VOL. 14, No. 44.
discerned through the flags and papyrus
THE BIBLE ECHO.
DEVOTED TO
An Exposition of Bible Truth and Signs A the Times.. the heart of Egypt's proud princess, and
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT NORTH FITZROY VICTORIA
FOR TERMS SEE LAST FADE
"THE LORD'S DOING."
Working the Impossible—Two
Historic Wonders—Christ and
Moses—A Pictured Triumph—
Great and Small.
Gon's, plans frequently
start with small beginnings,
but they are destined to
become infinitely great. On
the other hand, human
operations often, start out
with great display, and then
dwindle until they become
invisible.
It has been truly said
that "God moves in a
mysterious way His wonders
to perform." He calls those
things that be not "as though
they were," and from the
unknown works out the
counsel of His will.
Next to the work of creation
in the line of great historic
events, God places the,
deliverance' of His people
from Egypt. They were
told to inquire back to the
days of Adam, and from one
side of heaven to the other,
if there had ever been such
a notable event since man
was placed upon the earth.
Deut. 4 : 32-35. Yet in
working out that mighty
deliverance, God selected as
His instrument a helpless
child that had to be hidden
for three months to save its life from the
murderous hand of Pharaoh. When the
activity and vocal energy of that babe
developed so that he could no longer be
kept in secret, he was pla4ed in a rush-boat,
built by the hands of a 'devoted mother,
and committed to the wavers of the Nile
--Egypt's sacred river. \,
When in the mornitg Pharaoh's
daughter came down to lathe in that
sacred stream, the little yoyager was
Melbourne, Victoria, October 3o, 1899.
God could use him in working out His
reeds floating in his little boat. The
pathetic romance of that scene touched
the future deliverer was himself delivered,
and brought to be educated in the very
halls of-the king that, under other circum-
Saving a Deliverer.
stances, would have destroyed his life.
Moses afterward learned of his de-
liverance from the lips of his own mother.
In his early training he developed the
characteristics that God required, but
through his association with the Egyptian
nobles, self became pr-ominent, and God
had to send the, prospective heir to the
throne of Egypt into, the wilderness to
feed sheep for forty years. There Moses
learned meekness and humility, so that
ONE PENNY. .
design. Only once during 'the succeeding
forty years of national leadership did that
man of patience put self in the place of
God—" Must we fetch you water out of
this rock?"' But that neglect cost him
his life and his portibn in Canaan.'
Israel finally reached the
promised land in triumph,
and were estathished there as
a wonder to the nations.
But the only men that God
could use in working out the
glory of that nation were
men who were tittle in their
own eyes.
Later down in history
another child was born,—
the Babe of Bethlehem, —and
again the cruel hand of an
earthly king was stretched
out to destroy. But this
child—the Deliverer of a
world—was' " caught up to
God and to His throne."
Christ was the greatest
character that God con-
nected with His plan, and yet
it almost seemed as though
the beauty and power of
that life would be crushed
out by human, greatness.
But where is that' greatness
now? Herod and Pilate, the
religious leaders, and the
hooting mob, are all gone,
but the Christ still lives.
He is the living factor in a
scheme that is to reach out
and touch every world in the
universe of God.
Moses was a Christian.
" He endured as seeing Him
who is invisible," and
"esteemed the reproach of
Christ greater riches than the treasures
of Egypt." Heb. iz : 24-27. And when
on the mount of transfiguration God
revealed a picture of His kingdom, that
leader of Israel and the Redeemer of a
world, both of which came into the world
through the helplessness of babyhodd,
and were delivered to be , deliverers,
appeared together in glory:
That scene was 'a picture of, the
final triumph that awaits God's, plan.
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Whispered in the promise concerning the no account in God's sight ? 'rims some So , we understand that that which
" seed of the woman," it develops through would have us think ; but to such a proceeds from the heart declares the
human weakness, until finally every being preposterous idea we enter an earnest character of the man rather than that
in . heaven and on earth is heard saying, protest. which enters the mouth.
" Blessing, and honour,, and glory, and Correct deportment does not regenerate
The Bible teaches that "'whether
power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the heart; but a regenerated heart will
therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye
the throne,, and unto the Lamb for ever produce correct deportment. The power
do, do all to the glory of God." r Cor. 1o:
and ever." . of divine grace only can change the
31. But no man can glorify God who
Men have sometimes Secured great heart, and when this is, done outward
does not do so from the heart. Outward
results by the operation of great -forces, reformations will surely follow.
strictness of propriety is hateful in the
but` it remains for Deity to work out sight of Him who clearly sees hypocrisy G. C. TENNEY.
gigantic plans through the 'very Weakness
and impurity within.
that seems to make the project impossible.
No act of service or worship is accept- STUDIES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
God has chosen ,the "weak things of this —No. 4.
able to God unless it be prompted, by the
world to :confound the . mighty." All
sincere desires of the heart._ It is vain to
glorification of self .is outside of God's THE SOURCE OF BLESSING.
try to cleanse the heart by washing.
plan. It is only when we are willing' to "Grace ,be unto you, and peace, from Him
the hands. Nor is it possible to purify which is, and which was, and which is to come ;
he accounted least that God can make us and from the seven spirits which are before His
the heart by rectifying the habits.
great. " He giveth power to the faint ; throne.; arid from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
Correctness of deportment ,is what we 'witness, and the first begotten of the dead,
and' to thern that' have no might He ,and the Prince of .the kings of the earth. Unto
call civilisation, but civilisation and
increaseth strength.". Him. that loved us, and washed us from bur sins
sanctification are as distinct as whitewash in His own blood." Rev. I: 4-6.
and ivory, or as the gilding of a plaster HAVING considered. in our last study
ABIDE WITH US. model and an image of pure gold. the blessing pr6nounced upon all who
ABIDE with us ; the sombre shadows gather, 'The Pharisees were highly civilised. read this' book, we:now come to'examine
The light fades to the past,' And here is where the multitudes still the source ofhlessing.
