p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 37. (9/23/1913)

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Truth and Fact

There is a difference between truth and fact. There are many who believe in fact; most people do if it is established. It to many is a fact that God created the heavens and the earth. To them it is a fact that the Lord Jesus Christ came to this world and died for man. To them it is a fact that the Bible is true. But the demons believe facts. Truth is living, present fact which enters into and molds the life of the individual. Holding to dead fact condemns; holding to living truth and the soul is re-created. A fact may be one, or one of many; truth is one. The Bible knows no such distinction as truth and truths. It never speaks of learning various truths. It is the one truth unified by the life of God; and he who knows the truth knows its Author, and knows its personification Christ Jesus.

We do not learn this truth by argument, or by cold logic, or by being told it merely as a fact. There must be the plastic, responsive soul, the heart that loves truth, in order to receive it. Sometimes it comes to us as a development of the truth which we already possess, even as the blade from the seed, and the flower from the blade, and the fruit from the flower. Sometimes it comes to us as direct revelation of the Spirit of God. Even so the truth came to Peter that Jesus was the Son of God; and the Lord said, not only for his benefit, but for the benefit of all His children who have come to grasp the great, living fact, "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven." Seek truth, therefore. Seek truth for the love of it, not because it will please the carnal heart or mind, or the philosophical heart or mind, but that that truth may sanctify the life and bring the whole being into harmony with the Author of truth, and so glorify Him.

The Great White and Red Plagues

By Editor

The first article in our Outlook department gives a partial view of what men are doing at the present time to check the spread of "the great white plague." We are glad to record these noble efforts. We deal, in our next week's issue, with another evil than tuberculosis, more dread—"the great red plague." The outcome is not so promising. Instead of using every effort to make it public and to check the spread of the fearful thing, men in high places, moved by the conventionalities of society and by the vast number who are afflicted, are doing all that they can to suppress knowledge concerning it. You will be interested in reading the article, and you will want your neighbors to read it. We wish to say this, that it is not pleasant reading, but it is important.

The Power of Little Things.

In a recent book by Frank Koester, entitled "The Price of Inefficiency," the statements are made of this country:

"We waste $650,000,000 a year through losses to growing crops, fruit-trees, grain in storage, etc., by noxious insects."

"We waste $267,000,000 a year through the attacks of flies, fleas, ticks, and other insects, on animal life."

The same work declares that there is a loss of $93,000,000 a year in live stock due to disease, of which $40,000,000 is due to Texas fever, while tuberculosis, scabies, and cholera come next. But think of the far greater value of human life lost from disease germs, many of which are brought by fleas, flies, mosquitoes, and other germ carriers. No other loss equals that from these minute and microscopic foes. Is it a wonder that the prophet likens them to a great devastating army?

Tariff Bill Passes Senate

The tariff bill, for which in great part this special session of Congress has been held so long, passed the Senate at 5:43 o'clock September 9, amid a burst of applause that swept down from galleries to the Senate floor. Senator La Follette cast his vote with the Democrats, as did Senator Poindexter. President Wilson is greatly gratified over the end of the long struggle. It is hoped that the passage of the bill will be a decided help to business. It represents an average reduction of more than four per cent from the rates of the original bill that passed the House, and nearly twenty-eight per cent from the rates of existing laws. It remains now that there shall be a conference held with the House, and the signature of the president affixed, and the long tariff struggle is over for a time. Forty-four voted for it, and thirty-seven against it. Paired and not voting, twelve; absent and not paired, two.

Religiously Going to Hell

By Editor

"Religiously Going to Hell" is the title of a little tract which some one has sent us. It expresses a great, solemn fact. There are thousands upon thousands who make a profession of religion, keep up its dead forms, attend church, sing hymns, but know naught of the love, the life, the power of Christianity. Their heart, their life, is in and of the world. It need not be so.

Fire Destroys Part of Hot Springs

A terrible fire in Hot Springs, Arkansas, September 5, reduced to smoldering ruins a strip of the eastern part of the city from seven to ten blocks wide and a mile long; the estimated loss is $10,000,000; 2,000 people are homeless. Some of the most important public buildings were burned.

The Power of Little Things

In noting the aggregate power of little things, it is interesting to observe that the highest building in the world—the Woolworth Building, New York—was built from profits accruing in the sale of five and ten cent articles. And it is not a credit business either.

Tradition and Truth

Tradition is worth listening to when it comes of honorable ancestry, but tradition is not conclusive. Test it by eternal truth. If it will not bear the test of the crucible, reject it and follow truth. It is not by tradition that we are saved, but by truth. Tradition alone is a dead band, connecting us, through a dead and sometimes honorable past, to oftentimes a dishonorable origin. This is preeminently true of the doctrine of the soul's inherent immortality. Truth is a living channel of life uniting us to a living God, and One who is mighty to save.

