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Review and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 32.

THE WORK AND THE WORKERS

Review and Herald

Aug 6, 1914

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 6, 1914

THE WORK AND THE WORKERS

By Editor

We can still start a few more Protestant subscriptions with the July or “Rome and Mexico” number.
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Mrs. C. E. Halliday, of California, has just sent in a rush order for 1,000 copies of the current issue of Liberty, to be sold at Long Beach and other points. Her sales have averaged from 1,000 to 3,000 copies per month.
A friend of ex-Gov. Wm. Sulzer, of New York, has just ordered the last 100 copies of the June Protestant Magazine we had on hand. Only 60 copies are left now. So please do not ask us to begin your subscriptions with the June number.
Referring to the July Protestant Magazine, Elder G. F. Watson, president of the Southwestern Union Conference, says: “Some way it strikes me as being one of the best issues ever published. This number should arouse the American people, and it would if placed in the hands of the reading public.”
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THE UNIVERSAL VERDICT
THE UNIVERSAL VERDICT
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Self-Denying Service

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE
FROM Jesus is our life derived. In him is life that is original,—unborrowed, underived life. In him is the fountain of life. In us there is a streamlet from the fountain of life. Our life is something that we receive, something that the Giver takes back again to himself. If our life is hid with Christ in God, we shall, when Christ shall appear, also appear with him in glory. And while in this world, we shall give to God, in sanctified service, all the capabilities he has given us. . . .
Christ was the prince of heaven, but he made an infinite sacrifice, and came to a world all marred with the curse brought upon it by the fallen foe. He lays hold of the fallen race. He invites us: “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” The offer is ours, and every advantage is ours if we will accept the terms. I am trying to do this most earnestly. We can be an example to others by our cheerful obedience to the will of God. Let us comply with the conditions, and in complying we shall find the rest we crave.
In regard to the proposition made by Brother —, I look at the matter as you do. We cannot afford to start out on the high-wage plan. This was the misfortune of the people in —, and I have something to say on this point. We have before us a large field of missionary work. We are to be sure to heed the requirements of Christ, who made himself a donation to our world. Nothing that we can possibly do should be left undone. There are to be neatness and order, and everything possible is to be done to show thoroughness in every line. But when it comes to paying twenty-five dollars a week, and giving a percentage on the surgical work done, light was given me in Australia that this could never be, because our record is at stake. The matter was presented to me that many sanitariums would have to be established in Southern California; for there would be a great inflowing of people there. Many would seek that climate.
We see so much help to be given to our ministers laboring in the gospel in every country where messengers are sent. In every place there needs to be a school, and in very many places a sanitarium. In Jesus Christ is our help and our sufficiency to carry the work forward intelligently. God has looked upon the great display made by some who have labored in New York; but he does not harmonize with that way of preaching the gospel. The solemn message becomes mingled with a large amount of chaff, which makes upon minds an impression that is not in harmony with our work. The good news of saving grace is to be carried to every place; the warning must be given to the world; but economy must be practiced if we move in the spirit of which Christ has given us an example in his life service. He would have nothing of such an outlay to represent health reform in any place.
The gospel is associated with light and life. If there were no sunlight, all vegetation would perish, and human life could not exist. Animal life would die. We are all to consider that there is to be no extravagance in any line. We must be satisfied with pure, simple food, prepared in a simple manner. This should be the diet of high and low. Adulterated substances are to be avoided. We are preparing for the future immortal life in the kingdom of heaven. We expect to do our work in the light and in the power of the great, mighty Healer. All are to act the self-sacrificing part. Every one of us is to learn of Christ. “Learn of me,” he says; “for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
All the grand displays that have been made in the medical missionary work, or in buildings, or in dress, or in any line of adornment are contrary to the will of God. Our work is to be carefully studied, and is to be in accordance with our Saviour’s plan. He might have had armies of angels to display his true, princely character; but he laid all that aside, and came to our world in the garb of humanity, to suffer with humanity all the temptations wherewith man is tempted. He was tempted in all points as human beings are tempted, that he might reveal that it is possible for us to be victorious overcomers, one with Christ as Christ is one with the Father. “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”
God calls upon Seventh-day Adventists to reveal to the world that we are preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for those who will purify their souls by obeying the truth as it is in Jesus. Let every soul who will come after Christ, deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow him. Thus saith the Great Teacher,

