Earlier text: God Works by Minorities—Pere Hyacinthe (Loyson) is sojourning in San Francisco and vicinity. —Rev. George F. Pentecost has gone to Europe to join in labor with Mr. Moody. —It is estimated that the children and teachers in the Sunday-schools throughout the world number 15,000,000. —The managers of a "charity ball" in Philadelphia sent a check for $2,700 to the Presbyterian Hospital. At last accounts the question as to whether it shall be accepted had not been settled. —The following religious or church item we copy from the Christian at Work: "Among the prizes raffled for at the Roman Catholic fair in Twenty-third Street, last week, was a cask of ale." —The older churches of Amoy, China, in connection with the London Missionary Society, have begun missionary operations on their own account, showing that they have received the true spirit of the gospel. —The Governor-General of Canada takes oath that he will permit no foreign potentate to exercise jurisdiction in Canada, and the Catholics are rebelling against it. Which clearly shows the intentions of Catholicism. —There is less liberty in Turkey for Protestant missions than formerly. The Sultan seems embittered against other nations, and is also placing greater restrictions than formerly upon his subjects who profess the Armenian or Nestorian faith. —Ten new churches, says the San Francisco Monitor, have been dedicated in this Archdiocese during 1883; thirteen priests have been added to the number of clergy, and three new academies have been opened. The Catholic population has increased about 15,000. —The Catholic colonization in the United States is going forward with wonderful rapidity. An Italian colony "in the interior" is shortly to be organized, and committees are to be formed at Naples, Genoa, New York, Baltimore, and New Orleans, to assist poor immigrants. The Archbishop of Naples has already established a committee. —The Presbyterian Church in Springfield, N. J., has been nine years without a pastor, only for the reason that the members can never agree in their choice. They have but two candidates before them at present, but as they are about equally divided over them, there is good prospect of a longer vacancy. What an example such a church sets to the world, of Christian unity! —A bill has been presented in the New York Legislature which the Executive Committee of the Evangelical Alliance has taken steps to defeat. The bill is "To establish the freedom of public worship in the charitable institutions of the State," and it is claimed that it is so framed that the institutions will be subject entirely to the Catholic priesthood. So Rome is reaching out to control this country. —A pastor of a leading church in Nebraska is reported to have said, in regard to the liquor question: "No human enactment should be made contrary to divine law." Then in the same paper which contains this language, and much more to the same effect, is the notice of a marriage, solemnized by the pastor, and it is authoritatively stated that the bride had been twice divorced, both her previous husbands being still alive. —Rev. Henry Dana Ward died in Philadelphia, Feb. 29, of paralysis. He was aged 86 years, and although a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was a strong adventist, even ante-dating Wm. Miller in preaching the near approach of the returning Lord. He published in the N. Y. Journal of Commerce of Nov. 13, 1833, a description of the "falling stars" phenomenon, which had occurred but two days previous, and claimed it as a fulfillment of Matt. 24:29. —Professor Huxley, the English agnostic scientist, takes occasion in his own magazine to say that the "bosh" of orthodoxy is much less offensive to him than the "bosh" of heterodoxy. Whereupon Mr. Spurgeon, in his magazine, draws attention to the estimate which scientists put upon "liberal" Christians who attempt to adapt their creed to the changing creeds of science, and suggests that they do not seem to gain more respect from scientists than do those who hold to their Christian belief without daily trying to bring it into harmony with the "latest conclusions of science." —The spiritualistic medium will endure more exposure and still retain some vitality than any other creature in the animal kingdom. The chief spiritualists in this city, who draw a good revenue from the credulity of their dupes, have been exposed again and again; their "materializations" have been shown to be the grossest frauds. Yet after each disaster they recuperate in a few weeks and soon gather around them the same old coterie of people whose faith would move mountains. A notorious female medium of this city, who has survived repeated exposures here, has just had her devices laid bare in Washington, but we have an abiding faith that she will be heard from again in a few months. Lucrative imposture is too good a business to be dropped for any small check like the ridicule of the unbelievers or the light of a gas-jet on a dark and crooked seance. —S. F. Chronicle. The reason why a certain class of people are so easily deluded by impostors is given in 2 Thess. 