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VOLUME XIV

AUGUST, 1915

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LE RAINING SCHOOL

MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HOUSE TO HOUSE BIBLE WORK . "Go out info the highways and hedges and compel them to come in"--• • Luke. 14 28 •

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Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, . . I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying . , . repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." • Acts 20:19-21,

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PARENT'S WORK MRS. E. G. WHITE

+0T long ago I heard a mother say that she liked to see a house fitly constructed, that defects in the arrangement and mismatched wood-work in the .finishing annoyed her. I do not condemn nice taste in this respect, but as I listened to her, I regretted that this nicety could not have been brought into her methods of managing her children. These were buildings for whose framing she was responsible ; yet their rough, uncourteous ways, their passionate, selfish natures and uncontrolled wills, were painfully apparent to others. Ill-formed char a c t e r s, mismatched pieces of humanity, indeed they were, yet the mother was blind to it all. The arrangement of her house was of more consequence to her than the symmetry of her children's character. Cleanliness and order are Christian duties, yet even these may be carried too far, and made the one essential, while matters of greater importance are neglected. Those who neglect the interests of the children for these considerations, are tithing the mint and cummin, while they neglect

the weightier matters of the law,— justice, mercy, and the love of God. Those children who are the most indulged become wilful, passionate, and unlovely. Would that parents could realize that upon judicious early training depends the happiness of both the parents and the children. Who are these little ones that are committed to our care? — They are the younger members of t h e Lord's family. " Take this son, this daughter," He says, " nurse them for Me, and fit them up 'that they may be polished after the similitude of a palace,' that they may shine in the courts of the. Lord." Precious work ! important work ! Yet we see mothers sighing for a wider field of labor, for some missionary work to do. If they could only go to Africa or India, they would feel that they were doing something. But to take up the little daily duties of life, and carry them forward faithfully, perseveringly, seems to them an unimportant thing. Why is this? Is it not often because the mother's work is so rarely appreciated? She has a thousand cares and burdens of which the father seldom has any knowl-

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edge. Too often he returns home bringing with him his cares and business perplexities to overshadow the family, and if h, does not find everything just to his mind at home, he gives expression to his feelings in impatience and fault-finding. He can boast of what he h a s achieved through the day; but the mother's work, to his mind, amounts to little, or at least is To him her cares appear undervalued. trifling. She has only to cook the meals, look after the children, sometimes a large family of them, and keep the house in order. She has tried all day to keep the domestic machinery running smoothly. She has tried, though tired and perplexed, to speak kindly and cheerfully, and to instruct the children and keep them in the right path. All this has cost effort, and much patience on her part. She cannot, in her turn, boast of what she has done. It seems to her as though she has accomplished nothing. But this is not so. Though the results of her work are not apparent, angels of God are watching the careworn mother, noting the burdens she carries from day to day. Her name may never appear upon the records of history, or receive the honor and applause of the world, as may that of the husband and father; but it is immortalized in the book of God. She is doing what she can, and her position in God's sight is more exalted than that of a king upon his throne; for she is dealing with character, s h e is fashioning minds. The mothers of the present day are making the society of the future. How important that their children be so brought up that they shall be able to resist the temptations

they will meet on every side in later life. Whatever may be his calling and its perplexities, let the father take into his home the same smiling countenance and pleasant tones with which he has all day greeted visitors and strangers. Let the wife feel that she can lean upon the large affections of her husband,— that his arms will strengthen and uphold her through all her toils and cares, that his influence will sustain hers, and her burden will lose half its weight. Are the children not his as well as hers? Let the father seek to lighten the mother's task. In the time that he would devote to selfish enjoyment of leisure, let him seek to become acquainted with his children — associate with them in their sports, in their work. Let him point them to the beautiful flowers, the lofty trees, in whose very leaves they can trace the work and love of God. He should teach them that the God who made all these things loves the beautiful and the good. Christ pointed His disciples to the lilies of the field and the birds of the air, showing how God cares for them, and presenting this as evidence that He will care for man, who is of higher consequence than birds or flowers. Tell the children that however much time may he wasted in attempts at display, our appearance can never compare, for grace and beauty, with that of the simplest flowers of the field. Thus their minds may be drawn from the artificial to the natural. They may learn that God has given them all these beautiful things to enjoy, and that He wants them to give Him the heart's best and holiest affections.

A WORD TO PARENTS

The parent who sends his son into the world uneducated, defrauds the community of a useful citizen and bequeaths to it a nuisance.—Chancellor Kent.


