Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 52.
Awake, Ye SaintsPage 1
Earlier text: Some Conditions of SuccessShall the Blind Have the Gospel Preached to Them?
By L. N. Muck
In Mark 16:15 we read: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” That is a direct command from the Saviour. No one is to be slighted: all must hear the message of the third angel. Again we read in Matt. 24:14: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Our Heavenly Father is desirous that all should be saved, and unless we go forward in the work of warning the world, we are not in harmony with the great Leader. It is not generally understood by our people that an interest has been awakened in bringing the present truth within reach of the blind people to whom we now have access. There are more than eighty thousand educated blind people in America, besides many thousands who, on account of impaired vision, are excluded from our public schools. These thousands of unfortunate, truth-loving people who are forced into physical darkness, appeal to us for the spiritual light of the third angel’s message, and we thank God that the way has been opened whereby the honest blind in our land may have the message. About four years ago the General Conference began publishing the Christian Record, a monthly magazine for the blind, which is set in two well-known systems, the American Braille and the New York Point. This paper had a good patronage from the first, and demonstrated that it had a mission and a needy field, and two years ago most of our State conferences voted in their annual meetings to recommend the Record and its work to all their churches. The work of the blind was taken up and thoroughly discussed at this time, and those present voted to send one or more copies of the Christian Record to each State institution for the blind, and to every public library where there has been a reading room provided for the blind. Some of the State conferences have followed out this idea, and the following is, in substance, a copy of the recommendation in those States which have carefully considered the matter:— “We recommend that all our churches take an interest in the circulation of the Christian Record, by placing it in the hands of the blind people, and contributing to its support.” We urge you, brethren, at this time prayerfully to consider the cause of the blind, and we beseech you in the name of Jesus, to do all you can, or may feel called upon to do, in supplying all blind persons of whom you may know with the Christian Record, or if there are no blind persons in your community, to make donations for subscriptions for the thousands we know of, who would be interested readers, but who can not take the paper. Heaven is watching with interest the progress of this work, and we believe that God wants us to sound the gospel trumpet to those in double darkness, and we also believe that God wants these unfortunate people to hear the message in this generation. From Volume III of the Testimonies, we quote the following, which we believe is in perfect harmony with the work of this office:— “The blind man has disadvantages to meet on every side in the loss of his sight.” We can help him to overcome this loss of sight, or to be satisfied with his condition, by holding up the light of the gospel, and by giving him something to read which will enlighten him and make him to realize that these light afflictions are nothing. “The heart in which pity and sympathy are not excited at seeing the blind man grope his way in the world that has clothed him in blessings, is hard indeed, and must be softened by the grace of God. Not a face can the blind man look upon and there read kindly sympathy and true benevolence. He can not look upon the beauties of nature and trace the finger of God in his created works. Their cheering gladness does not speak to him to comfort and to bless, when despondency broods over him.” If the mind is kept busy and the hands employed, all despondency and discouragements will be overcome. “How quickly would he exchange his blindness and every temporal blessing for the blessing of sight. But he is shut up to a world of darkness;” but there the gospel peace comes to every heart; and where there is darkness, God causes it to become light. Brethren, can we afford to keep silent when there are thousands of hungry souls going down to ruin? Let us invite these blind people to go through with us to the kingdom. We are all watchmen on the walls of Zion. Let us, then, in the name of our Leader, carry this precious truth to those in darkness. “This is God’s test of our character. If we have the true religion of the Bible, we shall feel that a debt of