p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 7. (2/13/1901)

Earlier text: AN INSPIRED DISCOURSE ON IDOLATRY

Genuine Waltham Movements

By Editor

Gentlemen’s Watch

The works are solid nickel. It contains fifteen jewels, compensated balance, patent breguet hair-spring. The case is solid silver, either open face or hunting. It is handsome, but not showy; valuable, but suggests no extravagance; a neat, attractive, and very serviceable watch. Stem winding and setting.

One of the above described watches given free to every one sending us 15 new yearly subscriptions to the “Signs of the Times” at $1.50 each

Ladies’ Watch

The Waltham is too well known to need any recommendation. In the above offer the publishers sincerely believe is a rare chance to obtain a good watch. We have examined them personally, and can recommend them as being just such watches as we would be inclined to purchase. These watches would usually retail for at least $15.00 and $10.00 for the gentlemen’s and ladies’ respectively.

Also has solid nickel works, seven jewels, patent breguet hair-spring, solid silver case, very neatly engraved, beautiful hunting, or open face if preferred. Stem wind and set.

This is given free to every one sending us 10 new yearly subscriptions to the “Signs of the Times” at $1.50 each

This offer is made as liberal as possible because the object is not to make a profit on the premiums, but simply to encourage readers and friends to aid in increasing the circulation of the SIGNS.

N. B. If preferred, you can have the Elgin movement instead of the Waltham

If interested in the offer, write us, addressing

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

EGGS

EACH VARIETY $1.00 AND $2.00 PER 15

Fancy Black Langshans, White Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks

Illustrated Price-list and Valuable Information free for stamp.

C. H. TYRRELL

SIOUX RAPIDS, IOWA

Jesus and the Resurrection

By A. G. L.

Important thoughts upon immortality and the resurrection are clearly presented in this tract, showing our dependence on the Saviour for both. A. G. L. No. 42. 50 cents per 100.

PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. New York City Oakland, Cal. Kansas City, Mo.

VIRGINIA HOMES.

You learn all about Virginia lands, soil, water, climate, resources, products, fruits, berries, mode of cultivation, prices, etc., by reading the Virginia Farmer. Send 10 cents, for three months' subscription, to FARMER CO., Emporia, Va.

The “Hub” Cordially Approves the New Century

Girls’ High School, Boston, Mass.

United Typewriter & Supplies Co., Boston, Mass. April 24, 1900

Gentlemen: We have had ten of the New Century machines since last October, and thus far they have proved very satisfactory. They have required very little attention, and their special features make them attractive to the pupils.

Yours respectfully,

[SIGNED] THOS. H. H. KNIGHT

Instructor in Typewriting

UNITED TYPEWRITER AND SUPPLIES COMPANY

316 Broadway, New York

THE ATONEMENT.

By J. H. Waggoner

AN EXPLANATION OF

A REMEDIAL SYSTEM, IN THE LIGHT OF NATURE AND OF REVELATION.

By Eld. J. H. Waggoner.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

This work is a critical and exhaustive treatise on the plan of salvation as revealed in the Scriptures, showing its harmony with the principles of justice and mercy, its consistency with reason, and its final results as affecting the destiny of the human race. 368 pp.; cloth, $1.00.

Address. PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

YE DID IT UNTO ME

Unawares

“YE DID IT UNTO ME.”

“And He said, ‘The sin is pardoned, But the blessing is lost to thee, For, failing to comfort the heart of Mine, You have failed to comfort Me.’”

Such is the closing verse of one of the two poems found in No. 54 of the Apples of Gold Library under the above title. They are very touching and very good. Price, 50c per 100.

PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. New York City Oakland, Cal. Kansas City, Mo.

The End of Sin’s Dominion

By Editor

We have a fine series of articles awaiting our readers on “The End of Sin’s Dominion.” Further announcement will be made later.

The Address of the New York City Branch Office

The address of the New York City branch office of the Pacific Press is now 11 West Twentieth Street, instead of 39 Bond Street. The manager, Mr. S. N. Curtiss.

Under the Law or Under Grace? Which?

Bible Students’ Library No. 162 is entitled, “Under the Law or under Grace? Which?” It will not only answer many objections, but it gives valuable instruction. Price, 1 cent; 72 cents a hundred.