2:7-12. —Woman suffrage has again been defeated in the Massachusetts Legislature. —A petty thief in the jail at San Jose, Cal., killed his Chinese cell-mate one night last week. —Last week five men were killed by a caving bank on the Baker City, Oregon, branch railroad. —Great damage has been caused by the breaking of levees around Roberts Island, San Joaquin County, Cal. —The richest man in the world is W. H. Vanderbilt of New York. Assets, over $200,000,000; yearly income, $12,000,000. —The trial train of the new fast system between Chicago and Omaha, made 300 miles, to Ottumwa, Iowa, in seven hours. —By the new fast mail trains from New York to Omaha the time between the oceans has been shortened twenty-four hours. —The breaking of the Grand Levee, at Bayou Sara, La., on the 14th inst., deluged the richest sugar-producing section of the State. In San Francisco, on the 10th inst., seven Chinamen were arrested for selling meat in violation of the Sunday retailing ordinance. —A snow-slide in little Cottonwood District, Utah, on the 7th inst., killed twelve persons and carried away the new Emma Mine works. —The Northern Pacific Railroad will put on a through Portland train from St. Paul, connecting with the Milwaukee fast mail train. —In Tonquin, the French troops have occupied Bacuninh. The Chinese loss is said to have been heavy, both in men and war material. —Petaluma, Cal., took a right view of the great Eastern "slogging" show. Only fifteen persons turned out to witness the performance. —A marvel: Congress is asked to incorporate the Spokane Falls and Cour d'Alene Railroad Co., W. T., and, strange to say, no subsidy is asked. —The Reno, Nev., Journal says: "The snow on the mountain a few miles above Poeville is from 50 to 100 feet deep, and packed as hard as ice." —There seems to be more danger of the Lasker resolutions creating trouble between political parties in Germany than between that Government and the United States. —San Francisco's third murder within two weeks occurred on the night of the 13th inst. The victim, named Wigfall, and the criminal, named Williams, were both colored men. —Prentiss Teller, the young cash clerk of the Pacific Express Co., at St. Louis, who recently absconded, has been captured at Milwaukee, with nearly $90,000 in his possession. —The first passenger train since the floods started east from Los Angeles last Friday, but had to lay over at Colton on account of the general demoralization on the road in the vicinity of Yuma. —An aged couple in Monroe, La., named Rodgers, were murdered by two men to whom they extended hospitality. The murderers failed to secure any money, which was concealed in a mattress. —A disastrous explosion occurred in a coal mine at Pocahontas, Tazewell, Co., Va., last week, causing the death of 150 men, greatly damaging the works of the mine and houses in the vicinity. —A destructive prairie fire, originating from locomotive sparks, near Kinsley, Kansas, on the 10th inst., destroyed several dwellings and much ranch property. A Mrs. Matheny was burned to death.191—Fifty-five thousand photographs of Col. Sude-kein's murderer have been circulated throughout Russia. A reward of 10,000 roubles is offered for his capture and 5,000 roubles for information leading to his arrest. —The N. Y. Herald thinks a rigid enforcement of the laws by our customs officials would put a stop to the exportation of dynamite explosives for use by the enemies of friendly Governments. It asks, Are we at war with England? —Mississippi is having her share of flood. The water is breaking through the levees, and flooding many plantations. In the Sunflower and Yazoo bottoms, the damage is said to be greater than during the great floods of last year. —Five train-robbers escaped from jail at Silver City N. M., on the 9th inst., and being overtaken by a posse, two of them were shot and two captured and hanged. The other one, who killed a citizen, had, at last report eluded the pursuers. —The sponge fisheries on the coasts of Florida and Bahama Islands are said to be overworked, on account of the heavy demand for the article, and the sponges not being allowed time to grow to a large size, the supply is becoming scarce and the prices high. —The proposed scheme of a confederation of European nations for the suppression of socialism, it is feared will fail, because little Switzerland declines to join it. The council of that Government holds that socialists are amenable to the regular criminal laws, and that is sufficient. —Chancellor Bismarck appeared in the Reichstag on the 13th inst., and disclaimed any intention to rupture the friendly relations