A MAN who does not know how to learn by his mistakes, turns the best schoolmaster out of his life.—Henry Ward Beecher.
BOOK NOTICES
"Records of the English Bible." Edited with an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, London, New York.
This is a timely book, coming as it does in the three hundredth year of the translation of the King James Version of the English Bible. Many have wished, indeed, that they might have the records that would give them the particulars of the age and time in which that Bible was translated, wished that they had more of the particulars between the days of John Wyclif and the days of the Bible translators. In this book we have these facts compiled in a very full, clear way. We know of no one volume that gives so much information regarding these times of Bible translation and revision as does this one which lies before us. The first three chapters deal with the earlier English translations, the Bible of 1611, and later history of the Bible of 1611. The records of that time deal with the prohibition of English translations from the time of Wyclif unless authorized by a bishop of a provincial council; "Sir Thomas More on the Prohibition;" "Tyndale's Translations and His Story of Them;" "The Printing of the First New Testament;" "Henry the Eighth's Belief that Tyndale was Instigated by Luther;" "An Expert Criticism of Tyndale's Version;" "Joye's Unauthorized Revision of Tyndale's Version;" "The Bishops' Version;" "Coverdale's Bible;" "Bibles Confiscated;" "The Reims New Testament;" and many other records of equal interest. These are listed under sixty-three heads in all, giving a vast amount of information concerning that book which has had more influence upon the world than any other. The Bible student will be glad to welcome the book.
War; What For?
"War; What For?" By George R. Kirkpatrick. 350 pages, 8 vo. Illustrated. $1.20. Discounts in larger quantities. Published by the author, West Lafayette, Ohio.
The book is dedicated "To the victims of the Civil War in industry; that is, to my brothers and sisters of the working class, the class who furnish the blood, and tears, and cripples, and corpses in all wars, yet win no victories for their own class." It is a tremendously striking book. The very style of it is awakening. It deals in apothegms; it explodes, bursts, coruscates, strikes; it never minces matters. The chapter on "What Is War?" is fearfully true. After one reads it he is prepared to acquiesce to the fullest extent in Sherman's definition. And he reckons under the cost of war more than dollars or pounds — the ruined morals, the blood that is shed, the orphans and widows that are made. He gives the cost in cash; he tries to give the cost otherwise. Chapter five is entitled "Hell," in which is described the fearful, deadly work of modern murdering machinery. Other chapters are, "For Father and the Boys," "For Mother and the Boys and Girls," "The Cross, the Cannon, and the Cash Register," "Now What Shall We Do About It?" "The Situation and the Explanation." There are some crude but striking illustrations. "Four Victims of Cheap Patriotism," for instance, represents the grave of the father, the mother weeping, two children who are orphans playing with tin soldiers. Another represents the figure of Christ looking upon a large field in which are shells of modern guns, the title of which is, "In My Name After 1900 Years." The book is written in the interest of peace. It is an appeal to the working class to cease warfare, join together, stand for that which is noble and true. One may not be charmed with Mr. Kirkpatrick's style, he may not be in love with the way he has presented his arguments, his methods may not always be consistent, but his facts are tremendous, and those facts ought to appeal to the reader. Here, for instance, is at random from page 73: "One year's cost of militarism in these twenty-one countries (eight billion dollars) would keep thirty-two million students in college for one year, allowing $250 each. The cost of militarism in these twenty-one countries for less than nine hours and a half would pay all the expenses of 4,500 students in Harvard University for four years, allowing each student $500 per year. Six per cent interest on this eight billion dollars for one year would provide a four-year college education for 480,000 young men and women, allowing each student $250 per year. Eight billion dollars annually in time of peace!"
The Uncrowned King
"The Uncrowned King," by Harold Bell Wright. Illustrated by John Rea Neill. Price 75 cents. The Book Supply Co., publishers, Chicago.
The little book is a sustained allegory of the pilgrim and his pilgrimage, and the stories aim to illustrate the importance of right and the willingness to rest in that right, waiting for the future to vindicate the choice. It is to exemplify the truth that "the crown is not the kingdom, nor is one a king because he wears a crown." The things that really are, are more than the things that seem to be. It is beautifully written, ever inviting the reader on to the end.
The Fundamentals
"The Fundamentals," Testimony Volume 4. Testimony Publishing Co., 808 La Salle Ave., Chicago. Price 15 cents.
