p. 136 | Review and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 17. (4/22/1875)

“Pride of Opinion.”

By N. E. C.

How ready many are to rise up against the truth as soon as it is presented for their consideration. Instead of patiently investigating, they set themselves in battle array, and thus being blinded by prejudice are utterly unprepared to weigh the arguments presented. They will then boast that they are not of the changeable sort, who follow every wind of doctrine. Such would do well to remember the old proverb, “Wise men change sometimes, but fools never.”

All reform and progression involves a change of opinion and action, and a change from error to truth should be regarded honorable.

The following pertinent remarks on this subject we find in the editorial department of an old number of the True Wesleyan:—

“Men are often too proud to confess their errors, or to change when they are convinced that they are wrong. There is nothing more absurd than man’s pride of opinion. For men to persist in an error after they are convinced, lest by giving it up, they should show themselves to have been mistaken, is madness. There is one thought that should humble this pride of opinion. It is this: All men have been, and still are, more or less mistaken in many important matters. To this we should add the fact that wherein we are in error, if we do not correct ourselves, others will be sure to correct us, as human society progresses toward its higher destiny. When we look at ourselves as individuals, we see that we have arrived at our present position by a succession of changes, and yet we are ashamed to change. The whole path of life, from the cradle to the grave, is strewed with cast-off ideas and opinions. We have taken up an idea and brought it on with us for a time, and cherished it as truth, but after bringing it for some time, we threw it down and picked up another, or picked up two in place of it, for most men increase their ideas. These were retained for a time and then cast off for others, and in this way we have arrived at our present positions, changing at every step, and yet all the while ashamed to change, lest the world should know that we had been mistaken.”

“The same is true of society in general; for the changes of individuals effect changes in society, and all the changes of society are but the changes of individuals that compose society. The present state of the arts and sciences has been arrived at by a succession of changes. The principles of the several sciences have been arrived at by a succession of changes. The principles of the several sciences which have been settled by one generation, have been rejected and exploded by the next, and yet men are proud of their opinions. All improvement involves change, and yet men are ashamed to change. If men will change from bad to good, and from good to better, the more rapid their changes, the better will it be for themselves and the world.”

N. E. C.

Parental Government.

By J. Sisley

[BRO. SMITH: The following thoughts on Parental Government are, I think, worthy a place in the REVIEW. J. SISLEY.]

Of one thing you may be sure; you cannot save your children, but you may destroy them. You cannot make them Christians, but you can throw insuperable obstacles in the way of their becoming such.

Would you then have your child a Christian you must be one, and live one. It will not be enough to talk, and profess, and seem to be a Christian; you must be a Christian. You must think, and feel, and love, and live, a Christian. Children will be what you are, not what you seem. They will feel, if they cannot discern, your real character. They will do as you in heart do, not as you say, and pray, and preach. If you are worldly, covetous, money-making, money-hoarding, penurious, inactive, then by irresistible instinct they will be molded by your character. It will be daguerreotyped by invisible, secret processes upon their hearts.

Your will, your heart, will impress themselves upon theirs. If you would guide them to Heaven, and meet them there, you must not only point, but lead, the way, and make your family a little Heaven below, of which Christian love is the center and the circumference. Tupper well says:—

“Alas! for a thousand fathers, whose indulgent sloth Hath emptied the vial of confusion o’er a thousand homes; Alas! for the palaces and hovels that might have been nurseries for Heaven, But which worldliness has blighted into schools of hell. A kindness most unkind, that hath always spared the rod; A weak and numbing indecision in the mind that should be master; A foolish love, pregnant of hate, that never frowned on sin; A moral cowardice of heart, that never dares command. The house where the master ruleth is strong in united subjection, And the only command with promise, being honored, is a blessing to that house; But if he yieldeth up the reins, it is weak in discordant anarchy, And the bonds of love and union melt away as ropes of sand.”

“I have a vivid recollection,” says the Rev. Richard Knill, “of the effect of maternal influence. My honored mother was a religious woman, and she watched over and instructed me, as pious mothers are accustomed to do. Alas! I often forgot her admonitions; but in my thoughtless days I never lost the impressions which her holy example had made on my mind. After spending a large portion of my life in foreign lands, I returned again to visit my native village.”

“Both my parents died while I was in Russia, and their house is now occupied by my brother.

