Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 38. (9/19/1907)

Review and Herald

Sep 19, 1907

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 19, 1907

An Hour With Thee

My heart is tired, so tired to-night— How endless seems the strife! Day after day the restlessness Of all this weary life; I come to lay the burden down That so oppresseth me, And shutting all the world without, To spend an hour with Thee, Dear Lord, to spend an hour with Thee.

I would forget a little while The bitterness of fears, The anxious thoughts that crowd my life, The buried hopes of years; Forget that mortal's weary toil My patient care must be. A tired child, I come to-night To spend an hour with Thee, Dear Lord, to spend an hour with Thee.

A foolish, wayward child, I know— So often wandering; A weak, complaining child—but O, Forgive my murmuring, And fold me to Thy breast, Thou who hast died for me, And let me feel 'tis peace to rest A little hour with Thee, Dear Lord, one little hour with Thee.

—The British Weekly.

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Editorial

By Editor

If our brethren and sisters who have been blessed with means could once have a vision of the waiting fields and their needs, and could have pressed upon their hearts the burden for those who sit in darkness, what a privilege they would feel it to be to give of their means for the extension of this message in all lands! Think of the four hundred millions in China! Think of the three hundred millions in India! Remember that one half of the population of the world is found in China, India, and Africa. Our workers who are toiling beyond their strength in these heathen lands are under no greater obligation to minister to these benighted people than are those who are adding farm to farm or thousands to thousands while surrounded with all the comforts and conveniences which money can furnish. What a pity that the work of God should be embarrassed for funds when he has made his people stewards over abundance! Will not some render their account with shame unless they are more faithful in their stewardship? Read Luke 16:11.

The provision has been made that we may be in continual fellowship with a personal Christ. He has not only given himself for us, but has also given himself to us and united himself with us. “Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same.” “Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them.” Herein is the essential difference between Christianity and the many forms of false religion. By taking upon him our nature Christ has made possible the experience of oneness between himself and the believer, and thus becomes not only the Teacher of truth, but also the power for living the truth. If we fail to avail ourselves of this wonderful provision, our religious experience may not rise above the plane of the devotee of Confucius or Buddha. “Yet a little while,” said Jesus to his disciples, “and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.” We can not afford to be deprived of personal fellowship with our risen Saviour.

Obedience

THE law of God is the basis of the new covenant, as well as of the old. Under the old covenant man promised to obey, without realizing his need of Christ and without depending upon Christ for the necessary grace and power to enable him to obey. The new covenant was “simply an arrangement for bringing men again into harmony with the divine will, placing them where they could obey God’s law.” It makes a vast difference whether men accept the condition, “Obey and live,” without Christ, or whether they accept the same condition with Christ. In the one case they attempt to make themselves righteous; in the other case they accept the righteousness of Christ. In the one case they attempt to save themselves; in the other case they accept salvation as the gift of God in Christ. In the one case they believe in, and depend upon, their own power for obedience; in the other case they believe in, and depend upon, the power of an indwelling Christ for obedience. In the one case it is righteousness by works; in the other case it is righteousness by faith. In both cases there is the same law and the same condition of obedience.

The gospel not only provides for the full and free forgiveness of sin, but also makes it possible for man to be perfectly obedient to God’s law. He who desires to accept the gift of life through Christ must be willing to submit to the condition on which that life is bestowed. “For all the objects of his creation the condition is the same,—a life sustained by receiving the life of God, a life exercised in harmony with the Creator’s will.” Sin originated in the unwillingness of Lucifer to be subject to the divine law. “He began to insinuate doubts concerning the laws that governed heavenly beings, intimating that though laws might be necessary for the inhabitants of the worlds, angels, being more exalted, needed no such restraint, for their own wisdom was a sufficient guide.” Thus “the desire for unrestricted freedom” was awakened in the minds of those who had hitherto been perfectly happy while subject to the divine law.

