p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 17. (4/23/1912)

Like as a Father

Like as a Father.—In His constant love and care, God compares Himself with mother-love—He will not, can not, forget. But in strong pardoning pity, He likens Himself to the father. "Like as a father pitieth [the word is stronger than pardon, and includes love] his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." With fervent love, with tender pity, with strong helpfulness, God regards every soul who would lead a better life. How the true father longs for his child! He sees that child's blunders, mistakes, sins, and the awful results if the course is persisted in; but he pities still. Such pity, such love, ought to lead to whole-hearted consecration to our heavenly Father.

Preserve Tallulah Falls.

By Editor

An appeal comes to us from Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, Gainesville, Georgia, for the preservation of Tallulah Falls, said to be the most sublime waterfall, or series of waterfalls, within the borders of America, almost rivaling Niagara in majesty, and outrivaling it in beauty. We learn from Mrs. Longstreet's communications that a commercial company has set itself to use the wonderful attraction for the gross and sordid purposes of commercialism, and Mrs. Longstreet is writing in protest of this. She is asking Americans from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Canadian border to the gulf, to protest against this desecration. Not only that, but the Tallulah Falls Conservation Association offers a prize of $500 for the best 2,000 word article on the duty of the American nation to conserve Tallulah Falls, which contest is open to every man, woman, and child in America, the officers of the Tallulah Falls Conservation Association alone excepted. If Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet were not barred by the fact that she is president of that association, we are sure she would win the prize. Her marvelously eloquent appeal—sympathetic, patriotic, pathetic, winning—certainly ought to stir the people of Georgia, and patriots everywhere who believe in sentiment, to do all possible to preserve this marvelous natural feature to the State and to America. Very touching is Mrs. Longstreet's appeal to the men who fought on each side in the recent Civil War. Here is a paragraph of her description:

"Nor is this masterpiece of the Maker's handiwork in our Georgia mountains surpassed even by the famous cataract of Niagara. With one magnificent leap, the latter plunges with an ocean's roar into Lake Ontario. The majesty of the spectacle is indeed sublime, but the eye can take it in at a single glance. Not so with Tallulah. There are five separate and superb cataracts in this unrivaled gorge, each a miracle within itself, both of beauty and of song, each hidden from the other's view in the abyssal depths of this magnificent cañon. It requires five separate thrones to appease the majesty of this queen of waterfalls."

We sincerely hope that Mrs. Longstreet and her association will be able to save the falls from the vandal hand of commercialism.

Contained in This Issue

By Editor

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| 3728—To Seek and to Save That Which Was Lost; 3729—Removing Stumbling-Blocks; 3730—Waxing Worse and Worse; 3731—Divisions of the Roman Empire; 3732—Promise to Abraham; 3733—Trespasses or Sins; 3734—As the Days of a Tree; 3735—Income and Tithing; 3736—Who Are Included, Rev. 1:7?; 3737—Our Lord's Betrayal and Crucifixion; 3738—This Generation; 3739—The Administration of Ordinances | 2 |

| Our Bible Band | 2 |

| General | |

| Fallen Man in Christ | 3 |

| The Sanctuary | 4 |

| Are There Heathen Americans? | 5 |

| Studies in Daniel—The Vision of Daniel 10-12 | 6 |

| The Maladjustment of the Church | 9 |

| Governments and Persecution | 9 |

| The Outlook | |

| For Free Speech | 10 |

| Temperance Gains in California | 11 |

| Japan and Mexico, and the United States | 11 |

| Home and Fireside | |

| The Responsibility of Parents | 12 |

| Poetry | |

| Consecration | 3 |

| The Life That He Led | 4 |

| At Ease in Zion | 5 |

| A Boy's Prayer | 8 |

| The Victory | 12 |

Scriptural Authority and Bible Versions

By Editor

Our authority is the Bible, the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. When the Common ("King James" or "Authorized") Version or the American Standard Revised Version is used, the version will not generally be designated in reference. Any Bible quotation in this paper, therefore, differing from the Common Version, unless otherwise indicated, will be almost invariably from the American Standard edition of the Revised Bible, copyright 1910, by Thomas Nelson & Sons.

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Be Ready for the Breaking Morn

This time is the world's "night" of sin; yet this time is also opportunity's "day of salvation." But it is likewise true that "the night is far spent," and the bright morning of eternal deliverance is about to dawn. Be ready for the breaking morn.

To Whom Do We Belong?

"To whom do we belong?" is a pertinent question financially and morally. Sometimes the political agitators declare that we belong to the bondholders of Europe, others say to Morgan and his combination. But more important than this is, To whom do we belong morally? Whom do we serve? Who is our master? To what cause are our best energies devoted? Are we serving self or God?