A. F. PLACE

By A. F. PLACE

“Judge Not”—No. 4

A. F. PLACE

Another reason why it is inconsistent for any one to criticize or judge others is that no person enjoys being judged, and especially do all dislike being judged wrongfully. And, as I believe we have already seen, it is practically impossible for any one to judge another without misjudging. How applicable then is the question of Paul, “Who art thou that judgest another man's servant?” Says a modern writer:—
“There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, It does not behoove any of us To find fault with the rest of us.”
Therefore, after long years of strugglesknown only to myself and God, I am, as never before, settling down to individual, personal study and service, with a firm determination to look as little as possible upon the apparent faults of my fellow men, whether they are brethren or otherwise; and, instead, let my search be for Christ manifested in the flesh, and lighting every man that comes into the world.
This looking for Christ in men brings to my mind a touching experience in the life of Miss Frances Willard. It is said that at one time that noble woman met a rough, profane cowboy at the close of one of her meetings, and asked him to sign the temperance pledge. In very unkind words he refused. But patiently she persisted, saying, “Do it for the sake of that mother who bore you.” But the lad cursed his mother. Finally she cried, “My boy, for the sake of the Christ which I see [in possibility] in you, sign this pledge.” He stood looking steadily at her for a moment, then asked, “Do you see any of Christ in me?” She quickly replied, “Yes, my boy, I do.” He waited a moment longer, then said, “Then I'll sign, and I'll keep it, too.” He did both. He signed, and he kept his pledge, and later became a strong temperance worker for God. He, too, went forth looking for Christ instead of the devil in his fellow men.
Brethren and sisters, ministers and laity, can we not see that so long as we listen to reports, so long as we look for weaknesses and sin in our brethren, and judge accordingly, we are breaking the golden rule, crucifying Jesus Christ afresh, and driving workers, possibly good workers, from the church and the field, and bringing leanness to our own souls? While, on the other hand, by searching in men for the One who died on the cross for us all, we cry, For the sake of the Christ which I see in you, let us reason together. Thus we shall find men, and also women, who will be ready to sign, and to “keep it, too;” and workers, by the scores, will be rapidly prepared for the great field, which is the world.
“Whatsoever things are of good report . . . think on these things.”
San Jose, Cal.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH

By John Norton Loughborough

The Second Advent Movement — No. 5

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH

In our last article we were brought to the disappointment of the Adventists in the spring of 1844. They very soon discovered that even their disappointment was predicted. The discourse of Christ in Matthew 24, in reply to the question, “What shall be the sign of thy coming?” extended into the twenty-fifth chapter. And after the teaching of the parable of the fig tree, a tarrying time is mentioned. So in their first paper, within a week from their disappointment, they said, “We are in the tarrying time of Matt. 25:5.” They could say, in the language of Peter, “We have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
In following the sure word of prophecy, they found the pathway as effectually lighted, step by step, as the lamp lights the pathway of the traveler in the darkness. With David, they could say, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Ps. 119:105. Their message had gone world-wide, as the sound “when the lion roareth.” As expressed by the prophet Amos, they could say, “The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?” Amos 3:8. As they reviewed their experience and the manner in which they had taught, they saw in it prophecy fulfilled at every step.
1. Light concerning the 2300 days was to be “sealed till the time of the end”—1798. Then “many” were to discover the light. The light then received was that the 2300 days would end in the year 1844. So they had taught.
2. Just after the fulfillment of the three signs of Matt. 24:23-33—particularly after the falling of the stars, Nov. 13, 1833—the Lord was to raise up teachers to teach the parable of the fig tree. From that time such teachers had been raised up all over the world, and had taught the parable. So the spring of 1844 had been to them “the door” of the parable, which would open to usher them into eternal bliss and glory.
3. After proclaiming the parable, they would be in the tarrying time. They did not know how long the vision would tarry; but they would patiently wait, believing light would soon come.
4. While they thus traced fulfilled prophecy, other predictions were fulfilling right before their eyes. After the tarrying of the parable comes the question, “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom the Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? . . . But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken.” Matt. 24:45-49. This is just what did come after April, 1844. Even some ministers who had joined in the movement turned to “accuse and condemn those who were still faithful to their Master.” We find a Bible definition of smiting in the case of Jeremiah. His opposers said, “Let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.” Jer. 18:18. What was my surprise, in May, 1844, to hear our church pastor “beg the pardon of the church for having invited the advent ministers into the church building.” That movement, however, resulted in the conversion of five hundred sinners, and many of them were among the very ones he was asking to pardon him. He said, “Our theologians have decided that there is to be a thousand years, a millennium, yet before the Lord will come.” A few weeks later he said, “Our best theologians are questioning whether that thousand years is not prophetic. If so, it will be 365,000 years yet before the Lord will come.” Delaying the coming, surely!
5. The Saviour said the evil servants would then begin “to eat and drink with the drunken.” Matt. 24:49. This very thing began in Rochester, N. Y., a few blocks from where the great public interest was aroused, in 1840, in Brother William’s mammoth tent. While Brother Miller was speaking to hundreds of Adventists in a hired hall in the city, reviewing their experience and exhorting to earnest prayer for light, a minister in one of the largest churches in the city called the people together for a feast in the church building, serving oysters, cake, ice cream, and sweets. He ridiculed “Elder Miller and his dupes,” as he called them, and sold for twenty-five cents a little pamphlet he had prepared, entitled “Millerism Exposed.” Before Brother Miller left the city the pastor of another church appointed a feast in a public hall, inviting “everybody to come who wanted a good time.” He had tickets of admission for twenty-five cents to his feast of cakes, oysters, ice cream, and sweets. He thought it too bad to have such a feast in a church building. Of such work Brother Miller said: “I am happy to learn that some of the churches of the different sects did not approve such Babylonian feasts, and I do hope in my soul that not all of these sectarian churches will be found eating and drinking with the drunken when Christ appears.” What was thus begun when the Lord said it would begin has developed into grab bags, crazy socials, kissing bees, etc. Finally, a modern church is not considered complete unless it has its social parlor, dining room, kitchen, and pantry. In my travels in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa, I have asked my audiences this question: “Did any of you ever hear of a festival in a Protestant church before May, 1844? If so, raise your hand.” During the sixty-one years that I have asked this question, the first hand has not yet been raised. The very thing began just where the Lord said it would begin. So this fulfillment of prophecy, coming right in connection with the tarrying time, further convinced the Adventists that they were on the right track, and that all would be made plain in the Lord’s own good time.
Lodi, Cal.

The Duty of Being Happy

THROUGHOUT the entire Word of God, we are taught the sacred duty of being happy. Be happy, cheerful, rejoiceful, as we can. We cannot go beyond the spirit of the gospel. . . . Christ, though “a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief,” was happy and “rejoiced in spirit.”—Dean Stanley.

The Danger of Hidden Desires

“THERE is more danger in the underground currents of desire than in the overhead winds of temptation.”

The Value of Single-Mindedness

“BETTER to say, ‘This one thing I do,’ than, ‘These forty things I dabble in.’”

EDITORIAL

By F. M. W.

In Touch With Men

IN our Christian experience we need to keep in touch with our fellows. “None of us liveth to himself.” There can be no hermits in Christian life. In the past men have unwisely believed that in solitude, far removed from their fellows, they could better gain the victory over the flesh and over the devil. But they have found that even in the solitude, sin reigned in their hearts, and that the experience they sought must come from a power outside of themselves, from outside of human environment.
It is well to seek solitude for prayer and meditation. It is well within the secret chambers or the deep recesses of the forest to seek communion with God and strength from above. But from the place of refreshing and the feast of spiritual things God would have us go forth to dispense to others the blessings which we have received. They were given us to scatter abroad. Withholding God's grace brings impoverishment to our own souls. We receive in proportion as we seek to give to others. F. M. W.

The Secret of True Peace

By C. M. S.