The chilling gloon of doubt is all around need to be cautioned as much, as in those " From Him which is." When Moses
And night has come at last! •
olden days. A punctilious observance of was about to go to the . children of Israel
We need Thee in flife',S daytime, when the :sunlight
all the forms and ordinances of religious to lead them' out of Egyptian bondage,
Gilds everything we see ;
For joy is only joy as Thou art with us— faith does not touch the heart or make it he asked the Lord what he should say to
All gladness comes from Thee. better in the least. the people should they ask him concerning
'But G! we 'need Thee sorely when the darkness But some will say, Do not correct the name of the God who commanded him
Droops downward, like a pall ; • habits of living, produce., a correct char- to deliver them. " And Godg said unto
When joy has spread her wings, .her nest forsaken,
acter ? And we have to answer, No. Moses, I AM THAT I AM : and He said,
And tears like raindrops fall.
Unless a man adopts right habits of eating Thus shalt 'thou say unto the children of
When by the grave of our dead hopes we linger,
And silence meets our cry,' and living from right considerations, it Israel, 'I AM hath sent me unto you."
We look to heaven, but only see the storm-clouds— will not affect his moral and spiritual Ex. 3 :14. " I AM" means the Eternal
No stars are in, the sky. condition in the sight of , God. A Man One., One of the sayings of Jesus for
Abide with us! then darkness has no terror, who is deterred from a sinful act only by which the 'unbelieving Jews took up stones
And doubt and fear shall cease ; selfish considerations, while he secretly to 'stone Him was in taking to Hiniself
Our deepest griefs shall all be soothed to silence, this name of God. " Jesus said unto
longs to commit the act, is no better in
Lulled by Thy perfect peace:
God's sight than the man who does it. them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
—Annie Clarke.
From within, from the heart, proceed Before Abraham was, I am." John 8: 58.
every defiling thing. Many actions that It was, " I AM," the Eternal One, who
HEART DEFILEMENT. appeared to -Moses in the burning bush.
are right and pure under certain condi-
Acts 7 : 30. He was in the church in
"And He called the multitude, and said unto tions would be hideous sins and crimes
them, Hear and understand : Not that which under other circumstances ; and that the wilderness. Acts 7 : 38.
goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that "In all their affliction He was afflicted, and
which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a which determines the 'character of the act the angel of His presence saved them ; in His
man." Matt. 15:10, ir. is the motive that prompts it. Hygienic love and in His pity He redeemed them ; and
THE emphatic way in which our reform, which calls upon individuals to He bare them, and carried them all the days of
old.. . . Then He remembered the days of old,
Saviour makes this statement attests its break off 'the use of intoxicants, Moses, and His people, saying, Where is He that
importance. Through the long centuries tobacco, tea, and coffee, the use of flesh brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd
of His flock? Where is He that put His holy
since it was uttered it has lost nothing of foods, benefits the individual physically, Spirit within him ? That led them by the right
its pertinence. Men are just as much and renders the path of moral and hand of Moses with His glorious arm, dividing
the water before them, to make Himself an ever-
inclined to trust in outward performances spiritual reform more practicable. But lasting name ? That led them through the deep,
to render them acceptable to God as every moral reform must emanate from the as an horse in the wilderness, that they should
not stumble ? " Isa. 63 : 9-13.
ever they were. It is difficult always to heart. As from the evil, unregenerate
The same Eternal One who made a way
remember and to realise that God regards heart proceeds every evil thing, so out- of
of escape for His people through the mighty
the heart rather than the outward the renewed and purified heart only can
appearance ; that motives rather than any good thing come. deep; who spoke the tehcomniandments
amid thunders and lightnings 'at Mount
actions form His criterion of judgment ; A rnan may break off smoking or drink-
Sinai; and who was with His people in
that thoughts and desires speak louder to ing, yet while his heart yearns after those
their forty years' wanderings in the
God than words and deeds. defilements he is in the bonds of iniquity,
wilderness ; who,'when the fulness of the
But the' right application of this em- and his correctness of habit is not
'time was come, '" was made flesh and
phati,c declaration of principles is generally acceptable to God., Health, reform, like
dwelt among us, . is the' same Being who
lost sight of,, and its true meaning is every other right step, must be prompted
addresses Himself to His people in this
frequently unperceived. Does the Master by a heart that is in full syrnpathy with its
Book of Revelation..
intend that we shall understand that principles, and the various steps must be
outward appearances go for nothing ? That the spontaneous out-springing of an
"And which was." The pre-existent
One who was from the beginning.
personal cleanliness, right habits of eating enlightened conscience, and a fervent love
" In 'the begiihning was the Word, and' the
and drinking, and a,careful observance of to God, or, ,morally and spiritually, it Word was with( God, and the Word was God.
the rules relating to a proper diet, are of counts for nothing. The same was ,tin the beginning with God. All
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things were 'made by Him ; and without Him
was not anything made that was Made. . . . He
was in the world, and the world was made by
Him; and the World knew Him not. . , ,. And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 'us.
John t : "For by Him were all things
.created; that are in heaven, and that art in earth,
visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions;. or principalities, or powers ; all things
were created by Him, and for Him; and He is
;"before all things, and by Him all things consist."
Col. t ; 16, 17. God . . . hath in these last, days
spoken unto us by His Son, whom He bath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also He,
made the worlds. Who being the brightness of
His glary, and the express image of His person,.
and upholding all things by the word of His
Power; when He had by Himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on
high." Heb. i :
"And' now, 0 Father, glorify Thou Me with
Thine own self with the glory which I had with
,Thee before the world was." " Father, I will that
they,also, whoin Thou bast given Me, be with Me
Where I am ; that 'they may behold My glory,
.Which Thou hast .given Me ; for Thou lovedst
Me before the foundation of the world," John
24. " Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
:,trot redeemed with corruptible things, . . but
'with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot ; who verily
Was foreordained before the foundation of the
world, but was manifest in these last, times for
yen." t Pet. t :,18-2o. " But thou, Bethlehem
.,Ephratah, though thou be little among the thou-
,. sands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come
forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose
goingS forth have been from of old, from the days
of eternity." Micah 5 :2, margin.
