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THE SABBATH IN THE PATRIARCHAL AGE.

By J. O. Corliss

Nothing is plainer to my mind than the fact that the patriarchs kept the Sabbath—the seventh day of the fourth commandment—and that they observed laws, among whose precepts one existed which regulated the observance of that day.

That God had a law at that time is plainly evident from his own word. In repeating the promise to Isaac which he had sworn to Abraham, he declares he will perform it, “because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.” Gen. 26:5.

Then in Abraham’s time God had an instrument he denominated “my laws.” Now the question arises, Was the Sabbath command among them? We think it was for the following reasons: After the children of Israel had left Egypt, at least one month before God uttered his law from Sinai to the assembled multitude, he spoke to Moses and said, “I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.” Ex. 16:4.

Had the record been left here, no one would be able to understand how they could be tested on God’s law by simply gathering their daily food; but the sequel shows how and on what part of his law the test came. Soon the manna fell, and the people gathered it every morning as ordered (verse 21); but when the sixth day came, they gathered a double portion to last over the next day, thus pointing out, unmistakably, their knowledge of the existence of the Sabbath, and their manner of observing it.

The twenty-seventh verse in continuing the narrative says, “And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?” showing that the test of obedience fell on the observance of the Sabbath, which was the seventh day, and that that Sabbath comprised a part of what God called “my laws.”

Again, we find all through the patriarchal age the custom of measuring time by weeks, a thing impossible had there not been one day among them—a day of rest, distinct from the others—which could mark the end of each week; and the fact that afterward, six days of time did pass each week without a name, followed by one with a descriptive term, and that term the sacred title of “Sabbath of the Lord,” is certainly a sufficient mark to distinguish it from all other days. This mark we believe was recognized in the patriarchal age from the fact that the same week of seven days is recognized at the transition from the patriarchal to the Mosaic age, that is brought to view at the ushering in of the patriarchal. See Gen. chapters 1 and 2: 1–3; also Ex. 16, and 20: 8–11.

This custom, too, as we learn from good authority, was not confined to the patriarchs alone, but was observed by all the heathen nations, which would show that it had been handed down from Adam, the common father of mankind. Josephus says, “There is no city, Greek or barbarian, in which the custom of resting on the seventh day is not preserved.”—Contra Apion, lib. 2.

Dion Cassius (lib. 33) states “that the custom of computing the time by weeks was derived from the Egyptians to all mankind; and that this was not a new, but a very ancient, custom,” in which Herodotus concurs.

Grotius informs us that the memory of the six days’ work was preserved not only among the Greeks and Italians by honoring the seventh day, but also among the Celts and Indians, who all measured the time by weeks.—De Veritate, lib. 1, sect. 16.

“The Mosaic law imposed no new obligation on Gentiles, and, as the strangers residing among the Jews were required to observe the Sabbath, this requirement must have been based upon, and acquired its force from, patriarchal law.”—De Legibus Patriarcharum, p. 464.

When God spake the commandments from Sinai, he said, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work,” etc., and he gave as a reason for the command that he had rested on that day, and blessed and hallowed it, after creating the world in six days; thus pointing their minds back to the time when the sanctification of the day took place; namely, at the close of the first week of time.

Then, in Eden, before man fell, the Sabbath was appointed for him, and kept by the patriarchs of old; and when Eden is restored and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob find a place there, with all who are their associates in that holy place, they will keep God’s holy Sabbath and come to worship before him. Isa. 66:22, 23.

J. O. CORLISS.

A KIND WORD TO FAULT-FINDERS.

By August Rasmussen

God hath put all things under the feet of Christ; he is the head of the church. Eph. 1: 22. And God hath set in the church, apostles, prophets, teachers, &c., but no fault-finders. 1 Cor. 12: 28; Eph. 4: 11.