After the entrance of sin the same perfect obedience to the same perfect law was required as the indispensable condition of salvation, and in the gospel of Christ provision was made so that man was able to render obedience. “The covenant of grace was first made with man in Eden, when, after the fall, there was given a divine promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent’s head. To all men this covenant offered pardon, and the assisting grace of God for future obedience through faith in Christ. It also promised them eternal life on condition of fidelity to God’s law. Thus the patriarchs received the hope of salvation. The same covenant was renewed to Abraham in the promise, ‘In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.’ This promise pointed to Christ. So Abraham understood it, and he trusted in Christ for the forgiveness of sins. It was this faith that was accounted unto him for righteousness. The covenant with Abraham also maintained the authority of God’s law. The Lord appeared unto Abraham, and said, ‘I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.’ The testimony of God concerning his faithful servant was, ‘Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.’ And the Lord declared to him, ‘I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.’” It will thus be seen that the condition

of obedience was just as much present in the new covenant as in the old. The difference was that in the new covenant God’s promises made obedience possible, while man’s promise in the old covenant was weak and worthless. In this closing work of the gospel a people is to be developed who will render perfect obedience to the divine law through their faith in Christ, of whom it is said, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” They accept the obedience of faith as the condition upon which God has promised life everlasting.

Justification

In considering the subject of justification it is important to note just what the Scriptures say about it. While every statement of inspiration is true without qualification or limit, yet one truth does not exclude any other truth, and in order to have a well-balanced view of any doctrine it is necessary to read what the Bible as a whole says upon that doctrine.

Here are four simple statements concerning justification: “All have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” “Much more then, being now justified by his [Christ’s] blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him.” “Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?” These scriptures, taken together, teach that we are justified by the grace of God; that we are justified by the blood of Christ; that we are justified by faith; and that we are justified by works. These statements are all true, and they do not contradict one another. A Scriptural view of the doctrine of justification gives its proper place and meaning to each one of these statements, and does not emphasize either one to the neglect or exclusion of the others. Let us consider them separately.

We are justified by the grace of God. Compare the following scriptures: “By grace have ye been saved through faith.” “Suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God; who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.” “We believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.” “According to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us richly, through Christ our Saviour; that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” The gospel of salvation has its origin and its ministration in the grace of God. Not under compulsion and not as being under obligation to pay a debt, but freely and by grace God bestows salvation as a gift. “Much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.” It is the grace of God which makes possible the act of justification; it is the grace of God through which we may have the experience of justification.

We are justified by the blood of Christ. “In whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.” “How much more shall the blood of Christ . . . cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things . . . but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ.” “Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood.” “Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.” Christ “gave himself for our sins.” In the sacrifice of Christ we have the concrete expression of the grace and love of God toward us, the channel through which this grace was poured out for us, the satisfaction for our sins. The grace of God and the blood of Christ are thus inseparably connected in our justification.

We are justified by faith. In the words of Luther: “Faith taketh hold of Christ, and hath him present, and holdeth him enclosed, as the ring doth the precious stone. And whosoever shall be found having this confidence in Christ, apprehended in the heart, him will God account for righteous. This is the mean, and this is the merit whereby we attain the remission of sins and righteousness. ‘Because thou believest in me,’ saith the Lord, ‘and thy faith layeth hold upon Christ whom I have freely given unto thee that he might be thy mediator and high priest, therefore be thou justified and righteous.’ Wherefore God doth accept or account us as righteous, only for our faith in Christ.” Through faith we accept the gift of righteousness which comes from the grace of God and through the blood of Christ. Therefore the grace of God and the blood of Christ and our faith are inseparably connected in our justification.

Abraham was justified by works in that he offered his son Isaac upon the altar, and others may be justified by the same kind of works. These are not the works of merit as the ground of our justification, but the works of faith as the evidence of our justification. “Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect; and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.” That kind of righteousness by faith which will not bear this test is spurious. Again we quote from Luther: “Because thou hast laid hold upon Christ by faith, through whom thou art made righteous, begin now to work well. Love God and thy neighbor, call upon God, give thanks unto him, praise him, confess him. These are good works indeed, which flow out of this faith and this cheerfulness conceived in the heart, for that we have remission of sins freely by Christ.” The works by which we are justified are the fruits of the righteousness freely bestowed upon us by the grace of God, brought unto us by the blood of Christ, and apprehended through our personal faith in Christ. Therefore the grace of God and the blood of Christ and our faith and our works are inseparably connected in the experience of justification.

When we speak of either of these ways of justification, we must include all the others. To advocate any one of them to the neglect or the exclusion of the others is to pervert the Scriptural teaching concerning justification.

A Camp-Meeting Experience

By W. A. S.