loving-kindness and interest is due to Christ in behalf of his brethren, and we can do no less than to show our gratitude for his immeasurable love to us while we were sinners, unworthy of his grace, by having a deep interest and unselfish love for those who are our brethren, and who are less fortunate than ourselves.” Where the work for the blind has been presented, a deep interest and ready response were manifested, and we feel sure that our churches and the brethren throughout the great harvest field will gladly co-operate with us in this important work of giving the message to our blind brethren and sisters in the Lord. Many of the States are indebted to us for literature sent to their State institutions and libraries, and we earnestly urge each president whose attention has been called to this matter by a communication from this office, kindly to send us the amount due us. Let us not place the burden on the General Conference; for we realize that the conference treasury is under a great financial strain at this time. If each should give a very small amount, this work would be greatly benefited, and we would be better prepared to meet the demands of thousands who are depending upon us for bread to feed their hungry souls. A few weeks ago we called the attention of the brethren and sisters to the condition of the blind in this country, and some have responded liberally, and we earnestly appeal to all to consider the needs of the blind, and to send us their mite. The subscription price of the Christian Record is two dollars a year, which, on account of the expense in the preparation of a paper for the blind, is a very low rate. We invite the young as well as the old to take hold with us in our attempt to rescue the perishing. Send all donations and subscriptions to the office of the General Conference, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C. SOME time ago a visitor at the Observatory of Harvard University was desiring to look through their great telescope. Consulting a book of astronomical tables, his friend said: “A star will pass across the field of vision at 5:20 o’clock.” The instrument was adjusted, and the visitor, lying upon his back, applied his eye to the glass, his friend meanwhile standing with a small hammer in his hand, and with his eye fixed on a tall chronometer clock. At precisely 5:20 o’clock the observer said, “There!” At the same instant his friend’s hammer struck the12table. The exclamation and the hammer stroke were absolutely simultaneous, although the man at the telescope could not see the clock, nor the man with the hammer the star. It was a wonderful coincidence—that passage of the star hundreds of millions of miles away across the object glass of that telescope, at the instant when the second hand marked the hour 5:20 o’clock. The wonder seems greater when we know that the book in which was the predicted position of that distant star was published ten years before, the forecast being based on calculations running back a thousand years. In the same book were other tables predicting celestial movements a thousand years still in the future—movements which we may be assured will prove as certain in fact and as exact in time as that which has just been noted. So perfect is the law of God, and so absolute the obedience of nature to his decree! But the God of nature and the God of grace are one; and his relations to redemption are equally definite, and are sustained by no less power than those which bind the universe about his feet.—The Pacific. Higher Ground
By A. E. Axtell
“O Zion, . . . get thee up into the high mountain.” Isa. 40:9. “Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain.” Gen. 19:17; Isa. 40:28-31. THE God of Israel lift thee up
To higher ground, to holier thinking,
Where thou wilt live, and not unite
Earth’s baser joys, its ways and means,
To heaven’s livery. For he hath said, “Come higher up;”
Leave the low plains where now there dwells
Earth’s miasms, its pride and folly,
Doomed to Sodom’s dreadful fires,
Nor be content with middle heights;
For, hidden there with hellish art,
Is Satan’s snare of satisfied.
That word’s the same to-day as when
Of old ’twas said, “Let there be light;”
If first there be a willing mind,
An entering in of heaven’s thoughts,
To reach the heights before unknown,
Shall easy be;
For “underneath are arms of might”
To “bear thee up, lest ’gainst the stone
Thou dash thy foot.” Be not dismayed by dizzy heights
Nor paths, though treacherous they may seem.
He leadeth thee to heaven’s gate;
The way’s well known to him:
We need not fear to trust, he doeth
All things well. He fainteth not, nor
Weary is. To them that have no might
He magnifieth strength.
