918. The Playing of Checkers and the Rightfulness of War
By Editor
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918. The Playing of Checkers and the Rightfulness of War.
1. PROVE by the Bible, if possible. Is it right to play checkers for pleasure? 2. What is the meaning of the first part of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3. 3. Was it never right to have war? And was war done away with when Christ came? N. B.
We know of no scripture that countenances the playing of such games as checkers. If a person is a real Christian and not a mere professor, he will have no time for checkers. He will also see that God's Word says, "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory." If you take out of checker-playing the striving to "beat," and the vainglory after one has beaten, there is nothing left to the game. No one would care to play it.
2. We know of no meaning in chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes, or any other Bible chapter for that matter, aside from what it says. God's instruction is, "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things." 2 Tim. 2:7. The Lord wants us to think of what He says; and He will then give us the understanding Himself of what He means. Too much time is devoted to studying what men say about the Bible, and not enough to the study of the Word itself. God promises to give understanding if we consider the Word. Give the Lord credit for telling the truth, consider what He says, and then find the joy of the fact that He does give the understanding that He promises.
3. War in itself considered was never right. And the text in Ecclesiastes already referred to does not say that it was, any more than it says it is right to hate. The text in Ecclesiastes says there is a "time" for war, but it does not say it is right, or that God either ordained war or appointed a time for it. In the old dispensation God directed His people at different times to go to war, but there is no evidence that He would have been under the necessity of doing this if His people had been willing to follow Him, instead of murmuring and finding fault with Him all the time, and insisting upon having their own way, instead of following the Lord's way. The Master's instruction upon the war question is very plain. He says, "Put up again thy sword into his place; for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Matt. 26:52.
"WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL."
By Editor
NEVER was there a time in all earth's history when the minds and hearts of men were so unsettled as now; never a time when the future of earthly plans and purposes and projects was so uncertain. What is the future of the capital-and-labor question? How will the ever-growing chasm between the "classes" and the "masses" be filled or bridged? When will the money question be settled so that the shekel shall no longer be growing greater and the ephah smaller? When will the tremendous power of corporate wealth cease to control congress and court, and buy and sell men? When will come the climax of the seething discontent everywhere heard like the low rumble of distant thunder before the approaching storm? Will the longings of the poor and oppressed and enslaved be satisfied? or will the oppression increase till the discontented rise up and overthrow or revolutionize the government? Will the revolution be peaceful by the means of moral suasion and the ballot-box? or will it be by war and bloodshed? These are vital questions, asked everywhere in conversation, sometimes by the press and pulpit. Of course the man who loves to have these things so will not admit the evil results. To him there is no oppression. He is growing wealthy, and therefore there is no increasing poverty, no muttering discontent, no danger of revolution; and the thoughtful man who sees and suggests its possibility, or who warns of its sure approach, is counted an Anarchist, or at least a fomenter of discontent.
But the patent fact is that the discontent is here, whatever its cause. Men are dissatisfied. The brows of myriads grow dark, their jaws set, and their tones are harsher when they speak of the rich, and the power of wealth. Revolution which would have once been considered treason is now discussed as feasible.
Many works in late years have appeared upon various phases of this subject treated in novel form. Among the latest is a book of over 400 pages, bearing the striking title which stands at the head of this article, written by Henry O. Morris published by the Schutte Publishing Co., Chicago.
