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Signs of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 24.

General Articles
Earlier text: Camp-Meeting at Walla Walla

SECULAR.

—A farmer in Ventura County, Cal., has 150 acres of bird seed.
—Emperor William, of Germany, is said to be in very feeble health.
—Cholera in Venice, it is reported, kills twenty-two persons daily.
—Nova Scotia wants to withdraw from the Dominion Confederation.
—At Sligo, Ireland, June 13, a mob burned the houses of the leading Orangemen.
—The Apaches, under Geronimo, are still committing numerous depredations in Arizona.
—The Canadian authorities have decided to allow vessels owned in this country to buy bait in Canadian ports.
—A mattress factory in Chicago was burned on the 14th inst., and five girls, who jumped from a window to escape the flames, were fatally injured.
—June 16, Denton County, Texas, was visited by a cyclone which did much damage to property. Several persons were injured but only one fatality is reported.
—Richard A. Proctor, the English astronomer, arrived in New York a few days since and declares it his intention to take up his residence in the United States.
—The coming election in England will be hotly contested; the sole issue being the question of home rule for Ireland. Gladstone has already issued his manifesto to the electors of Midlothian.
—A few days since, a train of tea and oranges ran off the track near Promontory, U. T., and several cars were demolished. Quantities of the freight were scattered over the ground for a long distance.
—Vancouver, British Columbia, a town of about 3,000 inhabitants, was totally destroyed by fire June 13. Several lives were lost. The fire caught from the burning forest and swept the whole city; not a single house was left standing.
—Reports from Colusa, Cal., under date of the 13th inst., state that a heavy north wind, which had then been blowing there for three days, had damaged the wheat crops in that vicinity to the amount of at least $2,000,000.
—Three thousand acres of grain was destroyed by fire near Merced, Cal., a few days since. And a day or two later an equal number of acres of wheat was burned near Modesto. The total loss from the two fires cannot be far from $100,000.
—Sabine Pass, Texas, suffered severely, June 13 and 14, from a severe storm. Several residences, a number of warehouses, and all the wharves at Sabine City were washed away by the waves, which rose seven feet above high tide. The country was submerged for miles.
—An attempt was made on the 15th inst. to assassinate M. M. Secor, an ex-mayor of Racine, Wis., by placing a dynamite bomb in the drive-way to his yard. The only person injured by the explosion was the man who is supposed to have placed the bomb. No motive for the deed is known.
—King Ludwig, who was recently deposed from the Bavarian throne, committed suicide at 6 o'clock P. M., June 13, at Munich. He had gone for a promenade in the park of Berg Castle, accompanied by Dr. Gudden, his physician. The king suddenly threw himself into Sternberg Lake and was drowned. The physician was also drowned, in attempting, it is supposed, to rescue the king.
—On the 13th inst. a conference of 500 Socialist delegates at Brussels, Belgium, resolved to continue the agitation in favor of universal suffrage, and to commence a general strike when the workmen have gained sufficient strength. It was also decided to hold a monster demonstration on August 15th, the date of the national fetes. If the Government prohibits this demonstration a general strike will be declared on the following day. The meeting adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with the Socialists of Decazeville, The Hague, Ghent, London, Germany, and Chicago.
—June 18, the Senate by a two-thirds vote passed the joint resolution, introduced by Senator Ingalls, providing for a constitutional amendment extending the periods of the President's term and the session of the Fiftieth Congress until the 30th of April, 1889, and substituting the 30th of April for the 4th of March as the commencement, for the future, of the Presidential and Congressional terms. The measure now goes to the House of Representatives for concurrence; and will, if it passes that body, be submitted to the State legislatures, three-fourths of which must ratify it before it becomes a part of the Constitution.
—A firm of shipbuilders in Glasgow, Scotland, are about to construct what will be known as the Destroyer, a most terrible engine of naval warfare. The vessel will be built of Vickers steel, and is to have a speed of twenty-two knots (twenty-four and three-fourths miles) per hour. It will be armed with Maxim guns, throwing ten six-inch improved shot per minute. Or a shell capable of destroying any iron-clad afloat may be hurled 1,500 yards. When completed, the navies of the world will be at the mercy of this craft. A fit companion to the Destroyer has recently been completed at London for the Austrian Government. It is a torpedo-boat having a speed of twenty-seven and one-half miles per hour. A similar one is to be built for the English Government.
—June 15 an Orange mob fifteen miles south of Belfast “made a most wanton attack on the house of a respectable Catholic named James Jennings. They began by throwing stones at the windows, and did not leave a whole pane in the building. They entered the house, subjected the occupants to savage treatment, maliciously destroyed whatever they could lay hands on, carried away a number of ‘grapes’ and forks, which they brandished menacingly along the road until they came to the house occupied by a Catholic named McGuire. They wrecked this man’s dwelling and also knocked down and stabbed with a ‘grape’ an old woman whom they met on the road. When the news of the occurrence reached the local police they promptly proceeded to the scene, and were met by the police from Downpatrick, but the miscreants had fled.”

