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Signs of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 22.

Editorial
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FIELD NOTES.

By Editor

OUR general canvassing agent, Brother F. L. Mead, reports book sales for the year 1892 to the value of $707,677.65.
A GENERAL meeting for the brethren in the Maritime Provinces will be held at Moncton, New Brunswick, May 10 to 14.
ELDER H. NICOLA, of the Iowa Conference, has been assigned to Battle Creek, Mich., to act as pastor of that large and growing church.
ELDER S. N. HASKELL arrived in California from Michigan on the 22d inst., and went directly to his home at St. Helena. He made a short stop at Reno, Nevada.
SISTER SHAFFER has started a Chinese school in Salt Lake City. Five of her pupils are Christians. Our people are just waking up to the importance of the Chinese work, and of utilizing the people of that nation who are at our very doors.
A SCENE of great encouragement to the friends of Union College, at College View, Nebraska, was witnessed on the 12th ult., when forty-three persons, mostly students, went forward in baptism. The ordinance was administered by Elder E. W. Farnsworth.
OUR sisters in Salt Lake City have formed a Ladies' Benevolent Society, and meet every Sunday afternoon to make clothing for the poor and get them prepared to come to Sabbath school. Some of the prominent people of the city have made donations of money and clothing.
ELDER L. H. CRISLER has been having a peculiar experience on Grand Island, Lake County, Florida. The opposition (which always and everywhere comes from the churches), after their ablest ministers could not dislodge the truth, turned up in the shape of a threat publicly posted at the post office. The threat of violence if he did not leave by a certain date, purported to come from a White Cap club. But he did not heed the threat, and when he could no longer use the schoolhouse for meetings, repaired to a private residence. The posted threat resulted in a remonstrance from a large number of residents in the neighborhood. Fanatical opposition to the word of God often overshoots the mark, and turns out for the advantage of the truth.
THE Tract Society librarian of Seattle, Wash., writes: "Our society is placing our periodicals in depots, reading rooms, and on about a dozen boats, but finds it difficult to get papers enough. Back numbers of the Signs, Review, Sentinel, Instructor, and Scandinavian periodicals, if sent postpaid to E. T. Cornell, 309 Poplar Street, Seattle, Wash., will be thankfully received and put to good use."
ELDER D. T. SHIREMAN, on returning to North Carolina from the General Conference, reports to the Review a very encouraging prospect. Of the brethren at Asheville he says, "They have been receiving the latter rain." Brother J. O. Johnston, who has been laboring there, will shortly enter a new field in South Carolina. Brother S. B. Sanborn has aroused quite an interest among the colored people of Asheville.
ELDER R. N. BROCK reports the organization of a church of thirteen members at Columbia, Oklahoma. Also the decision of four heads of families at Dover to obey the commandments of God. A new house of worship is being built at Oklahoma City, and as the field is new, and the cause as yet financially weak, assistance would be thankfully received. Brother Brock suggests donations from twenty-five cents to ten dollars, but not in stamps.
AFTER reporting the names of the General Conference Committee, as published two weeks ago, some changes were made and two more names were added to the committee. Therefore we deem it of interest to re-insert the names of the entire committee, which are as follows: O. A. Olsen, S. N. Haskell, W. W. Prescott, J. N. Loughborough, W. C. White, A. J. Breed, E. W. Farnsworth, R. M. Kilgore, J. H. Durland, I. D. Van Horn, D. A. Robinson.

JUST AS THOU WILT.

By Laura C. Bee

BY LAURA C. BEE.
Just as thou wilt. We journey on O'er hill and dale, o'er mount and plain, Through summer's heat and winter's rain. We trust thee still to lead us home. Just as thou wilt.
Just as thou wilt. Choose thou our way, Or bright or clouded though it be; Through darkest night, or sunlit day, Till time shall reach eternity. Just as thou wilt.
Just as thou wilt. Upheld by thee, Thy strength and power will never fail. Our Friend and Comforter to be, Whate'er may come we need not quail. Just as thou wilt.
Just as thou wilt. We know 'tis best; Come joy or sorrow, gain or loss; We ask not here for calm or rest, But from our lives consume the dross. Just as thou wilt.
St. Helena, Cal.

SELF-DENIAL.