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Rain MRS. S. N. HASKELL

OD never originally designed to water the earth by rain. Before man sinned there was no rain ; but " there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground." Gen. 2: 6. The giving of rain is considered as one of the mighty acts of God. Job 5 : 8-10. Job refers to the clouds formed of vapor being condensed into rain and falling upon the earth, as an evidence of the greatness of God. Job 36: 26-28. It is supposed that Moses wrote the book of Job while in the plains of Midian, tending his father-in-law's sheep. The outdoor life of the shepherd gave him an opportunity to study nature in a way that brought him near to the God of nature. Let us with Job " stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. . . . Dost thou know the balancings of t h e clouds, the wondrous works of Him which is perfect in knowledge?" Job 37: 14-16. The giving of rain is one of the great evidences of divine power which no false god can counterfeit. " Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not Thou He, 0 Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon Thee: for Thou hast made all these things." Jer. 14: 22. God should receive praise for this wonderful gift. " Sing unto the Lord with

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thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth." Ps. 147: 7, 8. It is not thus with the rebellious in heart : " Neither say they in their heart, Let us fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain." Jer. 5: 23, 24. The same God that numbers the hairs of our head weigheth every raindrop; not only are they weighed but they are • measured. Job 28 : 25, 26. He who said to the restless surging ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," Job 38: 8-11, also " made a decree for the rain " ; it is under His control. Job 28: 26. Rain was frequently withheld for a season on account of the iniquity of the people. Deut. 11 : 17 ; Jer. 3 : 2, 3 ; 5: 25; Amos 4 : 7; 1 Kings 17 : 1. The prayer of faith moves the Infinite One to command the clouds to give or withhold their rain. Jas. 5: 17, 18; 1 Kings 18 : 41-46. There have been times of extraordinary rain, when it has fallen as a judgment or a witness on the earth. Gen. 7: 4, 12 ; 1 Sam. 12 : 17, 18 ; 1 Kings 18 : 45; Ezra 10 : 9, 13. Many beautiful spiritual lessons are taught by the rain. Just as the rain " watereth the earth, and maketh it to bring forth and bud," so God's word re-

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ceived in the heart of man will accomplish the purpose for which He sent it. Isa. 55 : 10, 11. The Lord says, " Hear, 0 earth, the words of My mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Deut. 32 : 1, 2. Christ will come to the thirsty soul like " rain upon the mown grass." Ps. 72 : 6 ; 68 : 9. If we wish the Lord to " rain righteousness " upon us, we must break up the fallow ground of our hearts and sow righteousness. Hosea 10: 12. It is an inexorable law of nature that " whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Gal. 6 : 7, 8. The latter rain which ripened the harvest and the former rain which prepared the ground for the seed in Palestine, are used of the Lord as symbols of the outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon the day of Pentecost. Pentecost prepared the earth for the great seed-sowing, and the outpouring of the Spirit of God in the " latter rain " will prepare the earth for the final harvest. The Lord hath given the former rain and He will give " showers of blessing," in time of the latter rain. Joel 2: 23 ; Eze. 34 : 26.

We are directed to " ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain," and He will give " to everyone grass in the field." Zech. 10 : 1 ; Isa. 44 : 3, 4. The whole system by which rain is produced is a mighty miracle. The sun draws from the land and ocean vapor which poises in the atmosphere above us, floating about and forming a panorama of exquisite pictures, revealing in different combinations all the beautiful tints of the rainbow. There is no limit to the different combinations ; every time we glance heavenward a new picture greets our sight. At God's command the vapor in the sky is condensed into water which falls in refreshing rain on the thirsty land. Lev. 26 : 4. The water after performing its mission finds its way into the sea from whence it is again gathered into vapor by the sun. Solomon when attempting to write of this great miracle, adds, " Man can not utter it." Eccl. 1 : 7, 8. In the midst of the busy activities of life it is restful to the spirit to form the habit of often lifting our eyes upward and admiring the beautiful pictures that God is constantly painting in the heavens above us.

SEVEN TIMES J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH

N a former article we showed the punishments of Israel seven times for apostasy during the reign of the judges in the space of 270 years. In this writing we trace twenty-one apostasies, in the space of 807 years. Second Series of Sevens 1. The case of Solomon. 1 Kings 11 : 4-8. This resulted after his death, in the division of his kingdom. 1 Kings 12: 1-33. 2. The second apostasy was in Jero-

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boam's making the two golden calves for Israel to worship. 1 Kings 12: 28-32. For this, great affliction came upon his posterity, and upon Israel. 1 Kings 14: 7-18. 3. The next apostasy was under Nadab. 1 Kings 15: 25, 26. For this, Israel was overcome and afflicted by Baasha. 1 Kings 15 : 27-30. 4. Next Baasha led Israel to the worship of the golden calves. 1 Kings 16: 1, 2. For this transgression, Omri conquered the people, and for a time there was a division

BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL between Omri and Timni. 1 Kings 16: 16-20. 5. Then there was an apostasy under Orrin, " worse than all the kings that were before him." 1 Kings 16: 25, 26; Micah 6 : 16. 6. The sixth season of idolatry was the twenty-two years under Ahab, the son of Omri, who " did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him." 1 Kings 16: 29, 30. During his reign was the three and one half years, under the prayer of Elijah the Tishbite. 1 Kings, chapters 17 to 21. During this time there was conflict between Israel and the Syrians. 7. The seventh apostasy in this line was under Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, who served Baal. 1 Kings 22: 51-53. Israel was afflicted by the Moabites. 2 Kings 1 : 1-18. The Third Series of Sevens

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1. Jehoram, the son of Ahab. 2 Kings 3: 1-3. The Moabites warred against them. They were delivered by following the instruction of Elisha. 2 Kings 3: 15-27. 2. The second apostasy was the eight years under the reign of Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, son-in-law to A h a b. 2 Kings 6: 16-19. They were brought into conflict with the Edomites. Kings 8: 20-24. 3. The third apostasy was under Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram and son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 2 Kings 8: 23-27. They were brought into conflict with the Syrians. 2 Kings 8: 28, 29. 4. The fourth apostasy was under the seventeen years' reign of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. 2 Kings 13: 1-3. He was oppressed by the Syrians. 2 Kings 13: 3, 9, 22. 5. The fifth apostasy was under the sixteen years' reign of Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz. 2 Kings 13 : 10, 11. They were in war with Judah. 2 Kings 13: 12, 13.