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—The “Rescue and Evangelization Mission,” a branch of the Salvation Army, has forbidden its members to use military titles or wear uniforms.
—English Methodists are protesting against the three-year limit to the pastorate, which they say is emptying the largest chapels in city and country.
—The Missionary Record says: “A collection for missions was taken up at a meeting of 600 persons. Result—2 dollars, 1 half-dollar, 17 quarters, 27 dimes, 66 half-dimes, 11 three-cent pieces, 3 two-cent pieces, and 288 pennies. Total, $16.02; less than 3 cents each. Two hundred or more gave nothing.”
—The following from the Woburn (Mass.) Advertiser may be true: “There are lots of people who mix their religion with their business, but forget to stir it up well. The business invariably rises to the top as the result.” When that is done, it will soon be found that the religion has all leaked out, leaving nothing but business.
—The Christian at Work says that there is a religious revival in Paris. The “revival,” however, is noticeable only in “high life.” “It is becoming the practice of the young swells to go to church and take the communion as they leave a supper-table where they have caroused till the early hours of the morning.” We hope that this “revival” will be confined to Paris.
—It is stated that a Chinese boy, in the Christian mission school at Pekin, recently repeated the entire New Testament without missing a word or making a mistake. We are heartily in favor of committing Scripture to memory, and think that as a general thing there is too little of it done nowadays; but we would have it committed intelligently, and we do not believe that anybody who commits the entire Bible to memory, can have much, if any, idea of its meaning.
—The London Truth says that when Lord Redesdale succeeded his father in 1830 he was unable to take his seat in the House of Lords for several months, as the certificate of his baptism [sprinkling] could not be found, the ceremony having been performed, and legal record not having been preserved. When the National Reform Party accomplishes its purpose, the same thing will doubtless occur here. A popular man will apparently be sure of a certain office, when some political opponent will discover that there is no record of his baptism, and he will be defeated.

Appointments.

OAKLAND.—House of worship, northeast corner of Clay and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11. Prayer and missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Seats free.
SAN FRANCISCO.—House of worship, 914 Laguna Street, between McAllister and Tyler. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:45, and preaching at 11 A. M.; also preaching every Sunday evening at 7:30. Classes in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Prayer and missionary meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:45. Mission Reading-rooms at the church.
EAST PORTLAND (Or.)—House of worship on G Street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Sabbath-school every Sabbath (Saturday), followed by services. Preaching or Bible-reading Sunday evening. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening. The public is cordially invited. Free public reading-room, corner of L and Fifth Streets.

SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY.

By Charles C. Ramsey

AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INCREASING POPULARITY.

This school is located at South Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass., thirty-five miles from Boston, and was founded in 1882.
It is prosperous because operated on correct educational principles. Thorough instruction is given in all the common branches, and those of the usual high-school and academic courses. There is also a well-sustained Biblical Department.

ITS SPECIAL FEATURES ARE

1. A judicious discipline for the development of moral character. It is a safe place for the young.
2. Methods of teaching that aim at mental culture of a high type.
3. Instruction and practice in various kinds of manual labor and the use of tools.
4. Astonishingly low expenses. Fourteen dollars per school month pays all expense of tuition, board, lodging, washing, lights, fuel, etc. For catalogue or further information address,
CHAS. C. RAMSEY, A. M., Principal.

THE AMERICAN SENTINEL.

By Editor

AN EIGHT-PAGE MONTHLY JOURNAL,

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The defense of American Institutions, the preservation of the United States Constitution as it is, so far as regards religion or religious tests, and the maintenance of human rights, both civil and religious.
It will ever be uncompromisingly opposed to anything tending toward a union of Church and State, either in name or in fact.