We were blessed and refreshed on a recent Sabbath in reviewing and studying in the camp-meeting Sabbath-school the lessons setting forth clearly and emphatically the truth of righteousness by faith only, with the solemn warnings of the Bible story against any thought of confidence in the flesh or of any possibility of obedience save by the power of divine grace through faith alone. It was a practical presentation of the truth of righteousness by faith, and the people laid hold of it practically, as was witnessed by the testimonies in the afternoon service following.

Just then the mail-carrier brought us a controversial leaflet in which one formerly laboring with us in this work assailed the lessons as teaching a righteousness by works. A few expressions—not full in their brevity, and capable of misinterpretation if they stood alone—are interpreted as suggesting a covenant of works; and this is declared to be the doctrine taught, notwithstanding the fact that the thought developed in the whole series is an emphatic and plain and repeated denial of the possibility of a covenant of works that could secure righteousness.

There is not among us a teacher, or a writer, or a preacher, I believe, who would not repudiate every suggestion of righteousness or obedience save as the

fruit of living faith. But this denomination emphasizes also the eternal truth that the way of life is the way of obedience. And it repudiates any substitution of the phrases of justification by faith for that obedience of the truth and loyalty to the work of God which are the fruits of faith.

The third angel’s message stands for justification by the faith of Jesus that truly justifies. And Seventh-day Adventists have hope in the third angel’s message. There is nothing more dangerous than the perversion of the phrases of justification by faith to justify sin.

We may well thank God that the truth of righteousness by faith that saves the sinner from his sins is not ministered to us through mortal man. However greatly God may bless a man in preaching it, the truth does not belong with the instrument, nor can man deny to us the privilege of rejoicing in it, nor be the judge as to whether we are finding in it “the truth that it is.” We found it at the foot of the cross. Only “down at the cross” may we retain it.

W. A. S.

For Aggressive Missionary Work

On returning to America after an absence of considerable length we find that our people are generally responsive to the calls made upon them to supply the means needed to carry this message to the peoples of the world. It seems to be necessary only to state the conditions just as they are, without any attempt to exaggerate or to color the facts, and the believers in this message show a commendable readiness to contribute according to their ability to the mission funds. We are glad to record one concrete instance. At the Western New York camp-meeting, which the editor attended by special invitation, he was requested to speak on the peoples and missionary work in the far East, and at the close of the talk, without any suggestion on his part, it was proposed that a collection be taken for our mission work. The result was a liberal donation, considering the number in attendance.

We believe that our people feel the same concerning the work in any mission field, when they know the real situation. The field is the world, and the work is the same in all lands. It makes no difference whether the workers who need the help are on the other side of the world or in this land, if the need is the same. Just now our attention is being called to the work among the colored people of the South, in view of the fact that Sabbath, October 5, has been appointed as the time for a general collection among the churches of this country in behalf of that work. It is conceded on all hands that this is missionary effort which has the same claims for our support as has missionary effort in behalf of the native peoples of Africa or India. Much instruction has been given, and many appeals have been made through the spirit of prophecy in the interest of this field; and the importance of reaching the colored people with this truth, while there is a good degree of liberty to labor for them, has been urged by those who are best acquainted with the situation in the South. Every consideration urges that this call should be heeded. The funds which have recently been supplied to the Southern Union Conference have been specifically appropriated to the purpose of placing the institutional work in that field upon a better basis, but the funds realized from the collection October 5 will be used directly in field efforts in behalf of the colored people, and the brethren are depending upon this help to enable them to do this aggressive work.

It is only necessary that all shall co-operate in order that a liberal sum may come into the treasury for this purpose. It is one great practical benefit of our thorough organization that the whole people can thus turn their attention to special needs from time to time, and by united effort can repeatedly furnish large amounts for this work without distressing any one. Let this matter receive intelligent attention. Let the church officers give notice of it on the last two Sabbaths previous to the time for the collection, and be sure that the people understand fully about it. Let the people plan for it, just as they would plan for any matter in which they are personally interested. Let the giving be done cheerfully and heartily, and with the prayer that the Lord will greatly bless the means thus provided for the furtherance of the gospel message, that the people who sit in darkness may see a great light.

We urge our people throughout this country to remember the time and the purpose of this collection, and to donate liberally. The needs are great.

Our Record of a Year

By C. M. S.

THERE is considerable cause for encouragement and much food for serious thought in the nine pages of statistics which appear in this week's issue of the REVIEW. There does not appear to have been one grand victory all along the line. In many instances the advance has been so slow that the figures indicate almost a standstill. In other cases there has been a failure even to maintain our ground, and the figures show a decrease. If every field could show what many do show, we would have far greater cause for encouragement.