God’s ways are the ways of peace and righteousness. Peace does not reign now, and righteousness is far from universal.
Recognizing this fact, men have sought to bring about righteousness by law, and to usher in universal peace by confederating nations under promise to keep the peace. They would make peace prevalent by the force of their own wills. But the promoters of such a plan have forgotten the one great essential of true peace.
Peace is the promised portion of every true child of God. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” John 14:27. Jesus had peace even when his enemies were conspiring against his life. The secret of that peace lay in his attitude toward the law of God. Here it is, as specified by Inspiration:—
“Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.” Ps. 40:7.
Let us place alongside of this another scripture:—
“Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.” Ps. 119:165.
Jesus’ attitude toward that law was the attitude of delight in the performance of all its requirements. It was with him as expressed by the psalmist:—
“O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.” Ps. 119:97.
That brought the great peace which he had; and it is that great peace which he designs each of his followers should have. He had “no occasion of stumbling,” for the Word was a lamp to his feet and a light to his pathway. Ps. 119:105.
It is impossible for men to bring themselves into harmony with that which they dislike and oppose. They cannot shape their characters after a pattern which they consider abolished; and so it is impossible that men should have peace who are out of harmony with God’s law or do not believe in its existence. The wicked man cannot have peace, because he is a transgressor of God’s law. “There is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.” Isa. 48:22. The man who believes in the abolition of the law of God cannot have true peace. He does not love that law, and it cannot be said of him that he has “no occasion of stumbling;” for he has extinguished the lamp which would have lighted his pathway and revealed every obstruction.
At the time when “sudden destruction” is about to burst upon the world, the people of the world will be crying, “Peace, peace,” and making plans to insure universal peace; but the Word says there will be no peace for them in that time. The reason is that they have slighted the peace plans of God, and substituted those of their own, which ignore the law of God in its application to the individual soul. They have no surer way of achieving peace than the Babel builders had of regaining Paradise by building a tower to the skies. There is no enduring peace outside of God; and all plans that ignore him and his law—all human plans—are outside of him. Man cannot force his way into the garden of peace any more than he can fling his form into the skies and abide. Peace of man’s making is a delusive hope. Nations will confederate for peace; but the day is not far distant when, with all who trust in such hopes, they will be broken in pieces as a potter’s vessel.
The prerequisite of peace enduring and of life everlasting is the imputed righteousness of Christ; and that will be imputed only to those who have allowed his mind to become their mind, spirituality to take the place of carnality, self-sacrifice to take the place of self-service, and all the body’s action and the soul’s desires to be molded, by his power, in conformity with his holy law. That brings a peace which the world does not understand, and by a process which it does not desire and will not adopt.
Let us not forget the one great requisite of true peace: “Great peace have they that love thy law.” C. M. S.

Seeking for the Remnant Church

By W. A. S.

SPEAKING of the times just before “the great and the terrible day of the Lord,” the prophet Joel refers to the signs that would be seen of the approaching end, and then adds:—
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.”
The plan of the Lord is manifestly to spread his remnant church throughout all the nations, so that as the signs of the end appear those whose hearts are stirred up to inquire the meaning of these things may be brought in contact with those who have the message of the Lord to declare. And again and again we find in the reports of the workers in the far fields that the Spirit of the Lord is being poured out upon all flesh and a spirit of inquiry is being awakened. Many are wanting to know the truth and are searching for those who can tell the message for the time.
Here is an interesting incident reported from Brazil, in the workers’ organ for Germany, Zions-Wächter. Brother P. Hennig, who recently went from the Clinton German Seminary to Sao Paulo, Brazil, writes:—
I will report an incident showing how the Lord’s hand is with his children. In 1913 an engineer of Leipzig, Germany, came to Brazil. Four weeks beforehis departure from Europe he came in touch with the truth. During the sea journey he spent the time reading our literature and talking of it on the ship.
As he came into the state of Minas Geraes (a great mining state, the Colorado of Brazil), he searched for those who kept God’s commandments. Members of other churches approached him. He always asked them, “Do you keep the Sabbath?” and when the answer was, “No,” then he would say, “You are not the ones I am looking for, then.”
Later he changed his location and arrived in Sao Paulo. Still he was always searching for those who kept God’s commandments. One day as he went along the street of Sao Paulo, he heard singing in a house that he was passing. He stood still for a moment and thought to himself: “Today is Saturday; this must be the people.” He came in, and found our brethren and sisters gathered in a meeting. As I came to him to speak to him, I addressed him as a brother in the truth. As I remarked, however, that he was not one of our people, I excused myself for so speaking. He answered, “That is all right; I only wish I were one of them.” So the Good Shepherd seeks after his sheep, and so also the sheep that know his voice seek after the Shepherd of the flock.
It is good news that comes to us from all the dark lands of the earth. Everywhere the Lord has true hearts who are seeking to know the way. Let us scatter the publications and speak the word, and advertise the presence of the believers in the message far and near. The whole world must be filled with the sounding voice of the third angel, translated into human speech. Up and down all the cities of the world, as well as in the remotest country places, are hearts with the longing to know where they may find the Shepherd and his remnant flock.
W. A. S.
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