The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, vol. 75

September 6, 1898

“Editorial” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, p. 570.

AS PAUL was on a journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem, he paused at Miletus, and “sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.1

To these elders he said words which have been preserved by inspiration for the instruction of the church, and of the elders of the church, for all time. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.2

Among these words to the elders of the church are these: “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.3

Elders of the churches to-day, do you know that the Holy Ghost has made you overseers of the flock of God? If you did not know it before, there stands the word of God, and there is has stood all the time, telling you that it is so. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.4

When the Holy Ghost has placed you in the responsible position of overseers of the flock of God, how are you discharging your responsibility to him who “hath made you overseers”? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.5

Do you constantly recognize, and live in the presence of, the fact that the Holy Ghost has made you overseers? Do you constantly recognize your responsibility to the Holy Ghost? Do you constantly seek to discharge that responsibility under the guidance of the Holy Ghost, and acceptably to him? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.6

If not, then what are you doing in that position? Is it possible that any elder of a church will say that the Holy Ghost has not made him an overseer of the flock? If such a thing be possible, then the question recurs. What can a man be doing in a position which is under the direct supervision of the Holy Ghost, while saying that the Holy Ghost has not called him to that position? If such an attitude would not be lying to the Holy Ghost, or else entirely usurping the place of the Holy Ghost, it would certainly be perilously near it. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.7

The church is “builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.” The church is under the special care of the Holy Spirit. The eldership is under the direct supervision of the Holy Ghost. And the man who occupies the position of elder stands in that relationship to the Holy Ghost, whether or not that man recognizes the fact. It is a dangerous, yes, a perilous, thing to occupy a position which is under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy Spirit, and at the same time not recognize his jurisdiction. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.8

Surely, then, it could never be that any elder of a church would say that the Holy Ghost has not made him an overseer of the flock. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.9

Very well, then, brethren, elders of the churches, as the word of God says that “the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers,” do you recognize that fact? Do you constantly live and work in the presence of that solemn and thrice-blessed fact? Do you pray in the Holy Ghost? Do you recognize the Holy Spirit in ... oversee the flock with eyes anointed with the Holy Ghost? Do you “feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”—do you feed the church with the Bread which came down from heaven, through the power and presence of the Holy Ghost? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.10

Elders of the churches, wherever you are, whoever you are, never forget that the word of God says that “the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers” of the flock of God. Acknowledge it. Court it. Live in the presence of it. Receive that word; receive the truth expressed in that word; and receive ye the Holy Ghost, which has given the word in which is expressed the truth that “the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.11

“Ask, and it shall be given you.” “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” “Be filled with the Spirit.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.12

“The Time Is at Hand” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, p. 570.

WHEN Daniel came to tell to Nebuchadnezzar the thing which the king had dreamed, and the meaning of it, he said that in all this, God was making known to the king “what shall be in the latter days.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.1

What the Lord showed was a great image, in the shape of a man, composed in different parts of gold, silver, brass, iron, and iron and clay together. Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon were represented by the head of gold. The empires that would succeed Babylon were represented by the breast and arms of silver, the sides of brass, the legs of iron, and the feet of iron and clay. Then a stone was cut out “without hands,” which smote the image upon his feet; “then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.2

When the whole image is to be broken all to pieces, from head to feet, it is smitten upon the feet, and so is broken all to pieces, from feet to head. This shows that the seat of life of all the kingdoms that were represented in that image is in the feet and toes. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.3

In the time of the iron of the image, the kingdom represented by the iron was to be “divided.” And it is “the toes of the feet,” which “were part of iron and part of clay.” The prophecy in the seventh chapter of Daniel says that it would be divided into ten kingdoms, represented by ten horns on a great and terrible beast. And these ten horns correspond to the toes of the image, which, as the image was that of a man, were ten. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.4

The smiting of the image on the feet, to break it all to pieces, shows that the seat of life and strength of the kingdoms represented by the image are in the feet. “The feet and toes” of the image represented the divisions of the kingdom of iron. These divisions are represented in the modern nations of Western Europe, the great power of the present day. And it is a fact that all the life and strength of what was Babylon, Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome, lie to-day in these powers, which compose “the feet and toes” of the image. Therefore, when the image shall be smitten on the feet, it will be the smiting of these powers. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.5

