Earlier text: Our Responsibility to God's Work—The Iowa Senate has passed the prohibition bill. —Eight men at Baker City, Oregon, have been indicted for stealing cattle. —Damaging storms are reported throughout the Island of Great Britain last week. —Nineteen coal-miners lost their lives by an explosion near Uniontown, Pa., on the 20th inst. —The English House of Commons has sustained the Egyptian policy of the Government by a vote of 311 to 265. —A Chicago company, with $1,000,000 capital, has been formed to mine the gravel beds of Stanislaus River, in this State. —Two wood-choppers were caught by an avalanche on Slide Mountain, Nevada, last week, and buried beneath seventy feet of snow. —Severe wind-storms prevailed along the Ohio Valley on the 19th and 20th insts., greatly damaging buildings already unsettled by the flood. —The storm last week was disastrous to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, on the Ogden Division. The road was practically stopped for a week. —The post-office and custom house, and other property, in Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island, valued at $250,000, were burned on the 20th inst. —A recent revolt of native employes of a Dutch factory at Molucca, Spice Island, resulted in a fight of several hours, in which forty natives were killed. —Reports from Dodge City, Kan., say that losses on the great cattle ranges in that region, by recent storms, amount to about ten per cent. of the whole. —Last week all the roads in Southern Minnesota and Dakota were reported blockaded with snow, with much suffering on the part of stage-drivers and passengers. —The remains of DeLong and other victims of the Jeannette polar expedition arrived at New York City on the 22d inst., and were received with much enthusiasm. —The British Government has presented the Arctic exploring steamer Alert to the United States, and it will accompany the Greely relief expedition as a supply ship. —The train of the king of Italy was fired at by four men on the 18th inst. A carbineer returned fire, wounding one of the assailants. No other damage reported. —A mass of ice near the Caspian Sea, upon which some fifty fishermen were at work the other day, was carried out to sea, and all the fishermen are believed to have been drowned. —A snow-slide occurred at Park City, Utah, on the 18th inst., demolishing several residences. One woman and three children were killed, and another woman fatally injured. —The people of Manitoba are loud in expressions of wrongs at the hands of the Dominion Government, and are even talking of secession from the Canadian Confederation. —Nearly all the factories and coal mines at Pittsburg, Pa., stopped by the recent flood, have resumed operations. Also the glass factories, after a close of seven months on account of a strike. —The rain and melting snow caused two caves in San Fernando Tunnel, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, Feb. 19; also great damage in Soledad Pass, requiring much labor to make repairs. —Heith, the sixth of the Bisbee, A. T., murderers, who had a separate trial and was sentenced to imprisonment for life, was hanged by a mob on the 21st inst.—twenty-four hours after sentence. —In Avondale, Ohio, last week, a house containing three colored people was burned, but the inmates were missing. A few days afterward the bodies were found in the Ohio Medical College. —Mrs. Larson, of Muskegon, Mich., has been convicted of poisoning an old man named John Guild. He had deeded property to her on conditions of being furnished a home during his lifetime. Her husband is charged with being accessory to the deed. —A Paris dispatch says that many Christians have been massacred in Anam since the first of January. The Anamite Minister of War is implicated. The Chinese Viceroy, prior to the capture of Sontay, ordered the Black Flags to murder every Christian in the city. —On Persian authority it is stated that Russia intends leading the warlike tribes of Central Asia into India as soon as England gets into difficulty elsewhere. It is on the strength of this promise that Russian influence in that direction is so rapidly spreading.143—Ten thousand pounds is the daily consumption of tobacco in a Government cigar factory in Spain. Five thousand women and girls work in the factory, and receive fifty cents for a day's work, from eight o'clock in the morning until seven, eight, or nine in the evening. —Los Angeles, Cal. has had a disastrous flood. Bridges and about seventy houses are reported to have been swept away, with heavy losses in the immediate neighborhood. One man was drowned, and at Santa Monica two men were supposed to have been carried out to sea. —A dispatch of the 20th reports three feet of water running in the streets of San Bernadino. On the California Southern Railroad, twenty-five miles of track was washed away, besides several bridges. The town of Fall Brook was entirely swept off, and some of the inhabitants missing. —One hundred pounds of dynamite exploded recently, seven miles from Omaha, Neb. It is said "great gaps were made in the earth, and buildings in the neighborhood badly damaged. Only one person was killed, and he was blown to atoms. The shock was distinctly felt in Omaha." —A very heavy snow-fall is reported in the mountains of Southern Colorado. At Silverton it is said to be six feet on the level, and in some