p. 256 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 32. (8/21/1879)

Earlier text: The Closing Messages of the Gospel

Oakland Vigilant Missionary Society.

By Mrs. H. Tay

Thinking it may be of interest to other Vigilant Societies to learn of the interest in the V. M. Society at this place we give the following: It is now nearly two years since our society was organized, with a membership of thirteen. There has been a gradual increase until at the present time it numbers fifty. Some of these have moved to other places, where the truth has never been preached, and are active workers where they live. In this manner we have corresponding agents in Oregon, British Columbia, England, Australia, besides different portions of this State.

At first our Society took 20 copies of the SIGNS. This number has been gradually increased until we now take 150 copies which are mailed weekly. We also have copies of the Signes de Temps, French, Advent Tidende, Danish, and seventy-five copies of the Stimme der Wahrheit, German. Our correspondents, like other societies, extends wherever these different languages are spoken; we also have sent publications whenever a correspondence has been opened. The following extracts will give some idea of the result of our labor:

A lady in Scotland writes: "I received your letter, and feel thankful to you for being so kind in sending the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. I think it very interesting, and if you find it convenient to send it, we shall be glad to receive it."

A lady from England says: "I received your letter this afternoon requesting to be informed if I have received the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. In reply I beg to say I have, and I return you many thanks for the same. I like it very much. If the post man calls with more, we shall gladly take them in, and I promise you they will be read by our family and friends."

A gentleman writes from Texas: "I have received several copies of the SIGNS, and read them with interest. I have gathered some excellent things from it, and am always glad to get it. Send it for six months, and I will pay you for it."

A lady from Iowa writes: "The Review and Herald has been sent me for over a year, by a friend, also some of your tracts, and by reading these I became satisfied we were keeping the wrong day for the Sabbath; so since the middle of March I have been trying to keep the seventh day according to the commandment. I feel that I have a much firmer hold on the Divine Arm than before I commenced investigating these doctrines. My hope is brighter, my faith much strengthened. I send you a small amount of money and desire you to send the SIGNS to Mrs.—— and Mrs.——."

The two following extracts are from individuals in this State:—

One says: "I have been almost daily searching the truths of God in this blessed Book he has given us, and reading the tracts and papers, comparing them with the Bible. I have commenced to keep God's holy Sabbath, and I believe in the doctrine you advocate. I realize the fact of the nearness we are to the end, and look for the Lord's soon coming to set up his glorious Kingdom. When the proper time comes, I shall be baptized. Your tracts and papers have stirred up the people in this vicinity; they are thinking and talking about it a good deal."

The other says: "I have never seen the SIGNS OF THE TIMES before, but enjoyed reading those you sent me very much. I find their contents very encouraging to a young Christian, and shall send the copies I have to some of my friends, believing it to be an excellent way of spreading the cause of Christ and thus gathering the lambs into the fold."

A gentleman from Australia writes: "Many thanks to you for sending me the SIGNS OF THE TIMES which I read with very great interest. After perusing them, I give them to my friends who also like them. Religion in South Australia appears to be in a lethargic state, and I think it would do our colonists good to have some of your brethren among us."

Another incident of interest: A member of our Society when on a visit to British Columbia obtained the address of a merchant and sent the SIGNS to him for three months, at the expiration of which time he was written to and asked if he would like to become a subscriber; but before this letter reached him his partner in business, who had become interested in the paper, had sent five dollars to the Office for the SIGNS. He writes that about fourteen months after the first subscription he again sent five dollars, but failing to reach the Office he now sends five dollars more.

These letters are but samples of those we are constantly receiving, and we hope they will stimulate others to engage in the work, and with us share the cheering consciousness that we are heeding the command, "Go work in my vineyard." MRS. H. TAY, Sec.

Alum in Bread.

A FEW months ago, Dr. Mott, a well known chemist of New York in the employ of the U. S. Government, in the performance of his duties discovered that the adulteration of baking powders with alum was carried on very largely by various manufacturers, the object being to cheapen the compound. In these cases alum was used in place of cream of tartar, the saving being the difference between three cents, the cost of the alum, and thirty cents, the cost of cream of tartar, per pound. Considerable controversy having grown out of the matter, the city health boards of New York City and Brooklyn took the matter into consideration, and have given it a careful investigation. They find that Dr. Mott's assertions are to be relied upon, and unqualifiedly condemn as pernicious in the extreme, the numerous brands of baking powders which are found to contain alum.