And which is to come." "Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, to-day,' and forever."
Help. 13: 8.
" And Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid
the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are
the works of Thine hands : they shall perish ;
but Thou remainest ; and they all shall wax old
as doth a garment; ,and as a vesture shalt Thou
fold them up, and they shall,be changed; but
Thou art the same, and, Thy years shall not,fail."
Heb. r re- t2. "'I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which
is, and which was,. and which is to come, the
Rev.
"And from the seven spirits"." Blessed
assurance that nothing .escapes the
'watchful eye of the Eternal One.
" For who hath despised the day of small
,..things ?' since the seven eyes of the Lord shall
rejoice, and shall see the pluinmet in the, hand
of ,Zerubbabel with those seven ; they are
the eyes, of the 'Lord, which run to and fro
through the whole earth." Zech. 4 : to, margin,
".And I beheld, and lo, . . . a lamb as it had
been slain, having seven hbrns and seven eyes,
whidh are the, seven spirits of God sent forth into
all the eartbx." Rev. 5 :6. " For the eyes 'of the
'Lord run t.S and fro throughout the whole earth,
to show Himself strong in the behalf of them
whose heart is perfect toward Him." z Chron.
r6 :9.- " The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
beholding the evil and the good." Prov. 15: 3.
„" Neither is there any creature that is not
.,manifest in His sight; but all things are naked
and opened unto the eyes 'of 'Him with whom we
have to de." Heb. 4:13.
As in many other instances in this book,
the number, seven is here used to represent
perfection and completeness. How emi-
, nently qualified to bear a message of
hope and comfort to His people is the
One whose eyes are in every place, taking
notice of everything that concerns the
creatures of His hand, and without whose
notice not a sparrow falls to the ground ;
and whose care for each one ' of His
children is such that " even the very hairs
of your head are all numbered."
"Jesus Christ, the faithful witness." The
word witness in the Greek of this passage
is martus, and signifies one who gives
testimony to the truth • at the expense of
his life. Christ testified before Pilate
that He came into the world to ."bear
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witness unto the' truth:" John 18: 37:
Paul testifies that Christ thus " witnessed
a good confession." I Tim. 6 : Is. He
afterward sealed this testimony with the,
shedding of HiS own blood, thus He
became the " faithftil and true, witness."
" First begotten of the dead." Not that
He was the first in point of :time to rise
from the dead; as several were raised
before He came forth a'triumphant con-
queror over death and the grave ; but He
is the first begotten of the dead, from the
fact that it waSonlYby virtue of His death
and .resurrection that any were raised
before His time.
" But now is Christ risen from the dead, and
become the firstfruits of them that, slept." " For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be
made alive. But every man in his own order ;
Christ the firstfruits, afterward they that are
Christ's at His coming." r Con' 15 : zo, 22, 23.
" And He is the head of the body, the Church :
who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead ;
that in all things He might have the preeminence."
Col. : 18.
"Prince of the kings, of the earth." He'
who testified to the truth that He was
born to be a king, "submitted Himself to
be Mocked and scourged by the rulers of
this world, and finally died an ignominious
death upon the cross.
"Wherefore God also bath highly exalted Him,
and given Him a name which is above every
name : 'that at the name of Jesus every knee
should' bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under .the earth,; and, that
every tongue ,should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Phil.
2 "The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened, that ye may knoW . . . what is the
exceeding greatness of 'His power to us-ward who
believe, according to the working of His mighty
power, which He , wrought in Christ, when He
raised Him from ,the dead, and set Him at His
own right hand in the heavenly placeS, far above
all principality, and- power, and might, and
dominion, and every name that is named, not
only in this world,, but also in that which is to
come." Eph. 18-zi,
" Unto Him that loved us." " Herein is
love, not that, we loved God, but that He
loved us, and sent HisSon to be the pro-
pitiation for our sins." i John 4 : 10.
" Christ also hath loved us', and -bath
given HirnSelf for. us ,an offering,. and a
,sacrifice to God fbr a sweet-smelling
savour." Eph, 5: 2:. "Christ also-loved
the church, and: gave Himself for it."
Eph. 5 : 25.. ":Greater love hath no man
than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends,"- John 15: 13.
" WaShed in His, own blood.": Blessed
transaction, completed on the cross of
Calvary; for every one, who"accepts by
faith the merits of a crucified and risen
Saviour. "I .am crucified .with Christ."
Gal. 2 :20. "But' God' forbid that I
should glory, save in the cross of our
Lpord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is
crucified unto me, and I unto the world."
Gal. 6 : 14.
With what assurance and delight may
we continue 'the study of this book, which
is the revelation of Him who has given
Himself to the'human family.
"Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
0, .what a foretaste of glory divine.!'
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of HiS Spirit, washed in His blood."
A. T. ROBINSON-
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THE HOUR OF PRAYER.
BLEST hour of prayer ! unmarked in fleeting time
By any period like the day or year-;
God sets no star, nor tide, nor outward sign,
To wait and watch for ere we'venture near
To ask for pardon at His gracious ear.
Now is the appointed time, no need,to wait ;
Pray now, 0 man, to-night may be too late!
rray now, the, harmonies of heaven are hushed,
Lest they should drown the faintest human cry.
Yea, if a soul with sin and sorrow crushed,
Should breathe in faith a penitential sigh:,
It's echoes ring throughout the cqurts on high ;
And lo! the answer, ere they cease to roll,
" Rise up, My son, thy faith hath made thee whole."
Main.
THE WORLD'S RAILWAYS.