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6. The sixth apostasy was during the forty-one years' reign of Jeroboam, the son of Joash. 2 Kings 14: 23, 24. He was in war with the nations to recover Israel's possessions. While he delivered Israel from their oppressors, he himself was v i 1 e. 2 Kings 14: 25-29. 7. The seventh apostasy in this line was under the ten years' reign of Menahem, the son of Gaddi. 2 Kingi 15 : 17, 18. Israel was heavily taxed to get rid of the king of Assyria. 2 Kings 15: 19-22. The Fourth Series of Sevens During the time covered by this line there were four kings who themselves were evil, but in their short reigns, they did not succeed in seducing Israel into idolatry. The first one we note was Zacharias, the son of Jeroboam. At the end of six months' reign his own people slew him. 2 Kings 15: 1-15. The next was Pekahiah, who reigned only two years, and was slain by Pekah. 2 Kings 15: 23-25. The third was Jehoahaz, who reigned only three months, and was put in bands by Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 2 Kings 23 : 31-34. The fourth was Jehoiachin, who reigned only three months, and was then taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Kings 24: 8-11. 1. Of the apostasies of Israel during this period of sevens, we first note Pekah, who reigned twenty years. 2 Kings 15: 27-31. Under his reign, and for their idolatry, Israel was harassed by Tiglathpileser of Assyria. 2. The second apostasy was under the twenty years' reign of the son of Jotham, Ahaz ; for his apostasies, they were greatly oppressed by the surrounding nations. 2 Kings, chapter 16. 3. The next was under Hoshea, t h e son of Elah, in his nine years' reign. During that time there was a conspiracy, and many of the Israelites were taken captive by other nations. 2 Kings 17: 1-41.


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4. For the fourth apostasy we place the case of Manasseh's forty-five years' reign. He went so far that he placed idols in the temple of the Lord, and he exceeded the wickedness of the Amorites. 2 Kings 21: 1-18. 5. The next was Amon's t w o years' reign, during which he did nothing to turn Israel from the idolatry of his father Manasseh, but followed his ways. 2 Kings 21 : 19-26. 6. Next we have Jehoakim's eight years' reign. The king of Babylon came upon him, and commenced the pillage of the temple. 2 Kings 23: 34-37. 7. The seventh and last of the twentyeight apostasies, was. with the " profane wicked prince of Israel," Zedekiah, who reigned eleven years, and then with Judah was carried captive to Babylon. 2 Kings 24 : 17-20; Eze. 21 : 25-27. As I look upon this four times seven predicted of Israel's apostasies and punishments (Lev. 26: 31-35), fulfilled in about 1077 years, the application looks much more consistent than the taking one of the seven times, which is not a measure of time, and trying to make it cover the time of 2520 years. I do not claim infallibility in this application, but I submit it for the consideration of all careful readers.

+ DISCIPLINE

There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not rank subordination and discipline among the signal virtues. Subjections to moods is the mark of a deteriorating morality. There is no baser servitude than that of man whose caprices are his masters, and a nation composed of such men could not long reserve its liberties. —R. W. Emerson.

A FAVORITE HYMN

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HE hymn entitled, "We Shall Meet Beyond the River," has comforted many mourning hearts. John Atkinson, D. D., a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, is the author. Dr. Atkinson was born in New Jersey in 1835, and for many years served faithfully in the Methodist Conference of New Jersey and Michigan. In the winter of 1867 Dr. Atkinson's mother died. He felt the loss keenly. A few weeks after her death, being alone in his study, one night at midnight, his mind naturally dwelt upon the loss of his beloved mother, at which time the hymn was )written. Dr. Atkinson writes of it as follows : " On that particular night under these influences, and perhaps under even higher influence, that song in substance seemed to sing itself in my heart. I said to myself, 'I had better write that down, or I shall lose it.' There in the silence of my study, not far from midnight, I wrote the hymn." Without Dr. Atkinson's permission it was anonymously printed in the Sunday-school Advocate, and from there it was taken and printed in two or three music books. Mr. Hubert P. Main composed the popular tune to which it is sung in the Moody and Sankey Collection. Up to this date it had always appeared strictly anonymous; but when Winnowed Hymns was being prepared, the compilers inserted in the New York Christian Advocate a request for the name of the author. Dr. Atkinson responded, and the hymn has since been published under the author's name. This hymn has frequently been revised by different hands. Its author prefers the version which is given on the following page.