In England and other countries alum has long been used as an adulterant of bread, it being found that its addition enabled the baker to make out of an inferior quality of flour a whiter bread than he could do without it, besides securing a very considerable gain in weight by the retention of a larger quantity of water. The pernicious effects of this adulteration have long been understood, and the most stringent laws have been enacted in England and other countries, prohibiting the use of alum in bread under a severe penalty.

Notwithstanding the attempts of the manufacturers of the cheap powders to prove the contrary, it has been shown conclusively that alum used in baking powders is much more injurious than when used in bread alone, being rendered more active by the chemical combinations with the other constituents of the powders.

We do not approve of the use of baking powders, or of any other chemical preparation for the raising of bread, since most palatable, and by all odds the most wholesome, bread can be made without any such addition; but as baking powders are so very extensively employed, and as we are well aware that thousands of people will continue to use them notwithstanding our protest, we think it our duty to call attention to the wholesale and dangerous adulteration referred to. No doubt there are many thousands of cases of dyspepsia which entail upon the victims an almost infinite amount of suffering, which might be readily traced to the use of these villainous compounds.

Dr. Mott reported that in his investigations he discovered alum in each of the following brands of powders: '' 'Dooley's,' 'Patapsco,' 'Charm,' 'Queen,' 'Vienna,' 'Orient,' 'Amazon,' 'Gillet's,' 'Twin Sisters,' 'Invincible,' 'King,' 'White Lilly,' 'Monarch,' 'One Spoon,' 'Imperial,' 'Honest(?),' 'Economical,' 'Excelsior,' Chartres,' 'Grant,' 'Giant.' ''

We are not prepared to recommend any baking powder, although it is much better to use a genuine baking powder than to employ cream of tartar and soda or salaratus, as many do; but we would heartily recommend all our readers to avoid using any one of the powders named as they value the integrity of their digestive organs. It should be mentioned, also, in this connection, that the cream of tartar sold in bulk in the stores is rarely pure, often being so basely adulterated as to contain very little of the pretended ingredient.—Good Health.

Care of the Teeth.

By Country Gentleman

Rosseau said that no woman with fine teeth could be ugly. The too early loss of the first teeth has an unfavorable influence upon the beauty and duration of the second. The youngest should accordingly be made to take care of them. All that is necessary is to brush them several times a day with a little ordinary soap, or magnesia and water. After eating, the particles of food should be carefully removed from the teeth by means of a tooth pick of quill or wood, but never of metal. Camphorated and acid tooth powders are injurious, both to the enamel and the gums, and if employed, every particle should be removed from the gums by carefully rinsing. The habit which some ladies have of using a bit of lemon, though it may whiten the teeth, and give a temporary firmness and color to the gums, is fatal to the enamel, as are all acids. No one, young or old, should turn their jaws into nut-crackers; and it is even dangerous for women to bite off, as they often do, the ends of thread in sewing. It is not safe to bring very hot food or drink, especially if immediately followed by anything cold, in contact with the teeth.—Country Gentleman.

Guard the Senses

The senses are the gates of the soul, and, therefore they need to be strongly guarded.

Religious News and Notes.

By Editor

—At a grand Catholic drawing at Olathe, Kansas, the purchaser of a one-dollar ticket is entitled to twenty-five masses for the gift. We would take a chromo!

—Prof. Kellogg has replied, in the Bible Banner, to Prof. Pettingell’s strictures on his work on “The Soul and the Resurrection,” to which reply a rejoinder is promised by Mr. Pettingell.

—Bishop O’Connor, of Omaha, who so severely criticised Gen. Grant’s Des Moines speech, has acknowledged that he misunderstood the motive of the speech, and tries to remove the wrong he may have made.

—The Catholic Bishop of Montreal is in difficulties similar to those of Archbishop Purcell. His liabilities are said to be very heavy. He urges his friends to contribute for his relief, promising to pay them in masses. If there were conscience or shame in this system of deception, such things would bring them to sight.

—Bishop Huntington, of the Episcopal church, when advised to raise tobacco on his farm at Hadley, Mass., uttered this rejoinder: “God made this soil to yield something that will nourish man or beast, and without sitting in judgment on my neighbors, I choose to follow the Maker’s plan.”

