ELDER J. B. GOODRICH reports six additions to the church at Norridgewock, Maine, October 15.
THE church at Milton, Oregon, circulated 4,000 copies of the American Sentinel of September 22.
BROTHER F. L. MEAD, general canvassing agent, is holding a canvassers' institute at College Place, Walla Walla, Wash.
ELDER J. S. SHROCK, who labored for a time in Oklahoma and Indian Territories the past summer, has been assigned to mission work in South America.
"A LITTLE handful" of brethren at Spotsylvania Court House, Va., propose to build a church, and several "outsiders" have offered to help all they are able.
ANY person desirous of sending papers or tracts to Frank Jeffers for missionary work will please address them to Fresno, Cal., postpaid, instead of Lemoore.
BROTHER ADOLPH CHRISTENSEN, secretary of the Tract Society at Seattle, Wash., is desirous of having back numbers of the Signs, Sentinel, Review, Youth's Instructor, and Our Little Friend sent to him, postpaid, for missionary work. His address is 309 Poplar Street.
ELDER J. F. HANSEN began labor, on the 16th ult., among the Scandinavians of New York City and Brooklyn. At his first meeting there were seventy persons present.
OPEN-AIR meetings on Sunday afternoons in San Francisco are producing fruit for the Master. Elder Derrick is taking a special interest in following up this work with personal labor.
THE New York Record notices the recent arrival there of Harmon Lindsay, Jr., who was on his way to South Africa to take a position as teacher in the new academy at Cape Town.
ELDER M. G. HUFFMAN reports to the Union Record a good interest in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine. He says: "We are having a good attendance of those not of our faith, at our Sunday preaching services at 2:30 P. M."
AT Paramatta, N. S. W., Australia, where Brethren R. Hare and D. Steed were laboring, twenty-five persons were baptized August 21. A church was organized there, and a movement has since been on foot to build a house of worship.
AT Jackson's Creek, Maryland, October 16, forty persons were baptized by Elder E. E. Frank. The ceremony occupied fifty minutes. It was estimated that fifteen hundred people were present, upon whom a good impression was made.
THE last of the Seventh-day Adventist camp meetings announced for the year 1892 is in progress at Pomona, Southern California, as this paper goes to press. The camp meeting season just past has been highly important in far-reaching results.
BROTHER E. E. MILLS, who is the head of our canvassing work in District No. 1, says that during the last five years, $100,766 worth of books have been sold in New England Conference, which comprises the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
MRS. THOS. HADDON, School Street, Brighton, Mass., in expressing her thankfulness for the Signs which someone sends her, says that she can make good use of any old papers from any of the children of the Lord. Her work lies in part, at least, in the low places of the earth. The postage should be prepaid on all papers sent.
BROTHER A. J. HOWARD, who recently inaugurated meetings at Lafayette, N. J., met a minister of one of the prominent denominations who endeavored to discourage him in his work by telling him that there were already too many preachers there, and another would only "make it closer picking." It is no wonder there is spiritual dearth in the land, when the ministers admit that it is the "picking" they labor for.
BROTHER WM. HUTCHINSON, writing to the West Virginia Monitor from Reedsville, W. Va., says: "Never before have we seen the depths of Satan unfolded as they have been here. His latest is to present us as traitors to the government." That is just what will be done all along the line, as the Sunday-law enthusiasts become more emboldened by success in their persecutions of those who observe the seventh-day Sabbath. They will not only be so accused, but they will be indicted, convicted, and punished for treason.
THE NEW COLLEGE.
By Editor
THE latest news from our new college at Walla Walla, Wash., is that the first calendar is now ready for distribution, and can be had by applying to Prof. E. A. Sutherland, Box 514, Walla Walla. This is a matter of importance to our friends in the Northwestern Conferences, and a matter of interest to all the church. The country is becoming well dotted with our educational institutions, and their good work is seen in the increase of efficient workers in the cause. Let Walla Walla College receive all the patronage due to its mission and location.
