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LESSON 13.—SEPTEMBER 24.—REVIEW OF THE QUARTER'S LESSONS

By Editor

The Sabbath-school lessons have been discontinued. The Lesson Quarterly may be obtained, containing three months' lessons and notes, for five cents. Address, Pacific Press, Mountain View, Cal. The Sunday-school lessons will continue.

LESSON 13.—SEPTEMBER 24.—REVIEW OF THE QUARTER'S LESSONS.

Golden Text.—"The Lord is thy keeper." Ps. 121:5.

LESSON I.—Sennacherib's Invasion. 2 Chron. 32:9-23. Golden Text: "With us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles." Verse 8. The lesson shows us that the Lord's people need not take up carnal weapons to defend themselves, even in the presence of an armed foe. As our contention is not with flesh and blood, unless we choose to make it so, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:11-17.

LESSON II.—Hezekiah's Prayer. Isa. 38:1-8. Golden Text: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Ps. 46:1. Hezekiah gained a lease of life of fifteen years by his earnest prayer, but this does not prove that it would not have been better for him to die. God let him have his way, and gave him the opportunity to make it a blessing. But instead, he acted very foolishly. See Isaiah 39. Moreover, during the fifteen years there was born to him a son, Manasseh, who brought great trouble upon the kingdom by his wickedness. 2 Chronicles 33.

LESSON III.—The Suffering Saviour. Isa. 52:13 to 53:12. Golden Text: "The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all." Isa. 53:6. The proof that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah, the anointed of God, was in the exact fulfilment of the prophecies concerning Him and His work. Matt. 11:2-6; Luke 24:25-27, 32; Acts 8:26-35.

LESSON IV.—The Gracious Invitation. Isa. 55:1-13. Golden Text: "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found." Verse 6. The appeal which the Lord made to the world through His people anciently is the same that He is still mercifully making through His Word to-day: "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." Verse 7.

LESSON V.—Manasseh's Sin and Repentance. 2 Chron. 33:1-13. Golden Text: "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." Prov. 14:34. Manasseh, tho the wickedest of Judah's kings, had the longest reign of any—fifty-five years. He made the people to do worse than the heathen. Yet, after severe chastisement, and the long-suffering patience of God, he was at last converted.

LESSON VI.—Josiah's Good Reign. 2 Chron. 34:1-13. Golden Text: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Eccl. 12:1. Josiah's early inclination to do right gives credence to the tradition that, altho his father was a wicked man, his mother gave her boy a good training. Be that as it may, the young king is an illustration of the possibility, by God's help, of leading an exemplary life amid the worst surroundings.

LESSON VII.—Josiah and the Book of the Law. 2 Chron. 34:14-28. Golden Text: "I will not forget Thy Word." Ps. 119:16. Nothing so well illustrates the depth of Israel's fall as the fact that the house of God had so far been neglected that the book of the law had been lost. And there can be no true reformation in any age without reverting to the law of God as the only basis of reform. "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." Ps. 19:7.

LESSON VIII.—Jehoiakim Burns the Word of God. Jer. 36:21-32. Golden Text: "Amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God." Jer. 26:13. Men do not get rid of the Word of God by burning the paper on which it is written or printed. This has been tried many times since Jehoiakim's day. But "the Word of the Lord endureth forever," whatever man may do. Even the slaying of the Lord Himself could not destroy the power or the integrity of His Word.

LESSON IX.—Jeremiah in the Dungeon. Jer. 38:1-13. Golden Text: "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matt. 5:10. The prophet was the victim, not only of a weak, vacillating king, but of vicious princes, and, worse than all, of a backslidden priesthood and time-serving prophets. The worse persecution that ever comes to a law-abiding servant of God comes through the medium of a corrupt church.

LESSON X.—The Captivity of Judah. 2 Chron. 36:11-21. Golden Text: "Be sure your sin will find you out." Num. 32:23. The people of Judah met their fearful doom, because "they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and misused ["scoffed at," R. V.] His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy." So the apostle says it will be in the last days, when the coming of the Lord is being preached. There will be "scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming?" 2 Peter 3:3, 4. And it is professed disciples of Christ who are doing that to-day.

LESSON XI.—The Life-Giving Stream. Eze. 47:1-12. Golden Text: "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." Rev. 22:17. This lesson is a section taken from the vision, primarily of the possibilities before the restored kingdom of Judah, after the captivity, had they laid hold on the promise by faith; and, secondly and principally, of the new-earth kingdom, under Him "whose right it is." Eze. 21:25-27. The vision includes the last nine chapters of Ezekiel, and the twenty-first and twenty-second chapters of Revelation would seem to be a complement of the portion included in this lesson.