—The Catholics of Belgium have made an assault upon the excellent school system of that kingdom, and the king has been threatened with death if he ratifies the bill depriving the Catholic clergy of the control of elementary education. Yet that church is permitted to control the schools in American cities.

—English papers severely criticise Mr. Talmage’s manner of address. Referring to the style of a temperance address, a correspondent of the Echo says, it was scarcely necessary for a Doctor of Divinity to come from the other side of the Atlantic to speak in this manner, as there are preachers in the East End, and cabmen all over London, who could do as well, if not better.

—The Christian at Work quotes the texts on capital punishment, including Gen. 9:6, and thinks, if it is inflicted, that it should not be “because of a command issued to a particular nation thirty-four centuries ago.” But all the civil regulations which we possess by revelation were given to that nation, and we query, what “particular nation” did Noah represent when he came out of the ark?

—Noticing the falling away in the membership of the Wesleyans of England, the London Christian says, “But of still graver consequence than the decrease in quantity is the decline in quality. Nor is the Wesleyan body alone in its cause for lamentation in this respect.” The preaching of the present day tells that the world is speedily to be converted, but facts correspond to Matt. 24:12-14; 2 Tim. 3:1-5.

—Dr. Morgan Dix of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, in his “Manual of the Christian Life,” warns the churchmen not to attend the places of worship of the denominations or sects. “Go not at all,” he says, “neither to hear preaching out of curiosity, nor to oblige friends. Keep to The Church alone. You have naught to do with those without the Church but to pray for them and treat them with kindness.”

—The action of the Wooster Presbytery is eliciting much discussion. The truth is, “theology” is being terribly shaken in almost every direction. Dr. Leonard Bacon, in the Independent, says of Mr. Alcott, the charge was, “that, instead of preaching an atonement made for the elect, he preached a propitiation for the sins of the whole world—in other words, that, instead of preaching the Confessions and Catechisms, he was preaching the gospel.”

—The Evangel, in an article on the “Retired List,” says:—There is a class of ministers who, saying nothing against their Christian character, are content to see the world of sinners around them perishing, and for reasons known perhaps only to themselves, neglect to preach to them the word of salvation. If we believed, like a certain society we could name, calling itself a church, that there is no such thing as a special call to the ministry, we might cease to wonder why so many of our preachers have practically laid aside the ministerial harness. Can it be that when God calls, the wrong men sometimes answer?

Family Sabbath-Schools.

By M. C. Israel

There are, doubtless, many families of Sabbath keepers scattered throughout the State, who, on account of their isolated condition, have not the privileges and benefits of the church and Sabbath-school. To these we would say that under such circumstances it is found to be an excellent plan to form family Sabbath-schools. We know of such schools being in operation in the State at the present time, which have proved to be beneficial in the highest degree to these families.

"The new weekly Instructor furnishes dated lessons for every Sabbath, so that the scattered families can all be studying the same lessons that are learned from Sabbath to Sabbath in the schools. Then if they should at any time have opportunity to meet with any school, or any other family, all would have learned the same lesson, and would be prepared to unite in recitation and general exercises.

A family Sabbath-school should begin and close at a definite time, just like any other school. It would be better to have it held in the forenoon, beginning somewhere from nine to half-past ten, and continuing from an hour to an hour and a quarter. The exercises should begin with singing and prayer, and the interest would hold out better if there should be singing once or twice during the exercises, and at the close.

The parents can hear each other recite, and then hear the lessons of the children. In all cases where there are children in the family, the exercises should be adapted to their wants, and so conducted as to give them frequent change. In this way the hour will pass quickly and pleasantly, and the children will soon learn to look forward to their Sabbath-school with fond anticipations.

The general exercises may consist of reviews on former lessons, pointing out important places on the map, etc. The afternoon may be spent in reading, and in learning the lessons for the next Sabbath. Thus the Sabbath, instead of being a long, tedious day, will become a delight."

It is the earnest desire of the State Sabbath-school Association that the families who have not as yet engaged in this great work, will immediately fall into line, form their schools, and report the same to the State Secretary, W. J. Bostwick, Oakland, so that a general report of such schools can be presented at the annual meeting of the Association to be held in connection with the coming camp-meeting. The report should consist of the number of members, mode of conducting exercises, methods used, and any items of interest that may be developed.

