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Signs of the Times, Vol. 3, No. 23.

THE TRANSFIGURATION
Earlier text: Caution to Christians

SECULAR NEWS.

—The potato bugs have re-appeared at Long Island.
—Grant is the only living ex-President of the United States.
—The population of Maine is 16,000 less than it was in 1870.
—Nevada city pays out $425 per day to Chinese employees.
—Seven hundred Bostonians have applied for licenses to sell liquor.
—The Niagara water power property has recently been sold for $71,000.
—An earthquake shock was felt in Paso Robles, on the morning of May 30.
—Sixty families have been rendered utterly destitute by the forest fires of New York.
—An Eastern paper states that a gang of female robbers were recently arrested in Paris.
—The Senate passed a bill appropriating $500,000 toward the completion of the new Capitol.
—The Postal Union will include, after July 1, Japan, Brazil, and the Portuguese colonies.
—The persons who attempted to rob Abraham Lincoln's tomb, will be tried at Springfield, Ill.
—The renegade Indians are causing great uneasiness and trouble in the vicinity of the Apache Pass.
—It is stated that some of Christopher Columbus' letters are still preserved at the bank of Genoa, Italy.
—The Turks are committing brutal outrages on the Island of Creta. The Christians are in a state of terror.
—The additional ports of Ichang, Wuhu, Wenchow and Pakhoi have been opened to foreign trade, by China.
—It is said that farmers are leaving north-western Iowa in great numbers, on account of the grasshopper scourge.
—The foreign trade of this country for March, was as follows: imports $47,544,954; domestic exports, $44,317,596; foreign exports, $816,030.
—Of 535 ships owned in the United States, New York owns 164; Boston, 144; Portland (Me.), 32; Bath, 75; Waldoboro, 30; and New Bedford, 30.
—Six hundred Chinamen have just arrived in the steamer Gaelic. It is stated that they are now coming to this port at the rate of 3000 per month, or 36,000 a year.
—A disastrous conflagration occurred at Montreal, on the morning of May 30. About sixty houses were destroyed rendering many families homeless. The loss is thought to be about $150,000.
—The Chico murderers were sentenced for murder in the second degree—Stainbrook, to twenty-seven years; and the two Slaughters, Conway and Roberts to twenty-five years each in the State Prison.
—The Missouri Senate has passed a bill offering $10,000 reward for the discovery of a sure cure for hog cholera. Such a handsome prize should certainly stimulate the faculties of scientific men, especially those who are practical farmers.
—Sophia, Queen of Holland, died June 3. She was the second daughter of King Willem I, of Wurtemburg. She was distinguished for her scholarly attainments.
—It is stated that the King of Abyssinia has accepted the conditions proposed by Gordon Pasha, and peace has been concluded between Egypt and Abyssinia.
—An Ohio farmer recently planted in good soil 500 kernels of corn that grew on one cob. From these 500 kernels nearly nine bushels of corn were produced, or about 900 ears from one.
—Extensive forest fires have been raging in the State of Michigan, along the shores of lakes Huron and Superior. A telegram from Marquette reports the village of Onata destroyed by fire.
—The Post says Wm. H. Vanderbilt offered to reduce the rent of one of his railroad eating houses from $6,000 per annum to $1,500, if the lessee would give up his bar. The offer was accepted.
—A piece of coral, measuring about twelve inches in height, six inches in diameter at the top, and two inches at the base, was recently taken off a submarine cable which had lain only four years in the sea.
—P. T. Barnum has offered the sum of $10,000 for the recovery of the lost child, Charley Ross. He pledges himself not to attempt to discover the identity of any persons who shall open negotiations with him, nor to take any measures to bring the abductors to punishment.
—The Southern Pacific Railroad Company have purchased from Senator Jones his road and franchises to the Santa Monica and Independence Railroad. The Central Pacific people have now control of the entire railroad business of the State, except the lines in Marin and Sonoma counties.
—Mrs. Larned, widow of the late Prof. Larned of Yale College, recently died. She has bequeathed $26,000 to Yale College, part of the income to be applied to the foundation of three scholarships, each of which may be held three years by a graduate of the college, and the rest to special departments.
—William Dodge, Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, reports, as the result of the investigation of the losses from diseases of swine during the past twelve months, the destruction of four million animals, a money loss of more than $20,000,000, a loss equivalent to one-third of the sum of exports of the pork product last year.
—Considerable damage is said to have been done by the late tidal wave of the Southern Pacific ocean. Six towns on the Peruvian coast were destroyed, and it is thought between six and eight hundred lives were lost. It also greatly damaged shipping and private enterprises. The sea in some places is stated to have risen over sixty feet.
—The Iron says that the Russians have been constructing a torpedo boat, which at a distance of six feet below the surface of the water is calculated to discharge from a submarine cannon a rifled torpedo-shell 12 feet long and 1 foot in diameter with such force against the object to which it is directed that it will go one mile in a straight line under water.
—Five confectioners in Boston have been indicted by the grand jury, and placed under $600 bonds for trial, for manufacturing candy with chromate of lead, a yellow pigment used for coloring purposes, and a dangerous poison. The arrests were made through the efforts of the Board of Health, which shows the benefit of such an institution in looking after the public welfare.
—The longest tunnel of America is to be constructed in connection with the Baltimore water works now in progress. The water is to be brought from the Gunpowder river, a distance of seven miles, the channel for which will be a tunnel, circular in shape, and twelve feet in diameter. Five miles of the distance are through solid rock, and the rest of the way will be bricked. The estimated cost is $3,000,000. About 1,500 men were employed, chiefly negroes, and the work will probably consume three years.
—Ex-President Grant arrived at Liverpool May 28. Adam Badeau, United States Consul-General at London, and Vice-Consul Fairchild, together with several prominent Americans went in a tender to meet the ship. The mayor of Liverpool, with a number of prominent citizens, received Grant at the landing stage on the return of the tender, as he disembarked from the Indiana. Many members of the Liverpool Common Council and a large crowd of citizens received the tender with cheers.