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We Shall Meet Beyond the River We shall meet beyond the river, By and by, And the darkness will be over, By and by; With the toilsome journey done, And the glorious battle won, We shall shine forth as the sun, By and by.

We shall rest from tribulation, By and by; And from labor and temptation, By and by; Then these worn and weary feet Shall walk on the golden streets; Old companions we shall greet, By and by.

We shall wake the harps of glory, By and by; We shall sing the 'old, old story,' By and by. And the strains forevermore, Shall be wafted o'er and o'er Yonder everlasting shore By and by.

We shall rise from death victorious, By and by; And receive a crown all glorious, By and by. All the storms and billows passed, And the anchor safely cast, We shall meet in heaven at last, By and by.

PROTESTANT AND ROMAN CATHOLIC SCRIPTURES AND INTERPRETATIONS Not the touch of the garment, but the touch of faith. The Roman Catholic Bible

The Protestant Bible

" And behold a woman which was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment. For she said within herself: If I shall touch only His garment I shall be safe. But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Have a good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee safe. And the woman became whole from that hour." Matt. 9:20-22. Catholic Interpretation

" And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned Him about, and when He saw her, He said, Daughter, be of good comfort ; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour." Matt. 9:20-22.

" (Ver. 21. Touch only.) Not only Christ's words, but His garment and touch thereof, or anything to Him belonging, might do, and did miracles, virtue proceeding from His holy person to them. This woman returning home set up an image of Christ, for memory of this benefit, and the hem of the same image did also miracles." —Note, in part, on Matt. 9: 2!, in McNamara's edition of the Catholic Bible.

" Jesus gently said, 'Daughter, be of good comfort ; thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.' He gave no opportunity for superstition to claim healing virtue for the mere act of touching His garments. It was not through the outward contact with Him, but through the faith which took hold on His divine power, that the cure was wrought."— The Deilre of Ages.

Protestant Interpretation

Replying to this note in the Catholic Bible, Mr. William Fulke, D. D., (born 1538, died 1589), a famous Puritan divine, says:— " Christ by His word, and without His word, by outward signs, and without any at all, did only work miracles, and the force or virtue did not proceed into His garments, but immediately from Himself : Therefore Christ said not, there is virtue proceeded from my garments, but there is virtue proceeded from Me. Luke 8:48. There was no virtue in His garments, when the soldiers had parted them among them: nor while He wore them, for the people that thronged Him, received no benefit by them, but she only, and they that touch Him by faith."—Fulke's "Confutation of the Rhem'sh (Roman Catholic) New Testament," pp. 50, 51. Edition of Leavitt, Lord, and Company, New York, 1834. — ARTHUR L. MANOUS.

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A HUMBLE TRIBUTE TO A NOBLE LIFE S. N. HASKELL

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ANY lives are like the small bark that leaves scarcely a ripple behind it on the placid waters of the river, while others are like the majestic ocean liner which plows its way through the ocean, leaving a visible path far behind it. Such was the life of Mrs. Ellen Gould White who, like a tired warrior, fell asleep in Jesus at her home near St. Helena, California, July 16, at the age of 87 years, 7 months and 19 days. For seventy years she has been an earnest Christian worker, and the influence of her lifework will not cease at her death, but will continue as long as time lasts. Mrs. White was born Nov. 26, 1827, in Gorham, Maine. Her parents, Robert and Eunice Harmon, were earnest Christians who labored for the salvation of their family, and had the joy of seeing their eight children all brought into t h e fold of Christ. When eleven years of age, Ellen was converted and united with the Methodist church in Portland, Maine. A Call to Her Life-work

At the age of thirteen years, Ellen Harmon attended the second course of lectures delivered by William Miller in Portland, Maine. These lectures marked a new era in her life; from that time until her death she never lost her hope in the second coming of her Lord and Saviour. At the age of fifteen she began to pray in the public prayer meeting, and was often asked to join in working for the salvation of other souls. In the winter of 1844, Ellen Gould Harmon was called by the Lord to her life-work, and was ever true to her calling. When but a girl of seventeen years she began her public work. Al-

though frail yet she bore her testimony in public gatherings with power, and t h e Lord witnessed to her efforts in the salvation of souls. In August, 1846, Ellen Harmon was united in marriage to James White, 'a descendant of Peregrine White who was born on the " Mayflower," in the harbor of Cape Cod, before the Pilgrim fathers had established their home in the wilderness. James White became an apostle of the Seventhday Adventist denomination. Mrs. White and her husband were foremost in every reform. They soon found that they could never accomplish the mission entrusted to them by personal work alone ; so through the strictest economy and sacrifice, in 1849 they began the publication of t h e little paper called Present Truth. Although through the first years it was published at irregular intervals, yet it continued to increase in size and influence, and to-day it is known as The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, the leading organ of the denomination. Mrs. White a Voluminous Writer

In Mrs. White's early life she contributed articles to the Day Dawn, a paper then published in Canandaigua, New York. These articles were collected and published in 1847, in a pamphlet entitled, "A Word to the Little Flock." This was the beginning of a mighty work. The first edition of her " Experience and Views," was published in 1851, which has been followed by many valuable books, more than a score of which are in circulation throughout the world at the present day. The aggregate circulation of these