It is true that statistics are not an infallible indication either of progress or of retrogression. There may be vital progress in the real message where the figures would show a decrease in the numbers professing to have a part in it. Nevertheless, it is worth our while to study the results of our work from a statistical point of view, comparing field with field and condition with condition. The number professing this truth is of less concern to this movement than is the matter of a deep, vital experience in the things the message stands for; and still it is a matter of encouragement to us to know that the preaching of the message is drawing adherents to the cause in all lands.

During the year the total number of Sabbath-keepers increased from 87,311 to 91,531; but the gain was not so great last year as the year before, by 1,370. For instance, the gain for the year 1905 was nearly seven per cent, whereas for the year 1906 it was less than five per cent. That means that less than five persons were added to the membership for each hundred already belonging to the organization. We can see by this how far short we come of being a truly missionary people. There are missionaries among us, faithfully giving the message; but if all were doing what they could along missionary lines, there would be a wonderful difference in the reports of progress from year to year. If each Seventh-day Adventist had brought only one person into the truth, the membership of the denomination at the close of 1906 would have been 174,622 instead of 91,531. This fact should stir up in us a determination to set our hands and hearts to this work more zealously than ever in the history of our denomination. Comparatively few have been gathering sheaves during the year.

In the comparison of fields we find that the European Union Conferences lead in the per cent of gain in accessions to the faith. In the German Union, for instance, there was a gain in membership of nearly nineteen per cent, and the per cent of gain for the whole European field was fourteen and one-half per cent; and this in spite of difficulties in those fields which look to us almost insurmountable.

The South African Union Conference shows a gain of nearly fourteen per cent in membership, the British Union a gain of over twelve per cent, and the Australasian a gain of practically ten per cent. The East Indian field, including India, Burma, and Ceylon, has just doubled in membership during the year, and Cuba has more than doubled. In the home field, however, that is, the North American Union Conferences, the average per cent of increase has been less than two per cent. What the occasion is for the smallness of the increase is not for man to say. That it does not indicate a growing spirit of disloyalty or increased apathy toward the progress

of the message is evidenced by the general increase in the amount of tithe paid per capita. This increase amounted to more than twelve per cent for the year in those conferences. The increase in offerings to missions amounted to nearly nine and a half per cent, and the increase in Sabbath-school contributions from those fields amounted to more than fourteen per cent. There was $140,260.91 more tithe paid during 1906 than during 1905, an increase for the entire denomination of over sixteen per cent. The increase in offerings to missions, nearly fourteen per cent, is a good indication of the denomination's interest in the progress of the missionary work.

Another encouraging item in the annual report is the amount appropriated by the North American Conferences for the prosecution of the work in “the regions beyond”—$117,395.99, an increase of more than sixty-six thousand dollars over the previous year. The total amount raised for evangelistic work by the entire denomination for the year 1906 was the largest ever recorded, $1,394,361.93. This is a large amount of money considered by itself; but when we compare it with the crying needs of the field, the great work to be accomplished, and the shortness of the time in which to do it, the size of the amount decreases in rapid ratio. May God increase in the hearts of his people the spirit of liberality, of loyalty, and of zeal for the progress of the work, that its completion may be hastened, and the day of deliverance be ushered in. C. M. S.

One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar Fund

By I. H. Evans

For Special Work at Home and Abroad

Received on the $150,000 Fund up to Sept. 10, 1907 Atlantic Union Conference Central New England .......... $ 2,635.61 Chesapeake ................... 480.29 Eastern Pennsylvania ......... 1,793.50 The Greater New York .......... 462.07 Maine ......................... 563.78 New Jersey .................... 552.63 New York ...................... 1,626.50 Southern New England .......... 1,138.50 Vermont ....................... 922.83 Virginia ...................... 468.58 West Pennsylvania ............. 1,376.84 West Virginia ................. 351.86 Western New York .............. 1,675.50 Total ......................... 14,048.49

Canadian Union Conference Maritime ...................... 317.43 Quebec ........................ 63.64 Ontario ....................... 682.31 Total ......................... 1,063.38

Central Union Conference Colorado ...................... 1,219.08 Iowa .......................... 3,935.12 Kansas ........................ 2,445.89 Missouri ...................... 1,279.39 Nebraska ...................... 5,379.82 Wyoming ....................... 740.94 Total ......................... 15,000.24

