Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 47. (9/21/1916)

Review and Herald

Sep 21, 1916

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 21, 1916

Alone with God

By George Matheson

It is only in the cool of the day that I can hear thy footsteps, O my God. Thou art ever walking in the garden, Thy presence is abroad everywhere and always; but it is not everywhere or always that I can hear thee passing by. The burden and heat of the day are too strong for me. The struggles of life excite me, the ambitions of life perturb me, the glitter of life dazzles me; it is all thunder and earthquake and fire. But when I myself am still, I catch thy still small voice, and then I know that thou art God. Thy peace can only speak to my peacefulness, thy rest can only be audible to my calm; the harmony of thy tread cannot be heard by the discord of my soul. Therefore, betimes I would be alone with thee, away from the heat and the battle. I would feel the cool breath of thy Spirit, that I may be refreshed once more for the strife. I would be fanned by the breezes of heaven, that I may resume the dusty road and the dolorous way. Not to avoid them do I come to thee, but that I may be able more perfectly to bear them. Let me hear thy voice in the garden in the cool of the day.—George Matheson, in the Watchman-Examiner.

What Will It Mean When the Calls for Money Cease?

By Mary C. McReynolds

SOMETIMES we hear the remark, “I wish they would stop this calling for money. That is all one hears. I shall be glad when I never hear it again.”

Very little do we realize what it will mean when these calls for money cease to come. None of us will really be glad when we never hear them again. It will be a most solemn time.

From the book “The Great Second Advent Movement,” page 168, we quote the following regarding the experience of some under the first message:—

Means Offered Too Late

“There were men who held on to their means, struggling all the while under the conviction that they should use it to advance the work, until it was too late to invest it. Such came to those engaged in printing the message, urging them with tears to accept their money, but the reply was, ‘You are too late! We have paid for all the printing matter we can possibly circulate before the end. We have hired several power presses to run night and day; we do not want any more money.’ An eyewitness testified to me that he saw men lay thousands of dollars on the desk before the publisher of the Voice of Truth, and in anguish of spirit beg of him to take it and use it. The

reply was, ‘You are too late! We don’t want your money now! We can’t use it!’ Then they asked, ‘Cannot it be given to the poor?’ The answer was the same, ‘We have made provision for the immediate wants of all such that we can reach.’ In distress of mind the men took away their money, declaring that the frown of God was upon them for their lack of faith, and for the covetousness which had led them to withhold means from the cause of God when it was needed and would have been gladly used.”

When the calls for money cease to come, the work will be done. The last general camp meeting will have been held, the last missionary will have gone to the foreign fields, the last soul on earth will have settled his destiny, the heavenly accounts will have been made up, and Jesus will have left his position as Mediator, and have stepped out from between the just wrath of God and sinful men. A solemn time this, one for which very, very few are prepared.

Let us, instead, rejoice that God gives us power to earn money, and the privilege of helping in this cause. Let us rejoice that probation has not closed, that sinners may still be saved, that there is work for our missionaries, and an opportunity for all of us to “redeem the time” before it shall be forever too late to give of our means to that work which is the center of interest in heaven and the only hope in the world for those who are still unsaved.

Let us be thankful for the large number of missionaries who are sailing this fall to the foreign fields. Let us give earnest prayer and attention to the general call for means to perfect the medical school at Loma Linda, so that where we now have one medical missionary in foreign fields, we may have hundreds. In the name of him who has bidden us, “let us rise up and build” the memorial hospital, so that our one medical school may stand ready to do the work the Lord requires of it at this time.

Remember the offering for the Ellen G. White Memorial Hospital, Sabbath, Oct. 14, 1916.

Mrs. MARY C. McREYNOLDS, Asst. Sec. Women’s Committee.

Special Mention

By Percy T. Magan

The Need of the Ellen G. White Memorial Hospital

We are living in the time of the end. War and famine, fire and flood, pestilence and crime, are abroad in the earth in greater degree than ever before. More people were stricken and died from the excessive heat this summer than at any other one time in the history of the country. The epidemic of infantile paralysis in the Eastern States has been unprecedented.

The Lord told his people in ancient times that if they failed to obey his law and to fear his glorious name, “then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses.” Deut. 28: 58, 59.

