1. health and fitness
2. disease
3. cold and flu

Do You Want
To Be Happy?
How to Treat
A Common Cold
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A World Blackou
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Evolution—
Is It Christian?
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The Law and
The Gospel
God Is Love
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Ask the Docto
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FEBRUARY, 19,
DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY?
MARY MOORE
1. DON'T try to keep up with the Joneses. They're not going anywhere.
2. Life is a gift. Enjoy it to the full. Enjoyment of life will banish fretf ulness.
3. Never fly into a rage. This, beyond all else, will harden your arteries.
4. Partake plentifully of "that higher nourishment."
5. Observe the cat's drowsiness after eating. He relaxes.
6. Don't try to develop muscles like a prize fighter. You probably will
never need them.
7. Have regular hours for sleeping, and plenty of them.
8. Hustle, bustle, and excitement are a hindrance to real accomplishment.
9. Observe that persons who laugh easily live longest. "Laughter cleanses
the mind."
10. Your breakfast smile sets the pace for the day.
11. Be enthusiastic about all beauty. It imparts serenity and composure.
12. Forget your mistakes; but remember you are capable of making them.
13. Be moderate, except in one thing—it is impossible to love too much.
14. Don't worry overmuch if the course of your life is changed through
some physical disability. You can start it in another direction—like the river
that turns into an unexplored woodland of great beauty and surprise.
15. Never run to answer the telephone or the doorbell ; 999 chances in
1,000 the call is unimportant.
16. Strip yourself of all that is false, and you will find you are in harmony
with all that is true.
17. Remember your importance—and, too, your unimportance.
18. Consider eternity, then you can correctly evaluate today.
19. Take a stand for right, and be unwavering in this stand.
20. Do not be grasping for worldly possessions. In time they will suffocate
you.
21. Do not withhold, for "to withhold is to perish." Giving enriches the
giver.
22. Heed the philosophy of the old Negro woman, who said, "When I sits,
I sits loose, and when I starts to worry, I goes to sleep."
23. "I believe in a little intelligent neglect," said a wise man.
24. Among the greatest words ever written are, "Be still, and know that
I am God."
25. Remember that every good effort is a praise of God.
26. Be brave. Each dawn lights a new world.
27. Do not criticize. Criticism is a form of envy; and envy is exceedingly
harmful.
February, 1940
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Edited by
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contents
Do You Want To Be Happy? 2
Editorial
3
How to Treat a Common
Cold
World Blackout
6
Influence (poem)
7
God is One
7
What Do You Know About
Seventh-day Adventists?
Evolution
8
10
The Bible Made Plain
God is Love
12
On File (poem)
13
I Must Go Out to the Hills
(poem)
14
Ask the Doctor
15
News Notes
16
EDIT OR I AL PAGE
The World of Tomorrow
HE New York World's Fair endeavored to reveal to us something
of what we might expect in the world of tomorrow. In the realm
of transportation, in manufacture, in invention, in the various
phases of life, progress was vividly portrayed. A number of visitors to
this fair have remarked about one thing missing. In their world of tomorrow, they had not a single church.
The church has been the bulwark of our civilization. Where
Christianity has gone, cannibals and headhunters have been changed
to law-abiding and peaceful citizens. The home has been transformed.
Dirt and filth gave way to cleanliness and order. Schools were established and ignorance and superstition banished. With a change of
heart came a change of life, a change of expression on the face. Where
there had been war and bloodshed, men, transformed by the gospel of
Christianity, began to live by the golden rule. They labored and worshipped side by side as brothers. They became interested in helping
one another instead of killing each other. The blessings of the Christian religion are too numerous to mention.
The church, the Gospel changes lives and communities. And it
would change our world were its teachings and principles practised
today.
Is the world of tomorrow to be without churches, without the
Christian religion? There is a drift toward a Godless world. There
are large portions of our world today where governments have tried
to suppress, to drive out Christianity. They may not have wholly succeeded, for the love of God still burns secretly in many hearts. They
have, however, torn down the church buildings, prohibited public worship. They have gone thus far in their program to make their nations
Godless.
We are seeing some of the results of this program. Where there is
no love for God .there is no love for their fellow men. There is no liberty. There is crime and bloodshed. Human life is valued lightly.
Man reverts to the savage, and murder and destruction seem to be a
pastime.
You have noticed that there is no exodus to these lands where
Christianity has been driven out. Who, even of those who teach their
Godless doctrines, wants to live in these countries today? They may
mock the Christian. religion, they may scorn the church and its work.
But they like to live where the church has been and brought forth its
fruits.