The book does not mince matters. It uses the names of great men freely, too freely at times, putting into their mouth sentiments which they would never utter, even tho they believed them. But it shows the sure result of the present tendencies now operating in the social and political world—greater poverty, oppression, misery, and revolution. It holds as object lessons of the wicked extravagance of wealth the notorious Seely dinner and the Bradley-Martin ball; it points out that political changes have not affected for the better the laboring class; and the climax of the plot of the story is laid in a national revolution which reaches its culmination in May, 1899. The workingmen are represented as organizing in secret in every phase of life until they control army and navy, railway and telegraph service. Before the fatal day a signal is distributed everywhere throughout the country. Men are alarmed. The police are powerless. The men of wealth unite and hire armed companies to protect them, especially in New York City, who afterward turn against their employees, and burn and rob the city of its untold wealth. The organized revolutionists who endeavor to prevent bloodshed are outnumbered, and fearful destruction of property and life follows the fiendish work of the thugs and villains armed by the rich. New York is utterly laid in ruins. Elsewhere the revolutionists control, and the revolution is effected peaceably. Following this comes a new Declaration of Independence, and a new Constitution, better
adapted, it is thought, to existing conditions, especially as regards the control of corporate interests, and of the means of transportation and communication, and of all mines, etc. A graduated income tax is inaugurated, and the country is once more prosperous. A double thread of romance runs through it all. The book is written in a fairly good style and is clear and forcible. The author has the pitiable condition of thousands at heart, and we sympathize with him and thousands of others who feel with him. The book has been received with delight and malediction.
We believe, with the author, that the revolution is coming, not alone from the inevitable logic of the premises before us as taught in past histories of Rome and France, but we believe it because it is declared by the "more sure word of prophecy." We see as he sees, as declared by one of his characters, "the decrease in the sum total of American [and all other] manhood," but we know it because the Word of God has assured us of these things. We know the revolution will come, sudden, terrible, world-wide, because Infinite Mercy has so warned.
Concerning this cut see "The Anthem of the Free," on last page.
In this, apart from the how—the manner—of the coming, the author has spoken truly.
But as to the roseate future, the hopeful outcome, the regeneration by new Declarations of Independence and Constitutions, we know that this author, as well as many others, speaks not according to truth; for in this also we have the Word of God. That Word in portraying the conditions of these times declares that "the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God; the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence. Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail."
Another prophet of God refers to the last-day oppression of the poor as making "men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them," as taking them "with the angle," and catching "them in his net," and that by this treatment of the people "his portion is fat, and his meat plenteous." He "gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples." But there comes a reaction. The oppressed rise; the crushed worm turns. The muttering, "Wo to him that increaseth that which is not his!" is heard. And this is the result, as stated by the prophet: "Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein. Wo to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!"
The New Testament prophet voices the same solemn warning: "Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out; and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you. Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain." And what beyond this? Is it a new political régime, made up of men equally selfish and erring because equally unregenerated? May we hope for peace and love to prevail? May we look for justice to be done? To all these we reply, No. God's Word holds no such future before us. "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." There is but one adequate remedy for the ills of men, and that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There is but one way in which the overwhelming evils of earth shall be put down, and that is by the coming and presence of Jesus Christ, before whose glory sin will forever be destroyed.
The Lord would be glad to do it by the conversion of mankind, each individual by himself regenerated by the creative power of God's Word received by faith in Jesus Christ. That would bring Christ's presence, Christ's Spirit, into the heart of every one. It would unite mankind in one, in which the one would not be some selfish scheme or cabal controlled by one mind; but it would unite men by uniting each man with Christ; "for the head of every man is Christ." The bond of the true human brotherhood is Christ Jesus; but He must be received by faith if we enter it. Each one and all thus receiving Him would regenerate the world in the only way it can be regenerated.
But will not this come about?—No; for (1) God declares that it will not be; and (2) the professed church of Christ, which controls and moulds the minds of the multitudes, holds principles which makes it impossible that she should be used to bring it about. These principles are those of evolution, a practical denial of the direct creative power of God manifest in all miracles, in all true conversion.
The hope of the oppressed lies not in revolution, which may promise everything, but has not the power to fulfil. Men are selfish. The best laws will be perverted by selfish men; and there is in human law no power to make men better. It may prevent and restrain, but it can not re-create. Jesus Christ alone can do this; and He will do it only in the lives of those who by faith yield to His law of love.
The hope of the oppressed lies in His coming. "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. . . . Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." His glorious presence will sweep away sin forever and establish the rule of universal righteousness. Men will not die hopeless for themselves, yet hopeful for coming generations; the citizens of that kingdom will reap not only the fruit of their own labors which have been wrought in Christ, but also the glorious, infinite fruition of Christ's everlasting sacrifice.
