The poet or priest who told us this
Served mankind in the holiest way;
For it lit up the earth with the star of bliss
That beacons the soul with cheerful ray.
Too often we wander despairing and blind,
Breathing our useless murmurs aloud;
But 'tis kinder to bid us seek and find
"A silver lining to every cloud."
May we not walk in the dingle ground
Where nothing but Autumn's dead leaves are seen;
But search beneath them, and peeping around
Are the young spring tufts of blue and green.
'Tis a beautiful eye that ever perceives
The presence of God in Mortality's crowd,
'Tis a saving creed that thinks and believes
"There's a silvery lining to every cloud."
Let us look closely before we condemn
Bushes that bear no bloom nor fruit,
There may not be beauty in leaves or stem,
But virtue may dwell far down at the root.
And let us beware how we utterly spurn
Brothers that seem all cold and proud,
If their bosoms were open'd, perchance we might learn
"There's a silver lining to every cloud."
Let us not cast out Mercy and Truth,
When guilt is before us in chains and shame,
When passion and vice have cankered youth,
And Age lives on with a branded name;
Something of good may still be there,
Though its voice may never be heard aloud,
For, while black with the vapors of pestilent air,
"There's a silver lining to every cloud."
Sad are the sorrows that oftentimes come,
Heavy, and dull, and blighting and chill,
Shutting the light from our heart and our home,
Marring our hopes and defying our will;
But let us not sink beneath the woe,
'Tis well perchance we are tried and bowed,
For be sure, though we may not oft see it below,
"There's a silver lining to every cloud."
And when stern Death, with skeleton hand,
Has snatched the flower that grew in our breast,
Do we not think of a fairer land,
Where the lost are found, and the weary at rest?
Oh the hope of the unknown future springs,
In its purest strength o'er the coffin and shroud.
The shadow is dense, but Faith's spirit-voice sings
"There's a silver lining to every cloud."
The Sweetness of Courtesy
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
Satan’s Work to Deceive
SATAN has been making the most of his time, in perfecting himself in his work to deceive and destroy. He has the experience of thousands of years, and he has been energetic in devising ways and means to perfect his rebellion against God, and to lead the world to disregard his laws. God’s Spirit still strives with man, but how few are ready to acknowledge and obey his law.
What Constitutes Success.
The young man who thinks he can carry his boyish pranks into the serious business of life is not a man, and defrauds himself and his employer. "After work, play." That should satisfy the most sanguine. "Business before pleasure" is the motto of the prudent man whose guide is experience, and it is sufficient for the novitiate in active life.
But it is despicable to see the young man just starting in life so wedded to his former enjoyments as to place them above present duties. Yet this is often the case. The young man, who, to steer his own bark, launches forth on the sea of life, too often looks back on the pleasures he leaves behind, and, forgetful of present duties, steers back to past enjoyments.
There is no royal road to success any more than to knowledge. He who would succeed must work; and after all there is more real enjoyment in work, which has a worthy object, than in play or pleasure intended to kill time. We remarked a few days ago to a business man whose present means are amply sufficient, but who worked really harder than any of his numerous employés, that he ought to "take it easy." Said he: "I am never so happy as when I have more than I can do. I may wear out in working, but I dread to rust out in idling." He was right. His work was a part of himself, a part of his life, and it was always faithfully done. To apprentices especially, this earnestness and interest in their work is necessary if success is ever to be attained.—Sel.
The Tearful Bride.
"At the marriage of King Alfonso of Spain the music was a notable feature, Lucea, Tamberlik, Faure and Gayarre singing in the choir. The crown, which the new queen is to wear, is composed of nearly five thousand diamonds, besides other precious stones. The bridegroom wore a bright and joyful look, while the bride was pale, and her dark eyes were moistened with tears."
Whether they were tears of joy or sorrow we are not told; but in this world of ours, where the causes of grief are so numerous, it would not be surprising if they were the latter. A costly crown cannot cure every heart-ache, nor music always drown the throbbings of a sorrowful soul. Queen Mercedes is probably not the first bride that has felt tearful by the side of a kingly bridegroom.