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MISSIONARY WORK IN NEBRASKA.
By L. A. Hoopes
OUR camp meeting season for this year is in the past. We can say that it has not been discouraging. There have been more conversions and baptisms at the meetings this year than in any previous year. The camp meetings have had a widespread influence in the communities where they have been held. I speak of the Curtis meeting particularly. The country for miles around seems stirred about present truth. Many are inquiring about our faith. Some are embracing it. There seems to be an awakening all over the State. There are far more calls for labor than we have ministers to answer.
The canvassing work is moving along with fair results. The brethren are of good courage and the Lord is blessing their efforts. We can attribute much of the rising interest in Nebraska to the efforts that have been put forth by our God-fearing canvassers. We are pleased to note that where our societies have taken hold of the work of sending out the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, it has revived and kept alive the missionary spirit in their midst, and invariably an interest has been the result of their efforts.
We have this to look back to, that the papers which were distributed in the years that are past are bearing fruit now. When we go into those communities where it was circulated, the people tell us that at such a time they read the SIGNS, or that such a person had been there taking orders for the SIGNS. In this way a knowledge of the Third Angel's Message has been introduced.
We feel encouraged about the good work that the SIGNS is doing. We are making preparation to do more extensive and thorough work in this line this coming year.
We read the circular reports of what the SIGNS is doing with much interest. It is a help to us in our work. We shall not be contented until we see all our societies doing what they can to forward the circulation of this excellent messenger of light.
L. A. HOOPES.
ENCOURAGING TO THE WORKERS.
By Editor
OFTENTIMES the Christian worker becomes discouraged because he sees no returns from the seed sown; yet, nevertheless, the seed is growing unknown to him, and its abundant fruit, seen by others here, will be realized by him, if faithful, in the day of God. The following letter, received a few days since, is so full of encouragement to missionary workers that we give it entire:—
DEAR EDITOR: I saw a piece in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES in September from D. T. Shireman, of Asheville, N. C., which I would like very much to repeat over and over again, as I know the benefit of receiving the SIGNS OF THE TIMES from some Christian brother or sister. I do not know who sends it to me, but I thank God for it; it has been a blessing to me and also to many others, and may God's richest blessings fall on the sender of the SIGNS to me. Two years and a half ago I was far away from God and very sick, given up by many doctors. I read an account of healing, and I had heard so many people say that God was no respecter of persons, that I knelt down and asked God to heal my body and I would be a Christian; and, praise his dear name, he did heal me right away. I promised I would work for him if he did heal me, so I have given my heart to him, and my life, and now I work in the slums of Boston. All I have and all I ever expect to have belongs to Jesus. I follow where he leads. He leads me sometimes into the State's prisons, and I take the SIGNS OF THE TIMES with me. Three weeks ago I left the paper with a colored man who knew not the Shepherd's voice, but a passage or a message came to him through the SIGNS, "To-day is the day of salvation." That night he could not sleep. He got up and knelt down in his prison cell and cried to God for forgiveness of his sins, and the Father both heard and answered his prayer. He has the witness that he is a child of the King.
I could tell you of many others in the prisons and dark places where the SIGNS OF THE TIMES has proved a blessing and a lamp to their feet.
Oh, the little things we all might do while the daylight lasts! Only a little effort of the dear one who sends the SIGNS to me, and, oh, the sunlight it has brought to many who were in darkness! I feel it my duty to write to you and thank the sender through your paper, as I have no address of the sender, and also to encourage some of the dear children of God to continue in the good work of sending their papers out to others. May God bless all your efforts to help others into the light, and when the Lord comes to gather his children home, may there be many jewels among the dear ones who have done the best they could through the SIGNS OF THE TIMES to turn on the light into the dark places where they knew not the sunlight of God's love. I remain your sister in Christ!
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LESSON VIII.—NOVEMBER 20, 1892.
PAUL'S SERMON AT ANTIOCH.
