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into foam, till the wearied rower's found supposed that God-like form walking on
THE BIBLE ECHO. it impossible to maintain their struggle the waves to be a phantom or a ghost,
DEVOTED TO
against the tempest. (the Greek word, here rendered spirit, is
An Exposition of Bible Truth and Signs of the Times. In that hour of danger and threatened phantasina, meaning an apparition or a
death, Christ appeared to speak words of spectre), and this thought added a new
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FOR TERMS SEE LAST PAGE , cheer to the toilers. But the fishermen- horror to the danger of the hour.
disciples had not fully renounced all the How often in our' life, amid the sweep-
CHRIST ON THE SEA. ing of the tempest, we
behold some phantom-
Walking on the Wave--
spirit of dread, which,
The • Unknown Christ—
Veiled Messengers—Les= could we but read aright,
sons of Faith. would be seen as the
IN presenting Him- Creator of the ocean
self as a Saviour to man, and Ruler of the storm.
Christ willingly shared How often, Oh, how
the trials and dangers often! the soul is
of human life. As a terrified by some antici-
Divine helper He healed pated apparition of evil,
the sick, gave, sight to which, when the mists
the blind, made the have cleared away,
lame to walk, cast out proves to be a Christ
the demon spirits from
on the sea.
the tormented, fed the
When David had to
hungry, clothed the
flee from the court of
naked, comforted the
Saul and take refuge
sorrowing, and raised
with a band of outlaws
the dead.
in the cave of Adullam,
As a teacher He
he did not think that
placed God's holy law
God was preparing him
before man as the divine
to sway the sceptre of
ideal and standard of
Israel. When Joseph
life. He walked blame- was sold as a slave to
lessly in its precepts, the Egyptians, and
and gave us an example spent three years in
that° we should follow Pharaoh's prison-dun-
in His steps. geon, he did not know
In His experience as that God was fitting
a man, He was often him to rule and save an
weary and troubled; but empire. Yet so it was;
never discouraged. He and so it is still; the
was often hungry and dreaded phantoms that
thirsty; in fact He went rise from life's sea often
out of this world, on prove to be a Christ
the day of His cruci- that comes walking
fixion, beth hungry and upon the waters to save.
thirsty, for He never The Faithful and the Fearful in the Tempest. Oh for clearer vision
wrougth miracles to supply His own need. superstitious ideas connected with their that we might more readily see and under-
He met the tempest and the storm, and former calling, and as the outlines of that stand the veiled faces of God's messengers.
clambered the mountain steeps just as unknown Being flashed through the dark- Sometimes when wecannot hear because
men do to-day, and yet He could always ness, they deemed that the very spirit of of the storm, God draws near to whisper
stop to make the path smooth for others. the storm had , appeared to secure their the' blessed assurance, "It is I, be not
When, after feeding the five thousand, destruction. afraid." He who made the human' soul
the disciples were going to join with the To them the appearance of the unknown knows how wildly its chords vibrate when
multitude in proclaiming Him king, He Christ only brought thoughts of fear, just- struck by the hand 'of terror, and so
sent them across the sea. That night the as the revelation of the unknown God across every storm and tempest, His voice
storm-wind lashed the waters of Galilee brings fear to many hearts to-day. They still whispers, "Be not afraid."
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Jacob wrestled all through that long,
night of agony with what he supposed to,
be an enemy seeking his life, but when
the morning dawned he found it to be an
angel bearing to him a new name and a
new life. In the blindness of his terror,
Jacob did not discern the aspect of that
heavenly visitor. It was the supernatural
touch that revealed the messenger of
God.
When the terrified disciples heard
Christ's voice, they gladly received Him
into the ship. Then the tempest ceased,
and immediately they reached the harbour
for which they had toiled so long..
In the life of His people the Creator
still walks the heaving sea. That which
human effort cannot accomplish, His
word will perform. To those who receive
Him gladly into the ship, the haven of
rest is sure.
"Ye fearful saints fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head."
IF CHRIST WERE HERE TO=NIGHT.
IF Christ were here to-night, and saw me tired
And half afraid another step to take,
L think He'd know the thing my heart desired,
And ease that heart of all it's throbbing ache.
If Christ were here to-night, I'd touch the hem
Of His fair, seamless robe, and stand complete.
In wholeness and in, whiteness ; I, who stem
Such waves of pain, to kneel at His dear feet.
If Christ were here to-night, I'd tell Him all
The load I carry for the ones I love,
The blinded ones, who grope and faint and fall,
Following false guides, nor seeking Christ above.
If Christ were here! Ah, faithless soul and weak,
Is not the Master ever close to thee?
Deaf is thine ear; tHat can'st not hear Him speak,
Dim is thine eye, His face that cannot see.
Thy Christ is here, and never far away,
He entered with thee when thou tamest in ;
His strength was thine through all the busy day,
He knew thy need, He kept thee pure fiom sin.
Thy blessed Christ is in thy little room,
Nay, more, the Christ Himself is in thy heart ;
Fear not, the dawn will scatter darkest gloom,
And heaven will be of thy rich life a part.
—Margaret Sangster.
STUDIES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
No.-3.
HEARING AND DOING.
"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that
hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those
things which are written therein." Rev. t:3.
No OTHER one book in all the Bible
carries with it so distinct and specific a
promise of blessing upon those who read
and hear its contents as does the book of
Revelation. This book, as we have already
seen, is the revelation of Jesus Christ to
every devout soul who accepts Him as
revealed therein, and "in Him are hid all
the treasures of 'wisdom and knowledge."
This book is a mine of heavenly treasure
into which the shaft of truth may be sunk
deeper and deeper, and from which may
be secured jewels, richer and brighter than
ever adorned the crown of an earthly
monarch.
When one said to Jesus, "Blessed is
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the womb that bare Thee, and the paps
which Thou hast sucked," He replied by
saying, "Yea rather, blessed are they
that hear the word of God and keep it."