We, too, are living in an age when men and women have forgotten God, and have made void his holy law. Therefore it is meet that we should not overlook the hand of Heaven in the colossal visitations of war and famine, fire, flood, and plague, which are devastating mankind. God himself has written: “I have sent among you the pestilence: . . . yet have ye not returned unto me, said the Lord. . . . Therefore . . . prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.” Amos 4: 10-12.

For such a time as this are Seventh-day Adventists come to the kingdom. To us the world is a vast lazar house, in which Christ has called us to heal the sick, the afflicted, and those who are tortured with evil spirits. Like the Master, we must turn away none who come to us for healing. Of him it is written: “Many of those who came to Christ for help had brought disease upon themselves; yet he did not refuse to heal them.” Our course must be the same. In a peculiar way, the woes of the sons and daughters of men must appeal to every true medical missionary, and special training is necessary in order that this may be so. Our hearts are to be touched, as was the heart of Christ, and of him we read in “The Desire of Ages,” the following beautiful words:—

“Christ feels the woes of every sufferer. When evil spirits rend a human frame, Christ feels the curse. When fever is burning up the life current, he feels the agony. And he is just as willing to heal the sick now as when he was personally on earth. Christ’s servants are his representatives, the channels for his working. He desires through them to exercise his healing power.”—Trade Edition, p. 987.

“The sufferings of every man are the sufferings of God’s child, and those who reach out no helping hand to their perishing fellow beings provoke his righteous anger.”—Id., p. 990.

It is all-important that these sentiments be burned into the lives and hearts of our young men and women who are in training for medical missionary work. Into the warp and woof of the fabric of their medical education, these elevating and ennobling principles must be woven. The purest example of self-sacrificing devotion to the world’s mighty need must now shine forth in the lives of our medical workers. Their ideals must be as much higher than those of the medical men and women of the world as heaven is higher than earth.

It is this which makes it absolutely necessary to train our physicians and our medical evangelistic workers in our own school, under the guiding light of the Spirit of prophecy, and under sanctified and self-sacrificing teachers. Only in this way can the blessed blending of the spiritual with the physical healing be reproduced in our workers according to the divine pattern. Over and over again we have been admonished to shun a medical education which is “given by physicians who reject the authority of Christ, the greatest physician who ever lived upon the earth.”—Medical Evangelistic Library, No. 1, p. 6.

From this it will be clear that there is a religious side of the medical training which cannot be had in the schools of the world, but which is vital in the preparation of young men and women for the work of the Lord. Moreover, it is not only true that there is a spiritual training which cannot be had, but there are influences in the worldly schools which, from the standpoint of training for self-denying missionary service, are exceedingly detrimental.

We have been told over and over again that the last work to close among Seventh-day Adventist people will be the medical missionary work. Is it not highly significant that in the days during which almost all the world is reeling beneath a veritable “pentecost of calamity,” when more men are being wounded and maimed and tortured on the battle fields and battleships than ever before in the history of the world, God should be calling for advanced moves in medical missionary work? We should not lose sight of this thought.

Now, according to the requirements of the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, every medical college must have a hospital of its own, so located in a large city that an abundance of clinical material can be available. This is a right and reasonable requirement, and one with which we as a people should be fully in harmony. One of the most important things in medical training is to make that training practical. The world wants medical people who can do things. The students must have abundant opportunity not only to read what books have to say about disease, but to see it in all its variable forms and phases, and to learn to recognize and treat it under the supervision of competent instructors. The ordinary sanitarium practice does not in any sense meet the requirement. There must be plenty of accident and emergency cases; infectious cases, such as smallpox, typhoid, scarlet fever, and measles; diseases of the heart and lungs, such as pneumonia, pleurisy, pericarditis, and acute dilatation of the heart; the poisons of occupational diseases; all manner of children’s diseases, especially those bred by poverty, poor housing, and a lack of sanitation and hygiene. Such a variety as this can be obtained only in the poorer sections of a large city.

In connection with a hospital and dispensary like this, there are also always a large number of “out calls” to be made. These are medical visits to the homes of the very poorest people, where conditions are bad, and where the student finds a state of affairs, to some extent at least, bordering upon what he will find in a foreign field. This gives a splendid opportunity for practice with but few facilities, and for learning to better conditions through practical ingenuity. It is the training which all those who are going to foreign fields greatly need.