And when these shall be smitten, it will be not only the breaking to pieces of these powers and kings, but also the breaking to pieces of all that was “the brass, the silver, and the gold,” as well as of what is the iron and the clay. All are to be broken to pieces together. All are to become as the chaff of the summer threshing-floors. All are to be carried away by the wind, and “no place found” for any of them. When that smiting comes, no empire, kingdom, nor government of this world will exist any more; but the kingdom of God, which breaks in pieces and consumes “all these kingdoms,” will fill “the whole earth,” and stand forever. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.6

Until the last four months, however, that image could have been smitten upon the feet and toes, and all those powers could have been broken to pieces together, and still have left intact a great nation. Until the last four months there was, away on this western side of the world, a great nation, standing utterly apart from all the powers of the world, in what was appropriately styled a “splendid isolation.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.7

But not, in these short months, this “splendid isolation” has vanished. The nation has become one of the great world-powers. From being entirely separated from all the other powers of the world, it has suddenly become essentially one of them. Instead of being utterly excluded from all their councils and calculations concerning the world, it has become so wrapped up in them all that it is confessed by all the other great powers that henceforth all their councils and calculations must be made with the United States as an essential element. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.8

Therefore, whereas four months ago that image could have been smitten upon his feet, and all broken to pieces together, without affecting this far-off western nation, now and henceforth it can not be so. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.9

Now this great, far-off nation has become one of these world-powers, essentially wrapped up with them in all their world-affairs. These nations count this nation as one of them and one with them. This nation itself counts this so. Now, therefore, that image can not be smitten upon the feet without smiting this nation with all the rest of them. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.10

Now, therefore, all things are ready for that smiting. The events of the past four months have made all things ready for the last feature of this great prophecy that was given to show “what shall be in the latter days.” Now that smiting can not take place without including all nations of the earth: and when it does take place, all nations being essentially included, all will be broken to pieces together, and become “like the chaff of the summer threshing floors,” and “the wind” will carry them away, that “no place” will be found for them; and the kingdom of God alone will “fill the whole earth.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.11

This is the next feature of that great prophecy, and it is the last. All things are now ready, and the world waits for the fulfilment of this last feature of the prophecy. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.12

Are you ready? Are you waiting? Time now is closing. “The marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.” “All things are ready; come unto the marriage.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.13

The Lord is coming. “Get ready, get ready, get ready.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.14

“The powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 570.15

“Heroism” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, p. 571.

IN the days of battles, when men are brought face to face with the deadly instruments of modern warfare, some get a name that, otherwise, they would never have. If a man shows pluck in some trying place, he is honored, promoted, spoken of as a hero, and his name becomes familiar throughout the nation. While such men may deserve all the honor they receive, it is proper to inquire, Are those who go to battle the only heroes? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.1

What is a hero? This question is so well answered by the editor of the Sunday-School Times that we give his answer in full:— ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.2

All men admire a hero. Most men would like to be heroic. But only now and then is there a man who realizes what it is to be a hero, and how simple a thing is heroism. What is a hero? What is heroism?—The primitive meaning of the Greek word “hero” is “a man.” Heroism is acting like a hero,—like a man is a man, or that a real man—a real hero—shows himself fully competent to his position in an emergency, that men of old came to look at a real man, a real hero, as something more than a simple man, more than a simple hero; and so men came to think that a real hero was godlike, and finally to count him partly divine. Yet, after all, a real hero is only a real man. Even to this day we speak of an exceptional human personality as “a manly man,” or as “a womanly woman;” and in thus speaking, we practically assert that a hero of either set is a God-inspired, a God-helped, a God-like man or woman. We need not be more than God made us to be; we need not expect more power than God gave us, and that he will inspire and enable us to be, if we would be true heroes. It is a great thing, it is a heroic thing, for any man to do as well as he can do, to do as well as he ought to do, in an emergency. Any man who does that is a hero in God’s sight, and he ought to be so in man’s sight. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.3

When to be a man, such as God intended a man to be, is heroism, why may not everybody be a hero? Every individual in this world has to struggle with sin. To meet sin in every form, and not say Yes to any of its seductive invitations, requires more bravery than to meet the worst human enemy the world knows anything about. To “stand like the brave, with our face to the foe,” seven days in the week and fifty-two weeks in the year, requires a resolute will, directed by the Spirit of God. Human nerve and judgment may lead a Dewey or a Hobson to deeds of valor, that win the applause of men; but neither a Dewey nor a Hobson can meet the sins in his own heart, and come off victor, without divine power. With this power, the weakest soul may be a hero, and win words of praise from all heavenly intelligences. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.4