To them that wait on him is given
To mount on eagle’s wings; to run,
Nor weary be; to walk, and falter not,
To heaven’s plain, and victor’s crown,
To high and holy living. Three Cents a Week
By G. B. Thompson
WOULD you give three cents each week to have Sister White come into your home and talk to you about the blessed truths of the third angel’s message? In times of sorrow and deep affliction, in perplexity, distress, and disappointment, would you like to have her loving counsel? In the crisis through which we as a people are now passing, would you like to have her come into your home and counsel you concerning the proper course to pursue? Have you enough interest in the message and the messengers to give three cents each week to have several of our ablest ministers and writers come into your home each week and instruct your family concerning the vital truths of the third angel’s message? Would you give three cents each week to have those who stand in responsible places at the head of the work, and are in touch with all the important developments of the message in the home and foreign fields, come to your home and tell you how the work is progressing in the various departments of the work, near and far off? Would you give three cents a week to have some of the venerable, gray-headed pioneers in this message, who bore the burden in the heat of the day, make a weekly visit to your home and relate some of the stirring experiences of the early days of the message, and how God wrought in mighty power among the believers? Would you be able, think you, to spare three cents each week if by so doing you could hear from all the faithful brethren and sisters who have left the comforts of home, bidding farewell to relatives and friends perhaps forever, to plant the standard of the truth in the “regions beyond”? Would you give three cents each week to have a letter from them, telling how the Lord was blessing them, and hastening the truth to earth’s remotest bounds? Is it worth three cents each week to hear how the Lord is working in our various educational institutions, converting souls, and fitting up workers to carry the message to all parts of the world? Is it worth three cents a week to you to know how the various institutions—educational, medical, printing, etc.—are prospering financially and otherwise, and to learn of the plans that are being made to build new institutions, and how you can help establish them? Well, all this and much more can be obtained by subscribing for the REVIEW AND HERALD, which costs but three cents a week,—$1.50 a year,—and brings a weekly digest of the most important religious instruction. How any believer in the message for this time can get along without the weekly visits of this excellent paper is more than I can explain. In fact, they do not get along spiritually. I have never found a single one in my labors who was thoroughly abreast of the message who was not a reader of the REVIEW. They are more or less in the dark concerning the important movements of the work. The salvation of many depends upon their having access to this paper, and as laborers we should do our utmost to place it in every Seventh-day Adventist home. “Strive Lawfully”
By W. A. Theo. Miller
A few days ago a young Japanese who is familiar with United States history, asked me to tell him what the Monroe doctrine was. After making clear to his mind that the Monroe doctrine forbids any power of the Old World to interfere with any struggling, weaker government of this continent, he said: “When I was in Japan, I could not conceive the meaning of that doctrine, because the army of the United States of America began to conquer the Filipinos who were very anxious to form a government by themselves, and for themselves, and enjoy the liberties that the few people of this country fought for under the leadership of George Washington. No, I could not understand. And when I was interpreter for my army at the time the allied powers occupied China, we marched up to Peking, her capital, and the Chinese told me that they could not understand the Monroe doctrine; but now I understand; it’s good doctrine. Thank you very much!” In the apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy, who was entering the work of God as a minister of the gospel, we read: “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.” 2 Tim. 2:3-5. Again: “The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the fruits.” Verse 6. Does not this teach the doctrine that “they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel”? Is not the laborer “worthy of his hire”? Do not “they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple”? “Uncle Sam’s” soldiers who are engaged in war with the Filipinos are paid by him, and for the reason that they are serving him, and not themselves. They knew before they joined the army what their wages would be, and they reckoned those wages to be sufficient to supply their needs while they were serving him who called them to the battle; but to the soldier of Jesus Christ the promise is, “Whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.” Both letters to Timothy contain special instruction to the ministry. To be convinced of that one needs but to give them a careful reading. The Lord has never said that a Christian can not lawfully perform secular labor, or engage in secular business. On the contrary, he plainly tells us that we, as Christians, are to be diligent in business, and that we are to do all our common work “as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.” Eph. 6:6. But I am at great loss to know what the Lord desires to teach us in the foregoing Bible quotations if it is not that those who are called of God to proclaim the glad tidings of salvation are to be supported by those