canyons fifty to sixty feet on the main wagon roads. It is thought the blockade will not be broken before April, and supplies are short of many necessary articles. —Congressman Willis is urging a bill for Government aid to education. He presents figures showing that the combined votes of illiterate citizens would hold a balance of power in fourteen Northern and all the Southern States. There are in thirty-eight States, 1,871,217 illiterate voters, of whom only one in five can write his name. —The investigation of election riots in Virginia and Mississippi, by Congressional Committees, is progressing—the former at Washington and the latter at New Orleans. It is being developed that a fearful state of affairs existed in both localities complained of—whichever party may have been at fault—a perfect travesty on the idea of a free ballot. —The Mexican Central Railroad is reported as progressing rapidly, and the managers are confident that it will be completed by March 15, provided the steel and ties can be procured fast enough. The city of Mexico will then be connected with all parts of the United States by rail. The distance from Kansas City is 2,389 miles, and from El Paso, Texas, 1,215 miles. —At Tamarack Station, on the C. P. Railroad, near the summit of the Sierra Nevada, a misplaced carload of laborers attached to a freight train struck the snow-shed, about sixty feet of which immediately fell. The shed was under a weight of fifteen feet of snow and buried the car. Two men were killed, and others severely injured. The accident occurred through carelessness of a switchman. —A most destructive cyclone occurred on the 20th inst., affecting North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. It seems to have divided into branches and run in every direction. The destruction of houses, forests, stock, and even of human life was beyond all precedent in the storm line in this country. The last report says that 5,000 houses had been destroyed and 400 lives lost. The sky at midnight was of a glaring red hue. —Matters in the Soudan are complicated. Tokar has surrendered, and the event occurring just on the eve of ample relief gives the appearance of a preference on the part of the garrison and people for El Mahdi rather than Christian England. Gen. Gordon's proclamation, which agrees not to interfere with the slave-trade creates much excitement in some quarters; but his peculiar mission—that of pacification, and being in a measure alone—renders it probable that he is not absolutely master of the situation, and did the best he could under existing circumstances. —VIENNA, February 13.—An American Spiritualist named Bastian gave a seance at the Imperial Palace yesterday, at the invitation of the Crown Prince Rudolph and Archduke John. Bastian summoned the spirits from a room adjoining the exhibition hall, whereupon a tall figure in mourning appeared before the panic-stricken spectators. Suddenly the Crown Prince pulled a secret spring, closing the door to the adjoining room, when the spirit, who was Bastian himself, made frantic but vain efforts to escape, amid the laughter of the assembly. Baron Hellenburg, the head spiritualist of Austria, was present, and he apologizes to the effect that "Bastian, although formerly endowed with true spiritualistic power, has lately lost it, and has made up the deficiency by a resort to tricks." He should have made that statement before. —During the past year the foreign missionary societies of the world report a gain of 308,643 communicants. —The American Baptist chapel that was damaged by the mob at Canton has been repaired and is again opened for preaching. —A Baptist missionary to the Telegus, India, reports 227 converts baptized within three months. Another in China, reports twenty-seven. —Burmah has a population of 3,500,000, the most of whom are Buddhists. The American Baptists have six missionaries, five native preachers, and the China Inland Mission has also one station. —The laying of the foundation of a new Methodist Church in Christiana, Norway, after being talked about for thirty years, came off recently with a grandeur commensurate with the long delay. —Rev. Abner P. Webb, a co-laborer with Judson, in Burmah, between 1833 and 1837, now nearly eighty years of age, resides in Fruit Vale, Oakland, Cal., and is connected with the Baptist Church in East Oakland. —“The Jesuit priests who labor among the Chinese,” says the Hongkong correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, “adapt themselves so entirely to the people with whom they have to do as to even cultivate pigtails.” —Rev. Dr. Cuyler says that if he had to begin his life work again, he would devote less time to the reformation of fallen men and women, and much more to the salvation of children. Those who are just beginning their life-work might profit by this hint. —Joseph Cook says: “Christian faith and practice have not yet been lifted into entire harmony with the tone of the Christian Scriptures, and the work most needed in the church at large to-day, is the Christianization of Christianity.” And this is just the work of the Third Angel’s Message of Rev. 14: 9-12. —The California Christian Advocate says: “A religious paper should not attempt to be a political organ. Parties change often, and are sometimes exponents of great immoralities. A truly Christian paper cannot support any private or