Earlier text: The True Missionary-There are 221 lawyers in the House of Representatives of Congress. -The farmers of Dakota get from 65 to 75 cents a bushel for wheat that brings $1.00 in Chicago. -All the correspondence of the Government in regard to O'Donnell is to be laid before Congress. -Silver deposits in sandstone is the latest mining sensation, near Lower Price, on the Rio Grande Railroad. -A Tucson, A. T., dispatch says: "The rush to the Quijotoa mines is growing larger daily, people coming in from California, New Mexico, and Colorado." -Chief Justice Graves of the Michigan Supreme Court has resigned, after serving a quarter of a century. -The rain-storm of the 27th ult. was quite general throughout California, and especially cheering to farmers. -Extensive rains are reported from the Ohio River region, and considerable damage to property by high water. -By the suspension of the collieries in Cumberland County, Pa., 12,000 men have been thrown out of employment. -The prohibitionists held a mass meeting in Boston, Dec. 27th, to consider the matter of constitutional prohibition. -The Trades Congress of Toronto, Canada, has resolved against the importation of Chinese laborers into the Dominion. -Spain is ready to pay over to the United States $460,000 for losses to American citizens during the Cuban insurrection. -A railroad is being built from Iron City to the iron mines near Cedar City, Utah, by the funds of the Mormon Church. -An Orange riot at Harbor Grace, Ireland, on the 26th ult., resulted in the wounding of eighteen persons, seven mortally. -Mrs. Gunter, aged 80, her daughter and granddaughter, were all mysteriously murdered at Montrose, N. C., on the 23d ult. -Dec. 24, the centennial of Washington's resignation from the army was celebrated in various places throughout the country. -There is great indignation among English residents in Egypt because the graves of English soldiers have been desecrated at Helonan. -The Ways and Means Committee of Congress talk of bringing the tariff question to the front; but a reduction of duty on sugar will be opposed. -Congressman Cox declines to serve on the Naval Affairs Committee; he wanted the Foreign Relations position assigned to General Miller of California. -The ninth steel corvette for the Chinese Government has been launched at Kiel, Germany. She carries ten Armstrong guns, besides torpedo-boats. -The County Auditor at Cincinnati has discovered a million-dollars fraudulent increase in property valuation, which he says has been made since 1880. -During the visit of the German Crown Prince to the pope, the latter several times referred to Church matters, but the Prince avoided all committal. -A passenger train on the Louisville and Chicago Railroad went through a culvert near Salem, Ind., Dec. 24. Seven persons were killed, and about as many injured. -A great fire occurred in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 24. It originated in a broom factory, and the total loss is estimated at over $400,000. Two men were killed by falling walls. -A street riot in the City of Mexico, last week, resulted from the refusal to receive nickel coin in the markets. The military was called out to quell the disturbance. -A report comes from Salt Lake that a Mormon in southern Utah, wishing to take another wife, turned his daughter out of doors because he was not able to support both. -A row between natives and Chinese occurred on the Pacific Mail Co.'s island at Panama, Dec. 24. Troops from the city quelled the disturbance before much damage was done. -For the first time, it has been ventured recently to ship petroleum across the Atlantic by steamer in barrels; 10,000 barrels were thus contracted from New York for Austria, Dec. 26. -A new law in Mexico grants a duty reduction of two per cent on all goods brought on Mexican vessels; and eight per cent on Asiatic goods brought to the Pacific Coast on regular lines. -Mrs. General Rosecrans died in Washington on Christmas day. The General has a son a Catholic priest, and a daughter, known as Sister Kostka, at the Ursuline Convent, Santa Rosa, Cal. -Another cousin of the late A. T. Stewart, the New York merchant prince, has turned up and sues for a share of the estate. The success of the last two claimants seems to be encouraging to relatives. -On the return of Governor Murray to Salt Lake, last week, he assured the people that the present Congress would take prompt measures, and that the whole country is determined, to wipe out polygamy. -In making improvements recently on Cole's Hill, near Plymouth, Mass., the graves of the pilgrims who came to America in the Mayflower were discovered. Tablets will be erected to mark the spot. -An aged colored couple in Terra Haute, Ind., who have had twenty-five children, four of whom were killed in the war, decline a pension, saying that the Government has done enough for them in emancipating their race. -Terrible wind and rain-storms, snow-slides, etc., are reported from the mountains in Colorado. Several persons are reported killed, frozen, and otherwise injured. In one instance a freight train of twenty-five cars was overturned. -During last year 2,684 buildings, with a total frontage of 77,797 feet, were erected in Chicago, at a cost of $13,648,700. This record is said to surpass that of any other city in the country as regards the number of new structures, and to be second only to that of New York as regards their cost. -A woman has been arrested in Leyden, Germany, charged with having murdered sixteen persons in the last few years. She first insured their lives, and after the death of each, collected the insurance. All the victims were her relatives, five being her own children. She made a full confession. -A committee of colored men, appointed by the recent Louisville convention, have drawn up a memorial to Congress asking an appropriation to reimburse depositers in the Freedman's Bank. They deem the Government responsible for the safe-keeping of their savings in a method adopted by Congress. -Judge Traux of the Superior Court of New York has refused to issue second naturalization papers to a Chinaman who had obtained already his first papers. He cites the Chinese Immigration Act of May, 1882, which declares that no State Court nor Court of the United States shall admit Chinese to citizenship. -A new political organization is "elbowing" its way to public recognition. Its objects are thus stated: "The election of President and Vice-President of the United States by a direct vote of the people, free postage, Government telegraph, tax on all incomes over $10,000, unlimited coinage of gold and silver, protection against monopolies, and other radical changes." -The dispossession of the Indian inhabitants of Saboba village, San Jacinto Valley, San Diego County, Cal., of the property held by themselves and ancestors for more than a hundred years, is causing much adverse comment throughout the country. The rights of these Indians were respected by Spain, and afterwards by Mexico; and it remained for the United States to allow her citizens to rob them of their lands and improvements, without a dollar of remuneration. PRICE.—Died, near Farmington, W. T., Nov. 24, 1883, of scarlet fever, Lester W., son of Bro. W. C. T. and Harriet Price, aged 2 years and 6 months. A MINE OF INFORMATION.
