Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 22. (5/30/1912)

Review and Herald

May 30, 1912

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · May 30, 1912

The Angels' Story

By Robert Hare

ROBERT HARE

Star-worlds flashed in ancient splendor, Blazing suns their glories cast, But the Orient hills were kindled With a radiance that surpassed All the star-worlds in their shining, Gilding every glad outlining — Angels from the throne of God Cast their glories on the sod.

Shepherds, watching in the darkness On Judea’s flowery plain, Saw the brightness, heard the story Sung in angels’ glad refrain: “Glory be to God eternal, Glory in the heights supernal; Peace below, to men on earth, Hail the King of virgin birth.”

Ancient seers had told the story, Told it well, but waited long For the heavenly revelation Made to man in angels’ song: “Glory in the heights ascending; Glory, glory earthward bending; Heaven’s own Messenger has come To guide His ransomed people home.”

Soul of mine, hast heard the echo Of that song by angels told, When the seraph choirs descending Touched the earth with harps of gold? Share the blessing sent of Heaven, Taste the sweets of sin forgiven; Then through all earth’s years of pain Whisper, “Christ will come again!”

EARN YOUR OWN SUBSCRIPTION

By Editor

By sending us two new subscriptions at $1.00 each, you may earn your own yearly subscription.

Send $2.00 for 50 copies; sell 20 to get your money back; then sell or give away the other 30 copies in the interests of true health reform.

PRICES

$1.00 a year, 10 cents a copy; 5 to 40 copies, 5 cents each; 50 or more copies, 4 cents each.

THE JUNE NUMBER OF

LIFE AND HEALTH

Special "Tuberculosis," "Pellagra," and "Hookworm" Number

"SWISS ALPS" COVER, IN THREE COLORS

Seventy-three Articles, Forty Illustrations. A Practical, Beautiful, and Instructive Number.

Questions and Answers.—In this new and popular department the editor replies to questions asked by subscribers. SUBSCRIBE NOW. Send $3.00 for 5 years; $2.00 for 3 years; or $1.00 for one year.

A FEW FEATURES

Frontispiece, "A Babbling California Stream." How to Prevent Consumption. Pellagra a Menace. A Four Years' Experience With Pellagra Hookworm: Causes, Nature, and Cure. Why Physicians Neglect to Diagnose Hookworm Disease. A Vegetarian or Mixed Diet, Which? Death in the Sausage. A Page of Health Cartoons. Saving the Motherless Infants. God's Great Out-of-Doors. Some Things Girls Should Know. How Some English Working Men Have Become Home Owners. How to Serve Nuts (11 Recipes). Booker Washington on Whisky. Questions and Answers (11 Questions Answered). Forty-seven Other Important Articles and Items.

Single bound volumes 1908-11, half leather each, post-paid, $1.75

Send All Orders Through Your Tract Society

If you don't know your Tract Society address, ask "Life and Health," Washington, D. C.

The "James Madison" and "Religious Garb" Number

By Editor

Do not fail to read and pass on to others this important number. In the words of Jefferson: "The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us."

Join the International Religious Liberty Association by subscribing for this illustrated quarterly magazine for one year (25 cents), and signing its "Declaration of Principles."

A FEW FEATURES

Cover Picture of Madison's Home. Religious Garb in United States Indian Schools. Why the Jew Hates "Christianity." The Moral Condition in California. California and the Sunday Law. A City Without a Sunday Law. Governor Foss Resents Cardinal's Arrogance. Rome's Insult to America's Marriage Laws. Rome's Interference With the Rights of Citizens. Religious Liberty in Portugal Under the Monarchy and the Republic. Restrictions Upon the Religious Liberty of Public-School Teachers in the Philippines. Stands for the complete liberty of every man and woman in the world, whether Protestant, Catholic, Jew, or infidel.