But there is one bride who shall know no sorrow on the day of her nuptials—the bride of Christ. Her marriage will take place "in the morning;" and with the passing night and fleeing shadows her tears shall forever disappear. Ps. 30:5. Raised from the bed of death, robed in righteousness and immortality, amidst the music of the heavenly hosts, she will take her place by the side of Him who loved her and gave himself for her. No star-gemmed crown of earth can compare with hers in that day.
Every one who reads these lines may form a part of that august body, called by the eternal Spirit, "the bride, the Lamb's wife." The invitations have been sent out—the wedding call has been given: "All things are now ready; come unto the marriage." Matt. 22:1-14; John 3:16; Rev. 22:17. What answer will you give? "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. 6:2.—Herald.
Why I Became a Teetotaler.
By Rev. Dr. Guthrie
"I WAS first led to form a high opinion of the house of temperance by the bearing of an Irishman. In the year 1841, I had left Ornagh on a bitter, biting, blasting day, with lashing rain, and had to travel across a cold country to Cookstone. By the time we reached a small inn we were soaking with water outside, and as these were the days, not of tea and toast, but of toddy-drinking, we thought the best way was to soak with whiskey on the inside. Accordingly we rushed into the inn, ordered warm water, and got our tumblers of toddy. Out of kindness to the car-driver, we called him in; he was not very well clothed—indeed, he rather belonged in this respect to the order of my ragged school in Edinburgh. He was very wet, and we offered him a drink of toddy. But the car driver was not to be tempted. He would not taste it. 'Why?' we asked, 'what objection have you?' Said he, 'Please your rev'rence, I am a teetotaler, and I won't taste a drop of it.' Well, that stuck in my throat, and it went to my heart; and (in another sense than drink, though!) to my head. Here was an humble, uncultivated, uneducated Roman Catholic carman; and I said, if that man can deny himself this indulgence, why not I, a Christian minister? I remembered that; and I have ever remembered it to the honor of Ireland. I have often told the story, and thought of the example set by that poor Irishman for our people to follow. I carried home the remembrance of it with me to Edinburgh. That circumstance, along with the scenes in which I was called to labor daily for years, made me a teetotaler."
The occasion on which he openly showed and owned himself a total abstainer was in the year 1844 at a dinner party. He says:—
"I had become convinced that my power to do good among the lapsed classes lay in standing out before them as one who, in following Christ and for their sakes, was ready to take up his cross daily, and deny himself. If I was to prevail on them to give up the whisky, I myself must give up the wine. I had known so many instances of the sons of ministers, and of Edinburgh ministers going to the bad; and I had seen so many of my old divinity Hall acquaintances placed at the bar of the General Assembly, and deposed for drunkenness, and other crimes which it leads to, that, with an eye both to the good of my family and of my parishioners, I resolved to stand out before the public as a total abstainer, and to bring up my children in the habits of that brotherhood and sisterhood."
"I well remember yet, the day and place when I roused up my courage to the deciding point. From how great a load of anxiety and care in respect of the future of my children it relieved my mind! But I confess I felt it hard to have my principles put to so severe a strain before they had time to acquire fibre and firmness, as they had to stand at Mr. Maitland's dinner table. Lord Jeffrey, Lord Cockburn, with their wives and others of the elite of Edinburgh literary and legal society, were there—people who might have heard of teetotalers, but certainly had never seen one before, and some of whom probably never dreamed of denying themselves any indulgence whatever for the sake of others, far less for the wretched and degraded creatures who haunted the Cowgate and Grass-market. But to my principles I was resolved to stand, cost what it might. So I passed the wine to my neighbor, without its paying tax or toll to me, which attracted our host's attention, who, to satisfy himself that I was not sick, called for an explanation. This I gave modestly, but without any shamefacedness."