Round the Globe in. Thirty Days—Financiers
Puizied—Closing Boundaries—The Iron Horse ,
in Africa—Gospel Witness.
AMONG the most remarkable signs of
the times are the great railway projects
which the nations are at the present
moment carrying out. In many instances
'these railways, from a financial point of
view, can never be expected to pay,; but
contrary to the usual practice of "men
of the world," this question, "Will
it pay ?" is apparently being lost sight of,
,the nations vieing with each other in
bringing closer together their utmost
boundaries.
In Asia, the Russians are' rapidly
completing their great transcontinental
railWay, which, it. is said, will reduce the
time now occupied in traversing round
the globe from sixty-five to thirty-three
days. Bythe construction of this,railway
Australia will be brought several days
nearer ,to England, and the interchange
between these colonies and our • Asiatic
neighbours will be wonderfully increased.
The, prospects of this railway ever
proving a financial success, and the -
opinions which are held in some quarters
regarding its construction, are significantly
hinted afin the following remarks, which,
it is reported, were recently made by that
eminent Russian statesman and financier,
Herr Rothstein:—
" This railway, like many others of the same
nature, is being built under the compulsion of an
impulse or an instinct which it is impossible to
justify on financial, political, or military grounds.
The sacrifices which their construction entails
will never be repaid, at 'least -to the men who
make them. ,
"From a financial point of view, I could name a
score of other methods of investing money within
the empire that would pay handsomely, .pay far
better than this transcontinental railway can ever
hope to do. But nations appear to be sometimes
possessed by an uncontrollable passion to bring
together the utmost ends_ of a continent, quite
irrespective of rational motives. It is a kind of
demon which drives them ; and I can only suppose
that the impulsion is intended to promote the
general good of mankind. Certainly in our case
the sacrifices are much more obvious than the
gain to Russia."
That which is leading men to construct
great railroads all over the world, while
it may, be a matter of surprise to the
shrewd, financial politician, need by no
means be so to the student of prophecy.
More than eighteen hundred years ago
the Saviour said, "This gospel of the
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kingdom shall be preached in all the
world for a Witness -unto:all nations; and
then shall the end come." And in harmony
with that statement we see stupendous
,efforts being made everywhete to open, up
those countries " that sit in darkness"
to civilisation and to the enlightening
influence of the gospel.
Into darkest Africa. "the iron horse" is
steadily pushing its, way, so that in the
course of a few years the union of the
Cape with Egypt- by a transcontinental
railway will probably be accomplished. -
About twenty-five centuries ago the
prophet Nahum had a vision of a modern
i-ailway train. He describes what he saw
thus: "The chariots shall, be with flaming
torches in the day of His preparation,
and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
. . . They shall seem like torches, they
shall run like the lightnings." Nahum
2 : 3-5. Truly in this age we see the
chariots running like the lightnings, but
it should not be overlooked that this was
to take place "in the day of His preparation:"
While men are busy inventing and
constructing rapid Means of locomotion,
God is sending a message to the world to
prepare for the coming of the Lord in
the clouds of heayen, and it is certainly
more than a mere coincidence that
during the last fifty years, in which God
has been calling out a people to make
ready for the coming King, "the chariots
have been running like the lightnings."
This is the day of His preparation.
Let us haste and make ready so that
"when He shall appear we shall be like
Him," -It will not be long before this
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
in all the world for a witness to all nations;
and "then shall the end come."
A. W. ANDERSON.
JESUS—SAVIOUR.
SAID the angel: "Thou shalt call His
name Jesus; for He shall.save His people
from their sins.": Matt. .I : 21.
" Jesus" means saviour ; " and the
world needs a saviour. It is lost. Sin,
diseaie, :disappointment are everywhere.
Death, the ripened fruit of, sin, has spread
its gloomy pall over all creation. Men
sin and suffer, despair and 'die, withdut
hope._
Into such a world as this came the Son
Into.
of God—not a Saviour afar off, but one
with humanity. Divinity stooped to the
level of humanity to lift humanity to
Divinity. He became one with all men in
order that He might make all men one
with Him.
TO every soul who longs for a Saviour
from sin, Jesus meets, hat longing. He
does not save in sin ; He could not do it,
Sin is -ever and always destructive. He
who eventually identifies himself with sin
will perish with sin. Jesus came to save
from that destruction by saving from
the sin.
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It matters not how great the sins nor
how many. He has placed upon them no
limitation. " Though your sins be as scar-
let, they shall be as white as snow." " He
will abundantly pardon." "Where sin
abounds, grace does much more abound."
Do not stop to ask'hbw He can do this.
Do not question the divine alchemy. Let
this Suffice. You have no hope; you can
have no hope in yourself. No mortal can
help you ; "none of them can by any
means redeem his brother or give to God
a ransom for him." But Christ has re-
deemed you. He died to save you. He
stoops to lift you up. He •took your sins
that you might have His righteousness.
He has caused thousands to rejoice; He
will take away your sins, if you will but
let H im.—Signs of the Times.
BE GOOD.
Goo does not say, " Be beautiful, be wise,"
Be ought that man, as man, would oyerprize
Only "Be good'! " the tender Father cries.
We mount and climb the still ascending stair
To greatness, glory, and the crowns they bear ;
We mount, to fall heart-sickened in despair.
The purposes of life misunderstood
Baffle and wound us, but God only would
That we should heed His simple words, " Be good ! "
—Selected.
"SHALL WE SMITE THEM ?"
IN these days of wars and rumours of
wars—these days when we are gravely
assured, by professed teachers of the true
religion of Christ, that it is commendable
and Christian to fight 'under certain
circumstances,—it is pdsitively refreshing
to read the little story so beautifully
narrated in the sixth chapter of 2 Kings.
The king of Syria warred against Israel.