This pamphlet is the fourth issue of "Testimonies on the Fundamentals of the Christian Faith," published by two Christian laymen, distributed gratuitously to pastors and other religious workers, with the sole purpose of bringing the Christian church back to the Word of God. Volume 4 has "The Tabernacle in the Wilderness; Did It Exist?" by Dr. David Heagle, of Chicago; "The Testimony of Christ and the Old Testament," by Dr. William Caven, of Toronto, Canada; "The Bible and Modern Criticism," by Dr. Bettex, of Stuttgart, Germany; "Science and Christian Faith," by James Orr, D.D., of Scotland; and a personal testimony by Philip Mauro, an attorney in New York City. The article on the Tabernacle in the Wilderness is worth the price of the book. Higher critics have told us that it did not exist; but its existence is proved by this article; and as the article itself asks, "If the tabernacle in the wilderness did really exist, then what becomes of the peculiar theory of the higher critics?"
Our Work and Workers
By Editor
Matters in Portugal
A PRIVATE letter from Pastor C. E. Rentfro, our missionary in Portugal, informs us that the expected separation of Church and State is in vogue there now. It is visited upon all religions alike. The general plan seems to be to put the church under strict laws, as any kind of society whose statutes must be approved by the government, on the supposition that the government has the right to know for what purpose money is used, and what each propagandist does and says in a public way. Ordinarily, that would not be necessary in a free country; but the Portuguese government seems to feel that with the plots and counterplots that exist and may arise, it is necessary to safeguard the government. No religious speaker can talk on politics in the same place where religious meetings are held. Article 7 says, "The private or domestic worship of any religion is absolutely free and independent of legal restrictions."
In "public worship" it is necessary to have more than twenty persons present, and it is free only from sunrise to sunset. After sundown special license is necessary for the conducting of church services. The members can only make their offerings to a corporation, which must have a board of Portuguese citizens only, and in the committee no minister of the church can have any part, or anything to say. Of all money received, the church must give one third to philanthropic purposes.
"This may be changed later; at least we hope so. The church corporations may possess the buildings, but after ninety-nine years these buildings must be delivered to the State. All ministers of all religions must be registered; and no one, foreign or naturalized, is allowed to preach without a license from the government. The priests that at present are actually working may receive a life pension. Should he move to another place or die, his successor will not receive anything. Many of them refuse to receive their pension, which will probably be put to philanthropic purposes."
Brother Rentfro says that "our own position over there has been placed before the Central Commission, but no answer has yet been received. Since the Catholic religion ceased to be the State religion the condition of the people is somewhat like the times of the French Revolution. The people have quickly dropped religious feelings and ideas; and should the State religion be enforced again, many of them would clothe themselves in the same mantle of hypocrisy. British and Foreign Bible societies say the work is very difficult now. It is a time when the people of God must pray much that God may keep back the waves of infidelity and persecution until the Lord's people shall be sealed with the seal of the living God, and then we hope that out of this country there will be a large number who will stand the test of the judgment."
"In talking the other day with a Swiss Y. M. C. A. secretary, who was for several years in America, he lamented that we, meaning the Protestants, have no representative, no person who could speak to uphold the principles of Protestantism before the nation. All in any position of authority are infidels. We could only reply, We have God on our side; we need to pray more — be men of faith and prayer."
Surely our Portuguese friends have very little idea of what religious liberty means. In their effort to restrict ecclesiasticism, they have declared for religious freedom, which, under their interpretation, seems to mean no freedom at all.
"Outline Studies from the Testimonies," by Clifton L. Taylor, principal of Beechwood Manual Training Academy. Emmanuel Mission College Press, Berrien Springs, Michigan. This is an outline topical study prepared by Mr. Taylor, designed to aid in the fuller, completer, and more systematic study of the series of volumes written by Mrs. E. G. White entitled "Testimonies for the Church." It will, we are sure, be of great help to those who are pursuing this line of study.
BROTHER P. SHILSTRA writes from the Netherlands that twenty souls were added to the church at Rotterdam March 4, eleven by baptism.
The End of the Way
By Mrs. M. A. Batey
My life is a wearisome journey;
I'm sick of the dust and the heat;
The rays of the sun beat upon me,
The briers are wounding my feet.
But the city to which I am journeying
Will more than my trials repay;
All the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.
There are so many hills to climb upward,
I often am longing for rest;
But He who appoints me my pathway,
Knows just what is needful and best.
I know in His Word He has promised
My strength shall be as my day,
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.
He loves me too well to forsake me,
Or give me one trial too much;
All His people have been dearly purchased,
And Satan can never claim such.
By and by I shall see Him and praise Him
In the city of unending day;
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.