“The furniture remains just the same as when I was a boy; and at night I was accommodated with the same bed in which I had often slept before; but my busy thoughts would not let me sleep. I was thinking how God had led me through the journey of life. At last the light of the morning darted through the little window, and then my eye caught a sight of the spot where my sainted mother, forty years before, took me by the hand and said, ‘Come, my dear, kneel down with me, and I will go to prayer.’

“This completely overcame me. I seemed to hear the very tones of her voice; I recollected some of her expressions; and I burst into tears, and arose from my bed and fell upon my knees just on the spot where my mother kneeled, and thanked God that I once had a praying mother. And oh! if all parents could feel what I felt then, I am sure they would pray with their children as well as pray for them.”

Some Things Learned from God’s Family Record.—No. 1.

By M. M. Osgood

God’s life had no beginning—it will never end. Ps. 90:2: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”

He knows all things that are past, that are now transpiring, and that will come to pass during the eternal ages. Isa. 46:9, 10: “I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.” Ps. 139:1-4: “O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.” Heb. 4:13: “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

He who created all things, is rightful ruler over all. Ps. 103:19: “The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.” Isa. 33:22: “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver [margin, Heb., statute maker], the LORD is our king.” LORD, when printed in small capitals, in the Old Testament, refers to God the Father.

God is a merciful, loving, and just ruler. Ex. 34:6, 7: “And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty.” Ps. 103:13: “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him;” yet, Eccl. 12:14: “God shall bring every work into Judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Jer. 32:18, 19: “The great, the mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, great in counsel, and mighty in work; for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men; to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” Rom. 2:7-9: “To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil.”

M. M. Osgood.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

Died, in Deansville, N. Y., April 4, 1875, of typhoid pneumonia and inflammation of the liver, Chester W. Armstrong, only son of E. D. and E. W. Armstrong, aged 34 years and 7 months. Bro. C. embraced the present truth and was baptized by Bro. White in the fall of 1863, at Brookfield, and has ever since been a firm believer in all the truths of the third angel’s message. His life was one of piety and devotion. He leaves a wife, parents, and a large circle of relations and friends, to mourn their loss, but we sorrow not as others which have no hope. Funeral discourse by Eld. Miller, Congregationalist, from 2 Cor. 5:1–6. F. N. Satterlee.

Died, near Unionville, Iowa, March 20, 1875, of congestion of the brain and inflammation of the bowels, Robert M., son of John J. and Sarah J. Smith, aged 2 years and six months. Our little Robbie suffered much, but he now slumbers in the grave awaiting the morning of the resurrection, when we trust we shall meet him again. J. A. Smith.

Died, in Sutton, P. Q., March 28, 1875, sister Corinthia Smith, wife of Cyrus Smith, in the 56th year of her age. Bro. and sister Smith embraced the Sabbath about fifteen years ago. She was a consistent, faithful, and devoted follower of the Saviour. She leaves a companion and four children, who will greatly miss her pious counsels and Christian example. May they all remember her warning and entreating words, ever encouraging to a life of holiness and obedience.

On the 30th, we attended her funeral, a large circle of friends being present to sympathize with the bereaved. Sermon from 1 Thess. 4:13–18. A. S. Hutchins.

Died, April 1, 1875, in Grundy Co., Iowa, Rebecca, wife of C. C. Cowell, in the 50th year of her age. Her sufferings were severe, but only of a few days’ duration, and patiently endured. We deeply feel the loss of our dear mother, but mourn not as those without hope. She has been an observer of the Sabbath and a lover of present truth for about nine years. A few hours before her death she exhorted her companion to meet her in the better land; then audibly praying, said, “O take me, take me now.” We expect, if faithful, to meet her and a dear sister when the Lifegiver shall come. M. E. & A. A. Cowell.

Died, April 3, 1875, at Marion, Iowa, of typhus fever, William C., only son of Elder D. T. and Amelia Shireman, aged 16 years. Funeral at the Presbyterian church. Appropriate remarks by the pastor, Elder Marshall, to a very large congregation.

“Dear as thou wert, and justly dear, We will not mourn for thee; One thought shall check the starting tear: From sorrow thou art free.”

Died, in Wright, Mich., March 25, 1875, sister Mary Kittle, wife of Frederick Kittle, from the effect of a severe burn, received when their house was burned. She lived only about one week after the accident. E. H. Root.

Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association.

As provided in the laws of California, that “any five or more persons” may sign “Articles of Incorporation,” and choose Directors, not less than three, nor more than eleven, Brn. White, Loughborough, Diggins, Tay, Cronkrite, and Brossen, and sisters James and Rowland assembled in the city of San Francisco, at No. 130, 5th street, April 1, 1875, to take the first steps in the formation of a legal Publishing Association.

After the opening prayer by Eld. White, remarks were made by Eld. J. N. Loughborough, showing the measures to be taken necessary to the formation of an Incorporated Association. By a careful examination of the laws of California it was ascertained that Directors were to be chosen, and these Directors were to choose their President, Secretary, and Treasurer, the President to be one of their number. It was further ascertained that one-tenth of the capital stock should be actually paid. In compliance with the law it was

Moved and Supported, That the capital stock be placed at twenty-eight thousand ($28,000) dollars, and that ten ($10) dollars constitute a share.

Moved and Carried, That the name of this Association be called the Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association.

Moved, That the place of meeting be at Oakland, Cal. Carried.

Moved, That the period of existence be ——. Carried.

Moved, That the object of this Association shall be the printing and publishing, without profit to the stockholders, of periodicals, newspapers, books, tracts, documents, and other publications of a religious, historical, literary, agricultural, scientific, or educational character. Carried.

Moved, That five Directors be chosen. Carried.

James White, J. N. Loughborough, Wesley Diggins, J. I. Tay, and Knud Brossen were elected by ballot.

Moved by J. B. Montrose and seconded by J. Rowland that these Directors be empowered to sign Articles of Incorporation. Carried.

Moved, To adjourn till 2:30 P. M. Carried.

SECOND SESSION.

Met as per adjournment.

J. N. Loughborough was elected President, A. M. Driscall, Secretary, and J. I. Tay, Treasurer.

Adjourned.

A. M. Driscall, Secretary.

The foregoing we find in The Signs of the Times of April 8, 1875. The same paper contains the Articles of Incorporation which were subscribed before a Notary Public, April 1, 1875, the $2,900, actually paid in being furnished as follows:—

	Shares
James White,	100	$1000.00
Mrs. I. L. James,	50	500.00
	40	400.00
Jane Rowland,	30	300.00
J. N. Loughborough,	30	300.00
Wesley Diggins,	20	200.00
Knud Brossen,	10	100.00
J. W. Cronkrite,	5	50.00
J. I. Tay,	5	50.00

$2,900.00.

Wisconsin Tract Society Tent and Camp-Meeting Fund

By O. A. Olsen

Notice.

WILL the directors of the different districts of the Wisconsin T. & M. Society remember to send money that they may receive on the tent and camp-meeting fund to E. R. Gillett, Monroe Green Co., Wis., and report the same to Mattie Babcock, at the same place? We would request those that can to pay their pledges for the tent, in full or in part, to their director, as soon as practicable, and let the director forward it to the treasurer. The tent will be shipped, and will have to be paid for, by the first of May. O. A. Olsen.

Business Department.

Not slothful in Business. Rom 11:12.

A blue cross on the margin of your paper signifies that your subscription will expire in two weeks, and that an earnest invitation is extended to you to renew at once.

My P. O. address will, until further notice, be Gilman, Iroquois Co., Ill. R. F. Andrews.

The P. O. address of H. M. Kenyon, will be hereafter, Allegan, Allegan Co., Mich.

The P. O. address of C. W. Olds is Johnstown Center, Rock Co., Wis.

My address, until further notice will be Kilbourn City, Columbia Co., Wis. Eld. I. Sanborn.

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Mo. & Kan. Conference.

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Cash Received on Account.

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Michigan Conference Fund

Church at Fairgrove (s. B.) $8.00, Cedar Springs 25.00, Jackson 55.00, James Palmer (s. B.) 10.00.

S. D. A. P. Association

M B McAvoy 5.00.

Mo. & Kan. Sufferers.

C A Tuttle $5.00, Chas Davis 2.50, Wesley Diggins 1.50, W D Stocking 1.00, J L James 1.50, Jane Rowland 1.00, H E Campion 1.00, Julia Scott 1.00, E Grover 1.00, Mr Baldin 50c, Mrs Steins' friends 11.00, Mrs Scotts' friends 2.00, A friend 5.75, “Premium on Gold” 4.35, F E Reading 1.75.