By Ellen G. White

ANGELS are engaged night and day in the service of God, for the uplifting of man in accordance with the plan of salvation. Man is required to love God supremely, that is, with all his might, mind, and strength, and his neighbor as himself. This he cannot possibly do unless he shall deny himself. Said Christ, "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."
Self-denial means to rule the spirit when passion is seeking for the mastery; to resist the temptation to censure and to speak fault-finding words; to have patience with the child that is dull, and whose conduct is grievous and trying; to stand at the post of duty when others may fail; to lift responsibilities wherever and whenever you can, not for the purpose of applause, not for policy, but for the sake of the Master, who has given you a work to be done with unwavering fidelity; when you might praise yourself, to keep silent and let other lips praise you. Self-denial is to do good to others where inclination would lead you to serve and please yourself. Although your fellowmen may never appreciate your efforts, or give you credit for them, yet you are to work on.
Search carefully and see whether the truth which you have accepted has become a firm principle with you. Do you take Christ with you when you leave the closet of prayer? Does your religion stand guard at the door of your lips? Is your heart drawn out in sympathy and love for others outside of your own family? Are you diligently seeking a clearer understanding of scriptural truth, that you may let your light shine forth to others? These questions you may answer to your own souls. Let your speech be seasoned with grace, and your demeanor show Christian elevation.—Testimony for the Church, No. 29.

THE WORK OF THE BOOK AGENT.

THERE is probably no class of workers in the busy hive of the commercial mart that has received more abuse, has had more ill-natured flings thrust at it, than the one laboring, under the title of book solicitors, for the dissemination of knowledge. Even the lightning-rod man, the life-insurance agent, or the thousand and one canvassers for this and that patent, have escaped the reproachful and opprobrious epithets heaped on the head of a book solicitor, and yet it can truly be said that there are no more active, patient, persevering, and intelligent workers than those catering in this way to the mental feeding of the public.
In the business of canvassing one meets all kinds and classes, and that it takes all sorts of people to make a community is a truism most forcibly impressed on the mind of a book solicitor. He will go to one house, and, on asking to see Mr. or Mrs. So-and-so, will be invited in, and, on stating his business, will be most courteously received and given time and attention. He will go next door and be made at once to understand that the sooner he departs the better for him; or still a little further on Mr. or Mrs. So-and-so opens the door for him, and, standing on the threshold, he states his business, when, with a most courteous, "Excuse me," he finds the door slammed in his face and he is left to moralize on the rudeness of his fellow-beings. Sometimes he will be left standing on the stoop like a beggar, while the servant girl goes to see if her master or mistress will receive him, or, if he is allowed to stand in the hall, the servant casts furtive glances at him as she goes upstairs, fearing he may be a sneak thief in disguise.—Chicago Tribune.

ADDRESSES OF CANVASSING AGENTS.

F. L. Mead, general agent, Battle Creek, Mich. E. M. Morrison, 451 Holloway Road, London, N., England. N. Z. Towne, 451 Holloway Road, London, N., England. James Harris, Bank's Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. Charles Michaels, Echo Office, N. Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. Z. Sherrig, 18 Werder St., Chicago, Ill.

DISTRICT No. 1.

E. E. Miles, South Lancaster, Mass. A. E. Taylor, South Stukely, P. Q., Canada. J. W. Hazeltine, Burnham, Me. J. R. Calkins, 317 West Bloomfield St., Rome, N. Y. F. W. Spies, Box 644, Williamsport, Pa. C. F. Parmele, 43 Bond St., New York City. U. P. Long, Newburg, Preston Co., W. Va.

DISTRICT No. 2.

A. F. Harrison, 661 East Fair St., Atlanta, Ga.

DISTRICT No. 4.

F. L. Mead, Battle Creek, Mich. S. M. Jacobs, Fontanelle, Iowa. James Hackett, Verndale, Minn. J. J. Devereaux, 1505 E St., Lincoln, Neb. G. A. Wheeler, Vilas, South Dak. C. M. Everest, Box 989, Minneapolis, Minn,

DISTRICT No. 5.

H. L. Hoover, Gunn City, Mo. S. C. Osborne, Ottawa, Kan. L. C. Sommerville, Van Buren, Ark. Care H. C. Griffin. W. W. Eastman, Oak Cliff, Texas.