By John Nevins Andrews
HISTORY OF THE SABBATH AND FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
The Bible record of the Sabbath, the secular history concerning it; the successive steps by which the change to the first day was made and the work of restoration, are given in detail. EVERY TEXT OF SCRIPTURE concerning the Sabbath is commented on at length; and the COMPLETE TESTIMONY OF THE FATHERS in regard to the Sabbath and first day is given. The comparative merits of the seventh and the first-day Sabbaths are fully shown. A copious index enables the reader to find any text, or the statement of any historian. Should be read by everybody. 528 pp. Price, $1.25. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THE TRUTH FOUND.
By Ellet Joseph Waggoner
THE NATURE AND OBLIGATION OF THE SABBATH OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
The title of this little book sufficiently explains its character. It contains more Scriptural information in regard to the Sabbath than any other book of twice the size, and yet it is so simplified as to be easily comprehended. The author quotes the opinions of many learned men concerning the Sabbath, and their conflicting theories are strongly contrasted with the clear, straightforward teaching of the Bible. 64 pp. 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 sanctioned 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. THE NATURE AND TENDENCY OF MODERN SPIRITUALISM.
By Ellet Joseph Waggoner
THIS is a thorough expose of the system of Spiritualism. The author has carefully studied the subject, and has given such copious extracts from a large library of Spiritualist publications, as to fully condemn them in their teachings and in their practices, by their own testimony. It is also shown from the prophetic scriptures that Spiritualism is one of the most impressive signs of the times. Address,
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THIS is a series of four volumes, covering the entire period from the creation and fall of man to his final redemption. Volume One is devoted to Old Testament history. It is not merely a narrative of the leading events in the lives of the patriarchs and prophets; but moral lessons are drawn therefrom, in such a way as to make the book practically useful to the men and women of to-day. Volume Two commences with the life and mission of John the Baptist, and considers the first advent of Christ, his life and mission, as manifested by his miracles and teachings, and the nature and necessity of his life-work. It closes with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Volume Three takes up the subject at this point, and brings to view the most thrillingly interesting portion of Christ's early career—his betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection. It closes with a brief history of the early church, including the missionary labors of Peter and Paul. Volume Four (in press) contains a history of the church from that time to the end, closing with the coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the establishment of the everlasting kingdom of Christ on earth. These books are not argumentative, but they throw a vast flood of light upon the sacred page. They are written in a clear, simple style, and are of absorbing interest to both young and old. They offer special encouragement and instruction to Christians; and there is nothing better to place in the hands of skeptics, to convince them of the truth of the Bible. 400 pp. Price per volume, $1.00 Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THE DEFINITE SEVENTH DAY;
By John Nevins Andrews
OR, GOD'S MEASUREMENT OF TIME ON THE ROUND WORLD.
This tract is an answer to the question, "Can a definite day be observed by all the inhabitants of the earth?" It is a complete refutation of the common objection against the Sabbath, that the rotation of the earth on its axis makes it impossible for all men to keep the same day, showing not only that a definite day may be observed in all parts of the earth, but that no real difficulty has ever been experienced in the matter. 16 pp. Price, 2 cents; $1.50 per hundred. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. THOUGHTS ON BAPTISM.
By Joseph Harvey Waggoner
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ACTION, SUBJECTS, AND RELATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM. Also, a Brief Refutation of the
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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. Facts and statistics are largely presented, showing in the most conclusive manner that this Government is the one pointed out in the prophecy quoted. 200 pp. Bound, 40 cents. Paper covers, 20 cents. 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. THE EARLY LIFE, CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, AND EXTENSIVE LABORS OF
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THE N. Y. Observer gives the following notice of this picture, which has been noticed in this paper:— "From Wm. J. Boynton, of the International Tract and Missionary Free Reading-room, 371 Bowery, we have received a large and striking allegorical engraving entitled "Christ the Way of life." Christ crucified is the central figure; the shadow of the cross reaches back to the expulsion from Paradise, covering the whole history of fallen man up to the crucifixion, its light spreading over the world to the end of time. The various scenes in the history of fallen man are well represented, and the picture is an instructive volume addressed to the eye and the heart." WE, the undersigned, hereby give the sums set to our names, to raise the sum of $25,000 to be placed under the control of trustees chosen at the annual session of the California Conference. Said sum to be loaned to some of our Institutions at 5 per cent, the proceeds of which shall be used to assist those who are seeking an education at the Healdsburg College, to fill positions in the cause of God. Said individuals must be recommended by the Conference Committee and the College Faculty. William Butcher........................................$5,000
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