Would we want the church and its influence to be destroyed in
Canada? Would we want to live in a Godless, churchless land? Not
many of our readers will desire such a condition to exist here. Our
nation is made up of homes, of individuals. Canada is what we make
it. If God, and Christianity, are banished
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110W TO TREAT A
C MMUN
T rey)
HE common cold is indeed entirely too common. Aside from
the sneezing, the dripping nose,
me bleary eyes, the general discomfort,
and the potential danger of complications, the annual economic loss in the
United States from this disease is estimated to run into many millions of dollars. What can be done about it? What
are the predisposing and immediate
causes of colds? What are the defenses
of the body against the disease? Can
colds be prevented? Is there any treatment which is of value once the disease
has set in? We shall endeavor to answer
these questions.
There are many factors which enter
into the predisposition of an individual
to colds; some have been proved experimentally, and some are supported by
simple observation. Fatigue is a common contributing cause, and especially
so when combined with chilling of the
body surface. It is common knowledge
that sudden changes in temperature
and humidity bring epidemics of colds.
It has been shown to be impossible to
produce colds experimentally in individuals who are kept in rooms at a
constant temperature of 700 F. and at
a constant humidity of about 5o per
cent.
Local irritants such as dust, irritating gases, water from swimming pools,
and injury to the nasal mucous membrane predispose to colds. Abnormalities in the nose, such as deformities or
tumors, may have a similar effect.
It is generally conceded that certain
dietary errors and deficiencies lower
the bodily defenses to upper respiratory
infections. Overindulgence in sweets at
holiday seasons is commonly followed
by an epidemic of colds. It has been
shown that excesses of starchy foods
may have similar effects. Deficiency of
vitamin A, contained especially in leafy
vegetables and the fish oils, lowers the
resistance of the mucous membranes.
Deficiency of vitamin C, contained in
citrus and other fruits, appears at the
present time to be important in lowering resistance to various infections. InPage 4
sufficient protein in the diet certainly
contributes to general debility and
lowered resistance.
Habits such as the use of tobacco and
alcohol impair the general health. Alcohol is known very definitely to lower
resistance to infections, especially those
of the respiratory tract. The common
cold frequently precedes pneumonia,
and the latter disease is especially fatal
to alcoholic patients.
The great majority of investigators
believe the common cold to be caused
by a virus which is too small to be seen
with the microscope. Such a virus has
been cultured outside the body, and
these cultures have been used to produce the disease in experimental subjects. There are still a few, however,
who do not accept this view, and therefore the question of the immediate exciting cause is still somewhat in doubt.
Once a cold is started, a number of different bacteria grow in the nose as secondary invaders. We are safe in assuming for the present that colds are infectious and may be contracted from persons who already have them.
The defenses of the body against
colds are both local, in the nose and
throat, and general, in the body as a
whole. The mucous membrane of the
nose is covered by a layer of mucus
from the tip of the nose to the upper
throat, which extends as a continuous
lining into the sinuses adjacent to the
nasal cavity. Cells of the mucous membrane lining the nose have small hairlike projections, or cilia, which are constantly in motion. Because of the
action of the cilia, to gravity, and to the
act of swallowing, the mucous layer
flows slowly toward the throat. The
function of this mucous is to protect
the mucous membrane from mechanical injury and bacterial invasion.
Some investigators have found a substance in nasal secretions, in tears, and
in saliva, called lysozyme, which dissolves bacteria. Present also in the
nasal secretions and in the underlying
tissues are white blood cells, which also
destroy bacteria. Any factor, such as
L
Aoor,
local irritating medication or changes
in the local blood supply, which alters
the proper functioning of the mechanism just described, paves the way for
a cold.
The maintenance of these local defenses is dependent upon a general
good state of health. And this brings
us to the prevention of colds, since this
is bound up with the general resistance
of the body to infection.
One of the most obvious measures in
the prevention of colds is the avoidance
of crowds and public gatherings when
such infections are prevalent. Recent
research has shown that where many
people are grouped together, the number of germs floating in the air is greatly
increased, and this is especially true inside of buildings. Under such conditions, one simply cannot avoid inhaling the germs which are responsible for
epidemics.
Fortunately, good health is within
the reach of most people if they are
willing to make the effort to secure it.
It is the result of a number of factors
operating together.
