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Signs of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 16.

Determined to Have Constantinople
Earlier text: Shall We Vaccinate?

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UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN

Alabama Tract Society, Room 516, Lyric Building, Birmingham, Ala.
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Illinois Tract Society, Southern, 304 W. Allen St., Springfield, Ill.
Indiana Tract Society, 521 E. 23d St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa Tract Society, Nevada, Iowa.
Kansas Tract Society, Room 615 Butts Bldg., cor. First St. and Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan.
Kentucky Tract Society, Box 398, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Manitoba Tract Society, 290 Bannerman Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Michigan Tract Society, East, 426 Trumbull Ave., Detroit, Mich.
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Michigan Tract Society, West, 1214 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Minnesota Tract Society, 336 East Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn.
Mississippi Tract Society, 932 Union St., Jackson, Miss.
Missouri Tract Society, 203 W. Franklin St., Clinton, Mo.
Montana Tract Society, 411 S. Black Ave., Bozeman, Mont.
Nebraska Bible Supply House, 905 N. California Ave., Hastings, Neb.
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New England Tract Society, Northern, 136 N. Main St., Concord, N. H.
New England Tract Society, Southern (Rhode Island and Connecticut), 51 Whitmore St., Hartford, Conn.
Newfoundland Tract Society, Box 217, St. Johns, Newfoundland.
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New Jersey Tract Society, 200 Columbus Ave., Trenton, N. J.
New Mexico Tract Society, Box 286, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
New York Tract Society (Greater), Room 902, 32 Union Square, New York, N. Y.
New York Tract Society, Eastern, 317 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, N. Y.
New York Tract Society, Western, 527 Garson Ave., Rochester, N. Y.
North Carolina Tract Society, 234 Summit Ave., Greensboro, N. C.
North Dakota Tract Society, Drawer N, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Ohio Tract Society, Box 8, Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Oklahoma Tract Society, P. O. Box 644, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Ontario Tract Society, Box 308, Oshawa, Ont., Canada.
Oregon Missionary Society, Western, 508 E. Everett St., Portland, Ore.
Oregon Missionary Society, Southern, 1164 Military St., Roseburg, Ore.
Pennsylvania Tract Society, Eastern, 4910 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Pennsylvania Tract Society, Western, 7155 Mt. Vernon St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Saskatchewan Tract Society, Box 244, Regina, Sask., Can.
South Carolina Tract Society, 1208 Calhoun St., Columbia, S. C.
South Dakota Tract Society, Drawer R, Redfield, S. Dak.
Tennessee, Eastern (See Cumberland Tract Society).
Tennessee River Tract Society (Western Tennessee), 509 Cole Bldg., Nashville, Tenn.
Texas Tract Society, North, Box 15, Keene, Texas.
Texas Tract Society, South, Box 755, San Antonio, Texas.
Texas Tract Society, West, Amarillo, Texas.
Upper Columbia Tract Society, College Place, Wash.
Utah Tract and Bible Society, 776 E. 6th South, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Vermont (See Northern New England).
Virginia Tract Society, 2703 W. Main St., Richmond, Va.
Washington Missionary Society, Western, Box Q, Auburn, Wash.
West Virginia Tract Society, 124 Marion St., Fairmont, W. Va.
Wisconsin Tract Society, Box 57, Grand Rapids, Wis.
Wyoming Tract Society, Crawford, Neb.
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Telepathy, Automatic Writing, Etc.