"The company could hardly conceal their astonishment; and when Jeffrey, who sat opposite to me, found that in this matter I was living, not for myself but for others—denying myself the use of luxuries in which all around were indulging, and to which I had been accustomed, and which had thus far done me no real apparent harm, that I might by my example reclaim the vicious and raise the fallen, and restore peace and plenty to wretched homes—that generous hearted, noble-minded man could not conceal his sympathy and admiration. He did not speak, but his look was not to be mistaken, and though kind and courteous before my apology, he was ten times more so after it."
"This was to me a great encouragement to persevere in the line which I had entered and which I continued to follow for twenty years. Independent of the good it did my family and others, it was a great personal advantage to myself. It made my health better, my head clearer, my spirits lighter and my purse heavier. I feel sure that all parents, though they themselves might not be able to shake off their habits (a very easy thing, after all, to one who has not become the slave of drunkenness) if they but knew the load taken from my mind when I first resolved to bring up my family in total abstinence, would rear their children in the total disuse of all such dangerous stimulants." -Rev. Dr. Guthrie.
SECULAR NEWS.
—A new volcano has been discovered in Patagonia.
—Mexico's only railway earned $2,000,000 last year.
—Chicago will have to pay $39,000 for last July's labor riots.
—Forty locomotives are about to be shipped from Philadelphia to Russia.
—Bayard Taylor is cordially received as United States minister to Germany.
—Cattle in Ventura county are dying from over-feeding on the rank growth of grass.
—According to the Los Angeles Herald, California is now producing 200 barrels of petroleum, worth $800, daily.
—This is the first winter in seventeen years when there has been so little snow on the Blue mountains of eastern Oregon.
—Last month the four ports of New York, Boston, Baltimore and Portland sent $11,170,650 worth of provisions to Europe.
—The Chinese have petitioned the Legislature to have their children, numbering, they say, 3,000, admitted to the public schools.
—A correspondent of the Napa Register writes: "There is something wrong with old Mount St. Helena. Sunday and Monday night, March, 17, 18, she sent forth ominous sounds resembling the noise that might be occasioned by the fall of a twenty ton rock down some deep cavity in the mountain."
—March 24, the Admiral commander at Portsmouth telegraphed the following particulars received from the Coast Guard at Ventnor: "The Eurydice capsized off Dunnose Head at half-past four this afternoon in a sudden squall. One boy and a seaman were saved." Other advices indicate that over three hundred lives were lost.
—An exchange says: "The people of Pennsylvania are, in part, paying the penalty of the summer labor riots. The Legislature has appropriated $710,000 for the payment of the military, and millions are to follow to pay for the property destroyed. Productive industry is saddled with the entire burden."
—The sugar refiners and importers are having a contest before the Committee on Ways and Means. The importers charge that the refiners, by various processes of adulteration and coloring, manage to exclude pure raw sugars from the market. They ask that a uniform duty of two and a half cents per pound be imposed on all sugars.—Buffalo Express.
—It is reported that the city of Washington is full of half-starved idlers. The men are driven into crime, and the courts are crowded with criminal business; the women are driven to begging, so that the city this winter is a vast colony of indigent people, and in a population of about 100,000, nearly ten per cent are without employment and without means.
—The great hotel for women who live by labor, which was begun by A. T. Stewart, and has been completed by Mrs. Stewart and Judge Hilton, is almost ready for guests. All the arrangements for the opening reception are on the most liberal scale, and the occupants of the house will have all the comforts and many of the luxuries of the best hotels of the city.
—A Navy Department circular announces the working hours in Navy Yards and shore stations to be: From March 21 to September 21 from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M.; from September 22 to March 20 from 7:45 A. M. to 4:30 P. M., with the usual hour for dinner. The Department will contract for labor, mechanics, foremen, leadingmen and laborers on the basis of eight hours a day, and workmen laboring ten hours receive a proportionate increase of wages.