[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson; it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given in book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]
Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.
For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.
And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
But God raised him from the dead;
And he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.
And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,
How that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.
Because he saith also in another Psalm, Thou wilt not give thy Holy One to see corruption.
For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption;
But he whom God raised up saw no corruption.
Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins;
And by him everyone that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets;
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.
And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
(MEMORY VERSE, 38.)
Golden Text.—"To us is the word of this salvation sent forth." Acts 13:26.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
1. In response to the invitation to speak in the synagogue at Antioch, what familiar history did Paul rehearse?
"And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, hearken. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it. And for about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years; and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they asked for a king; and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will." Acts 13:16-22. See note 1.
2. What did he connect with the mention of David?
"Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus; when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there cometh one after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose." Acts 13:23-25.
What encouraging word did he speak to those present? Verse 26.
How had the dwellers in Jerusalem condemned themselves? Verse 27.
What story did Paul next rehearse? Verses 28-31.
What glad tidings did Paul now declare? Verses 32, 33.
In what words is the resurrection of Christ spoken of in one place in Isaiah? Verse 34.
In what other way did Paul show from the Scriptures the resurrection of Christ? Acts 13:35-37.
What glorious gift is assured by the resurrection of Christ? Verses 38, 39.
To what does the apostle Peter say that we have been begotten by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead?
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you." 1 Peter 1:3, 4.
12. But in what condition only can we have a hope of that inheritance?
"Being therefore justified by faith, let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and let us rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but let us also rejoice in our tribulations; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, probation; and probation, hope." Rom. 5:1-4.
13. Then what must we know of the resurrection of Christ, in order to have this hope?
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death." Phil. 3:10.
"Having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places." Eph. 1:18-20.
14. How can we know the power of his resurrection?
"Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with him by the likeness of his death, we shall be also by the likeness of his resurrection." Rom. 6:3-5.
"If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God." Col. 3:1.
With what warning did Paul close his discourse? Verses 40, 41.
What request followed? Verse 42.
What did Paul and Barnabas do after the meeting? Verse 43.
NOTES ON THE LESSON.
1. About four hundred and fifty years.—There seems to be a difference between the King James and Revised Version in respect to this period. The common version places it between the time of Joshua and Samuel. The Revised Version seems to place it between the division of Canaan by Joshua and the judges. But "and after these things" (verse 20) probably refers to the division of the land of Canaan. In thus understanding there is harmony. Four hundred and fifty years from Joshua to Samuel is one hundred years more than is given to that same period by Usher and the chronology of our common version. It need not be said that we should prefer that of inspiration to that of uncertain calculations of however eminent scholars.
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—The Sands Point Hotel, at Roslyn, L. I., was burned October 23; loss $100,000.
—A cotton compress at Belton, Texas, was burned on the 24th inst.; loss $115,000.
—A fire in Chinatown, San Francisco, last week destroyed over $60,000 worth of property.
—A fire at Jersey City, N. J., on the night of the 27th inst., caused losses aggregating $210,000.
—During last week six persons lost their lives by asphyxiation in the Hyde Park region of Chicago.
—Seven couples who had eloped from Kentucky were married by a justice in Jeffersonville, Ind., on the 26th inst.
—The Western Union Telegraph Company has added $14,800,000 to its capital stock, thus raising it to $150,000,000.
—Intensely cold weather is reported in Scotland, the lochs in Perthshire being covered with thick ice, and snow lying deep on the mountains.
—Warrants are said to have been issued for fifty-eight Kansas undertakers for violating the Anti-trust law and forming a combination to fix prices.
—The new German army bill increases the available force to 4,400,000 men. The present war strength of France is 4,053,000, and that of Russia is 4,556,000.
—On the 27th inst., the steamship Roumania, bound to Bombay from Liverpool, was wrecked by a storm and 113 persons were lost in the sea. Only nine escaped.