Fault-finders are always busy at work pulling down what others are building up. They are always inquiring of themselves, “Which one of our brethren shall we examine next?” My dear brother, it is not your work to examine others; but rather to examine yourself. It is not the duty of the private members of the church to command, but to obey them that have the rule over them, and to submit to them; for they watch for their souls. It is not laid down as a duty to find fault with our rulers; but to pray for them. Please read 2 Cor. 13:5; Heb. 13:17, 18.

It is the work of the devil to transform a Christian into a fault-finder. Let us resist him; let us watch and pray lest we enter into temptation. “The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.”

AUGUST RASMUSSEN.

SECRET THINGS.

“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Deut. 29:29.

You are surrounded with mysteries in the world. You meet with them above you, around you, within you. In every blade of grass, in every insect that flutters in the sunbeam, in every beating heart, there is much that you cannot understand. Knowledge has, indeed, made mighty progress; and yet there are multitudes of secret things on all sides of us which nature has not whispered in the ear of her most ardent votaries. And so in Providence there are many mysteries. We cannot see at present the whys and wherefores of God’s dealings with men. Clouds and darkness are round about him. In the Bible, too, there are mysteries which the mind of man cannot grasp. Be not disquieted and perplexed with these; a day of revelation will come.

Attend to these things which belong to you. Act from day to day simple faith in Christ. Set yourself earnestly to the performance of all plainly-commanded duty; and look forward hopefully to a time when, endowed with loftier powers than those you now possess, you will be privileged to make discoveries which it has not entered into the heart of man to conceive.

I cannot always trace the way Where thou, Almighty One, dost move; But I can always, always say That God is love. When fear her chilling mantle flings O’er earth, my soul to Heaven above, As to her native home, upsprings, For God is love. —R. S. Hutton, M. A.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

Fell asleep in Jesus, at Dennison, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 13, Ida May, only child of Bro. and Sr. J. Crane, aged twelve years and five months. Her disease was nervous malarial fever. For five weeks she was a great sufferer, but bore all patiently and expressed with great clearness of mind her hope in Jesus. She talked earnestly to her father of preparing to meet her in the morning of the resurrection, and at one time said to him, “Papa, that tobacco is so offensive to me!” Over her still, cold form, the father resolves to use the filthy weed no more. May he so seek God’s help that he will be enabled to live out his resolution.

She fell asleep without a struggle or a groan, and as we gazed upon the sweet childlike face, smiling even in death, we could but say,

“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep.”

Remarks on the occasion by Mr. Dougherty, Methodist. M. J. B.

Our little son, Dickie L. Cruzen, fell asleep in Jesus on the morning of September 8, 1876, aged four years, six months, and twenty-six days. In 1873 he had the spotted fever, from the effect of which he had not entirely recovered. This fall he had the ague, when the symptoms of that dreadful disease again made their appearance, and soon the enemy called and took our darling from us. We laid him away in full hope of seeing him again at the resurrection of the just, when all the saints shall come forth from their graves to meet their Lord, who will receive them unto himself, and take them to those mansions he has gone to prepare for them.

“Peaceful thy slumber! O sweet thy repose! Safe from life’s turmoil, its cares and its woes. Short is the silent embrace of the tomb; Hope, pointing upward, disperses its gloom, Soon will the King in his glory descend, Triumph o’er death, and the grave’s fetters rend; Kindred and friends shall we meet as they rise, Bright and immortal, ascending the skies.” WM. AND MARY A. CRUZEN.

Died, of inflammation of the stomach, at our residence in Oswego, Labette Co., Kansas, Bro. P. Gorton Coal, aged twenty-one years. He came West with high hopes, which he can never realize; but he had prepared for a home in the kingdom of God, and this hope is sure. As he passed away so calmly and peacefully, the words of inspiration came into my mind, “He giveth his beloved sleep.” May the Lord bless and comfort the companion and relatives that weep for him, and grant that they may finally walk with the saints in light. Funeral services from 1 Cor. 15: 55. L. D. SANTEE.

THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY THE FALLING LEAF.

By Lulie F. Davis

CHANGE is written on all below the heavens. Only a few short months ago, and forest and field were fresh with the beauties of spring. I had scarcely taken in its loveliness before it was heightened by flowers of every form and hue. But what a change! Although the autumn is lovely, still we see decay stamped on every leaf. The year has grown old; its freshness is gone; and what remains is ready for the grave, to which it is hastening.

And is it possible that the earth too has grown old? Yes; it is true. Time will soon find his grave. Eternity, with all its mysteries, will soon be ushered in. Eternity! Who can comprehend its meaning? Yet in a little from this, all must know its realities. I shall be there. You, reader, must also be there. What a fearful thought, that we must all stand before the living God, without a mediator! Shall I be able to stand? I pray God to fill my soul with earnest longings for help from above to enable me to stand blameless before the Judge. Or else,—fearful thought! I must be driven away, never to receive his smiles, but vainly to seek a shelter in the caverns of the earth, or beneath the fleeing rocks.

But if we are wise for ourselves, and make all needful preparation by laying up our treasures in Heaven, then we can hail with rapturous joy the glorious morning of eternity. May this be our happy lot.

LULIE F. DAVIS.

Ipswich, Mass.

LIFE

By Eliza H. Morton

A mother's smile, a welcome sweet, A cradle, a crib, a bed. Moments of pain, moments of bliss, Few words spoken, few prayers said. Meeting to part, parting to meet, A soul to lose, or soul to save, A life to gain, or life to miss. A shroud, a coffin, a grave, A Saviour's smile, a welcome sweet. ELIZA H. MORTON.

A Proper Test.

The Freeman says:— Mr. Spurgeon relates an amusing anecdote in his latest magazine article. “Some great swell,” he says, “who did not like my plain way of speaking, once took the trouble to write and tell me he had met with some poor negroes who were reading my sermons with great delight, and for his part he did not wonder at it, he said, for in his wise opinion, my discourses were just such as ignorant black people would be sure to relish. No doubt he thought I should have a terrible fit of blues after that slap in the face, but instead thereof I was as jubilant as I knew how to be, and praised God with my whole heart, because even an enemy admitted that the Lord had taught me how to reach the hearts of the poor. It is very clear that what ignorant blacks can understand the intelligent whites may understand if they like; and so I gathered that my sermons were clear enough to be understood by anybody who was not so conceited as to darken his own mind with pride.”—Sel.

Good Deeds Returned to the Doer

It is written on the sky, on the pages of the air, say the Orientals, that good deeds shall be done to him who does good deeds to others.

Russia Pressing Turkey Toward War Over Servia

New York, Nov. 4.—A special dispatch to the Herald says that the feeling that Russia is determined to force on a war is daily gaining ground here; and the people who had begun to console themselves with the hope that the dreaded struggle had been postponed at least for the winter are losing heart again, and making up their minds that the worst is to come.

As soon as the Porte yields one point, another and still more rigid condition is laid down; and the conviction gradually forces itself upon the public mind that the time will soon come when such conditions will be proposed as will cause the Porte peremptorily to reject them.

The solution of the Eastern question will naturally be left to Servia, and Turkey must fight to retain her.

This morning there came a startling rumor that Russia has demanded a withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Servia; and if this proves true, there can be little doubt that a war is inevitable.

Meetings in Kansas

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Dedications.

Rochester, Mich., Nov. 18, 19. Carson City, “ 25, 26. U. Smith.

Meetings in Kansas.

Labette, Nov. 18, 19. A general attendance is requested. J. N. Ayers, J. H. Cook. Monmouth, Nov. 25, 26. J. H. Cook.

Illinois General Quarterly T. & M. Meeting.

If the Lord will, the next State quarterly meeting of the Illinois T. and M. Society will be held at Aledo, Ill., Jan. 14, 1877. Reports of the district meetings should be forwarded, Jan. 1, to the State secretary. G. W. Colcord, Pres.