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THE AGE TO COME:

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

A REFUTATION OF THE DOCTRINE.

BY ELD. J. H. WAGGONER.
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EARLY WRITINGS OF MRS. WHITE.

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THE DEFINITE SEVENTH DAY;

By John Nevins Andrews

OR, GOD'S MEASUREMENT OF TIME ON THE ROUND WORLD.

BY ELD. J. N. ANDREWS.

THIS tract is an answer to the question, “Can a definite day be observed by all the inhabitants of the earth?” It is a complete refutation of the common objection against the Sabbath, that the rotation of the earth on its axis makes it impossible for all men to keep the same day, showing not only that a definite day may be observed in all parts of the earth, but that no real difficulty has ever been experienced in the matter.
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NEW SABBATH-SCHOOL SONG BOOK,

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Contains 216 pages, or over 40 pages more than the ordinary S. S. song book. It is

THE LARGEST BOOK EVER SOLD FOR THE MONEY,

The book is neatly gotten up, printed on good paper, and substantially bound.
Notwithstanding the fact that this book is so much larger than other popular S. S. song books, it will be furnished at the usual prices— 35 cts. per copy. $3.60 per dozen.
All orders west of the Rocky Mountains should be addressed to PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. General Agents for Pacific States and Territories.
SEND to this office for Catalogue and circulars of new books, pamphlets, etc. We have a fine assortment of books for Sabbath-school and teachers' libraries. Catalogue sent free to any address.

Publishers' Department.

By Editor

STATE TRACT SOCIETIES, AGENTS, AND BOOK DEPOSITORIES.

Australia—International Tract Society, Bible Echo Office, Rae and Scotchmer Sts., North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. British Guiana.—Joseph R. Brathwaite, 152 Church St., Georgetown, and Thos. E. Amsterdam, 10 Church St., New Amsterdam, B. G., S. A. California Tract Society—1067 Castro St., Oakland, Cal. Canada Tract Society—South Stukely, P. Q. Colorado Tract Society—Cor. 31st and Champa Streets, Denver, Colo. Dakota Tract Society—Vilas, Miner Co., Dak. District of Columbia.—International Tract Society, 1831 Vermont Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. England—The Present Truth, 72 Heneage St., Grimsby, Eng. Florida Tract Society—Miss Lysle Reynolds, Secretary, Box 232, Jacksonville, Fla. Hawaiian Islands—International Tract Society, Honolulu, H. I. Idaho—Elder D. T. Fero, Boise City, Idaho. Illinois Tract Society—3652 Vincennes Ave., Chicago, Ill. Indiana Tract Society—No. 32 Cherry St., Indianapolis, Ind. Iowa Tract Society—1315 E. Sycamore St., Des Moines, Iowa. Kansas Tract Society—Box 160, Ottawa, Franklin Co., Kan. Kentucky Tract Society—West Clifty, Grayson Co., Ky. Louisiana—International Tract Society, Pitt Street, between Valmont and Leontine Streets, New Orleans, La. Maine Tract Society—113 Pearl St., Portland, Me. Michigan Tract Society—Battle Creek, Mich. Minnesota Tract Society—2820 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Missouri Tract Society—321 Lamine Ave., Sedalia, Mo. Montana—Walter Harper, Butte City, Mont., Box 358. Nebraska Tract Society—Fremont, Dodge Co., Neb. New England—N. E. Tract Society, South Lancaster, Mass. New Mexico—John McMurphy, White Oaks, Lincoln County, N. M. New York Tract Society—Box 113, Rome, N. Y. New Zealand—Edward Hare, Upper Queen Street (Turner Street), Auckland, N. Z. North Pacific—N. P. Tract Society, Box 18, East Portland, Oregon. Norway—Sundhedsbladet, Christiania, Norway. Ohio Tract Society—259 Adams St., Toledo, Ohio. Pennsylvania Tract Society—No. 5 Madison St., Wellsville, N. Y. Switzerland—Elder W. C. White, 48 Weiherweg, Basel, Switzerland. Tennessee Tract Society—Springville, Henry Co., Tenn. Texas Tract Society—Mrs. Lee Gregory, Secretary, Denton, Tex. Upper Columbia—U. C. Tract Society, Walla Walla, W. T. Vancouver Island—Bernard Robu, Victoria, B. C. Vermont—Lizzie A. Stone, South Lancaster, Mass. Virginia Tract Society—New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. Wisconsin Tract Society—1029 Jenifer St., Madison, Wis. Wyoming—J. T. Trees, Tie Siding, Albany Co., Wyo.
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Back Numbers of the "Sentinel."