DISTRICT No. 6.

A. D. Guthrie, 228 Ash St., Seattle, Wash.

HERE AND HEREAFTER.

An exhaustive treatise on the "State of the Dead" and the "Destiny of the Wicked." Has man a conscious existence in death? This is a question of the deepest interest, especially in these days when Spiritualism, in its varied forms, is spreading its deception everywhere. The subject is treated in

THIRTY-SEVEN CHAPTERS.

All the important texts bearing on man's nature and his condition in death are taken up and critically examined; as are also those which relate to soul and spirit.

THE CLAIMS OF PHILOSOPHY,

in which the immortality of the soul is discussed from a philosophical standpoint.
A chapter is devoted to a HISTORICAL VIEW of the subject, in which the history of the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is traced from the earliest ages down to the present time. The work closes with a chapter on the

INFLUENCE OF THE DOCTRINE,

in which it is shown that many have been driven into infidelity by the doctrine of Eternal Torment, a doctrine which is inconsistent with the character of God and contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures.
The book contains 443 pages, is bound in extra fine English cloth, and is embossed in black and gold.
Price, postpaid, $1.00.
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LESSON III.—SABBATH, APRIL 15, 1893.

THE WORK OF REDEMPTION—CONCLUDED.

Suggestive Questions and Lesson Scriptures.

1. Review questions:— (a) What assurance has the believer that Christ will complete the work of redemption that is begun at conversion? (b) How can we know that Christ dwells within? Give texts. (c) When will the life that was lost in Adam be fully restored?
2. Of what does the Spirit bear witness? "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs." Rom. 8:16.
3. How does the Spirit bear witness? See note 1.
4. If we are children, what rights have we? "Heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, then we may be also glorified with him." Rom. 8:17.
5. With whom are we joint heirs? Same verse. See note 2.
6. With whom are we connected, if we are heirs? "Know therefore that they which be of faith, the same are sons of Abraham." "So then they which be of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham." "And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise." Gal. 3:7, 9, 29.
7. Of what was Abraham the heir? "For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith." Rom. 4:13.
8. To what time are the saints sealed? "Which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory." Eph. 1:14.
9. To whom is the first dominion promised to be restored? "And thou, O Tower of the flock, the Hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem." Micah 4:8.
10. What is meant by the "tower of the flock"? See note 3. "For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy." Ps. 61:3. "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it, and is safe." Prov. 18:10.
11. Who are the daughters? See note 4.
12. To whom is the kingdom to be given? "And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him." Dan. 7:27.
13. What will be the condition of the earth when the kingdom is restored? "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth." Matt. 6:10.
14. How will the first dominion be restored to its original beauty? "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up." "Looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." 2 Peter 3:10, 12, 13.
15. With what important event is the renovation of the earth connected? "But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men." 2 Peter 3:7.
16. With what is the day of judgment connected? "I charge thee in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the quick and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom." 2 Tim. 4:1.
17. When the dominion is restored, what will be its condition? "But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth; wherein dwelleth righteousness." 2 Peter 3:13. "And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Isa. 11:5-9. "Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there; and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Isa. 35:3-10. "For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." Isa. 55:12, 13.
18. What should those who are heirs with Christ be doing? "Looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." 2 Peter 3:12.
19. What effect will it have on their lives? "Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness?" "Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight." 2 Peter 3:11, 14.

NOTES.

1. In John 6:63 we learn that the words of Christ are spirit and life. Then when his word abides in us (1 John 3:24), and our lives answer to that word as the reflection in the mirror does to the face, we are assured that we have the witness, or testimony, for the word is the Spirit's testimony, that we are children of God.
2. The original word is much stronger than our English word: "Receiving a portion, especially of an inheritance; as substantive, an heir, one who has a lot (not one to whom a lot is allotted, because it is derived from the active; but), he who has the inheritance, the stress being laid on the possession."—Bullinger. A joint heir is one who is in partnership with another in the inheritance; man lost the dominion, or inheritance; Christ gave his life to redeem it, and man, by accepting him, becomes an heir with him.
3. RABBI LESSER'S English Translation of the Old Testament reads: "And thou, O Tower of the flocks, the Stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall go, and shall come, the former dominion, the kingdom belonging to the daughter of Jerusalem."
4. By comparing Micah 4:8 with Ps. 45:9, 10; Songs 5:8, we must conclude that the term "daughters" refers to the believers, or the flock. Christ is often spoken of as the Shepherd of the flock. See John 10:7, 16.

