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Signs of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 4.

THE GLORIES THAT DO NOT FADE
Earlier text: THE ESSENTIALS

America's Bed for 1903

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LESSON 7.—FEBRUARY 14.—GOD'S PURPOSE IN DELIVERANCE

Lesson Scripture, Psalms 105:39 to 106:5, A.R.V.
(39) “He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
(40) They asked, and He brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
(41) He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
(42) For He remembered His holy word, And Abraham His servant.
(43) And He brought forth His people with joy, And His chosen with singing.
(44) And He gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession;
(45) That they might keep His statutes, And observe His laws. Praise ye Jehovah [Hallelujah].”
(1) “Praise ye Jehovah. O give thanks unto Jehovah; for He is good; For His loving-kindness endureth forever.
(2) Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all His praise?
(3) Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
(4) Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that Thou bearest unto Thy people; O visit me with Thy salvation,
(5) That I may see the prosperity of Thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Thy nation, That I may glory with Thine inheritance.”

QUESTIONS.

  1. What shield did God provide for His people by day?
  2. What furnished a light for them in the darkness?
  3. What did God give them in response to their request?
  4. With what did He fill them?
  5. How did God provide water for His people?
  6. How abundant was the supply of water?
  7. What was thus being fulfilled?
  8. Whom did God still keep in mind?
  9. How did His people give expression to their thanksgiving for their deliverance?
  10. What were now given to them?
  11. What return did they now receive for their unrequited labor?
  12. For what purpose was this great deliverance wrought?
  13. What significant word closes the psalm?
  14. With what does Psalm 106 open?
  15. What exhortation follows? What reason is given?
  16. How enduring is His kindness?
  17. How is the number of the great deeds of Jehovah emphasized?
  1. How is the greatness of His praise set forth?
  2. What class are counted happy? Who is included in this class?
  3. How does the psalmist desire to be identified with God's people?
  4. What personal request is made?
  5. What is the first expected result of a favorable response to these petitions? The second? The third?

NOTES.

1. Ps. 78:14; 1 Cor. 10:1, 2; Ps. 84:11 should be studied with verse 39.
2. “By day the cloud directed the journeyings, or spread as a canopy above the host. It served as a protection from the burning heat, and by its coolness and moisture afforded grateful refreshment in the parched, thirsty desert. By night it became a pillar of fire, illuminating their encampment, constantly assuring them of divine presence.” Read Isa. 4:5, 6. “Here reference is made to the pillar of cloud and of fire to represent God's care for His people in the great and final struggle with the power of evil.”
3. THE cloud that flooded the entire encampment of the Hebrews with the radiance of day was a wall of darkness to the Egyptians. Read with this Ps. 77:17, 18, R.V., and “Patriarchs and Prophets,” page 287. The way that God marks out for His people will be flooded with light, altho the unbelieving will not see it.
4. THE manna was a type of Jesus, the Bread of Life. John 6:48-51. Read also Rev. 2:17; 1 Cor. 10:3.
5. With verse 41 read Ps. 78:15, 16. “Moses smote the rock, but it was the Son of God who, veiled in the cloudy pillar, stood beside Moses, and caused the life-giving water to flow.” Ps. 65:9; Rev. 22:1; 1 Cor. 10:4; John 4:13, 14; 7:37, 38.
6. Verse 42; Gen. 15:12-14, and Acts 7:6, 7 record the covenant with Abraham. For the blessing of this covenant to Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise, see Heb. 6:11-20.
7. Verse 43, with Ps. 116:12, 13; Psalm 33.
8. God brought forth His people that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws. The same is true in regard to His people to-day.
9. In all these experiences God designed to teach His people their utter dependence upon Him, and not merely on the man Moses, who was their leader.

FARMS FOR SALE

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“THREE MORE”

Through a misunderstanding a copy of “Outlines of Modern Science” was sent to Mr. E. A. Brown, of Phoenix, Arizona. The result is shown in the following letter:—
Another gentleman says of his copy: “It is a book which I will be proud to have in my library.”
The price of this book is 75 cents
PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO., Oakland, California 11 W. 20th St., New York City  18 W. 5th St., Kansas City, Mo.