LESSON XII.—Daniel in Babylon. Dan. 1:8-20. Golden Text: "Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself." Verse 8. When Daniel set his heart to do right, regardless of probable consequences, the Lord opened the way for him by giving him favor with the man in whose charge he was. When the children of Israel went forward at the Lord's command, "by faith," the Red Sea and the Jordan gave way before them. These things were "written for our learning." Rom. 15:4. Daniel's experience is also an illustration of the importance of being "temperate in all things," if one would "strive for the mastery." 1 Cor. 9:25.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

THREE converts are reported at Detroit City, Minn., by Brethren C. M. Babcock and A. Mead.

AUGUST 19, a church of twenty-one members was organized in Oshkosh, Wis., by Brethren N. P. Neilsen and J. S. Shrock.

THE address of Brother E. W. Webster has been changed from Cheraw, S. C., to Box 143, Greenville, S. C. Correspondents please notice.

AS A result of meetings held at Ladysmith, Wis., by Brethren H. R. Johnson and S. Swinson five persons have decided to walk in the light of truth.

AT Rhinelander, Wis., where Sisters Annie and Bessie Sufficool have been laboring among the people, two candidates were recently baptized by Brother C. J. Herrmann.

BROTHER W. R. SMITH, of Upper Columbia Conference, has been selected by the Mission Board to go to Korea as a missionary. His wife is a practical nurse, and will be a valuable help.

THE address of Brother Clarence Santee, president of Texas Conference, has been changed from Fort Worth to Keene. He desires his correspondents to note this fact, as some of them are still addressing him at Fernando, Cal.

ALL the workers that we have seen who attended the recent camp-meeting at Cloverdale, Cal., seem impressed to tell what a good meeting it was. What added to the interest was the unusual fact that the outside attendance was greater than that of our own people. Brethren George E. Langdon and G. W. Rine and two Bible workers remained for a protracted effort in the town.

WE have just received the "Tenth Annual Announcement" of the Southern Training School, at Graysville, Tenn., for 1905-06. It is in a neat folder style, well illustrated, and gives quite full information regarding the school courses of study, expenses, etc. This school has an ideal location, and is well equipped for the work it engages to do. The fall term begins September 20, ending January 9, 1906. Address The Southern Training School, Graysville, Tenn.

AT the late session of Missouri Conference, Brother R. C. Porter was re-elected president; Mrs. Porter was elected secretary, and Pacific Press (branch at Kansas City), treasurer. The following were chosen as executive committee: R. C. Porter, H. M. Stewart, W. T. Millman, James Cochran, W. F. H. Schroeder; and G. Philips, state agent. Thirty-five canvassers have entered the field. During the camp-meeting, thirty-one candidates were baptized. The conference has now six tent companies in the service, besides supporting a laborer in Arkansas the coming year. The three daily papers of Sedalia were very liberal in giving reports of sermons during the camp-meeting. Brother Porter reports a marked increase in tithes and offerings the past year.

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RENO CAMP-MEETING.

By T. A. Kilgore

A CAMP-MEETING will be held at Reno, Nevada, Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, 1905. Every provision will be made that the meeting may be a success. Good speakers will be present to preach the Word, and good singing may be expected.

Tents can be secured at reasonable rates by applying at once to Elder A. J. Osborne, Reno, Nev.

We expect the usual reduction in railroad fares, provided fifty persons go to the meeting by rail.

Further particulars next week. T. A. KILGORE, Secretary California Conference.

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Education in the Home

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

EDUCATION IN THE HOME. NO. 18.

GOOD evening, neighbors, all of you. I see you have come in a body to-night. It is no surprise party, however, because we were expecting you all,—every one of you,' said Brother Hartman, as he ushered his guests into the pleasant sitting-room.

'I was so tired to-night,' said Mr. Wilber, 'that I am afraid if it had not been for my wife, I should have excused myself from coming. But she said we were not quite done with the Sabbath question yet, and she's anxious to hear all there is in the Bible on the subject.'

'But,' replied Brother Hartman, turning to his guest, 'I am not at all sure that we shall touch every text in the Bible relating to the observance of God's Sabbath, for the Bible is a large Book, and God has said much about His sacred day. But we can at least find out our duty in regard to it. We will begin our study to-night by reading one of God's glorious promises to the Sabbath-keeper. Josie, will you read Isa. 58:13, 14?'