between Germany and the United States. He simply declined to be "an enemy's postman." He claims that Prussia prevented the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by the European powers. —Another decisive battle occurred near Suakim, Soudan, on the 13th inst., between the British forces under General Graham and the rebels under Osman Digna. The Arabs fought desperately, but were badly defeated, losing about 2,000 killed, and the wounded are estimated at nearly 6,000. The British loss was over 200 in killed and wounded. —A dispatch from Mandalay, Burmah, says the Shans, a native hill tribe in the north, have revolted and are devastating the lower plains. They have invested the town of Bahamo, from which the English and American missionaries have fled. The missionaries report that several villages in the vicinity of Bhamo have been sacked and burned. —A farmer residing near Armiston, Alabama, last week bought some Chicago beef in town, for the purpose of giving it a trial. At dinner his wife and three children ate heartily of the meat, and in a short time afterward were all suddenly taken sick and died within a few minutes of each other. The father, not feeling well, had not eaten any of the meat. —OTTAWA, March 13.—The bill recently passed by the British Columbia Parliament, granting Captain J. C. Ainsworth of Oakland, Cal., and his associates 750,000 acres of land in the Kootnai region, was officially approved by the Dominion Government today. This grant is given in consideration of the grantees establishing a line of rail and steamboat communication connecting the Canadian Pacific Railroad with the Columbia river. Publishers' Department.
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BOOKS SENT BY MAIL.—E A Chapman, John Clasby, G W Cody, H Scott, Frederick Haub, Ida Regan, T A Owens, Jane Smithers, Mrs H P Gray, Mrs Samuel Myers, Wm Harmon, A Burr, Mrs M Booth, R D Hottel, Mrs D C Phillips, Miss Eliza D Usher, M Luther, D & A A Call, I F Wyant, R F Barton, C A Anderson, A W Benson, A Six, Mrs C Boughn, A N Allen, Miss Ida McDonald, Mrs S C King, George A Davis, Lizzie S Campbell. A CERTAIN minister, who belonged to the fault-finding, scolding tribe, having exhausted the patience of several churches, was called to a fresh field. For a while "all went merry as a marriage bell." But the ruling passion soon began to betray itself, and Sunday after Sunday he plied the whip with merciless fury, until only a few of the more faithful put in an appearance to receive their portion of something that was not meat in due season. At the conclusion of one of his excoriating harangues a worthy deacon invited him to his house to take dinner. After finishing a bountiful repast, which is always the time a thoughtful man chooses to perform a delicate service, he very quietly asked his pastor if he had ever read and carefully studied John's account of the interview between our Lord and Peter and other disciples, after his resurrection. "O, yes," said he, "I have often read it with profit." "Well," said the deacon, "suppose I turn to it and read it over carefully?" "O, no," said the pastor, "I can repeat it all from memory." "But," persisted the deacon, "I prefer reading it now." So the book was opened at the place, and the deacon began: "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Beat my lambs! He saith unto him the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Maul my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he saith unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Larrup my sheep!" The good deacon closed the book with great gravity, and "no matter how the story ended."—Christian Index. MANN.—Died of hemorrhage of the lungs in Perry, Richland Co., O., Jan. 17, 1884, our beloved brother, Eld. Abner Morton Mann, aged thirty-seven years, six months, and eleven days. His early days were spent in preparing himself for a useful life. He began the study of medicine at the age of eighteen. Soon after graduating and entering upon a successful practice, he became interested in the third angel's message by hearing Elds. Van Horn and Lawrence. He soon became convinced of the truth, and after some months embraced it with all his heart. The last seven or eight years of his life he had labored successfully in winning souls to Christ and the truth. His health failed him during the last year, so that he was able to do but little at times. The last few months he had felt much better, and had held some meetings with good results. One week before the day of his funeral he spoke with freedom an hour or more to the members of his own church at Waterford, after which he enjoyed a precious season in celebrating the ordinances. The night of his death he retired after family worship, at which he offered his last audible prayer for the family circle that they might be "unbroken in the kingdom of God." He awoke about 1 o'clock and said, "I am bleeding again," and died in a moment. He leaves a wife, two children, a father, mother, and sister, with many friends, to mourn their loss. We lay a faithful co-laborer away to rest, with the blessed hope that when Christ shall call, "Gather my saints together unto me, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice," he will hear his voice and come forth. Words of comfort were spoken from James 4:14 by the writer, to a congregation of six hundred or more. HAND.