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A Letter from MEXICO

To the Pacific Health Journal
“Your January number comes to hand to-day, and I can not refrain from congratulating you on its appearance. It has been made more artistic and attractive for many months, and I think this number the crowning one of all, and I can hardly see how you are to improve upon its appearance or contents. However, I may not fully measure your resourcefulness, and, if so, I bid you God speed in your efforts to make the Pacific Health Journal the best of its kind.”
Send for sample copy 50 cents per year
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Oakland, California

NEW CLUB RATE for 1903

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES HAS ONE CLUB RATE FOR 1903, AND THAT IS NINETY CENTS PER YEAR PER COPY FOR FIVE OR MORE COPIES.
CLUBS MUST BE SENT TO ONE NAME AND ADDRESS.
THIS GIVES THE INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL CHURCH THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO DO MISSIONARY WORK WITH THE PAPER AS THE LARGEST CHURCH OR SOCIETY.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH ANY CLUB WILL COST FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. LARGER CLUBS AT SAME RATE.
No. Copies One Year Six Months Three Months One Month 4 Wks. One Week
5 $4 50 $2 25 $1 13 $0 35 $0 09
6 5 40 2 70 1 35 42 11
7 6 30 3 15 1 58 48 12
8 7 20 3 60 1 80 56 14
9 8 10 4 05 2 03 63 16
10 9 00 4 50 2 25 70 17
11 9 90 4 95 2 48 77 19
12 10 80 5 40 2 70 84 21
13 11 70 5 85 2 93 90 23
14 12 60 6 30 3 15 97 25
15 13 50 6 75 3 38 1 04 26
16 14 40 7 20 3 60 1 10 28
17 15 30 7 65 3 83 1 18 30
18 16 20 8 10 4 05 1 25 31
19 17 10 8 55 4 28 1 32 33
20 18 00 9 00 4 50 1 38 35
21 18 90 9 45 4 73 1 45 36
22 19 80 9 90 4 95 1 52 38
23 20 70 10 35 5 18 1 59 40
24 21 60 10 80 5 40 1 66 42
25 22 50 11 25 5 63 1 73 43
26 23 40 11 70 5 85 1 80 45
27 24 30 12 15 6 08 1 87 47
28 25 20 12 60 6 30 1 94 49
29 26 10 13 05 6 53 2 01 50
30 27 00 13 50 6 75 2 08 52
31 27 90 13 95 6 98 2 15 54
32 28 80 14 40 7 20 2 22 56
33 29 70 14 85 7 43 2 28 57
34 30 60 15 30 7 65 2 35 59
35 31 50 15 75 7 88 2 42 61
36 32 40 16 20 8 10 2 49 62
37 33 30 16 65 8 33 2 56 64
38 34 20 17 10 8 55 2 63 66
39 35 10 17 55 8 78 2 70 68
40 36 00 18 00 9 00 2 77 69
41 36 90 18 45 9 23 2 84 71
42 37 80 18 90 9 45 2 91 73
43 38 70 19 35 9 68 2 98 74
44 39 60 19 80 9 90 3 05 76
45 40 50 20 25 10 13 3 12 78
46 41 40 20 70 10 35 3 19 80
47 42 30 21 15 10 58 3 26 82
48 43 20 21 60 10 80 3 33 84
49 44 10 22 05 11 03 3 40 85
50 45 00 22 50 11 25 3 47 87
51 45 90 22 95 11 48 3 54 89
52 46 80 23 40 11 70 3 60 90
53 47 70 23 85 11 93 3 67 92
54 48 60 24 30 12 15 3 74 94
55 49 50 24 75 12 38 3 81 96
56 50 40 25 20 12 60 3 88 97
57 51 30 25 65 12 83 3 95 99
58 52 20 26 10 13 05 4 02 1 01
59 53 10 26 55 13 28 4 09 1 03
60 54 00 27 00 13 50 4 16 1 04
61 54 90 27 45 13 73 4 23 1 06
62 55 80 27 90 13 95 4 30 1 08
63 56 70 28 35 14 18 4 37 1 10
64 57 60 28 80 14 40 4 44 1 11
65 58 50 29 25 14 63 4 50 1 13
66 59 40 29 70 14 85 4 57 1 15
67 60 30 30 15 15 08 4 64 1 16
68 61 20 30 60 15 30 4 71 1 18
69 62 10 31 05 15 53 4 78 1 20
70 63 00 31 50 15 75 4 85 1 22
71 63 90 31 95 15 98 4 92 1 23
72 64 80 32 40 16 20 4 99 1 25
73 65 70 32 85 16 43 5 06 1 27
74 66 60 33 30 16 65 5 13 1 29
75 67 50 33 75 16 88 5 20 1 30
76 68 40 34 20 17 10 5 27 1 32
77 69 30 34 65 17 33 5 34 1 34
78 70 20 35 10 17 55 5 40 1 35
79 71 10 35 55 17 78 5 47 1 37
80 72 00 36 00 18 00 5 54 1 39
81 72 90 36 45 18 23 5 61 1 41
82 73 80 36 90 18 45 5 68 1 42
83 74 70 37 35 18 68 5 75 1 44
84 75 60 37 80 18 90 5 82 1 46
85 76 50 38 25 19 13 5 89 1 48
86 77 40 38 70 19 35 5 96 1 49
87 78 30 39 15 19 58 6 03 1 51
88 79 20 39 60 19 80 6 10 1 53
89 80 10 40 05 20 03 6 17 1 55
90 81 00 40 50 20 25 6 24 1 56
91 81 90 40 95 20 48 6 30 1 58
92 82 80 41 40 20 70 6 37 1 60
93 83 70 41 85 20 93 6 44 1 61
94 84 60 42 30 21 15 6 51 1 63
95 85 50 42 75 21 38 6 58 1 65
96 86 40 43 20 21 60 6 65 1 67
97 87 30 43 65 21 83 6 72 1 68
98 88 20 44 10 22 05 6 79 1 70
99 89 10 44 55 22 28 6 86 1 72
100 90 00 45 00 22 50 6 93 1 74
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A Misspent Life.