'Read carefully, child,' interrupted grandma, 'for you are about to read one of the most blessed promises in all God's Book;' and in a soft, subdued voice, the young girl read:

'If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.'

There were tears in Mrs. Wilber's eyes before her daughter had done reading, and, when she had finished, the mother said earnestly:

'I am perfectly willing to confess to-night that this subject has brought many surprises to me,—in fact, a constant succession of them,—one of the greatest of which was to read in one of our studies the confession and boast of the Catholic Church. Still there are a few points which remain unsettled.'

'If you feel free to mention these objections, we will be glad to examine them by the great search-light of God's Word,' replied Brother Hartman.

While Mrs. Wilber hesitated a moment to collect her thoughts, Mattie exclaimed, her bright eyes sparkling with enthusiasm:

'O father! to-day, as Beth and I were going to school, we met Mr. Davis, the gardner, and his hired man. 'Good morning, Miss Sabbatarian,' he said; this made the other man laugh. I said, 'Good morning, sir,' and was passing on, when he called after me: 'Say, Missie, God does not care which day you keep, if you only keep one.' 'Please, sir,' I said, 'He says, 'The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work;' and don't you believe God means what He says?' Then he told me he was going to begin picking his berries next Sabbath, and wanted me to help. I told him that I supposed God was just as much in earnest when he gave men the Fourth Commandment as He was when He said 'Thou shalt not steal,' or 'kill.' Then he looked pretty sober, and said: 'You've been well taught, Miss Mattie, I hope you'll always stick to your principles.''

'Well, to tell you the truth,' said Mrs. Wilber, 'this very thing was one of the unsettled points in my own mind,—but now—'

'And mine, too,' interrupted Mr. Jones, 'but I fully believe now, that the Almighty meant just what He says.'

All this time John was busy turning the leaves of his Bible.

'What is it, my son? Have you something to the point?' asked his mother.

'Yes, mother, Christ must have thought that the observance of any day would not answer, or He would never have commanded His disciples to pray to be delivered from the necessity of escaping out of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. Father says that Jerusalem was not destroyed until about forty years after this, so the ancient Sabbath must have been in full force as long as this at least. If any day, or a seventh part of time, will answer, why did the Lord command His disciples to pray in this way? Why did He not say: 'Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on any day in particular?'

'It would have been very foolish indeed!' exclaimed Mrs. Wilber. 'But please tell me how one is to observe the seventh day in going north or south to the poles where there are six months day and six months night.'

'Why, wife,' said Mr. Wilber, 'I suppose it would be as easy to keep the seventh day there, as it would the first, would it not?'

'You aren't intending to go there, are you, my friend?' chimed in Mrs. Jones, mischievously.

'But to be serious, Mrs. Wilber,' exclaimed Brother Hartman, 'those who have been very far north declare that the revolution of the earth upon its axis is quite plainly discernible; and I am sure the Almighty would never command us to keep His Sabbath, upon a world in which it was impossible to do so.'

'The verse Mattie read is a little hard to understand, I think,' said Josie. 'What does the Lord mean by the expression, 'If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath'?

'It means that He does not want us to trample upon His holy day any longer. See here,' continued Brother Hartman, placing his large Bible upon the carpet, and then putting his foot upon it, 'See; my foot is upon this Book. I have it underfoot. See, now I have taken away my foot from it, and I place it in an honorable position upon the table. In like manner, God would have His children stop trampling upon His holy day, and restore it to its rightful place in the bosom of His everlasting law; and O my dear friends and children, shall we not, all of us, join with the Psalmist David in saying from the heart: 'Then shall I not be ashamed, When I have respect unto ALL Thy commandments.''

THE habit of thinking lightly of marriage will wreck any man.—David Starr Jordan.

HATPIN HEADACHES.

SEVERAL peculiar cases of headache among women patients of a young West Philadelphia doctor have been discovered by him to be due to hatpins. "I was baffled for a long time," he says, "by a patient who was an inveterate trolley rider, and I attributed the malady to the strong wind to which she subjected herself during such rides. She persisted in the riding, however, so I set my wits to work, and when she told me that once when her hat had blown off, and she had to tie it on, she had stopped the

headache, I suggested that next time she should take her hat off, and hold it in her lap. This she did, and missed the headache again. I tried the same remedy on other patients with the same result. It's clear that the pins which hold on a large hat in a high wind tug at the roots of the hair until a headache is started. I find, too, upon comparing notes, that I am not the original discoverer of this kind of headache."—Philadelphia Record.