By Editor

WE are entirely out of the first four numbers of the American Sentinel, and the May and June issues will be exausted this week. Hereafter the subscriptions will commence with the July issue. The subscription list of the Sentinel is increasing in a very satisfactory manner. Not less than 1,000 new subscriptions per month have been received at this Office since the paper was first published.
It is a valuable paper to send to your friends who are in any way interested in the work of the National Reform party.

The Great Controversy.

By Editor

The new (1886) illustrated edition of "The Great Controversy between Christ and Satan during the Christian Dispensation," by Mrs. E. G. White, contains over 500 pages, a portrait of the author, and is illustrated by twenty-one full-page cuts. The book is printed and bound in the very best style; olive green muslin with jet and gold stamp. Over ten thousand have been sold in six months.
This volume presents the most wonderful and intensely interesting history that has ever been written of the great conflict between Christianity and the powers of darkness, as illustrated in the lives of Christian martyrs and reformers on one hand, and wicked men and persecuting powers on the other.
The closing chapters give a vivid picture of the warfare of the church, her final redemption, and vividly describe the triumph of the people of God, the destruction of Satan and all his followers, and the renewing of the earth, which ends the awful controversy between the Son of God and the powers of darkness.
Earnest Christians of all classes and creeds will find in it encouragement and instruction. The style of the author is clear, forcible, and often sublime, and, although simple enough in its statements to be understood and appreciated by a child, its eloquence calls forth the admiration of all.
Sent post-paid to any address in America for $1.50, or to foreign countries 8s., post free. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal., U. S. A

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By S. Brownsberger

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FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS INVESTED IN BUILDINGS AND

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DISTINCTIVE FEATURES.

1. Instruction in the various trades, with two hours per day spent in active work with tools. 2. Methods in the Class Room are such as to secure the best kind of mental discipline.
  1. A rigid parental discipline to cultivate high moral character.
  2. Expenses within the reach of all. Twenty dollars per month
covers all expense of tuition, board, lodging, washing, lights, fuel, etc.
The Fall Term begins August 2, 1886.
S. BROWNSBERGER, A. M., President.
Healdsburg, Cal.

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THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD,

By Editor

A RELIGIOUS FAMILY JOURNAL,

PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT BATTLE CREEK, MICH., BY THE S. D. A. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.
Sixteen large, closely printed pages of choice reading matter, treating upon all the Prophetic themes of the Bible, the Signs of the Times, Second Coming of Christ at Hand, Closing Reforms in the Church, the Gospel of Christ, Conversion, Practical Godliness, etc. etc.
This is the organ of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, the oldest journal of this people. It is now in its sixty-third volume. Contains full reports from the ministers and the doings of the different organizations of this denomination. No one should fail to take the REVIEW AND HERALD.
Price, in advance, $2.00 per year. Address, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.

RECEIPTS.

By Editor

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CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.—Healdsburg Church $5.45, Mrs E Hamilton $5.
CASH RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT.—Upper Columbia T and M Society $215, Tenn. T and M Society per B A Rodgers $1.20.
CALIFORNIA T AND M SOCIETY.—Dist No 4. San Francisco $52.35; Dist No 6, Los Angeles $40, L H Huntting $2.50.
CALIFORNIA CITY MISSIONS.—J J Hannan $5.

ORDERS FORWARDED.

By Editor

BOOKS SENT BY FREIGHT.—Wm Hutchinson, Geo H Derrick, R M Smith, Walter Harper, L C Chadwick.
BOOKS SENT BY EXPRESS.—James Creamer, C E Peterson, Mrs J F Merritt, J N Davis, Wm Hughes, Elder G D Ballou, Mrs E A Dyke, W C Ward, L A Scott, T M Blakely, F Hope, L A Scott, Walter Harper, Geo H Derrick.

Something for Everybody.

