The Bible was given for the well-being of man in this life, as well as a rule by which he may attain unto immortal life. The sacred writings enter more fully and more definitely into every-day life than casual readers suppose. This fact is recognized in the earliest records where
ADAM'S BILL OF FARE
is given in these words: "Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." Gen. 1:29.
Adam's meat does not appear to have been the flesh of animals, such as beef, mutton, pork, turkey, chicken, goose, duck, oyster, clam, lobster, and the like; but it was made up of the wonderful variety of delicious things which grew out of the ground. These were his meat. The best authorities give the word meat, in both the Old and New Testaments, the signification it has in this first hygienic rule given to Adam. William Smith, Classical Examiner of the University of London, in his Dictionary of the Bible, says that "it does not appear that the word meat is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of either the Old or New Testaments in the sense which it now almost exclusively bears of animal food. The latter is denoted uniformly by flesh."
The American Tract Society's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, says that "meat in the English Bible usually signifies food, and not merely flesh. Gen. 1:29, 30; Matt. 15:37. So in Luke 24:41; have ye here any meat? literally, anything to eat? The meat offerings of the Jews were made of flour and oil, etc. Lev. 2."
It is said of the forerunner of Christ that his meat (food) was locusts and wild honey. But we seriously call in question that opinion which gives to this prophet of God a sort of grasshopper diet. The following, which is from good authority, seems more consistent:—
"The locust was a fruit, a bean-like pod, with a seed in it similar to the Carob, or husk on which the prodigal son fed."—Butterworth. "The wild honey, a kind of gum."—Dr. Forestall. "Locust, akris, Gr., may either signify the insect called the locust, which still makes a part of the food in the land of Judea, or the top of a plant. Many eminent commentators are of the latter opinion."—Clarke.
Dr. M. G. Kellogg of California, while at the Missionary Rooms in New York City, obtained there some of the veritable pods which are called "locusts, or St. John's bread," and sent them to the office of the REFORMER, where they may now be seen.
The voice of inspiration, that "God is love," will be clearly recognized where his great designs are not misunderstood. He is not the author of pain and of death. In creation, the beneficent Creator did not design that the creatures of his hand should writhe in pain, and their existence close in the agonies of death. Pain and death, under which "the whole creation groaneth," are the result of transgression. Had sin not entered our world, death and pain would not have existed, a single drop of blood would not have been shed, and flesh never would have constituted any portion of the food for man. And even after the fall, and the expulsion from Eden, so far as the Sacred Record is concerned, there is no permission given to use flesh for food till after the flood. Then the use of flesh as food became a matter of necessity.
The waters of the flood were upon the earth, and Noah was in the ark with closed doors one year and ten days. Compare Gen. 7:11, 12, and 8:14. By this time, we may safely conclude, the patriarch's stock of provisions was low. And the desolated earth could afford none until it could be produced from the seed preserved in the ark. In this state of things God said to Noah, "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you, even as the green herb have I given you all things." Gen. 9:3. Up to this time, during a period of 1656 years, more than one-fourth of the time since creation, man's diet was that which grew out of the ground. But now, in the absence of such food, he is permitted to subsist very largely at least upon flesh until the earth should bring forth again the proper food for man.
And, certainly, judging from the Sacred Record, that was a time of remarkable good health. During the long period of 1656 years of vegetarian life, no mention is made of the sickness and death of children, of feebleness in youth, or at middle age, or of fevers, dyspepsia, gout, or consumption. All lived in the full enjoyment of health nearly one thousand years, until the springs of life stood still. Obituary notices of that time do not mention local diseases, which in our day are caused by the breaking down of certain organs of the system, while others remain strong, resulting in lingering sufferings, and agony in death. No, they mention the great length of human life and its cessation as follows:—
"And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died."
"And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died."
"And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died."
"And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died."
"And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years, and he died."
"And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years, and he died."
Our good Bible does not record the flesh of dead animals as constituting an important part of Adam's bill of fare. In fact, it is entirely left out. As true as the book of Genesis, that first venerable gentleman, and a long line of his noble sons, who lived more than nine hundred years without either the dyspepsia or the gout, were vegetarians.
J. W.
Rice Culture in America.
A GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, had been in Madagascar and seen the plant cultivated in its hot swamps. He lived in Charleston, on the bay, and it struck him that a marshy spot in his garden might well serve for a plantation of rice. Just then (1694) a vessel put in from Madagascar in distress, whose commander the Governor had formerly known. Her wants were liberally relieved. In gratitude for the kindness he had received, the master gave the Governor a bag of rice. It was sown, and produced abundantly. The soil proved singularly favorable for its culture. The marshes of Georgia and South Carolina were soon covered with rice plantations. A large part of the crop was exported to England. In 1724, 100,000 barrels were sent out from South Carolina alone. In 1761, the value of its rice crop was more than $1,500,000. Its white population could not then have been more than 45,000, and it is easy to conceive the tide of wealth that was distributed annually among its small band of planters. They built costly mansions on the coasts and bays, lived in fatal luxury, were noted for their wild excesses, and often fell speedy victims to the fevers of the malarious soil. Indigo, sugar, molasses, tar, pitch, and a great variety of valuable productions added to the wealth of the South. But cotton, which has grown through many vicissitudes to be the chief stapel of British and American trade, was, at this period, only cultivated in small quantities for the use of the farmers. It was spun into coarse cloths. But it was not until Whitney's invention, in 1793, that it could be readily prepared for commerce, and to the inventive genius of Connecticut the Southern States owe the larger part of their wealth and political importance.—"The First Century of the Republic," in Harper's Magazine.
A Religion of Washing
MOHAMMEDANISM has been defined as "that blessed religion which makes people wash themselves."
The Greatest Opportunity for Doing Good
He is the wisest and happiest man, who, by constant attention, discovers the greatest opportunity of doing good, and with ardent resolution, breaks through every opposition, that he may improve these opportunities.
Care of the Teeth.
The teeth are covered with a thin, hard enamel like glass, and anything which cracks this enamel, will cause the teeth to decay. Excessively hot or cold drinks will do this. Any housekeeper knows better than to pour hot water into a glass dish. Remember that your teeth are your glass ware, and use them carefully. Powerful acids will also destroy the enamel on the teeth. Most of the patent tooth powders and washes contain acids; and although they give the teeth a pearly appearance, they quickly eat through the enamel and destroy the teeth.
The teeth are designed to last as long as any part of the body, and it is only the neglect and abuse they receive which causes them to decay thus early. After each meal the teeth should be thoroughly cleansed, and every particle of food removed from between them. Never use pins, needles, or jack-knives for tooth-picks, but some substance which is softer than the enamel of the teeth, like wood, goose-quil, ivory, or gold. For cleansing the teeth, nothing is better than a good tooth-brush and warm water. The frequent use of the tooth-brush, hardens the gums and keeps them healthy; and usually this is all the care necessary to keep the teeth clean and bright.—Sel.
Breathing.
BECAUSE we are familiar with the process of inhaling and expelling air from the chest, it excites neither surprise nor thought; scarcely do we realize, indeed, that life depends upon movements so simple that they are completely involuntary. It is a curious fact that every living thing, from animals to the whole vegetable kingdom, is just as dependent for life on atmospheric air as men. Trees breathe through their leaves. If torn away, the trunk will languish and die. Were all the leaves of a fully grown apple tree placed side by side, were it possible to have their edges exactly touch so as to appear like a carpet, it is calculated they would cover more than an acre of ground. Some of the gigantic forest trees yield leaves enough to cover an area of two acres very nearly. Our own lungs afford an absorbing surface on which air infringes equal to almost one hundred square feet, as it is assumed by some physiologists. By taking a breath of air, about six millions of minute cells, which make up the body of the lungs, are distended, and at that instant of inflation oxygen is separated from it and taken into the system. Life, therefore, is sustained by that element; and yet so simply is the complicated process performed within us, that we forget to be thankful for the life so preserved, or to admire the wonderful human machinery.—Sel.
Obituary Notices.
By James White
"I will ransom them from the power of the grave: I will redeem them from death." Hosea 13:14.
Maggie A. Loughborough, wife of Elder J. N. Loughborough died of consumption at St. Helena, Cal., March 24, 1875, in her thirty-fifth year. She took a severe cold at her home in Santa Rosa, Cal., in July, 1872, after taking care of a consumptive lady for three weeks, who died in the house. From that time she had been troubled with a cough, more or less, until her decease. For the last year she had been a great sufferer; but bore all without a murmur. She was remarkably sustained by the grace of God.
