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__,.._a_a_ /-- 'The *gnz .of the Zinu.s. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, FOR THE S. D. A. MISSIONARY SOCIETY [For terms, etc., see last page.] THE WAY OF THE' WILDERNESS. " He knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness." Deut. 2:7. WHEN smitten by the plagues of God the pride of Pharaoh thy wanderings through this great wil-glad day when Sharon's rose shall peaks, like suns, light up the wil-ij tnerat A,rtirltz. NEARING TILE PROMISED LAND. BY MRS. E. G. WHITE. passing to the south of the land of Edom, An • 482 \tv 4THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. engagement took place, in which the armies of THE PRESENT TRUTH. BY ELD. D. M. CANRIGHT. A warning message will be given to the This is an important proposition, and; if it be land.tremble; for the day of the Lord for it is nigh at Then when the day of the Lord is draw-The 'Scriptures teach that when Jesus ap-One class, the saints, will be brought out by NOVEMBER 4, 1880. will be found opposing and making sport of the 4 saying that his THE SECOND AD VENT. SAYINGS OF EMINENT MEN. rector of St. to maintain that any advent."—Lectures Stephen Tyng, D. D., of New York City, PETER'S HO USE-TOP VISION. BY W. N. GLENN. epicureans find much satisfaction in man common or unclean," THE DECAY OF SERIOUSNESS. ONE

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of the depressing signs of the times is the Y. Evangelist. No matter how much social religion we may matter how weak the instrument, if it is wielded PEOPLE who do not believe in prayer lose a —Hope Ledyard. 484 THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. THE SPIRIT LAND. BY C. W. WARD. are many assumptions, vagaries, and The Churchman's Companion. The Companion. Says Solomon: "The liv- (sheol) cannot praise thee; (sheol) Who shall give thee thanks ?" Ps. 6 : 5. How Companion obtained the follow-Bible Banner. WHO CHANGED THE LAW OF GOD ? BY ELD. R. F. COTTRELL. 555 years before Christ, it was revealed Roman Catholic Catechisms. These witnesses agree with each other, and PAUL says one of the degrees of Christian per-"rejoice in tribulation." Satan has no OBEDIENCE THE FIRST DUTY. SUPPOSE a Christian man is hired to watch at S. Times, HE DIED FOR ME. IN the cemetery at Nashville, Tennessee, a stranger was seen planting a flower over a sol-his hand and said:— NOVEMBER 4, 1880. THE TIMES. proached and rejected of men, scourged, and eternity.—Advocate. BY ELIZA H. MORTON. is, and ever has been, to the candid, a little time we must yield up our individual make this life a success, that life shall dawn our lives may run THE LESSON OF THE TELEPHONE. CAL

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LING upon a business acquaintance the other Zite REPORT OF GENERAL S. S. ASSOCIATION. AT the late meeting Of the General Sabbath-1. The importance of the Sabbath-school Resolved, That we recommend all our churches to 2. That every member of the church should Resolved, That we urge all our schools to supply them-4. The success of any work depends upon Resolved, That we urgently recommend that all our 5. That the executive and publishing com-6. That we recommend the use of the col-7. Some on account of conscientious scruples, Resolved, That we warn all our brethren against 8. In many parts of the field, Sunday-schools Resolved, That we recommend our State Associations J. E. WHITE, Chairman. EVA BELL, Sec. pro tern. A GOOD woman was noticed as always punctual lab& in com-Sunday School Times says:— late.'"—Sabbath Recorder. THE superintendent has no idle time. During THE writer has given years to the ministerial Eggleston. STAND, by your superintendent, friends. He in the world. But he is entitled to your hearty JOSEPH COOK says: " The secret of securing at- 486 THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES (lite ign.f3 ,af "Can ye not discern the signs of the times ?" JAMES WHITE, URIAH SMITH, J. H. WAGGONER, OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1880. OUR BAP

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TIST NEIGHBORS. WE have before congratulated the Baptists of Cali-Herald of Truth, published in Oakland. In its issue of certainty of that return has unquestionably uncertainty with on another and here I mean to stand till God gives me more to-day, to-day, to-day, until he comes.' National with whose judgment we are quite in sympa-as our opinion, we nevertheless editors, who seem to let their prejudices control their Herald of Truth. We do not forget the inference and supposed examples as example of Christ as Seventh-day Adventist, as we are not aware that even know that he was practiced in the days of Cyprian. and J. H. W. EARLY FIRST-DAY OBSERVANCE. JUSTIN MARTYR'S reasons for not observing the on which he rested from as well as them. But what a false as we shall see, expressly repudiate this doctrine of the is, the kingdom,. was, as it were, indicated by created things," etc. NOVEMBER 4, 1880. 487 place] in the times of the kingdom, that is, upon the "And in Matthew we read, that it is written Isaiah THE WORK IN EUROPE. seventh day which has been sanctified, in which God also and the rest of his colleagues broke the Sabbath.'' THE following is an extract from the report of Eld. SIGNS will be interested \tJ. N. A. then had to take my be

