American Sentinel, Vol. 11, No. 28 (July 16, 1896) | AdventAI

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RELIGION AND PATRIOTISM.S.14 paragraphs
DIVINE AND HUMAN GOVERNMENT.25 paragraphs
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.14 paragraphs
APPEALING FROM THE SUPREME COURT.S.6 paragraphs
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL.11 paragraphs
CIVIL VS. RELIGIOUS PROHIBITION.4 paragraphs
SPREADING BLUE LAWS.S.11 paragraphs
THE POPE INVITED TO “UNITY” WITH THE GREEK CHURCH.S.6 paragraphs
WHY WE SHOULD HAVE PROHIBITION ON ALL DAYS.Chas. S. Morris8 paragraphs
WHAT IS RELIGIOUS TEACHING?5 paragraphs
REPEAL THE SUNDAY LAWS.[^*]8 paragraphs
THE WORLD-WIDE SUNDAY MOVEMENT.3 paragraphs
The Only Alternative of Success.G. H. LYON8 paragraphs
The Grand Trunk Railway14 paragraphs
PURE PRODUCT OF NUTS.12 paragraphs
SAFETY PENCIL POCKET.7 paragraphs
THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW.5 paragraphs
THE “CYCLONE” STILL WHIRLSMrs. E. A. Lennard7 paragraphs
A · NEW · BIBLE,47 paragraphs
PRESS reports for July 8 announced a “miraculous” cure of diphtheria, in the case of a young girl living in this city, by means of a “holy relic,” consisting of what is alleged to be a fragment of a bone of “St. Ann.” While faith—as scripturally defined—is fast disappearing before the spreading worldliness and materialism of the age, superstition continues to thrive, as exemplified in occurrences like the above. Simultaneously with the departure of faith comes the revival of superstition. It could not be otherwise; for faith is the only means of knowledge in spiritual things. If our present day “civilization,” with its “higher” criticism and similar anti-biblical features, embodied any real advancement in religious knowledge, superstition would be dying out instead of flourishing.1 paragraphs
THE Democratic national platform adopted at the recent Chicago convention, contains the following “plank” with reference to religious liberty:—4 paragraphs
A REPORT of the Christian Endeavor Convention at Washington, D. C., with appropriate comments, will appear in our next issue.Editor1 paragraphs
THE highest income in the “Christian nation” of Prussia, is that received by Herr Krupp, for the manufacture of weapons for fighting.1 paragraphs
FROM five towns in Ohio, says the Christian Statesman, of July 4, come “reports of the vigorous enforcement of the sabbath laws,” among these being Canton, the home of the Republican candidate for President.1 paragraphs
The trial of the four Seventh-day Adventists at Tiptonville, Lake County, Tenn., for working on Sunday, is expected to occur on the 16th inst. The editor of the SENTINEL will attend the trial and report the proceedings.1 paragraphs
Be sure to read the article on another page, “Divine and Human Government.” Some parts of it may seem trite to the old SENTINEL readers, but as a whole it will be found sufficiently striking to reward a careful perusal by every one.1 paragraphs
REMEMBER that while you are enjoying freedom honest men are imprisoned for their faith. J. W. Lewis is still in Tiptonville (Tenn.) jail, and four of his brethren in the same county are almost certain to suffer a like imprisonment within a few days.1 paragraphs
In Russia the Lutheran Church has suffered much from the religious “laws” and restrictions enforced by the Russian government; yet the officials of that church have been more hostile toward Seventh-day Christians, who have recently gained a foothold in Russia, than have the officials of the government. A recent proscription of Adventist literature in Russia turns out to have been secured by the Lutheran Church.1 paragraphs
NOTICE the world-wide scope of the movement for enforced Sunday-keeping, as set forth in the report of the International Federation of Lord’s Day Societies, given on page 222. What else could be expected when that nation which has claimed to be the standard bearer of liberty among all the nations of the earth, sets the example in the work of binding men in the chains of religious legislation. Evidently, under a continuance of the present order of things, the world will soon be “a safe and dreary prison” for such as choose to obey God rather than man, by keeping holy the seventh-day Sabbath.1 paragraphs
REGARDING the rumor of a successor to Satolli, the Sun (N. Y.), of July 7, takes occasion to publish a dispatch from Washington, as follows:—3 paragraphs
From the town of Lego, North Carolina, comes word of the arrest and trial of Robert Morehead, colored, an observer of the seventh-day Sabbath, for working in his garden on Sunday. He was convicted and sentenced to pay $7—fine and costs. Fortunately, he was not without friends among the most prominent white people of the vicinity, some of whom were very indignant over the action of the justice (formerly a Methodist preacher) who procured Mr. Morehead's arrest. These friends advised him to appeal his case to the superior court, and furnished his bond, which was $50. The case will probably not be reached for trial before September.1 paragraphs
THE good people who see nothing wrong in a Sunday “law” which applies merely to the saloons, should before giving it their indorsement, pause and ask themselves where the Sunday crusaders purpose to stop in their demands. In New York City the “law” closes all saloons, but allows many other places of business to remain open until 11 o’clock, A. M. In Boston, the “law” closes all places of business except drug stores; and in Pittsburg it has been announced that even drug stores must be shut on Sunday. And yet the party of religious “reform” do not proclaim themselves satisfied. They have never yet announced that they had secured all they wanted, for any place or occasion. Nor will any such announcement be forthcoming until they shall have suspended all business on Sunday except their own, and discovered some way to corral the people within the churches. The germ of Sunday legislation contained in “laws” seemingly quite innocent, such as those closing the saloons on Sunday, grows readily into a Upas tree of vast dimensions. The time to resist such legislation is at the outset.1 paragraphs