GOOD HEALTH

Waste of Life

It is plain that God designed to sustain man by food, air, water, light, heat, exercise, the protection of clothes and of houses, and by refreshing sleep. Now, as these are all necessities of his nature, he should so use them as to secure the end designed by the Creator in their use. It is the strange perversity of man's evil nature that enables him to turn all God's blessings into curses, or to use the good things which God has given him in such a manner as to make them productive of serious evil. Men should govern their appetites as to the kinds of food, the quantity eaten, the times of eating, etc. If these things alone were regarded, there would be no dyspepsia and very little headache in the world. From the first sin in Eden till the present time, men have been constantly engaged in destroying themselves by what they put into their mouths. They cannot, or rather they will not, be persuaded that there is any importance attached to the government of their appetites. And so they act with reference to all the things which God has made necessary to human life.
If people could realize the value of pure air, and of plentiful sunlight, and of sufficient and suitable exercise, or of keeping within the bounds of moderation where one's employment is severe manual labor, and of wearing such clothing as shall furnish necessary protection to the person, especially to the feet and limbs, and that shall not hinder the free circulation of the blood, and of securing sufficient and refreshing sleep, and would be careful in all these things, they might avoid a very large part of the physical troubles they now suffer, and might save a large measure of vital force which they now prodigally waste.
Perhaps no one item is worthier of attention than that concerning the value of good sleep. We should never lie down to sleep in an irritated, fretful, peevish, or impatient state of mind. Sleep, under such conditions, is not worth half what it was designed of God to be worth to us. It is our duty when we give ourselves up to sleep to do it with serenity, and peacefulness, and trust. This is the way to have sleep that will renew our strength, as God designed that it should be renewed each night for the labor and toil of the day to come.
But how shall we secure this condition for our sleep? Evidently there is but one way for this. We must live each day in this frame of mind from morning till night. This is what Paul means by having the peace of God rule in our hearts. In truth, it is worth as much to our health through the day as it is during the night. It does not follow that we are never to feel pain because of things that go wrong, nor never to take burdens caused by the wrong courses of others, which it may be our work to correct and put away; but all this may be done without fretfulness and peevishness on our part. If we fall into this, we wound our own souls, and we do not thereby benefit others, or in any way contribute toward the removal of the evil.
It is folly to fret over things that we cannot help. No one will deny this. It is also folly to fret over things we can help; for a wiser course would be to attend to the correction of them. And these two classes of things are all that there is for us to fret over. The burdens of life are heavy enough without our adding to them by fretting. No small share of the friction which deranges the vital machine comes directly from fretfulness.
It is our duty, as it is our privilege, to preserve our vital forces. We can do this by regarding the laws of our being. We need not waste our life forces. If we will carefully preserve what we now possess, there are few of us who may not even now secure to ourselves a good measure of health. Let us be true to ourselves, and we shall find that God will co-operate with us by the restorative power he has put within us.—Health Reformer.