Luke 11:27, 28. On another occasion
He said," My mother and My brethren
are these which hear the word of God,
and do it." Luke 8:21.
The promised blessing depends as much
upon doing as upon hearing. To those
who profess to follow Christ, but refuse
to do what He says, He addresses the
following language.—
" And why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which I say ? Whosoever cometh
to Me, and heareth My sayings, and doeth them,
I will show you to whom he is like: he is like a
man which built an house, and digged deep, and
laid the foundation on a rock: and when the,
flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon
that house, and could not shake it: for it was
founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and
doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation
built an house upon the earth; against which the
stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it
fell; and the ruin of that house was great."
Luke 6 : 46-49.
Great importance attaches to what we
hear and how we hear. The Saviour's
admonitions are, "Take heed what ye
hear" (Mark 4 : 24), and, "Take heed,
therefore, how ye hear." Luke 8:18. The
one thing that we are 'always safe in
'hearing, is the word of God. No one
ever yet made a mistake in hearing what
the Lord tells us in His word.
"Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God." Rom. Io : 17.
" But faith if it hath not works, is dead,.
being alone." A saving faith, therefore,
is one which is based upon the word of
God, and is a " faith which worketh by
love." Gal. 5:6.
Was not Abraham our father justified by,
works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon
the altar ? Seest thou how faith wrought with his
works, and by works was faith made perfect?
And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith,
Abraham believed God, and it [his faith which
wrought with his works] was imputed unto him
for righteousness: and he was called the friend
of God." James 2 : 21-23. " But be ye doers of
the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word,
and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his
natural face in the glass: for he beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way, and straightway
forgetteih what manner of man he was. But
whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and
continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be
blessed in his deeds." James
These scriptures, and many others that
might be cited, show that the only
practical faith in God's word is the faith
which reveals itself in doing and keeping
that word. The special blessing promised
in connection with the book of Revelation,
the study of which book we, are entering
upon, is to those who read and hear and
keep the things which are,written therein.
In the last chapter of this Wonderful book
we hear the Saviour's voice repeating
this same blessing which is promised in
the first chapter: " Behold, I come quickly :
blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of
the prophecy of this book." Rev. 22 : 7.
We may therefore expect to find in this
book some things to be kept.
In the fourteenth chapter, just before
giving a description of the Son of man
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seated upon the white cloud, coming to
reap the harvest of the earth (see verses
14-16), it is declared, " Here is the patience
of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of
Jesus." Rev. 14:12. In the twelfth
chapter, where the remnant church is
brought to view, in .her closing conflict
with the powers of darkness, we read as
follows: "And the dragon was wroth
with the woman [the church] , and went
to, make war -with the remnant of her
seed, which keep the commandments of
God, and have the testimony of Jesus
Christ." Rev. 12: 17. That the com-
mandments of God are among the things
brought to view in this book to be kept,
is evident from the blessing pronounced
in the closing chapter, " Blessed are they
that do His commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and
may enter in through the gates into the
city." Rev. 22: 14.
Reader, are you a doer of the command-
ments of God? The ten commandments,
as recorded in the twentieth chapter of
the book of Exodus, verses 1-17, were
spoken by the voice of the eternal God
amid the most awful grandeur ever wit-
nessed by mortals. The Saviour says,
"Till, heaven and earth pass, one jot or
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled." Matt. 5 :18. Are
we at liberty to take away, or' set aside,
any of 'these ten precepts of Jehovah ?
Let us find the answer to this question in
the very last words of the Revelation :
" For I testify unto every man that heareth
the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the, plagues that
are written in this book [see chapters
15 and 16] ; and if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part
Out of the book of life, and out of the
holy city, and from the things which are
written in this book. He which testifieth
these things saith, Surely I come quickly.
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
Rev. 22 : 18-2o. A. T. ROBINSON.
THE CROSS.
THE uplifted Christ is the magnet of
the universe. The Divine testimony is,
" I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will
draw all unto Me." Sacrificed upon that
cross was the Lamb of God. Here was
revealed, not only to this world, but to
the inhabitants of unfallen worlds, and to
angels, the depth of infinite love. " He
so loved." Sin unveiled that side of God's
character. Jesus, speaking of His death,
said for this cause He came, that the
"Father should be glorified." John 12:
27, 28. Yes! throughout eternity the song
of praise shall ring telling of God's love.
The cross is the power of God. So is
the gospel. 1 Cor. 1:18 ; Rom. I : 16.
The cross is in the gospel; the gospel is in
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the cross,—they are one. Then in the
preaching of the gospel the cross must be
revealed. Unless that is so, the power is
lacking. " The preaching of the cross is
to them that perish foolishness, but unto
us which are saved it is the power of
God." z Cor. I : 18.
As we accept the gospel, the truth
God, what does it bring ?—The cross. In
all truth there is the cross. The Saviour
says, " If any man will come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow Me." The truth must
go to every one, and to those who receive
it, to each there comes a cross. But every
cross is centered in the one great cross of
humanity,—the cross of Jesus. There is
everything in the truth because Christ is
in it. "Ye shall know the truth," says
Jesus, " and the truth shall make you
free." Precious promise ! With the cross
the truth imparts joy and peace and free-
dom from sin.
It is the cross that the Lord uses to
accomplish His work in perfecting our
character, "that we might be partakers
of His holiness." Heb. 12 : io. It brings
us into union with Him. Then only as
we accept the cross, united with Christ,
rooted and grounded in His love, shall we
be able, " to comprehend with-all saints
what is the breadth, and length, and
depth, and height ; and to know the love
of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that
ye might be filled with all the fulness of
God." Eph. 3 : 18, 19. Then will God still
make known, through His church, to the
principalities and powers in heavenly
places," His manifold wisdom" (love), and
the fellowship of the mystery, " which is
Christ, in you, the hope of glory." Thus
as the eye of the universe saw God's love
manifested on Calvary, so is it still
beholding the same in those redeemed.