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d, which I was unable to PREJUDICE. leave for a long time. Here I prayed and reflected. BY ELD. JOS. CLARKE. I saw that there was no reason to hope that I could THIS term is usually used to express a .settled dis- go out as a public laborer in a long time to come. Les Signes des Temps. commandment, it is equally good as proof that they in which we see reflected early education, and all that each person the rule of conclusion in the absence of evidence. This is the of God presented to me this plan of action while I was as hating the feasts, new- to wait for evidence before making decisions; while method would succeed. "Christ did not at all rescind the Sabbath: he kept accordance with sound reason, we do not say that this came expressly for this purpose, and we went to work. own work, but and candid on subjects in general are not so on religious have also received many letters from persons in all us lists of addresses of persons to is to be understood mystically or spiritually, and not or legal nature. in which any one has mocked at them for being TEMPTED BY DEGREES.—Satan seldom comes to present in the case of those who do not subscribe. Out a considerable number of Newton. opened, and that no man can shut it, if we ourselves Zive gissian

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a xp. QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE CALI- No STATE quarterly meeting having been held 1, we simply give the of work as follows:— 1, V7 110 6 0 ;•7 Total.... "ftloobon , GO 3 10 19 0 107 _ 3.0 g' • 26 5'? cr• 124 0 0 2 3 _• 29 • • 6 7 CCD0 91 Cr= IT) 0. ,7• 15039 41444 0 • • • 3 40 In connection with this report we think it will FOREST CITY, IOWA. OUR meetings at this place closed Sept. 20. I have visited during the week, and held meetings J. H. DURLAND. SPENCER, OHIO. OPPOSITION continues. We have left the tent It A. ST. JOHN. 488 THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. continue true to God. We have found the journal, ftrst aggressive action. So in our present poverty we important pointsLes at the expense of somebody else, but they have Les we could use every one of them to excellent very difficult for the living preacher in operation, before a large Of the cause in England and to judge of its wants. I in Switzerland has obtained seventeen sub-Lcs iSignes. No. of Sabbath-keepers in Switzerland, CC Sabbath-schools " Switzerland, Ct pupils in. " CI " REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA SEVENTH—DAY ADVENTIST CONFERENCE CHURCIIISS. 4.• = rrtK 4.o Oacs A O .11 0 a g e~i pea p5 fD ;•• ,0 What Ministers have visited you during 6 Lone Oak • Rocklin 26 00 51 Waggoner San

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Pasqual • 9 J. L. Wood, S. N. Haskell, J. H. Waggoner. . • • . 5 iggs Lemoore so 13 •00 64 7 2 8 16 95 13 6 181 10 8 23 25 70 • 1 17 • 5 8 7 00 • Vallejo • 5 47 00 10 tFO sleo 55 RICE, Secretary. IniP'otnix, ,1111110 NOVEMBER 4, 1880. THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 489 WE are glad to be able to present as full a . of God's people, and to know your prosperity in SIGNS. We CONFERENCE REPORTS. IN connection with the camp-meetings in each Review and Herald:— Dakota Conference held its first annual T, Nourse; remaining (A VICE THAT IS SAPPING MANHOOD. IF the youth of the present day gave but a thought to the injurious effects of cigarette-smok-PaciTHE CIDER QUESTION. ONE of' our best workers for temperance said: . house; and they see these signs and they think .it would be as good as the odor of a clover field; Per se.—Our Union. "ENSAMPLES TO THE FLOCK."-1 Peter 5: 8.—"Your church has always seemed to me like one do keep us, and don't let us smoke and —Puritan. THERE is poison in the cup! Throw -it. away. ?—Rev. John Wesley. As a man lives, so shall he die. 490 THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. WHAT MAKES A MAN ? TRUTHFUL spirit, a loving mind; WHAT MAKES A WOMAN ? NOT costly dress nor queenly air; MOTHER. BY MRS. CHARLOTTE E. FISHER. What a world o

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f tenderness there Horne Magazine. I KNOW a Christian woman, pure and consistent, late.—George T. PERHAPS there is nothing that more fully indi-WA IT. WAIT, husband, before you wonder audibly why THE LITTLE DRAWER. " WHERE did you get your orderly habits ? " I —Child's Paper. MR. J. H. WELLS, of Riverhead, L. I., and his THE WIDOWS OF INDIA. THERE are in India to-day, 80,000 widows be-hristian Observer. PICK Up that oyster shell. Do you see a little I WON'T. THE other day a little boy burst out crying in 'Tis not enough to say day to day Yes, no more, I hope Freddy had no more " I mother.—Presbyterian. NOVEMBER 4, 1880. 491 SILENT INFLUENCE. "I HAVE no influence," said Elsie Lee to her I bought a little bunch of violets from a German I beg your par-it.—Christian at Work. DON'T forget to say " Good-morning !" Say it Paci" England's greatest engineer was said to be a ITEMS OF NEWS. —Life of Christ has made his Tribune estimated that during the A SIXTEEN PAGES. --- is filled with instructive readin ac ADVENT 1TAROLDEN is devoted to the proclamation of the seconTO AMERICAN SUBSCRIBERS. ne copy, one year TO EUROPEAN SUBSCRIBERS. One copy, one year 50 cools. Address REVIEW AND HERALD, or, ADVENT HAROLDEN, Battle Creek, Mich. MEDICAL AND SURGIC

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