First, we have the diet. Much has
been written on the subject of diet,
and we shall not go into detail
here, but shall merely state that the
diet must be well balanced. It must
contain adequate amounts of protein,
fats, vitamins, mineral salts, water, and
sufficient, but not too much, sugar and
starch. As previously mentioned, the
excessive use of sugars and starches
seems to predispose to colds. Free sugar
in the form of candy and rich, sweet
desserts should be reduced to a minimum. Sugars and starches are energy
foods, and their use should be in proportion to the individual's physical activity. Of great importance are the
vitamins and mineral salts contained in
fruits and vegetables. It may at times
be advisable to increase the intake of
vitamin A by the use of cod-liver oil or
some other fish oil. A liberal daily intake of vitamin C is absolutely essential.
The clothing should be such as will
keep the feet warm and dry and keep
the body surface from chilling. On the
other hand, we should not "coddle"
ourselves with excessively heavy clothing. When kept too warm the skin
loses its ability to react properly to
changes in the surrounding temperature, and chilling results from the
slightest exposure. The clothing, therefore, should be suited to the climate
and the weather.
An excellent health measure is the
regular use of the morning cold bath.
This may be a rapid cold friction, or,
better, a spray. It should be taken in a
warm bathroom and should be finished
by a vigorous friction with a rough towel. The temperature of the water
should be suited to the reactive ability
of the individual. After the bath the
skin should be pink, should feel warm,
and there should be a sense of exhilaration. If there is chilling, "goose flesh,"
blue skin, or headache, the bath has
been too severe. The cold may be preceded if desired by a brief application
of hot water. Almost anyone can educate himself to the use of the cold bath
by starting the temperature near that
of the skin surface and reducing it two
or three degrees each day until cold
water as it comes from the tap can be
tolerated. The cold bath inures the
skin against chilling by blasts of cold
air. It is, however, just one measure in
a general resistance-building program.
Regular daily outdoor exercise, vigorous enough to produce moderate sensible perspiration, increases the various
metabolic processes and is an exceedingly important measure in the maintenance of health. The most desirable
exercise is productive exercise, such as
gardening, but brisk walking, or even
games, will produce the desired stimulation. An excellent sequence is to take
the exercise early in the morning and
to follow it by the cold bath.
Sun baths have been shown to increase resistance of colds. They should
be taken in the open with no glass intervening between the sun and the bare
skin. It should be graduated, starting
five minutes to the front and five minutes to the back of the body, and should
be increased two and one-half minutes
to each side each treatment. The maximum time for building resistance
should be about one hour total daily
exposure. The head should usually be
protected by a cold compress and
should never be exposed to the sun. In
climates and seasons where it is not possible to take sunbaths, artificial ultra-
violet radiation from a lamp may be
As already mentioned, it is hard to
"catch cold" if the air around us is kept
used.
What about vaccines or "cold shots"? at a constant comfortable temperature
After a careful perusal of the medical and humidity. An attempt should be
literature, one is forced to the conclu- made, therefore, to produce such ideal
sion that the weight of carefully con- conditions in our living and working
trolled evidence indicates that vaccines quarters by proper heating, ventilating,
or "cold shots" are of little or no value and humidification. Unfortunately, or
in the prevention of colds.
fortunately, as the case may be, we canIncredible as it may seem on first not control the outdoor weather; conthought, a happy outlook on life, an sequently, we must maintain such a
unruffled temper, and freedom from state of health that sudden changes in
emotional upsets have been shown ex- atmospheric conditions will not properimentally to be important in the duce colds.
prevention of colds. Emotional factors
Someone has remarked that if a cold
cause circulatory changes in the nose is not treated, it will last two weeks; if
which predispose to infection.
it is treated, it will last fourteen days.
Regular hours of sleep, nine or ten Although it is true that the disease,
hours for children and seven or eight when once established, is difficult to refor adults, contribute definitely to a lieve quickly, such pessimism is hardly
good state of health. The bedroom warranted. If colds are properly hanshould be well ventilated both winter dled, their course can be shortened and
and summer.
complications can be lessened.
Continued on page 14
• Diet has much to do with the prevention of colds, and also in their treatment.
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• Shells in cold storage. Millions of
these death-dealing shells are being
turned out in British factories.
What of the
Future?
Are We
Facing A
Acme PM ,t
WORL
B HEMP
S. Ogden
AR always brings new words
and expressions into common
usage. The present war in Europe is no exception to the general rule.
A short time ago, the word "blackout"
would have been meaningless. The
word is not to be found in Webster's
Unabridged dictionary. But now it is
of such common occurrence in conversation and in the public print, that we
are as accustomed to its use as though
it were a familiar word of the English
language.
