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The Lord Was Above Them

General rains throughout California during the past few days have ushered in the "rainy season." The "rainy season" in this State designates that portion of the year when occasional showers and sometimes a rain that will last for several days in succession may be expected. The many beautiful days and weeks that are interspersed among these days of rain, are so glorious as to make one's heart go out instinctively in praise to our heavenly Father for His great temporal gifts. And since we can have such fine days in this sin-cursed earth, what will it be in that renewed earth that is to be the home of the redeemed?

"The Lord Was above Them."—An article in the Sunday School Times of September 30, by Prof. Dr. A. Weidman, shows that the Egyptians at the time of the Exodus had no idea of the one God, all-powerful and all-wise. Their general conception was of a multitude of gods, each having his field and function in the reign of nature. Then how appropriate and merciful even were the plagues of Egypt! In them the Egyptians were not only shown that the one God of Israel was all-embracing, all-efficient, all-powerful, and all-wise, but that the various gods of Egypt, whether worshiped by king or peasant, were nothing in the sight of Jehovah. Truly Jethro said of the gods of Egypt and their worshipers, "Wherein they dealt proudly He [Jehovah] was above them." It is so to-day. "There is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him." 1 Cor. 8:6.

Growth of Catholicism.

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For the last ten years the growth of the Catholic Church, in the archdiocese of Archbishop Riordan, of San Francisco, is outlined in the Catholic Directory, published under the supervision of the archbishop, as follows:—

“Total number of communicants in the Catholic Church within the jurisdiction of Archbishop Riordan for the past ten years, 225,000. This includes the churches of San Francisco, San Mateo, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sonoma, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, and Alameda Counties, and those portions of the counties of Santa Cruz and Merced lying north of 37 minutes 5 degrees north latitude.”

This represents the growth. What the total number is, we do not know; but we do know this, that Roman Catholicism is growing as so-called Protestantism is not.

CONTAINED IN THIS NUMBER.

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Poetry.

The Voice of the Hills . . . . . 10

Nothing Lost . . . . . 12

General.

From Nazareth to Bethlehem, W. N. GLENN . . . . . 1

Righteousness, Then Power, A. F. BALLENGER . . . . . 2

The Coming of the Lord, FRANCIS M. WILCOX . . . . . 2

The Seal of God, MRS. E. G. WHITE . . . . . 3

A Living Sacrifice, URIAH SMITH . . . . . 4

The Lord Our Righteousness, FRANCES E. BOLTON . . . . . 5

The Change of the Sabbath, G. E. FIFIELD . . . . . 6

The Punishment of the Wicked, WM. PENNIMAN . . . . . 7

Outlook.—Dictators of Our Own Morality, C. M. SNOW—"England's Inconsistency on Arbitration"—Ferment and Unrest . . . . . 8, 9

Missions.—Something about the Philippine Islands, EUGENE G. WOOD—The Heathen Have Beat . . . . . 10, 11

The Home.—The Use of Water in Disease, DAVID PAULSON, M.D.—Woman's Cruel Demand—Dinner Menu, J. E. PATERSON—The Decadence of British Agriculture . . . . . 12, 13

International Sabbath-school and Sunday-school Lessons . . . . . 14, 15

Publishers . . . . . 16

Confessing Sin

There are many who are not ashamed to sin, but are ashamed to confess their sins. But confessing sin is simply forswearing allegiance to Satan.

Faithfulness to God’s Precepts

You wish God to be faithful in His promises; you ought also to believe that He demands faithfulness in respect to His precepts. If He fails in His holiness, what assurance have you that He will prove true in His goodness?

Warnings for Booming Times

These days are what may be called "booming" times; but in not a few features are evil days foretold. Collapse is sure to follow unwise ventures, and the prophecies of God's Word foretell no roseate future in this world. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished."

Opposition to God’s Law

Do you know, dear soul, why you oppose God's law? The Word tells you: "Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Rom. 8: 7. This is the secret of all opposition to the law of Heaven's King. The remedy is the new heart and new mind of Christ Jesus.

The Nobility of Work

Dr. T. J. Lacy, of this city, says truly that there is a "nobility" in work. He adds: "Christianity has been a supreme factor in bringing this about. It began as a workingman's religion. Jesus was a carpenter. Paul was a tent-maker. The church should have a profound interest in the welfare of the toiling masses." But the church will not elevate true labor by human organization. Only as she by God's grace helps to ennoble the individual man will she truly help the workingmen.