When the last feeble steps have been taken,
And the gates of the city appear,
And the beautiful songs of the angels
Float out on my listening ear,
When all that now seems so mysterious
Will be open and clear as the day,
Yes, the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.
Tho now I am footsore and weary,
I shall rest when I'm safely at home.
I know I'll receive a glad welcome,
For the Saviour Himself has said "Come."
So when I am weary in body
And sinking in spirit, I say,
All the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.
Cooling fountains are there for the thirsty;
There are cordials for those who are faint;
There are robes that are whiter and purer
Than any that fancy can paint.
Then I'll try to press hopefully onward,
Thinking often, through each weary day,
The toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.
—Mrs. M. A. Batey.
For Sale
A number of conditional pledges to the $300,000 Fund were made at the Tulare camp-meeting on the sale of properties. Included in these are ten and twenty-acre ranches in California, a 160-acre ranch in North Dakota, a lot in Hinsdale, Illinois, also one in Los Angeles. Full description of these can be obtained by addressing Elder J. H. Behrens, Box 1304, Fresno, California.
Land for Sale
On very easy terms, in beautiful Sonoma Valley, in one, two, three, and six-acre tracts. This property adjoins land that has been donated for church and church school buildings, soon to be erected. For further information, address G. Ritz, Sonoma, California.
"Helps out just when you need it"
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Bible Lessons for Children
Bible Object-Lessons and Songs for Little Ones.—By Lillie E. Affolter and F. E. Belden. This book contains fifty-two illustrated lessons, accompanied by thirty original hymns and songs, and thirty-one large engravings from the famous "Hofmann Series." The steps in the teaching are natural and progressive; the music is good and pleasing, and adapted to little children, and the illustrations are beautiful. Blue cloth, ink titles, white edges, 7½x10 inches, $2.00. Bible kindergarten material (3 boxes) to illustrate lessons, $1.75.
Education
Education.—The object of true education and how it may be realized by the youth, the parent, the teacher, the writer, the tiller of the soil, and the business man, is the great theme of this book.
Its first chapter is devoted to First Principles; following that are illustrations taken from the history of Israel. Master Teacher, Nature Teaching, the Bible as an Educator, Physical Culture, Character Building, the Under Teacher, and the Higher Course, are titles of other chapters. 321 pages. Cloth, $1.25. Address this office.
TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH
By Editor
Volumes 1 to 9, printed on thin paper and bound in limp leather. Volumes 1 to 6, $1.50 each; volumes 7 to 9, $1.25 each.
As an experiment we printed a few hundred Testimonies No. 6 on thin paper and bound them in limp leather for workers. These so pleased our people generally that 2,000 each of volumes 7 to 9 were printed and bound in this style. These gave such general satisfaction that we have decided to print thin editions of the first five volumes as well.
We are now able to supply complete sets of Testimonies 1 to 9 in limp leather at the prices quoted above. The library style has been discontinued. The cloth volumes, 1 to 6 at $1.00, and 7 to 9 at 75 cents, are still obtainable.
Order now of your state tract society, or Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View, Cal.; Portland, Ore.; Kansas City, Mo.; Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Helps to Bible Study
Helps to Bible Study. A series of Bible readings, simple and easy, designed as an aid to the personal study of the Scriptures, and adapted to the use of individuals or families; also a valuable assistant for Bible workers. 125 pages. Paper covers, 25 cents; cloth, net 50 cents. Address this office.
The LORD'S DAY
A Brief but Comprehensive Treatise covering the History and Doctrine of the Sabbath and Sunday Controversy from Creation to the Present. Truth supported by Scripture, Historical Fact, and Argument.
The LORD'S DAY
The Test of the Ages
A Multum in Parvo on the Sabbath Question. Illustrated; 128 pp.; price 10 cents post-paid.
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Book Bargains
By Editor
Closing Out Odd Stocks
In taking our mid-year inventory we find a few odd lots of books which we offer at the following prices while they last:
Daybreak in the Dark Continent
A history of missionary work in Africa. Illustrated with portraits and maps.
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Place of the Bible in Education
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Ladies' Guide in Health and Disease
By Dr. J. H. Kellogg. Chapters on Anatomy and Physiology, The Little Girl, The Young Lady, The Wife, The Mother, and Diseases, with an Appendix of Prescriptions and Dietetic Receipts. Contains 672 pages with 123 illustrations.
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Man the Masterpiece
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The Two Republics
A comparative history of the two greatest republics, Rome and the United States. Contains 899 pages and illustrated with 67 full page engravings.