District of Columbia Washington churches ........... 1,325.94

Lake Union Conference East Michigan ................. 1,824.77 Indiana ....................... 5,177.27 North Michigan ................ 422.57 Northern Illinois ............. 2,378.74 Ohio .......................... 4,002.50 Southern Illinois ............. 1,060.08 West Michigan ................. 3,577.34 Wisconsin ..................... 3,038.07 Total ......................... 21,481.34

North Pacific Union Conference Conference not specified ...... 429.66 British Columbia .............. 122.80 Montana ........................ 452.48 Upper Columbia ................ 2,286.53 Western Washington ............ 1,777.37 Idaho .......................... 854.90 Western Oregon ................ 1,925.35 Total ......................... 7,849.09

Northern Union Conference Alberta ....................... 156.10 Manitoba ...................... 239.70 Saskatchewan Mission Field .... 34.85 Minnesota ..................... 5,129.95 South Dakota .................. 2,645.47 North Dakota .................. 1,768.66 Conference not specified ...... 73.82 Total ......................... 10,048.55

Pacific Union Conference Arizona ....................... 236.99 California-Nevada ............. 6,028.92 Southern California ........... 649.03 Utah .......................... 327.43 Total ......................... 7,242.37

Southern Union Conference South Carolina ................ 135.69 Alabama ....................... 264.05 Tennessee River ............... 723.55 Florida ........................ 551.77 North Carolina ................. 455.50 Kentucky ....................... 30.36 Cumberland ..................... 732.74 Louisiana ...................... 390.61 Mississippi .................... 252.76 Georgia ........................ 357.89 Total ......................... 3,894.92

Southeastern Union Conference Not specified .................. 20.18 Arkansas ....................... 373.86 Oklahoma ....................... 1,862.23 Texas .......................... 1,198.91 Total ......................... 3,455.18

Unknown Unknown ....................... 158.20

Foreign Algeria ....................... 13.33 Australia ..................... 163.84 Bermuda ....................... 35.00 China ......................... 31.60 South Africa .................. 228.16 Jamaica ....................... 13.41 Yukon Territory ................ 20.00 England ....................... 256.32 West Africa ................... 14.06 Mexico ........................ 2.00 Costa Rica .................... 6.25 India ......................... 18.88 South America ................. 40.95 Switzerland ................... 9.69 Panama ........................ 19.00 Nicaragua ..................... 4.00 Central American Mission ...... 26.00 Trinidad ...................... .34 Norway ........................ 25.00 Japan ......................... 12.50 Hayti ......................... 5.00 Egypt ......................... 51.55 Palestine ..................... 2.00 Tobago, W. I. ................. 1.22 Cuba .......................... 8.00 Total ......................... $1,008.10 Grand Total ................... $86,575.80

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I. H. EVANS, Treasurer.

An Unholy Alliance

Under the heading, “An Unholy Alliance,” the United Presbyterian of September 12 fittingly characterizes the endeavor of the ministers of La Crosse, Wis., to join the labor union. We quote:—

We see the statement that the ministers of La Crosse, Wis., formed a union and entered the Trades and Labor Assembly of that city. Against this the brewery workers’ union entered complaint that the agitation by the ministers against the saloons had injured their fellow unionists. The assembly recognized the justice of the complaint, and withdrew membership from the ministers’ union. The rebuke was richly deserved. The alliance was an unholy one. The formation of a union and connection with a trades assembly was a cheap and unworthy effort to gain favor with the labor unions. It is altogether unworthy of ministers to thus attempt to court favor with any class of men. Ministers of the gospel are the accredited representatives of the Lord Jesus. Their mission is to men without reference to classes; their commission, to preach the gospel of divine love, and endeavor to bring all men into the universal brotherhood of Christ. They may not compromise their office or their commission. In so doing they dishonor their Lord and bring their profession into contempt.

Finishing Their Allotment

THE following conferences or districts have finished their allotments in the matter of the $150,000 fund:—

District of Columbia, Arizona, Nebraska, Southern New England, Egypt, Indiana, Utah, Ohio, Virginia, West Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wyoming.

This undertaking, like many another that has seemed difficult, has proved to be far from a burdensome task when taken hold of in real earnest. It has been far more of a task in contemplation than in the actual doing. To those who have touched it lightly it has been a burden; to those who have taken hold of it with vigor it has been a blessing.

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