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Earlier text: LESSON XII.—SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1899

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CAL. M. M. & B. A.

THE annual meeting of the California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association (a corporation) will be held at their principal place of business, Crystal Springs, near St. Helena, Napa Co., Cal., on Wednesday, June 14, 1899, at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of electing four directors to serve one year and four directors to serve two years, and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting.

N. C. MCCLURE, President, J. A. BURDEN, Secretary.

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Liberty in France

Liberty in France.—J. W. Jenks, of Cornell University, in writing on Education and Religion in France, remarks: "All religions are now equal by law, and the State grants aid for the support of any church which has 100,000 adherents. By far the larger part of the aid, of course, goes to the Roman Catholic Church. There is, however, on the part of large classes in the community, much jealousy and fear that the church will secure great political influence. So powerful is this feeling in some quarters that 'a French citizen who is dependent on the State for his livelihood, is not always at liberty to accompany his wife and children to mass on Sunday morning, without risking his future prospects and their means of sustenance.' Even the President of the republic is careful not to pronounce the name of God in any public utterance for fear of offending the anti-clerical free-thinkers, and avoids appearing in any public capacity in any religious edifice. Strange perversion of the spirit of religious tolerance!" How long will it be before the same principles will bear sway in America? The intolerance here, however, will come not from "infidelity," but from the religious side; and it will in France before a great while.

It Makes a Difference Whose Ox Is Gored

By Editor

It Makes a Difference Whose Ox Is Gored.—Apropos to the note in our Outlook department on "What Is Treason?" it may be well to recall the eloquent plea for the American colonies made by the great English Commoner, Edmund Burke. It was he who said, "If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a single foreign troop remained in my native country, I would never lay down my arms, never, never, never!" In speaking of that very time the

Encyclopædia Britannica says: "His speeches are almost the one monument of the struggle on which a lover of English greatness can look back with pride and a sense of worthiness." There were those then who considered his plea for a people desiring to be free as treasonable, as aiding the enemy; but Americans have ever admired the noble utterance, and Britons acknowledge its justice. The Filipinos have for years been fighting for freedom from an oppressive foreign government; they count America the same. Shall a plea for their freedom be accounted treasonable in the light of America's struggle for liberty? It makes a wonderful difference in decisions sometimes as to whose ox is gored.

OUR INDEPENDENCE NUMBER.

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If there ever was a time when an American ought to consider his country and nation, it is on her birthday.

July 4, 1776, this nation was born. The Declaration of Independence was her cradle-song, a new one among the nations. Her Constitution in 1789 was the utterance of her virile youth. Both possessed wisdom and set forth principles which astonished the nations, and all that this nation has been that is truly worthy is the development of those principles.

It is a good time to consider them as we are nearing another anniversary of her birthday.

Every American, every Christian, ought to consider these things.

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1. Principles of true Americanism as set forth by the Founders of the Republic. Certainly there are none others so well qualified to do this as the men who lived in that "time that tried men's souls," and who under God made this nation "the land of the free." In sight of material greatness we are prone to forget true principles. What are the true principles of true Americanism? Do you know? The SIGNS of July 4 will tell you in brief.

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3. Departure from these principles as shown in "Imperialism." What effect is "expansion" or "imperialism" having, not upon a few, not upon the nation just now, but what effect is it having on the very foundations of the Republic? If the foundations be shaken, the whole structure will fall.

4. America in the Light of the More Sure Word of Prophecy. God has in His Word given us prophetic history of Babylon, Grecia, Medo-Persia, and Rome. Is it not reasonable that the career of this great nation and government should be declared? What does prophecy say?

5. A Historical Sketch of the Decline of Religious Liberty. Do you not wish information on this point?

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CONTAINED IN THIS NUMBER.

Poetry.

The King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

"Unto the Day," BESSIE JOHNSON-BELLMAN. . . . . . . 3

Mercy's Call, MRS. E. R. COLBURN. . . . . . . . . 4

For Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Is it I?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

He Leadeth Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Fashion's Servants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General.

Education as Found in Egypt, E. A. SUTHERLAND. . . . 1

Redemption Draweth Nigh, MRS. E. G. WHITE. . . . . 2

His Coming in Glory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Workers Together with God, IRVING E. BAKER. . . . 3

"Vox Populi Vox Dei," W. N. GLENN. . . . . . . . 3

Two Forces, F. D. STARR. . . . . . . . . . . . 4

A Testimony of Healing, HENRIETTA REAMS. . . . . 4

The Fleeting Moments, A. SMITH. . . . . . . . . 5

Saved by His Life, M. C. ISRAEL. . . . . . . . . 5

Editorial.