Special Offer on Ten, One Year

Ten copies, one year, to one address or to ten separate addresses, only $1.50, or 15 cents each. Sender may include his own name as one of the ten. This number should be placed in the hands of every editor, attorney, clergyman, city and county official, and public-school teacher in your county. We can furnish the names and addresses.

Please Order Through Your Tract Society

If you do not know your Tract Society address, send to "Liberty," Washington, D. C.

A GOOD PROPOSITION FOR AGENTS!

Prices: 25 cents a year, 10 cents a copy; 5 to 40 copies, 5 cents each; 50 or more copies, 4 cents each.

Send 10 cents for sample copy. Better still, send $1.00 for 20, or $2.00 for 50. Discount to agents on yearly subscriptions.

The Heavenly Vision

By L. D. Santee

"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth." Rev. 21 : 1.

As I studied my well-loved Bible, I read a wondrous thing In the book of the Revelation, One night in the early spring; I read of celestial faces, And hearts that were pure and true, And, moving through endless spaces, An earth and a heaven "new."

Again I read, and its pages This wondrous message bore, That in all of the coming ages There should be death no more; That sorrows should all be banished, And the grief of all the years; That the ache of the heart is vanished, And no cheek should be wet with tears;

That the sadness, and the grieving, The disappointed pain, The saints of the Lord are leaving, Never to feel again: But instead, as told in its pages, Is the glorious thrill and thought Of a home foretold by the sages, That the hand of God hath wrought.

To the host redeemed it is given To join in the glad new song Sung on the shores of heaven By the great unnumbered throng; And I prayed that the Lord would grant me By the tree of life to sing, As I studied my well-loved Bible One night in the early spring.

Moline, Ill.

How to Meet Trial and Difficulty

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

THOSE who are laboring in places where the work has not long been started, often find themselves surrounded by discouraging conditions. The need of better facilities is great, and encouragement and sympathy may seem to be withheld. At such times let not the workers give way to discouragement, but let them take their perplexities to the Lord in prayer. When trying to build up the work in new territory, we have often gone to the limit of our resources. At times it seemed as if we could advance no farther. But we kept sending out petitions to heaven, all the time denying self; and God heard and answered our prayers, supplying means for the advancement of the work.

Because circumstances change and disappointments come, because you do not have as much help as you hoped to receive for the building up of the work, you are not therefore to become disheartened. Lay every care at the feet of the Redeemer. "Ask, and ye shall receive." Do your best, and then wait, patiently, hopefully, rejoicingly, because the promise of God can not fail. Christ's life of untiring effort has been recorded for our encouragement. He did not fail nor become discouraged. In time of trial, be patient. Patience is a precious jewel. It will bring health to heart and mind. Wait on the Lord until he sees that you are ready to receive and appreciate the blessings for which you ask. Exercise faith, even though the trials are severe. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Of faith hope is born.

It requires self-control to accept disappointment meekly; but Jesus understands your needs. Every prayer offered to him in sincerity and faith will be answered. Having done your best, refuse to give way to discouragement and despair. When hedged about with apparently insurmountable difficulties, then is the time above all others to trust in the Lord.

The divine command to Moses to deliver Israel found the wilderness shepherd distrustful, slow of speech, and timid. He was overwhelmed with a sense of his incapacity to be a mouthpiece for God. But he accepted the work, putting all his trust in the Lord. The greatness of his mission called into exercise the best powers of his mind. God blessed his ready obedience, and he became eloquent, hopeful, self-possessed, well fitted for his great work. His experience is an illustration of what God will do to strengthen the characters of those who trust him implicitly, and give themselves unreservedly to his service.

It is wonderful how strong a weak man may become, how prolific of great results his efforts through faith in the power of God and devotion to his service. Through the exercise of his abilities in the cause of God, the hesitating and irresolute become firm and decided. His nature becomes exalted; the mission of Christ opens before him with new importance and glory, and with deep humility he recognizes in himself a collaborator with the Saviour. No higher office than this is given to man. No joy can equal that which comes with the assurance that he is an instrument in the hand of God for the salvation of souls. It is a good thing to look back upon a course of labor marked with definite results in the advancement of Christ's kingdom, to see precious souls reaching up to the standard of Christian living, and to know that God has worked through our efforts for the accomplishment of such results.