Seventeen years ago a miner began in the Black Hills of South Dakota a search for gold. That search absorbed his life. He left civilization, friends, home, ease, comfort, to search for the shining metal. Like the man in Pilgrim’s Progress, he saw not the enduring gems overhead, his heart was buried in the muck of the earth. Stars of God shone in the blue vault of heaven, telling of God’s wisdom and power; the flowers bloomed by the wayside, the green grass waved in the fields; he saw them not. Birds caroled their love songs of praise to God; but he heard not. Brooks went babbling down the hillside stones and purling their way toward the ocean, but he heeded not unless it was to quench a thirst aggravated by the fevered search for gold. His heart was in the earth all those years, uncontented, miserable. He eked out an existence in a wretched cabin and in his search for the yellow metal, and after wasting in the dry, fevered thirst over twenty-eight millions of golden waking minutes he found the golden, shining sand. The result?—The vision of great wealth was too much for the fevered, restless brain; a blood-vessel burst in his excessive joy, and he died. God gives a golden present in which to live. Mines of gold are opened every day. Treasuries of His goodness and grace are open before us; and all that He gives may be ours forever. “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”

American Contempt of Law in McClure’s

Our January McClure’s just came to hand. It is a magnificent issue of an excellent magazine. It contains, the editor tells us without design, three articles on the same subject, which he well characterizes “American Contempt of Law.” The titles of these articles are as follows: “The Shame of Minneapolis,” by Lincoln Steffens; “The Oil War of 1872,” by Ida M. Tarbell; “The Right to Work,” by Ray Stannard Baker. This issue is too near its close to note more at this time. We shall have more to say later. In the meantime read the magazine.

The Greatest of All

(1 Corinthians 13, American Standard Revised Version.)
*If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of Prophecy, And know all Mysteries and all Knowledge; And if I have all Faith, so as to remove Mountains, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am nothing. And if I bestow all my Goods to feed the poor, And if I give my Body to be Burned, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, It profiteth me nothing.*
*LOVE suffereth long, and is kind; LOVE envieth not; LOVE vaunteth not itself, Is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, Seeketh not its own, Is not provoked, Taketh not account of evil: Rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, But rejoiceth with the Truth; Beareth all things, Believeth all things, Hopeth all things, Endureth all things.*
*LOVE NEVER FAILETH: But whether there be Prophecies, they shall be done away; Whether there be Tongues, they shall cease; Whether there be Knowledge, it shall be done away. For we know in part, And we prophesy in part. But when that which is Perfect is come, That which is in Part shall be done away.*
*When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: Now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror darkly; But then face to face: Now I know in part; But then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.*
*But now abideth FAITH, HOPE, LOVE. These three; And the greatest of these is*
LOVE

Church and Theater

The “Church of the Holy Sepulcher,” in New York, presided over by Rev. W. E. Bentley, the New York Evening Journal of Dec. 8, 1902, tells us, is fitting up its basement with a regular theatrical stage, proscenium arch, scenery, footlights, and all the rest. Regular theatrical troops will there perform, and the pastor is training a company of his own members. As reported, he says: “There should be nothing foreign to the clergyman. When there is, it is because he is not wide-awake.” How different this from our Lord’s teaching: “Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.” That church is rightly named “Church of the Holy Sepulcher.” It was said of old by the messenger of light to the women who sought Christ in that veritable sepulcher, “He is not here.”