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North Pacific Mission.

By I. D. Van Horn

We began meetings in the tent at Dallas, the county seat of Polk Co., Oregon, on Friday evening, May 18. To this date, the 28th, we have given thirteen discourses. The average attendance has been about seventy-five. There are only about one hundred families in the town. The weather has been cold and rainy all the time, making it very disagreeable for people to be out, yet they have attended well.
From the very first, interest has been manifested and is increasing. Yesterday was a good day with us. We held three services in the tent with over one hundred in attendance each time. The people are becoming friendly and many of them much interested.
We hope for good results. We pray daily for the success of the truth. The Lord is giving us the ears of the people, and we want their hearts too. There are four denominations represented in the town. We hope to make the truth so plain that the people will have that high regard for it that they will heartily embrace it.
The cause of truth is gaining strength in this valley, and we hear good reports from Walla Walla. May God bless the efforts made the present season to advance the work, and may good results be seen. I. D. VAN HORN.
Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon, May 28, 1877.

Camp-Meetings for 1877.

CAMP-MEETINGS are located and appointed as follows:—
WISCONSIN, Portage, June 13–19. MISSOURI, Holden, “ 14–19. MINNESOTA, Hutchinson, “ 20–26. INDIANA, Aug. 9–14. OHIO, Newark (probably), “ 10–20. VERMONT, “ 16–21. ILLINOIS, “ 23–28.

California Camp-Meetings.

The California Conference Committee have decided that there should be two camp-meetings in California this year, one in Yountville, Napa Co., to be held from Sept. 13 to 19, and one in Tulare Co., at such point as Bro. Wood and the southern committee shall decide, to be held from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1.
The California State Conference, and T and M. societies could hold their sessions at Yountville in connection with that camp-meeting, and the southern meeting be devoted almost exclusively to religious exercises.
We appoint as the committee of the northern meeting, G. D. Hager, Wm. Harmon and Joseph Dimmick. Next week we will announce the names of the committee for the southern meeting. CAL. CONF. COMMITTEE.

San Francisco and Oakland.

By John Norton Loughborough

The good work is advancing in San Francisco. A spirit of labor for souls is taking possession of the minds of our brethren and sisters; as a result, the influence of the truth is extending, and new ones are inquiring the way. I attended the prayer-meeting at the church in San Francisco last Tuesday evening. Two new ones signed the covenant. The elders report several cases awaiting baptism and admission to the church.
Last Sabbath and First-day were good days to the church in Oakland. The list of members was examined, as in other places, four new members were received by letter, and two by vote of the church. Bro. E. R. Gillett was elected as a second elder of the church. There were three district prayer-meetings organized. A work of visiting interested ones is having its effect here. Some are embracing the truth who will soon unite with us.
The monthly missionary meeting in Oakland last Sunday was the best we have had. Measures were adopted to secure a greater interest in the circulation of the SIGNS. The Oakland and San Francisco churches are adopting the plan of mailing a few copies of the SIGNS to friends, and, after a few numbers, following them with postal cards of inquiry. This will not be without results.
To-day a card was received at the SIGNS Office from a postmaster in a distant State, written to the postmaster in Oakland, stating that he had heard there was a paper called the SIGNS or the TIMES, and requesting him to secure him some sample copies. Such circumstances stir our souls to make efforts to send good sample copies, with prospectus, all through the State. Pray for the success of the work, and as we pray let us do all we can on our part to reach souls with the Lord's truth.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Absurd Speculations.