In his promises in Christ Jesus, God has made provision that we may be partakers of the divine nature. Therefore, when to be a hero is to be “partly divine,” God has thus made provision that every person may be a hero. And nobody can be a true hero any other way. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.5

The union of the divine and the human is to be a true man; to be a true man is to be a true hero. Jesus Christ is the one perfect example of the union of the divine and the human; he is the one perfect example of the true hero. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.6

In his grace, God has made provision that we all may “come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ,” that we may all be true heroes. And in these days, when the mystery of God—God manifest in the flesh—... be in the world one hundred and forty-four thousand true heroes. The third angel’s message is to develop them, and nothing else can. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.7

“Jehovah or Baal—Which?” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, pp. 571, 572.

THE International Sunday-school lesson for July 17, 1898, was “Elijah on Carmel.” The M. E. Church South publishes a weekly Illustrated Lesson Paper, devoted largely to the lesson for each successive Sunday. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.1

In this Lesson Paper, concerning “Elijah on Carmel” we find the following, which we copy exactly as it was there printed:— ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.2

CATECHISM LESSON

Question 81.—What is the fourth commandment? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.3

Answer.—The fourth commandment is: “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, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.4

Ques. 82.—What does the fourth commandment forbid? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.5

Ans.—The fourth commandment forbids us to work on the Sabbath day. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.6

Ques. 83.—What day is the Sabbath? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.7

Ans.—Sunday is the Sabbath. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.8

That is precisely the way that the Baalites talked and taught in Elijah’s time. See here:— ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.9

CATECHISM LESSON

Question.—What is the first commandment? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.10

Answer.—The first commandment is: “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.11

Ques.—What does the first commandment forbid? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.12

Ans.—The first commandment forbids us to have any god but the true God. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.13

Ques.—What God is the true God. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.14

Ans.—Baal is the true God. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.15

That is a catechism lesson such as was taught by the priests of Baal in Elijah’s time. And no man can fairly deny that it is parallel in every respect with the catechism lesson here quoted bodily from the Lesson Paper of the M. E. Church South. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.16

The word of God in the fourth commandment, as printed in this catechism lesson of July 17, A.D. 1898, says, plainly, “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” Yet directly in the face of this word, a man, or a set of men, sets up the word, “Sunday is the Sabbath;” while these men themselves know that Sunday is the first day, and not the seventh day at all. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.17

Just so in the lesson of July 17, B.C., 1898; the word of God in the first commandment said plainly that the true God was he who had brought the children of Israel “out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” Yet directly in the face of this word of God, men set up the word, “Baal is God;” while these men themselves knew that Baal was not he who had brought them out of Egypt. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.18

O, yes, we know full well that those who got up this catechism lesson of July 17, A.D., 1898, say that the Sabbath has been changed from the seventh day to Sunday; this, too, in the face of the plain word of God, and of their own contradictory action in printing, in that very lesson, this: “the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.19

Just so those who got up the catechism lesson of July 17, B.C., 898, said that the God of Israel had been changed to Baal; this, too, in the face of the plain word of God that the God os Israel was he who had created the heavens and the earth, and had brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage; and that he can not change. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.20

True, those who got up this catechism lesson of July 17, A.D., 1898, can and do cite the “Fathers,” and the “saints” of the apostate church to sustain their contradiction of the word of God that “the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.21

Just so those who got up the catechism lesson of July 17, B.C. 898, could cite the chief father of their apostasy to sustain them in their contradictions of the word of God. Jeroboam was the chief in that apostasy; and when he began it with the setting up of the golden calves, he said to all the people, “Behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” This itself was a form of sun-worship; but when Jezebel came in, she gave the apostasy a further and fuller turn to sun-worship in making the sun in Baal the chief god. And the priests of the apostasy in Elijah’s day could cite, against the first commandment, the chief father of that apostasy, just as readily and as truly as the priests of the apostasy in our day can cite, against the fourth commandment, the chief Fathers of the later apostasy. The priests back there were supporting and defending Jezebel in their setting up Baal as the God of the first commandment, just as those down here are supporting and defending “that woman Jezebel” (Revelation 2:20) in their setting up Sunday as the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.22