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"Questions and Answers"
By Editor
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Contains the most important matter that has appeared in the Question Corner Department of the "Signs" for a number of years, very carefully selected and conveniently arranged
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THIS PAPER
The Light Surrounding Every Person
It has been long contended that there surrounds every one a personal, individual, magnetic influence, greater or less in proportion to the amount of vitality, strength of will, etc., which the individual possesses. It has lately been developed by science that there is a real radiance connected with this, and in Chicago recently it was demonstrated. A young person of strong vitality was placed in the dark, while scientific men were provided with blue-tinged dicynea screens, which rendered the eyes sensitive to the aural phenomena. There was seen to be a bluish glow that enclosed the body of the person, which oscillated softly with every movement. When Dr. O'Donnell, who gave the demonstration, placed his hand near the shoulder of the person, this aural haze extended to meet his hand. This also demonstrates the truth of the Scripture that there is light with every person. Some become bodies of darkness,—those who are evilly inclined,—so that, as the Scripture intimates, the light that is in them is darkness. There is a scientific basis in the words which Jesus addressed to His disciples, "Ye are the light of the world." Undoubtedly these things will be developed more and more by science, but the student of the Scripture will find in them suggestions to great spiritual truths. He may also see more light regarding the spiritual influences which surround us in angels of good and angels of evil.
Contained in This Issue
By Editor
Question Corner
3521 — Sinning and Not Sinning. Eccl. 7:20; 1 John 3:9; 3522 — Why Did God Make Satan? 3523 — The Word "Worlds"; 3524 — Lead Us Not into Temptation; 3525 — Isaiah 19; 3526 — What Are the Husks, Luke 15:16? 3527 — The Four Beasts of Rev. 14:3; 3528 — Ps. 68:7 — — 2
Our Bible Band
— — 2
General
Saved to Serve — — 3
The Sabbath Before Mount Sinai — — 4
The Remarkable Covenant of Salt — — 5
An Anomalous Power (Studies in the Revelation) — — 6, 7
What We Mean — — 8
Prayer — — 8
Our Bible Reading
Christ Our Life — — 8
Editorial
The Reception of the Holy Spirit — — 9
Is the Old Evangelism in the Past? — — 9
Lovers of Pleasure — — 9
Notes — — 16
The Outlook
What Will Be the Outcome? — — 10
Notes — — 10, 11
The Home
Letters to a Daughter — — 12
Book Notices
Records of the English Bible; War, What For? The Mission Hymnal; The Uncrowned King; The Fundamentals; Pamphlets — — 13
Our Work and Workers
Matters in Portugal — — 14
Poetry
Be True Thyself — — 4
Things We Can Not Afford — — 5
Much in Little — — 7
I Am Resting, Let Me Be — — 8
Which Are You? — — 12
The End of the Way — — 14
Go, and Sin No More
We are not justified that we may continue in sin, but that we may cease from sinning. To the woman taken in adultery Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." Thus He would speak to every sinner.
Arbitration Treaties and War Expenses
President Taft declares that the matter of arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States has reached a point where there is no doubt as to the completion in the signing of the agreement, and he looks soon to have such treaties as that between other European powers. And yet the nations are not at all lessening their war expenses. These are still piling up.
The Johnston Sunday Bill
By Editor
We begin in our next number a series of articles on the Johnston Sunday Bill now before Congress. It is not, reader, a matter of minor importance. It is that which involves principles vital to the republic and to Christianity. They are written by one who has made the matter of religious legislation a study of many years, and who in Washington has become thoroly acquainted with the bill now before Congress. We hope these will be read with interest.
Personal Religion Above All
By Editor
The "Signs of the Times" stands for personal religion, individual life-relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. That is above all things else. To work to build up a mere denomination would result only in condemnation. Individual, personal religion must be made first; and a denomination built up of such individual experiences as that, can be used of God mightily for the promulgation of His truth. Without the life, service becomes a form, profession becomes hypocrisy.
Prayer and Religious Reformation
Modern scientists, oftentimes modern religionists, ridicule prayer. But it is worthy of note that every great reformation in religion, every great forward movement in the church of Christ, was laid in prayer.
God Answers Prayer
God answers prayer. That is a fact demonstrated by the experience of ages. If men deny it, that does not change the fact. There are those who can not see blue, or distinguish it from other colors. They are color-blind, but that is no evidence that others do not see.