SIMPLY TRUSTING.

By Mrs. Carrie Butcher

BY MRS. CARRIE BUTCHER.

I'm trusting in Jesus, my Saviour (Ps. 125:1). On Him every burden is laid (1 Peter 5:7); I trust in the light and the darkness, And trusting am never afraid (Ps. 18:2)!

Tho darkly the storm-clouds may gather, And lightning-bolts flash through the sky (Isa. 25:4); I rest in the will of my Father (1 Peter 5:7), And know that He guides with His eye (Ps. 32:8).

And so, through the storm and the sunshine My soul shall be happy and free (John 8:36); While I tell of His love and protection (Ps. 61:3, 4), And sing of His goodness to me (Ps. 40:3).

Red Oak, Texas.

A KIND LADDIE.

TWO LADS with book-satchels strapped to their backs stood on the corner of a noisy, bustling street, waiting for a car, and meanwhile laughing and talking merrily. Suddenly one of them thoughtlessly sang out, "Come here, and I'll pick you up," and the other, looking to see what had called forth the rude remark, saw a poorly-dressed old woman just struggling up from the muddy crossing, where she had fallen, and watching anxiously and fearfully the whirling carts passing by. He was at her side in a moment.

"Let me help you, madam," he said, kindly, taking her arm, and lifting a basket that stood beside her.

She gave him a grateful look, but did not speak until they both stood safe on the sidewalk.

"Can I put you on a car, madam?" the boy asked.

The woman's lip quivered. "You are very kind," she said, "and I thank you; but I'll just rest here for a minute, and then I'll have to go back over that crossing," shivering at the thought of the tiresome confusion.

"You see," she continued, lifting the cover of the big basket, "some of the clothes slipped out, and got muddy, so I must take them home, and do them over."

She looked so wearied and discouraged that the lad felt that there was something else to do.

"You were on your way to deliver them?" he questioned.

"Yes; to Judge Monroe's."

"Ah," said he, "that's near where I live. I'll deliver the clean things for you, if you like, and you can carry the other things back home, and do them over."

Her poor old eyes brightened, but still it did not seem possible that the handsome, well-dressed lad would do this service for her, a poor old washer-woman.

"Where do you live?" he asked.

"On the corner of Quay Street—a long ways from here."

"Yes," said he, "I know."

And presently she found herself in a street-car, passage paid to Quay Street, and a silver dollar in her hand, "to pay for the bother of doing the clothes over," the lad had whispered. Her eyes were full of tears, but she had not been so happy in a good while. When the conductor passed her, she said, "Do you know who that boy is that put me on the car?"

"O, yes," he replied, "that's Dr. Seymour's son. He's always doing a helpful turn to some one."

"Bless him!" the old woman said to herself. "Bless him! He's a kind laddie, and he'll be a grand man some day."

Meanwhile the lad was in another street-car with the basket of clothes, which he delivered with a merry smile and low bow to Mrs. Monroe, who laughed as she said, "Why, Frank, dear, what does this mean? Are you running a laundry?"

He told her of the misfortune of the poor old laundress, and made a graphic picture of her fear of muddy crossings, the result of which was that Mrs. Monroe resolved that henceforth she would pay the car-fare back and forth for the poor old soul.

"To think that a boy should be more thoughtful than a woman of my age," was her regretful thought. "Bless the laddie! He's laying the foundation of a noble manhood."

The worn, old laundress and the aristocratic Mrs. Monroe, you see, were both making the same prophecy.—Christian World.

HOW HE WON OUT.

A True Story.

It was two years ago the 7th of June coming, my little girl Esther's birthday. I was getting ready to go to work, when she came into the room where I was.

"I am ten years old to-day, papa," she said.

"Yes, I know it, little girl, and I've got just fifteen cents in my pocket. What will I get you?"

"I don't want you to get me anything, papa."

"O," I answered.

"But I want you to promise me something, papa," she said.

"Well, go ahead; let's hear it."

"I want you to promise me you won't drink any more. That will be my birthday present," she said.

"O, run along, little girl," I answered; "your mother has been talking to you."