Let this be our highest thought, to know
nothing save Jesus Christ and Him cruci-
fied, for it is the power of God.
MARY SCHOW,E.
UNCHANGEABLE.
UNCHANGEABLE ! IS it possible that
there can be found one who never
changes his mind, and whose plans always
remain the same?
We are well accustomed to see changes
going on all around us ; in fact, everything
with which we come in contact is subject
to change. We are, therefore, not by any
means surprised 'to hear of earth's
greatest men changing their minds. That
which a few months ago seemed to them
to be ,a perfect plan, now appears to invite
certain failure, and the work to which
they had devoted their lives will, of
necessity, be forsaken. It seems quite
natural to attribute change of mind, work,
and plans, to every intelligence, even God
Himself.
Christians may be heard talking of God
having one plan for four thousand years,
and another ever since Jesus left this
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earth for His Father's throne. Can this
be true? Has Jesus, the changeless One,
ever changed His mind or plans? Verily,
no ! He is " Jesus Christ the same
yesterday, to-day, and forever." Christ,
then, is the same to-day as He was when
the earth came, into existence. His work,
His plans, know of no change. He was
then the Creator—" All things were made
by Him, and without Him was not anything
Made that was made." Our heavenly
Father addressing Him said, "Thou, Lord,
in the beginning, bast laid the foundations
of the earth, and the heavens are the
work of Thine hands." For our God, who
created all things by Jesus Christ, loves
to honour His Son, whose life and work
were expressions of His own power and
goodness.
How much we resemble the men who
lived when Jesus came to earth, for He
" was in the world, and the world was
made by Him, and the world knew Him
not" Jesus is the Creator, and we know
it not. We think of Him as one like our-
selves, subject to change ; but this is not
so. He made this world in six days, and
rested the seventh, making it for all time
the holy rest-day of angels and men.
From Sinai His voice proclaimed the
law of the rest-day, and on Olivet's brow
He declared that He had not come to
change it. He could not, for He is un-
changeable. Jesus made the Sabbath for
man, because every man needs it. "The
world knew Him not." Reader, do you
know Him ? Could you bear the thought
that your Saviour is liable to change ?
The One who said, "Let.there be light"
at the world's creation, says, Let there be
light in your heart, and it is present. He,
in response 'to your prayer, will reveal
Himself as the Creator of a new heart,
cleansed by His blood.
Jesus, the unchangeable One, is seeking
for those who will worship the Creator,
by remembering to rest with Him on each
holy day with which the week is always
closed. Jesus has not changed His rest
to the first day. He never changes His
plans ; they are perfect. His plans are
never Jewish; they are Heaven's plans,
made to be adopted by the Christians of
every age and clime. D. STEED.
A POOR FOUNDATION.
HEGARD, ' the Professor of Philosophy
in Copenhagen, was, until a few years ago,
the apostle of atheism in his country.
Three or four years ago, he published a
second edition of one of his works, in the
introduction to which he says : " The ex-
periences of life, its sufferings and griefs,
have shaken my souj, and have broken the
foundations upon which I formerly thought
I could build. Full of faith in the suffi-
ciency of science, I thought to have found
in it a secure refuge from all the contin-
gencies of life. This ilhision vanished
when the tempest came which plunged
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me in sorrows, and the moorings, the
cable of science, broke like thread. Then
I seized upon that help which many before
had laid hold of. I sought and found
peace in God. Since then I have certainly
not abandoned science, but I have assigned
to it another place in my life."—New York
Observer.
SORROW'S LESSON:
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LIFE is full of broken measures,
Objects unattained:
Sorrows intertwined with pleasures,
Losses of our costliest treasures,
Ere the heights be gained.
Every soul has aspiration
Still unsatisfied ;
Memories that wake vibration
Of the heart in quick pulsation,
At the gifts denied.
We are better for the longing,
Stronger for the pain :
Souls at ease are nature wronging:—
Through the harrowed soul comes thronging
'Seeds in sun and rain
Broken easures, fine completeness
In the perfect whole :
Life is but a day in fleetness ;
Richer in all strength and sweetness ;
Grows the striving soul.
—:Selected.
LOVE AND DUTY.
GOD is the source of life and light and
joy to the universe. Like rays of light
from the sun, like the streams of water
bursting from a living spring, blessings
flow out from Him to all His creatures.
And wherever the life of God is in the
hearts of men, it will flow out to others
in love and blessing.
Our Saviour's joy was in the uplifting
and redemption of fallen men. For this
He counted not His life dear unto Him-
self, but endured the cross, despising the
shame. So angels are ever engaged in
working for the happiness of others. This
is their joy. That which selfish hearts
would regard as humiliating service,
ministering to those who are wretched,
and in every way inferior in character and
rank, is the work of the sinless angels.
The spirit of Christ's self-sacrificing love,
is the spirit that pervades heaven, and is.
the very essence of its bliss. This is the
spirit that Christ's followers will possess,.
the work that they will do. When the
love of Christ is enshrined in the heart,.
like sweet fragrance, it cannot be hidden,.
Its holy influence will be felt by all with
whom we come in contact. The Spirit of
Christ in the heart is like a spring in the
desert, flowing to refresh all, and making
those who are ready to perish eager to
drink of the water of life. ,
Love to Jesus will be manifested in a
desire to work, as He worked, for the
blessing and uplifting of humanity. It will
lead to love, tenderness, and sympathy
toward all the creatures of our heavenly
Father's care.
The Saviour's life on earth was not a
lite of ease and devotion to Himself, but
He toiled with persistent, earnest, untiring,

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effort for the salvation of lost mankind.
From the manger to Calvary He followed
the path of self-denial, and sought not to
be released from arduous tasks, painful
travels, 'and exhausting care and labour.
He said, " The Son of man came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister, and
to give His life a ransom for many." This
was the one greats object of His life.