—Died in Chico, Dec. 21, 1883, Winnie, daughter of William and Emma Hand, aged 3 years and 10 months. Being the youngest of the family, of a bright and amiable disposition, her loss is deeply felt. The bereaved family have the sympathy of a large circle of relatives and friends. MEETINGS will be held at Burr Valley, commencing Thursday evening, March 20, and closing Sunday evening, the 23d. Also at Lemoore, commencing Tuesday evening, 25th inst., and closing Sunday evening, the 31st. W. M. HEALEY.
M. C. ISRAEL. THE regular annual meeting of the society of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Oakland, will be held at the house of worship, on Wednesday, April 2, 1884, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of five Trustees, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. A general attendance will be necessary, in order that the proceedings may be in accordance with the law. By order of the President,
W. N. GLENN, Sec'y. A MINE OF INFORMATION.
By John Nevins Andrews
HISTORY OF THE SABBATH AND FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
The Bible record of the Sabbath, the secular history concerning it; the successive steps by which the change to the first day was made and the work of restoration, are given in detail. EVERY TEXT OF SCRIPTURE concerning the Sabbath is commented on at length; and the COMPLETE TESTIMONY OF THE FATHERS in regard to the Sabbath and first day is given. The comparative merits of the seventh and the first-day Sabbaths are fully shown. A copious index enables the reader to find any text, or the statement of any historian. Should be read by everybody. 528 pp. Price, $1.25. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THE TRUTH FOUND.
By Ellet Joseph Waggoner
THE NATURE AND OBLIGATION OF THE SABBATH OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
The title of this little book sufficiently explains its character. It contains more Scriptural information in regard to the Sabbath than any other book of twice the size, and yet it is so simplified as to be easily comprehended. The author quotes the opinions of many learned men concerning the Sabbath, and their conflicting theories are strongly contrasted with the clear, straightforward teaching of the Bible. 64 pp. Price, 10 cents. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THE SEVENTH PART OF TIME.
By William H. Littlejohn
This is a refutation of the theory that God sanctioned simply a seventh part of time as the Sabbath, without fixing that time to any definite day. The necessity for a is admitted by nearly all, and is advocated in this book. The author also shows that the Creator understood and anticipated this necessity, and proves by five different processes of reasoning that the seventh or last day of the week, and no other, was in the beginning, and is now, the Sabbath of the Lord. 32 pp. Price, 4 cents; liberal discount by the hundred. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THOUGHTS ON DANIEL, CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
By Uriah Smith
EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, VERSE BY VERSE.
We are now living in times plainly pointed out in this prophecy, and it is important to understand it; for Daniel himself says that in the time of the end, the wise shall understand; while, if we fail, we are equally guilty with the Jews, who knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19 : 42-44), and shall meet a similar fate. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THOUGHTS ON REVELATION, CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
By Uriah Smith
This work presents every verse in the book of Revelation, with such remarks as serve to illustrate or explain the meaning of the text. It is a new and harmonious exposition of that important book, and is designed to create an interest in its study. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. This is a pamphlet of only 84 pages, but its value is not to be judged by its size. It is just what its title indicates: a faithful presentation of Bible truth on this important subject, and an exposure of the false theories prevailing in regard to it. Every believer in Bible truth should read it. Buy it, read it, and lend it to your neighbor. Price, 10 cents. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. Pacific Coast Camp-Meetings.