—A destructive fire occurred at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on the 30th inst. It is said that fifteen families were left homeless, and the entire loss is about $150,000.
—George Sontag, the only member of the Evans-Sontag train robbing party that has yet been captured, was convicted after a lengthy trial at Fresno, Cal., on the 29th inst.
—It is reported from Hamburg that the city will not be declared free from cholera for some time. Emigrant steamers are again plying their vocation, but they do not carry passengers recently from Russia or Hungary.
—A great fire occurred in Milwaukee, Wis., on the night of the 28th inst. The fire originated in an oil establishment, and a heavy wind carried it over several business blocks. The loss is estimated at over $5,000,000. Four lives were lost.
—Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President, died at Washington City, early in the morning of October 25. It is said that her illness began with the grippe on April 6, after a brilliant reception in the White House, and but few friends have seen her since.
—A bomb explosion occurred in Los Angeles, Cal., during the march of the Columbus-day procession, which resulted disastrously to a number of children. At last accounts six had died, and several others were suffering from severe injuries. So much for gunpowder patriotism.
—It is again asserted on what is deemed reliable authority that the German emperor has appealed to the pope for his influence with the Catholic party in the Reichstag in favor of the new army bill, which is said to be very unpopular, as it very largely increases army expenses.
—Great damages have resulted from the overflow of the Salado River, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Fifty persons have lost their lives; 2,000 head of cattle were swept into the ocean by the flood, and the coffee plantations have been damaged, it is estimated, to the extent of $300,000.
—A great strike in the mines at Carmaux, France, is causing a sensation in political circles. Government troops are there to preserve order and protect property, and the authorities decline to withdraw them until the strikers go to work. There is much sympathy in the country with the workmen.
—Officials of some of the unions of railroad employees are said to be planning for a general strike next year, when the business incident to the World's Fair will be so urgent that the railroad companies cannot afford to stop their trains for even a day, and will yield to the demands of the strikers.
—The Indian "Messiah" at Walker Lake, Nevada, has sent emissaries among the Idaho tribes urging them to inaugurate ghost dances and prepare for war in the spring. The runners, however, have been coldly received, and one prominent chief says the Messiah will be killed if he comes there to stir up trouble.
—The National World's Fair Commission has decided not to interfere with the contracts of the local directory for the sale of stimulants in restaurants on the fair grounds. But there will be no liquors sold at saloons or open bars within the grounds. This action will increase the interest of the city liquor dealers in having the fair closed on Sundays.
—The Yaqui Indians in Chihuahua, Mexico, who went on the warpath over a year ago when their heroine, Saint Teresa, was banished by the government at the request of the priests, have at last been overcome. Their mountain strongholds were recently assailed by a large force of troops, and the entire band of hostiles, about three hundred in number, are said to have been annihilated. They had previously won several victories over the soldiers.
—The American ship Joseph H. Spinney struck a hidden rock in a fog, about sixty miles north of San Francisco Harbor, on the 26th inst., and soon after sunk in 240 feet of water. The officers and crew took to the small boats and escaped, being picked up by a fishing tug, after rowing all night and part of the next day. The lost ship was valued at $60,000, and the cargo at $200,000. She was 130 days from New York, and unfavorable winds kept her from entering San Francisco Harbor.
—Colonel Dodds, commander of the French forces operating in Dahomey, Africa, reports that one-half of King Behanzin's army has been killed, and the remainder are in poor condition. It is also asserted that a German firm supplied Behanzin with 4,000 quick-firing rifles and three fieldpieces in exchange for slaves, the last batch of slaves being delivered May 5. The report adds that the shipment of these slaves took place under the personal supervision of the German Consul.
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 31.
RELIGIOUS.
—The New York World has contributed $10,000 to aid the cause of Lutheran parochial schools of Illinois.
—It has finally been decided that Dr. Pierson, of New York, is to be the pastor of the Spurgeon Church in London.
—Catholic authorities state that not less than 2,000 American pilgrims will go to Rome next spring to celebrate the pope's episcopal jubilee.
