Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 44. (11/4/1909)

Review and Herald

Nov 4, 1909

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 4, 1909

The Missionary Call

By Bishop Heber

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” — Matt. 24:14.

From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand, From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.

Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, Ye waters, onward roll, Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain— Redeemer, King, Creator— In bliss returns to reign.

— Bishop Heber.

Choice Books

“Printing is the latest and greatest gift by which God enables us to advance the things of the gospel.”—Luther.

The Seventh-day Adventist denomination now owns and operates twenty-eight publishing houses,—six in the United States and twenty-two in foreign lands. This does not include numerous college and private printing plants, nor about fifty affiliated tract societies handling our literature in as many local conferences.

Choice Books

Selected from Our List of 333

Books marked * are illustrated.

Bible Readings for the Home Circle. 600 pages. Over 1,000,000 copies sold. Published also in Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German, and French. Answers 3,000 questions. Cloth, $3.

Bible Text-Book. By O. A. Johnson. 298 pages, 49 readings, 5 charts. Pocket size. Cloth, 30 cents; leather, 50 cents.

Colds: Their Cause, Prevention, and Cure. By G. H. Heald, M. D. Leatherette, 25 cts.

Change of the Sabbath. By George I. Butler. Was it by divine or human authority? 195 pages. Paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.

Christ Our Saviour. A life of Christ for the children. 182 pages. Board, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

The Coming King. By J. E. White. 321 pages, 190 engravings. Proves Christ is coming soon. Cloth, $1.

Daniel and the Revelation: The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy. By Uriah Smith. 990 pages. Most scholarly treatise on prophecies extant. Cloth, $3.

Education. By Mrs. E. G. White. 321 pages. The relation to Christianity. Cloth, $1.25. Cover in three colors.

A Friend in the Kitchen. By Mrs. Anna L. Colcord. Best vegetarian cook-book. Waterproof paper, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.

The Great Controversy, between Christ and Satan. A history of the Christian church from the fall of Jerusalem to the end of the world. By Mrs. E. G. White. Over 700 pages. Cloth, $3. Also issued in Danish, Swedish, German, and French.

The Great Second Advent Movement. By J. N. Loughborough. Rise and progress of Seventh-day Adventists. 480 pages. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25.

Heralds of the Morning. By A. O. Tait. The prophecies concerning Christ's second advent explained. 384 pages, 150 illustrations. Cloth, $2. Also in German, Danish, and Swedish.

Here and Hereafter. By Uriah Smith. Man in life and death. Reward of the righteous and destiny of the wicked. 357 pages. Cloth, $1.

Home and Health. Complete household manual. 2,000 recipes and suggestions on the building and care of the home. A veritable encyclopedia. 600 pages. Cloth, $3.

The Marvel of Nations. By Uriah Smith. The United States in prophecy. What the Bible says of our nation. 324 pages. Cloth, $1.25.

The Ministry of Healing. By Mrs. E. G. White. The relation of Christianity to health and healing. 544 pages. Cloth, $1.50. Proceeds of the sale donated to health institutions.

Our Paradise Home. By S. H. Lane. 128 pages. Board, 25 cents; cloth, 50 cents.

The Practical Guide to Health. By Frederick M. Rossiter, M. D. The science of the human body, of diseases and their rational cure. 668 pages. Cloth, $3.

Steps to Christ. By Mrs. E. G. White. Highly recommended by ministers. A sweet-spirited, soul-saving book. Paper, 30 cents; cloth, 60 cents.

Periodicals

Selected from Our List of 118

Signs of the Times. A 16-page illustrated religious weekly. Expositor of prophetic, educational, and temperance truth. One year (52 numbers), $1.50. Address, Mountain View, Cal.

Signs of the Times Monthly. An illustrated 48-page monthly magazine, interpreting current history in the light of Bible prophecies. Yearly subscription, $1. Single copy, 10 cents. Address, Mountain View, Cal.

Life and Health. A magazine of health and temperance (illustrated); 64 pages, monthly, 10 cents. Yearly subscription, $1. Address, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Liberty. An illustrated magazine of religious freedom. Issued quarterly. 48 pages. Advocates the complete separation of the state from the church. Yearly subscription, 25 cents. Single copy, 10 cents. Address, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

The Protestant Magazine. A quarterly (illustrated) advocating primitive Christianity and protesting against apostasy. 64 pages. Yearly subscription, 25 cents. Single copy, 10 cents. Address, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Christian Education. An illustrated bi-monthly magazine for home and school. 48 pages. Advocates the education of head, heart, and hand for service. Yearly subscription, 50 cents. Single copy, 10 cents. Address, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

The Watchman. A 48-page monthly magazine (illustrated). Throws the search-light of Bible prophecy on the events of the past, present, and future. Yearly subscription, $1. Single copy, 10 cents. Address, Nashville, Tenn.