who accept the salvation declared unto them. If the ministers of to-day were, to a man, faithfully carrying out this instruction, refusing to engage in worldly affairs, and especially in speculation, would not the believers feel a deeper interest in the message as well as in the messengers, and with increased confidence in the work of God, lay their tithe and their offerings at the disposal of the Lord’s consecrated, sanctified servants? Thus minister and people and the precious cause of present truth would be enriched with both spiritual and material blessings. “While you stand in the position of a herald of truth, a watchman upon the wall of Zion, you can not have your interest interwoven with mining or real-estate business, and at the same time do effectually the sacred work committed to your hands. Where the souls of men are at stake, where eternal things are involved, the interest can not safely be divided.” “Especially should the minister keep himself from every worldly entanglement, and bind himself to the Source of all power, that he may represent correctly what it means to be a Christian. He should cut loose from everything that would in any way divert his mind from God and the great work for this time.”—Testimony, No. 33, pages 58, 59. “Lord, increase our faith.” “Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.” 2 Chron. 20:20. And let all the people say, “Amen!” Baby’s Wardrobe
By Eulalia S. Sisley
COULD the average baby speak for himself, he would doubtless enter strong protest against his first wardrobe. Although his opinions may be poorly formulated, he must be conscious of this: that whereas heretofore he was warm and comfortable, at present he is rendered quite miserable. His respiration and digestion are hindered by tight bands, his arms and feet are insufficiently clothed, and his limbs are hampered in their movements by long, heavy skirts. He must feel, indeed, that he is entering a “vale of tears,” especially when he discovers that crying is the only language he knows, and that this language is often misinterpreted. When he expresses dissatisfaction with his state, be his complaint prompted by cold feet or by tight bands, his cry is usually answered in the same way—by more food. But this often multiplies his sorrows by aggravating the colic already initiated by the foregoing causes. In planning the baby’s clothing, several important points should be considered, the object being to make the wardrobe as simple and as comfortable as possible. Let it be remembered that an infant’s bones are soft and pliable, and easily molded by constricting garments. The band as ordinarily applied brings too much pressure to bear upon the chest. Not only is full expansion of the lungs prevented, but the ribs may be pressed upon in such a way as to produce actual and permanent deformity. A knitted band is preferable because of its greater elasticity, though one made of soft flannel will do very well if not fastened too tightly about the body. The band need not be tight in order to hold the ordinary dressings in place. The little garments should be made as light as is consistent with sufficient warmth. The long, heavy skirts, supported only by tight waist bands, are not only colic producers, but frequently cause bow legs and curvature of the spine. Each skirt should be attached to a bodice, or else be made in the form of a slip, so that its weight may be borne by the shoulders. Thirty inches is sufficient length for such a garment, measuring from the neck. Since the baby’s skin is as soft as velvet, the material used for its clothing should be of such texture as will not cause irritation. Also in making the garments there should be no rough seams to scratch the sensitive skin. The buttons used should be small and flat, as the pressure of large buttons would be annoying. Perhaps the matter of greatest importance is to see that all parts of the little body are sufficiently protected from cold. Special attention should be given to the extremities, as these parts are most easily chilled. Sometimes a mother who protects herself with warm garments, thoughtlessly clothes her infant with the thinnest material, or perhaps leaves the baby’s arms and neck and feet quite bare. The idea that leaving the arms and legs unclothed will “toughen” the baby is a questionable one. Even though the child may survive the experiment, it will be at the needless expenditure of much vital energy. An infant loses relatively much more heat by radiation than does an adult, hence in the former, more vital energy is required to maintain the body temperature necessary to health. A chilling of the extremities is conducive to colic, inflammation of the bowels, catarrh of the nose and throat, and various lung troubles. It may be stated as a general rule that a long-sleeved shirt and warm stockings should be worn by the baby all the year round. During even the warmest weather, the omission of these garments should be made with the greatest caution. Of course care should be taken to avoid the other extreme, that of overclothing the baby, as one error is about as harmful as the other. The object to be kept constantly in mind should be to clothe all parts of the body equally. Simplify the baby’s wardrobe as far as possible, both as to the making of individual garments and the number of garments worn. This will lessen the labor of making and laundering, and will also facilitate that formidable process of dressing and undressing the baby. Do not forget that the baby will grow, but make due allowance for this in arranging his wardrobe. If a baby is to develop symmetrically, he must never be hampered by outgrown garments. Every child has a natural right to begin life by being dressed, fed, and cared for in harmony with nature’s laws. Upon its parents rests the responsibility of guarding this right. Alcoholism Injurious to Health