By John Norton Loughborough

SKEPTICS who are eager to obtain evidence against divine Revelation sometimes resort to strange calculations. One of their claims is, that if all the dead were raised, the entire earth would be covered four or five times. The following which we clip from the San Francisco Morning Call, is going the round of public journals, and is a specimen of this species of wild calculation:—
“It is asserted by scientific writers, says an Irish newspaper, that the number of persons who have existed on our globe since the beginning of time amounts to 66,627,843,237,075,256. These figures, when divided by 3,095,000—the number of square leagues on the globe—leaves 11,320,689,732 square miles of land, which, being divided as before, gives 1,414,626,075 persons to each square mile. If we reduce these miles to square rods, the number will be 1,853,774,900,000, which, divided in like manner, will give 1373 inhabitants to each square rood, and these, being reduced to feet, will give about five persons to each square foot of terra firma. It will thus be perceived that our earth is a vast cemetery. On each rood of 1283 human beings lie buried, each rood being scarcely sufficient for ten graves, with each grave containing 128 persons. The whole surface of the globe, therefore, has been dug over 128 times to bury its dead.”
The above is a bare assertion without furnishing any basis for the calculation. The writer has not told us how many generations have existed since the beginning of time, or how many persons there were to a generation, nor whether he believes the race commenced with two persons, and was diminished, at the time of the flood, to eight.
In the time covered by the historic record of our world since the flood, the earth has probably never had more inhabitants upon it than at present; namely, 1,300,000,000. If we divide the supposed number of inhabitants given above, 66,627,843,237,075,256 by 1,300,000,000, the present number of inhabitants it would give us 51,252,187 generations with as many inhabitants in each generation as we have in the present generation.
Now if we count three generations to a century we would have 17,084,062 years as the time of the earth’s existence. It is undoubtedly the effort of all such wild calculations to prove that the earth has existed a much longer time than the Bible record would show. If we take the Bible record of creation and the existence of man upon earth we shall find the time to be about 6000 years instead of 17,084,062 years, should we take into consideration that the race began with only two, that those in early ages attained to great age and consequently were much longer coming to maturity; so that the generations would be much longer than at the present when men are shorter lived, and that the race was reduced to eight at the time of the flood, it would deduct much from the vast numbers of inhabitants which some contend for.
If we claim the race to be 6000 years old and allow three generations to a century we have only 180 generations from creation to the present time. Now, if, instead of making deductions for the fact of the race commencing with two, and being reduced to eight at the time of the flood, we allow that as many as the present generation pass off the stage every 33 years, we would only have as many inhabitants for the earth as 1,300,000,000 multiplied by 180, which is 234,000,000,000. Now, allowing one square rod for the sepulcher of each, we would have as many square rods for the whole as there are persons above. Now there are in a square mile 102,400 square rods. To furnish a burial place of one square rod each for 234,000,000,000 would require as many square miles as 102,400 is contained in 234,000,000,000, which is 2,285,156 square miles.
The American Encyclopedia for 1876 gives the square miles of the United States as 3,026,494 exclusive of lakes and rivers, so instead of the entire earth’s surface being dug over 128 times to bury its dead they could all be buried in the United States and each have a burial lot one rod wide by about one and one-third rods long, and surely this calculation is liberal enough and is entitled to more credit than one that makes bare assertions with no proof or data of calculation.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Directors’ Meeting.

By James Edson White

At a meeting of the Directors of the Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association, held May 23, 1877, the following business was transacted:—
The resignation of Elder James White as President and member of the Board, was considered, with the reasons for the resignation, namely, absence, and a pressure of other cares.
After remarks from W. C. White, stating that it was Elder White’s intention to ever have the same interest in the prosperity of the Association as if a member of the Board, and that his resignation was intended to throw the burden of care upon those closely connected with the Office, it was unanimously accepted.
By a full vote, Bro. W. N. Glenn was elected as a member of the Board, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Elder White.
Eld. J. N. Loughborough was then unanimously elected President of the Board of Directors.
The resignation of W. C. White as Business Agent of the Association was read and accepted, and W. N. Glenn was elected to fill the vacancy.
The following resolution in regard to the labors of Elder James White was read and adopted by unanimous vote:—
Resolved, That in accepting the resignation of Bro. James White as a member of our Board of Directors, it is a privilege to express anew our high regard for his unselfish zeal manifested in conducting the affairs of the Pacific Press. His noble example of consecration to the work has moved our brethren to lift beyond our most sanguine hopes in the SIGNS enterprise. To Bro. White’s business tact, with the blessing of God, our brethren can ascribe the prosperous state of the publishing house. We know that his withdrawal from the Board of Directors will not separate his interest from the work here, and we hereby invite him to give us such counsel, advice and instruction as in his judgment our young institution may need. Our prayers shall ever follow him in his arduous duties and cares.
Resolutions were adopted expressing appreciation of the labors of W. C. White and M. K. White, after which the meeting adjourned.
J. E. WHITE, Secretary.

Grangeville, Tent No. 2.

Bro. Wood reports, June 2, that the interest is still good. He has just reached the Sabbath question. From forty to sixty are out evenings, and they have meetings every Sabbath with those who came out last winter. The people feel the hard times but they think it will be better after harvest.
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