"Waiting for the signal," but whose?—Shall it be hosts led of Satan and selfishness? or shall it be the sign of the coming of our King? And shall we not prepare for that event in God's acceptable time—now?
An Obstacle to Missions.
The growing sentiment in this country that Christians must be more political in their practise of religion, as might be expected, is a serious obstacle in10the way of presenting Christianity in its true light, not only at home but abroad. Rev. Gilbert Reid, who speaks from practical experience, says: "There is one important obstacle in China, found not in the natives, but in ourselves, and that is the political character of Christianity, owing to the political complications with Christian nations." The church is regarded as a political organization, backed up by foreign powers. The difficulty is in presenting Christianity in the right light. The Chinese do not see Christ as the loving, saving, helpful, uplifting friend. When they do see Christ as He is, He will be accepted."
JAPANESE BURIAL CUSTOMS.
By W. C. Grainger
A JAPANESE funeral procession is a very attractive spectacle, and it is especially so when the deceased has been a person of distinction. Floral offerings are sent in by friends of the family, oftentimes in great numbers and most beautiful designs. Huge spikes formed by fastening flowers of various colors to bamboo poles are carried at the head of the procession by coolies hired for the occasion.
In winter, when flowers are scarce, young evergreen trees are often used instead. Sometimes as many as thirty or forty of these floral pieces are carried in one procession, indicating that the deceased had many friends. In some cases the procession is headed by a number of coolies carrying long poles with streamers covered with Chinese characters, and these are followed by the floral display.
Priests, dressed in white or cream-colored robes, curious-looking caps, and other insignia of their office, and riding in jinrikishas, follow next in order. In some processions one or more cages of birds are carried by young men, who also ride in jinrikishas. Following next to these is the bier, which is often a miniature Japanese house very beautifully carved and decorated. The coffin rests upon two beams of timber, and by these, which project in front and rear, it is borne by coolies, dressed in blue in case the procession is Buddhist, or white if the procession is Shinto.
The Shinto coffin resembles that used by Europeans, and the body is placed in a horizontal position; but the Buddhist coffin is a square box, in which the body is placed in a squatting position, with the head bent forward, and the palms of the hands placed together before the face, as in an attitude of prayer. Immediately after the bier follow the female relatives and near friends, dressed in white and riding in jinrikishas; these are succeeded by the male relatives and friends without any badge of mourning as far as the writer's observations have extended.
Some of the Buddhist sects cremate their dead, but the Shintos always bury theirs.
The writer saw one of the funeral processions of the empress dowager, who died in January of last year, at the royal palace in Tokyo. Her interment was at Kyoto, the former capital of the country, where the funeral ceremonies were most elaborate. The expense, which was no less than $700,000, was paid out of the national treasury. The following description of the concluding ceremonies is taken from a published account of it:—
Never perhaps was funeral pomp more elaborate than on this occasion, which from first to last occupied several weeks; for the actual interment was only the last scene in an extraordinarily complicated set of observances.
The above is the cut of a new Sanitarium building to be opened in Massachusetts, to be known as the South Lancaster Sanitarium, managed by the South Lancaster Sanitarium and Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association. It is beautifully situated in a country town, surrounded with shade trees. The water and climate are excellent. Mr. and Mrs. Doctors Nicola will be in charge, we believe. The electors have been chosen, but the board of directors and physicians are not yet fully made up. We wish it prosperity.
The procession was two miles in length, and the final ceremony lasted over twenty-two hours, during all of which time imperial princes stood or walked almost barefoot in the snow without eating a morsel of food. An ox-wagon, with wheels purposely built so as to creak mournfully, bore the elaborate coffin in which the body lay, preserved in vermilion. Three oxen drew it, harnessed in single file; the leader was jet black, the next dun-colored with black flecks, the third spotted black and white with a white star in his forehead, and four white stockings; all this was in accordance with ancient usage.
The actual grave-diggers were habited as birds with black wings, because for these, beings devoid of reason, there could be no sacrilege in perching upon an empress' tomb.