—An Eastern paper says: "The ice is moving at Albany; the Hudson open at Poughkeepsie. The signs of the spring time are fairly upon us, and this after a winter remarkable for the tardiness of its beginning and the moderation of its continuance. Unless all signs fail, we shall have an early spring. There has not been much snow on the ground; but, on the other hand, neither have we had the usual extremes of cold weather."
—March 23, a meeting of cotton operatives was held at Blackburn, England. Two thousand were present, besides delegates from the manufacturing towns and villages of North and West Lancashire. Resolutions were carried unanimously regretting the action of employers in proposing 10 per cent reduction, pledging the workingmen not to accept a rate of wages equal to that in towns where reductions had been recently accepted, and declaring that if the employers persist the workmen will resist to the utmost any reduction in working hours.
—March 23, the steamer Magenta blew up opposite Scarborough on the Hudson river. She left Haverstraw at twenty minutes of 7, landed at Sing Sing, took aboard a large number of passengers and started on her way to New York at ten minutes past 7. She had steamed out into the stream a distance of about two miles, when the passengers were startled by a terrible explosion. A scene of wildest terror followed, and when the steam cleared away there were seen lying in the forward cabin, near the stove, directly in front of the engine-room, the bodies of a dozen men. The steam on the floor still created a light vapor, and the surrounding woodwork was dripping from its nearness to the exploded pipe. Two persons were dead, eight badly and two fatally scalded. The Alexis was lying at Rockland Lake, and, seeing the Magenta enveloped in flames, started off at once, and in a short time had come up to her. The wounded were at once transferred to her and the dead to the Thomas P. Way, which had just come up, and by the latter conveyed to Sing Sing.
Deceived by Himself
No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.
Peace in Cuba.
The sudden and surprising end of the Cuban rebellion by methods of conciliation and the voluntary surrender of the insurgent forces which Spain has been vainly attempting for nearly ten years to subdue by arms is an event of great interest to Cuba, to Spain and to the United States, and an event which will attract more or less attention throughout the civilized world. The long period through which this stubborn insurrection has extended has been one of the most remarkable and changeful eras in the history of Spain. The Cuban revolt broke out soon after the flight of Queen Isabella, in 1868, the insurgents having hoped to profit by the crippling disturbances in Spain. If ever a colonial revolt was favored by the troubled and distracted condition of the mother country the Cuban revolt was so favored beyond all former examples. Within its first seven years Spain passed in rapid and almost bewildering succession from a provincial government under Serrano and Prim to a new monarchy under Amadeus; from the stormy reign and early abdication of Amadeus to the Republic, first under Margall, then under Salmern, then under Castelar—these three unsuccessful presidents following one another within a period of three months, and Castelar himself remaining in office only four months, when a new ministry was formed under the presidency of Serrano; from that fitful Republic back again to monarchy under the present king, Alfonso.—N. Y. Herald.
Silent Men.
Washington never made a speech. In the zenith of his fame he once attempted it, failed, and gave it up confused and abashed. In framing the constitution of the United States, the labor was almost wholly performed in a committee of the whole, of which George Washington was the chairman, but he made only two speeches during the convention, which was of a very few words each. The convention, however, acknowledged the master spirit, and historians affirm that, had it not been for his personal popularity, and the thirty words of his first speech, pronouncing it the best that could be united upon, the constitution would have been rejected by the people. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. He couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose executive ability is almost without a parallel, said his greatest trouble was in finding men of deeds rather than of words.—Sel.
Sadly True.
The average young woman expends enough inventive power, enough financial shrewdness, enough close foresight, enough pertubation of spirit, enough presence of mind, enough anguish of regret upon one season's outfit—I had almost said upon one single street suit—to make an excellent bank cashier or a comfortable graduate of a theological seminary.
If you doubt the truth of the statement, just take in for yourself, with the critic's eye, the first young girl you may meet down town. How fearfully and wonderfully made! How do you suppose those bias folds, and double box-plaits, and fluted ruffles, and corded bands, and shirred waists, and paniered skirts, and bowed, and flounced, and tied, and spangled, and fringed, and folded, and dotted, and hunched, and bunched, and horrible mysteries got together.