It is remarkable that in the lesson of July 17, B.C. 898, and in the lesson of July 17, A.D. 1898, the sun should be held up as the object of worship, as the true god in the place of Jehovah, who alone is the true God. There it was done through the images of the sun-god, by the influence of Jezebel; here it is done through the day of the sun-god,—Sun-day,—by the influence of “that woman Jezebel.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.23

It was against such wickedness that Elijah in that day, on behalf of Jehovah lifted up his voice; and it is against that same wickedness in this day that those who are imbued with the spirit and power of Elijah (Malachi 4:5), on behalf of Jehovah lift up their voices. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.24

The word of God by Elijah for that time is the word of God in the spirit and power of Elijah now: “If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” Sunday is not the Sabbath any more than Baal is Jehovah. Sunday owes its place among those who profess to be the Lord’s people to the influence of “that woman Jezebel,” of Revelation 2:20, just as truly as Baal owed his place among those of Elijah’s time who professed to be the Lord’s people, to the original Jezebel of 1 Kings 14:31. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.25

Elijah in his day was counted a troubler of Israel because he told the people that Baal was not God, and that in following Baal they had “forsaken the commandments of the Lord.” And those who now, in the spirit and power of Elijah, tell the people that Sunday is not the Sabbath, and that in observing Sunday they have “forsaken the commandments of the Lord,“—these now are counted troublers of Israel, just as Elijah was. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 571.26

But at that time God vindicated Elijah, and sustained him in all the contest in that day; and the same God will vindicate those of the spirit and power of Elijah, and will sustain them in all the contest in this our day. And when the contest was over, and his work done, Elijah was translated. And now when this contest is over, and our work is done, “the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.1

“Hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.” “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” “How long halt ye between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.2

“Philips and Evans” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, p. 572.

THE papers, both religious and secular, have had much to say in praise of Captain Philip, of the “Texas,” on account of his public prayer on the deck of his ship, just after the destruction of Cervera’s fleet. If Captain Philip was acting in harmony with his faith in the Almighty, he has no doubt been much mortified at the reports that have gone out in regard to this matter. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.1

One paper, wishing to make this act especially noticeable, draws a contrast between Captain Philip’s action, and what it calls the “frequently published profanity” of Captain Evans of the “Iowa.” When Captain Evans’s attention was called to the matter, he wrote a letter in reply. As he wrote some sensible things on the subject, we give the following extract from his letter:— ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.2

I have never considered it necessary, and I am sure that a great majority of officers in the navy do not consider it necessary, to announce to the ship’s crew a belief in Almighty God. I think that goes without saying. We, each of us, have the right to show by our acts how much we are imbued with this belief. Captain Philip had a perfect right to show this to his men as he did; it was simply a matter of taste. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.3

Now, for myself, shortly after the Spanish cruiser “Vizcaya” had struck her colors, and my crew had secured the guns, the chaplain of the ship, an excellent man, came to me and said: “Captain, shall I say a few words of thanks to Almighty God for our victory?” I replied, “By all means do so; I will have the men sent aft for that purpose,” and was on the point of sending them when it was reported to me that a Spanish battle-ship was standing toward us from the eastward. My first duty to God and my country was to sink that Spanish battle-ship, and I immediately made preparations to do so. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.4

When it was discovered that the ship was an Austrian, I found my ship surrounded by boats carrying dying and wounded prisoners, and others of the crew of the “Vizcaya” to the number of two hundred and fifty. To have these men to suffer for want of food and clothing while I called my men aft to offer prayers, was not my idea of either Christianity or religion. I preferred to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and care for the sick, and I am strongly of the opinion that Almighty God has not put a black mark against me on account of it. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.5

... have this to say in conclusion. Every drop of blood in my body on the afternoon of July 3 was singing thanks to Almighty God for the victory we had won. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.6

Whether Captain Evans is a Christian or not, we do not know; neither do we know whether Captain Philip is a Christian. We do not suppose Captain Philip ever thought that so much would be said of that act of his,—we are certain he did not if he is a Christian. But there is an especial watchfulness of the church-and-state clergy of the United States, to ring religion into national affairs on every possible occasion, so as to make it appear that God has a special care over this nation, because it professes to be Christian. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.7