Sister Loughborough professed religion and joined the Methodist church at the age of 21 years. Three years later she became a Seventh-day Adventist, and continued in this faith till her death. She was married to Elder Loughborough at Victor, N. Y., June 12, 1868, and came immediately to California to endure the hardships and privations and trials of missionary life with her husband. She ever desired to see the prosperity of the cause, and only three months before her decease wrote to her husband not to leave the work of God on account of her sickness, and that if she should die while he was away from home not to grieve for that. Elder Loughborough, however, was at his home in St. Helena, and watched the last days of his beloved wife, and administered to her wants after she was unable to walk about the house.
She often said in her last sickness that she did not know what she should do at such a time without the Christian's hope, and that it paid well to live a Christian life for the consolation it afforded in her last sickness. Her desire and prayer had been that her last moments might be without great suffering. Her petition was granted. She retained her senses to the last, and died as calmly and peacefully as a child goes to sleep. "Tell all my friends when I am gone," said Maggie a short time before she slept, "to meet in the Kingdom."
"She sleeps in Jesus, soon to rise
When the last trump shall rend the skies;
Then burst the fetters of the tomb,
To wake in full immortal bloom."
The services at the funeral were conducted by Elder M. G. Kellogg of Woodland, Cal.
James White.
A Philosopher and a Whole People
ONE solitary philosopher may be great, virtuous, and happy in the depths of poverty, but not a whole people.
Experience’s Dear School
By Franklin
EXPERIENCE keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.—Franklin.
A Dog That Can Count.
THE gentleman who witnessed the event was a short time since on a visit to Scotland, and during his visit he came across some men who were washing sheep. Close to the water where operations were being carried on was a small pen, in which a detachment of ten sheep were placed handy to the men for washing. While watching the performance, his attention was called to a sheep dog lying down close by. This animal, on the pen becoming nearly empty, without a word from any one, started off to the main body of the flock, brought back ten of the number, and drove them into the empty washing pens. The fact that the dogs brought exactly the same number of sheep as had vacated it, he looked upon at first as a strange coincidence—a mere chance. But he continued looking on, and much to his surprise, as soon as the men had reduced the number to three sheep, the dog started off again and brought back ten more. And so he continued throughout the afternoon, never bringing one more nor one less, and always going for a fresh lot when only three were left in the pen, evidently being aware that during the time the last three were washing he would be able to bring up a fresh detachment.
News and Miscellany.
By Editor
"Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth." Luke 21:26.
-The San Francisco Chronicle for March 31, says that five hundred and ten emigrants will arrive by to-night's train, of whom eighty-seven are "first class." This is the largest installment thus far. From this showing it would seem as if California was very rapidly filling up.
-The Committee on the relief of the sufferers by the grasshopper plague met at San Francisco, March 3. The secretary reported that the total amount received was $14,224.50, which sum included $9,200 contributed by the Board of Brokers. The sum of $14,407 had been appropriated for the purchase of seed barley, which had been shipped to Nebraska. The deficiency remaining was made up by Mr. Friedlander and Mr. Babcock, and the duties of the committee were declared complete.
-The fiftieth anniversary of the American Tract Society was celebrated in New York on March 28. The annual report showed that during the past fifty years more than ten millions of publications have been issued, and of these more than half a million were volumes. During the past year, 220 colporteurs were employed, who visited more than 140,000 families. The cost of this work was about $50,000. Grants have been made to the number of 68,000,000 pages, and to the value of $45,000. More than 40,000 publications have been issued abroad, in 143 languages; and since the formation of the Society it has expended more than $60,000 in company with American missions.
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF THE FAMINE IN ASIA MINOR.
LONDON, April 3.—A dispatch from Constantinople states that the famine in Asia Minor continues, having been greatly aggravated by the late disastrous floods which destroyed much property and increased the destitution largely. The Relief Committee finds itself unable to meet the constantly increasing demands that are made upon it.
It is estimated that over 40,000 persons are receiving aid. Many families have been driven to distraction by hunger, and have sold their children into slavery for food.