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books is estimated to be not less than three million copies. While travelling almost continually and lecturing before Crowded audiences, s h e has been an indefatigable writer. Besides the large number of books which have come from her pen, she has written numerous articles for various periodicals and many tracts and pamphlets. Her writings have been translated into thirty-four different languages. Her articles in the various periodicals and her numerous books all alike give spiritual help to the reader. No one can read her writings without becoming better acquainted with the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, whom she always loved to .exalt by voice and pen. Now that her voice is quiet in death, she like Abel, " being dead,

yet speaketh." Her writings will continue to strengthen Christians, and point sinners to the Cross of Calvary. A Friend to the Poor

The poor and needy ever found a warm friend in Mrs. White. Until age and failing health prevented her from personally doing the work, she loved to visit the homes of the poor and give them food and clothing, which she often supplied at a sacrifice on her part; for although throughout her entire life she has dispensed blessings to others, she has never been rich in this world's goods. Mrs. White is the mother of four sons, two of whom survive her. She has been a mother to many orphans, always having a heart of sympathy for the sorrowing and oppressed. Even at the age of seventy,

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when most people think they are too old to be burdened with the care of young people, she had in her home two orphans who received her motherly care and instruction. Truly a noble mother in Israel has fallen. A World-wide Influence

The work and influence of Mrs. White has been world-wide. She has travelled extensively throughout the United States, lecturing to large audiences. In 1885 she visited Europe, speaking through interpreters to audiences in Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, and many other countries of Europe. In all of these places her work was to build up and strengthen the cause of her Master. In 1891, in her sixty-fourth year, she went to Australia, where she labored for nine years. During this time, under her immediate supervision, the Avondale College was established as a training school for missionaries. From Avondale many faithful workers have gone forth to labor for their Master in the dark places of the earth. Mrs. White has always been especially interested in the education of the young, and has used her influence and means in establishing a number of colleges and academies, which are doing faithful work. Her b o o k, entitled "Christian Education," which has had an extensive circulation, is worthy of study by all educators. A Temperance Worker

As a temperance worker and lecturer Mrs. White excelled. By voice and pen she always exalted true temperance. Like John the Baptist she advocated laying the ax at the root of the tree, and always maintained that temperance should begin at the family table. Many who will read

these lines have no doubt listened to her earnest appeals to mothers, urging them not to place before their children food that would in any way create a thirst for strong drink. Mrs. White and her husband were largely instrumental in establishing the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and afterward she gave her influence in establishing many sanitariums in different parts of the world. Mrs. White has not only lectured upon temperance, but she has written much upon the subject. Her books, "Christian Temperance" and " Ministry of Healing," and numerous articles published in different periodicals contain valuable instruction on the subject of health and temperance. Christi an Character

In 1881 her husband was laid to rest and from that time she bore a double burden in life. No sacrifice has ever been too great for her to make in the advancement of the work of her Lord and Master. In her home she was gentle and unassuming,— in every respect a Christian lady. Of her it could be said that she was "given to hospitality." Her home was always open for the entertainment of friends or strangers who chanced to call. The readers of the BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL, who have enjoyed her articles, which have always held first place in the little magazine, will be glad to know that we will continue to give choice selections from her numerous writings. The writer of this article has been personally acquainted with Mrs. White for over fifty years and has often associated with her in labor, and we do not hesitate to say that in every-day home-life she was the most perfect Christian character we ever knew.

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For more than half a century we have made a careful study of her writings and have always found them to exalt Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit, and to denounce sin in every form. There is nothing sensational in them. Her writings contain pure spiritual instruction, presented in such a simple direct manner that even a child can comprehend them; in this they resemble the Bible. The grandest thoughts are couched in simple language. Her life-work bears the test given by the Lord Himself who said, " By their fruits ye shall know them." No one could

listen to h e r teachings, or thoughtfully study her writings without becoming better acquainted with the Bible, and being drawn nearer the Divine life. In our personal study we have found that the writings of Mrs. E. G. White have thrown more light upon the Scriptures than all other commentaries, and we have many commentaries in our library. When we think of the times in which we are living, and that Mrs. White's voice is silenced forever, we can truthfully say, " How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle?"

The Fire by the Sea

Tir HERE were seven fishers with nets in their hands, And they walked and talked by the sea-side sands ; Yet sweet as the sweet dew-fall The words they spake, though they spake so low, Across the long, dim centuries, flow, And we know them, one and all,— Aye ! know them and love them all. Seven sad men in the days of old, And one was gentle, and one was bold, And they walked with downward eyes ; The bold was Peter, the gentle was John ; And they all were sad, for the Lord was gone, And they knew not if He would rise,— Knew not if the dead would rise. The livelong night till the moon went out, In the drowning waters they beat about,— Beat slow through the fog their way,— And the sails drooped down with wringing wet, And no man drew but an empty net; And now 'twas the break of the day,— The great, glad break of the day. " Cast in your nets on the other side ! " ('Twas Jesus speaking across the tide;) And they cast and were dragging hard ; But that disciple whom Jesus loved Cried straightway out, for his heart was moved! "It is our risen Lord,— Our Master and our Lord !"