Pray On

“Pray On.”—“Men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” “Pray without ceasing.” “Continue instant in prayer.” “Praying at all seasons.” Surely, we should not have these injunctions and exhortations if prayer meant only a mere asking. Steadfast continuance is implied. If heaven seems brass to-day, plead to-morrow. If God seems far and trouble near, plead still. Your own heart may be clogging the current of His life. Your sins may be hiding the richest blessings. Pray on. Plead His love, His promises, your need. There are no mightier arguments. Then believe, hope; for He “taketh pleasure” “in those that hope in His mercy.”

A Haven for Rest and Healing.

By Editor

While on our visit to Southern California, we were pleased to visit for the first time the Glendale Sanitarium, located in the city of Glendale, eight miles from Los Angeles, reached by two electric lines, with a twenty-minute service. The climate is most excellent, clear and dry, and the grounds about the sanitarium are beautiful and pleasant. The main building accommodates about sixty patients, with commodious offices, parlors, dining-room, etc., and treatment rooms. The new hospital, remodeled in the last few months, nearly doubles the capacity of the sanitarium, and furnishes a new surgical ward, containing twenty-six beds, a medical ward of twelve, and twelve new private rooms. The operating room is large, well lighted, and completely equipped. The working staff of the sanitarium numbers about eighty, of which forty-eight are nurses. The sanitarium is conducting a high-class nurses' training school, giving a two years and three months course, the class work running the year round. There seems to be an earnest and enthusiastic corps of workers, and a helpful, united spirit in the sanitarium. Being close to the large and growing city of Los Angeles, they have a great variety of cases, acute and chronic, which enables them to give large experience to their nurses. During the past winter there have been from twenty-five to thirty on special duty. Then, too, they are doing a large amount of missionary work in visiting the poorer classes in Los Angeles. The school is affiliated with the Florence Crittendon Maternity Home, where nurses spend some time.

Bible classes are held daily, chapel exercises for the workers each morning, and worship morning and evening with the patients. The Lord has especially blessed this institution during the last two years. In past times it has had difficulty in meeting its expenses; but it has become known now, and is on a prosperous basis. 664 new patients were in the institution during the last year, and 16,806 treatments were given. We are sure that any of our friends who may be in that section and wish to spend a few days in resting or treatment, will find it profitable and advantageous to go to the Glendale Sanitarium.

The members of the faculty are: J. J. Wessels, manager; Dr. D. D. Comstock, medical superintendent; Dr. H. F. Rand, surgeon; Dr. Belle Wood-Comstock, lady physician; C. F. Marvin, chaplain; Mrs. Dora Basnett, matron; Mrs. Lillian Santee, head nurse.

A Letter From P. B

By Editor

If "P. B.," of Seattle, Washington, who wrote us a letter under date of February 5, 1912, will give us name and address, we will be glad to answer the letter, and that letter, like all others, will be held in perfect confidence.

Recall of Judges

Recall of Judges.—In the following, the New York Thrice-a-Week World puts the matter clearly and asks some pertinent questions, which should arrest the attention of the thoughtful:

“No American court has or exercises the power to deny to the people the right to carry out any given policy. But the people have imposed upon themselves constitutional restraints against hasty action, and have established a judicial power to make those restraints practically effective. The people may in a moment of passion demand and secure ex post facto legislation. But they have said in their constitutions that this must not be. Would the court ‘nullify their wishes’ in hearing their sober constitutional demand instead of the momentary popular impulse? . . . Is trial by jury to be likewise set aside on a gross miscarriage of jury justice? Or the writ of habeas corpus or the freedom of speech or the right of petition?”

No Sect

By Editor

No Sect.—A little leaflet is placed in our hands in which no organization of Christians is advocated. It says, "To organize means to set boundaries." Now this depends on the purpose and kind of organization. If a company organize by a creed, they truly set boundaries to truth, to faith, to growth; but if they organize to do better work for God, that is quite another thing. The human body is quite an organization, in which each part is dependent and interdependent on each and all others. It would be a wretched mass of conglomeration without organization. Among the gifts God has set in the church is that of "governments." And He teaches discipline by teaching subjection to each other. No organization is a cheat and snare.

Losing Faith.

By Editor

The Rev. Thomas Whitelaw, M.A., D.D., in "The Fundamentals," volume 6, quotes the editor of the Hibbert Journal as saying, "Society abounds with earnest and educated persons who have lost faith in a living, personal God, and see their fellows and foresee themselves passing out of life entirely without hope." And he who comes in touch with society in general knows that the quotation utters a great sad fact. The same thing is strongly and emphatically implied—foretold—by our Lord: "Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" How its scarcity ought to quicken the zeal and earnestness of God's children!

Sprayed Trees Bear More Fruit

According to a bulletin issued by the University of California, eight times as much fruit was borne by sprayed trees as by unsprayed trees in a thrips-infected pear orchard in the Santa Clara Valley. These trees were sprayed with whitewash, and the amount of blossoms maturing was in proportion to the amount of whitewash applied. Unsprayed trees blossomed feebly; the sprayed trees came out into full bloom. This bulletin can be secured from the University of California, as well as one on protecting orchards from the peach-tree borer.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. Hebrews 8:1,2