By Editor

THE PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal., will send the American Sentinel, an 8-page monthly paper, one year, and either of the following books, in cloth binding, post-paid, for $1.25 (to foreign countries, 5s.) viz: "The Atonement: in the Light of Nature and Revelation," by Elder J. H. Waggoner, 368 pp.; "The Marvel of Nations: Our Country, its Past, Present, and Future," by Elder Uriah Smith, 282 pp., over forty illustrations; "The Life and Words of Christ," by Cunningham Geikie, D. D., over 800 pp.
The Temperance Advocate, a 24-page health and temperance bi-monthly, one year, and either of the above-mentioned valuable books, post-paid, for $1.25 (5s.).
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES one year, and your choice of any one of these books, post-paid, for $2.50 (to foreign countries, 12s.), or the SIGNS one year and the illustrated "Great Controversy," post-paid, for $3.00; foreign, 14s.

THE SABBATH QUESTION IS THE

LEADING SUBJECT OF THE DAY.

THE GREAT DEMAND OF THE HOUR, From the Pulpit and the Press, in Social Circles and in Legislative Halls, is, that the Sabbath be more strictly observed. To assist the intelligent-minded of our land to have correct views of this important question, a book has been prepared which thoroughly discusses the Sabbatic institution in every conceivable phase. Such is the "HISTORY OF THE SABBATH AND THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK," BY JOHN NEVINS ANDREWS.
This great and exhaustive work is the result of ten years' hard labor and historical research. The book contains 528 12mo pages, and is printed in clear type, on good paper, and is well bound. Price, $1.25, post-paid. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

THOUGHTS ON BAPTISM.

By Joseph Harvey Waggoner

By Eld. J. H. Waggoner.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ACTION, SUBJECTS, AND RELATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM.
Also, a Brief Refutation of the HISTORICAL CLAIMS FOR TRINE IMMERSION.
SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.
Prices, post-paid,—In flexible cloth, 35 cents; paper covers, 25 cents.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

GOOD HEALTH.

By Editor

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

GOOD HEALTH is emphatically a Family Journal, being cheap, plain, and practical, qualities which have won for it the largest circulation of any Health Journal in America. It is devoted to all reforms, but is ultra in none. It is unpartisan and unsectarian. Its only creed is nature's laws. It treats of Health, Temperance, General Literature, Science, and many other interesting and practical subjects; it is a live journal, and every way adapted to the wants of the family. There is something in it for everybody. Price, $1.00 a year.
Address, GOOD HEALTH, Battle Creek, Mich.; Or, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

THE HOME OF THE SAVED.

By John Norton Loughborough

By Eld. J. N. Loughborough.
Gives the Bible evidence upon the interesting topic of the earth made new, as the inheritance of the saints. 82 pp. Price, 10 cents. SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

Where Is the Sunday Decree?

By Editor

THE tent-meetings in Melbourne, Australia, are attracting so much attention that the pastors of some of the churches have gotten up a poster which they imagine will turn the tide away from the tent. At the head of the poster are the words, "Christians Beware!" and then, after Acts 15:24–29; 17:4, comes this conundrum: "Where is the decree to keep holy the Sabbath day?" That's easy. Here's the answer: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work." Ex. 20:8–10. There we have the decree to keep holy the Sabbath, as given by Jehovah himself. Moreover, the decree is very particular to specify the day of the Sabbath. And now we have a question to propound to the Melbourne pastors, or to any others, which will not be so easy to answer. It is this: Where is the decree to keep holy the Sunday? If the answer does not take more than five times as much space as ours does, we will publish it.

Eating Swine's Flesh.

By Editor

"Does the Seventh-day Adventist Church forbid the use of pork as a food?" C. E. L.
No; The Seventh-day Adventist Church has no authority to give commandments. "There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy." He has said, "These shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof; as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." Lev. 11: 4-8.
This is a commandment from the Lord; it is no more binding on Seventh-day Adventists than it is on other people; it is binding on everybody. God says that the swine is unclean, and everybody who has seen the beast must assent to the statement. God says that we shall not eat of his flesh, and he has a right to be obeyed. The distinction of clean and unclean beasts was not peculiar to the Levitical economy; it existed from the earliest ages. See Gen. 7:2, 8; 8:20. And it is certain that the change of dispensations, as it is called, made no change in the nature of animals. The hog is just as unclean to-day as he was four thousand years ago. Those who wish to know how the Lord regards the eating of this filthy beast, may read Isa. 65:3-5; 66:17.
The commandment of the Lord ought to be of sufficient authority to settle any question, nevertheless we expect that some one will now quote Peter's vision to us as authority for pork-eating. When that is quoted to us, we shall have something more to say.
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