So serious have become the evils resulting from the use of alcohol by the people of France that the physicians and surgeons of the hospitals have issued a public warning, which is placarded over the country, in the hope that it may help to reduce the evils of alcoholism. This placard is distributed by the public powers, and posted conspicuously in the public hospitals. It reads as follows:— “The majority of maladies treated in the hospitals are caused, or aggravated, by the abuse, and even by the simple use, of liquids containing alcohol; all of these liquids, however denominated, are dangerous. We direct special attention to the so-called aperitifs, such as absinthe and bitters. “The brandies and liquors are also very destructive, and, likewise, wine in large quantities. More than one liter per day of wine represents a dangerous quantity. Taken before eating, the liquids depress the appetite, whatever advertisers may say to the contrary; they burn the stomach, the liver, and the arteries. After eating, alcohol, in whatever form served, troubles the digestion, and at the end of some time it is impossible to do without drinking, and from this moment the victim is alcoholic. “It is possible to become alcoholic in drinking regularly the liquids indicated above, and that also without entering into a state of intoxication. “The working classes labor under the greatest error in believing that alcohol gives strength. Those who are addicted to its use realize merely an artificial excitement, which lasts but a short time, and leaves them more fatigued than before. They then desire to cure this fatigue in again consuming alcohol, and they thus become alcoholic. “Alcoholics become insane easily, and are liable to very painful forms of paralysis. We often treat working men who have been very robust, and who have become rapidly consumptive because they have regularly taken before each meal their aperitifs. “The children of alcoholic parents are almost always badly formed, weak-minded, insane, scrofulous, or epileptic. They die often in convulsions. “Criminals are in large part alcoholics or the children of alcoholics.” France was at one time considered the most sober nation of Europe. It is now the most drunken. This is due to the efforts made to popularize the use of wines, especially the so-called light wines. The habit of wine drinking has become so strong that the people feel unable to do without some alcoholic drink, and whenever for any reason the price of wine is advanced, the people resort to the so-called aperitifs. The cheapness of these destructive drinks has increased their use, and the habit once formed is rarely broken. Efforts are being made by American brewers, distillers, and dealers in alcoholic drinks to increase their sale and consumption in this country. It is deeply to be regretted that many influential14papers going into the homes of the people are lending their aid to this effort by publishing advertisements of wines, beer, and whisky. There has been during the past two years a special effort made by dealers in whisky to increase the sale of certain brands by advertising, and their advertisements appear in only the better class of daily and weekly papers. These drinks are, therefore, virtually thrust before the eyes of young people as well as of the more mature in all homes. Dealers are also advertising their goods by circulars as never before in this country.—Northwestern Christian Advocate. THE little sharp vexations,
And the briers that pierce and fret,
Why not take them to the Helper
Who has never failed us yet? Tell him about the heartache,
And tell him the longings, too;
Tell him the baffled purpose,
When we scarce know what to do. Then, leaving all our weakness
With the One divinely strong,
Forget that we bore the burden,
And carry away the song. The Neutral Bath for Sleeplessness
THIS is simply a full bath at the temperature of ninety-two to ninety-seven degrees, administered in the usual manner. Friction should not be administered, unless it be very gentle rubbing when the patient first enters the bath, if he feels a slight inclination to chill. Chill will not occur, however, if the temperature of the bath is properly adjusted to the patient’s condition. The average temperature of the bath should be ninety-four or ninety-five degrees. When the patient is feverish, and the skin hot and flushed, even though there be no rise of temperature, the temperature of the bath may be ninety-two or ninety-three degrees. If the patient is thin and bloodless, with small heat-making capacity, the temperature of the bath should be ninety-six or ninety-seven degrees. All mechanical efforts should be avoided after as well as during this bath, as its purpose is to secure calmative or sedative effects. The duration of the bath when applied for relief of insomnia, should be from fifteen minutes to one hour. When used for the reduction of temperature, however, it may be continued for a much longer time, as three to four hours; and in certain cases of acute mania, obstinate insomnia, or fever, it may be continued for several hours consecutively, at a temperature of ninety-two or ninety-three degrees. The neutral bath diminishes the pulse rate, but does not modify the respiration. Exhalation by the skin is suspended, so that water accumulates in the tissues. It is in this way the cutaneous nerves become supersaturated with water, rather than by absorption of water from the bath. At the neutral point, there is then practically no movement of fluids either inward or outward. The urine is greatly increased in quantity, while its acidity is decreased; it may even become alkaline. The temperature and mode of administration