The Youth’s Instructor. An illustrated, 16-page weekly. Clean, educational, inspiring. Yearly subscription, $1. Address, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Our Little Friend. A Christian weekly for the children. Eight pages, illustrated. Yearly subscription, 50 cents. Address, Mountain View, Cal.

Bible Tracts

Selected from Our List of 1,383

Tracts marked * are envelope size.

On Bible Study

Price each

Benefits of Bible Study .......... $ .00½

Topical Bible Studies ............. .01½

Baptism

If’s and Why’s of Baptism ........ .01½

The Millennium

The Temporal Millennium ........... .01½

False Hope of a Second Probation .. .02

Present-Day “Isms”

Try the Spirits .................. .00½

Spiritualism ...................... .01

Hypnotism—What Is It? ............ .03

Gospel Remedy for Present-day “Isms” ........ .01

Christian Science (pamphlet) ...... .10

The Spirit World and a Future Life .10

Health and Temperance

Diet and Endurance ................ .05

Tobacco Using ..................... .01½

Patent Medicines ................. .00¾

Pure Air in the Home ............. .00½

Chronic Constipation .............. .01½

Cure for National Intemperance .. .00½

Drunkenness and Crime ............. .01

The Demons’ Council .............. .00½

Alcohol and Disease .............. .00½

Liquor and Poverty ............... .00½

The Immortality Question

Thoughts for the Candid ........... .00½

Is Man Immortal? ................. .01

Rich Man and Lazarus .............. .01

Tormented Forever and Ever ........ .01

Satan’s First Lie (poem) .......... .02

Christ’s Second Coming

Is the End Near? ................. .01½

Christ’s Second Coming ........... .02

Heralds of His Coming (illustrated) ........ .01½

Waymarks to the Holy City ......... .01

Manner of Christ’s Coming ......... .01

We Would See Jesus .............. .01

The Coming of the Lord .......... .00¼

Without Excuse .................... .00¼

Signs of the End .................. .01

The Sabbath Question

The Best Day ..................... .02½

The Seventh, or One Seventh ...... .00½

Is Sunday the Sabbath? ........... .00½

Elihu on the Sabbath .............. .01

New Testament Sabbath ............. .01

Who Changed the Sabbath? .......... .01

Sunday in a Nutshell ............. .01

The Identical Seventh Day ......... .01

From Sabbath to Sunday ............ .00½

Which Day Do You Keep, and Why? .00½

What the Sabbath Involves ........ .00½

Evolution and the Sabbath ......... .01

Religious Liberty

Principles Too Little Understood ........ .00½

Religious Liberty—What Eminent Authorities Say ........ .00¾

The Civil Sabbath ................ .00¾

Sunday Laws ...................... .00¾

Limits of Civil Authority ........ .00¾

Civil Government and the Church .. .00¾

Church Federation ................ .00¾

Logic of Sabbath Legislation ..... .00½

William Lloyd Garrison on Sunday Laws ........ .00½

Sunday Mail Reports .............. .00¾

What Are Works of Charity and Necessity? ........ .00¾

☞ Send for our price-list of 523 tracts and pamphlets in 36 foreign languages, from the Arabic to the Yiddish.

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32 Union Square, New York City.

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PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

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1109 E. Twelfth St., Kansas City, Mo.

61 Park St., Portland, Ore.

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

SOUTHERN PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

Twenty-fourth Ave., North, Nashville, Tenn.

411 West Railroad Ave., Fort Worth, Texas.

169 Bryan St., Atlanta, Ga.

INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

College View, Neb.

The books, periodicals, and tracts listed above are only a very few of the large variety of publications, in sixty-four languages, issued under the auspices of the denomination.

For complete catalogue of our English and foreign publications, address any of the four publishing houses or their seven branch offices mentioned on this page.

Why This World-Wide Missionary Movement?

By A. G. Daniells

THIS is an age of great activity in behalf of foreign missions. At no time since apostolic days has the church shown such deep interest in the preaching of the gospel to the heathen. And never in all her history has the church prosecuted foreign mission work on such a gigantic scale.

OFFICE OF THE S. D. A. GENERAL CONFERENCE, AND THE REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.

The organized campaign of modern missions was set on foot by William Carey and a few other devout men a hundred years ago. At first small, it has steadily grown, until now it is truly world-wide. So broad is the scope of this movement, so powerful its influence, and so definite its purpose, that it has chosen the watchword: “The evangelization of the world in this generation.”