The proclamation announcing her death commanded that all schools be closed for one week, and that no sound of music should be heard in the land for one month. This did not lead us to change our practise in the least. All court festivities were suspended for one year.
This was the emperor's mother. What will take place when the emperor dies it is difficult to imagine.
Great sums of money are expended on funerals by those who have the means to gratify their pride in this direction. The mania for public display on such occasions seems to be as great here as it is in our own country.
The exercises at the grave ordinarily consist of a weird squeaking called music, accompanied by the beating of drums; a prayer by the priest, who, rubbing his hands together, mumbles over a few words which no one understands; and the leave-taking of the friends. As these march by the grave in single file, each in turn faces the grave, places the palms of his hands together before his face, mutters a few words, and passes on. The bird-cages are opened, and the frightened little inmates are allowed to go free. Inquiry among the natives has failed to reveal a satisfactory explanation of the bird ceremony. The best received is that it represents the benevolent character of the departed, and indicates that his spirit will ever be on hand to assist his friends in time of need. On the occasion of the empress dowager's funeral, more than a thousand criminals were liberated, as evidence of her benevolent character.
In case the family of the deceased are well to do, they are expected, a few days after the funeral, to send a present, usually a box of fancy cake and other confections, to all friends. The expense for such things often amounts to hundreds of dollars.
Periodical visits to the grave of the deceased are a very important part of Japanese mourning. Custom has established certain days as the proper time to make these pilgrimages, the most important of which are the seventh and thirty-fifth days after death, and the first and third anniversaries. Food is usually left on the grave for the health of the departed one, the black crow usually acting as his proxy.
The deceased immediately becomes an object of worship. A shrine is erected in a convenient corner of the house, and daily prayers are offered before it. Food is also placed before it whenever the family meals are served.
Mourning, in its outward manifestation, consists of two things,—wearing mourning dress, which is always white, and abstaining from flesh foods. The length of the mourning period depends upon the relation of the mourners to the departed. For a husband or parents (real or adopted) one is required to wear mourning thirteen months and abstain from flesh meats fifty days; for a wife, brother, sister, or eldest son, ninety and twenty days respectively. Infants under three months of age are never mourned for. Other children are honored with thirty days' mourning, and ten days' abstinence from flesh-eating.
Sometimes when a man who has rendered valuable service to his country, dies, his death is not made public until the emperor has been notified, who in such cases frequently promotes the deceased to a more honorable distinction, after which his death is made known. But his death is always given a date subsequent to his promotion; that is, if he died on the first, he was promoted on the second, and his death was announced as having taken place on the third day of the month. In many things the Japanese are a peculiar people.
W. C. GRAINGER.
"AS YE WOULD."
By Edith V. Bradt
If I should see
A brother languishing in sore distress,
And I should turn and leave him comfortless,
When I might be
A messenger of hope and happiness,
How could I ask to have what I denied
In my own hour of bitterness supplied?
If I might share
A brother's load along the dusty way,
And I should turn and walk alone that day,
How could I dare,
When in the evening watch I knelt to pray,
To ask for help to bear my pain and loss,
If I had heeded not my brother's cross?
If I might sing
A little song to cheer a fainting heart,
And I should seal my lips and sit apart,
When I might bring
A bit of sunshine for life's ache and smart,
How could I hope to have my grief relieved,
If I kept silent when my brother grieved?
And so I know
That day is lost wherein I fail to lend
A helping hand to some wayfaring friend;
But if I show
A burden lightened by the cheer I sent,
Then do I hold the golden hours well spent,
And lay me down in sweet content.
—Edith V. Bradt, in Friends' Intelligencer.
MISSIONARIES BARRED.
England's Policy as Illustrated in the Soudan.
GENERAL LORD KITCHENER has begun his term of office as dictator of the Soudan by closing that vast dependency of Great Britain and of Egypt to missionary enterprises for some time to come. Both the Roman Catholic and the Protestant missionary societies had made preparations to resume without delay their operations in that portion of Central Africa which they were forced to abandon some fifteen years ago by the Dervish insurrection. But Lord Kitchener has now announced that he cannot for the present permit any missionary work in the Soudan, and that he is determined to have time to organize the administration of his vast satrapy upon a solid basis before allowing missionaries to re-enter the country.