Israel was on the defensive. We are not
told just what was the cause of this
particular trouble, but the Syrians were
at least angry enough with the Israelites
to fight them. But when the Syrian king
wished to make a fine strategic movement,
and instructed his warriors - accordingly,
behold, in some unaccountable manner,
the enemy was apprised of it, and every
plan was thwarted. Then Ben-hadad
decided that there was a spy, .a traitor, in'
the camp. But the whole affair 'seemed
wrapped in mystery ; his plans had been
laid very carefully, and none but his most
tried and true captains had been entrusted
with his secrets. The heart of the heathen
king waxed faint. There must be treachery
somewhere ! Finally, in the midst of
his searching to find out the spy, one of
bis servants assured him there was sane-
thing supernatural about the affair—there
was a God in Israel, who was a revealer
of secrets.
" Ah," said he, " there is Elisha. He
is the one you are after, I have no doubt.
Why, he tells the Israelitish king the very
secrets which you whisper in the silence
of your bed-chamber!"
Somebody suggests that the prophet is
in Dothan, and forthwith the Syrian king
October 3o, 1899
sends a great host to take him. That was
a strange thing to do. We find ourselves
wondering why he thought it necessary to
send a large army to capture only one
man.. But even then the army was not
large enough to accomplish it. Instead
of capturing the Lord's prophet, they were
captured by him ! Astonishing ! a whole
host taken captive by a single man! What
was the secret of it ?—Ah,_" the mountain
was full of horses and chariots of fire
round about Elisha."
One angel was enough to work deadly
havoc among the, hosts of Assyria—
enough to slay' one hundred and eighty-
five thousand men ; and now the mountain
is full of angels. No wonder Elisha knows
no fear. The hosts of the king of Syria
were smitten with blindness in answer to
the prophet's prayer, and he actually led
his would-be captors over to Samaria, the
city of their enemy. Then God opened
their eyes. No doubt fear and trembling
seized them when they saw the trap into
which they had been led. And well they
might have trembled, had the king of
Israel pursued the policy of a nineteenth-
century ruler ; for they must surely at
' least have been made prisoners. What a
relief it must have been to those frightened
men when, they heard the decree spoken
by the man of God, whom they had so
recently sought to destroy.
" Shall I. smite them,? " says the king.
Smite them ?—Nay,, verily, says the
prophet. Let us return good for evil.
Set food before them, and let them eat,
and send them away in peace.
And so, behold, the wonderful spectacle
of a hostile army'being royally entertained
at the expense of the victorious enemy,
and allowed afterward to return home
unharmed.
Well, what was the result of this Chris-
tian manner of disposing of an enemy?
—We are told that "so," for this reason,
because of this treatment, they came no
more to fight with Israel. What a
splendid way to make peace ! 1 What a
glorious revenge! How Christlike ! Would
it not be a good idea for. Christian people
of to-day to learn a lesson from this
wonderful narrative ?
"Take, my brethren, the prophets . .
for an example."
MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE.
THE MIND OF CHRIST.
THERE was much in the life of the
Saviour as a child to detract His mind
from dwelling upon heayenly things. He
grew up amid the evil surroundings of
Nazareth, yet His life was untainted. He
"waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom,
and the grace of God was upon Him."
In the sunshine of His Father's favour
Jesus " increased in wisdom." His daily
communion with Heaven was the source
of the great spiritual strength and foresight
of His character. The light and beauty
of God rested upon Him.
 October 30, '1899
We are,enjoined to walk "in His steps."
"And think ye so in yourselves as Jesus
the Messiah also thought. And I beseech
you, my brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Messiah, that to you all there
may be one language: and that there
may be no divisions among you, but that
ye may become perfectly of one mind, and
of one way of thinking" (Phil. 2:5),
—Syraic Version.
Provision has been made whereby we
can have the mind of Christ and that our
heart's language may be one. By beholding
we become changed from image to image.
If,our mind rests only upon "whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are lovely, and
-wh'atsoever things are of good report "
‘(Phil. 4:8), it will then corrie into harmony
with the Divine
If we have the mind of Christ, we shall
"be filled with, the Spirit." These two
injunctions are as much commands as
any part of the moral law. To "be filled
with the Spirit, we must partake of the
Spirit-filled life of the Master, who says,
"The words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit, and they are life." John 6: 63.
,The cultivation of a Christ-like mind is
absolutely necessary, in the formation of
true character.
When all God's people have the mind
of. Christ, they will see "eye to eye."
There will be no "divisions" among them
when. the Master comes. All hearts will
beat in glad unison.
. " I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world ; but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your'
mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Rom. 12: I, 2. LILY WILLIAMS.
A REMEDY FOR SIN.
" If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just
to fOrgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness."
WHAT a precious promise! Will
cleanse us from' ' all unrighteousness.
And on what terms? If we confess.—
Who ? John says we. Surely this includes
everyone. All have sinned and come
short of the glory of God. Do we all sin?
How often we come short. AU our sins
are not' sins of commission. We may
have fulfilled every known duty to God,
but have we each day fully realised our
duty to our neighbour ? The fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of man often
pass unrecognised by even professed
Christians. " Our Father" is the term
Christ has taught us to use. We are
related more closely to our fellow beings
than we'often realise.
Have we complied with God's 'require-
ment in loving our neighbour as our-
selves ? The command, " Thou shalt
not steal," implies duty on our part to
supply their needs as far as lies in our
power, so that they will not require to
THE. BIBLE ECHO' 357
take that which does not belong to them
to supply their needs. Have we done all from the
that we might have done- in, these and
similar lineS for our fellow creatures ? If THE MOTHERS OF MEN.
not, we have come short. We have
THE bravest battle that ever was fought,
transgressed. We have left undone what Shall I tell you where and when ?
we ought to have done. We have sinned. On the map of the world you'll itnd it not—
But if we confess our sins, He is just and 'Twa6 fought by the mothers of men.
faithful to forgive. Nay, not with cannon or battle shot,
David said, " Against Thee,' Thee only, With sword or nobler pen ;
have I sinned." It is.God's requireMents Nay, not with words of eloquence fraught
From the mouths of wonderful Men.
of which we come short. We transgress,
and the condition of forgiveness is that But deep its the walled-up mother's heart,
A mother that will not yield,
we recognise and acknowledge. to Him
But patiently, quietly bears her part--
when we have come short. But He is To them is this battle-field.
faithful and just to forgive.