OPIUM EATING
Says the Record Union: There is some reason for believing that in addition to the ordinary vices characteristic of what is styled "Western civilization," the practice of opium eating must soon be credited to us as a national weakness. At present we import between three and four million dollars' worth of the drug, and it appears to be making rapid strides in parts of the Eastern States, as a stimulant which poor and shamefaced professional men, women, etc., affect. It is needless to state that its effects are, if possible, more pernicious than those of spirits, and those who have once acquired the habit of taking opium in any of its forms rarely if ever escape a fatal termination to the practice. In fact, we doubt if there is a well accredited case of the kind on record, and certainly none of those who have written on opium eating have been capable of liberating themselves from the spell.
Articles of Incorporation
OF THE
"PACIFIC SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION."
Know all men by these Presents, That we, the undersigned, who are citizens of the State of California, do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together to form a private Corporation under the Laws of said State, and do hereby certify—
First: That the name of said Corporation shall be the "Pacific Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association."
Second: That the purpose for which said Corporation is formed is for the printing and publishing (without profit to the Stockholders) of periodicals, newspapers, books, tracts, documents and other publications of a religious, historical, literary, agricultural, scientific or educational character.
Third: That the place where the principal business of said Corporation is to be transacted is the City of Oakland, Alameda County, California.
Fourth: That the term for which said Corporation is to exist is ——.
Fifth: That the number of Directors of said Corporation shall be Five, and the names and residences of the Directors who are appointed for the first year are as follows, to wit:—
James White, whose residence is Oakland, Cal.
J. N. Loughborough, " do "
John I. Tay, " do "
Wesley Diggins, " San Francisco, "
Knud Brossen, " do "
all of whom are citizens of this State.
Sixth: That the amount of Capital Stock of said Corporation is Twenty-eight Thousand ($28,000) dollars, and the number of Shares into which it is divided is Twenty-eight Hundred (2800) of the par value of ten ($10) dollars each.
Seventh: That the amount of said Capital Stock which has been actually subscribed and paid in is Twenty-nine Hundred ($2900) dollars, and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed, to wit:
James White, 100 Shares, $1000.00.
Mrs. I. L. James, 50 " 500.00.
Jane Rowland, 30 " 300.00.
J. N. Loughborough, 30 " 300.00.
Wesley Diggins, 20 " 200.00.
Knud Brossen, 10 " 100.00.
J. W. Cronkrite, 5 " 50.00.
J. I. Tay, 5 " 50.00.
$2900.00.
Eighth: That at a meeting held in San Francisco on the first day of April, A. D. 1875, all the members and Stockholders being present and voting at the election of Directors of the said Corporation as named above, and we the undersigned Judges of Election hereby verify that the said Directors as aforesaid were duly elected.
J. N. Loughborough, } Judges of Election.
A. M. Driscall,
In witness whereof we have herewith set our hands and seals this First day of April, A. D. 1875.
Signed and sealed James White,
in presence of, J. N. Loughborough,
Henry C. Blake. John I. Tay,
Wesley Diggins,
Knud Brossen,
State of California,
City and County of San Francisco. } SS
On this First day of April, in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five, before me, Henry C. Blake, a Notary Public in and for the said city and county, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared James White, J. N. Loughborough, John I. Tay, Wesley Diggins and Knud Brossen, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within and annexed Instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, the day and year in this Certificate first above written.
Henry C. Blake,
Notary Public.
State of California,
City and County of San Francisco. }
J. N. Loughborough, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the President of the "Pacific Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association," and that the required amount of Capital Stock of said Association has been subscribed, to wit: $28,000, and that $2900 has actually been paid in to the Treasurer for the benefit of the said Corporation.
J. N. Loughborough.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this First day of April, A. D. 1875.
Henry C. Blake,
Notary Public.
Papists among the Freedmen.
We have occasionally referred to the efforts being made by the Roman Catholic Church to win the colored people to their communion. They are meeting with no little success. Dr. Fulton writes from the South of the progress of their work: "Black nuns are beginning to abound; schools for the education of Romish priests are beginning to appear. Churches decorated with the choicest products of art, and flaming with tinfelry and show, are seen in most of our large cities crowded with colored people. Black people are welcomed to the Romish churches, because Rome intends to increase her power by the colored vote, and appreciates the magnitude of her opportunity. In Baltimore there are fourteen colored schools. The Douglas Institute has a fine hall, a library and reading-room, owned by colored people."—Sel.
The Chinaman's Noah.
