Review and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 20. (5/18/1905)

Review and Herald

May 18, 1905

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1905

The Story of Daniel the Prophet

ONE of the best books published for the young. In the first place, the title of the book is attractive to young minds. All young people delight in stories; and the “Story of Daniel” is one of the most thrilling, interesting, and profitable on record. In the study of “The Story of Daniel the Prophet” every person can only be benefited by the practical lessons taught in connection with this biographical, historical, and prophetical work, as it sets the life of the prophet Daniel in an entirely new light, yet in a pleasing style, portraying the experience gained by Daniel in the extremes of captivity in his early life, and later of honor from the hands of earthly monarchs, illustrating the possibility of the exemplification of Christian principles and practises in all business transactions.

One of the most beautiful and valuable lessons is revealed in the life of Daniel and his close connection with God. With the portrayal of this consecrated life, all the vital principles of the gospel message of our time are given.

The rise and fall of nations as outlined in the prophecies of the book of Daniel are carefully delineated, while the light contained on the sanctuary question is of great interest and value to every student of prophecy.

The book is the work of one of the oldest and most experienced workers in connection with the Adventist denomination,—one who is thoroughly qualified to present so important a subject as the life of one of the greatest prophets of the Scriptures. This work ought to be in the homes of all the people, and ought to have a large circulation among all classes.

Bound in half cloth, appropriately illustrated; price, $1, post-paid.

Education

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE

DEDICATED to parents, teachers, students, and all pupils in earth’s preparatory school.

Its aim is to aid in securing life’s greatest benefits, development, and joy in service here, and a more complete fitness for that wider service, the higher course open to every human being in the school of the hereafter.

It treats the subject of education in its entirety, covering all phases. Adapted to all classes, especially to parents, teachers, and students. The great principles of Christian education are clearly set forth, and invaluable counsel for the education of the youth is placed within the reach of all. It points out the right way to the child, the parent, the teacher, and the business man, and teaches how to avoid the dark and treacherous ways which lead to false theories and destruction.

Profusely illustrated, beautifully bound in three color cover designs, contains 321 large pages.

Prices: cloth, plain edge, $2.50; cloth, marbled edge, $3.50; cloth, gilt edge, $4.25; library, $5; full morocco, $7.

The Desire of Ages

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE

An interesting, instructive, and thrilling volume on the life of Christ, magnifying the truth that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself.”

The purpose of “The Desire of Ages” is to set forth Jesus Christ as the one in whom every longing may be satisfied, to present the life of God as revealed in his Son, and the divine beauty of the life of Christ, of which all may partake; not to satisfy the desires of the merely curious nor the questionings of critics.

The work will interest all classes; for they were all represented in the various individuals who received help and encouragement from the great Consoler while he was here upon the earth.

It contains nearly 900 pages, beautifully illustrated, and substantially bound in the following styles: Popular edition, on a thin paper, $2.50; cloth, marbled edges, $3.50; cloth, gilt edges, $4.25; library, marbled edges, $5; full morocco, gilt edges, $7.

Our Paradise Home

THOUGH this little book is only about a year old, 60,000 copies have been sold, and still the demand for it is good. Wherever it is offered for sale, it is readily received. People who read it speak highly of it. It is just the book to purchase and loan to neighbors. Many of the readers of the REVIEW have sold it in their localities. Some one in all the churches should make a house-to-house canvass for it. Thousands should be sold during the present season.

This little work treats many Biblical subjects in a way that causes the people to be delighted when they read it. It is proving to be one of the best aids to our canvassers and Bible workers, who are able to place a copy of this book containing many of the principal truths of the third angel's message in nearly every house visited.

Bound in board and cloth binding, with a beautiful, attractive cover design, 25 and 50 cents.

Great Nations of To-day

ONE of the best and most appropriate works to circulate at the present time, on account of the Japanese and Russian war and the critical complications resulting therefrom in the East, is “The Great Nations of To-day.” This pamphlet, containing 257 pages, reveals the causes of the movements of the nations at the present time, together with a clear presentation of their rise, relations, careers, and their destiny, in connection with a clear, concise treatise on the Seven Trumpets, the Three Woes, Babylon, the Beast of Revelation 13 and Its Image, the Commandments, the Hour of God’s Judgment Come, and the Setting Up of the Everlasting Kingdom.