No marshalled troops nor bivouac song,
The primary meaning of the word No banners that gleam or wave,
faithful is trustworthy, reliable. If we But oh I those battles, they last so long—
confess, then He will never fail to forgive. From babyhood-to the grave.
He has pledged His word. He is just,— — :pavan
absolutely true and fair,—and will
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says is that He will forgive us our sins.
There can be no doubt abOut the matter. THE foster-mother of the little girl,' May
Here is a positive statement on which all Thornton, reports that she is very pleased
can rely. Was not that the very reason with her charge. May's father called to see
that Christ offered Himself a sacrifice, so us a few days ago, and said that he could
that He might be able to forgive?, not express his gratitude for the home found
He takes our sins,, and gives us in the for his child.
place of them His perfect character of We have now two other children for whom
righteousness. But on what terms ?—The homes are wanted. One is a bright, sturdy,
recognition on our part of where we have good-looking boy nine years of age. He has
come short, and the acknowledgment to dark eyes and hair, and is a manly little
Him of our shortcOmings. All our acts fellow. The other is a baby gfrl only three
which have not been in perfect harmony months old—a dear little mite that one could
not help loving. Full particulars will
with His requirements we renounce, and
be willingly given upon application to the
He takes the responsibility of our failures.
Evangelist of ;the Helping Hand Mission.
He takes the failure and bears the
Our reading room library has received a
punishment Himself, and we receive the very welcome addition of about one hundred
satisfaction of His having complied in every excellent books, for which we would heartily
respect with the requirements 'of His thank the kind donor. We have also received
Father's will. several sacks of rags and old clothes. These
Oh, wonderful plan of salv'ation, by are most acceptable donations. We could
which we can - thus be cleansed from all do well with a great many more, and would
unrighteousness, and stand before God suggest that every reader of the ECHO keep
accepted, and clothed in a faultless a mission sack and put into it all rags that
garment of perfect righteousness ! Oh, would otherwise be destroyed. When the
wonderful. Saviouil! willing to give us so sack is full, address it plainly, and send it,
much, in exchange for our many defects. carriage prepaid, to the Helping Hand
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But this forgiveness is conditional. God
deals with us on the same terms with
which we treat our fellow-creatures. It GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO READ.
may be only a trespass against our
judgment of right and wrong. We must SOME twelve months ago a young man
take their shortcomings and give them attended our tent services in the north of
credit for our better judgment. If so we New Zealand, and manifested considerable
will never fail to forgive. interest in the truth preached. He seemed
Who wishes to be clothed with that convinced of the claim the Lord had upon
perfect garment? . his time and talent, and yet he did not
" Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, respond by obedience. At this Juncture he
and stood before the angel; and He answered informed us that he was expecting to sail for
and spike unto -those that stood before Him,
saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. England. What could 'we do for him now?
And unto him He said, Behold, I have caused was our first question. We decided to give
thine iniquity to pass from-thee, and I will clothe him something to read. We collected some
thee with change of raiment. . . . So they set a
fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with back numbers of our excellent preacher, the
garments." BIBLE ECHO, several issues of The Signs of
What a wonderful transformation ! the Times, and a few copies of the Review and
Reader, this can be, your experience. It Herald and Present Truth, to read upon the
must be your experience if you would voyage.
enter the heavenly city. " There shall in • After his arrival in England, we received
nq wise enter into it anything that a letter telling us how eagerly the passengers
defileth." C. P. MICHAELS. had read the papers, and how that which lee
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had heard in the tent had been so clearly
enforced in the papers, that he was now
obeying the commandments of the Lord. •
A letter from him, received September 28,
says: "I have about five people who agree
with me that the seventh day is the Sabbath.
I have procured the " History of the Sabbath"
from the society in London, and I am
delighted with it. I have loaned it for a week
to a young friend of mine. He seems to be
interested in the book. Who knows but what
he may become a messenger of truth! I
have hopes that, ere long, we both will be at
Avondale School training for the work. I
am willing, aye, longing, to give my whole life
to the service of Him who died for me. I
wish I was at the school now t "
What the people need is something to read.
Give it to them, and you will reap a rich
harvest. This is not an isolated case. I have
met with many like it, but in the past I
have been guilty of keeping the good news to
myself. Give the souls for whom Jesus died
something to read ; they are hungry and
lonesome. In our good papers they will find
the " Bread of life," and no man is lonely
who has the companionship of a good book
or paper. Give them something to read by
passing the BIBLE ECHO to your neighbours
and friends. D. STEED.
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"Asx God to give thee skill
In comfort's art,
That thou may'st consecrated be
And set apart
Unto a life of sympathy;
For heavy is the weight of ill
In every heart,
And comforters are needed much
Of Christ-like touch."
FRESH-WATER SPRINGS UNDER
THE SEA.