of the neutral bath are such that neither thermic or circulatory reaction is produced. The bath may consequently be prolonged for an almost indefinite period, without producing exhaustion or any other untoward effects. When the bath is prolonged for a considerable period, the patient should be suspended in a sort of hammock, consisting of a sheet let down into the tub and secured to the edges, and should be made comfortable by means of an air pillow. The temperature of the neutral bath may be maintained uniform by placing covers over the tub, and adding jugs or bottles filled with hot water as often as may be necessary; or a portion of the water may be removed from time to time, and replaced with water at a higher temperature. When the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere is such as to prevent cooling, so that the bath is warmed by the heat of the body, it may be necessary to add cooler water occasionally to prevent elevation of temperature, whereby the bath would cease to be neutral in its effects. This bath depends for its good effects entirely upon the careful adjustment of the temperature within the limits named, ninety-two to ninety-seven degrees Farenheit. In insomnia there is practically no single measure of treatment so valuable as the neutral bath. For this class of patients the bath should be administered at bedtime. The patient often becomes drowsy in the bath, and may fall asleep. He may be allowed to sleep in the bath for several hours if it is found that removal counteracts its hypnotic effect, which is not infrequently the case. The sleeping patient must be carefully watched, however, to see that the head is not submerged. On removal from the bath, in cases of insomnia, great care should be taken to avoid chilling of the surface by evaporation. The patient should be instantly wrapped in a Turkish sheet and woolen blankets, and should be dried by gentle patting of the sheet or blanket, and without rubbing either with the sheet or with the dry hand, being afterward placed in bed as quickly as possible, and his surroundings made in every way conducive to sleep, so that the good effects of the bath may not be lost by excitation of the nervous system by unfavorable conditions. It will be interesting to recall the fact that Hippocrates well appreciated the neutral bath as a means of inducing sleep. — Good Health. Many parents go to great pains and expense in giving to their children—and especially the daughters—the best school education their means will afford. Many sacrifices are made and much inconvenience borne that this may be accomplished, and when the “finished product” of the college or young ladies’ school comes home to help make the happiness of the home, it is a great gratification for the old folks to feel that their children have had “as good as the best,” and being now “educated,” they, as well as the young people, imagine they have but to “go forth to conquer,” with the odds in their favor. Most of these young people have learned many things. They are interested in many things,— art, literature, music, golf, college athletics, philanthropy, club work, etc.,—and are able to discuss fluently, and with more or less intelligence, all the popular questions of the day, from the religious down to politics. But one has but to touch upon the subject of food values, practical hygiene, and the homely virtues of the common kitchen and laundry to see how very one sided their education really is. To be sure, they have the theory—or at least some of them have—of domestic science at their tongues’ end, and can wind the best cook in the crowd all into a tangle with their scientific treatment of the subject; but how many of them can go into the home kitchen, and, with the few homely utensils which have served their mothers so long and so well, get up a good, healthy meal of victuals? There is no reason why these daughters, and even sons, should not know something about practical matters of this kind. They should be taught to apply, as well as recite, the teachings of chemistry and hygiene, and their interest in the homely “home” duties should not only have been aroused, but stimulated and strengthened, and the value of a practical knowledge of food and food values, and of the hygienic treatment of simple, every-day home matters should have been duly impressed upon their minds.—The Commoner. Making the Church Popular
We may set it down as a fact that no church in which the pure gospel is faithfully preached, the standard of conduct held up to the Bible teaching, and discipline maintained therewith, will be a “popular” church; at any rate not until the majority of mankind become Christians. Such a church will be a powerful one, but not “popular.” It can gain popularity by filling its pulpits with preachers who preach nearly everything but Christ and him crucified; by lowering the standard of living, and by relaxing its discipline so that only the grosser forms of sin come under its censure. It was not contemplated by our Lord that his church, set as an expounder and example of righteousness in a world lying in the wicked one, should be popular. “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. . . . If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.” And may we not add that the nearer the church is like Jesus, the more will the world hate and persecute it? We are called to be a “separate” and “peculiar people,” and are forbidden conformity with the world. This being true, it follows that all attempts to adjust the church to the liking of the world must be at the expense of its true character and divine mission. The world has its code and its spirit, and these are not in harmony with those of the church as our Lord instituted it.—Pittsburg Christian Advocate.