The careless onlooker may not appreciate the work nor recognize its importance. He may think it a losing business, a life of thankless labor and needless self-sacrifice. But the servant of God sees it in the light shining from the cross. His sacrifices appear small in comparison with those of the Master. As he reviews his work, the trials and difficulties that have beset him are not magnified in his mind. The consciousness of duty performed and the glory of his coming reward amply compensate for all the sacrifice he may have made.

Laborer for God, when you are weary and heavy-laden, flee to Christ, who has promised you rest. He is the Burden-bearer; he is your strength. Your work in this world is to discipline the mind, to store up knowledge, to perfect character. Only thus will you be able to wage successfully the warfare of life. Keep the spirit humble. Envy, pride, worldly ambition, cupidity, and love of ease must be renounced. In simplicity and love be like those little ones whose angels do always behold the face of the Father in heaven. But unite with these

virtues the courage of the tried warrior. Faithful Calebs are needed, who will raise their voices fearlessly in defense of the right, who will be first to press to the front of the battle, and plant the banner of truth in the enemy's camp.

A chieftain in Israel, Caleb was one of those chosen to spy out the land of Canaan. When the spies returned from this work, the voices of his companions were raised in complaint. They acknowledged the goodness of the land; but "the people be strong that dwell in the land," they said, "and the cities are walled, and very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there."

Caleb saw the difficulties just as plainly as did the other spies, but he stood firmly at the post God had assigned him. He would not shirk any disagreeable responsibility; and now, in the face of his cowardly companions who were threatening to stone him, he cried with a ringing voice, "Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it."

It was Caleb's faith in God that gave him courage, that kept him from the fear of man, and enabled him to stand boldly and unflinchingly in the defense of the right. Through reliance on the same power, the mighty General of the armies of heaven, every true soldier of the cross may receive strength and courage to overcome the obstacles that seem insurmountable.

Success in the winning of souls does not depend upon age or circumstances, but upon the love one has for others. Consider John Bunyan imprisoned in the Bedford jail. His enemies think they have placed him where his work for others must cease. But not so. He is not idle. The love for souls continues to burn within him, and from the loathsome dungeon there is sent forth a light that has shone to all parts of the civilized world. There he wrote his wonderful allegory of the pilgrim's journey from the land of destruction to the celestial city. This book, "The Pilgrim's Progress," portrays the Christian life so accurately, and presents the love of Christ so attractively, that through its instrumentality hundreds and thousands have been converted.

Again, consider Luther in his Wartburg prison. His enemies exulted in his absence; for the light of the gospel seemed about to be extinguished. But instead of this the Reformer was filling his lamp from the storehouse of truth; and its light was to shine forth with brighter radiance. While in prison Luther's pen was never idle. While his enemies flattered themselves that he was silenced, they were astonished and confused by tangible proof that he was still alive. A host of tracts, issuing from his pen, circulated throughout Germany. He also performed a most important service for his countrymen by translating the New Testament into the German tongue.

In varied ways God worked for his people in ages past, and he is as willing to work through those who to-day are laboring for the salvation of souls. But the trouble with many is that they have not enough faith. They are too self-sufficient, too easily disturbed by little trials. There is in the natural heart much selfishness, much self-dignity; and when the workers present the truth and it is resented, they too frequently feel that it is an insult to themselves, when it is not they, but the Author of truth who is insulted and rejected. There is need of hiding self in Jesus. The nearer one comes to Jesus, the less will self be esteemed, and the more earnest will be the effort put forth for others.