ONE of the most remarkable things in this time is the way in which scientific men have gone over to the side of the mysterious manifestations of telepathy, mind reading, hypnotism, etc. The following paragraph from Edgar Lucien Larkin gives something of a picture of the modern scientific mind. In answering a question in regard to the medium or the cause of telepathy, he says:
“The mass of obscure things, such as telepathy, mind reading, action of mind on mind, as in hypnotism, action of mind on matter without physical contact, influence, suggestion, personal magnetism, automatic writing, drawing, painting, reading closed books, causing sound to be heard, conversations in space between invisible personalities, warnings, sending of messages from dying persons to their friends, rescues from danger by mind influences, transmission of drawings and pictures to minds of others by mind processes—all these and perhaps as many as one hundred more most remarkable mental things are now occurring constantly in some part of the world.”
Mr. Larkin is one of the most voluminous writers of the time upon scientific subjects. He has the name of being profound in science; and the foregoing paragraph shows that such spiritistic manifestations as “automatic writing,” “conversations in space between invisible personalities,” etc., are regarded by him as being within the realm of science, and worthy of scientific investigation. And Mr. Larkin is by no means unique in this particular.
Several years ago, it was published in the Delineator that there were not more than two scientific men of note throughout the world but were studying from the scientific standpoint these “spiritistic phenomena.”
The greatest minds among the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans, busied themselves in similar studies. The modern scientist tries to make himself believe that in these investigations he is on a different plane from the old Assyrian astrologer, sorcerer, necromancer, and prognosticator. But however profound he may be in his investigations in true science, when he steps out of that realm to assume that the occult arts of spiritistic phenomena are on the plane of true science, he is working on a wrong basis.
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Spiritism has been Satan’s medium through which he has sought to delude men all through the ages. And it is characteristic of the great deceiver to suit his work to the conditions of the age in which he operates. The world of to-day has made science one of its chief gods; and yet every right-minded person would recognize that true science has worked wonders in this time. It has revolutionized almost everything, and has given us blessings that are valuable beyond estimate.
But these things that should be said in favor of science do not overthrow the fact that scientific men, with all their splendid training, become the sport of the trickeries of Satan the same as the most ignorant and superstitious. In fact, all of these “spiritistic phenomena” belong really within the realm of both ignorance and superstition; for however intelligent a man may be in scientific lines, if he is ignorant upon this topic, he becomes the medium of the superstitious vagaries of the archdeceiver and apostate.
God said to the Israelites, as He was leading them out of Egyptian bondage and seeking to lead them away from Egyptian superstition, “Regard not them that have familiar spirits [the mind reader, the automatic writer, the reader of closed books, etc.], neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.” Lev. 19: 31.
The text shows that the work of these familiar spirits in that time would defile. It will do the same in this year of grace 1915. Seeking to make spiritistic investigations a department of science, will not take away its defiling and superstitious influences.

Alcohol and Usefulness

ONE after another of the leading manufacturing and commercial enterprises has been placing the embargo on rum. The railroad companies tell their conductors that the man who drinks is unfit to have charge of a train. They tell their locomotive engineers that their heads must be clear when they sit at the throttle, and therefore they must not drink. In the strenuous affairs of business, the man who drinks soon has to drop out of the race, and hence he is not wanted.
It used to be considered that a drunken man, however unfit he might be for business, was nevertheless a good fighter. But the war in Europe is developing the fact, and bringing it prominently before the world, that the drinking man is no good even for fighting. King George, supported by his leading counselors, has reached the conclusion that rum is about as much to be dreaded as the weapons of their enemies. He is announcing to the world that their success in the war must depend in a large measure upon impressing the principles of sobriety upon the subjects of Great Britain. The king and his leading counselors of state have agreed among themselves to banish alcoholic drinks from their own tables and homes, at least until the war is over. France and the other belligerent nations regard drinking in much the same way as does England.
Since alcoholic beverages are so bad in times of great stress and war, the reasonable person will recognize that they are equally bad in times of peace. The only consistent thing to do is to place alcoholic drinks under the ban, and to keep them there for all time to come.