NOW ON THE PRESS.

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THE World's Harvest issue of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES is now on the press, and we expect to have copies ready to send to our subscribers and agents within a day or two after the time that this paper reaches you. This number is sent several weeks in advance of its regular time, so that all may see it as early as possible, and once it is in your hands we feel sure that you will become imbued with the strong desire of ordering many additional copies.

We have spoken from time to time in the past few months in regard to the value and importance of the World's Harvest issue. But when we come to get the paper on the press and see it in its completed form, we are persuaded that what we have said about it does not begin to represent its great worth. Be on the lookout for it, and we hope that you will do everything within your power to give it a very wide circulation.

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The world is earnestly seeking for the matter that the SIGNS OF THE TIMES contains, and let us hasten to give it to them. We are getting letters every day from those who are praising the Lord for what the SIGNS has done for them, and this World's Harvest issue will interest many that would not be reached by the regular issues. These times are thrillingly ominous. Let every man be at his post of duty and doing his best. T.

Education Not Righteousness

By Editor

Education Not Righteousness.—There was never a falser conception than that educated men must be honest and just men. This idea is voiced in a recent utterance on the Dreyfus question. Says the writer:—

“No civilized country could produce a conspiracy of men educated, cultured, and responsible, like the French military chiefs, to stoop to the baseness and infamy of plotting to ruin an insignificant, petty officer.”

And more of the same import. But “civilization,” so called, has nothing to do with righteousness. The crimes against justice wrought by “civilized” governments cry to high heaven for vengeance. Education and culture, as the world goes, may be possessed by the wickedest knaves on earth. The devil is both educated and cultured when occasion demands. There is one thing better than knowledge, and that is love of God and man.

A MODEST REQUEST.

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A GENTLEMAN in Denver, Colo., sends us this modest request: That we secure a column of a daily paper of good circulation in Oakland or San Francisco, or, if we prefer, print his "writing in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES," that he may show that we "are in error" in respect to the Sabbath, to reply to him if we desire; and he tells us that if we do not do this, he "will regard any refusal on your [our] part as a concession of recognized weakness of your [our] faith in your cause."

Now, is not this a truly modest request? Mr. Barclay wishes us to "secure" the column of a daily, take the time to fill it, send him a copy of the paper, let him occupy the space which we have secured the next day, or week, or month, in order that he may in his great interest for us show us that we are in error!

No, Friend Barclay, we can not accede to your request. Let us suggest: (1) We can not afford to go to the expense of "securing" a column in a daily for an indefinite length of time to have some man who thinks we are in error endeavor to convince us that we are, when we know that we are not. (2) We have a paper now with a general circulation of 40,000 weekly (we wish it were a million); why should we "secure" space in a daily with a less and local circulation? (3) We have not time to notice the challenges (of which this is a type) of those who desire somebody else to furnish space for what they may write. (4) We would suggest that Mr. Barclay write us a good friendly letter showing us where we are in error. We shall read it, tho we may not have time to reply. (5) Let him read the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, "The Lord's Day, the Test of the Ages," "The History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week," and other Sabbath publications, and he may be led to see himself in error. (6) If this does not satisfy him, let him secure a column of space in the Denver Republican or the Rocky Mountain News and set forth his views in that, asking for correction, and we are sure some kind friend will set him right. These are the best suggestions which occur to us at present. If this causes Mr. Barclay to regard our refusal as "a concession of recognized weakness of" our "faith," we are sorry that he is determined to believe what is not so. One thing let us correct: he says we "reject all who do not pretend to keep Saturday." He is surely mistaken; we "reject" no one. And, so far as "Saturday" is concerned, we are not desirous that any should keep it. But we are desirous that men should know the Sabbath of the Jehovah, the true Lord's day; for a blessing from God is in it for all who will obey.

To Our Friends

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To Our Friends.—Many of our patrons would be glad to send copies of the splendid, thirty-six page, beautifully-illustrated World's Harvest number of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES to friends and others who ought to know the truth it teaches, if they could avoid the extra expense of postage which must be incurred when papers are remailed. Now, altho the regular retail price is ten cents per copy, we will make this liberal offer:—

On receipt of five or more names and addresses of individuals in America, and five cents for each, we will wrap, address, and mail to each name a copy of the World's Harvest number of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. How many will avail themselves of this offer?

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