Then Simon, girding his fisher's" coat, Went over the nets and out of the boat— Aye ! first of them all was he ; Repenting sore the denial past, He feared no longer his heart to cast Like an anchor into the sea,— Down deep in the hungry sea. And the others, through the mists so dim, In a little ship came after him, Dragging their nets through the tide; And when they had gotten close to the land They saw a fire of coals on the sand, And with arms of love so wide, Jesus, the crucified ! 'Tis long, and long, and long ago Since the rosy light began to flow O'er the hills of Galilee; And with eager eyes and lifted hands The seven fishers saw on the sands The fire of coals by the sea,— On the wet, wild sands by the sea. 'Tis long ago, yet faith in our souls Is kindled just by that fire of coals That streamed o'er the mists of the sea; Where Peter, girding his fisher's coat, Went over the nets and out of the boat, To answer, " Lov'st thou me?" Thrice over, " Lov'st thou me?"

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Are - men possessed with devils at the present day as in the days of Christ? Anyone who will study character at the present day can not fail to know that some men are possessed with devils. We can not say that all who are insane are possessed with devils for some lose their minds as the result of disease; but many become insane as the result of giving way to their violent tempers. This class it would seem are possessed with devils. Does Rom. 14: 5 refer to the Sabbath day? No, there is nothing in the connection to indicate it is a rest day, or Sabbath. It is not a question of rest but a question of eating certain things on a certain day, or not eating them. From the third verse, speaking of eating herbs, the question under discussion seems to be whether the Christians should eat of the passover feast or not. After the type had met the antitype there was no virtue in partaking of the feast. 1 Cor. 5: 7. Please explain 2 Cor. 4:16: "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish; yet the inward man is renewed day by day/' The " outward man " is the physical life, or " earthly house." 2 Cor. 5 : 1-4. Eph. 3 : 16, 17 explains the " inward man " to be spiritual life. Age and disease may cause the " outward man " to perish ; but if we are " rooted and grounded " in Christ the " inward man " will be renewed day by day, as the physical strength decreases.

Which prophet prophesied the longest period of years? EnoCh was the oldest man that the Bible mentions as having the gift of prophecy, but we are not told how long he had the gift. Abraham lived seventy-five years after the Lord called him a prophet. Gen. 20 : 7. How do you harmonize Gen. 15: 13 with Gal. 3: 17? In Gen. 15: 13 it is stated that the children of Israel were to be servants in a strange land for four hundred years. In Gal. 3: 17 it says from the call of Abraham when God made a covenant with him, it would be four hundred and thirty years. Ex. 12 : 40 explains the period of the four hundred and thirty years as follows : "Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years." The sojourning from the time God called Abraham out from his kindred until the record of the fifteenth chapter of Genesis was thirty years; from the time of the vision given in the fifteenth chapter of Genesis it was four hundred years until Israel came out of Egypt, making the entire period of their sojourning four hundred and thirty years.

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HE man who steals his employer's in His divine law; so He sent the following time and uses it for his own aggran- message to that people : " Thou shalt be dizement, is called dishonest. The time be- called the repairer of the breach, the restorlongs to his master ; he has no right to use er of paths to dwell in, If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy it for his own pleasure. " The earth is the Lord's, and the ful- pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabness thereof ; the world, 4nd they that bath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honordwell therein." Ps. 24: 1. We belong to able; and shalt honor Him, not doing God by right of creation, and we were also thine own ways, nor finding thine own purchased (1 Cor. 6 : 19) but we " were pleasure, nor speaking thine own words." not redeemed with corruptible things, as Isa. 58: 12, 13. It is simply a question of silver and gold, . . . but with the honesty. Will we spend our Creator's time precious blood of Christ." 1 Peter 1 : 18, 19. as He directs, or will we " put no difference Different from earthly masters, God has between the holy and profane," and hide given us the largest portion of time for our our eyes from His Sabbath? Eze. 22: 26. own use and has only reserved one seventh Even the dumb beasts recognize their ownfor Himself ; but He has definitely marked ers, but man alone refuses to recognize the His portion by placing His blessing rights of His divine Master. " Hear, 0 heavens, and give ear, 0 upon it and making it holy. Gen. 2: earth : for the Lord hath spoken,. I have 2, 3. God has also given explicit direction nourished and brought up children, and how we should spend His time, and has they have rebelled against me. The ox placed this direction in the center of His knoweth his owner, and the ass his maslaw. ter's crib : but Israel doth not know, my " Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it people doth not consider." Isa. 1: 2, 3. holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do Christ left us a perfect example in His all thy work: but the seventh day is the life. John 15: 10 ; Luke 4 : 16; Matt. Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou 5:17, 18 ; Mark 2:27, 28. The disciples shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, followed in His footsteps. Luke 23 : 54nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy 56 ; Acts 17:2 ; 13 : 14, 42-44 ; 16: 13 ; maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 18 : 4, 11. that is within thy gates : for in six days the Why not be as honest with the Lord as Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and we are with earthly masters? all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sab4' 4' bath day, and hallowed it." Ex. 20: 8-11. TACT In the fourth commandment the Lord reTACT is the life of the five senses. It fers to His creation of man and all things, is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging in proof of His right to reserve the seventh taste, the keen smell and the lively touch. day for His own use. Talent is power, tact is skill ; talent is God looking down through the ages saw weight, tact is momentum ; talent knows the time when t h e Sabbath would be what to do, tact how to do it ; talent is trampled under foot, thus making a breach wealth, tact is ready money.— Anon.