In times of war, when men bearing official responsibilities are compelled to act quickly, it is no time to judge of a man’s piety by some act like that of Captain Philip at the close of that engagement. It is the every-day life that tells to the world that a man trusts his God. admiral Farragut, in the crisis of his career, prayed one moment and swore the next. And from his account of the matter, we believe the prayer was heard—as probably was also the swear. But whether Admiral Farragut was a Christian is altogether another question. Consciousness of the existence and presence of God is in men; and in a criss, unless a man is utterly hardened, it will manifest itself. But whether, in the quiet routine of daily life, men are, by choice, decided Christians, is altogether a different story. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.8

There are times when action is better pleasing to Jehovah than saying prayers. In the judgment day it will be said: “I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: ... naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.... Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.9

Captain Evans may not be a Christian; but there can be no manner of doubt that his kindness in turning his whole ship’s force to rescuing the wounded and drowning men around him, was more acceptable to God than would have been, at such a time, all the prayers of all the officers, men, and chaplains of the whole fleet. And as his purpose to have prayers was already formed, and the order was on the very point of being given when it was interrupted and forestalled by this other good work, if the supersensitive church-and-state clergy can not be satisfied with that, as some are not, it certainly can be only because the forms of religion weight far more with them than does the substance. That, however, is exactly the characteristic of church-and-state religionists—that is, of the mere public religionists—always. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.10

“Loyalty and Freedom” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, p. 572.

THE following paragraph from the Sunday-School Times sets forth a truth that should be emphasized in every church:— ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.1

Loyalty is the service of freemen. It is not the blind allegiance of the paid attacks; it is the hearty service of one whose eyes are ever open to the best interests of that to which he is devoted. Loyalty never requires one to do wrong; it requires one to do right, for it is only by doing right that one can serve the real interests of the objects of his allegiance. A loyal citizen will die for his country, but he will not lie for it. A loyal church-member clings ... but he does not feel under obligations to ... church ... matter which he believes to be wrong. To be loyal is to be true, to be true, one must be free to know the truth. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.2

This is the very teaching of Christ when he said, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” If every church-member would follow this teaching, there would not be any cause for grievances in the church. If the members of one church would follow this teaching with the members of Christ that are not members of the church they belong to, there would not be half so much difficulty over disputed points as there is at present. But when people get the idea that loyalty to their church demands that they defend it in its teaching, whether right or wrong, Satan gets in, and hides much truth from those that else might walk in the light. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.3

“Vacation Schools” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, pp. 572, 573.

IN the June number of the Review of Reviews there is an interesting article on “Vacation Schools in the United States.” While the whole article is valuable, there are some points that are of especial interest to Seventh-day Adventists at this time. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.1

An important feature of these “vacation schools”—so called because they are held when the public schools are closed—is the manual training. Both boys and girls are encouraged to learn some trade that will enable them to care for themselves when they are thrown out on the world. The writer has visited several of these schools, and investigated the methods employed and the results attained. In most of the schools visited the children were gathered in from the street, where they soon become acquainted with all manner of evil, and taught those things that will develop the mind and lead them to engage in useful pursuits. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.2

An extract from the article already referred to will give some idea of the success of the kind of work. Referring to one of these schools in Chicago, the writer says:— ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.3

A large share of the success of the school came from the ...; boys came in the beginning attracted by the carpenter shop, and boys and girls alike took the work. From the day the school opened, and a bright-haired, squint-eyed boy almost three feet high came up to his teacher with the ... of building a church if only he were furnished tools, and said, “Teacher, when are we goin’ to begin to make things?” to the final day, when they willingly stayed to help put away the loved tools, the interest never flagged. The worst boys were good boys here.... The principal, Mr. Waterman, said, in his report of the school, “This department clearly demonstrates that it is possible to obtain a strong hold on troublesome and unruly boys by means of manual training.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.4

For the elementary housework a large class room was divided by screens into kitchen, dining room and bedroom. Beyond this there was no make-believe about it. A sure-enough bed, with white ...terpane and pillows, wash-stand, chairs, and rugs fitted out the bedroom. A dining-table and a ...-board filled with dishes completed the furnishing of the dining-room. Each little girl had her work-apron, and very great was her satisfaction in the work she could do. All had become in sweeping, dusting, dishwashing, arranging flowers, making the bed, and all the rest. A mother came ... to make the bed, leaving her little daughter ... told her that she did not know how. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.5

The staging was closely ... efforts, and helped to unify them. It... industrial, patriot’s nature, yet it... Miss Hofer told the children... ... or woods or work; and when their interest was ..., she taught them a song about the same thing. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 572.6