M. C. ISRAEL, President.

Camp-Meeting Help.

The Northern California Camp-meeting Committee request those churches who intend to send help to fit up the ground in Healdsburg, to correspond immediately with G. D. Hager, Santa Rosa, that proper arrangements may be made in due season.

Camp-Meetings.

By Editor

THE camp-meeting in Fresno County will be in session by the time another number of our paper reaches its readers. We expect to see all the friends of the cause in that part of the State, and their friends, at that meeting. We all look for a profitable season. There will be no Conference business to occupy the time, but due attention will be given to the interests of the Missionary Societies, and the Sabbath-schools. A Sabbath-school will be held on the ground. Let the children all be there. We hope a Missionary Society meeting will also be held for the special benefit of officers of the societies. Let us meet to work, to worship, to learn our duty, and to receive a blessing from Heaven.

We need not say that the meeting at Healdsburg will be an important one. We trust all the churches in this State realize this. A special effort should be made to attend it, and to bring your friends with you. It will be held in a pleasant grove, affording abundant shade from the sun and heat.

Subjects of vital importance will be presented. The Missionary and Sabbath-school work will receive attention, and every worker in, and every one friendly to, these important causes, should be present. We are highly gratified to be able to state that the cause in this Conference is in such condition that no large call for means will be necessary at this meeting. Let no one stay away with the feeling that he cannot aid the cause by coming. But the wants and the condition of the cause, in the Conference, and the Publishing Association, will be presented to those who are interested to know how matters are prospering. Come, and bring your children, and your friends; and come, praying and expecting that God will meet with us, and give us richly of his Holy Spirit.

At these meetings will be found our publications, and Oxford Bibles, S. S. Teachers' Edition.

It is purposed to spend Sabbath, Sept. 13, as a day of fasting and prayer.

To S. B. Treasurers.

By L. M. Hall

The third quarter of the present year ends with Oct. 1. The S. B. treasurers are requested to collect what money they can for the quarter, and bring the same to the camp-meeting for the proper paying of claims against the conference. L. M. HALL, Conf. Treas.

Conference Delegates.

By George Manuel

WE mail to the S. B. treasurer of each church, blanks for delegates for the coming conference. We send to the S. B. treasurers because we do not possess the addresses of the elders to whom they should properly be sent. The S. B. treasurers will please hand them to the elder or leader who will attend to the election.

In reference to the election of delegates we quote Art. VII, Sec. 1 of the constitution:—

"The delegates to this State meeting shall be elected according to the following ratio: Each church, to the number of twenty members, or under, shall be entitled to one delegate, and one delegate for every additional fifteen members."

Each delegate should be furnished with a certificate signed by the proper officers. Those failing to receive the blanks will please address a card to the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, and they will be sent immediately.

GEO. MANUEL, Conf. Sec.

The Church and the New Sect

"THERE once sprang up within the church of God 'a sect,' which was 'everywhere spoken against,' and that, not by the heathen, but by the church itself. It appealed to the Oracles of God, but the people to whom these Oracles were committed, and especially those who sat in Moses' seat, as their authorized expounders, rejected the appeal, and pronounced the appellants guilty of heresy. Priests and Levites, Scribes and Pharisees, Saducees and Herodians, Doctors and Lawyers, though differing on almost everything else, cordially agreed in condemning the new sect, root and branch. It was a tremendous prima facie presumption against it, no doubt; but the sect was right and the church was wrong, notwithstanding." —Minton.

A Young Woman’s Heroism

The San Diego Union says: San Diego possesses a genuine heroine in the person of a young lady named Miss Lawrence. Last Tuesday a band of wild cattle were being driven through the streets, when one of them singled out a child at play and started for it. The vaquero, who was drunk, tumbled from his horse as he attempted to turn the furious animal. At this moment Miss Lawrence came along, and taking in the situation at a glance, sprang into the vacant saddle, ran down the wild steer, threw her shawl over its head just as it was about to gore the child, and taking advantage of the confusion of the beast, rode up to the child, and without leaving her saddle reached to it and lifted it into her lap, and then carried it off in safety. This was not only a genuine act of heroism, but an exhibition of horsemanship such as few in this section could equal.