It is believed that Fohi, the first King of China, is identical with Noah. The Chinese themselves claim that Fohi has no father; and Noah, although subsequent to the flood the great progenitor of the race, was himself at that time fatherless. The mother of Fohi is said to have borne him encompassed with a rainbow—an evident allusion to the bow of promise revealed to Noah as the sign of God's covenant. Fohi is represented to have reared seven kinds of creatures, which he sacrificed to the Great Supreme. Noah also took into the ark clean beasts and fowls by sevens, which he offered to the God of heaven as offerings; Fohi is represented as drawing off the waters which had deluged the earth, thus identifying him with the flood.—San Francisco Call, March 19, 1875.
Work of the Spirit.
By Dr. A. Phelps
The mightiest forces in the universe are silent forces. Who ever heard the budding of an oak? Who was ever deafened by the falling of the dew? Who was ever stunned by a solar eclipse? So it is with the august phenomenon of a change of heart. So far as we know, it is the most radical change the human spirit can experience. It is a revolutionary change. Still, a change of heart is not an unnatural change. It is not necessarily even destructive of self-possession. God employs in it an instrument exquisitely adjusted to the mind of man as an intelligent and free being. Truth may act in it with an equipoise of forces as tranquil as that of gravitation in the orbits of the stars. No, it is not of necessity a tumultuous experience to which God calls us when he invites us to be saved. By what emblem have the Scriptures expressed the person of the Holy Ghost? Is it an eagle? "And John bare record, saying: I saw the Spirit descending like a dove." "Come," is the selected language of inspiration. "Come, and I will give you"—what? a shock, the rack, a swoon? No, I will give you—"rest." Come, and ye shall find"—what? struggle, terror, torture? No, ye shall find—"peace." "Come ye"—come who? "Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."—Dr. A. Phelps.
Hardship and Self-Reliance
No MAN ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm. Let no man wax pale, therefore, because of opposition; opposition is what he wants and must have, to be good for anything. Hardship is the native soil of manhood and self-reliance. He who can not abide the storm without flinching lies down by the wayside to be overlooked or forgotten.
Colored Property Owners in Georgia
GEORGIA, which before emancipation would not permit colored men to hold real property, has since changed her laws, and the thrifty colored men within her borders have been diligent in acquiring small homesteads. There are now no less than 83,318 colored property owners in Georgia, whose possessions are valued at over $6,000,000, and who have 338,769 acres of land.
Stockholders’ Meeting Notice
By John Norton Loughborough
NOTICE is hereby given to the stockholders of the Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, that a meeting of the stockholders will be held at Oakland, Alameda Co., Cal., at the office of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, April 19, 1875, at 10 A. M., for the purpose of adopting by-laws for the government of said corporation.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, Pres.
Oakland, Cal., April 5, 1875.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH
By John Norton Loughborough
THERE will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of the P. S. D. A. P. Association held at the office of THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal., April 19, at the close of the meeting of the stockholders.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH
Oakland, Cal., April 5, 1875.
J. N. Loughborough’s Permanent Address
By Editor
The permanent P. O. address of Eld. J. N. Loughborough is Oakland, Alameda Co., Cal.
Kansas Sufferers.
By Editor
Sister Stein of Oakland has collected means for the Kansas sufferers which we forward in currency value at the existing rates of coin.
C. A. Tuttle $5. Chas. Davis $2.50. Wesley Diggins $1.50. W. D. Stocking $1. J. L. James $1.50. Jane Rowland $1. H. E. Champion $1. Julia Scott $1. E. Grover $1. Mr. Baldin 50c. From Mrs. Stein's friends $11. From Mrs. Scotts friends $2. A friend for the Kansas sufferers $5.
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 M Holly, H C Stone, Jacob Berry, R M Kilgore, Wm Carney, Rev M Bluett, J G Grant.
$1.00 EACH. Mrs M I Dansworth, Miss M E Ranles, S D Woods, Mrs Osborn, Mrs Sarah Sheets, Chas F Gray, J C Field.