My Check Book and My Bible

In the magazine section of one of the most influential dailies—its name matters not—a page is occasionally given to those who desire to tell about “the two best books I have read recently.”
One of the persons writing for this page, said to be “the wife of an eminent New York banker,” named the two best books that she had recently read as “my check book” and “the Bible.”
Concerning her check book she said, “The impression that it made on me was one of gloom.”
But she said, “The Bible helped to cheer me up, because it gave me the idea that we were approaching the end of the world, because of all the horrible events now taking place, and consequently, in that case, I felt that it would not be necessary for me to pay my bills.”
The “wife of an eminent New York banker” is not very likely to be in such a run-down financial condition as really to need to have “impressions of gloom” over her check book; hence the natural conclusion is that she is rather inclined to make a little pleasantry over “the horrible events now taking place” and the impression upon her mind that they foreshadow “that we were approaching the end of the world.”
The “horrible events now taking place,” without any question, are shown by the clearest Bible prophecies to betoken the second coming of Christ; and that means the end of this world in its sinful condition, and the destruction of all unrepentant sinners. But individuals who are really preparing for that event, and who are getting actual comfort, rather than the fancied comfort of ridicule, out of the Bible, will not live on a plane so low as to consider that it will not be necessary for them to meet their just financial obligations.
God has given prophecies that foretell the second coming of His Son. He has sent His Spirit to impress these prophecies upon the minds and hearts of the people. They may brush these impressions aside if they will, through ridicule; they can drown them with scorn; they can laugh them away. But how foolish it is to pursue such a course! The event is coming on with divine precision, and is irresistible in its progress. Our adverse attitude to it will not stop it; such an attitude can only leave us among the lost when the crisis is reached.
How much more sane to yield to the intelligent influences of the Spirit of God, acting through His word, and thus be ready to stand among the immortals in the great day of the Lord!

The Tornado

MARCH 29 a tornado visited California in the neighborhood of Chico. The dispatch says that the twisting storm covered a path about two city blocks wide, and played havoc with property. No lives are reported to have been lost.
Men used to tell us that the tornado was confined to the Western plains,—Kansas, Nebraska, etc. We were assured that these storms could never visit California, nor would we ever see them in the Eastern states or in Europe. These theories are crumbling beneath the facts. A tornado visited northern California last year, doing more or less damage. They have visited this state in previous years.
Storms will become more and more frequent. They will occur in unheard-of places. The Master, in speaking of these times, assures us that men's hearts will be failing them for fear while they are looking after the things that are coming upon the earth. If these things terrify us, it is because we do not know the haven of rest that is provided, and the assurances and experiences of the blessed gospel of Christ.
We should know that these things are coming. We should know what they mean. We should learn of the rest and security that God has provided against them.

A Saloonless Nation in 1920

MAKE this possible by educating the people. The 1915 Instructor Temperance Annual makes the best of campaign material. Send one dollar for twenty copies to distribute gratis, or to sell at ten cents apiece, thus making one dollar to continue the work of educating the people by distributing convincing prohibition literature. Address Youth's Instructor, Takoma Park, D. C.

Cancer and Heredity

Of those who are over forty years of age, one out of every eight among the women, and one out of every fourteen among the men, die of cancer. There are many who believe that cancer may be inherited; and among those who have relatives afflicted with this malady, facts of this kind may cause undue anxiety. Most careful investigations by the medical authorities, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, lead to the conclusion that the chances of inheriting cancer are very, very remote.

English Women Mobilize for the War

The women of England are exerting themselves to raise an army of a million of their own sex who can perform various duties that will release that number of men to go to the front to engage in battle. They affirm that this is the greatest opportunity their women have ever had to show what they can do in a time of great national crisis.

The Cost of War

Enough money is expended in the European war, by the various nations involved, to build a Panama Canal every eight days. Comparisons of this kind give the mind a feeble conception of the cost of war in money. Would that it were possible to show vividly the realities of the cost of war in suffering and the loss of human life!

Trotol, a Powerful Naval Explosive

Trotol is the new explosive that the naval forces are using in mining the harbors. It is said to be far more powerful than guncotton, which formerly was used in naval warfare. A full charge of Trotol exploded in a mine will send a column of water 450 feet into the air.

Kansas Sends Flour to Belgium

KANSAS has sent 32,000 barrels of flour to the relief of the suffering Belgians. Kansas, not being under the power of rum, can thus well afford to be generously philanthropic.

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Signs of the Times · Apr 20, 1915