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BIBLE READER'S CLASS HRIST was a true dwellingplace, or sanctuary, for the Spirit of God in the earth. God directed in every detail of Christ's life. It was all in harmony with God's ideal. Every offering of the sanctuary service pointed to Christ; He was the antitype of the entire service. Because the Jewish people failed to see and recognize these principles, they rejected Christ. They trusted in their forms and ceremonies instead of in the light that flashed from the Levitical sacrifices, and the same danger is ever threatening the people of God. Jesus said unto the Pharisees, " Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."

sanctuary performed two services each day in the outer apartment which amounted to 730 services during the entire year. These services were the dressing and lighting of the lamps, and placing incense on the golden altar both morning and evening. Ps. Iv : 2 ; Rev. 5: 8; 8: 3. Incense, added to the prayers of the saints, represents the righteousness of Christ, which makes the prayers of God's people acceptable in His sight. Chron. 6:49. Aaron, the high priest, who in a special sense represented Christ our High Priest, offered sacrifices upon the brazen altar in the court, served at the golden altar in the first apartment, and did all the service for the most holy. Heb. 5: I. Lev. 16:2, 29-34. The high priest once every year entered alone into the most holy place to cleanse the sanctuary from the sins that had been transferred to it during the year; this was on the tenth day of the seventh month. Heb. 9:7.

The Special Work of the High Priest

The Transfer of Sins from the Sinner

Ileb. 8: 1, 2. The high priest in the law of Moses was a type of Christ,—our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. Ex. 30 : 7, 8. The high priest in the earthly

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BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL to either take the blood and sprinkle it upon the altar of incense, or eat a portion of the flesh in the holy place, thus transferring in type the sin from the sinner to the sanctuary. Lev. 6: 25-30; 10 : 16-18. John I : 29. Jesus is the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. Our sins caused His death. I Peter 2 : 24. Christ bore our sins in His own body on the tree. John I : 7-10. If we confess our sins, the blood of Christ will cleanse us from all iniquity. Heb. 9: 11-14. By virtue of His blood He enters the heavenly sanctuary and purges our consciences from dead works. Isa. 49 : 13-16. Christ still bears the physical marks of His wounds for us and presents them before God in the heavenly sanctuary.

III God Met the Sinner at the Door of the Outer Apartment

Every sinner, bringing his offering and confessing his sins, was met at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation by the priest representing Christ and by the Lord. The sinner showed a broken spirit by bringing his offering and confessing his sin; the priest represented Christ whose heart broke on the cross, bearing the sins of the world; and God's great heart broke when He gave His son to die: so the three broken hearts met. This is an argument that heaven can never turn away ; God can save to the uttermost all that come to Him, however low and fallen they may be. Rev. 5: 6. When the sinner comes to God, heartbroken because of His sin, God sees His Son as a Lamb slain in the midst of His throne of angels. Ex. 28:38-43. At every morning and evening sacrifice offered at the door of the first apartment of the sanctuary, God said, " There I will meet with the children of Israel." God's visible presence was manifested in the first apartment of the sanctuary. Ex. 30 : 36. When the high priest ministered at the altar of incense, God said that He would there meet with His people. God met with His people in the first apartment of the earthly sanctuary..

Num. 17: 1-4. When Moses laid up the rod of Levi "in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony," God said that it is there " I will meet with you." Ex. 3 : 2-6 ; Joshua 5 : 13-15. God's .presence makes even the ground holy, and He blesses the one who realizes it. Any devoted thing becomes holy when God accepts it. Rev. 4: 1-5. John saw God in heaven sitting upon His throne, with the rainbow of promise around it, in the outer apartment where the seven lamps were. Rev. 5 : 6-9. John also saw the elders there and heard them sing and praise God; but when Christ entered the most holy apartment of the heavenly sanctuary, no man could enter there. Heb. 8: I. When Christ ascended He sat down at God's right hand. This was in the outer apartment. Dan. 7: 9, to. The prophet Daniel saw the throne placed (position changed) and the Ancient of days,— God the Father,— sit in judgment. They came from the outer apartment, and went into the inner apartment, the most holy place. This was at the opening of the judgment. Dan. 7: 13, 14. The same prophet also saw the son of God come " with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him." It was here that He received the kingdom. This was the time when the sanctuary was to be cleansed from the sins borne into the heavenly sanctuary by our great High Priest. While in the most holy place Christ receives the kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and comes forth as King of kings and Lord of lords. Rev. 14: I1-19. This takes place under the sounding of the seventh trumpet, preparatory to the appearance of Christ in the clouds of heaven.