Tract Meetings in Illinois.

Directors in the several districts of the Illinois T. and M. Society are requested to hold quarterly meetings on first-day, Dec. 31, 1876. And to this end, let each director immediately announce where said Tract Society meetings are to be held; see that all have blanks; see that all work; see that all report. G. W. Colcord.

The T. and M. Society of Dist. No. 5, Ill., will hold a meeting at Eugene, Dec. 2 and 3. All the scattered brethren and sisters are cordially invited to attend. Let all come prepared to work. Can some minister be present? B. A. King, Director.

Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 1, Kansas T. and M. Society, will be held at Bro. N. P. Dixon’s (16 miles west of Cawker City), on the North Fork of the Solomon River, in Osborn Co., Kan., Nov. 25 and 26. Reuben Worick, Director.

I will begin meetings with the church in Peru, Ia., Friday evening, Nov. 10.

I will also visit Winterset and Adel immediately after this meeting, and will continue at each place as long as the interest may demand. R. M. Kilgore.

The quarterly meeting for the Dell Prairie church will be held Nov. 18 and 19, at Bro. A. Tenney’s. Brethren from Baraboo and other places are invited. A general attendance is hoped for. Mattie Zollier, Clerk.

Meetings in Wisconsin as follows:— Little Prairie, Nov. 18, 19. Hurricane Grove, “ 25, 26. Waterloo, Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, to continue over Sabbath and Sunday. Mt. Hope, Dec. 5–10. H. W. Decker.

The next quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society for Dist. No. 1 will be held at Olcott, Niagara Co., N. Y., the third Sabbath in November. W. H. Eggleston, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. Tract Society, Dist. No. 6, will be held at North Creek, Warren Co., N. Y., Nov. 25 and 26. We are very desirous of a full attendance at this meeting, as important matters pertaining to the interests of the cause in this district will be considered. Help from abroad is expected. M. S. Tyrel, Director.

The State quarterly meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. Tract Society will be held about Dec. 1; and I would suggest that the directors of the different districts make immediate arrangements for holding their district meetings, so that they may be in readiness for this meeting. Date and place will be given soon. B. L. Whitney, Pres.

The next general quarterly meeting of the Maine T. and M. Society will be held at South Norridgewock, Dec. 17.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 1, at Norridgewock, Dec. 17, at 9 A. M.

Also, the monthly meeting for December will be held with the Norridgewock church, commencing Friday, the 15th, at 6 P. M. J. B. Goodrich.

No preventing providence, there will be a meeting at Holt, Mich., on Sabbath, Nov. 11, at 2 P. M. The friends from Alaiedon and other places are invited. Jno. Sisley, R. T. Sisley.

Quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society of Franklin and St. Lawrence Counties, N. Y., will be held at Buck’s Bridge the third Sabbath and Sunday in November, 1876. Let all in the district send in their reports, or better, bring them. We expect preaching. A. H. H., Director.

I will visit the brethren of Palermo, Doniphan Co., Kan., Dec. 2 and 3. Hope to see a good attendance of the friends at these meetings. Geo. Kennedy.

Richland, Sabbath and first-day, Nov. 18, 19. Meetings begin Friday night. Pleasant Valley, Jefferson Co., Tuesday, Nov. 21, and continue over Sabbath. J. Lamont.

Quarterly meetings in Minn.: At Mankato, Nov. 19, 20. Blue Earth City, “ 25, 26. Tenhassen, Dec. 2, 3. Eld. Babcock will attend these meetings. Harrison Grant.

Battle Creek College Students Prepare Appeal to Readers

By James White

On the evening of the 6th inst. twenty young men of the Battle Creek College chose a Committee of three of their number to prepare a paper to which they would give their names. This was done with ability and dispatch, and the same evening it was put in type for this week's REVIEW, to go to press early the morning of the 7th. The statements respecting our school and the appeal to our people to give it patronage will be read with great interest by all the friends of the Battle Creek College. J. W.