public wrong. It always advocates righteousness, whether parties are for or against it. The way of truth is plain; the pay of partisan service may taint and corrupt.” —The laundry department of Trinity House, which was established in connection with the charities of Trinity Church, Boston, has proved a success. The object is to provide work for needy women. Last year its earnings were about $3,500; $2,600 was paid out as wages to women, many of whom were unable, in consequence of ill health and ignorance, to compete with strong and skilled workers. This is certainly practical church work. —The Interior speaks of Joseph Cook’s lectures as follows: “It is the way of the world for a man to speak well of a horse when he owns him, even if he does not think it safe to put him in traces. We bought the right to print Joseph Cook’s lectures, and will pay the bill; but we will not print them if the first day’s work is a fair sample. It was sorry trash.” This criticism was principally on account of his eulogy of the late Wendell Phillips. —At Wilkesbarre, Pa., last week, the Grand Army of the Republic were forbidden by a Catholic priest to attend in uniform the funeral of their comrade, John Mundy. The members then made arrangements with friends of deceased to have the funeral in another cemetery. This the priest also forbade, saying that Mundy was a Catholic and should be buried in consecrated ground. He carried his point. His objection to the Grand Army was its being a secret society. —There is a strange revival work going on in Russia. The men and women who are carrying it on are called Standists. They began their work in Norway and Sweden before the Methodist and Baptists missionaries. They carry the open Bible, and thousands gather about them to hear the gracious words of life. They take their name from the German word stund, meaning an hour—an hour with God. They call men and women in the busiest time of the day to come and spend an hour with God. The sect has swept over a large part of Russia and made captive one village after another. California—Miss Anna L. Ingels, care Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.
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By Editor
ON April 1st we will cut from the SIGNS list all names whose time expire in February and March, 1884. Please notice the little yellow tab on your paper, it gives the exact date to which your time is paid. If it has expired or runs out before April please renew this week. If you have not the ready cash at hand, please write to us when you can pay, and we will continue sending the SIGNS to your address. OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE FORETOLD.
By Uriah Smith
THE UNITED STATES IN PROPHECY.
This is a full exposition of a portion of prophecy which applies to our own Government, showing the position the United States holds in prophecy, and the part it has to act in the closing scenes of time. Which is now attracting such general attention, is thoroughly canvassed, and abundant testimony is given to prove that it is fast coming to be the ALL-IMPORTANT QUESTION in this country. Dealing with our own land and applying to our own time. Of surpassing interest to every American reader New edition; revised and enlarged. Cloth, 225 pp., 75cts. Paper covers, new edition, condensed, 186 pp., 25cts. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. This is a pamphlet of only 84 pages, but its value is not to be judged by its size. It is just what its title indicates: a faithful presentation of Bible truth on this important subject, and an exposure of the false theories prevailing in regard to it. Every believer in Bible truth should read it. Buy it, read it, and lend it to your neighbor. Price, 10 cents. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THE SEVENTH PART OF TIME.
By W. H. Littlejohn
THIS is a refutation of the theory that God sanctified simply a seventh part of time as the Sabbath, without fixing that time to any definite day. The necessity for a is admitted by nearly all, and is advocated in this book. The author also shows that the Creator understood and anticipated this necessity, and proves by five different processes of reasoning that the seventh or last day of the week, and no other, was in the beginning, and is now, the Sabbath of the Lord. 32 pp. Price, 4 cents; liberal discount by the hundred. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THOUGHTS ON DANIEL, CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
By Uriah Smith
EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, VERSE BY VERSE. We are now living in times plainly pointed out in this prophecy, and it is important to understand it; for Daniel himself says that in the time of the end, the wise shall understand; while, if we fail, we are equally guilty with the Jews, who knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19 : 42-44), and shall meet a similar fate. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THOUGHTS ON REVELATION, CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
By Uriah Smith
This work presents every verse in the book of Revelation, with such remarks as serve to illustrate or explain the meaning of the text. It is a new and harmonious exposition of that important book, and is designed to create an interest in its study. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF PAUL.