Everything else was secondary and sub-
servient. It was, His meat and drink to
do the will of God and to finish His work,
Self and self-interest had no part in His
labour.
So those who are partakers of the grace
of -Christ will be ready to make any sacri,
fice, that others for whom He died may
share the heavenly gift. They will do all
they can to make the world better for
their stay in it. This spirit is the sure
outgrowth of a soul truly converted. No
sooner does one come to Christ than there
is born in his heart a desire to make known
to others what a precious friend he has
found in Jesus ; the saving and sanctifying
truth cannot be shut up in his heart. If
we are clothed with the righteousness of
Christ, and are filled with the joy of His
indwelling Spirit, we shall not be able to
hold our peace. If we have tasted and
seen that the Lord is good, we shall have
something to tell. Like Philip, when he
found the Saviour, we shall invite others
into His presence. We shall seek to
present to them the attractions of Christ,
and the unseen realities of the world to
come. There will be an intensity of desire
to follow in the path that Jesus trod.
There will be an earnest longing that
those around us may behold "the Lamb
of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world." MRS. E. G. WHITE.
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO SALVATION?
UNFORTUNATE Christendom, rent by
innumerable divisions, answers this ques-
tion in a variety of ways. Believe and be
saved, is the popular cry to-day. But is
belief only sufficient to salvation ? " Re-
pent and be baptised, everyone of you,"
was Peter's answer to just such a -
question. But this was followed by the
statement, "And ye shall receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2 : 38.
" Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed ? " was Paul's inquiry of
the disciples at Ephesus. Did Paul think
the reception of the Holy Spirit necessary
to salvation ? " Except a man be born
of - the water (iMmersion) and of, the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom
of God." John 3 : 5. Then the baptism
of the Spirit is a necessity to salvation.
And has not God provided for this
feature of the plan of salvation ?
" This is that which was spoken by the
prophet Joel, and it shall come \to pass in
the last days, that I will pour out My
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Spirit upon all flesh." Then the last days THE NEW AND EVERLASTING
COVENANT.
had been reached in Peter's time, and the
manifestation of the Spirit on that occa- A CERTAIN lawyer once questioned
sion was in fulfilment of the 'word of God Christ, saying, " Master, which is the
spoken by the prophet Joel. Three thou-. great commandment in the law ? Jesus
said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord
sand received it on that, day, and were
thy God with all thy heart, and with all
baptised. The Spirit was in the message
thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is
that was delivered that morning, for it.
the first and great commandment. And
was the Spirit that spoke and gave them
the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
utterance, and as long as they remained love thy neighbour as thyself. On these
of one accord, they continued to be two commandments hang all the law and
mediums for the Spirit, and the Spirit the prophets."
continued to witness to the message It is true by the fact of our existence
whenever it was presented. that a relation exists between ourselves
But was the provision made by God for and God, and that another exists between
the supply of the Spirit only applicable to man and man. Christ has told us in the
the days immediately succeeding Pente- Scripture quoted that love is the thing
cost"?—" The promise is unto you and to that must characterise both these relation-
your children, and to all that are afar off, ships, and that if this principle of love be
even as many as the Lord our God shall established in our hearts toward God and
call." Has He not been calling for the toward our neighbour, all the require-
past- eighteen hundred years, and is He ments of the law of God and of the
not still calling, and has He not been prophets will be carried out by us. It is very
pohring out His Spirit as the message has easy to see this when we examine the law
been presented by men of God, and has of God, for the first four commands
it not reached human hearts, and the of the decalogue show our duty to God,
arrow of conviction accompanied the and what we will do if we love God; and
presentation of the truth ? Why is it not the last six show our duty toward our
being poured out to-day ? " Ask, and it neighbour, or the attitude we must bear
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; to him if we would love him.
for every one that asketh receiveth, and The breach that came in between man
he that seeketh findeth." Your heavenly and God in the beginning, came as the
Father shall give the Holy Spirit 'to them result of a broken law. God sent Jesus
that ask Him. God has given His Spirit, into the world to repair the breach, first
and it is in the gospel message, and is by keeping all the divine precepts Him-
ready to be bestowed upon all who desire self, and also by giving man power, through
it. " Have you received the Holy Ghost the everlasting covenant, to do- the same.
since you believed ? " "As many as are Thus He fulfilled the Scripture, " I will
led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons magnify the law, and make it honourable.".
of God." " Now if any man have not the There is only one covenant made to
Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." This, save man, and that is the " everlasting
then, is one of the things necessary to sal- covenant" that was made when sin first
vation. " The faith that is unto salvation entered our world. God is no respecter
is 'not a mere intellectual assent to the , of persons, but has one great plan in both
truth. Genuine faith is life," and all that dispensations to save the fallen sons of
is not of faith is sin. But faith is entire Adam. The substance of this covenant
dependence upon the word of God, and is recorded in Heb. 8 :8-12, and may be
the word says, " Repent and be baptised thus briefly stated : God will forgive all
everyone of you, and ye shall receive the sin and iniquity, and will write in the
gift of the Holy Ghost." " Have you heart', by His Spirit, the divine law, and
received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ?" will then recognise the individual as a
If not, has your belief been of the right member of His great family in heaven and
kind ? Has your repentance been deep earth.
It is through this covenant we are made
enough ? Why is it that the gospel, as
sharers in the promise made to Abraham
popularly preached to-day, is powerless
to reach men, and that true conversions of the hew earth (2 Peter 3 : 13), and when
are so rare ? Is it not because the very this is realised, we shall see God's once
conditions implied in true belief are want- broken law made " honourable," and the
ing ? When men will say, as did those love of God shed abroad in the hearts of
at Pentecost, " What shall we do ? " with' men.