Whether you labor in public or private, you will meet difficulties. But remember, brethren, in every perplexity that God has angels still. You may meet opposition, yes, persecution. But if you are steadfast to principle, you will find, as did Daniel, a present Helper and Deliverer in the God whom you serve. This is the time to cultivate integrity of character. To all who engage in missionary work I would say, Hide in Jesus. Let not self but Christ appear in all your labors. When the work goes hard, and you become discouraged, and are tempted to abandon it, bow upon your knees before God, and say, Here, Lord, is thy pledged word. Throw your weight upon his promises, and every one of them will be fulfilled.

Learn to take Christ at his word when you are inclined to despond. Believe that "all power" is given to those who need it, and that this power is for you. Do not look on the dark side, but look in faith to Jesus. The Word of the Lord is sufficient. Take hold unitedly with a will to do what God has said must be done. Success will attend those who cooperate with him all the time.

Let us not be weary in well-doing. Why should we, with such helpers to cooperate with us in fighting the battles of life? At our baptism we were pledged to the service of God. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we received the holy rite. The pledge was a life pledge on the part of heaven if we would comply with the conditions. "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." "In due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

Go, my brethren and fellow workers, and spread out before God your necessities. It was when the heavens were as brass over Paul that he trusted most fully in God, and was delivered again and again from unreasonable and wicked men. Let us trust in God, saying, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust him." Let self be crucified. Let the love of God shine forth in words and works. Let the gospel of Jesus Christ exert strong, uninterrupted influence upon mind and heart.

"Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, . . . and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob." "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."

The Cleansing of the Leper

By S. N. Haskell

(Concluded)

S. N. HASKELL

THE cross upon which the Saviour hung, and which was stained with his precious blood, was made of the trees of the forest, while a small reed of hyssop supported the sponge dipped in vinegar given him to quench his thirst. As the Saviour hung upon the cross, he listened for some word or token from humanity that would indicate that his sacrifice was appreciated; but only jeers, taunts, and curses were borne to his ears from the surging mass below. Even one of the thieves by his side joined in the rabble of railing; but the other thief reproved him, and turning to Jesus said, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." The reply of Jesus, "Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise," contained an assurance of pardon. Even while the cleansing blood of Christ was flowing from his veins, the thief rejoiced in its power to cleanse from sin. He who his enemies thought was conquered, died a mighty Conqueror, and the thief experienced the fulfilment of the promise, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Isa. 1: 18. There was a significance in the color of the wool dipped in the blood of the typical offering. It is impossible to remove scarlet stains, but "though your sins be as scarlet," the blood of Christ can make them "white as snow." You may be condemned and counted as an outcast by every one on earth; but if you look to the Saviour and claim his cleansing power, he will cleanse you from your sins, and will put joy and rejoicing in your heart.

In the typical service, notwithstanding the fact that when the one to be cleansed from leprosy was sprinkled with the blood he was pronounced clean, yet there was something more for him to do. On the eighth day after he was pronounced clean, he was to appear before the priest, with three lambs, a meat-offering, and a log of oil. The priest presented the man to be cleansed at the door of the tabernacle, and waved one of the lambs and the log of oil before the Lord. He then slew the lamb, and took some of the blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that was to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, thus consecrating his ears to hear only those things that would tend to keep him clean. His hands were

consecrated to the service of God, and his feet were to travel only in the way of the Lord's commandments.

Then the priest took the log of oil, and after sprinkling a portion of it before the Lord, he put some of it upon the tip of the right ear of him that was to be cleansed, also upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot, and then anointed his head with the remainder of the oil. Leviticus 14. This service was not an empty form, but a type of a blessed antitype, which is fulfilled in every Christian that presents himself for service before the Lord after the Lord forgives his sins and pronounces him clean. Of Mary, Jesus said, "Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little." Luke 7: 47. The leper cleansed from that loathsome, living death felt so thankful to God for freedom and cleansing that he consecrated his life to the Lord for service. Not only is the oil, an emblem of the Holy Spirit which prepares the Christian for service, touched to his ear, hand, and foot, but it is poured upon his head, thus betokening a full surrender of the entire being to the service of his Master who has redeemed him. The books of heaven record the names of many who have fulfilled this beautiful antitype by surrendering their entire being to the service of their Redeemer.