LESSON III.—SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1893.

JOB'S APPEAL TO GOD.

[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson: it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given to book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]

Lesson Scripture, Job 23:1-10.

  1. Then Job answered and said,
  2. Even to-day is my complaint rebellious; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
  3. Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
  4. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
  5. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
  6. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
  7. There the upright might reason with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.
  8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
  9. On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
  10. But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Golden Text.—"What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter." John 13: 7.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

  1. What did Job say of his complaint? Verse 1. Note 1.
  2. What did he desire? Verse 2.
  3. What boldness had his suffering brought? Verses 3, 4.
  4. What did he declare he would know? Verse 5.
  5. By what did he show faith in God's love and condescension? Verse 6.
  6. What would his judge then become? Verse 7. Note 2.
  7. But how did Job's efforts to find God seem to be rewarded? Verses 8, 9.
  8. In what assurance did Job rest? Verse 10, first part.
  9. What did he declare of his own integrity? Verse 10, last part.
  10. How had he regarded God's ways? Verse 11.
  11. How had he esteemed God's word? Verse 12.
  12. When God seems far off what may we know?
"That they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from each one of us." Acts 17:27. "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart; that is, the word of faith, which we preach." Rom. 10: 8. 13. When we cannot understand our afflictions what should we do? "For though the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation." Hab. 3:17, 18.
  1. By what are we to walk? Ans.—By faith. 2 Cor. 5:7.
  2. If we hold fast by faith, of what may we be assured? Golden text.
  3. What may we know?
"And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose." Rom. 8: 28.

NOTES.

1. Rebellious.—See margin, "bitter," or "counted rebellious." So he was by his friends. At first Job was utterly overwhelmed and bewildered. He knew that God was not punishing him for sin; his friends thought they knew that God was punishing him for sins which were hidden from them. Job rebelled against their presentations of God, and they counted it as rebellion against God. Job at last turns to God and appeals to him. His great suffering paralyzes all fear.
2. Delivered forever from my Judge.—Job seems to believe that if he could come into God's very presence God would help him, would make it all plain, in fact, would become his advocate. See Rom. 8:33, 34. He who justifies will not charge us with guilt, nor he who intercedes for us condemn us.

SECULAR.