While the public is studying the situation in the far East, it is a most favorable time to interest them in a work like “Great Nations of To-day.”

The regular retail price is 25 cents a copy; 40 per cent discount to agents.

The Year-Book for 1905

contains over 2,000 important historical facts on the rise and progress of the denomination, a concise statement of the fundamental principles together with the usual State and union conference organizations, directories of workers, and institutions of the denomination.

A cyclopedia of denominational information essential to every church-member, and instructive to all.

Paper covers; price, 25 cents.

Heralds of the Morning

ONE of the most important publications for general distribution at the present time is “Heralds of the Morning.” This work is a treatise on the meaning of the social and political problems of the present time and the significance of the great phenomena in nature, portraying the marvelous record of the nineteenth century,—the wonderful advance in the sciences and arts, the development of national resources, the prevalence of crime, the perfection of death-dealing instruments of war, the suppressed anger of nations, the disturbed condition of the nations,—and citing scriptures that declare these to be signs of the coming of the King of kings.

The object of the book is to set forth the prophetic signs, with their present, partial fulfilment in the appalling loss of life by murder, suicide, political and social troubles, dissatisfaction between the rich and poor, strikes and fires, wars and rumors of wars, as the great signs of the end of all earthly kingdoms, and the setting up of the everlasting kingdom.

The book has just been revised, and greatly improved in contents, illustrations, and new cover design. Bound in durable cloth, with marbled edges; price, $1.50. Regular discounts to agents.

A Friend in the Kitchen

By Anna L. Colcord

BY MRS. ANNA L. COLCORD

FOURTEEN editions of this successful and practical book, aggregating one hundred and twenty-five thousand copies, have been printed. It has met a hearty reception by the general public because it is up-to-date. It does not go to extremes. It discards all harmful ingredients. It is thoroughly hygienic and common sense. It tells how to live economically, yet well. Every recipe in it has been thoroughly tested. It contains what every housewife wants to know. It is adapted to all classes, rich and poor alike. It tells what to cook for health, and how to cook it. It tells how to feed infants, and how to cook for the sick. Its recipes call for materials which most housewives have at hand. Its directions are all concise, yet plain and explicit. The quantity of ingredients is directed by measure rather than by weight. It is not an advertising medium for anybody's manufactured foods. It is substantially bound, and is what its title indicates, “A Friend in the Kitchen.”

Price, paper covers, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.

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Revealed Righteousness

THERE is so much form, so much mere profession, in the religion of the present day that many have been driven into skepticism and infidelity. There is great demand now for that righteousness which consists in more than being a member of a Christian denomination and assenting to the prescribed creed. What the world need to behold, and Christians ought to reveal, is a righteousness which is manifested in such uprightness of dealing as scorns to benefit one's self at the expense of others; in such unselfishness as prefers to suffer inconvenience and loss rather than to cause trouble to others; in such devotion to principle as leads one to maintain the right because it is right, regardless of circumstances or surroundings. This is the practical meaning of that experience set forth in the words, "Christ liveth in me." This powerful testimony of a transformed life ought to be the fruit of sound doctrine. This is more than talking the gospel; it is being the gospel. This is more than professing religion; it is revealing religion.