Correction

Correction.—The Los Angeles Herald, in giving a synopsis of church statistics of the United States from the New York Independent, states that the Seventh-day Adventist Church shows a loss. This is an error, not only an error of fact, but an error in copying from the Independent’s article, using the word “Adventist” in place of the word “Baptist.” Seventh-day Adventists have about doubled their membership in the last decade.

Stand by the Right

It is better to be right, to go to seeming utter defeat with the right, than to stand in seeming triumph with the wrong; for right can never be ultimately defeated; it has in itself inherent triumph and immortality. Wrong can never ultimately triumph; for, if such a thing were conceivable that it could destroy all right, still it would perish in its own corruption. It has inherently the seeds of corruption and death. Then stand by the right; it can not fail.

Germany and Catholic Missionaries in China

A semiofficial organ of the Vatican, la Voce della Verità, charges Germany with the Chinese trouble. When the Catholic missionaries were directed by the Vatican, thru France, it declares there was little trouble; but since Germany took a hand and demanded a slice of territory for every dead missionary, the Chinese wrath has been growing. The German chancellor, Bulow, retorts that it was at the request of the Catholic bishop that Germans assumed the protectorate of Catholics in China, and that it was the murder of Catholic priests that induced Germany to seize territory. How much are both Germany and the Catholic priests at fault?

The World Almanac

The best annual cyclopedia published in the United States is the World Almanac. It is a mine of information, and costs only 25 cents. Address, Press Publishing Company, Pulitzer Building, New York City.

Popular Astronomy for 1901

“Popular Astronomy” for 1901 has its own plant for printing. It is published by the Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., and edited by William W. Payne and H. C. Wilson. This is sufficient to show its excellence. The price of the magazine is $2.50 for ten consecutive numbers.

Sunday-School Lessons

By Editor

Sunday-School Lessons.—The international lessons for 1901 are in brief as follows: First six months, Studies in the Life of Jesus, from His anointing at Bethany, including His crucifixion, resurrection, the giving of the Spirit, His priesthood, appearances to Paul and John, and closing with His eternal reign; the second six months, Studies in the Lives of the Patriarchs, from Genesis 1 to Exodus 15. These will be of great interest. The first lesson printed in the SIGNS will be in our next week’s issue, the lesson for March 10, the title of which is “Jesus and Caiaphas.”

Sabbath-School Lessons

By Editor

Sabbath-School Lessons.— Our present Sabbath-school lessons on Galatians close with a review of the book, March 2. Then follow, beginning with March 9, four lessons on the interesting book of Malachi. For a period of six months afterward there will be a series of twenty-six lessons on the important subject of Christ’s offering, priesthood, and ministration, including a study of the types and shadows of the Old Testament. These will be accompanied by articles of value. The Sabbath-school lessons in the SIGNS will begin with the series on Malachi, and the first lesson will be published in the SIGNS of March 6.

SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSONS.

By Editor

We once decided, because of limited space, to omit from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES for 1901 the Sabbath-school and Sunday-school lessons. We thought that decision final. But there is a saying, “A wise man sometimes changes his mind; a fool, never.” We have seen reason to change. Many of our friends desire the lessons. We have therefore decided to print them.

To do this the lessons will necessarily have to be condensed as much as possible. As formerly, we shall print the essential lesson scriptures from the Revised Version. We shall print in small tho readable type. We shall print our Missions and Home departments in 8-point (or brevier) type instead of in 10-point (or primer) type as formerly. We do this so as to give our readers more matter instead of less. This will cost us more; it will cost them no more; and the reading will be sufficiently plain, we are sure. The editors will do all in their power to induce the advertising department, which they do not control, to cut down their advertisements.

We feel sure that in this additional matter we shall have the help and co-operation of our friends in giving the SIGNS a still larger circulation.

It Will Tell You.

There are a multitude of books telling of what men desire to see occur in the near future; giving men's opinions, or wishes, of what will grow out of present conditions. But this is not what men want to know—wishes, dreams, opinions. What has the great All-Father said concerning all the revolutions, earthquakes, upheavals, etc., in the material, political, social, and religious world? This is what the honest soul wishes to know, and this question is what “Heralds of the Morning,” by A. O. Tait, answers in straightforward language and abundance of testimony, scriptural and otherwise. The price of the volume, beautifully illustrated, is, cloth, marbled edges, $1.25; gilt, $1.50. In German at the same prices. Address, Pacific Press Publishing Co., Oakland, Cal.