—The city of Rome is kept well stirred up by bomb throwers. Anarchists are accredited with the work.
—The strike of railroad switchmen at Springfield, Ohio, reported last week, has been declared ended, unconditionally.
—The Chinese Government has sent 15,000 repeating rifles to the troops on the western frontier, in the vicinity of Pamirs.
—A great storm of snow, sleet, and rain broke over the two Dakotas and Minnesota on the 23d inst., lasting about eighteen hours.
—The attorney general of New Jersey has declared the appropriation of public funds for the support of Catholic schools to be unconstitutional.
—Extensive prairie fires were reported near Guthrie, Oklahoma, last week, and several farms were swept clean of everything that could be burned.
—A Chicago dispatch says, with reference to the construction work at the World's Fair grounds, that "night and Sunday work has commenced in earnest."
—Influenza, with heavy mortality, is reported in Southern Russia. Heavy floods and extensive damage to property are also said to be prevalent throughout the same region.
—It is reported that an Ulster (Ireland) firm ordered 100,000 Martini rifles of an English manufactory, but the government would not allow the order to be executed.
—Even the astronomers have not found out all about the creation. A professor at Keil, Germany, reports the discovery of another planet, said to be the fifteenth this year.
—A fire occurred in a fashionable boarding house in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 23d inst., which resulted in the death of four women and one child, besides a considerable property damage.
—Indianapolis, Vincennes, Brazil, Alexandria, Evansville, McCordsville, Loogootee, and some other localities in Indiana, all report serious damage to property by a cyclonic storm on the 23d inst.
—Rival factions of a negro church near Nacogdoches, Texas, went out on Sunday, the 19th inst., and had a pitched battle with knives, pistols, clubs, and stones. Several members were severely wounded.
—The five hundred Chinese who were landed two weeks ago at Victoria, B. C., are causing the health authorities in the province of Quebec a great deal of anxiety. It is reported that smallpox has broken out among them.
—There is great alarm felt among the people living in the Tonola district, of the State of Chiapas, Mexico, over the eruption of the San Martin volcano, which has been belching forth flame, lava, and ashes for over two weeks.
—At St. Joseph, Missouri, last week, five dead bodies (four men and one woman), nailed up in a dry goods box, were found floating in the river. The victims had evidently been murdered, but were decomposed past recognition.
—On the 22d inst. 175 natives of the island of Java were landed at San Francisco, en route to Chicago. These curious people in their native dress are to be a part of the great Exposition. Twenty of them are women, and twelve are dancing girls.
—A colored man, convicted of vagrancy, was sold at auction in Mexico, Missouri, on the 21st inst., for $19. There was a crowd of 2,000 people gathered in front of the court house to witness the sale, most of whom are opposed to the selling of vagrants.
—It is reported that an organized band of Americans is engaged in smuggling Chinese into the United States through Mexico. A party of forty, hailing from Cuba and the Isthmus, passed through Monterey toward the Rio Grande on the 25th inst.
—The New Hebrides Islands and New Caledonia recently experienced a three days' hurricane with an enormous rainfall. It is said that half of New Caledonia was flooded, nearly all the settlers were financially ruined, and many lives were lost among the natives.
—Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, proprietor of the New York Mail and Express, and noted for his religious eccentricity, died suddenly on the 25th inst., while in the hands of surgeons, who had administered ether for the purpose of performing some delicate surgical operation. Colonel Shepard was president of the American Sabbath Union.
—A cyclone in Mississippi on the 23d inst. is reported to have destroyed the towns of Cleveland and Tunica. On the same day the towns of Tupelo, Mississippi, and Kelly, Tennessee, were destroyed by a storm. Nashville, Tennessee, Bowling Green, Murray, Stanford, and Rollings, Kentucky, were also damaged extensively. Deaths are reported in Mississippi and Tennessee.
—Heavy rainstorms are reported in Kansas and Missouri, but the crops are said to be greatly benefited. The storm, according to press dispatches, extended to Oklahoma, and in Oklahoma City a number of buildings were blown down and others burned by lightning.
—Eleven well-known farmers are under indictment for murder in Crawford County, Indiana. The murder was committed six years ago, when the "Whitecaps" terrorized that region. One of the members has confessed and given information concerning the others.
—King Humbert, of Italy, narrowly escaped being hit by a stone that was thrown at him as he passed along a street of the capital city, on the 25th inst. The assailant was immediately arrested, and claimed that he wanted to insult the king because he declined to become reconciled to the pope. It is said that the culprit is a religious fanatic, who had before served a term of imprisonment for murder.
—The rains and melting mountain snows have caused disastrous floods in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys of this State. Much farm property has been destroyed, and for a day or more most of the going about in the city of Stockton was done in boats. All the basements have to be pumped out. Advices from San Diego, in the extreme South, also tell of much damage by sudden overflows of streams.
—A Polish boy, named Antone Wood, only 11 years old, was convicted of murder in the second degree by a Denver, Colo., jury on the 24th inst. He had murdered a hunter to secure his watch and gun. His parents were ignorant people, and the boy had been brought up in a way to make him vicious. He is said to have been used to eating five meals a day, with three or four eggs and as many cups of coffee at each meal. The verdict was reduced to second degree on account of the boy's youth. He admitted the murder, and seemed to have no regrets for the deed, only for the consequences to himself.
—A sailor, named Louis A. Paradyce, arrived in San Francisco last week on the regular mail steamer from China. He tells a harrowing tale of himself and one companion being left ashore on Saghalian Island in Russian waters by a whaling vessel, and subsequently being arrested as spies by Russian police. They were sent to Siberia, where they remained several months, without even a trial, until rescued through the demands of the officers of the United States warship Marion. The story, as published in the San Francisco Examiner of the 24th inst., tells of almost incredible deeds of cruelty practiced upon Siberian prisoners, many of whom are women and girls innocent of any crime. Both men and women are sometimes whipped to death on the slightest pretext, and the suffering of nearly all is indescribable.