I heard her go outside, and I slipped into the kitchen where my wife was and asked her why she had been talking to Esther about my drinking. She said she had not, and burst out crying. Then I got a little rattled. I never suspected that my children knew I drank. It is true that I reeled home many a night and that I scarcely ever drew a sober breath; but they were in bed, and by morning I was always over the worst effects of the liquor. I do not know how she learned it; possibly by instinct. But it was a shock to me and unnerved me. I went back into the sitting-room and began to choke up. I tried to clear my throat by swallowing, but couldn't do it. My eyes were filling with tears, altho I couldn't cry. I threw myself full length on the lounge and blubbered out a sort of prayer, "Lord, if You'll help me, I'll never touch liquor again." In a little while Esther came running in, saw me, and said:

"Papa, you've made up your mind to promise, haven't you? I know it."

"Yes, I have, little girl. I am going to try never to drink again, and more than that, I am going to put a penny in your bank for every time I refuse a glass."

Do you know that in seven weeks I had two hundred and seventy-seven pennies in that bank? But election time came on, and one morning I found that some one during the night had rolled a keg of beer to my door. "That settles the penny proposition, Esther," I said when I saw it. "I guess there are more glasses in that keg than I have pennies. Children, roll it over there on the commons."

They did so, and it remained there a couple of days, but was gone the third morning. My old boon friends had given up trying to get me to break my promise. When I saw that man there in a saloon, last April, one of the men at the bar, to test me, put a $10 gold piece in the bottom of a glass and told the bartender to fill the glass with beer.

"Do you mean it?" he said.

"Of course I do. Go ahead."

He did, and then my friend turned to me, and said: "O! drink the beer and keep the gold."

"Not if you filled my pockets with gold," I answered.

Not long ago my five children were attacked with diphtheria. I lost a sweet little six-year-old girl. Before she died she threw her arms around my neck as I sat at the bed and said, "Papa, you kept your promise, didn't you?"

Will any sane man tell me I'll ever drink again? —The Indianapolis News.

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No Boys to Be Employed for Special Delivery Service Who Use Them.

At a conference of the Chicago post-office authorities it was decided to hereafter employ no boy who smokes cigarets, or who is known to have been once addicted to the habit.

Heretofore there has been a rule in force that boys employed by the office could not smoke while working, but, believing that smoking has a demoralizing effect, and because of the need of the most intelligent and active boys, it is thought wise to make closer restrictions.

An examination is soon to be held, when seven hundred youths will enter into competition for positions in the post-office, and the new order will have no small effect upon so large a number of applicants.

The clause relating to cigarets says: "No small boys will be allowed to participate in the examination, since only the best-equipped boys mentally and physically are wanted in this service, and under no circumstances will a boy who smokes cigarets be employed." The service referred to is that of special delivery messengers, for which appointments are made from this examination.—Union Signal.

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Examine Yourselves

"Examine yourselves," says the Word, "whether ye be in the faith." Judas was a professed follower of Jesus Christ; but circumstances proved that he was not "in the faith." There is a vast difference between professing, and actually being the thing we profess. So we should examine our deeds, our motives, our thoughts, in the light of God's revealed test of human character, His law. We are continually meeting with experiences that are testing and proving us. It is by continual testing that one becomes purified. Christ is represented in the Word as a purifier of silver, and the final great test will prove whether we are pure metal, or mixed with baser alloy, or composed largely or wholly of dross. So let the testing process go on now, that the purifying may be going on in us, lest that final test pronounce us only base metal and dross.

Immortality Dead!

Immortality Dead!—This is one of the absurd anomalies of the doctrine that men are naturally immortal. There are ever-recurring times when the most ardent advocates of the hallucination are drawn out to an admission that their heroes are dead. From a quasi-religious journal we take this expression by way of illustration: "Lincoln is dead, and Garfield is dead, and McKinley is dead, Grant is dead, and Sheridan and Sherman, and nearly all the immortal commanders who in the great war carried our flag to victory." And that is the kind of immortality men get from a sentimental adherence to the old delusion uttered in Eden, "Ye shall not surely die." One would think that the consequences to Adam and Eve of believing this falsehood would be sufficient to guard their posterity for all time against placing their confidence in it. But even those who profess faith in Christ, in whom only is life and immortality to be found, do not learn from the terrible lesson of the Fall, that man's boasted "inherent immortality" ends in death. "The soul that sinneth it shall die," is the fiat of the Almighty; and surely the promise of the adversary, "Ye shall not surely die" has been proven a most disastrous fallacy—a delusion and a snare to countless thousands.

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