The Levitical law provided for the cleansing of houses and garments infected with leprosy. If an owner of a house saw any signs of leprosy, he was to report the matter to the priest, who at once proceeded to examine the house. First the house was to be emptied, and if the priest saw "greenish or reddish" streaks upon the wall, the house was shut up for seven days. If at the end of that time the walls were still covered with the mold, then the wall was to be scraped and the stones taken out and the wall thoroughly repaired. If after the house was thoroughly repaired, the spots appeared again, it proved it did not come from any leak or defect in the wall; but the location was damp and unhealthful, and the house was to be torn down.

If the health laws of the land to-day were as watchful over the homes of the people as were the old Levitical laws, there would be less of the dread white plague.

The laws in regard to garments infected with leprosy were very rigid. If the plague of leprosy was so deep seated that it could not be removed by washing, the garment was to be burned in the fire. There is a wonderful spiritual lesson in this instruction. God has given very definite directions in regard to the dress of his followers. 1 Peter 3: 3, 4; 1 Tim. 2: 9. He never designed that his people should follow the foolish fashions of the world. Isa. 3: 16-26. A marked difference should be seen between the dress of the Christian and that of the worldling. Num. 15: 38, 39. Individuals may argue that they have overcome pride, and that when they wear fashionable apparel and dress like worldlings, it does not hurt them any. As well might a person who had just recovered from smallpox wear the garments infected with that disease. He reasons that as he has had the disease once and recovered, there is no danger of his taking it a second time; hence there is no danger in the garments; but he sows the germs of the disease wherever he goes. In like manner the Christian that fails to obey the Lord's instruction in regard to dress, misrepresents the Lord, and sows seeds of pride and vanity in the hearts of weaker believers.

There is a great war being waged in this earth between the prince of darkness and the Saviour of mankind. Each army has a uniform for those fighting in its ranks. No Christian who loves the Lord can afford to dress in the uniform of the enemy. It is better to follow the instruction given in the Levitical service, and even burn garments infected with pride and vanity, than to misrepresent our Lord and Master even in our dress.

"The entire system of Judaism was the gospel veiled."

Type	Antitype
Lev. 14: 6, 7: Blood sprinkled on the one to be cleansed.	1 Peter 1: 2: The sprinkling of the blood of Jesus cleanses from sin.
Lev. 14: 6: Cedar, scarlet, and hyssop dipped in the blood. 1 Kings 4: 33: Cedar and hyssop extremes in vegetation. Heb. 9: 19: Wool from the sheep was dyed scarlet.	John 19: 29: The hyssop was brought in connection with the Saviour, while the cross was made from the trees of the forest.
Lev. 14: 5: The bird killed, and its blood caught in an earthen vessel.	Luke 22: 44: Jesus' blood came in contact with the earth.
Lev. 14: 6: The bird that had been dipped in the blood let loose to fly through the air. Jer. 9: 21: Air corrupt.	Rev. 21: 1: There will be a new heaven, atmospheric heaven, as the result of Christ's death. His blood dropped through the air from the cross.
Lev. 14: 14, 17: Tip of ear touched with the blood and oil.	Isa. 42: 18-20: God's servants are deaf to things they should not hear.
Lev. 14: 14, 17: Thumb of right hand touched with blood and oil.	Ps. 119: 48: "My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved."
Lev. 14: 14, 17: Toe of right foot touched with the blood.	Gen. 17: 1: "I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."

Portland, Maine.

Jesus Saves to the Uttermost

By J. S. Washburn

J. S. WASHBURN

"WHEREFORE he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Heb. 7:25. What a promise! To the uttermost!

Down to the lowest depths, and far out to the utmost bounds of the universe, his almighty, saving love reaches.

