p. 15 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 43. (10/23/1901)

Earlier text: AS YE WOULD

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Miracles and Delusions

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Right here, when people expect to see divine power manifested, a counterfeit will appear, the author states; and it is this—“Miraculous Workings That Deceive”—against which he speaks. What this counterfeit is, and how it will manifest itself, is made plain.

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The Trial of Czolgosz.

The orderly, decorous, and dignified trial of the assassin of President McKinley can not but arouse the admiration of every one who likes orderly and just procedure; and the quiet, expeditious dignity of this trial is greatly emphasized when compared with the legal farce enacted in the trial of President Garfield’s assassin. And yet it seems to us that it is carrying the matter altogether too far to say, as Dr. Buckley does in the Christian Advocate: “From the time of Daniel until now the world never saw proceedings in court any more worthy of admiration.” In the first place, the great crime, the feelings of the people, the unnatural death of the greatly-respected and dearly-loved President, and the condition of his grief-stricken widow, together with the character of the judges and the traditions of law, all combined to render the place of trial solemn indeed, and the court procedure dignified. In the second place, the assassin himself, not objectively, but passively, rendered great service in this direction. If he had been voluble, shrewd, fertile in expedients, if he had employed some great “criminal ‘lawyer’” to help him evade law by technical objections, an altogether different tale might have been told. But the criminal pleaded guilty, asked for no counsel, cared naught for those who were appointed to defend him. This, doubtless not designed to facilitate procedure on the part of the assassin, aided immensely, and made the work of all easy. It would have been a very inferior court indeed which could not have acquitted itself credibly. This is saying absolutely naught against the eminent legal gentlemen who had part in the trial. They probably appreciate the simplicity of the situation, as well as the uncalled-for flattery, at full value.

Conditions in Coal Mining.

Mr. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, tells us in the October Cosmopolitan that for every 270,000 tons of coal brought to the surface of the mine, one employe’s life is sacrificed, and five times that number are maimed and injured; in other words, of every 450 men employed in the mines, one is killed and five are injured each year. This makes a total of 900 persons who yield up their lives each year, and 4,500 suffer serious injury. In no other industry in the United States are there so many fatalities in proportion to the total number of employes. He tells us further that there are more men employed in this country than are needed to mine the coal demanded by 150,000, because bituminous coal deteriorates by exposure, and most of it must be mined when used in the winter; many, therefore, earn only two-thirds the wages they would if steadily employed. Mr. Mitchell tells us a sympathetic and readable story, and one that should help the public better to appreciate this hard-working class, who labor under such trying circumstances. Surely in the mining business there has been the cold, cruel, hard hand of the oppression of the poor, in which the principles operative are the fulfilment of Habakkuk 1 and 2, and James 5.

Spiritism Series Concludes Next Issue

By Editor

The series of articles on Spiritism closes in our next. They have been widely read; and have created much interest. We hope the readers have received the instruction therein given.

Archaeological Confirmations of the Bible

By Editor

There are four very interesting illustrations on the first page of our issue this week. The first is the broken tablet which gives the Assyrian account of the Deluge, modified by idolatrous traditions. It is one among many traditions found in various nations and tribes widely separated on both continents. The second is the view of Ur of the Chaldees. It was not long ago said that there was no such place; that the Ur of Abraham must have been in Haran, but the testimony of the bricks has again demonstrated the truth of the Bible. The third is the ruins of Nebuchadnezzar’s palace, every brick of which is stamped with the name of the great king. The fourth is another confirmation of a Bible fact, demonstrating that there was a Belshazzar. It is a prayer of Nabonidus concerning his son Bel-shar-usur, joint-ruler of Babylon. “God is His own interpreter, and He will make it plain” by His providence or Spirit, sooner or later. The child of God can always afford to take God’s Word at its face value.

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Another Bible Revision

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Another Bible Revision.—This time it is by the Protestant Episcopal Church. It leaves untouched, we understand, the King James, or common version, but completely revises the marginal readings of the common version and Revised Version. It will doubtless be adopted by the Triennial Convention now in session in San Francisco. With this adoption is the consent of the church that its clergymen may substitute in the services of the church the marginal reading for the regular text. These marginal readings are said to number about as many as now appear in the King James version. We are glad of this new revision. We welcome everything likely to awaken a reading of the Word. But it does sound strange that a minister of Jesus Christ must obtain consent to the reading of the Word of God in different renderings.

Twin Thoughts

The little cartoon, “Twin Thoughts,” on page 8, is strikingly suggestive of two classes just now in evidence. The man who ignores lawful and just means and takes law into his own hands, is doing just what anarchists are doing.

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What Is Anarchy?—The Catholic Mirror says:—

The Catholic Church, standing ever in every clime and age for law and order, is an opponent of anarchy, just as anarchy is ever most hostile to the church.

Now we do not question the sincerity of the belief of the editor who wrote that or of any other Catholic, yet the truth of the statement may candidly be questioned even by the writer. Anarchy is against law, without a ruler. The only real ruler in the universe is God. He liveth forever. His law is summarily comprehended in the Decalogue. He is unchangeable; so is His law. Yet the Catholic Church presumes to sit in judgment on that law, and thinks to change it. She brings forth that change as proof of her authority. But to assume to change God's law is to strike at the basis of all government. To choose our own customs in preference to God's law is to reject Him as our ruler. What is this but anarchy?

It Is Too Bad

It Is Too Bad.—The reports of attendance for the seventy German universities for this summer term, says the Independent, “emphasize the fact that in the department of higher education, Germany is the ‘teacher of the world.’” This is not promising for the world. Nearly all the infidelity in religion and the rank rationalism of higher criticism originate in Germany.

Scripture’s Excellence Over Human Learning

It was a great truth which John of Wy-cliffe, “the Morning Star of the Reformation,” grasped and uttered in these words: “There is no subtlety in grammar, neither in logic, nor in any other science that can be named, but it is found in a more excellent degree in the Scriptures.” But the vast majority of the school-men do not know it.