh appearance noticeable on a cold day.

ALCOHOL AS A HEATER

Some have imagined that alcohol has a warming influence in cold weather, because when under its influence a sensation of warmth is experienced. This is deceptive and unreliable, for there may be a feeling of warmth when the internal temperature of the body is actually lower. Alcohol, by paralyzing the vasoconstrictor nerves, causes dilatation of the blood-vessels of the skin, thus permitting a greater flow of blood to the periphery. The increased amount of warm blood in the periphery produces a sensation of warmth to the nerves of sensation. While there exists a sensation of warmth, the blood is rapidly cooling. In a drinking man the internal temperature may be several degrees below normal, and the person be unconscious of it. Drunkards exposed to cold and in danger of death do not as a rule appreciate their danger.

HOW THE BLOOD IS COOLED

While in cold weather the blood supply to the surface is shut off to some extent, in warm weather the peripheral or surface blood-vessels and capillaries dilate, and permit a larger flow of blood to the skin for the purpose of cooling. This accounts for the red, flushed faces and the swollen hands. The cooling of the blood is brought about by the increased evaporation of moisture from the surface. On a warm day, an adult may give off from two to four pints of moisture every twenty-four hours, and yet not perspire sensibly. If the weather becomes very hot, more moisture oozes out, and becomes visible on the skin. The moisture on the skin answers the same purpose to the body that the moist cloth surrounding a pitcher of water on a warm day does to the pitcher. Evaporation keeps it cool.
In tropical countries, drinking water is usually kept in cloth bags, and hung up so that the breeze can get at it. No matter how warm the breeze may be, it will aid in cooling the contents of the bag. Men and women who do a moderate amount of work, and perspire some, suffer less from heat than do those who sit around and talk about the heat, trying to keep cool. Alcohol, by paralyzing the nerves of sensation, makes one less conscious of the heat, but by encouraging dilation of the capillaries still further, especially the capillaries of the brain, is responsible for many of the heat-strokes during summer months.

WARM-WEATHER DIET

Diet is an important factor in keeping cool on a warm day. In cold weather, we feed our furnaces or stoves, in order to keep our houses warm. In warm weather, less fuel is required. The human body has within it a furnace and an automatic stoker or fireman. When impressions of cold are made upon the skin, they are communicated to the heat-regulating centers in the brain. Consequently a greater amount of fuel is automatically fed to the body furnace, and a greater amount of heat is produced. This calls for a greater amount of food.
In warm weather, it is not uncommon for people to eat the same kind of food and the same quantity they eat in cold weather, and then the fans have to be kept going to keep them from burning up. The lack of energy experienced during the summer months is frequently due to the clogging of the furnace with clinkers, or excess of fuel, and not, as is supposed, to too little food. In order to feel fit and to keep comfortable, it is necessary to eat less.

THE APPETITE CHANGES

In warm weather, the digestive organs can not digest the same quantity or quality of food that they are capable of digesting in cold weather. Wisely, therefore, nature takes away the desire for many of the solid foods, and furnishes us with greens, vegetables, and fruits.
Dogs fed on the same amount of meat in warm weather as in cold weather become ill. The cat has epileptic fits if no change is made in her food in warm weather. She can not eat the same number of mice or rats. Much of the summer sickness is due to the absorption of poisons, resulting from the decay of unsuitable foods in the alimentary canal. Summer diarrhea is chiefly due to this cause. The free use of meat is therefore not only unsuitable, but dangerous, in hot weather. Highly albuminous foods, such as beans, lentils, and eggs, which readily undergo putrefactive changes, should be used sparingly.

VALUE OF FRUITS IN SUMMER

Fruits are, of all foods, the best during the summer months. The food elements in fruit are served in a form to require very little effort on the part of the digestive organs to prepare them for absorption, while the acids prevent putrefaction, and are aids in the digestion of the albuminous food that it may be necessary to eat in addition to the fruit. They also contain liquid in the purest form obtainable to supply the needs of the body. Super-cooked vegetables, such as cabbage, ferment readily, and should be used sparingly.
In warm weather, the diet should be composed largely of cereals and fruits, with some additional wholesome relish. Salads made of raw vegetables, as cabbage, celery, lettuce, etc., are appetizing and healthful. It is best to eat foods in as natural a state as possible.

EXTERMINATE SUNSTROKE

Should this regime be followed, there would be less summer sickness, and sunstroke would be practically unknown; and the outlay of means to go to a cooler climate in order to keep comfortable, would not be necessary.

THE CLOTHING

Linen or cotton underwear is preferable to any other, during warm weather. Light, thin, and loosely woven inner and outer garments allow free access of air, and permit free evaporation of moisture from the skin.
Anger, anxiety, and nervousness intensify the heat. Self-control is a most important aid in keeping cool. By planning beforehand the work of each day, and then performing it in a quiet manner, comfort may be experienced even in warm weather. Periodsof complete relaxation should be taken at intervals during the day. A few minutes of complete relaxation before meals will also be found beneficial.

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Go-to-Church Sunday

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WE have had our great agitation over a special go-to-church Sunday. On that particular Sunday every man, woman, and child in the United States was not only invited, but was strongly urged, to attend some place of public worship. The idea seems to have started in a little suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, and it has spread like the proverbial "wild fire" all through the country.
It is becoming more and more common to get something of this sort started and then try to have it carried everywhere on waves of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm, whether in waves or not, is very valuable, but enthusiasm is by no means all there is to Christianity.
The trouble with our churches in these times is that they do not have a definite message. So many of them are seeking to make their houses of worship social centers, following the club idea. "Social centers," clubs, sports, and games may all be very well for people who are looking merely for a good time; but if the church is in the world for anything, it is not that it may guide people in having a good time or seeking ways of amusement, but that it may point the way of salvation. We all know that this life is very transitory and that it soon passes by. The church, therefore, has a serious work—that of arousing people to the need of preparing to meet God at the bar of the eternal Judgment.
There may be no harm in spasmodic efforts to try to arouse people to attend church one day out of the year. Possibly some good may come of it. But our work as Christians is to be just as earnest every day in the year as our energies will permit, in seeking and saving that which is lost.
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