No soul is sunken in sin so deep, none bound so strongly in the chains of inherited weaknesses or acquired habits, but He is able to save completely. Though we sink hopelessly, as Jeremiah sank in Jerusalem's prison, he draws us, covered with the mire of sin, out of the dungeon darkness into the light of life, and washes us whiter than snow in his own life-blood.

He will save also the respectable, genteel sinner, proud of the filthy rags of his own righteousness, if, like Job, when he beholds the spotless, glorious One, he cries out in the anguish of penitent self-reproach, "Behold, I am vile." "Mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

God is able to heal, and many times does answer our prayers for health, for temporal prosperity, and for earthly blessings, but it is not always best to grant these petitions. Even the thrice-offered, earnest prayer of the consecrated apostle Paul, that God would remove the thorn in his flesh, was not granted. God knew best. In every prayer of this kind we must always say, as Jesus said, "Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." He knows best.

But there is one prayer that never needs to be thus qualified. It is always God's will to answer this prayer, and it is the most important prayer that we can pray. It is the prayer; all others are secondary petitions. What is this prayer? — The prayer for forgiveness of sin and for power to keep from sinning. It is always God's will to grant this prayer and to answer it completely, "to the uttermost." But it must be in faith, must be in the name of Jesus the Saviour, must be from the right motive. God may not take away the consequences of sin, even forgiven sin, at once; he did not in the case of David.

Many are sorry for the consequences of sin, sorry for the effects, but not sorry for the sin itself. Drunkards often say they hate the drink, and wonder why God does not set them free; when in reality they still love the drink, but mourn over its blighting effects, its ruin in their own lives and in the lives of their loved ones. The man who hates the drink itself, will give it up. There is no evil habit fastened upon you, weary, struggling one, but that he will break, and give you the complete victory over, if honestly given up to God, with sorrow for the sin itself. He will make you more than conqueror. "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." The honest, sincere, continued prayer of faith for forgiveness and victory over sin has never, never been unanswered.

Truly he reaches to the lowest depths, saves the greatest sinner, the drunkard, the thief, the man with the murderous, evil temper, the outcast. Whenever he sees in the heart the faintest desire, or trace of earnest longing, for victory

over sin, even though Satan has almost complete possession, even though the mind be distracted, yea, even then Jesus will accomplish his wonderful work of salvation.

Not only is Jesus able to take from us the worst sins, but he saves completely, from the least as well as the greatest sin, and keeps from falling now and forever. His name is Saviour, the sweetest name, the tenderest name in earth or in heaven.

"Dearest name in earth or heaven, Sweetest name my heart hath known; By the Father it was given To his well-beloved Son."

"To my heart it brings a blessing, And my lips take up the strain, And his wondrous name confessing, Tell its sweetness o'er again."

"'Tis the holiest name, 'tis the lowliest name; From the Father's lips to the earth it came, Brought by angels of light, in the stillness of night, Was the dear, dear name of Jesus."

He saves and keeps those who come unto God by him. He ever liveth to make intercession for us. That is the one object of his life. Sometimes we say, "That person just lives for his loved ones." "That mother lives for her children." It is the one object of her life. The great purpose of our Saviour is to save to the uttermost and forever those who come unto God in his all-conquering name.

"In the contemplation of Christ, we linger on the shore of a love that is measureless. We endeavor to tell of this love, and language fails us. We consider his life on earth, his sacrifice for us, his work in heaven as our advocate, and the mansions he is preparing for those who love him; and we can only exclaim, O the height and depth of the love of Christ! 'Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.' 'Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.'"

Memphis, Tenn.

Can Religion Be Secularized?

By S. B. Horton

DR. WALLACE RADCLIFFE, at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, Washington, D. C., recently preached on the subject of "Forming a Cabinet." He referred to the "five principal men of King David's cabinet;" namely, "the man of policy," "the man of loyalty," "the man of learning," "the man of action," and "the man of religion." He declared that "religion is never out of place. It should always be at the head of the table. It is the test of policies, the interpreter of law, the governor of rulers.