There was maneuvering enough expended upon the dressmaker to have elected a representative, and concentration of mind upon the seamstress enough to have withstood a Wall street panic, and headache enough put into the sewing-machine to have mastered "Porter's Human Intellect." And now it requires care enough to keep herself together to save a soul.
That few pure-minded women know or think, in donning the latest modes, that they have sprung from corrupt ingenuity of Parisian harlots only makes the matter worse. Good women ought to think. It is their duty to see, not to ignore, to exile, not to overlook an immodest style. The mischief and misery will never be remedied till they do. Bad women think, meanwhile, and society responds to the thinker, irrespective of moral quality.—Independent.
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
By Editor
—A majority of the people of Louisiana are Catholics.
—The aggregate old Catholic population of Europe is estimated at 150,000, with about 140 priests.
—Of the 3,500,000 Canadians who are members of churches 1,500,000, it is estimated, are Roman Catholics.
—The Carthusian monks have founded a new monastery near London, the buildings of which are to cover nine acres.
—There have been built by the M. E. Church in the past ten years, 4,978 new churches, at a cost of $30,000,000.
—The Lutherans have 75,000 members in Minnesota, and are said to exceed any other denomination in numbers in that State.
—It is stated that the pope has intimated his desire that pilgrim's abstain from any special allusion to politics in addresses to him.
—The use of instrumental music in public worship is being discussed by the Presbyterians of Ireland. The question will come up in the next General Assembly.
—Arrangements are all completed for building the finest Methodist church on the Hudson at Sing Sing. Estimated cost, $58,000. It will be built of white marble.
—Of three hundred and six religious publications in this country, sixty are Baptists, fifty-four Methodists, thirty Presbyterian, twenty-nine Lutheran, twenty-six Episcopal, and sixteen Congregational.
—The Rev. John Ross left Scotland for missionary labor in South Africa fifty years ago and has prosecuted his work without returning to his native land ever since. He has two sons also missionaries.
—Four black missionaries are preparing to leave the Fisk University for Africa. The Southern colored colleges generally are awakening to the importance of endeavoring to Christianize that great undeveloped country.
—In Kentucky 75,000 have signed the pledge. Nearly half a million have signed in Ohio. The city of Cleveland has 40,000 and Columbus over 16,000. In Wilmington, Del., over 13,000 signatures have been obtained, and in Chicago, 15,000.
—The Free-will Baptists of the United States report in their Register for 1878, forty yearly meetings, 165 quarterly meetings, 1,343 churches, 1,188 ordained preachers, and 75,826 communicants. Maine has the largest number of churches, 280, and New Hampshire comes next, with 118.
—An exchange says: "The savages in Africa have a queer method of praying. The wizard or priest writes with a piece of chalk a prayer on a piece of board, and the patient carefully washes it off and swallows the water, chalk and prayer, in the firm belief that he would get rid of his disease."
—Rev. Arthur P. Adams, Beverly, Mass., has been suspended from the Methodist ministry for holding and teaching that Christ's second coming is near at hand, and that not until after the resurrection occurs can the redemptive scheme of Christ be complete. Refusing to refrain from promulgating this view, he was suspened until the meeting of the spring Conference of 1878.
Oakland.
By John Norton Loughborough
The past week I have spent in Oakland. I am glad to see those newly in the truth so earnest in the work and making progress. The prayer and social meetings, both the Tuesday evening and the three district meetings on Friday evening, were full of interest, and the time was well filled with spirited testimonies. The Sabbath-school and Bible-class is filling up with new recruits. The discourses of both Sabbath and Sunday evening were listened to by good audiences, and the Lord gave freedom to the word spoken, some who have not yet signed the covenant express determination to soon take their stand with us.