—Two Jews have been convicted and fined for working on Sunday, at their trade as stonecutters, in Dubuque, Iowa. The case is to be appealed.
—It is announced that a Consistory Court is to be established in America for the settlement of disputes between Catholic bishops and priests, instead of having them all referred to Rome.
—Mr. Moody, who will have charge of the gospel meetings at Chicago during the World's Fair, is now securing assistants who will preach in the language of every nation whose people are likely to attend the fair.
—It is reported that in Russia the Stundists (Baptists) are being charged with insanity and confined in madhouses. That is just what Dr. Jonathan Edwards, a leading National Reformer, proposed to do in this country with "atheists," amongst whom he classed all observers of the seventh-day Sabbath.
—The contest of the churches as to which can do the most in the line of a religious glorification of Columbus, will probably be won by the Catholics, but the Methodists are in a fair way for second place in the race. Their ministers in San Francisco have decided on a "union Columbian Thanksgiving service."
—The Russian Government has forbidden the Jews of that country to give their children any name not of Jewish origin. The Jews are forbidden to assimilate themselves with other citizens unless they join the Orthodox Russian Church, and then they are punished and banished because they do not so assimilate.
—The pope has granted a dispensation for the marriage of Princess Marie, eldest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Roumania. The princess is a Protestant and the prince is a Catholic. The dispensation makes the usual absolute condition that all children shall be baptized in the Catholic faith and educated as Catholics.
—A certain minister in Delaware has become somewhat prominent by the versatility of his genius. He is said to be a preacher, farmer, sportsman, philosopher, novel writer, and candidate for Congress. A prominent religious journal pronounces his latest literary production "a good novel." Is it any wonder that crumbling Babylon cries out for civil law to sustain it? It has no hold on anything higher.
—Three years ago Rev. George W. James, of the Southern California Conference of the M. E. Church, was found guilty by the Conference of gross immoralities. Pending the trial he withdrew from the ministry. At the recent session of the Conference he appeared again and produced evidence which convinced his most prejudiced ministerial brethren that he was innocent of the heinous charges of which he had been convicted by the Conference.
—The election of a Catholic as mayor of London marks a new era in English religious politics. On receiving the new mayor in the House of Lords, October 24, the Lord Chancellor said that undoubtedly there were times in the past when it was impossible for a Catholic to hold office without surrendering his religious convictions, but, happily, the battle of religious liberty had been fought and won, and the creed in which a man believed was no barrier to privileges, rights, and honors.
—The East German United Brethren Conference, which recently met at Reading, Pa., seems to have regarded the gospel of Christ as synonymous with prohibition. At least the following preamble and resolution so express it: "WHEREAS, In the drink traffic we have a deadly foe of our country and church, and as the gospel of Christ is the only power that can destroy this monster; therefore, Resolved, That the ministers and delegates of this conference encourage, advise, and vote in favor of prohibition."
Steps to Christ
By Editor
BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.
We have much pleasure in announcing an important and exceedingly helpful work, under the title of STEPS TO CHRIST, by Mrs. E. G. White. The rare ability of the author in the presentation of Scripture truth has never been used to better advantage than in this little work. STEPS TO CHRIST is not alone suitable as a guide to the inquirer and young convert, but is rich in thought and suggestion for the most mature Christian. Some idea of its scope and practical character may be gathered from the following table of contents.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. The Sinner's Need of Christ.
II. Repentance.
III. Confession.
IV. Consecration.
V. Faith and Acceptance.
VI. The Test of Discipleship.
VII. Growing up into Christ.
VIII. The Work and the Life.
IX. Knowledge of God.
X. The Privilege of Prayer.
XI. What to do with Doubt.
XII. Rejoicing in the Lord.
STEPS TO CHRIST is issued in a rich, though neat, cloth binding, gold and ink dies, at 75 cents per copy. Sent by mail, post free, on receipt of price.