Spotted Tail Appeals for Peace

The Indian chief, "Spotted Tail," has addressed a letter to Secretary Schurtz, in which he says: "I want to tell you these last words. I have had enough of the military. I want my people to work. I want no more scouting. I have had my belly full. We want to freight and work the ground. Since we have been here my people have had no whisky. Wherever the military are there is always whisky, and that makes trouble. I want you to come here and stay a month, and see how it is. My friend, this is all I have to tell you." It is a shame to treat such a man as a savage.

China’s Threat to the World

ENGLAND is waking up to the danger from China making naval preparations for war on a vast scale. A London special says: "China, a vast reservoir of human life, kept in by old rotten dykes, will burst its barriers, and the new world will be flooded with Chinese, as the old was swept by the Goths, Vandals, and Huns."

Sweep Before Your Own Door

If every man would sweep before his own door, it would soon make a clean street.

Teachers' Bibles.

By Editor

AFTER a careful examination of many varieties of Bibles, we are satisfied that the Oxford Teachers' Bible presents more advantages than any other we have seen. The print is clear, and the binding substantial. In addition to the authorized text, with references, it contains much that is essential to the study of the Bible, to wit :-

1. Notes on the Old and New Testaments. 2. Index. 3. Concordance. 4. Dictionary of Scriptural Names, with their pronunciation and meaning. 5. Twelve Scripture Maps.

The price has been recently reduced, so that they can be offered even lower than the English Bibles we have previously kept.

Health Publications

The Uses of Water in Health and Disease. Bound, 160 pp., 50c. Paper covers, pp. 136, 25c. The Household Manual. Brief, plain directions for treatment of common sicknesses, etc. Bound, 176 pp. 75c. Plain Facts about Sexual Life. (The Boston Journal, and many other papers, highly recommend this work.) Bound, tinted paper, 360 pp., $1.50. Flexible covers, 260 pp., 75c. The Physical, Moral, and Social Effects of Alcoholic Poison as a Beverage and a Medicine. Paper, 128 pp., 25c. Healthful Cookery. Indispensable to every household. 128 pp., 25c. Proper Diet for Man. Paper, 48 pp., 15c. Evils of Fashionable Dress, and How to Dress Healthfully. 40 pp., 10c. TRACTS. Dyspepsia, its Cause and Cure. 32 pp., 4c. Healthful Clothing. 32 pp., 4c. Startling Facts about Tobacco. 32 pp., 4c. Tea and Coffee. 32 pp., 4c. Wine and the Bible, (showing that the Bible affords no support to the use of intoxicating beverages). 24 pp., 3c. Principles of Health Reform. 16 pp., 2c. Twenty-five Arguments for Tobacco-using Answered. 24 pp., 3c. Pork, (with an engraving of the terrible trichina worm). 16 pp., 2c. The Drunkard's Arguments Answered. 16 pp., 2c. Alcoholic Medication. 16 pp., 2c. Moral and Social Effects of Alcohol. 8 pp., 1c. Causes and Cure of Intemperance. 8 pp., 1c. Alcohol; What is it? 4 pp., ½c. Alcoholic Poison. 4 pp., ½c. True Temperance. 4 pp., ½c.

The whole series of Tracts put up in a neat package, 30c. Discount made to Tract and Temperance societies.

Address— SIGNS OF THE TIMES. OAKLAND, CAL.

Appointments.

Camp-Meetings For 1879.

Canada, (Magog, P. Q.) Aug. 21-26. Illinois, Bloomington, Aug. 27-Sept. 2. Mass., Ballard Vale, Aug. 27 to Sept. 2. California, Fresno City, Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. “ Healdsburg, Sept. 18-23. Maine, Sept. 4-9. Michigan, Vassar, Sept. 4-8. Nebraska, Seward, “ “ Vermont, “ 11-16.

Vacaville.

No providence preventing, I will meet with the friends at Vacaville Sabbath and first-day, August 23 and 24. Meetings commence Friday evening, quarter before eight, and close Monday forenoon. On Sabbath and Sunday, meetings commence at 9, A. M. Elder Stepheus will be with me.

S. N. HASKELL.

TENT-meetings will begin in Rocklin, Cal., August 26.

B. A. STEPHENS.

Oakland, first and third Sabbath, and second and fourth Sunday night, each month. San Francisco, first and third Sunday night, and second and fourth Sabbath, each month.