Not only has his action in the matter received the full approval of the British Government, but the latter has likewise, through the agency of Lord Cromer, its plenipotentiary in Egypt, assured the native chiefs and sheiks at Omdurman, at Berber, and at other important cities on the Upper Nile, that there will be no interference by the English with their Mohammedan faith and religious customs, which will be strictly respected. Lord Cromer even went so far as to promise the people of the Soudan that these pledges, which he was making to them in the name of Queen Victoria, whom he justly described as ruling over a larger number of Moslem subjects than any other monarch in the world, comprised the application of Mohammedan sacred law, and, as a guarantee of England's good faith in the matter, informed them that the money which the British people, from the queen downward, had contributed toward the foundation and endowment of the great college, which is to constitute the most appropriate and worthy memorial of General Gordon at Khartoum, had been subscribed on the express understanding that it would be devoted exclusively to the technical education of the natives, and that there should be nothing in the course of its instruction that might be calculated to wean them from the faith of their fathers. In one word, England, having undertaken the gigantic task of evolving law, order, and prosperity out of the chaos and anarchy that have devastated the Soudan for the last fifteen years, has resolved to set up in that portion of Central Africa which is watered by the Nile, not a Christian form of government, but a Mohammedan one, as being best suited to meet the requirements of the situation and to restore peace and happiness to that great territory which has been so rightly described as "The Sad Soudan."
This may be said to indicate an entirely new departure in the policy of Great Britain. It is the inevitable outcome, and the result of nearly three centuries of experience on the part of England in dealing with the Asiatic and African races, and, inasmuch as John Bull is admittedly pre-eminent and a past master in the most difficult art of governing non-Christian countries, since of all the oriental and African colonies of the other European powers his alone are prosperous, flourishing, and contented, it is a step which must commend itself with particular interest to the people of the United States at the moment when they are about to undertake the task of administering the government of the Philippine Islands, inhabited for the greater part by the most fanatical of Moslems.—Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
[We sincerely hope that the United States will not fall in with any such commendations. The only thing for governments to do is to follow the principles upon which this government is founded—i. e., to leave all questions of religion to the individual's own conscience. Any other course will prove disastrous.—ED.]
OUR WORK AND WORKERS.
By Editor
THE California general camp-meeting will be held in Stockton, May 30 to June 11.
THE annual State camp-meeting for Wisconsin will be held at Marshfield, June 7-19.
DR. J. H. KELLOGG, of the Battle Creek (Mich.) Sanitarium, has gone to Europe for a two-months sojourn.
As a result of meetings held at Moon, Wis., by Brethren C. J. Herrman and Wm. Sanders, twelve members have been added to the church.
AT a recent Sabbath meeting in Kansas City, Mo., after a stirring discourse by Brother W. A. Hennig, eight persons made application for membership.
THE church schools at Milwaukee and Loyal, Wis., are engaged in the laudable enterprise of making quilts for the new industrial school in Wood County.
THE South African Conference has elected the following officers: President, W. S. Hyatt; vice-president, H. Elfers; secretary and treasurer, I. J. Hankins.
AT Sartoria, Neb., where Brother J. W. Boynton has been laboring, a Sabbath-school of thirty members was recently organized, and a continued interest is reported.
OUR mission in Washington, D. C., is reported to be progressing favorably. In the past three months fifteen persons have been baptized. The mission is a most effectual means of helping poor outcasts.
ON the 20th ult., in connection with labors of Brother A. F. Ballenger at South Lancaster, Mass., just after the General Conference, forty persons were baptized. Thirty-five of the number were students.
OUR self-supporting missionaries (Brother and Sister Lamie) who went to Scotland a few months ago, are living at Longgrigend. They find plenty to do, and considerable encouragement, but they need aid in their work.
FROM the Wisconsin Reporter we cull this interesting item: "The Milton Junction school will close its term with a baptismal service. A large number of the school will receive the divine rite at that time. This will be a beautiful ending of a successful school year."