A World-Wide Message

In the early days when believers were few and resources were very limited, the leaders in this advent movement firmly believed, and unhesitatingly declared, that the message which they were proclaiming was to be given to all the world. Their only, and their sufficient evidence for this position was the statements of the prophetic Word. In this conference are gathered witnesses to the fact that this message has been planted in all the leading countries of the world and in many islands of the sea. Although there is yet to be done in this generation a work which seems impossible when looked at from a merely human standpoint, yet those who attended the first General Conference in 1863 and have been spared to attend this thirty-sixth session of the conference then organized, are now permitted to see concrete evidence of what was then to them purely a matter of faith. And those of us who have come into the work later may share with them in the satisfaction and the assurance arising from these tokens of progress. But the same faith and zeal which have brought the message to this degree of development are still needed, and in an increasing measure. Some great countries have merely been entered, and are still unworked. Many millions have never heard of this message. There is a great work to be done and the time is short. “Our watchword is to be, Onward, ever onward. The angels of God will go before us to prepare the way. Our burden for the ‘regions beyond’ can never be laid down until the whole earth shall be lightened with the glory of the Lord.” “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.” In the plans for the distribution of laborers and means, and in determining the general policy for the future it should be remembered that this is a world-wide message, and that it will not be finished anywhere until it is finished everywhere. The Spirit of power is needed for a world-wide work.

Declarative Justification

ALL evangelical Protestants hold the doctrine of justification by faith as a prominent article of their creed. They declare with great vehemence that we are “not under law, but under grace.” As a result of a one-sided, and consequently false, view of this fundamental truth of the gospel, many have come to treat justification by faith as an excuse for sin, rather than as a means of deliverance from sin. To such we commend the following clear statements concerning justification: “We are justified by faith instrumentally; by the blood of Christ meritoriously; and by works declaratively. To be justified at all is to be justified in all three ways.” “Faith alone justifies, but faith which justifies is never alone.” Justifying faith is “faith working through love.” We are told that “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness,” but we are just as plainly told that “faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect.” We should not be so fearful of the heresy of justification by works that we should discard the works of faith. Against the Pharisees Jesus brought the charge, “They say, and do not.” In Paul’s day some used the doctrine of the coming of the Lord as an excuse for idleness. For such the apostle laid down the rule, “If any will not work, neither let him eat.” The only legitimate use of food is to supply strength to be expended in working, and the refusal to work is a sufficient reason for cutting off the food. The gift of that faith which works can be received and retained only by permitting it to work in the life those fruits of righteousness which reveal the presence of Him who said, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” In teaching the doctrine of justification by faith we should not forget to make it clear that the genuine experience is revealed in works such as Jesus himself

commended. The righteousness of Christ is imparted, as well as imputed. We work out the salvation which he has worked in. Declarative justification means Christian character.

In One Generation

SOME who are in attendance at this conference have been connected with this advent movement from its beginning. Some who were living when the seventh angel of Rev. 11:15 began to sound will live to see the finishing of the mystery of God. One generation is the time allotted for this closing message, and the work will be cut short in righteousness. How stirring is the thought! What an incentive to broad plans and to earnest endeavor! Let the successors of the early pioneers in this movement prove themselves worthy of their opportunity. “This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.”

Editorial

By Editor

Two Important Questions

WHAT is the real message which this people has been raised up to give to the world? What policy shall be followed in order to give this message to the world in the shortest time? These questions confront this conference.

Christian Unity

While the cry of “federation” is being raised in the vast camp of nominal Christianity, the assembly of those who “keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus,” is characterized by Christian unity. This is the “unity of the Spirit,” the fruit of which is harmony and peace.

“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory,” wrote the apostle Paul to the Philippians; “but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” This is the rule of Christianity for all the deliberations of Christian bodies. The councils of heaven are unmarked by strife, and no more can there be a place for this element where heaven’s purposes are carried forward on the earth.

It is recorded of an important council of the Christian church in the days of the apostles, that “when there had been much disputing,” Peter rose up, and addressed the assembly, setting forth the view which was later approved by Paul and Barnabas, by James, and by the council. What was said during the progress of the dispute is not recorded. It was not essential that it should be recorded. No progress was made toward the settlement of the question at issue while the dispute was continued. But when the disputation was ended, Peter began to speak under the influence of the Spirit, and there was no further discord while the council was taking action upon the question.