Books Sent by Freight.

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Share in S. D. A. Publishing Association.

Adolph Schaupp $10.00.

Book Fund.

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Hygienic Book Fund.

Adolph Schaupp $5.00.

S. D. A. Educational Society.

$10.00 EACH. C D Cook, J T Mitchell, Wm E Armstrong, Benn Auten $100.00, Wm Stuff 5.00.

Pacific Mission

Ada Richmond 1.00.

Swiss Mission.

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Mich. T. & M. Society.

Dist. No. 1 $11.12, Dist. No. 4 $25.69.

Future Labors.

By James White

We now expect to spend the Sabbath, May 1, with the church at Battle Creek, Michigan, and should be happy to meet Bro. W. H. Littlejohn at that place at that time. Our tour East can last only to about the 15th of September, when we shall be obliged to return to the California Camp-meeting. And we are anxious to meet with our people in the several Conferences, if but for a few days at each camp-meeting.

We suggest that the Indiana and Ohio meetings be held in May; Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, in June; one in Kansas and one in Missouri in July; two in Michigan from August 3–17; Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, and New York, to come in before September 15th; California September 23–30.

The above suggestions are for the consideration of our people. If Indiana and Ohio choose to wait till after the Eastern meetings, we shall not be able to meet with them this season.

In view of the destitution of the country the Kansas and Missouri Conference may decide to hold no general camp-meeting until fall, if at all, and in its stead hold two small camp-meetings, one in each State, much easier of access than one for both States. We could attend these in July. At one of these, the Conference could hold its session.

Our object at all these meetings shall be to preach the word faithfully, pray with and for the brethren, counsel with them as to the best means to advance the cause, and labor generally for love and union to continue with the Lord’s people. We are very grateful that we were not suffered to be pressed into leadership delusion, on the one hand, nor left to lose our interest in the cause on the other. We are anxious to help all who need help. We have never claimed higher honors than to be a servant of the church, and to counsel with our brethren.

If we have in our testimony to the people of God ever gone beyond the testimony of the Lord, may he forgive us. If any press matters, we shall give them the road. The field is a wide one. There is an overwhelming amount of work to do almost anywhere in this wide world of ours. Let all study to quietly do their own duty, and give others room to do the same. We press our services upon none, and shall labor only where the way fully opens. We have no controversy with those who differ with us, only to stand in defense of the gospel of Christ.

We feel the solemn power of the message God has given to us as a people. And, as never before, we realize the importance of laying broader and better plans for the rapid progress of the work. We long to speak of the things pertaining to our work to our people in all parts of the wide field. Brethren, in the name of the Lord we are well able to go up. In Christ we shall have the victory. J. W.

The Railways of the World.

From the following statement which we find in the N. Y. Independent, of April 15, 1875, it appears that nearly half of the entire mileage of the railways of the world, is found in the United States. Of the length and cost of railways, and the recent origin of this marvelous wonder, it speaks as follows:—

The total cost of the railways of the world, excluding those of the United States, is $9,854,764,560, with a mileage of 80,653 miles. The cost of railroads in the United States, is $3,784,543,034, with a mileage in 1874 of 70,651 miles. The aggregate cost of all the railroads in the world is $13,638,307,594, with a total mileage of 151,304, miles. The average cost per mile of all these roads is $53,567. Nearly all these roads are located in Europe and this country, and all of them are almost entirely the creations of the last forty years.

The Next Pope not to be Infallible.

VENICE, April 7: The king of Italy has joined the league with Austria, Germany, and Prussia, to prevent the election of an infallibilist pope.

Will the Pope Come to America?

PARIS, April 6.—The Rome correspondent of the Journal writes to that paper that the pope will take up his residence in the United States if it should become impossible for him to remain in Rome, and it was with a view to such a possible emergency that Archbishop McCloskey was elevated to the cardinalship.

To the S. B. Treasurers of the N. Y. and Pa. Conference.

By S. B. Whitney

Dear Brethren: I address you once more to inform you of my change of post-office; but I wish to say another word relative to reporting, as what has been said and done has failed to produce the desired result; for I have not heard from some of you this year. Some have done nobly, but I want to hear from all.