That One Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The True Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

For Our Admonition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

A Misconception of Protestantism. . . . . . . . . 7

Question Corner.—Nos. 931, 932, 933. . . . . . . . 7

Outlook.—Three Striking and Timely Cartoons.—Spiritual Declension in the Last Days.—What are Russia's Plans? 8

Missions.—Silent Influences.—Our Ship Pitcairn.—How Some People Live.—The Situation in Samoa.—Our Work and Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10

International Sabbath-school and Sunday-school Lessons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11

The Home.—Mattie Lee's Rag Carpet.—America's Dead Sea.—Cruel Fate of the Egrets.—Love of Display. . 12, 13

News and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Roger Williams, the Luther of America

By Editor

In immediate issues following will be begun a series of articles on "Roger Williams, the Luther of America." Who would not know more of the life of the apostle of liberty to America?

Education: The False and the True

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We call special attention to the first article in this issue. It is the first of several important articles on the vital subject of education. Not one reader of the SIGNS who is interested in the cause of education (and who is not?) can afford to miss these articles. They not only point out the false, but they set forth the true.

The Separation of Church and State

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Our Independence Number, and then, immediately following, a series of articles on "The Separation of Church and State," by Alonzo T. Jones, author of the "Two Republics," "Rights of the People," etc. These, and other articles of equal importance, will render the SIGNS OF THE TIMES for the remainder of this year worth more than the price asked for the whole year.

Violet Rays

Violet Rays.—It is now announced that a learned physician—Dr. J. Mount Bleyer—has discovered, and demonstrated by experiments on plants and lower animals—that violet rays of light applied to the human system by electricity is an absolute cure for consumption. Plants treated in that way grew night and day, and developed an abnormal size.

Secularist State Aid for Religion

A Secularist journal in Oregon recently petitioned the legislature of that State for $5,000 toward building a "Liberal University," and would have accepted the gift had the legislature seen fit to grant it. At the same time this paper is decidedly opposed to gifts by legislatures to Christian or religious institutions. That is, it is proper and right to secure State aid for institutions whose principles of religion are to tear down Christianity, but it is wrong to secure State aid to aid institutions whose religion is to build up Christianity. In other words, on the Secularist ground, the fight is over religion. It is proper to secure State aid against religion; it is improper to secure it for it. The paper above referred to presents two sample "Liberal University" essays; and both are against religion. It would appear that the "Liberal University" is liberal to all things not religious; and yet it has a religion, namely, the worship of humanity.

Superstition Is Not Dead

By Editor

Superstition Is Not Dead.—Much is being said in some New York newspaper over the operations of a so-called "sorceress," who used the incantations of a dream book to cure a child with a gangrened leg. The child died. It appears now that the woman did not use the incantation for gangrene, but for pain. This is an aggravated case. What about our politicians who carry rabbits' feet in their pocket "for luck"? or our brave soldiers, and doughty prize-fighters, and muscular athletes of base and football, who must have their "mascot," or meet defeat? And what about saints' bones, and the anathemas—the curse causeless that will not come. No, reader, superstition, gross and refined, is not dead nor dying nor waning, but how about faith? It is a simple fact, as faith wanes, superstition waxes. The ultimate choice will be between the two.

A Noble Spaniard

By Editor

A Noble Spaniard.—Says the New Voice: "A story which ought to be published in the record of American generosity to Spain comes from the South Atlantic Ocean. While we were still at war, Captain Don Petro Millet, of the Spanish barkentine Gabriel, rescued the crew of a wrecked American bark, cared for them twenty-six days, and then positively refused to accept any remuneration. We are glad to remember that the Cid Campeador and Gonsalvo de Cordova, as well as Cortez and Weyler, were Spaniards. There is true nobility yet in the blood of the old Castile."

There has always been as much nobility in the native Spaniard as in that of any other race. What hurts the Iberian Peninsula is not Spaniards, but Catholicism.

Sunday Trains.

Recently a committee consisting of the American Sabbath Union's general secretary, the Rev. Dr. I. W. Hathaway; Dr. James F. Riggs, of East Orange; C. A. Munger, of Summit; James C. Holden, of Madison; Henry B. Twombley, of Summit; and others, waited on President W. H. Truesdale, of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, and presented a petition asking that the trains be limited to one each way a day, on Sunday. After the committee retired, the president said that the company would continue to run Sunday trains as they were needed.

Not Settled

By Editor

Not Settled.—The New York Journal, in its issue May 11, has the following in display heading:— "TWO METHODS OF SETTLING A STRIKE. General Merriam's Troops in Idaho Terrorize the Miners—Bishop Quigley Peacefully Adjusts the Troubles in Buffalo."

But the strike in Buffalo, at this writing, May 22, seems to be as far from settlement as ever. The troops, it is said, "terrorized" the miners; what were the miners doing before the troops came?