RELIGIOUS.

—It is said that from 1851 to 1890 the population of England and Wales increased 60 per cent., while the increase of Catholic priests was 300 per cent.
—A petition of German Catholics, asking the government to recall the banished Jesuits, has secured 65,000 signatures in the province of Westphalia alone.
—A dispatch to the New York Times says that there is a religious contention in Columbus, Ohio, between Protestants and Catholics in regard to the school board election.
—Very Rev. P. F. Hylebos, V. G., of Tacoma, Wash., has been confirmed by Cardinal Gibbons as director of the new Catholic National Indian Bureau, with headquarters at Washington, D. C.
—The pope, in bidding farewell to the English pilgrims, expressed the hope that once more England would be a Roman Catholic country, and said that there are already many signs of such a consummation.
—A Detroit correspondent of the Harbinger says that Rev. H. P. Welton, pastor of the Thompson Presbyterian Church of that city, with almost his whole congregation, has withdrawn from the Presbyterian fold, and adopted the New Testament as their creed.
—There is a proposition in Hungary to reform the marriage law by making civil marriage a complete legal fulfillment of the marriage contract. The archbishops and bishops have petitioned the emperor to protect the church against the measure, which is declared to be hostile to its interests.
—Rev. O. H. Gulick, a missionary to Japan, delivered a lecture in this city yesterday, giving some of the history of Christian effort in that country. When he went to Japan twenty-two years ago, any native who embraced Christianity was liable to be killed. There are now over 500 missionaries, and about 35,000 native converts.
—Sunday, June 11, has been set apart for Temperance Sunday, and every church in Chicago and vicinity has been invited to open its pulpits and Sunday schools for solid temperance work on this occasion. All the pastors are requested to preach on this subject, and the Sunday school superintendents to have special temperance services for the benefit of the children.
—The pope has been so accommodating as to speak in a phonograph a message for the President of the United States, so that he may hear "the very voice." To the American who worked the machine, the pope said: "I hand you this message; guard it carefully, for it is the expression of my love for all the people of the United States, and I wish you to deliver it with your own hand to the President."
—The San Francisco journeymen bakers have inaugurated a movement for Sunday closing, and Rev. J. Q. A. Henry (Baptist) has taken up the contest on their behalf. The daily Report also advocates the proposed reform, and says: "The pastors should invite all members to come forward and sign a pledge not to use any fresh bread, etc., on Sunday, and to patronize no bakery that insists on keeping open or serving it."
—President Cleveland and all of his Cabinet, excepting the Secretary of the Treasury, are members of the Presbyterian Church, and this excepted one, Mr. Carlisle, is said to incline that way. It may be a source of consolation to the country to know that the cabinet still has a Sunday school superintendent. Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith is superintendent of the First Presbyterian Sunday school of Atlanta, Georgia.
—Rev. Dr. Cuyler, in course of a temperance lecture, said: "The third party [Prohibitionist] has lost ground largely through attacks on the church as being in an unholy alliance with the saloon. Garrison and Phillips committed a stupendous blunder in arraying themselves against the church. They never would have abolished slavery in ten centuries. Whoever begins a warfare on the church is doomed to defeat." The church, according to Dr. Cuyler, must not be criticised, no matter how inconsistent it may be. That is about Rome's position.
—Says the New York Independent: "The Chicago meeting of Congregational ministers has adopted a resolution in favor of the observance of Passion week, preceding Easter, as a week of self-denial. The object is to obtain special offerings to maintain missionary and evangelizing work. The preamble to the resolutions states that the Salvation Army has adopted the plan, and also the Congregationalists of England, and the result has been increased offerings to the Lord's work." The most remarkable feature of the innovation is that it is another recognition by Protestants of a papal church festival. And so they continue on their journey Romeward.

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

THE annual meeting of the shareholders of Healdsburg College Corporation will be held at the South College Building in Healdsburg, California, Monday, April 17, 1893, at 11 o'clock A. M., for the election of seven trustees to serve one year next ensuing, and for the transaction of such other business as may be brought before said meeting.
R. S. OWEN, President.
W. C. GRAINGER, Secretary.