In this book the history of Paul's life, from the time when he "made havoc" of the church until he was "offered up" as its chief representative, is traced in a clear and connected manner. Paul's allusions to himself in his epistles are connected with the record in the book of Acts in such a manner as to throw great light both on the epistles and the "Acts." But that which gives the book even greater value than its historical accuracy, is the lessons that are drawn from Paul's words, and the hardships which he endured, and their practical application to our own times. This is a marked feature of this work, and the instruction given in this way cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. 234 pp. Neatly bound in cloth, 80 cents. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.;
Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich. "What Did You Talk About?"
This question was put by a little boy to his mother, who had been visited by a neighbor. Perhaps it would not have been wise to have gratified his curiosity in this regard. Very probably some things were said that had better been unsaid. When Christians come together they do not always talk about those things that are suitable. How often do they dwell on the fashions of the day, on the faults of others, and on various worldly and trivial themes? Too often is it forgotten that "every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of Judgment." In all social gatherings there is always an unseen One present who listens and takes note of all that is spoken. "Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened and heard it; and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him." THEY never blister the tongue or lips. And we have never heard of one mental trouble arising from this quarter. Though they do not cost much, yet they accomplish much. They help one's own good nature and good will. Soft words soften our own soul. Angry words are fuel to the flame of wrath, and make the blaze more fierce. Kind words make other people good-natured. Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. There is such a rush of all other kinds of words in our days, that it seem desirable to give kind words a chance among them. There are vain words, and idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful words, and empty words, and profane words, and warlike words. Kind words also produce their own image on men's souls. And a beautiful image it is. They soothe, and quiet, and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used. WHEN righteousness is placed on exhibition it is "over much" in quantity, but not of the right stamp in quality. SIN and sorrow are inseparable companions; those who let in the first cannot shut out the last. ROGERS.—Died in Oakland, February 20, 1884, Selina Rogers, of consumption, aged 45 years, 10 months, and 23 days. Selina Percy was born in Northfield, Washtenaw Co., Mich., March 27, 1838. She was in Oakland when the "present truth" was first preached here, and was among the first who embraced it, and was baptized on the first occasion of baptism being administered here. She has been diseased for a long time, and her friends thought that she was predisposed to consumption. She attended the last campmeeting at San Jose, but left before its close on receiving a telegram that her husband was sick. She labored beyond her strength, and was soon taken down, and never rose from her bed again. She suffered much, but the "blessed hope" sustained her, and her trust in God was unwavering. Since her conversion she lived a faithful Christian life, winning the fullest confidence and love of the church, and the respect of all who knew her. Truly we do not sorrow for her as those who have no hope. She left a husband and other kindred to mourn her loss. Funeral services at the Adventist Church, February 22. Remarks on 2 Thess. 4:17.
EDITOR. Save Your Peach Trees.
By Editor
As this winter has been exceptionally hard in some parts of the country, and as our paper circulates extensively, we consider it our duty to thus early give a word of warning to peach growers. We expect to hear a wail from some parts of the United States, of "peach trees all killed;" but observation has convinced us that peach trees are very seldom winter killed. Many are sacrificed because the growers have not given themselves a chance to learn better. Do not cut down your peach trees in the spring, even though they appear to be entirely killed. Let them stand until August. If they do not throw out any leaves in August, then cut them down as cumberers of the ground; they will never be anything else. We have known trees which were as dry and dead in appearance as could possibly be, and remain so clear through June and July, and yet give a fair crop even the following year. In August they first gave signs of vitality. In 1856 we knew orchards to be cut down which, from their appearance, were by all judged to be dead, and yet many of the trees put out leaves in the summer, long after they were cut down. And we knew one orchard in which every tree appeared to be killed, but the owner was advised to let them stand till August, and in that month they gave signs of life. And that orchard was very profitable to its owner, as it gave good crops for several years when peaches were scarce, as most other orchards had been cut down. We know that our advice is good. Do not sacrifice valuable trees because of appearances. Spare them until August. Of course they will not give strong evidences of vitality, as they are weak. But a very severe winter is seldom immediately followed by another. So their chances are good if they have any life. Notice.—We send no papers from this Office without pay in advance, unless by special arrangement. When persons receive copies without ordering them they are sent by other parties, and we can give no information in regard to them. Persons thus receiving them are not indebted to the Office. Money orders, drafts, etc., should be made to "Pacific Press," NEVER to individuals, as they may be absent, and business thereby be delayed. Various Matters.