The nature work, carefully taught, was supplemented and enlarged by excursions into the country. Twice during the term of six weeks each class had an excursion day. The ignorance of these poor little mites regarding the most common things of country life might be amusing were it not so profoundly pathetic. It was a little Italian who fell on his face to kiss the grass in his delight at the wonder of it all. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.1

Within the past winter the settlement sent some flowers to a sick boy, who had been one of their problems the summer before. “Ain’t they nice?” he said. “I like ‘em so! Do you know, I didn’t used to care anything about ‘em, and how they grew till we went to the woods last summer and dug ‘em up.” ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.2

One afternoon the fathers and mothers, one hundred and fifty of them, came by special invitation to visit the school and talk it all over. Miss McDowell spoke to them in English. Mr. Waterman in Germany, and one of the parents in Bohemian; the janitor, too, made a speech, and as a result of it all they sent a petition to the board of education for manual training in the Seward school. The petition was granted. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.3

The teachers, from the principal, Mr. Richard Waterman, Jr., and his admirable assistant. Mrs. Lizzie T. Hart, through the corpse of twenty-one department workers, were not only trained specialists, but teachers who gave themselves generously to the improvement of the pupils. The management was not willing to take tired-out teachers, who had already worked ten months during the year. They wanted enthusiastic specialists, and had them; and much of the success was due to just this enthusiasm. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.4

Seventh-day received light on the manual training work years ago, and ought to be where they would have godly teachers, capable of filling places in these schools that are being started in the cities. The Lord is opening the way for the truth to enter the cities through another channel. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.5

But we are in danger of being so far behind that the world will take up the work that the Lord gave us to do, and carry it forward in a worldly way. Why should not this people be a light to the world in education as well as in other things? ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.6

“New Ten Commandments!” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald 75, 36, p. 573.

THOSE who have held that the ten commandments, spoken at Sinai, were abolished at the cross, have often endeavored to work up a new code from the New Testament, with but little success. Most of these new codes have only nine precepts, because the human compilers do not want any command included which in any way refers to the Sabbath of the Lord, and there are no commands in the New Testament that refer at all to the first day of the week. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.1

Recently, however, some one has discovered that the ten commandments are not exactly adapted for missionary meetings, so a new code has been compiled! No reason is given to explain why the ten precepts which Jehovah spoke and recorded are not sufficient at the present time for missionary work. It is suggested that the new code “teaches the people to confess that they have been guilty of failure, and to pray for grace to amend.” Certainly such a law is a good one, and it would be well to read it; so we will give it. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.2

1. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.3

2. “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” Matthew 6:19, 20. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.4

3. ““But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.5

4. “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Matthew 7:1. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.6

5. “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another: as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” John 13:34. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.7

6. “Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” John 5:39. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.8

7. “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” John 4:35. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.9

8. “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” Matthew 9:36, 37. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.10

9. “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he ad supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:23-25. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.11

10. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Matthew 28:19, 20. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.12

Nothing can be said against these commandments on the ground that they are not the words of Scripture. They contain words of truth that should be studied and accepted by every follower of Jesus Christ. But there is danger when the human mind seeks to set aside God’s holy, just, and good law, which “is perfect,” and to put in its place other words, even of the same author. When the human mind seeks to invent something that will improve on God’s plan of supporting his work in the mission field, the Holy Spirit will surely be displeased. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.13

If the original ten commandments, pressed home to the heart by the Spirit of God, will not lead men to confess their sins, and make amends, even in supporting the missionary work, only utter failure can result from an attempt to do this work by man’s wisdom. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.14

There is not too much giving, but there is too much giving that is prompted by some exciting appeal. This kind of benevolence soon dries up, unless new devices are frequently invented to appeal to the appetites and emotions. Any law, even that of Jehovah, with none but human persuasion to press it home to the conscience, does nothing more than to lead the sinner to compare his life with others that are worse than his; then he feels fairly com.... ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.15

God’s law, as spoken from Sinai, when applied by the Holy Spirit, will do all that is necessary to induce men to give all that God wants them to give. Man would be in better harmony with his Creator if he spent the time it takes to collect ten new commandments, in meditating upon those the Lord has already given. “His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” We do not need more lawmakers, but more law meditators. ARSH September 6, 1898, page 573.16