The foregoing furnishes the reasons for the building of The Ellen G. White Memorial Hospital in the city of Los Angeles, to be operated in connection with the College of Medical Evangelists.

PERCY T. MAGAN, M. D.

An Organized Body

By G. B. T.

THE apostle tells us that “Christ is the head of the church.” Eph. 5:23. He is “the head over all things to the church.” Chap. 1:22. He, and he alone, “is the head of the body, the church.” Col. 1:18.

Many more scriptures of similar import might be cited. The true church of God has a divine head. From him the church receives strength, light, nourishment, power, and instruction, to carry forward its work in the world.

The same scriptures which tell us that Christ is the head of the church, tell us that the church is his body. A head without a body is unthinkable. “Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church.” Col. 1:24.

The body can be directed by the head only in an organized capacity. Think of the strange idea of teaching that in order to meet the mind of God the body must be disorganized! It is almost impossible to think seriously of such a strange, incongruous condition of things. A divine head seeking to direct an unorganized body! This seems shocking.

It does not help the situation to say that the organization of the local church meets all the demands of organization. This is not enough. The body has “many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body.” 1 Cor. 12:12. The body is a unit, and not many disconnected members. God has set these members in the church, and all are to work together. Not a single member of the body works independently of other members. The eye does not work independently of other members of the body. The eye works together with the ears, the feet, the hands. None of these can say, “I have no need of thee.” They cannot perform their proper function independently, and separate from the organization of the body.

Can the hand work alone? Cut off an arm and lay it on the table. What can it do?—Nothing. Being separated from the body, and alone, it is dead. Suppose the eye thinks it is bound and hindered in its work by the organized body, and concludes to work alone. Separate it from the body. Now what can it do? It is useless; it is dead. Its light is gone.

Suppose the foot concludes its function is too humble. It feels too greatly the pressure of the body, and decides to separate from the body, and perform its work alone. It would not only be entirely useless separated from the body, but in its separation it would injure the body, and for a time at least hinder its progress.

No further illustrations are necessary to show the utter folly of concluding that the complete, perfect organization of the body is a dangerous thing. But these are sufficient to show that organization is necessary to each member of the body, and for the body as a whole. There is no quicker way to destroy the body than to disorganize it.

The Holy Spirit was present at creation, brooding over the world, bringing order out of chaos. Wherever the Spirit is permitted to have his way, he brings order and unity into the body of Christ. He never leads to division or separation, but tends to bring scattered parts together, heals and binds up broken joints, and strengthens and builds up the entire body. Let there be no divisions in the body, but let all the members press together, and push forward the work of God in unity and love. G. B. T.

The Bible

By L. L. C.

God has spoken to men in the past ages of this world’s history “at sundry times and in divers manners.” There are three main ways which he has used to communicate his will to man: First, face to face, then through holy men, and lastly through holy writings. He spoke to Adam face to face before the fall, but since that time Moses is the only one to whom he has spoken in that manner. To others of his servants he spoke in visions or dreams, and they in turn gave God’s word to the people. In Jesus Christ the word of God became flesh and dwelt among men.

Since Christ’s ascension we have a record of his life preserved to us in the pages of the Bible. Because this Book embodies the revelation of God’s will to us, we speak of it as God’s Word. Christ is the central theme, and in that consists the unity of that which is not a single book, but a whole library. Not alone in the Gospels is the Son of God the theme, but every book of the Bible has reference to him and to his work for mankind. These sacred Scriptures reveal the Logos not alone as the incarnate Word dwelling among men, but as the only Mediator throughout all the ages between God and man.

How has this priceless gift been given to us? and why are we rapidly approaching the time when any one, no matter how poor, may possess in his own language, if he really wishes, a copy of this inestimable Book, which already is more widely circulated than any other in the world?

The story of how this is becoming possible is a very interesting one indeed. It involves veritable miracles and long years of preparation. In a general way, we may say that three steps are involved in making possible this universal dissemination of God’s Word: First, means for permanent, written representation of human speech must be invented by mankind; then, owing to the diversity of tongues, the writings must be translated into each of the almost one thousand languages spoken at the present time in the earth; and lastly, that all should be able to have copies of this Book, the art of printing was an absolute necessity, for any copy done by hand would unavoidably be too expensive for universal circulation among all classes of men.