Follow Truth

Follow truth, at whatever cost. And by the truth we mean the word of God, the all-sufficient guide of all duty. But be sure that you are following truth, rather than your own conception of what truth is or ought to be. There is a vital difference.

The True Sabbath Law

They who read into the Sabbath law the Jewish traditions of "a Sabbath day's journey," or the local laws regarding the Sabbath in the wilderness, are adding to and perverting the law of God. The law of the Sabbath is found in Ex. 20:8-11. That does not forbid religious service; for the priests ministered in the sanctuary more that day than any other (Num. 28:1-10), and were "blameless" (Matt. 12:5). The true interpretation of the law is shown in our Saviour's life and teaching. Isaiah, who spoke by the Spirit of Christ (1 Peter 1:10, 11), says that we should "call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable," that we should not do our own carnal pleasures, but God's will (Isa. 58:13); and Jesus says, in justification of His own work of compassion and ministering, "It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days" (Matt. 12:12). "Lawful" is according to law. Therefore Jesus did not break the Sabbath, and His life is our example of what God requires.

The Building of God

By Editor

One of the troublesome scriptures for some to explain or understand is a few verses found in 2 Corinthians 5, concerning "the building of God" and the "house not made with hands." The suggestions in the first article in the "Question Corner" may be of help.

The Energy of Maung Ngae

By Editor

We place our little article from Professor Thurber, a story of missions, in our Home page this week,—“The Energy of Maung Ngae.” It is worth reading. It ought to be a stimulant to boys who have advantages that the young Burmese did not have.

The “I Come” Which Has Been

By Editor

Read the article entitled "The 'I Come' Which Has Been," on page 4. It will be followed by another, "The 'I Come' Which Is to Be." Both of these concerning our blessed Lord will be of interest to those who read them.

The Everlasting Covenant

By Editor

A great question which troubles the minds of many earnest Christians, and which theological pettifoggers use to becloud the minds of inquirers, is that of the two covenants. It is impossible to give in one paper what the Bible teaches concerning the two covenants; still, there is a fairly good summary in our Bible reading this week, beginning on page 6, "The Everlasting Covenant." It presents before us not only the everlasting covenant, but what is called the old covenant as well. It shows the relation of that covenant to the law and to our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Unanswerable Argument on Immortality

By Editor

It may safely be said that every system of idolatry which the world has ever known, every false system of religion, finds it an essential to hold that the soul of man is immortal. Those interested in this subject will be pleased to read, whether they agree with it or not, the article beginning on page 4, "The Unanswerable Argument on Immortality." This argument is from the Bible. It will be followed next week by another article under the same title, from the philosophical view-point.

Bible Versions and References

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Our authority is the Bible, the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. When the Common ("King James" or "Authorized") Version or the American Standard Revised Version is used, the version will not generally be designated in reference. Any Bible quotation in this paper, therefore, differing from the Common Version, unless otherwise indicated, will be almost invariably from the American Standard edition of the Revised Bible, copyright 1910, by Thomas Nelson & Sons.

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Contained in This Issue

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Question Corner ........................... Page 2 4182—"A Building of God," "Eternal in the Heavens," 2 Cor. 5:1; 4183—The Rest That Remains; 4184—What Army, Joel 2:2-12; 4185—Members of the Federal Council of Churches; 4186—Evil Spirits

Our Bible Band ........................... Page 2

General .................................. Pages 3-5 Have Light in Yourselves ............... Mrs. E. G. White The "I Come" Which Has Been ............ L. F. Starr The Unanswerable Argument on Immortality .................................... Alexander Ritchie The Two Covenants and the Sabbath ............................................... Orno Follett

Poetry ................................... Pages 5, 12 The Ferry-Boat Across the Flood ....................................... Delwin Rees Buckner V. The Sabbath — Closing Hours ....................................... Violet Miriam Beck Hold My Hands Signs of Jesus' Coming ..................... Corrine Craker A Struggle ...................................... J. R. De Spain

Bible Studies of Vital Import ............ Pages 6, 7 The Everlasting Covenant Our Enemies' Powerlessness — The Religion of To-Day

The Outlook .............................. Pages 8, 9 Noble Work for Humanity Alcohol's Army Sunday Agitation in Oregon ............... W. F. Martin

Book Notices ............................. Page 10 "Our World; the New World Life"—"Training the Boy"—"Struggles of Religious Liberty"—"A Hundred Years of Missions"—"Suggestions for the Spiritual Life"—"The Secret of Prayer: How and Why We Pray"—"Plain Sermons"—"The Minister's Companion"—"The Rescue"—"History of the Devil"

Our Work and Workers ..................... Pages 11, 12 Our Mission Funds

The Home ................................. Page 14 The Energy of Maung Ngae ............... R. B. Thurber Light and Noise — The Father's Part — An Object-Lesson — Avoid Making Others Uncomfortable

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