The Church and Christianity
By Editor
There is a question which is agitating the religious world at the present time, "Can Christ be kept alive in the world without the church?" That is, is the church needed to keep Christianity alive? Protestant papers are divided over it. Of course Catholics are of a unit that a church is necessary. We believe they have the truth of that matter; whether the Roman Catholic Church is the church is another question. The Lord, however, did not do unnecessary things; and in order that His truth might be kept alive, and the true propaganda of the faith carried on, He organized His church.
Soda-Fountains and Their Dangers
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the Government pure food expert, points out that untold dangers are active in soda-fountains. He is not defending the barroom; he is not against what are called soft drinks, that is, if they are what they ought to be; he is not condemning the dispensers of the soda-water; he declares that it is in the chemicals. The man who sells genuine soda-water, he thinks, is a benefit; but the man who sells injurious chemicals and habit-producing drugs in soda-water glasses is the one who ought to be driven out of business, he feels. "Pure soda-water," he tells us, "should include three ingredients—pure fruit flavors, pure carbonated water, and sugar—not saccharin, or some injurious sweetening."
He declares that Congress ought to define what soda-water is. "Soda-water as generally sold does not and is not supposed to contain any soda, and a great deal of it contains saccharin instead of sugar. Saccharin should be prohibited by law; it is injurious to every one, and affects children seriously. Much of the carbon mixed with the water contains lead. Such a mixture should be prohibited by law. Caffein used by unscrupulous soft-drinks dispensers should be driven from the market by law," he declares. He also says: "I could not venture an opinion on the yearly number of little children whose lives are ruined by the use of caffein and other dopes which are hidden in soda-water glasses. The number is frightful; and the same is true of grown-up folks.
"At the rate silly parents are allowing children to ruin their nervous systems and stomachs by drinking the dregs of dirty, insanitary, filthy, drug-store soda-fountains, I am inclined to believe that the next generation will develop a race of nervous wrecks. Many mothers would lift their hands to heaven in holy horror if their little girls or boys should walk into their homes puffing cigarets, but still they will lead them to soda-fountains and allow them to fill themselves with all sorts of stuff that has just as bad effect on their systems. Children should not be allowed to touch anything that tends to excite the nervous system, whether it is coffee, caffein, or any of the other drugs that are passed out so freely."
The Albanian Insurrection
The Turkish dominion is far from quiet. According to the latest news, the insurrection in Southern Albania is spreading. There are 6,000 insurgents in the field, but behind them are 200,000 patriots who will fight for food and home. Many of the 40,000 Albanian settlers in the United States are returning to assist their fellow countrymen. The watchword of the Albanians is "Freedom or death." Ismail Kemel Bey, as the chief of the Albanian committee, is going from city to city in Europe pleading the cause of the distressed Albanians. He has had thus far little success. His only hope, he declares, is in America. "There people are not selfish like the nations of old Europe; there they have hearts." He contends that the Albanians want nothing that has not been clearly promised in the Turkish Constitution. That granted, they are loyal to Turkey and will stay by her.
The Gift of Tongues
A despatch from Pittsburg dated July 9 says that the Pentecostal Convention of the Gift of Tongues was in session there. "Worshipers, both men and women, rolled about the straw-covered floors of the tent. The temperature within was almost suffocating, many becoming exhausted." "As they rolled and scrambled about the floor, they howled, shrieked, and groaned for a manifestation in the form of the gift of tongues. None received it, however." And yet if this seeking is continued in the same way, the devil will substitute something for the genuine, we may be assured of that. God gives as He will, not as we will.
Earthquakes and Electric Storms
Professor Hensingmuller, of Berlin, declares that earthquakes cause great electric storms, and says that the violent electrical storms which caused so much havoc in New York a few weeks ago were produced by the earthquake in Mexico. A tremendous amount of electricity, he declares, is generated, which has its effect upon the atmosphere and the clouds in the region where its force is principally felt, and that the effects of an earthquake in that way are likely to be felt as far as 2,500 miles away from the point of disturbance. In such a case, the electric storm, the result of the earthquake, may be more destructive than the earthquake itself.
Extreme Heat in the West
The hot wave has not been wholly confined to the East. The upper part of Sacramento Valley suffered extreme heat during July 14 and 15. Temperatures were recorded as follows: Red Bluff 115, Redding 114, Dunsmuir 108, Anderson 117; taken from thermometers on the sides of buildings. But there have been no prostrations from heat. The atmosphere is dry and the nights are comparatively cool. The temperature in Portland, Oregon, rose to 98 degrees, which is very warm for that city.