MISCELLANEOUS. James Van Dyne 50c, Wm Ivison 06c, J C Hadden $5.98, Ziba Finch 50c, Christian Wilson 10c, E E Fittz 12c, A J Richmond 25c, T W Young 20c, Polina Sanderson 20c, A R Meeks 34c, D A Emboy 33c, Maria West 25c, Wilson Martin 33c, F Brooks 10c, E Fulmer 10c, D Watts 10, Mrs Adelaide Stickney 25c, Ed Maher 25c, P D Lawrence 25c, James W Lesan 25c, Malinda Hancock 06c, Mrs W B Shipley 50c.
California Publishing Fund.
By Editor
James White $1000, B L $10, Harriet I Wescott $10, Juan M Santa Ana $50, J C Hadden $10.
PUBLICATIONS.
By Editor
Books, Pamphlets, Tracts, etc., etc.
For Sale at this Office.
Cruden's Complete Concordance. In this any passage in the Scriptures can readily be found. $1.50 per copy, post. paid.
Bible Dictionary of Bible names, customs and countries, and maps of Bible lands. $1.50 per copy, post. paid.
The History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, by J. N. Andrews. 528 pp. $1 25.
Thoughts on Daniel. By U. Smith. $1.00. Condensed paper edition, 35 cts.
Thoughts on the Revelation. By U. Smith. $1.00.
Life of Wm. Miller, with likeness. $1.00.
The Nature and Destiny of Man. By U. Smith. 384 pp. $1.00; Paper, 40 cts.
The Constitutional Amendment : or The Sunday, the Sabbath, the Change, and The Restitution. A discussion between W. H. Littlejohn and the Editor of the "Christian Statesman." Bound, $1.00. Paper, 40 cts. First part, 10 cts.
The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. I. By Ellen G. White; 416 pp. $1.00.
Autobiography of Eld. Jos. Bates. 318 pp. $1.
Hygienic Family Physician. $1.00.
The Game of Life (illustrated). Satan playing with man for his soul. In board, 50 cts.; in paper, 30 cts.
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Camp Meetings and other Religious Gatherings. Compiled by Elder James White. 196 pp. Bound 50 cts. Paper 25.
The United States in Prophecy. By U. Smith. Bound, 40 cts. Paper, 20 cts.
The Advent Keepsake. Muslin, 25 cts. Gilt, 40 cts.
Sermons on the Sabbath and Law, embracing an outline of the Biblical and Secular History of the Sabbath for 6,000 years. By J. N. Andrews, 30 cts.
Facts for the Times, revised and enlarged, 30c.
History of the Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul. By D. M. Canright, 25 cts.
The State of the Dead. By U. Smith. 224 pp. 25 cts.
Our Faith and Hope, No. 1. Sermons on the Millennium, Second Advent, the Kingdom, the Judgment, the Time, the Sanctuary and Saving Faith. 20 cts each.
Refutation of the Age to Come. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.
The Atonement. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.
The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.
The Bible from Heaven; a Dissertation. 20 cts.
Miraculous Powers. Evidences, Scriptural and historical of the perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts. 20c.
The Complete Testimony of the Fathers concerning the Sabbath and First Day. By J. N. Andrews. 15 cts.
The Ministration of Angels: and the Origin, History, and Destiny of Satan. By D. M. Canright. 20 cts.
The Three Messages of Rev. 14, and the Two-Horned Beast. By J. N. Andrews. 15 cts.
The Resurrection of the Unjust; a Vindication of the Doctrine. By J. H. Waggoner. 15 cts.
Life of Christ, No. 2, by Mrs. E. G. White, 15c.
The Saint's Inheritance, or the Earth made New. By J. N. Loughborough. 10 cts.
The Sanctuary and Twenty-three Hundred Days. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
Sunday Seventh-day. A Refutation of Mede, Jennings, Akers and Fuller. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
The Truth Found; The Sabbath. By J. H. Waggoner. 10 cts.
Brown's Review of Gilfillan on the Sabbath. 10 cts.
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The Date of the Seventy weeks of Dan. 9, established. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
Position and Work of the True People of God under the Third Angel's Message. Littlejohn. 10 cts.
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Address, Signs of the Times.
Books! Books!! Books!!!
By Editor
OUR BOOK LIST.—Any persons on the Pacific Coast wishing any of the publications named in our book list can obtain them by mail or express by writing to the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, California, enclosing the published price of the same. When sent by mail, books will be post paid; when by express, at the expense of the one ordering the books; but in this case a liberal discount will be made when ten dollars worth or more are paid for with any one order.