"If the ten commandments have no business in the United States Congress, so much the worse for that Congress. If the golden rule is not admitted to the party caucus, the caucus writes its doom. If the Book of religion is excluded from the schools, the schools give an immoral and threatening citizenship. If the nation dishonors the day of religion, it solicits the ruin of the republic."

The dark ages were the result of attempting to secularize religion and impose the requirements of a religious life through civil law. Sunday laws failed to save the Roman empire from corruption and final ruin. Real success in the religious life depends absolutely upon individual acceptance of the gospel; and, as the true religious life begins with the entreaties of the Holy Spirit, that agency should be appealed to and depended upon, rather than the incorporation of sacred things into police regulations.

Christ, the reformer, went to the individual; and his true Vicar upon earth, the Holy Spirit, approaches the work of conversion and righteousness in the same manner. Why should not his professed followers labor in the same way to-day?

Washington, D. C.

"Come"

By J. N. Quinn

J. N. QUINN

The Christian life reaches its climax even as it began its existence, by invitation. "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden," will one day blend into, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." God's "Come" accepted, means a blessing, as none but "Ye blessed of my Father" will receive an abundant entrance into the kingdom of eternal glory.

Every recruiting station is an invitation to come and join the military forces of the government, and to accept the invitation means to leave the service of the past, to discard the garb of the civilian, and put on the uniform provided by the nation whose cause we have espoused. Enlistment means not only the acceptance of the uniform and every other article provided by the government, but it also stands for readiness to serve whenever and wherever the service is needed.

God calls all men to himself and to his service of love, and this call, when heeded, will remove us from the world's current of enmity, indifference, self-pleasing, which is sweeping thousands to destruction, and will put us into the channel of divine grace, leading up to the throne of God.

God's blessing means fruitfulness. "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." "For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."

The blessing invariably accompanies the birthright (Gen. 27: 32-36), and the first-born is heir to the throne. 2 Chron. 21: 3. And thus "unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities" (Acts 3: 26), "and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Eph. 2: 6. By physical birth we obtain the nature of our parents, and the physical responds to the physical. Receiving as a gift the Holy Spirit, we become partakers of the divine nature, and by refusing to yield to the suggestions of the evil one come off conquerors through his grace.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places ["things," margin] in Christ." "As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

This is the solution of all life's problems, the end of all our heart yearnings. Have we received Christ, not merely his teaching, but himself, the Lord Jesus Christ? If so, he abides with us; in our lives there is a great calm, and "we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." In a little while we shall be thrilled with the gracious invitation, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

Takoma Park, D. C.

Be Not Anxious for To-Morrow

By H. E. Sawyer-Hopkins

H. E. SAWYER-HOPKINS

ARE you leaning on the promise, "As thy days, so shall thy strength be"? We are not to think of to-morrow; according to Matthew the evangelist, strength for to-day is all we have promise of. We are to follow Christ day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment.

When the Master took human nature upon him, he had no strength of his own. He depended wholly upon the Father for his daily strength. We remember that when the disciples took Jesus and went out into the boat, a storm came up, and the disciples were afraid. The trouble was they had lost Jesus. When the lightning flashed, they found him asleep in the boat. Then they cried out, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?" When Jesus awoke, he said, "Where is your faith?" He had no fears, for he had committed himself into his Father's keeping. When he said, "Peace, be still," there was a calm. Had the disciples pursued the same course, trusting themselves in the care of the great I AM, they, too, would have had no fears when the storm arose; for God's children are never absent from his mind. His protecting care is over all who trust him. "He has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing." Jesus says, "All power is given unto me." What for? —For you and for me. It is just as free to-day as ever; and since he tells us, "In nothing be anxious," what a blessed privilege is ours to ask daily for whatever we need!

Loma Linda, Cal.

Continue reading: The Prayer-Meeting