WE are informed that buildings for an industrial school near Suva, Fiji, are in process of erection. The land was leased at a nominal price from a native who is interested in our work, and several young men have already applied for admission to the school.
WE are pleased to learn that the people of California are assisting the brethren in Finland to pay for their boat. While the boat has been bought, and is already doing active missionary work for us, it is not all paid for. However, donations are still coming in to the California Tract Society.
FROM Chunchula, Ala., Brother A. J. Devinney writes to the Nebraska Reporter: "Mobile is only twenty miles away, and we go there every two weeks to distribute papers which have been furnished by the New York society. But these are only a drop in the bucket. It may be that some of our churches have back numbers of our periodicals which they would be glad to see used in the work here. If so, send post-paid to our address."
THE "comfort bags" made for the men in logging camps near Ashland, Wis., are much appreciated. Seeds of truth are being sown in this way, and many donations are secured for the Milwaukee Helping Hand Mission.
Two of the Chinese boys in our school in Honolulu have recently had their photographs taken with their Bibles in their hands, hoping in this way to let their fathers know that they believe the Bible. This ought to be an effectual sermon, and if it be more than a mere picture, it will be effectual.
THE Wisconsin Reporter tells of a man who, four years ago, was prominent in church and social life and worth $40,000. He lost all through sin and speculation. Some months ago he came to our Milwaukee mission a hungry tramp. There he found the Lord, and a home until he could get employment. Now he is reclaimed, and has been again united with his family.
IN the Atlantic News of recent date, Brother C. H. Keslake says: "Since closing public meetings [at Morristown, N. J.] I have devoted my time to the circulation of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. In this work I am having some interesting experiences. It does my heart good to have people come to me and say that they would like to take the paper, having seen a copy at a friend's house."
THE latest report from Elder E. E. Franke's Sunday meetings in Chickering Hall, New York City, is that they continue with unabated interest. Several have already taken a stand for the truth. Lyric Hall, on Sixth Avenue, near Twenty-second Street, a good hall, capable of seating about 700 people, has been secured for Sabbath and week-day meetings for the prosecution of the work started in Chickering Hall.
WORK has recently been opened at Karmatar, India, about 168 miles northwest of Calcutta. During January the number of visits, including patients coming to the mission and those visited in their homes, was 397. Our laborers are becoming acquainted with the language, and the opportunities for teaching the Gospel are good. The Lord is giving health and courage. The company that sailed for this field some weeks ago arrived February 9. They are fast preparing for work. The canvassers will labor up among the mountains.
PERIODICALS WANTED.
CHARLES H. LENHEIM, Meadville, Pa., desires SIGNS, Review, Sentinel, and tracts for missionary work.
THE Fort Worth, Texas, Tract Society is in need of books, papers, and tracts, for loaning and free distribution. Address, post-paid, Mrs. N. Long, 202 South Main Street.
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the eighteenth annual meeting of the stockholders of Healdsburg College will be held on Monday, April 17, 1899, at 11 o'clock A.M., in the South College building, Healdsburg, California, for the purpose of electing seven trustees and transacting any other business that shall lawfully come before the stockholders.
By order of the trustees, Thos. T. Heald, H. A. St. John, R. S. Owen,
H. F. COURTER, Secretary.
PACIFIC SABBATARIAN ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Sabbatarian Association, a corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, will be held at the office of the company, corner of Twelfth and Castro Streets, in the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, on Tuesday, the 15th day of April, A.D. 1890, at 9:30 A.M., for the purpose of electing a board of nine directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting. By order of
WM. SAUNDERS,
President of Pacific Sabbatarian Association,
E. A. CHAPMAN,
Secretary of Pacific Sabbatarian Association.
PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, will be held at the office of the company, corner of Twelfth and Castro Streets, in the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, on Monday, the 24th day of April, A.D. 1899, at 9:30 A.M., for the purpose of electing a board of seven directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
By order of C. H. JONES,
President of Pacific Press Publishing Company.
S. C. STICKNEY,
Secretary of Pacific Press Publishing Company.