The promise is to "whosoever will; "
the same desire to do just what the Spirit
but before God can bestow the blessings
shall present as duty, no matter what the
of the covenant upon' anyone, there must
cross or the sacrifice involved,the same
be a submission, a yielding up of self, a
results must follow. " Then they that
total surrender of all our past sinful ways,
gladly received His word were baptised, and the offering will then be accepted.
and the same day were added unto them " If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall
about three thousand souls. . . . More- eat the good of the 'land; but if ye refuse
over, the Lord was adding those being and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the
saved, day by day, together." Acts 2 : 47. sword; for the mouth of the Lord hath
Rotherham's Translation.. spoken it." Isa. I : le, 2o.
C. P. MICHAELS. FRANK LYNDON.
 October 23, 1890
w Trout the 'field. ,41
THY WILL BE DONE.
WITH quivering heart and trembling will
The word bath passed thy lips,
Within the shadow cold and still,
Of some fair joy's eclipse.
"Thy will be done ! " Thy God bath heard,
And He will crown that faith-framed word.
Thy prayer shall be fulfilled --but how ?
His thoughts are not as thine :
To those who Only weep and bow,
He saith, " Arise and shine!"
Thy thoughts were all of grief and night,
But His of boundless joy and light.
Thy Father reigns supreme above ;
He wills to sanctify
The, subjects of redeeming love,
Throughout eternity ;
And thou hast asked all joys in one
In whispering forth, " Thy will be done."
—Frances R. Havergal
CYCLONE AT NEW RICHMOND, U.S.A.
UNDOUBTEDLY the cyclone and tournado
both combined which passed-over the North-
west the evening of June 12, and destroyed
the city of New Richmond, was one of the
most destructive that has ever visited this
country. As the writer had the privilege of
visiting the fated city a few hours after the
cyclone had done its awful work, these words
of the Saviour as He wept over Jerusalem
before its destruction came to mind : "Be-
hold your house is left unto you desolate.
• . . There shall not be left here one stone
upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
. . . And there shall be famines, and pesti-
lences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows."
As we stepped from the train about
midnight, we were met by a national guard
armed with gun and bayonet, and escorted
to the next guard, who passed us on tovthe
next, till we reached the end of the picket
line, and when we asked where we could find
lodging, he directed us to the Congregational
church as the only possible place where we
might find lodging. Arriving there, we found
that the church, being in the edge of the path
of the storm, was partially torn down, but it
furnished a shelter for the living as well as
the dead. It had been turned into a morgue
and hospital, and sheltered that night
seventeen of those who had perished without
a moment's warning. Tired surgeons were
there lying on the floor after a hard day's
work of caring for the dead and dying., After
a few hours' sleep on the floor of the church,
we went out to view the devastated city.
Such a scene of desolation and destruction
our eyes had never beheld before. As we
walked over those ruins we could only think
that the four winds of heaven had been let
loose, for that was literally true.
The weather observer had discovered
before the storm that the wind, had been
blowing from every quarter towards the
storm centre, which was at this fated city.
How an unseen force could twist and turn
and break and pile up and tear down iron
and wood and stone as it did there, is more
than human mind can comprehend. I could
only, imagine that some giant fiend had
stalked into that beautiful city, bent on
destruction, literally tearing every building in
reach from its foundation, and not satisfied
with simply destroying the buildings, had
passed them through a huge thrashing-
machine, after which the wood and stone and
THE BIBLE ECHO 349
iron, and all household effects, torn into frag- effective, and fragrant. They live to give
ments, had been scattered in shapeless piles, and give to live.
or sown broadcast over the land. Horses Sin has certainly marred their glory, and
and cows and chickens were lying dead, with brought in decay, disease, and death. But
lumberand brick and stone piled- on them, that will yet be removed, and the fadeless
or lying alone on the prairie. beauty of Eden will yet be restored by the
Up to the present time over one hundred power of Him who died to save that which
human bodies have been discovered, and it was lost.
is supposed many more are yet undiscovered, At the conclusion of the meeting two men
and many more than this number' have been made a surrender of their hearts, and pro-
wounded. One little sketch will serve to fessed to find peace with God, and one
illustrate bow nearly whole families were backslider returned.
destroyed. Among the wounded was S. W. The subjoined report will enable our
Hawkins, suffering from severe internal readers to form some idea of the amount and
injuries and a broken leg. A newspaper man character of the work done in the Mission
leaned over the ambulance and asked his during the past quarter.
name. The man was suffering greatly, but
REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDING
replied with cheerfulness, evidently forced :— • SEPTEMBER 30, 1890.
" Hawkins, sir, but it don't make much GENERAL MANAGEMENT.
difference ; my wife, my two daughters, and Penny meal tickets worked for .. 11,460.
my son, were all killed in the same place. Sixpenny bed tickets worked for .. 1,367.
Penny meal tickets paid for .. 9,455.
They are all gone." Sixpenny beds paid for .. 1,499.
Volumes might be written telling of Penny meal tickets given by friends 7,266.
Sixpenny bed tickets given by friends 395.
similar pitiful stories, but such things are Free medical treatments .. 98.
becoming so common they, receive but a Garments given away 50.
Men found employment 5.
passing notice. Cash received for tickets . , f 45 6s. od.
Skeptics read of strange and wonderful
EVANGELIST'S REPORT.
experiences in the Bible, and call them fables
Gospel meetings held in Hall 91.
and falsehoods, while stranger and more Gospel meetings held in open air 12.
unexplainable things are happening all around Bible studies .. 102.
Attendance in Hall .. 2,712.
them, and still they go on, doubting and Attendance in studies
917.
finding fault with God. But God is ever Professed conversions 19.
Testaments given away .. 21.
merciful, and goes on warning the world and Pages of tracts given away
2,000.
speaking to hearts that we are living in MISSION EVANGELIST,
perilous times; yet the warning is unheeded.
Men's hearts are failing them for fear, and
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU DONE
for looking after those things that are coming FOR CHRIST?
upon the earth, and there is only one place
Rom. 6: to:. " As ye have yielded your members
that is safe, where men and women can flee,
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity ;
and that is to Christ, the only City of Refuge even so now yield your members servants to right-
where the storms of life cannot enter to eousness unto holiness."