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THERE are three camp-meetings to be held west of the Rocky Mountains early in the coming summer; one in each of the three Conferences: California, Upper Columbia, and North Pacific. We have, in the past, had to call attention to the necessity of the meetings in the two northern Conferences being appointed to suit the convenience of those who attended them from a distance, who had to attend both. And in past years our spring camp-meetings in California have been so arranged that a minister could attend them and also reach the northern meetings in good season. Now our work is enlarging, and great changes are taking place. Under the advice of the General Conference there has been a drawing together of those who labor in all parts of the Pacific Slope. The Presidents of the northern Conferences have attended important meetings in California, and it has been considered advisable to hold a council of these three Conferences this season. If size and numbers were taken into account, this council would be held in California; but, for the better accommodation of the younger Conferences, and for those who can represent the Territories, especially Idaho, it has been decided to hold it with the N. P. Conference, with the camp-meeting to be held in East Portland some time in June. That is the most central point; a general meeting there will give Oregon and Washington a much-needed opportunity to become better acquainted with the nature and spirit and wants of our work, and with the laborers outside of their immediate fields. Elder Loughborough has appointed to leave Michigan April 1 for this State. Elder Corliss is now in Oregon. Eld. W. C. White is one of the General Conference Committee. These three, and perhaps Sister White, will, Providence favoring, attend both the northern camp-meetings. The editor of the SIGNS also expects to attend the meeting in East Portland, and perhaps will attend that in Upper Columbia. As far as laborers are concerned, no former meetings on the Pacific Slope have been so well supplied as these will be. In view of this large supply of laborers the friends in the northern Conferences ought to put forth extra efforts to have a large turn-out of the churches and of others. Last year they said they could and would secure a larger attendance, and reach a multitude of people, if the supply of laborers would warrant it. This year an abundant supply of experienced laborers will be furnished, and we expect they will make most earnest efforts to get the people to attend. But our coming camp-meeting in Los Angeles will be an important one, and Elders White, Loughborough, and Sister White will attend that. To conform to other appointments of the laborers in this State that was appointed for May 15-25, as announced in our paper last week. But it was not taken into account, in fixing this appointment, that it must be held early enough to enable the ministers to reach the Upper Columbia meeting. It has been found necessary to make a change, and the Los Angeles meeting will be held May 8-18. We have received, not an appointment, but, an intimation that the meeting in Upper Columbia will be appointed to begin May 29. This will be one week too soon to suit those who must attend the Los Angeles meeting. In making their appointment we hope the friends in that Conference will consider a few points:— 1. Eld. W. C. White is the only representative of the General Conference who will attend any of these camp-meetings. That he is best acquainted with, and most deeply interested in, the business matters which will come up at these meetings, and it is quite necessary that he attend them all. 2. To do justice to the business of the northern meetings, as well as other business, those who go from this State will need some time at the office immediately before going North, and after the Los Angeles meeting. 3. That the steamers leave here every five days, so that we cannot start any day we please as we can on the railroads. 4. If the U. C. Camp-meeting begins as early as May 29, in all probability most of the laborers referred to here will fail to reach it. The meetings North should be long enough to give time for the transaction of Conference and missionary business, for Bible-readings, for the necessary preaching, and for devotional meetings. If sufficient time is taken, the business may be all so attended to that a week's time will not be needed between the meetings. The Portland meeting can be reached without the delays in changes which have been experienced in former years. We feel deeply interested in all these meetings, and our prayer is and shall be that they may be blessed and prove a blessing to the laborers, to the people, and to the cause at large. Annual Meeting in Oakland.
