Review and Herald, Vol. 39, No. 2.
The Uses and Abuses of Gifts, and Their Relation to DressPage 1
Earlier text: Enduring to the EndPilate’s Question.
By Matilda Wolden
“What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?” Are you in trouble? they asked Pilate. Yes, he replied, I have offered to release Jesus, but the people shout for Barabbas. They are determined to destroy Jesus, but I find no fault in him. What shall I do with him? And this has troubled more than Pilate. Thousands have asked it since his day when troubles and temptations were crowding them to make a choice. There is no escape from it. People may try to get away from it, but the question is always before us. God says, Choose. It is either Christ or the pleasures of this world; and they can scarcely go arm in arm with each other. There must be a choice. If you choose pleasures, then follow them in all their giddy rounds. But if you choose Christ, then forsake the pleasures of this life and learn a deeper and a higher joy in doing his works. This is the only way. If riches or fame open to our eyes a deep mine or a mountain hight of glory or of power, then the voice comes again, Make your choice. Take the riches of earth, and the fame that men can give you, or choose Christ and seek for glory, immortality, and eternal life, by walking in his ways, and by doing his commandments. Christ or the world? Which? That is the great question all the time forced upon us. Here is a robber, Barabbas, and here is the purest, the holiest, the best of all, Christ. Will you choose Barabbas, and crucify Jesus and win an earthly coronation? or will you choose Christ and be crucified on earth, but wear a crown in Heaven? That was Pilate’s trouble; and with the roaring mob in his ears he said, Release Barabbas and crucify Jesus. Reader, how will you answer it? Will you answer it for life, and joy, and Heaven? or for death and sadness? Let these words ring forever in our ears when we are in trouble as to our course. What shall I do with Jesus which is called Christ? May the Lord help us to make our choice, to choose Christ who has given himself for us. “Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee;
All things else have I forsaken,
Thou from hence my all shalt be;
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, or hoped, or known;
Yet how rich is my condition,
While I prove the Lord my own.” I feel all that I know and all that I teach will do nothing for my soul if I spend my time as some people do, in business or company. My soul starves to death in the best company, and God is often lost in prayer and ordinances. “Enter in thy closet,” said he, and “shut thy door.” Some words in Scripture are very emphatical. “Shut thy door” means much; it means, shut out, not only nonsense, but business; not only the company abroad, but the company at home; it means, let thy poor soul have a little rest and refreshment, and God have opportunity to speak to thee in a still, small voice, or he will speak to thee in thunder—Cecil. Obituary Notices.
By W. H. Lane
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. DIED, Nov. 14, 1871, of dropsy of the brain, in Bushnell, Montcalm Co., Mich., Minnie, youngest daughter of Wm. H. and Rachel C. Lane, aged one year and two months. W. H. LANE. Death of William A. Langdon
By Maryett Langdon
DIED, in Mendon, Mich., December 4, 1871, William A. Langdon, son of William and Emily A. Langdon, aged twenty-seven years, two months, and seven days. He leaves a wife and one child, and a large circle of friends, to mourn his loss; but we mourn not as those who have no hope. He was kind and affectionate, and was always from a child of a religious turn of mind. He was a Sabbath-keeper for a number of years, and we think gave good evidence before his death that he will come up in the first resurrection. MARYETT LANGDON. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand
QUARTERLY Meeting of the S. D. A. church of Monroe, Wis., Jan. 13 and 14, 1872. Bro. Sanborn, and also Bro. Robert Andrews of Illinois, are expected to attend this meeting. Come one and all prepared to work. O. H. PRATT. QUARTERLY meeting at Little Prairie, Wis., Dec. 30 and 31. Meeting to commence Sabbath evening. C. W. OLDS. QUARTERLY meeting in R. I. with the church at Curtis Corner, Sabbath and first-day, Jan. 20 and 21, 1872. Jabez C. Tucker. QUARTERLY meeting of the Fish Lake church at the school-house near W. Farrar's, Waushara Co., Wis., the second Sabbath and first-day in January, 1872. Bro. P. H. Cady, of Poysippi, and Rufus Baker, of Mackford, are requested to be with us at that time. A general invitation is given. P. S. THURSTON. PILOT GROVE, Iowa, Dec. 30, 31.
Marion, Jan. 6, 7.
Laporte City, Jan. 13, 14.
Fayette, Jan. 17.