IV The Cleansing of the Sanctuary

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judgment. When Christ appears in the clouds of heaven the righteous dead will be resurrected immortal, in a moment, in the ti-inkling of an eye, and rise to meet the Lord. There is no time then for investigation; their cases must be investigated before the resurrection. When this investigation closes, the sins of the overcomers are blotted out and their names are retained in the book of life. Rev. 3: 5. On the other hand the names of those who once had their names in the book of life but have departed from God, are blotted out and their sins remain uncovered. Acts 17 : 31. God "hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world by that man whom He hath ordained." John 5: 22, 27. Heb. 9:23-25. In the law of Moses the cleansing of the sanctuary was at the close of the yearly round of service. Our High Priest once in •the end of the world cleanses the heavenly sanctuary. I Peter 4: 17, 18. The investigative judgment begins in the church of God before the wicked who have never confessed their sins are judged. Luke to : 20; Phil. 4: 3. The book of life shows those who have once entered into the service of God. Mal. 3:16. The book of God's remembrance shows whether they have been faithful or not. Rev. 20 : 13, 14. Other books contain a record of unrepented sin. Acts 3: 19-21. It is those who now repent that will have their " sins blotted out, when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord." Rev. 14: 6, 7. The living righteous will be announcing to the world that the hour of God's judgment is come and warning the world of their impending doom. Eccl. 12:13, 14; 3:17. The righteous need a high priest until their sins are blotted out, for God will " bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing." Rev. :18, 19. The righteous dead are judged before the awards are given. John 5: 22-27 ; Jude 14, 15. When Christ comes He executes the written judgments. Ps. 49 : 9.

Dan. 12: 1. The books are again examined before the saints are delivered. Rev. 20: 12. Rev. 3:5. Those who have been faithful will not have their names blotted out of the book of life. It is therefore of infinite consequence to those who are living in the time when Christ is closing up His priesthood, that they understand the work He is performing and so walk in the light as t share in the refreshing.

THE HEART OF THE WOODS SUCH beautiful things in the heart of the woods! Flowers, and ferns, and the soft green moss; Such love of the birds in the solitudes, Where the swift wings glance, and the treetops toss; Spaces of silence, swept with song, Which nobody hears but the God above; Spaces where myriad creatures throng, Sunning themselves in His guarding love. Such safety and peace in the heart of the woods, Far from the city's dust and din, Where passion nor hate of man intrudes, Nor fashion nor folly has entered in. Deeper than hunter's trail hath gone, Glimmers the tarn where the wild deer drink ; And fearless and free comes the gentle fawn, To peep at herself o'er the grassy brink. Such pledge of love in the heart of the woods; For the Maker of all things keeps the least, And over the tiny floweret broods, With care that for ages has never ceased. If He care for this, will He not for thee — Thee, wherever thou art to-day? Child of an infinite Father, see; And safe in such gentlest keeping stay.

—Margaret E. Sangster.

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. NO TEARS FOR THE DEAD And friends ! — dear friends !— when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me, And round my bier ye come to weep, Let one, most loving of you all, Say, " Not a tear must o'er her fall !" — " He giveth His beloved sleep."

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning. THE HUMAN TOUCH

old potter, who was shaping the clay into the desired shape by his hands, was asked by a visitor, " Why don't you have machinery to do that?" The old man replied, " We have tried all kinds of machinery and failed; somehow it needs the human touch." God has work that can't be done by machinery. Christ needs our help, and the world needs the love, warmth, and life of a human touch.— Selected. AN

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THE TIME FOR PRAYER WHEN is the time for prayer? With the first beams that light the morning sky, Ere for the toils of day thou lost prepare, Lift up thy thoughts on high; Commend thy loved ones to His watchful care; Morn is the time for prayer! And in the noontide hour, If worn by toil or by sad cares oppressed, Then unto God thy spirit's sorrow pour, And He will give thee rest; Thy voice shall reach Him through the fields of air ; Noon is the time for prayer ! When the bright sun bath set,— While eve's bright colors deck the skies; When with the loved at home again thou'st met, Then let thy prayer arise For those who in thy joys and sorrows share ; Eve is the time for prayer ! And when the stars come forth,— When to the trusting heart sweet hopes are given, And the deep stillness of the hour gives birth To pure, bright dreams of heaven,— Kneel to thy God, ask strength life's ills to bear; Night is the time for prayer! When is the time for prayer? In every hour, while life is spared to thee, In crowds or solitude, in joy or care, Thy thoughts should heavenward flee, At home—at morn and eve—with loved ones there, Bend thou the knee in prayer. —Selected.

BUT GRECIAN PHILOSOPHY IS OF EGYPT " THESE are strong statements, but let us see if conditions to-day do not prove their accuracy. Much of the learning and philosophy of Greece w a s taken from Egypt,— that land of dense darkness, so designated by the Word of God. Many of the Egyptian myths and gods were adopted by the Greeks, thus the Greek conception of truth was based largely upon Egyptian philosophy."—John K. Jones.

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