And while the church has been working up such a splendid program, the providences of God have been shaping the affairs of men relating to exploration, discovery, invention, education, and the world’s progress generally. The present is the first time in the history of the world that all the habitable parts of the globe, and all the people inhabiting them, have been known the world over.

While explorers have been bringing to the knowledge of the world the location, distribution, and conditions of all races, inventors and capitalists have been hard at work providing transportation for reaching quickly and safely every part of the world, and facilities for the quick transmission of news and the production of literature.

Thus the providence of God has made it possible for an awakened church to tell the story of the cross to all the world in a single generation. And this is by the definite purpose of God, in fulfilment of promise and prophecy given centuries ago.

When Jesus was on earth, he told his followers that he must leave them. This sad, disappointing message was accompanied by the promise that he would come again, receive them to himself, and establish his kingdom forever. The disciples believed this promise, and requested the Master to give some sign or token by which all men might know the time of his return and the end of the world. In simple, direct statements Jesus gave them a clear, connected outline of events, extending from their time to the end of the world. One of the events that was to occur just before his return, and which was to be evidence of his immediate coming, was the following: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Matt. 24:14.

There is no fact more clearly and positively affirmed in the Scriptures than the second coming of Christ. Whoever believes that he once came, must, from the same authority and evidence, believe that he will come again. And if we may rely upon his own word, his coming will be heralded by so many unmistakable tokens that all may understand. And one of these great signs will be the preaching of the gospel of his coming kingdom in all the world for a witness unto all nations.

This same world-wide movement was described by the apostle John in these words: “I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.” Rev. 14:6, 7.

Every Bible student knows that the judgment is a last-day event. It had not come in Paul’s day, for he reasoned of the “judgment to come.” Acts 24:25.

The proclamation of this gospel message to all the world will be followed by the coming of Christ, which John describes as follows: “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.” Rev. 14:14.

Here is positive evidence that just before the close of human history a great world-wide missionary movement was to be carried forward. That movement is here, fulfilling both the promise and the prophecy of God’s Word. It is because this movement is due that there is now such great activity on the part of the church to give quickly the gospel to all the world.

Never before has the church faced such opportunities and possibilities, nor has she ever faced such vast responsibilities. It is the day of the Lord’s preparation; the hour of his judgment is come. The gospel of the kingdom must be preached in all the world in this generation. This will lighten the earth with the glory of God, and then the end will come.

It is with the profoundest gratitude that we see in active, vigorous progress the very work foretold in the Scriptures, and for which all these marvelous openings and facilities have been created.

The missionary work reported in this paper is a part of the great movement for the evangelization of the world in this generation, and it is an unspeakable privilege to be associated with it. We earnestly solicit the helpful co-operation of all who wish to take some part in this splendid work.

A. G. DANIELLS, President Seventh-day Adventist General Conference.

Speeding On

FROM POLE TO POLE

PUNTA ARENAS, THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY
OUR SOUTHERN OUTPOST — PUNTA ARENAS, THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY OUR SOUTHERN OUTPOST

HAMMERFEST, THE NORTHERNMOST CITY
OUR NORTHERN OUTPOST — HAMMERFEST, THE NORTHERNMOST CITY OUR NORTHERN OUTPOST

Speeding On

AT our quadrennial World's Missionary Conference held in Washington last summer, attended by over two thousand representatives, including about one hundred seventy-five from foreign lands, witness was borne to the fact that the message of the soon coming of Christ is being swiftly carried to “every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” In a review of the last four years the mission secretary stated:—

During these four swift years thirty-three new countries and island fields have been entered, counting the great provinces of China and India as separate countries, which they really are in their vastness of population and differences of language. Thirty-three new fields, thank God! and nearly every one in the great Catholic and heathen zones, representing a population of two hundred fifty millions newly brought within our missionary boundaries, with a score of new tongues thanking God for the “blessed hope.”

The Lord, who gave to John that vision of the last message flying to every nation and tongue, is able to finish the work and cut it short in righteousness.

He has wonderfully prepared the way. A few years before the hour of God's judgment struck, in 1844, men were traveling about the world just as they did in the days of Abraham or Solomon, as fast as horse or sailing ship could take them. But as the hour came for a message to be carried swiftly to all the world in one generation, the whole six thousand years of man's history was changed, as to means of locomotion. Suddenly came the steamship, the railway, the application of steam and electricity to locomotion, production, and communication. In these last days, for the evangelization of the world in this generation, it has been done.

“He hath made the deep as dry, He hath smote for us a pathway to the ends of all the earth.”

Changes have come within the decade that indicate the arm of the Lord made bare. In the last four years three great kingdoms and one Catholic republic have removed legal barriers to gospel work, two of them with special decrees mentioning our own work and opening a wider path for the message.

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