A short time ago an organ of a leading denomination in this country, immediately following a session of the denominational general council, published a series of articles considering the “storm-centers” which had at frequent intervals marked the progress of the session. There could be no better evidence of the absence of the guiding Spirit of Christianity and the presence of the spirit of worldliness, in the deliberations of a body, than such “storm-centers.” They are characteristic of the world, of politics. They come from the desire for self-exaltation and a struggle for supremacy. Because of the presence of this spirit of strife Christian unity has become impossible in the leading factions of a divided Christendom, and there is left in its place only the hope of a federation,—a worldly means of union from which only worldly power can be derived. But to those now bearing the special closing message of the gospel to the world, the privilege remains of giving to the world that proof of their divine calling and mission which will be in fulfilment of the Saviour’s prayer for his disciples: “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. . . . I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”

In the Country

By S. N. Haskell

FROM the beginning God has called his people to the country, where, in the quiet of nature, they can listen to his voice talking to the soul.

Abraham, the father of the faithful, was called to the country, while Lot departed from him, and chose city life, to the ruin, financial and moral, of his family. His only surviving descendants became an object-lesson of the grossest immorality, and enemies to both God and man. Jacob tried a city life for a short time, but it resulted in the ruin of his only daughter, Dinah, and became an occasion for the sins of his sons, which caused their long Egyptian bondage. The associations of city life are not good for the soul. The habits of city life do not give a divine mold. This truth is learned by many, when it has become too late to save themselves from the ruin that has come upon them.

Duty may call men to the city, as Jonah was called to give a warning, but when that duty is done, the country is the place for solitude and meditation. It was there that John received his fitting-up for his work. So with Moses and other men whom God has used. The Spirit of God has instructed his people to locate their schools and institutions in the country.

Forty years of country life fitted Moses for his great work. Daniel, who had his vision in Shushan, the palace, was taken to the country to behold one of the most wonderful visions on record. Dan. 8: 1-3. On another occasion he quietly retired to the great river Hiddekel to be alone with a few friends and with his God. Daniel 10. When God gave the wonderful prophecy of Revelation, he placed his prophet on a lonely isle away from even his friends. While it is true that the Lord goes with his messengers to the cities, the home in the country is the place to educate the children and commune with God.

S. N. HASKELL.

At South Lancaster Academy

By W. A. S.

THE South Lancaster Academy sent out its first graduating class in 1888. Every year since, it has been bidding Godspeed to a little band of young men and women going forth to service. This year's class was the largest in the history of the academy—an even score of youth, I believe, and almost if not quite without exception, these young people plan to engage directly in the cause of this advent message.

New England and the East may well take honest pride in this institution. No one could mingle in the life of the school, as I did in the closing days, without recognizing the warm, healthy spiritual atmosphere, and the strong missionary spirit.

The presence of the Holy Spirit, setting the seal to the year's efforts, was manifest in social meetings, in chapel conferences, and in all the gatherings. On the last Sabbath a company of students was baptized by Professor Griggs.

The populous States of New England and the North Atlantic afford needy fields that can quickly take up the output of the school, but both the school and the field it serves desire to join in supplying workers for the lands abroad.

W. A. S.

Note and Comment

A PRESS telegram of recent date from Rochester, N. Y., gives the following information regarding the work of one of the agencies which is pushing the movement for Sunday legislation in this country:—

Better observance of the Sabbath and more rest for the workingmen were the subjects of discussion at the executive conference of the International Federation Sunday Rest Associations of America here to-day. A general appeal to the churches of the United States and Canada is being prepared with regard to the observance of the Lord’s day week, beginning April 30, and protest against the opening of the Portland fair on Sunday. The conference will issue an appeal to Postmaster-General Cortelyou against the continuance of the practise of having post-offices open for money-order and registry business on Sunday.

Financial Scandal and Public Trust

AFTER referring in no complimentary terms to what it calls “the Equitable squabble,” by which it designates the recent developments concerning the management of the Equitable Life Insurance Co. of New York, the conservative Church Standard says:—

“The worst of the wretched business is that it has shaken public faith in the honesty and stability of the entire financial system of the country.

It requires no stretch of the imagination to see the beginning of most serious times in the financial world. With the present revelations as to the way the people’s money is handled, and the growing sentiment in favor of socialism, and the increasing disregard for the rights of property acquired by unlawful means, the outlook is by no means favorable. “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”

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