J. H. WAGGONER.

OAKLAND—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner of Thirteenth and Clay streets, every Sabbath (Saturday) at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Sabbath-school at 9:30 o'clock Sabbath morning.

SAN FRANCISCO—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, on Laguna street, between Tyler and McAllister, every Sabbath (Saturday), at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:30. The Hayes Valley cars of Market street and the Lone Mountain cars of the Central railroad, cross Laguna street near the church.

Business Department.

$2.00 EACH. R D Hicks 6-25, Levi Painter 6-30, David C Barr 6-31, Wm H Semple 6-31, J W Beal 6-31, Mrs Sarah J Anthony 6-31.

$1.50 EACH. Sarah Hansen 6-31, H A Rima 6-31, Isaac Williams 6-31, Hugh Carmichael 6-31.

$1.20 EACH. Helen Smith 6-31, Fanny McLean 6-31, Jane Doyal 6-31, A Grafton 6-31, Matthias Taggart 6-31, Wm A Lynch 6-31, W Jewell 6-31, David Leaming 6-31, John Leal 6-31, Jacob Whistler 6-31, Wm Cruzan 6-31.

MISCELLANEOUS. Helen VanOstran (3 copies) 1.00, 5-42, J E Graham 1.00, 6-6, Aug Jordan 50c 5-43, Sarah J Hale 50c 5-48, Mrs Mary J Clark 1.00, 6-10, Mrs J A Lackey 1.00, 6-6, T H Eichols 1.00, 6-6, Mrs Francis Yerxa 75c 6-6, Mrs Eliza J Carmick 1.00, 6-7, J R W Nichols (2 copies) 3.00, 6-25, Catherine E Heatley (7 copies) 8.40, 6-31, J J Getty (2 copies) 2.40, 6-31, Jacob Dickover 60c 6-6, Thomas Edmondson 60c 6-6, Mrs H English 60c 6-6, D P Whitney (8 copies) 6.00, 6-6, Mrs May Stephens (8 copies) 3.00, 5-43.

CAL. CONFERENCE.

Vacaville church 11.00.

RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT.

Cal T and M Society 12.00.

OAKLAND CHURCH.

O Darling 20.00

BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND TRACTS.

Issued by the S. D. A. Publishing Association and for Sale at this Office.

The Sanctuary and the 2300 days of Daniel 8: 14. By Elder Uriah Smith. This question has developed the people known as the Seventh-day Adventists, and is the pivotal doctrine upon which their applications of prophecy largely depend. 352 pp. $1.00.

Thoughts on Daniel, critical and practical. By Elder Uriah Smith. An exposition of the book of Daniel, verse by verse. 384 pp. 1.00.

Thoughts on Revelation. By Elder Uriah Smith. With notes or remarks on every verse in the book of Revelation. 352 pp. 1.00.

Life of Wm. Miller, with portrait. Interesting sketches of the life and public labors of this pioneer in the Advent movement in this country. 416 pp. 1.00.

The Biblical Institute. A synopsis of the lectures given at the Institute, held at Oakland, Cal., April 1877, covering the main points of our faith. 352 pp. 1.00.

The Nature and Destiny of Man. By Elder Uriah Smith. This work treats on the condition of man in death, and his final destiny. 356 pp. 1.00.

The Spirit of Prophecy; or the great controversy between Christ and his angels and Satan and his angels, in four volumes. By Mrs. E. G. White. These volumes cover the time from the fall of Satan to the destruction of sin and sinners at the close of the one thousand years of Rev. 20. Each 400 pp. Vol. I. Old Testament Facts to Christ. Vol. II. Life and Ministry of Christ. Vol. III. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ, with the Lives of His Apostles. Vol. IV. (In preparation). Each 1.00.

Refutation of the Age to Come. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A most decisive refutation of the view that men may find pardon after the Saviour has closed his work in the Sanctuary above. 168 pp. 20 cts.

The Morality of the Sabbath. By Elder D. M. Canright. A complete refutation of a common objection against the Sabbath. 96 pp. 15 cts.

The Resurrection of the Unjust. A vindication of the doctrine. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 100 pp. 15 cts.

A Word for the Sabbath, or false theories exposed. (POEM.) By Elder Uriah Smith. 60 pp. 15 cts.