Prov. 15:23: " A word spoken in due season,
destroy or make sad hearts weep. He is the
how good is it !"
only sure foundation on which to build our Prov. 27: 6: "Faithful are the wounds of a
hopes and anchor our lives. All other hopes friend."
and aspirations May fail, but God's word A PREACHER, ill walking the length of the
and promises never. L. B. LosEy. hotel promenade at a summer watering-place,
met a lady hastening toward the breakfast
room. It was late in the morning. A casual
HELPING HAND MISSION. remark of the gentleman as to the lateness
of the hour led to the following reply : " I am
ON Sunday evening, Oct. 1st, the Gospel late because I was tired. I danced last night
Hall at the Melbourne Helping Hand until I blistered my feet."
Mission was gay with flowers. Lilies, roses, " May I ask one question ? " the preacher
marguerites, Australian heath, carnations, said, ,and with consent he asked, ".Did you
and other sweet blooms, made the, platform ever blister your feet in the service of your
beautiful with the glories of spring. The Redeemer ? " A scornful look and a hasty
flowers were gathered for the purpose by retreat were the result. A bystander and
interested friends at Hawthorn, Windsor, mutual friend remarked that the question was
and Williamstown, and a few at North faithful, though rather severe. The two
Fitzroy. fn expectation of the "flower" wondered what would come of it.
service the hall was well filled, and everybody For several days the lady avoided her
seemed pleased and gratified. Several appro- friends, and, in fact, was invisible. Nearly
priate hymns were sung, and followed by a a week passed. Then followed an interview,
lesson based upon our Saviour's words in at the request of the offended lady, who, with
Matt. 6:23-29, and Hosea 14: 6-8. real distress, confessed that, although angry
It was shown that the flowers prove the at the preacher's question, she had been
existence of, a Designer whose mind is full of unable to justify herself, nor had sleep been
beauty and love, and who desires the progress possible since the morning of her confusion.
and happiness of all His creatures ; that He " God has forgiven me," she said. " I come
regards man especially with tender care, to ask your pardon, and that you will tell me
and would have him learn from nature to how I can blister my feet in the service of
trust Him and obey His laws. Christ. I am ready to do it now, and before
Then, too, the flowers contain a promise I do anything else ; I want to do it very much
of fruit—a future of realised hopes and solid indeed ; I want to make myself weary in His
satisfaction. Without reasoning about it, the service. I will do anything to atone for the
flowers simply let God do with them what waste and folly of the past. It has been so
He will, and thus grow beautiful, sweet, heartless of me."--Medical Missionary Record.

-35o
Niue and bean.*
UNFINISHED STILL.
A BABY'S boot, and a skein of wool,
Faded and soiled and soft ;
Odd things, you say, and no doubt you're right,
Round a seaman's neck this stormy night,
Up in the yards aloft.
Most likely it's folly, but, mate, look here :
When first I went to sea
A woman stood on the far-off strand
With a wedding ring on the small, soft hand
Which clung so close to me.
My wife, God bless her ! The day before
She sat beside my foot,
And the sunlight kissed her yellow hair,
And the dainty fingers, deft and fair,
Knitted a baby's boot.
The voyage was over ; I came ashore;
What think you I found there ? •
A grave the daisies had sprinkled white,
A cottage empty, and dark as night,
And this beside the chair.
The little boot—'twas unfinished still—
The tangled skein lay near;
But the knitter had gone away to rest,
With the babe asleep on her quiet breast,
Down in the churchyard near.
—Selected.
JONATHAN RIGDON'S MONUMENT.
"JONATHAN RIGDON died very poor, didn't
he, deacon ? " I said.
"Yes, they buried him in a pauper's grave.
Poor Rigdon ! And he had a big heart,"
said the deacon. "He spent his whole life
and a big fortune building a monument to
another man."
"Was the monument ever finished deacon?"
"Yes, and Jonathan did it."
" How ? "
" Well," said the deacon sadly, " Jonathan
commenced it early. He commenced putting
money into the monument at 17, and finished
it at 50."
" And he gave his whole time to it ? "
" Yes, he worked night and day, often all
night long, and on the Sabbath. He seemed
to be in a great hurry to get it done. He
spent all the money he earned upon it—some
say $5o,000 (Cio,000). Then he borrowed
all he could ; and when no one would lone
him any more he would take his wife's dresses
and the bed-clothes and many other valuable
things in his home and sell them to get more
money to finish that monument."
" How self-sacrificing! "
" Yes, Jonathan sacrificed everything for
this monument," said the deacon sadly. "He
came home one day and was about to take
the blankets that lay over his sleeping baby,
and his wife tried to stop him ; but he drew
back his fist and knocked her down, and then
went away with the blankets, and never
brought them back,, and the poor baby
sickened and died from the exposure. At
last there was nothing left in the house.
The poor, heart-broken wife soon followed
the baby to the grave. Yet Jonathan kept
working all the more at the monument. I
saw him when he was about 5o years old.
The monument was nearly done ; but he
had worked so hard at it that I hardly knew
him, he was so warn ; his clothes were all
in tatters, and his face and nose were terribly
swollen. And the wretched man had been so
little in good society all the while that he
was building that he had about forgotten how
to use the English language ; his tongue had
'THE BIBLE ECHO `OctOber 23 1800
somehow become very thick, and when he his wild, vicious, and unmanly actions, has
tried to speak, out would come an oath." broken his mother's heart, and caused you
" But the good man did finally accomplish the one deep sorrow of your life.'
his great work ? " I said. "`Yes ; but what has this to do with my
" Yes, he finished it," said the deacon, his use of alcoholic stimulants ? '
eyes moistening with tears. " Wait a moment,' I replied ; you have
" Oh I should so like to see it ! " I said. a daughter who is now upon the borderland
" Come with me, " said my informant of insanity, and if, by skilful treatment, this
sadly, " and I will show it to you. It stands unhappy condition is averted, still her life as
in a beautiful part of the city where five well as your own will be filled by one
streets meet. Most men put such things in endless round of dark forebodings, anxiety,
a cemetery. But John had his own way, and suffering. But wait still another moment,
and put it on one of the finest lots to be you have another daughter who is, to all
found." intents and purposes, an imbecile.'