By Editor
According to promise we give in our editorial columns an article on the Book of Psalms. We hope it may prove of benefit to the one who raised a query about the Psalms. A question has also been sent to us about the names of the days of the week. An interesting article on that subject will be found in this paper. The article entitled "Organic Religion," was published in the New York Independent in 1870. It was appropriate then, and much more so now, as the movement for amending the Constitution has greatly increased in proportions and strength. Some utterances of the Independent during the past year or two indicate that it has weakened somewhat, and that it will not be opposed to the amendment if it will enforce the Sunday. "Great is Diana." It is to be feared that the whole world will consider the American Congress a congregation of imbeciles. After making itself almost ridiculous by its interference in a murder trial in England, it is now filling up its record by sending an ill-timed resolution to the German Court about the death of a citizen of that Empire, and going into spasms over its non-reception by that Government. We are led to wonder if there is any public business which might profitably engage the attention of our national legislators. It is customary, and in good keeping, for nations to send messages of condolence when Presidents, Emperors, or kings die, but for such a body as the American Congress ought to be to meddle with minor matters of foreign lands is not calculated to feed the national pride of our citizens. That we do not overrate the absurdity of the action to which we refer is shown by eminent Congressmen gravely talking of the possibility of a war between the two nations over this matter! Let Congress go to work, and "let us have peace." A number of prominent Roman Catholic writers have recently accused Luther of being the author of the following sentences:— "My friends, it would be better to live in concubinage than chastity. Chastity is an unpardonable sin, whereas concubinage, with God's assistance, would not involve the loss of my salvation." They have gone so far as to refer to the letter in which the passage occurs. The Independent has taken the trouble to test the reference and to translate the letter in question. There are no such sentences in it, and the sentiments expressed by Luther are precisely opposite to those contained or implied in the alleged quotations. The Independent justly speaks of this as a "most shameless calumny," but has no expectation that the journals to which it replies will retract the slander or even cease from circulating it. Sabbath Sentinel.
By Editor
THE second number (February) of the Sabbath Sentinel is on our table. We are pleased with the publication, and believe it will be the means of doing much good. This number is even better than the first. We are glad to know it is being so liberally patronized, and heartily recommend it to all. Scatter it everywhere. Publishers' Department.
By Editor
A NEW department has been opened in our paper for the benefit of those who transact business with the Office, and in fact of all our subscribers. Let no one pass it by, as it may be that it will contain some suggestion that is needed by every one. Bro. Nordyke, late of Kankakee, Ill., has charge of this department. He is a competent business man, and if our correspondents will give the proper information they may depend on having all matters attended to correctly and promptly. Mission Rooms in Buffalo, N. Y.
By Editor
THE International Tract Society has opened parlor reading and lecture rooms at 13 West Huron Street, Buffalo, New York, where will be found a variety of selected historical, biographical, and religious works; tracts, pamphlets, and periodicals in English, French, German, and other languages, together with the best secular and religious newspapers of the day. Free lectures and Bible-readings will be given from time to time. Rooms open for the present from 2:30 to 9:00 P. M. Resident managers, Alex. Gleason, H. E. Robinson. The Old Testament Student.
By Editor
THIS journal (formerly the Hebrew Student) grows in interest and value. The February number is filled with matter which cannot fail to interest every reader, and especially every lover of the Old Testament. We shall make some selections from this number, which, we believe, will be profitable to our readers; and if they shall awaken an interest in the Student itself, and lead some to patronize it, we shall be doubly pleased. Of course it cannot be fully appreciated by those who have no knowledge of Hebrew; but most of its articles will be found both interesting and useful to the English reader. And the reading of the Student can hardly fail to awaken a desire to understand this much neglected language. We accordingly recommend it to all. William R. Harper, Ph. D., Editor, American Publication Society of Hebrew, Morgan Park, Illinois; 48 pages, besides 8 pages of cover notices, mostly of valuable books. $2.00 a year of ten numbers. A Request.
By H. A. St. John
WE are desirous of obtaining, as far as possible, the names and addresses of all invalids upon the Pacific Coast. Will our people on this coast favor us in this important matter to the extent of their ability by sending us the names, with post-offices, of all such persons within their knowledge? Any particulars with relation to the persons whose names are forwarded will be appreciated. Address, "Rural Health Retreat, St. Helena, Napa Co., Cal." Signs Items.
By B. R. Nordyke
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