The Oakland Vigilant Missionary society has some good accessions to their corps of workers, and this society is doing effective work in spreading the truth by scattering our periodicals all over the world. Already they see valuable fruit as the result of their efforts. Some have commenced the observance of the Sabbath, and others are investigating and express the greatest thankfulness for the efforts of the V. M. society in sending the truth to them, by means of the periodicals and tracts. To give our readers some idea of the practical workings of the society, I copy, by permission of the Secretary, the report of their last meeting:—
"The Oakland V. M. society met at the appointed hour, Sunday evening, March 24. Meeting opened with prayer. Report of the previous meeting was read and accepted. The names of those who were appointed to write letters to different persons were then read, and nearly all had performed the work assigned them. Some very interesting letters were read, which had been received the past week in reply to letters sent out by the society. One was read from a person in Denmark, to whom several copies of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES had been sent. In this letter the greatest gratitude was expressed for the papers sent, and a request made to have reading matter in the Danish language, which will be furnished immediately. The names of thirty-six persons were then handed in to be written to during the coming week, and this labor was apportioned out to fifteen of the members.
"Reference was made to the plan which has been followed in the East, of sending papers to foreign countries, and to the Southern States, where our publications have not been distributed. It was suggested that we adopt the same plan here as far as possible.
"It was ascertained that one sister had friends in South America. She was appointed to write to these friends for names of persons of candor to whom a few copies of the SIGNS might be sent on trial. Members of the society were appointed to write to the States of Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia; to Denmark, to British Columbia and to England, for names and addresses. Donations for the workings of the society were passed in, and the meeting adjourned."
The V. M. society of the Oakland church commenced its operations about six months ago with a club of twenty SIGNS weekly. Calls for reading matter have increased till they are now using a club of one hundred copies of the SIGNS weekly, and I am informed by the president of the society that they will soon have to double this number and use two hundred copies weekly as the labor increases on their hands and their force of laborers increase. Although this makes work for this working church, and calls for sacrifice of time and means on their part, the fruits are already apparent and the prospects of the "well done" leads them to say, "'Tis sweet to work for Jesus, There's resting by-and-by."
No Paper Next Week.
By Editor
According to our custom, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the P. S. D. A. Publishing Association, the publication of the SIGNS will be omitted next week.
Two Sundays or One.
By James White
The Methodist minister of this city has been evidently disturbed by the lectures of Elder Healey which has resulted in nearly two score signing the covenant to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. He announced that he would speak to his people on the Sabbath question, subject, Two Sundays or One.
In this he departs entirely from Scripture terms as Sunday cannot be found any where in the sacred Scriptures. This form of expression seems to be akin to the oft repeated inquiry put forth in ignorance not only of our practice but of the Scriptures. "Why do you keep Saturday for Sunday?" If these people would study the fourth commandment which says, The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, their difficulties would all be explained, and they if they had a heart in them to follow truth and duty would find themselves in harmony with the divine precept. J. W.
Sanitarium Stockholders’ Meeting
By Editor
The meeting of stockholders of the Sanitarium, lately held in Battle Creek, Mich., was eminently successful in accomplishing all that was desired. A larger number of shares were represented by holders of shares and certificates of proxy than at any previous meeting; more than 1,000 votes being cast. The formal opening of the new Sanitarium building will take place Thursday, April 4, 1878.
Quarterly Meetings.
By John Norton Loughborough
The church quarterly meetings of each of the individual churches of California will be held on the first Sabbath and first-day in April, the 6th and 7th. On the Sabbath the clerk will read the list of names of all the members, and each member present is expected to respond with a testimony as to their standing when their names are called. All absent members should report in writing to these meetings. Where the churches have an ordained elder, or where one of our ministers is present the church will attend the ordinances on this quarterly meeting occasion.
On the evening after the Sabbath, or on Sunday, April 7, members of our societies should promptly pay their s. B. and T. and M. pledges for the quarter. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Spirit of Prophecy, Volume 3.