" Does it look like Grant's monument ?" Doctor, do you mean to say that these
" Yes, it is a good deal like Grant's monu-
unhappy and afflicted children owe in the
ment. It is a grand house. There it is— least their miserable condition to my
look ,at it ! " said the deacon, pointing to a moderate habit of drink ? '
beautiful mansion. "See ! it is high and large,
" Think about it,' I replied ; ' we will not
with great halls and fireplaces, and such
discuss the subject at any great length. By
velvet carpets, and oh, what mirrors ! Isn't
referring to my note books I could place be-
it rich and grand ? "
fore you many other cases of a like nature,
" And who lives in it, deacon ? "
but these must suffice for the present.' "
" Why, the man who sold Jonathan
Present Truth.
Rigdon nearly all the whisky he drank. He
lives there with his family, and they wear the
richest and finest clothes, and—"
THE IDEAL FOOD.
" And poor Jonathan ? "
" Why, he's in the paupers' graveyard.
Alas ? " sighed the deacon, "the world is MY simple fare is as consistent with happi-
full of such monuments built by poor ness as with health. A table set with fruit,
drunkards who broke the hearts of devoted grain, and nuts nourishes not only the body
wives and starved sweet children to do it."— but the soul. I eat not merely with the
Eli Perkins. appetite of the flesh, but my soul's hunger
for beauty is fed as well. When my table
is set it is a fit subject for an artist. But
A PHYSICIAN'S STATEMENT CONCERN= what artist would choose a rib of beef or a
ING HEREDITY. muttbn chop for a picture? A golden musk
melon, fragrant and sweet ; a bunch of purple
THE following incident was told by Dr.
or white grapes ; a few peaches and plums ;
Gardiner, of Napa, in his interesting lecture
a section of watermelon, with its brilliant
on the important subject of heredity, recently
black seeds set like gems in the rich red
given in San Francisco. ' The picture is a
tissue ; a plate of ripe, red tomatoes, glowing
very common one, and aptly illustrates the
with colour ; such food as this would furnish
folly of thinking that because effect does not
a subject for a picture. .
immediately follow cause, man can escape
the evil that must follow the transgression of We are told that fruits, grains, and nuts
a natural law. A strong man may possibly will not furnish the body sufficient nutriment,
resist the immediate effect, yet it is sure to and that meat and coarse vegetables must
come, even though it be delayed to the third be added. I cannot decide the question for
and fourth generation. another, but it seems to me that what is
" In conversation with a gentleman not purest and best in me is well nourished by fruits
long ago, the question of using alcoholic and nuts. If there is a beast in me craving
stimulants was discussed. He maintained' for flesh, I prefer to let him starve. He
that the moderate use of stimulants for many cannot die too soon for the good of my higher
years in succession would injure no person, nature.' To speak more distinctly, I believe
and offered himself as an example as to the that our diet is chiefly an indication of our
truthfulness of his statements. He is a large constitution, and our habits of thought and
man, straight as an arrow, and, as far as life. If I can live purely enough, dwelling
external appearances are concerned, the very in the highest realm of my being, I believe
picture of health. According to his own state- that the daintiest and purest foods will satisfy
ment, he had used alcoholic stimulants in a my needs-. But if I live coarsely, I must eat
moderate way for at least forty years. His coarsely. The beast in me eats only when
argument seemed to be unanswerable. I had he is active., If I can put him to sleep, he
known the gentleman and his family for will not growl for his meat.
years, in fact, known them as only the phy- I do not advocate a reform by arbitrary
sician can know those who need his services methods. 1 do not believe that character is
during the time of sickness, sorrow, and determined by diet, but diet by character. I
trouble. I said to him : As far as your wish to reform the man, and then let him
general appearance enables me to judge, it reform his diet. When higher ideals have
would seem that you have the better of the taken possession of the mind, when the soul
argument ; but, pardon me, you have a son to loves purity so much that impurity and
whom you have extended every advantage ; uncleanness in food have become offensive,
since his birth he has been surrounded by then a reform is instituted which will be
all those influences which in themselves are lasting. But to eat from prescription, to
ennobling, and tend to produce a useful and weigh and analyse one's food, to feed by rule,
honourable manhood ; still this boy, through I would not sanction. --Solon Lauer.
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treasury 117,000 monks, nuns, and other persons
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At a recent bull-fight in Paris, a tortured bull
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These will be a valuable aid to every Christian The Russian Government is planning to spend
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Forty-five thousand refugees from the Trans- membrane of the nose and adjoining pas-
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The Helping Hand Series £20,000 have been spent in relief during the last
it invades the passages which lead from
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You Would Be Interested ! ! Strong drink to the value of £66 was sent from
America to the Philippines in 180. But during
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. THE. to that locality reached the sum of £17,360. So
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Coming Among sailors the average length of life is said
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The State of the Dead ..
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An editor in Georgia, U.S.A., writes : " Gold
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Living by Faith .. 16 Id,
When discovered, all provisions were exhausted,
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48
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A London cablegram states that Dr. James
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invited:—
School. Church.
Adelaide-Bible Christian Chapel, Young St. 9.3oa.m. u.oea.m
Auckland-Machelvic St., Surrey Hills .. 2.3op.m. xo.3oa tn.
APPEARING g Twelve dynamite guns are now on_the way to
the Philippine Islands, to be used by the. Ameri-
Ballarat-Society's Hall, Grenville St.
Brisbane - Oddfellows' Hall, Brunswick St.