The invention of the art of writing has a history not known in many details. We will here present it only in its general outlines.

While knots tied in cords, and notches cut on sticks, and marked pebbles early served to a degree the purpose of writing, perhaps the earliest form which could rightly be so called is the picture writing, which saw its most remarkable development among the American Indians. This form of writing was found prevalent among the Mexican Indians at the time of Cortez’ conquest of Mexico, and it had been sufficiently developed to form the means of embodying a considerable literature.

The next natural step in the development of the art of writing is brought about by a gradual conventionalization of this picture writing. This process may be especially well seen in the languages of China and of the ancient Egyptians. A certain symbol, which perhaps originally represented a thing in a picture form, came to represent it under a conventionalized form. Through a stage of representing longer words by pictures giving the meaning of their component parts, syllabic writing came into being. In this way a conventional symbol came to represent a syllable. It was not, however, until an alphabet had been developed that writing could become easy and general. Nonalphabetical writing, such as is seen in the Chinese language, offers great difficulty when it comes to printing.

The origin of the alphabet is shrouded in darkness; but the earliest alphabetical document whose date can be fixed with comparative certainty is the famous Moabite Stone which was discovered in 1869. The long inscription on it tells of the achievements of a king of Moab who must have lived in the first half of the ninth century before Christ. The alphabet used is the Phenician alphabet. It contains twenty-two symbols in all, and these represent consonantal sounds only. In this respect the Phenician alphabet is similar to that of the Hebrew. It is only comparatively recently that vowel markings have been added to the Hebrew. In the old form it was necessary for the vowels to be supplied by the reader from the context, somewhat as writers of shorthand do in transcribing their notes. Both the Greeks and the Latins seem to have received their alphabet from the Phenician, and to have modified it so as to have representations for vowel sounds. Among the Teutonic people there was another form of writing, known as runes. This involved the scratching of signs on slips of wood. As to just where the Teutons obtained the forms of the letters they used, nothing is known for certain.

With the coming of the alphabetical writing we reach a time when the Bible could be written. This book, however, was not originally all written in the same language. The Old Testament was written largely in the Hebrew, but with some short portions in Chaldee or Aramaic. The New Testament was written entirely in the Greek, unless it be the Gospel of Matthew, which some think was first written in Hebrew, and then translated into the Greek.

One should not think of the Bible as a single book, for it is in reality a whole library of writings, whose collection into one volume took hundreds of years. Many inspired men wrote in past ages, and through the providence of God certain of their writings have been saved to us. It is impossible to trace the exact time of the writing of each of the component books of the Bible, but those who have been following the Bible Year have followed approximately the order.

Different methods were used to embody writing at different times. In the early days inscriptions were made on bricks and tiles, some of which have since been discovered in Mesopotamia and Egypt; also stones were chiseled with inscriptions, as is seen in pyramids and obelisks. It would be interesting if we could know just how each portion of the Bible was produced, yet this also we know only in a somewhat general way.

It would be interesting also if we had the original copies of the manuscripts just as written by the authors of the several books of the Bible; but all such autographic manuscripts have perished. The form, appearance, and even the language of these manuscripts have changed during the ages.

L. L. C.

The Conflict Between Capital and Labor

By F. M. W.

A Significant Sign of the Times

THE great conflict between capital and labor has increased so gradually, and we have become so accustomed to its outbursts, that we scarcely realize its significance, nor do we realize the large interests, of both life and property, which are involved.

An excellent article in a recent number of the Social Service Review presents some statistics showing the growth of this agitation during the last few years, and some of the results which have attended the controversy. Quoting the United States Bureau of Labor statistics, the Review declares that between 1881 and 1905 there occurred in the United States 36,757 strikes, affecting 181,407 establishments. As a result of this industrial war 8,703,824 employees were thrown out of work. It is claimed that ninety per cent of these strikes were ordered by labor unions, as distinguished from strikes entered into by unorganized employees.