By Geo. I. Butler
One more precious treasure has been committed to the care of our people in this excellent book. I have just closed its perusal, with feelings of thankfulness to God for enabling his servant to write it. It is a fitting complement to Vols. 1 and 2 of the series; and I know not how I could give it higher praise. What precious light it sheds upon the close of our Saviour's life. How vividly his heavenly love is made to appear. What purity in every word and act. How graciously merciful, and compassionate to the poor, the erring, and the sinful. Oh for a measure of this love to warm our hearts. This book to me is a source of great blessing; and if I have a friend over whom I have a particle of influence, who may chance to read these lines, I advise, nay, urge you to read this book, and ponder it well. It will do you good, give you higher, clearer conceptions of the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. May God bless this book to the good of many.
Geo. I. Butler.
Gilroy and San Jose.
By William M. Healey
According to appointment, we visited the little company of Sabbath-keepers in these places. It has never been our fortune to visit them before. On arriving at Gilroy we were met by a blind brother who kindly offered to see us around. We found him a competent guide, although totally blind, as he can find any place he wishes to, in the town, walks quite rapidly without a cane, and remembers all the dangerous places in the sidewalks. We preached three times at this place. The first evening quite a number of outsiders were present. The following evenings were so rainy we hardly expected any one to attend, but each evening about twenty came together to hear the word. As we saw our blind brother, an aged sister who is afflicted with the asthma, and one brother who has but one leg, and knew that each had walked considerable distance in the pouring rain, we thought of some strong, able-bodied persons who often get too tired to attend church, especially if it is stormy.
At San Jose we spent Sabbath and Sunday, preaching five times. Here we encountered another rain, which greatly hindered persons attending the meetings. But we always had some present, and hope good was done. In this place there are a few earnest souls. We see no reason why in both of these places, others may not be brought out upon the truth, if our people live and work properly, till a competent minister can be spared to labor among them. May God help them to do what they can, and not be lukewarm in the cause.
March 25, 1878. W. M. HEALEY.
State Quarterly Meeting.
By John Norton Loughborough
The third State quarterly meeting of the California T. and M. society for this year will be held in Oakland, Sabbath and First-day, April 20 and 21, 1878. Time is short, and our golden opportunities for labor are rapidly passing by. Plans should be laid for a more effective and thorough work this summer than ever before. We call especially for all directors to attend this State quarterly meeting. Come, in the name of the Lord, with an ardent desire to take hold of the work in earnest. Come, praying the Lord to guide in the work.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, President.
District Quarterly Meetings.
By John Norton Loughborough
The quarterly meetings of the eight districts of California will all be held Sabbath and first-day, April 13 and 14, as follows :—
DISTRICT No. 1, at Santa Rosa.
DISTRICT No. 2, at Fairview, Fresno Co.
DISTRICT No. 3, at Napa, Napa Co.
DISTRICT No. 4, at San Pasqual, San Diego Co.
DISTRICT No. 5, at Woodland, Yolo Co.
DISTRICT No. 6, at Red Bluff, Tehama Co.
DISTRICT No. 7, at Oakland.
DISTRICT No. 8, at San Francisco.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Stockholders' Meeting.
By James Edson White
PURSUANT to Article 6, Section 2, of the By-Laws of the Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association, the third annual meeting of the stockholders of said association will be held at the Pacific Press Office, 1059 Castro street, Oakland, Tuesday, April 2, 1878, at 10 o'clock A. M., for the purpose of electing a board of five directors, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting.
By order of the President.
J. E. WHITE, Secretary.
Certificates and Proxies.
By James Edson White
IN order to hold an election April 2, it will be necessary to have a majority of all the stock represented. It is hoped that all who do not expect to attend the meeting themselves, will empower some one who will attend to represent their stock in said meeting.
J. E. WHITE, Secretary.
APPOINTMENTS.
OAKLAND—Services at the new church, on the corner of Thirteenth and Clay streets, every Sabbath (Saturday) at 10:30 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 house of worship, on Laguna street, between Tyler and McAllister, every Sabbath (Saturday), at 11 A. M., and first-day evening at 7:45. Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:45. The Hayes Valley cars of Market street and the Lone Mountain cars of the Central R. R. cross Laguna street near the church.