The Spirit of Prophecy, Volume Two Announced

By James White

The second volume of the Spirit of Prophecy, by Mrs. E. G. White, will be ready in a few days. This work is a thrilling description of the first advent, life, teachings, and miracles of Christ, and will be regarded by the friends of Mrs. W. as a book of almost priceless value. It can be furnished only by mail until New Year's, and after that at one-fourth discount for cash with all orders.

Price, postage paid, $1.00. J. W.

Prophetic and Ten Commandment Charts on Cloth

By James White

We are now prepared to furnish the new prophetic and ten commandment charts on cloth. They can be furnished on rollers by express, or without rollers by mail. Price, in either case, $3.00 a set. J. W.

Delay in Way of Life Engraving Orders

By James White

THERE has been an unexpected delay in receiving the Way of Life engraving from Philadelphia. We hope to be able to fill orders very soon. Price, postage paid, $1.00. To our book agents we give 40 per cent. discount. To canvassers who give themselves wholly to the work, we discount one-half for cash with orders. And to the T. and M. Societies, who assure us that it will not be smuggled through them to other parties, we give special discounts to club with the SIGNS OF THE TIMES and the HEALTH REFORMER. J. W.

General Meeting.

By James White

MICHIGAN TRACT AND MISSIONARY MEETING.

THERE will be a general Meeting of the Michigan Tract and Missionary Society at Battle Creek, Nov. 10–12, to commence Friday at 10 o’clock A. M. and continue over Sabbath and first-day. Elders Haskell and Canright are expected. At this meeting, matters important to the cause and to the Tract and Missionary work generally, and in Michigan in particular, will be considered.

We invite ministers in the State to meet with us as far as practicable, and we shall be glad to see at this meeting the presidents of the T. and M. Societies of other States as far as consistent. We design to leave for California immediately after this meeting and shall be glad to meet a large gathering. JAMES WHITE.

Request for Address of J. H. Thompson

By C. W. S.

Request.

WILL the person who has paid for the REVIEW for J. H. Thompson, Allen, Mich., for some time past, please give us his address. C. W. S.

Geneva Congress Urges Sunday Sabbath Observance

By C. W. S.

ACCORDING to the Christian Press, a Congress, to consider the subject of the observance of the Sabbath (Sunday) as necessary to good morals, good government and temporal prosperity, has just been held at Geneva, Switzerland. Among the delegates were Lieut. Gen. Von Rhor, representing the emperor of Germany; Count Bohlen, late governor of Alsace, and other notables. The Press hopes for a better observance of the Sabbath on the continent of Europe as the result. C. W. S.

A Severe Hurricane.

A CYCLONE of remarkable severity passed over the Central American states during October. The town of Managua, in Nicaragua, was inundated; four hundred houses were blown down, and damaged to the amount of $2,000,000. In Blewfield, on the Mosquito coast, three hundred houses were destroyed, and the coffee crops over an immense district were utterly ruined. Twenty lives were lost, and several vessels on Lake Nicaragua were sunk by the disaster. The total damage is estimated at an amount of over five million dollars.

Profitable Work for Canvassers.

By Editor

Liberal terms are offered to all reliable and competent persons who will engage in the work of canvassing for the HEALTH REFORMER, and selling the Family Health Almanac, Uses of Water, Alcoholic Poison, Healthful Cookery, and other health works published at this Office.

Any one who wishes to act as agent for our publications, should send at once for an AGENT’S OUTFIT, consisting of circulars, printed envelopes, subscription blanks, agent’s certificates, blank subscription receipts, and a specimen copy of each of the following works: Family Health Almanac, Uses of Water, Alcoholic Poison, Healthful Cookery, Evils of Fashionable Dress, and Proper Diet for Man, with a full assortment of health and temperance tracts, and ten specimen copies of the HEALTH REFORMER, which will be sent, post-paid, for the sum of $1.50.