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can forces. These guns are of a most destructive Valley (upstairs) to.00a.m. It ooa.m.
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Matthew 24. destroys every living thing within a radius of fifty Mel bou rne -S.D.A. Church, Alfred Crescent,
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feet. Parramatta-The Tabernacle, Charles St. xo.00a.m. xx 3oa.m
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Native Heroism. News from New The Common Salvation. In dealing

THE BIBLE ECHO. Hebrides tells, of serious fighting among with man God has but one object in view
the Tanna tribes. Several attempts have —the restoration of the Divine image.
also been made on the lives of missionaries. He has provided but one Saviour—" the
Melbourne, Victoria, October 23, 1899. Lamb slain from the foundation of the
At Lenakel a treacherous native raised
his gun to shoot a missionary, Frank H. world." He plans to save from but one
r. AVE send out no papers that ha re not been ordered; if per thing—" sin, which is "the transgression
sons receive the BIBLE Em) without having ordered it, it is sent
L. Paton, when a native teacher who was
them by some friend, and they will not be called upon to pay. watching the action stepped between the of the law," and its result. Only one
2. When you seed money to the Office to apply on your sub scrip. gun and missionary, received the bullet, faith is offered to man—the faith of Jesus.
:ion to the BIBLE Echo, notice the date on the wrapper of your
caper, and see that it is correctly changed. and died the next day through the wound. Only one dispensation marks God's day
3. All matter appearing in the BIBLE ECHO without credit may The murderer then snatched a gun from of salvation for the sons of Adam—the
generally be understood as coming from the Editor. another native, and again fired at the dispensation of grace. Only one form of
missionary, but this time he missed the baptism is enjoined—baptism into His
death. Only one hope brightens the
No person can be a follower of the Lord mark. The dark places, of the earth are
future—the blessed hope of His coming.
and go with the multitude at the same yet full of the habitations of cruelty.
It is only the gospel of Jesus Christ that Only one class of individuals will be saved
time. can transform savages into self-forgetful —" he that overcometh." Human ideas
heroes. of nationality and dispensations mean
HE that would have the Lord as his nothing to God. "In every nation he that
companion must not hold communion Young Men of the Day. Speaking feareth God and worketh righteousness
with the devil. recently in a valedictory address to the is accepted with Him." Only one
members of the Wesleyan Debating covenant affords man the possibility of
Society at Albury, the Rev. Mr. Maddern salvation—to us the "new covenant," but
THE greatest motive power in human said that he had serious misgivings as to the
to God His everlasting covenant of mercy.
or Divine life is that of love. God so ultimate end of a portion of the young men.
loved that He gave His Son for man. In " With a certain class," he said, "there Was
recognition of this gift the man that loves no high purpose in life, no exalted A Floating City. The S.S. Oceanic, of
must give himself to God. ideal, and no worthy ambition. With the White Star Line, is the largest ship
many of the young men of to-day, their in the world. She is 704 feet in length
A Large Library. The city of Boston, highest ambition seemed to be an aimless (24 feet longer than the Great Eastern),
U. S. A., owns one of the largest libraries existence, consisting mainly of dawdling 68 feet across, and 49 feet deep. Accom-
in the world. The building alone cost round the street corners, expectorating modation is provided for 1,75o passengers,
over half a million pounds. The central tobacco juice " God is looking for young besides accommodation for a crew of 450.
building has twenty-seven branch stations men to-day upon whom He can place When under full steam 700 tons of coal
to which books are sent on miniature elec- responsibilities for service. But He wants will be her daily consumption. In
tric: railways. The library has 65,000 them to be pure men—men of spirit and providing for her human freight, she will
subscribers, and receives an income of purpose. Life is too short to spend in carry 66 oxen, 283 sheep, 5,070 head of
over E50,000 a year. aimless dawdling round the street corners, poultry and game, 3,000 lbs. of fish, 25,000
with the devil as a companion. eggs, xo,000 lbs. of sugar, and 45 tons of
potatoes. It is now but ninety-two years
Our Next Special. "The Eastern Fishing for Men. In selecting His since Fulton launched his steam-boat,
Question" will be the subject matter of early followers, Christ chose a number of but in that measure of a lifetime the
our next special, which will bear date of fishermen, placed them among His development in this mode of travel has been
Nov. 6. The demand for the last special disciples, and then sent them out to fish marvellous—almost miraculous. We are
number was so great that several orders for men. In the angler's work great skill truly. in the days spoken of by Daniel,
which reached our office at the last is required by the fisherman in catching when many would run to and fro, and
moment could not be filled. We regret fish that they may die ; in the gospel knowledge would be increased. To the
this very much, and would suggest that fisherman's work still greater skill is worldly mind these great developments
orders for the next special be forwarded ' needed in catching men that they may appear to predict a continuous future, but
at once. Let our agents see that their live. To be successful in catching fish to the child of God they all indicate the
orders reach us in good time. the angler must be careful to keep himself " time of the end."
out of sight. So in the gospel work
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what resembling a large beet-root, is now hidden. The angler exercises great care
being cultivated in the State of Florida. in arranging his appliances so that the E Dressoutting WIlEt M ISI ROLM STA f.
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Florida for the manufacture of cassava = Send for particulars: to the Scientific.
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starch. The root produces sixteen tons Williamstown, Victoria, the workmen 110 Westbourne Grove,
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starch can be obtained. Ash. This covering for the dead was
strongly built and hermetically sealed.
When opened, it was found to contain THE BIBLE ECHO
AN EIGHT-PAGE RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY JOURNAL,
Anti-Kissing League. A society bear- the body of a beautiful young woman.
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ing this title has recently been formed by She was wrapped in a winding sheet, and In the Interests of Moral Culture and Bible Truth..
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kissed by ten thousand women as a recog- the colony, had been closed since 1857. For six months, post free 3/3
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the cause of the formation of the league. for interment. Beauty still lingered in the
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