From 1906 to 1914 the strikes greatly increased, both in numbers and in cost. During this time the following workers, among others, were involved: 15,000 telegraphers, 12,000 longshoremen, 10,000 miners, 40,000 shirt-waist makers, 7,000 tin workers, 85,000 cloak makers, 40,000 garment workers, 1,200 street cleaners, 10,000 furniture workers, 4,000 cotton-mill workers, 29,000 woolen-mill workers, 7,000 silk-mill workers, 15,000 carpenters, 5,000 freight handlers, 5,000 waiters, 100,000 clothing workers. Much suffering, riot, bloodshed, and murder attended these strikes.

In the great anthracite coal strike in 1906 the workers lost the equivalent of 6,000,000 days, and in the anthracite coal strike of 1912 the loss in wages was estimated at $14,000,000. Some of these strikes caused great injury to the health and well-being of the community; such, for example, as the ice strike in Cincinnati, the electric railway workers' strike in Indianapolis, the postal transfer service strike in New York City, the hop pickers' strike in California, the copper mine strike of Michigan, the prolonged strike in the mining regions of Colorado, which developed into armed rebellion against the State.

Nor have the years 1915 and 1916 been exceptions to any of the years preceding. These last two years have been characterized by a large amount of industrial unrest. Early in 1915 the union of machinists began a series of strikes throughout New England. Serious industrial disturbances resulted in Bridgeport, New Haven, Brooklyn, and in many points in New York and Pennsylvania. The strike of the Standard Oil employees in New Jersey drew other classes of workmen into disorder and riot. Frequent street-car strikes have occurred, such as in Providence, Troy, Albany, Washington, and Philadelphia.

Last month a great street railway strike was declared in New York City. It was only through the strenuous efforts of Mayor Mitchel that a basis of agreement between the street-car men and their employers was finally reached. But this strike progressed sufficiently far to entail a loss of $600,000 to the street-car lines, and probably fully as much to their workers.

And the spirit of industrial unrest still continues in the great metropolis. A short time ago a strike was called on both the elevated and subway trains. This appeared to be only temporarily successful, the companies continuing to operate cars on both lines. At this writing, earnest appeal is being made to Mr. Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to call to the aid of the striking carmen 800,000 other unionists of the city.

And thus the conflict goes on, and it will continue to go on till the end of time. The war between capital and labor as set forth in the Scripture is a sign that we have reached the last days of earth's history. (Read James 5:1-8.) It constitutes one of the great international questions which will bring grave concern to the governments of earth, and is one of the conditions which, according to the words of our Lord, will bring “upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity,” in the days immediately preceding his coming.

This, perhaps, found exemplification in the great threatened railway strike a few

days ago, more than in any other strike which has ever occurred in this country. President Wilson and Congress felt that the safety of the commercial interests of the country was most seriously threatened; that the proposed strike would cause loss of untold millions of dollars to all classes of the population, and that in many places physical suffering, with loss of life, would ensue. After laboring most earnestly to bring the railroad men and their employees to terms of settlement, and failing in his efforts, in order to avert what seemed to him a dire calamity, the President recommended to Congress the passage of an eight-hour law for certain classes of railroad employees, thus meeting the principal contention of the railroad brotherhoods.

The passage by Congress of an eight-hour law, providing the same pay as for ten hours, has become a leading issue in the political campaign between the great parties. We do not deem it fitting that we should discuss in the columns of the REVIEW the political merits of the question. It is sufficient for the purposes of this article to state that the labor unions regard the action of Congress as a wonderful victory, and undoubtedly it will greatly strengthen their efforts to secure in the future further recognition of their claims. On the other hand, it is regarded by the representatives of capital as an effort on the part of the unions to impress Congress into the passage of class legislation. The New York Tribune, quoting a railroad representative, declares:—

“If these unions can force Congress to act under duress of a threat to imperil the life of the nation, and if there can be no hearing of the merits of the issues, then our society has broken down. It means that when the unions are strong enough, they can force what they want, no matter how right or how wrong they are.”

Similarly the New York Times, although favoring politically President Wilson and the present Congress, believes that the passage of the eight-hour law is a violation of the fundamental law of the country, and legislation in favor of class privilege. The editor says:—

“The blackmailing of the whole nation under the threat of a strike, and the extortion from a nation's legislature of a special act granting the demands of the brotherhoods without time to inquire into its justice or its practicability, put upon the country an intolerable humiliation. It reduces 100,000,000 people to a condition of vassalage, no longer permitted to make laws that freely express their will, but held up, as the highwayman's victim is held up, and forced to instant compliance with the terms imposed upon them by the leaders of organizations comprising only 400,000 of their number. But there is no other instance where a Congress of the United States has been forced to make laws under threat of a small part of the people to do immeasurable and irreparable injury to the others. If such an outrage can be put upon us unresisted, we have lost our republican form of government.”