It would seem that only a little care and effort are needed to produce perfect order in this matter, and I especially request a report, immediately after the first of May next, from the following churches: viz., Brookfield, Catlin, Corydon, Cottage, East Elma, Farmington, Genoa, Lancaster, Norfolk, Olcott, Parish, Pitcairn, Ulysses, Vermillion, and Verona.

N. B. My present P. O. address is Litchfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Please mark this carefully, at once, so as to avoid mistakes; and remember what the Bible says of those who do the work of the Lord negligently. Be particular to insert the county.

S. B. Whitney, Conf. Sec.

April 12, 1875.

Response to Calls for Wisconsin Tent-Meetings

By D. Downer

Response.

MY call through the REVIEW for persons desiring tent-meetings in Wisconsin, to correspond with me at Galesville, has been so liberally responded to, that I cannot reply by letter to each one. Let me say to all, Your letters are all carefully read and kept. Our Conference Committee will in due time send help to the place we deem best prepared for our important message. Be patient. Let the calls continue to come in. D. DOWNER.

Acknowledgment from the Osborn County Sabbath-keepers

By Emma Chromer

Acknowledgment.

The Sabbath-keepers of Osborn Co., Kansas, wish to inform those who have sent relief to us, that we are very thankful for your kindness and generosity. By a unanimous rising vote taken upon the day of distribution, we signified that we were all thankful. The occasion of the distribution of the gifts was a pleasant one.

EMMA CHROMER, Church Clerk.

Change of Appointment

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

** Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 209 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend.

Change of Appointment.

THE meeting of the Mich. T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 3, will be at Kendall, instead of Mattawan, May 1 and 2.

QUARTERLY meeting at Alaiedon, Mich., April 24 and 25, 1875, for the T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 11, in connection with that of the churches of Alaiedon, Bunker Hill, Genoa, Locke, and Antrim. It is important that the brethren and sisters attend or send in their reports of labor. Will some minister be present? M. D. Matthews.

QUARTERLY meeting at Johnstown Center, Wis., May 8 and 9. All the members of this church are requested to be present to re-arrange Systematic Benevolence and transact other important business relative to the church. Neighboring churches are invited. Meetings to commence Sabbath evening. Can Bro. O. A. Olsen attend? In behalf of the church, C. W. Olds.

THE next quarterly meeting of the churches of Saginaw Co., Mich., will be held at Jay, May 1 and 2, 1875, also quarterly meeting of T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 8, in connection. John McGregor.

QUARTERLY meeting for Victory, Wisconsin, first Sabbath in May. Brethren and sisters from neighboring churches are invited. F. C. Clark.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Wayne Co., Ill., where Bro. Scott may appoint, May 7, at 7:30 P. M. In the school-house near Bro. J. J. Shreve's, New Franklin P. O., Wayne Co., Sabbath morning, May 8, at half past ten o'clock. Further appointments will be made at that time. At these meetings I greatly desire to see friends of this sacred cause from Richland and Jefferson Counties. There will be opportunity for baptism; and to celebrate the rites of our dying Lord. G. W. Colcord.

QUARTERLY meeting in Lovington, Ill., commencing Sabbath morning, May 1, at 10:30, and continuing over first-day. Come, brethren and sisters, and let us strive to draw near to the Lord. Should be glad to meet the friends from near Arthur. G. W. Colcord.

QUARTERLY meeting of the churches of Blendon, Wright, and Ravenna, will be held with the church at Wright, Ottawa Co., Mich., Sabbath and first-day, May 1, 2, 1875. The T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 5, will hold its next quarterly meeting in connection. Hope for a good attendance. We would also request a full report at this meeting, including all subscriptions to the several periodicals not heretofore reported. J. S. Wicks, Director.

QUARTERLY meeting of the S. D. A. church 8 miles west of Lansing, Allamakee Co., Iowa, to be held on the first Sabbath and Sunday in May. We extend a cordial invitation to Bro. Lee or Matteson to meet with us. C. L. Hamren, A. G. Swedberg. Elders.

QUARTERLY meeting for Dist. No. 6, at Greenville, Mich., May 1, 2. Librarians are requested to forward their reports in season for the meeting. Will Bro. E. H. Root meet with us? J. Fargo, Director.