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THE Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Pacific Publishing Association will be held April 28. But a most important meeting will be held just before that, April 18-27. It will be similar to the meeting recently held in Healdsburg. It will be for preaching, devotional meetings, and Bible-readings. We invite a general attendance from neighboring churches, and we speak of it early in order that all may have time for preparation to attend. Our brothers and sisters from Contra Costa County should attend. And those who have newly come to the faith in San Francisco are specially invited. It will be just the opportunity they need. We invite our friends from all sections of the State to come and partake of the joys and benefits of this meeting. As stockholders, and representative men from all parts of the field, will be here to the meeting on the 28th, we invite them to come at least early in the week before, so as to attend the religious meetings. As many as can come still earlier we shall be happy to see at the beginning, April 18. We shall make efforts in the Oakland Church to have accomodations prepared for all who attend. This is the duty of the churches in all places where important meetings are held. Make your preparations early, and come without fail. No one who attends this meeting will ever regret it. Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty.
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THE American Committee of the "Statue of Liberty," of which Wm. M. Evarts is Chairman, have issued a circular "To the American Press," in which they say:— "We are informed by the publishers of the official engraving of the Bartholdi Statue and Pedestal, through the liberality of The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., every editor in the United States is to be presented with a copy of a special 'Press Edition' of this engraving." We have received a copy of the engraving. It is a splendid picture, 26x36 inches, representing New York harbor, with the statue as it is to be. The intention is to have the statue and pedestal completed and in position next year. It is a noble work of art. In ordering this special press edition of the official engraving, the Insurance Company made both a contribution to the statue fund and a fine present to the editors. THIS is the title of a new monthly published by the American Publication Society of Hebrew, Morgan Park, Ill. Edited by Dr. Wm. R. Harper, Professor of Hebrew, etc., in the Baptist Theological Seminary, having for associates, Dr. Hermann L. Strack, Professor of Theology in the University of Berlin, and Dr. Paul Haupt, Professor of Assyriology in the University of Gottingen, etc. This is a magazine of twenty-four pages—the number to be increased—in the interests of Hebrew study, while the Old Testament Student, published by the same, is devoted to the study of the Old Testament. It is a valuable work for the Hebrew scholar, and for all who wish to become scholars in that language. The second article in Hebraica, by Prof. Strack, seems to belong to the department of the Student, being on "The Higher Criticism, a Witness to the Credibility of the Biblical Narrative." Prof. Harper is not only enthusiastic on the subject of the literature of the Old Testament and the study of the Hebrew, but he has a rare faculty of arousing others to enthusiasm on that subject. He is eminently practical as a teacher, and they who study under his instruction cannot fail to make satisfactory progress. Terms of Hebraica, $2.00 a year, ten numbers. Excursion to Los Angeles.
The S. P. Railroad offers a skeleton car, thirty-six passengers, to Los Angeles and return, at a rate which will make it about half fare. The meeting will be held May 8-18. This will give an opportunity to attend an important meeting and to see that beautiful country in the summer season. Those who wish to go will correspond immediately with W. C. White, Pacific Press, Oakland. Science and the Bible in Education
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SPECIAL attention is called to the article on the first page of this paper, by Mrs. E. G. White, entitled, Science and the Bible in Education. All of Mrs. White's writings are highly prized by the readers of the SIGNS, and they are worthy of all the favor they receive. The article of this week is full of weighty truth, and parents and guardians, all who are seeking an education, should carefully consider it. Abundant Rainfall in California
LOS ANGELES reports thirty-three inches of rain, up to March 10; nearly twice as much as has fallen in Oakland. Considering that Los Angeles is a dry country, that the rains came late, and that there is yet time for more, the amount is extraordinary. All California has had abundance of rain this winter. Oakland’s Enjoyable Climate
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WHAT is a cold winter? We have had a rather cold winter in Oakland; we never before saw so many successive frosts in this city. But of the severity of the cold our friends in the East can judge from this: Calla lillies have been in bloom all-winter in the open air! We certainly have an enjoyable climate.