THE hottest region on the earth's surface
is oi the south-western coast of Persia, on
the border of the Persian Gulf. For forty
consecutive days in the months Of July and
August mercury has been known to stand
above roo in the shade night and day, and
to run 'as high as 13o in the middle of the
afternoon. At Bahrein, in the centre of the
most- torrid part of this most torrid belt, as
though it were Nature's intention to make
the, place as unbearable as- possible, water
from wells is something unknown. Great
shafts have been sunk to a depth of roo, zoo,
300, and even 500 feet, but always with the
same result—no water. Notwithstanding
this- serious drawback, a comparatively
numerous population contrives to live there,
thanks to copious springs which burst forth
from the bottom of the gulf more than a mile
from the shore. The water from these springs
is obtained in a most curious and novel
manner. Machadores (divers), whose sole
occupation is that of furnishing the people of
Bahrein with the life-giving fluid, repair to
that portion of the gulf where the springs are
situated, and bring away with them hundreds
of bas full of the water each day. The
water of the gulf where the springs burst
forth is nearly . 400 feet deep, but these
macliadores manage to fill their goat-skin sacks
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by diving to the bottom and holding the mouth
of the bags over fountain- jets—this, too,
Without allowing the salt water of the gulf
to mix with it. The source of the submarine
fountains is thought to' be in the hills of
Gismond, 400 or 5oo miles away. Being
situated at the bottom of the gulf, it is a."
mystery how they were ever discovered, but
the fact remains that they have been known
since the- dawn of history.—Selected.
"HOLD ME TIGHT, : JOHN."
"Now, Nellie," said her mamma, as she
tied the snowy White sun-bonnet over the
yellow curls and dewy blue eyes of her three-
year "old darling, " you may take dolly and sit
upon the front steps in the sun ; but remember,
dear, you must not run away as you did yesterday."
" I'll be dood, mamma, don' be 'fwaid," was
the self-reliant response of the little woman
as she received the good-by kiss, and with
dolly hugged to her happy heart trotted down
the staircase to the street door. She knew
the penalty attached to running away, but
forgot the temptation which had twice before
assailed her in the shape of two goats tethered
to a post in the far corner of a vacant
sand-lot' across the street. Nellie lived in a
newly opened quarter of San Francisco.
Scarcely was she seated and had begun her
'survey when the baa-baa of a young kid
startled her.
" Yes, Goaty, I hears you a-tallin' me, but
I tan't turn 'cause I mus'n't 1" she shouted.
Nevertheless she stood on tiptoe and
stretched out her little neck toward the spot
from whence the sound proceeded. She
could distinctly see , the kid frisking around
its mother, and in its gambols tossing up the
light sand which fell back again in a light
shower.'
Adjoining- Nellie's house was her papa's
coal and wood-yard, in which, near the
gate-way, stood John, his hired man, sacking
coal. She did not know that her mamma was
watching' her from a door in the rear : she
only knew that, without some help she could
not "be dood" as she had promised.
Running up to John and seizing his
blackened hand with one of 'her .tiny white
ones, while with the other she pointed to the
goats, she said most earnestly—
" Don, Don, won't 'oo pease hold me tight
so I tan't yun -away ? "
" Indeed I will," he said good-humoredly,
as he lifted her upon the top of a high
wood-pile, and left her laughing and delighted
at the novelty of her position.
" What a lesson to us older children ! "
said the thankful and appreciative mother.
" Did we, in the hour of temptation, mis-
trusting our own strength to resist it, but
put our hands in that of the heavenly
Father, and ask Him, with that lOving
confidence which my little Nellie has shown
in John, to hold me tight,' He would not
only keep us from running into forbidden
paths, but lift us 'into new heights of
enjoyment and safety."—New Voice.
OTHER boys may be brighter than you, but
none, need be more truthful. Others may
have more intellectual power, but none need
be more trustworthy. Others may shine
more in- society, but none need more truly
represent Jesus Christ among men. All of
the true life is within your reach.
October 3o, x8g0
HE ONLY ATE IT, AS MANY
OTHERS DO.
PROFESSOR CONISTOCI<, of Cornell, in speak-
ing to his class recently of the trials of
scientists, told this authentic tale of the
experience of a professor of invertebrate
zoology in a sister institution, which had
better be left nameless. Trichinoe in pork,
the cause of the frightful disease, trichinosis,
in human consumers, give a peculiar appear-
ance to meat, which is studded with little
cysts ; it is then known to the trade as
" measly, pork." The learned scientist,
wishing some for study, went to the butcher,
and asked if he ever got any measly pork.
" Sometimes," said the butcher cautiously,
" but I always throw it away."
"Well," said the professor, "the next
time you have any, I wish you'd send me up
some," meaning, of course, to his laboratory.
The butcher stared at him, but said he 'Would.
Three weeks passed, when the professor,
growing impatient, again dropped in,
" Haven't you found any measly pork yet "
" Why, yes," said the butcher, " I sent up
two pounds a week ago."
A sickly grin broke over the professor's
face.
" Where did you send it ? " said he.
" Why, to your house," said the butcher,
of course."
PA'S PRAYERS.
ONCE upon a time sickness came to the
family of the poorly-paid pastor of a country
church. It was winter, and the pastor was in
financial straits. A number of his flock
decided to meet at his house and offer prayers
for the speedy recovery of the sick ones, and
for material blessings upon the pastor's family.
While one of the deacons was offering a fer-
vent prayer for blessings upon the pastor's
household, there was a loud knock at the
door. When the door was opened, a stout
farmer's boy was seen, wrapped up comfort-
ably.
" What do you want, boy ? " asked one of
the elders. " I've brought pa's prayers,"
replied the boy. "Brought pa's prayers?
What- do you mean ? " " Yes, brought his
prayers, and they're out in the waggon. Just
help me, and we'll get 'em in." Investigation
disclosed the fact that "pa's prayers"
consisted of potatoes, flour, bacon, cornmeal,
turnips, apples, warm clothing, and a lot of
jellies for the sick folk. The prayer meeting
adjourned in short order.—Selected.
WILL.POWER.
THERE is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent, or hinder, or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing ; will alone is great ;
All things give way before it, soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force
Of the sea-seeking river in its course,
Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait ?
Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.
Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunate
Is he whose earnest purpose never swerves,
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The one great aim.
Why, even death stands still
And waits an hour sometimes for such a will.
—Ella 14Theelev W ile0X
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"CLosE your eyes to truth and you
tumble into the ditch of error."