Preaching at Oakland
By Editor
There will be preaching at Oakland, Sabbath, March 30, at 10:30 A. M., and Sunday evening, March 31, at 7:30. Brother and Sister White are expected at these meetings.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
By Editor
"Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully," (margin, negligently.) Jer. 48:10.
Received for the Signs.
$2.00 EACH. S Vincent 5-1, Joseph Linton 5-13, F Kingsley 4-23, J Hendershot 4-40, S N Walsworth 5-13, Lorenzo Woodward 5-7, B L Whitney 4-27.
$1.50. Franklin Boggs 5-13, Damos Noland 5-13, Dr Jesse Moreton 5-30, L R Babcock 5-11, Mrs Catharine Hammond 5-13, Mrs Wm Beddoe 5-13, James Eddy 5-13, Mrs L McQueen 5-13, Jos Shraffler 5-13, E F Butler 5-13, A E Marvin (8 copies) 3-31, F H Chapman (8 copies) 3-29, F J Babcock 5-13, Geo Genett 5-13, L B Kendall 5-13, M K Edwards 5-13, James Davis 5-13, Loisa Libby 5-13, Mrs A M Newcomb 5-13, Zerah Brooks 5-13, Mrs Margaret Webber 5-13, John Graves 5-13, Joseph Morris 5-13, C W Street 5-13, James Dalziel 5-7, Mrs G W Stickney 5-13, Isaac McCormick 5-9, B F Baum 5-13, Alta Sutton 5-7, Henry T Slingerland 5-13, Geo Egglefield 5-13, Moses A Sartwell 5-13, Garland Hastings 5-13, R Herrington 5-13, M S Merrick 5-13, Mrs N H Harding 5-13.
75 CTS EACH. Mrs Sarah E Bates 4-37, Jas E N Backus 4-37, W B Avery 4-37, Rebecca Clark 4-37, Millard L Smith 4-37, Geo Delong 4-37, Libbie Wilson 4-37, Wm Hoyt 4-37, D D Babcock 4-37, D McCutcheon 4-37.
MISCELLANEOUS. E H Root $1.00 4-30, Mrs Frances Austin (2 copies) 3.00 5-13, Mrs M K Hunter (6 copies) 9.00 5-13, A M Mann (12 copies) 18.00 5-13, J N Aldrich (10 copies) 15.00 5-11, E C Slawson (3 copies) 4.50 5-13, James R Logan 1.00 4-37, Mrs R Briton (4 copies) 6.00 5-13, Cynthia M Shulters 1.00 4-26, Miss Vita Morrow (8 copies) 12.00 5-13, J M Galimore (4 copies) 5.00 5-13, Dr Chas L Ives 1.00 4-37, Mrs J Webber (8 copies) 12.00 5-9, A G Bedee (2 copies) 3.00 5-6, Jesse S Harris (3 copies) 4.50 5-13, W H Hall (2 copies) 3.00 5-3, Mrs Nettie A Walker (6 copies) 9.00 5-13, W H Eggleston (4 copies) 6.00 5-13, Wm Lucas (4 copies) 6.00 5-13, G W Eggleston (2 copies) 3.00 5-13, G Newcomb (2 copies) 3.00 5-13, S A McPherson (3 copies) 4.50 5-13, L M Griggs (3 copies) 2.25 4-42, Samuel Fulton (5 copies) 3.75 4-37, C Van Horn (2 copies) 3.00 5-6, J S Chapman (3 copies) 5.25 5-1, J N Russel (8 copies) 12.00 5-13, Levi Wells (2 copies) 3.00 5-16, H Hilliard (21 copies) 31.50 5-9, L P Baldwin (4 copies) 6.00 5-13, F L Dodd 50c 4-28, Clayton Baldwin (4 copies) 6.00 5-13.
Received on Account.
Cal T and M Society $13.05, W C Granger 10.00, Mrs C W Bainbridge 20.00, E L McCapes 2.50.