“Amazing,” Sure Enough.—

The following statement in the secular press is truly styled by one daily “an amazing bit of news.”—
The other day the dean of one of the largest of our colleges for women made an impassioned appeal to young mothers not to waste their time in the personal care of their babies, but to give them over to trained nurses or kindergartners, while they devote themselves to study and such outside work as would fit them to be companions for their children when they were grown.
Prophecy announces as one of the characteristics of the “last days” that men will be “without natural affection,” and the foregoing statement would indicate that some persons, at least, had about reached the extreme of it. When it comes to schools for women, taught by women, emphasizing the propriety of mothers neglecting the personal care of their offspring, how much further can we go? “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget,” says the prophetic Word, but who would have dreamed of schools where they would be taught to forget?

Trusting God in Despair

It is amazing to note the suicides recorded in the daily press day after day. Many times the cause is domestic infelicity, sometimes it is lingering sickness, and oftentimes it is despair under the tyranny of unconquered sin. It is not wholly a cowardly thing on the part of those who have no hope. It requires not a little bravery to take a leap in the dark to what to them is the “unknown,” but to him who has belief in God, it is cowardly. God can and will bring good out of life to us, even tho that life seems unbearable. We may put pause to its term right on the very threshold of deliverance. It is better, if by our act circumstances can not be improved, to wait God’s time. If He does not alter the circumstances, He will strengthen us. “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” When darkness and despair settle around us with their black influences of evil is the time, above all others, to trust God.

Success in Righteousness

Success in Righteousness.—The Daily News of London has demonstrated that a paper can live if it does not pander to every low, base enterprise which thrives upon the souls and bodies of men. Last March the paper passed into the hands of new owners. One of their first steps was to eliminate all betting and turf news. They felt that gambling had become a national evil, and that a vigorous campaign should be waged against it, but that this could not be done consistently as long as they advertised gambling schemes. There were plenty of prophets who predicted that this first experiment of its kind in daily journalism in London would fail, but history has demonstrated them false. The paper is a success. The News has demonstrated that it is not necessary to the existence of a paper that it should yield to the great vices of the times. Would that others might follow.

War or Junk

War or Junk.—It is either war or junk with the great battle-ship and that soon, and after the war it is junk anyway. It is a lot of money to expend for such purposes. For instance, “the armored cruiser Brooklyn, finished seven years ago at a cost of nearly $3,000,000, must now be modernized at a cost of $1,000,000. The fast cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis, built in 1892 and 1893 at a cost of $2,275,000 and $2,690,000 respectively, are now reported as ‘practically obsolete,’ and the battle-ships Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Oregon, all less than nine years old and costing together above $12,000,000, are ‘becoming old as battle-ships go’ and must soon be put on the retired list,” so a great eastern paper tells us. Greater appropriations are called for, and already nearly $80,000,000 a year is spent in adding to the “white fleet.”

Why Not Set the Example?

Why Not Set the Example?—A millionaire publisher-editor of a prominent paper declares: “As a rule working men are underpaid. They receive less than professional men.” The thought necessarily intrudes itself: Why does not this gentleman pay equal wages to his union employees and his professional editors, artists, etc.? Surely there is no law to prevent him. Why wait to be compelled to do it by union-made law? It would be a great loss of personal popularity and glory to wait too long.

Every Day.—

The only true way to make the New Year true and strong and happy is to make every day one such of the days of which we desire the New Year to be composed. We can not meet to-morrow’s needs to-day. We may not anticipate its troubles, its sorrows, its temptations. The only assurance we have of meeting them then is the assurance of present victory. It is the present which God gives. It is the present which we must use or abuse,—“now,” “to-day,” “if ye will hear His voice.” “Act, act in the living present.”
“Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn is the day made new, Ye who are weary of sorrow and sinning, Here is a beautiful hope for you, A hope for me and a hope for you.”

Jesus, the Sinless Saviour

Not your works nor mine will save any one. The only name given under heaven or among men which has in it salvation is that of Jesus; and He is Jesus—Saviour—because He is the Sinless One.

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Signs of the Times · Jan 28, 1903