Vindication of the True Sabbath. By Elder J. W. Morton, formerly missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, to Hayti. 68 pp. 10 cts.

Sermon on the Two Covenants. By Elder J. N. Andrews. An able argument on an important subject. 48 pp. 10 cts.

The Truth Found. The nature and obligation of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 64 pp. 10 cts.

Christ and the Sabbath; or, Christ in the Old Testament and the Sabbath in the New. By Elder James White. 56 pp. 10 cts.

Redeemer and Redeemed. By Elder James White. This work sets forth the plan of Redemption in its three stages. 40 pp. 10 cts.

Systematic Benevolence. Setting forth the Bible plan of giving for the support of the ministry. 64 pp. 10 cts.

The Atonement. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. An examination of a remedial system in the light of Nature and Revelation. 168 pp. 20 cts.

The Ministration of Angels, and the origin, history, and destiny of Satan. By Elder D. M. Canright. 144 pp. 20 cts.

The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism, By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A thorough exposure of Spiritualism; application of the Scriptures, and copious extracts from a library of Spiritualist publications. 184 pp. 20 cts.

Our Faith and Hope. Sermons on the coming and kingdom of Christ. By Elder James White. 182 pp. 20 cts.

The Spirit of God, its gifts and manifestations to the end of the Christian age. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 144 pp. 15 cts.

The Three Messages of Revelation 14:6--12. Particularly the third angel's message and the two-horned beast. By J. N. Andrews. 144 pp. 15 cts.

The Two Laws, as set forth in both Testaments. By Elder D. M. Canright. 104 pp. 15 cts.

Matthew Twenty-Four. A clear and forcible exposition of our Lord's discourse upon the Mount of Olives. By Elder James White. 64 pp. 10 cts.

The Sunday Seventh-Day Examined. A refutation of the teachings of Mede, Jennings, Akers, and Fuller. By Elder J. N. Andrews. 88 pp. 10 cts.

The Seven Trumpets. An exposition of the subject, as set forth in the eighth and ninth chapters of the Revelation. 96 pp. 10 cts.

The History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week. J. N. Andrews. 528 pp. $1.00.

Dictionary of the Bible. $1.75, post paid.

Four-cent Tracts: The Second Advent--The Seventh Part of Time--Celestial Railroad--Samuel and the Witch of Endor--The Ten Commandments not Abolished--Address to the Baptists--Present Truth--The Sufferings of Christ--The Two Thrones--The Third Message of Rev. 14--Spiritualism a Satanic Delusion--Redemption--Systematic Benevolence--The Two Covenants--Origin and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists--Milton on the State of the Dead--The Rejected Ordinance.

Three-cent Tracts: Much in Little--The Lost Time Question--Argument on Sabbath--Infidel Cavils Considered--The End of the Wicked--Scripture References--Who Changed the Sabbath?--The Second Message of Rev. 14.

Two-cent Tracts: Christ in the Old Testament--The Sabbath in the New Testament--The Old Moral Code of Ten Commandments not Refused--Definite Seventh Day--Seven Reasons for Sunday Keeping Examined--Elijah on the Sabbath--The Rich Man and Lazarus--The Sanctuary of the Bible--The Millennium--Departing and Being With Christ--Fundamental Principles of S. D. Adventists--The Judgment; or the Waymarks of Daniel to the Holy City--The Two Laws--Spirit of Prophecy--One Hundred Bible Facts--The Law and the Gospel--God's Memorial--The Sabbath, the Day--First Message of Rev. 14.

One-cent Tracts: Appeal on Immortality--Thoughts for the Candid--Nahum's Chariots--The Perfection of the Ten Commandments--Coming of the Lord--Without Excuse--Which Day Do You Keep, and Why?--Geology and the Bible--The Sleep of the Dead--The Sinner's Fate--Can We Know?--Is the End Near?--A Dialogue--Brief Thoughts on Immortality--The Christian Sabbath--Why Not Found Out Before?--100 Bible Facts

Address-- THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, OAKLAND, CAL.

Regular Appointments Omitted During Camp-Meetings

By Editor

The friends will bear in mind that our regular appointments for Oakland and San Francisco will be omitted during the holding of the camp-meetings, as it will be necessary that we attend them.