Christ Knows Your Temptations and Needs

Sinner, Christ Jesus knows your temptations and your needs. He was made flesh and blood, your flesh and blood. He was tempted in all points like as you are, and He won eternal victory in the conflict for you. Accept of His righteousness for your sins. Lay hold of His strength for your weakness. He wishes to be all that you need in every way.

Mrs. Nation and Kansas Saloon Laws

It seems that Mrs. Nation’s crusade in Kansas in wrecking saloons is just what the authorities ought to have done. The law of Kansas, statutory and constitutional, has made the saloon an outlaw. Its existence in that State is by law declared a nuisance, and the public officials are directed by the statute to abate each such nuisance and to destroy “all intoxicating liquors found therein, together with all signs, screens, bars, bottles, glasses, and other property used in keeping and maintaining said nuisance.” This the officials have failed to do, and Mrs. Nation undertook the task. The saloon-keepers fear her, arrest her, use bulldogs to scare her away, but are afraid to prosecute her. The New Voice says: “In this state of affairs, all regular methods of enforcement having been exhausted, Mrs. Nation simply attempted to carry out the provisions of the statute and to abate a dangerous public nuisance, menacing the health, peace, and safety of the commonwealth of Kansas. In this act, whether it was wise or unwise, she had the support of common law as old as the history of Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence. The right of the citizen, in default of the regular processes of law, to forcibly prevent the commission of a crime or to abate a nuisance, vi et armis, can not be disputed; and the action of the prosecuting attorney in withdrawing the case against Mrs. Nation is a recognition of that fact.”

Christian Nations’ Treatment of China

Bishop Potter, of New York, in addressing an audience of 2,000 Episcopalians in St. Paul’s Church, New Haven, January 27, said: “Our policy in China has not been a happy one. The professing Christian engineers, capitalists, merchants, and bankers there are responsible for what has happened the past year. If I were to defend any nation against the charge of unchristian outrages I would take out a brief in favor of China. Nothing could have been more brutal than the policies of Christian nations the past year in dealing with this pagan people. We have trampled underfoot everything the Chinese have held most sacred. The newly-constructed railroad could have passed around the tomb of the ancestors of the ruler; but, instead, we tore it down and went thru the spot where it stood. This is but a type of the treatment we have given the Chinese, an illustration of what they have received in the gross at our hands and in detail as well. There can be no settlement of the Chinese question as long as we go to that country in the spirit of greed and until the white man learns to respect the brown, white, and yellow man.” And many others, without condemning the many noble missionaries, feel the same way.

The Mental Arithmetic for the Home and School

“The Mental Arithmetic for the Home and School” has come to our table. It is just what its name implies; it is so much better than the generality of mental arithmetics that it is entitled to the definite article. It deals with mathematics in the concrete largely; and when the student completes it, he knows many things more than mere abstract mathematics. He will have many facts, commercial, physiological, botanical, mechanical, geographical, zoological, meteorological, chronological, historical, and Biblical. Such an arithmetic arouses and stimulates interest, and is worth a ton of those which deal with abstract mathematics and almost wholly meaningless problems. It is by Prof. E. A. Sutherland, Battle Creek, Michigan. 240 pages; price, 65 cents. Address Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Mob Justice Threatened in Marietta

In Marietta, Ohio, a boy of twenty assailed a young girl of nineteen, and cut her so severely that she is dying from her wounds. The women of the place say that if the men do not lynch the culprit they will do it themselves, the three sisters of the dying girl offering to lead the mob. It is a sad, sad commentary on the much-talked-of civilization of the twentieth century that there is so much unpunished crime in the country that so many people, from sheer desperation, insist upon taking their grievances before the tribunal of the mob, rather than into the halls where justice should preside.

Religious Liberty: What Is It?

“Religious Liberty: What Is It? Why Is It? How Should It Be Used?” is the title of No. 14 of the Religious Liberty Library. It contains instruction that all need and most have not. Therefore it ought to have a wide circulation. It is illustrated. Price, 1½ cents. Address, International Religious Liberty Association, 770 Monon Building, Chicago.