CAMP MEETING TENTS.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

THE California general camp meeting will be held in Oakland, May 11-21. All who wish to rent tents will make application at once to E. A. Chapman, Pacific Press, Oakland. The prices of tents will be as usual: 10x12, $4.00; 12x16, $6.00; 14x19, $7.00. S. N. HASKELL.

ANNUAL MEETING.

By W. N. GLENN

The annual meeting of the Society of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Oakland will be held at the house of worship, cor. 12th and Brush Streets, Wednesday evening, April 5, 1893, at half-past 7 o'clock. A general attendance of resident members is desired. By order of the president.
W. N. GLENN, Secretary.

TO THE WORLD'S FAIR.

Weekly Excursions.

ARE you going? If so, it will be to your interest to call on, or write to, the undersigned before arranging for your trip.
The "Santa Fe Route" being the only line under one management from California to Chicago, we can offer you advantages, for a safe and pleasant journey, unsurpassed by other lines.
It is the only line running Pullman Palace and Tourist sleeping cars through to Chicago, every day, without change, on the same train.
Select Overland Excursions leave every Tuesday, with manager in charge through to Boston. Baggage checked to destination. Steamship tickets sold to and from all European points, via all the popular steamship lines. J. J. Warner, Agent, 972 Broadway, Oakland, Cal., or W. A. Bissell, G. P. A., 650 Market Street, Chronicle Building, San Francisco, Cal.

Imaginary Victories for the Sabbath

SEVERAL of the religious and "reform" papers have been rejoicing over the "great victory for the sabbath" achieved through President Cleveland's request that the proposed Sunday concert in the Pension Building be omitted from the inauguration program. But the report of the doings on that eventful occasion, published in the Voice, the leading prohibition paper of the country, punctures a large hole in the little bauble. True, there was no Sunday concert in the Pension Building, but the same building was turned into an unlicensed barroom on inauguration day, and was run on into the Sunday hours. And on that same Sunday the bars of the capital were kept open and crowded with hilarious patriots gathered in from all parts of the country. If such scenes as the Voice describes may be counted as a "victory for the sabbath," it is demonstrated that the Sunday reformers can cut imaginary victories out of very small cloth.

THE DANGER OF PORK EATING.

Occasionally people learn by sad experience that the Lord knew what he was doing when he forbade his people Israel to eat swine's flesh, because it is "unclean." There is no doubt that the almost universal use of pork is the cause of an unestimable proportion of the diseases of the human family. There are three Napa County farmers now in a San Francisco hospital, suffering from trichinosis. Of one of the patients it is said that there is no hope of his recovery; the other two may possibly survive. The men became afflicted through eating fresh sausage. In a report of the case, the San Francisco Examiner says:—
When a piece of the pork that caused the disease was placed under the microscope, it was seen that it swarmed with minute spiral worms, which were quickly classified as trichinæ. Each of the tiny parasites was inclosed in a lemon-shaped capsule.
"If they only remained in the capsules," said Dr. Baum, "there might be no danger; but they don't."
On the contrary, when a piece of muscular tissue which contains these capsules is swallowed, a great change takes place in their condition. A single ounce of diseased pork frequently contains 100,000 of these capsules, too, the reader should bear in mind.
The little worms thus taken into the human stomach are immature, but in the process of digestion they are liberated from their capsules in from three hours to three days, and in the intestinal canal they attain sexual maturity in five days, and immediately thereafter commence to reproduce their species.
The mature intestinal trichina is round, elongated, and extremely filiform. It is barely visible to the naked eye, and to the unaided vision looks much like a fine hair or a silvery thread. The head is drawn out almost to a line, while the caudal extremity is somewhat rounded off, and is very little thinner than the body.
Of the treatment of the disease, one of the hospital physicians said:—
The ordinary practice for trichinosis consists in giving the patient cathartics, with a view of expelling the worms which have not yet left their capsules, administering thymol or extract of male fern in order to benumb recently liberated parasites, and so make it possible to rid the system of them by the same cathartic agency, and keeping down fever, allaying pain, inducing sleep, and nourishing the system in order to keep up life while the unexpelled worms are migrating to the muscles. It often happens that traces of the disease linger for years in the human organism, sometimes showing itself in pains akin to rheumatism, and sometimes in a stiffness of the muscles.
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