That the questions between capital and labor have now reached a stage that will prove a serious bone of contention, not only between the political parties in the field, but in future sessions of Congress as well, is clearly evident. While it is to be hoped that such measures may be adopted as will establish a permanent basis of settlement between the railroads and their employees, it may be expected that the general controversy between the two classes will be greatly intensified.

While we watch the controversy, let us recognize it as a sign of the times in which we live. Let us keep from our hearts class distinction and class hatreds, seeking to bring before others, and even before those engaged in the great industrial conflict, the fact that the controversy in which they are engaged is significant of the times in which we live. And let us seek to show our fellows that even of greater importance than the struggle for the temporal things of this life, is the securing of a better life, which may be found in the acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

Regarding the avowed purposes of the forces of labor, which, if carried out, must inevitably lead to a serious conflict in the future, we will speak at another time.

F. M. W.

Strange Inconsistencies

By G. B. T.

As we study the situation existing in the world, some very remarkable inconsistencies are seen. One of these is suggested by the following from the pen of an editorial paragrapher in a great daily newspaper:—

“The ratification of a treaty between Canada and this country for the protection of migratory birds at the time of the world’s greatest sacrifice of human life wantonly, has a curious interest.”

Earnest study given as to how to preserve the lives of birds, while human beings, made in God’s image, and endowed with a mind capable of reasoning and of setting in operation great plans and enterprises, are being fed to the cannon by the million! Care taken of a migratory bird, lest the little birdlets in some nest be deprived of a mother’s care, and be left with none to feed them, and at the same time the noble sons and fathers of the human race sent into battle, so that the rivers run red with their blood, and the mothers and sisters, the widows and orphans, weep and call in vain for their return! Truly sin has produced a strange and incongruous state of things in this sin-cursed world.

The same paragrapher observes further:—

“With a record of forty-eight killed in the city within a month by vehicles, it would seem that New York would suffer less by an occasional visit of Zeppelins than from its own headlong speed enthusiasts. Of the forty-eight persons killed in New York City last month by vehicles, thirty-eight were victims of automobiles, and only four were killed by wagons.”

It is the strange and uncommon thing that fixes the attention. A Zeppelin flying some thousands of feet in the air, dropping bombs and killing defenseless women and children, is heralded over the world, and the cold-bloodedness of the thing held up to public execration. But while this diabolical work is going on, about us the morgues contain the bodies of those killed by rapidly and carelessly driven automobiles, far in excess of those killed by bombs dropped from the sky by Zeppelins! This is a more tragic way to mete out death, and we have not become so accustomed to it. But men everywhere have grown careless, and notwithstanding all the “safety first” advice, the dead, maimed, and mutilated are increasing. Like those on the battle field, we are becoming so accustomed to these things that the frightful chronicle of accidents and calamities by land and sea can be read with but passing attention.

Much has been said in the public press of late about infantile paralysis. Public benefactors have come forth with the offers of reward for those who can suggest a remedy to stop its ravages, and this is laudable. But the deaths reported from this plague are far fewer than those annually reported from typhoid fever, and from some other maladies which are claiming victims by the thousands. Yet comparatively little is said concerning these things, while much is said concerning infantile paralysis. It is because it is not so common. We dread it more for this reason. By and by it will take its place among the other fatal and terrible disorders with which we are endangered, and less will be said, even though its victims increase, while some new disease will spread alarm everywhere.

The world seems to be entranced by sin, and at the same time benumbed. We seem to be almost insensible to the terrible condition of the world about us. War, labor troubles, strikes, floods, cyclones, fires, and calamities hitherto unknown follow in rapid succession, telling us in clear tones that sin’s harvest is almost ripe, and the day of God is at the door; yet these tremendous events make but little impression on the heart. I fear we shall fall asleep in the midst of it all, and the day of God take us unawares. Even God’s people are not free from this danger. Truly we should heed the Master’s admonition, “Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”

G. B. T.

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