Waukon, Jan. 20, 21. These meetings are to commence with the evening of the Sabbath. It is expected there will be a general attendance of all the friends of the cause within a reasonable distance of each meeting, as it is with difficulty that we can find time to attend them because of the many calls for labor. Let us improve the time. We want all who have not paid in advance on the Review, Reformer, and Instructor, to be in readiness to do so at these meetings. We shall give especial attention to this object, and we hope everyone will take due notice and be in readiness who know themselves to be in debt to the Office. We desire also to know of any promising fields of labor, and the wants of the cause generally. GEO. I. BUTLER. White Party Reaches Battle Creek
By Uriah Smith
Bro. and Sr. White reached Battle Creek, from their eastern tour, the 22d inst., accompanied by Bro. Andrews and Bro. Haskell. Bro. Andrews spoke Sabbath forenoon and Sr. White in the afternoon, both to a full house. Quite a number of brethren have come in from different parts, whose faces it is good to behold. U. S. An Appeal to Scattered Church Members
By J. H. Rogers
TO THE scattered members of the S. D. Adventist church of Civil Bend, Mo.: As we are nearing the end of the present year, and approaching the commencement of another, it is desirable all should report themselves, their spiritual condition, Systematic Benevolence, &c. Some have not reported since absenting themselves from us. It would be encouraging to hear from all once a quarter. Let us all remember our vows and live in discharge of our every duty. In behalf of the church. J. H. ROGERS. Altavista, Mo., Dec. 18, 1871. The United States and Russia.
The friendship which has grown up between the United States and Russia is a subject worthy of study. It is certainly a remarkable fact that the freest, and what is generally esteemed the most iron-clad despotism on earth, should be drawn into friendly union, and when no particular self-interests are involved. It is one of those events for which we have no sufficient present explanation, and which, therefore, we are inclined to think, must be a preparation for something in the future. Notwithstanding the present strength and promise of Germany, it seems probable that Russia and the United States are to be the two great powers of the future; but how they are to co-operate for any common purpose does not yet very clearly appear. At any rate, it is by no means settled yet that Germany is to control Europe—a question, however, if we may trust reports, which the two giants of the North are preparing to adjust in the usual kingly method by arms and blood. Germany, in making an army of her whole adult male population, has set Russia an example of which she has not been slow to avail herself; and she, too, is disposed to make of every able-bodied man a soldier, prepared at any moment at the command of the emperor to appear in camp or field. Other powers are learning the same fearful lessons, and Europe will soon be but one series of enormous camps or military schools. When the nations are thus armed and ready, will there not be, from necessity, war? And what the result may be when these most gigantic forces that ever shook the world shall meet in hostile collision, is a question which no one can answer now. This young prince [Alexis], as the representative of one of the mightiest of these future combatants, is an object of peculiar interest; for if his life is spared he must be an important figure in the coming conflicts. ROMANISM AT WORK AND WE IDLE.
There was a time when Romanism showed no particular pretensions, and consequently awakened no fears in the United States, but that time has now gone by. After creeping silently, it has learned to walk with its head up, and we are confident that its aims are much more comprehensive than is generally imagined. As a religious system, popery is putting forth active and energetic efforts to establish itself in the various States of the American Union; and, as a political engine, it has secured a power much greater than that of any other denomination; in fact, the Romish priests are the only clergy that attempt to exert a political influence in an official capacity. It is alarming to know that now, instead of there being one Romanist for every sixty Protestants, as was the case fifty years ago, there is one Romanist for every six Protestants; and if this continue, we can easily predict the doom of this country.—Watchman and Reflector. Many years ago Mr. Lennox, one of our wealthiest citizens, undertook to meet the then growing necessities of New York, by building a series of moderate sized churches. He placed them in eligible localities, provided eminent ministers, prepared a complete outfit, and only asked the congregations to pay the running expenses. This the societies were never able, or never willing, to do. The societies were a perpetual expense, and one by one the churches were sold, and, while they existed, were always feeble. The masses will not go into our costly churches, because the pew-rents are so high, and they will not attend free churches, because they are not paupers. The remaining church was settled over by Dr. Alexander. The house was sold a short time since, and the experiment of free churches will not probably be revived.—Burleigh, in Boston Journal. It is a tradition of the German Jews, that at the time when the Empire of Germany shall be re-established (the empire ceased several hundred years ago), this will be the omen of the anxiously expected Messiah.—The Israelite. The N. Y. Observer has a two-column article from the pen of “Irenæus” (Dr. J. S. Prince), drawing attention to the prevailing impurity of our literature in novels and newspapers.—Boston Journal. 1200 churches built in the United States in 1870. Three thousand ladies, in Brooklyn, have petitioned the Board of Aldermen for the better observance of the Sabbath(?).—(New Bedford) Republican. J M Browder: Where is your Review sent now?
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