Those who wish, can have their names printed upon their circulars by inclosing 25 cts. additional.

Every one who thinks of canvassing should send for an outfit at once. All can do something, and now is a splendid time to work, before cold weather begins.

Special Terms to Agents who will devote their time to the business of canvassing, will be sent on application. Address, HEALTH REFORMER, Battle Creek, Mich.

Change of Address for Wisconsin Tract and Missionary Society

By H. W. Decker

Notice.

THE address of the secretary of the Wis. T. and M. Society is changed from Mattie A. Babcock, Avon, Wis., to Mattie A. Kerr, Monroe, Green Co., Wis. H. W. Decker.

Illinois Conference Reporting Requests and Wants

By F. M. T. SIMONSON

Wanted.

THE P. O. address of each church clerk in the Illinois Conference.
A quarterly report from every church treasurer in our conference at the close of the year; and thence forward every three months.
A quarterly report from every ordained, and every licensed minister in the conference. Your first report will be due the first week in next January.
I shall be very much pleased to receive a letter from each of the isolated and lonely ones in the truth, residing in our Conference.

Describe your field, and make known your wants. Address me at Round Grove, Whiteside Co., Ill. F. M. T. SIMONSON, Sec.

Correction Regarding George Lowree's College Pledge Payment

CORRECTION: The pledge of Bro. Geo. Lowree of $75 to the College which stands in the last supplement as unpaid, should have been marked paid, as he paid it in Sept. 1873, a few weeks after the pledge was made.

For Sale or Exchange.

Bro. L. ANDERSON, of Chicago, No. 1935 Butterfield St., near 37th, wishes either to sell or exchange his property, consisting of two houses and lot, for a farm.

A SABBATH-KEEPER wants to rent a farm or take one on shares. Address, LEVI BRADSHAW, Greenwood Center, St. Clair Co., Mich.

Business Department.

“Not slothful in Business. Rom. 11:12.”

My address, for a time, will be Quitman, Brooks Co., Georgia. C. O. TAYLOR.

My address is Barcelone, Chabeuil, Drôme, France. D. T. BOURDEAU.

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Books Sent by Express.

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Cash Rec'd on Account.

Iowa T & M Society $335.00, D J Burroughs 50.00, Geo Hobbs, Vt T & M Society 78.00.

S. D. A. E. Society.

L V Smith $10.00, Alice Rosseau 10.00, M C 5.00, H W Pierce 50.00, Sarah A Daniels 5.00, Carrie V Prier 10.00.

Mich. T. & M. Society.

Dist 2 $22.75, Dist 4 4.00, Dist 9 per E G Doud 1.50.

Book Fund.

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Review to Poor.

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Swiss Mission.

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THE Family Health Almanac FOR 1877,

Which is now ready, contains a large amount of most useful information on a variety of topics of practical interest to everybody. Besides an accurate calendar, and more than the ordinary amount of astronomical information, it contains directions for

Testing Drinking Water, Detecting Adulterated Sirup, Poisonous Wall Paper, Dangerous Kerosene Oil, etc.

What to do in case of Drowning, Poisoning, and other emergencies, is plainly pointed out.

IT OUGHT TO BE IN EVERY FAMILY!

The price is so low that all can afford it, and the information it contains is so valuable that no one can well afford to be without it.

Single copies, post-paid, 10 cents. Fourteen copies, post-paid, for $1.00. In lots of 100 and upward, $5.00 per 100.

Address, Health Reformer, Battle Creek, Mich.

Quarterly Tent and Mission Meeting for District No. 2

By J. B. Goodrich

The next quarterly T. and M. meeting for Dist. No. 2, Maine, will be held with the church in Woodstock, Dec. 9, 10, commencing Sabbath evening. Let all reports be sent in season. We hope to see all at this meeting that can possibly attend. J. B. GOODRICH.