Are You Waiting ?' Paul speaks of the
Thessalonian Christians as having " turned
from idols to serve the living and true-
God; and to wait for His Son from
heaven." This must be the attitude of
Christians-. to-day. Every ray of light
that God sends will, reveal some form of
idol that must be renounced by those who
are to be prepared /for Christ's second
coming. Are you waiting for that,event?
If so, let the word of God do its sanctify-
ing-work, so that,no idols shall be allowed ,
to remain in the soul-temple. From such
the glad song will at last arise, " Lo, this
is our.God, we have waited for Him, . . .
He will save us."
recognition he brought an offering that
had life to represent - the life that Christ
would give for man. It was this faith in
the testimony of God concerning His
Son that made- Abel's work and offering
acceptable with God: Cain Missed
everything in not recognising the promised
Redeemer. It is just the same to-day.
If your offering or your worship has not
in it the recognition of the promised,
crucified- and living Christ it is only sin
before God, " for whatsoever is not of
faith is sin." " He that believeth not
God hath made Him a liar, because he
believeth not the record that God gave of
His Son."

SELFISHNESS must defile all with which
it mingles, even though that be the
worship of God.
" No drunkard shall enter heaven ; "
then surely there will be no one there that
helps manufacture drunkards.
LIFE is made up largely of expectation ;
character is built up by action. It is the
work of the hour, not the anticipations of
the future, that makes man a blessing to
his fellow.
THERE is only one agency known that
can successfully accomplish God's work
—His Holy Spirit. Political operations
can never touch the conscience of man;
failing in that, it cannot transform the
individual. " Not by might nor by power,
but by My Spirit, saith the Lord."
A Large Idol. In the face of a rocky
cliff overlooking the city of Kia-Ting,
China, there is' cut out a great stone image
representing Buddha. It is over 300 feet
high, and is perhaps the largest idol in
the world. It is supposed to protect the
city which it overlooks.
IN a recent examination among, the
students in China, the young Emperor
had a question about the " Flood" put in
the examination papers. This caused
considerable stir among the people, and
sent the students in crowds to the
missionaries to get Bibles so that they
might find the answer.
A Memorial Fountain. The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of King's
County, New York, has in hand a
movement whereby the children of
Brooklyn are to raise money for the
erection of a memorial fountain to the
memory of Frances E. Willard. The
monument will bear the inscription,
" The Willard fountain. Presented by
the children of Brooklyn—" I was thirsty
and ye gave Me drink."
Wonders of Our Century. Have you
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store for you in its pages. We live in an
age of wonders, and this small work,
recently issued by the Echo Publishing
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world's progress. The great features that
mark this as an age of intensity and
miraculous development are- set forth in
a clear and logical manner. The writer
does not pretend to be a prophet, but his
application of scriptural prophecies will
interest you. He clearly shows why this
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Serpent Worship. In Dahomey, a Return of Israel. The Zionist Congress
kingdom of Western Africa, there is a recently held at Basil, Switzerland, proved
temple known as the " temple of serpents." to be somewhat of a stormy gathering.
In it the priests keep and feed over one The Reformed and Orthodox Jewish -
thousand reptiles of all shapes and sizes. representatives seemed to have widely
In the beginning Satan used the serpent, different ideas about the return to
then a beautiful flying animal, to deceive Palestine. The Refornied Jews supported
our race. Later on God used the likeness a motion to-found the modern Zion on the
of the fiery flying serpent as an object Island of Cyprus instead of at Jerusalem.
toward-which Israel might look and live. This, of course, met with a violent
Soon after that men began to worship protest. The conclusions arrived at
that thing of brass, and since then Satan convey the idea, that it will take at
has planned to get all nations to join in least ten years to secure the revival of
this worship in some shape or form. In the Jewish nation. Oh that they might
this ,he has really led the nations to see that the Jerusalem that God has for
worship himself, for the serpent is his His people is not on earth, but in heaven.
representative. He' is that " old serpent It i.4 not to be obtained by any national
called the devil and Satan." movement, but by personal acceptance of
the Christ that the nation rejected. It
The Unknown God. There is a tradition is the city for which Abraham looked,
among the people of Athens that once " whose builder and maker is God."
When their city was being- depopulated And if the. earthly seed of Abraham
by a terrible plague, the worshippers would share in that habitation it must be
sacrificed to each of their 30,000 deities, through having the faith of Abraham.
with the hope of having the plague stayed,
but in vain. Finally a number of sheep were Seventh=day Baptists. The ninety-
turned loose in the city. After wandering seventh annual conference of the Seventh-
for a time the 'sheep lay down, and on day Baptists was recently held at Ashaway,
that -Spot the Athenians built an altar, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Upwards of five
and sacrificed the sheep to the unknown hundred delegates attended. The place
god of the plague. After this the plague of meeting was the first Hopkinton church,
ceased, so they numbered among their closely related to the first Sabbatarian
gods the "unknown God who stopped the church in America. The Sabbath message
plague." Paul passed by that altar, and was brought to America by Stephen
declared unto them the unknown God as Mumford in 1664. This was three years
the " God who made the worlds and all after the martyrdom of John James, a
things therein." Seventh-day Baptist minister, who was
hanged, drawn, and quartered, and had his-
Courage and Cowardice. In. Korea the head set up on a pole in White Chapel,
bone's of a tiger are considered a specific London, opposite the place where his
for cowardice. They reason thus: " The meeting house stood. Stephen Mumford
tiger is very strong ; his bones are the was the first missionary sent over to
strongest part of him ; therefore soup America by the Seventh-day Baptist
made from his bones must be pre-eminently Society of England. Another, by the
strengthening." But courage cannot be name of William Gibson, was sent over in
learned nor cowardice dissipated in that 1675. The first church was organised in
way. It is only in association with the 1707, and in 1802 the General Conference,
" Lion Of the tribe of. Judah" that man consisting of 113o members, held its first
can learn -true courage. Christ faced the session. The denomination now numbers
world without fear. He met both about 12,000 in America.
murderers and demons, yet He knew
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