To some of us whose work requires
us to travel on certain boats of "belligerent" nations where the blackout is
strictly enforced, the word has come to
take on a very real significance. Those
same boats which were formerly beautifully lighted up at nights both within
and without, now sail by night in absolute darkness as far as the exterior is
concerned. All windows and portholes
are painted over, or darkened by lighttight shutters, so that not the least light
from the interior shines out. Where in
times of peace we have enjoyed the freedom of open portholes that we might
have the God-given fresh air, the regu-
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lations on these same boats now require
that these same portholes at night be
closed tightly so that no ray of light
gets out, and consequently none of the
fresh, invigorating (tropical) air can
get in.
This is a blackout war measure, and
as such is necessary and must be enforced that the "belligerent" boats may
sail the seas with as little danger as possible of being made a target of enemy
submarines beneath or airplanes above.
The striking of matches, or the smoking of cigars, pipes, or cigarettes on
deck is taboo, a real hardship to some, a
blessing perhaps in disguise. The darkness on decks is almost painful but
must be endured. The nations of these
particular boats are at war, and war
time measures require these regulations.
With these new conditions of recent
months, I have been led to think and
reflect on the thought of a world blackout. Is such a time coming? Whole
cities, almost entire nations, are now
turned into utter darkness at certain
hours. We have had some experiences
and observations along that line. Yes,
we who are living in countries of belligerent nations are made to appreciate
and understand the real meaning of the
word blackout. No other word would
—could—so fully describe the darkness.
It is a "black out" in reality. No street
lights, no cigarettes or pipes to be lighted in public where their light might be
seen by air enemy planes. The doors
and windows must be securely, tightly
closed if there is a light inside the
house. A complete "blackout" is the
order, and it must be observed. But all
this is merely a physical blackout.
With these quite common conditions
of the present, the writer has been led
to reflect upon certain Biblical expressions. Here is a statement of the gospel
Prophet Isaiah: "For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross
darkness the people: but the Lord shall
arise upon thee, and His glory shall be
seen upon thee." Isa. 6o:2. Undoubtedly, this refers to a spiritual rather than
a physical darkness—blackout. But in
reality a spiritual blackout is even
more serious than merely physical darkness. The "darkness" spoken of by the
Prophet Isaiah is the same as the "fam-
ine" referred to by another Bible seemed so dense that it could be felt.
writer. "Behold, the days come, saith How terrible the experience.
We read in the Scriptures of another
the Lord God, that I will send a famine
in the land, not a famine of bread, nor darkness—a "blackout" under the fifth
a thirst for water, but of hearing the plague of the Revelation. "And the
words of the Lord: And they shall wan- fifth angel poured out his vial upon the
der from sea to sea, and from the north seat of the beast; and his kingdom was
even to the east, they shall run to and full of darkness; and they gnawed their
fro to seek the word of the Lord, and tongues for pain." Revelation 16:1o.
shall not find it." Amos 8:11, 12. This This darkness is to come in connection
famine comes not because of a lack of with the pouring out of the seven last
food, but for the spiritual food—the plagues that fall upon the earth after
the close of probation just before the
Bread of Life, the Word of God.
While there is much of light and second coming of Christ to earth. This
knowledge in the world, is it not true will indeed be a real world blackout.
even in this our day that there is set- That we are rapidly coming up to this
tling down upon many people in some momentous time—the close of probalands of earth a real spiritual darkness tion, the seven last plagues, the second
—a "blackout" for light and truth—a coming of Christ—should inspire us to
"famine" for the hearing of the Word improve to the very best advantage posof God? In some lands where even a sible the opportunities afforded us
few short years ago there was liberty in while the day of opportunity still lasts.
the study of the Bible, in some of these The night is soon to come.
The darkness of the fifth plague of
very lands today, the Bible is forbidRevelation
is closely associated with
den. Christianity is taboo. Even in
some lands that were foremost in the the "Armageddon" of the sixth plague.
light of the reformation of the fifteenth As in Israel's time what was darkness to
and sixteenth centuries, there are com- the Egyptians was light to God's peoing in conditions that forbid, or at least ple, so in the end of the world when
to a large extent have taken away, these the darkness of the fifth plague falls
liberties and freedom to worship God "upon the seat of the beast, and his
according to the individual dictates of kingdom shall be full of darkness"
conscience. In some countries the name which will bring such pain and anguish
of God is sneered at. Jesus Christ is to those who have turned away from
ridiculed. Atheism and paganism are God, those who have lived in the light
supplanting the place of the recogni- and love of God will be protected and
tion of and worship of God. Truly, that delivered from the evils to come in the
is a darkness more serious than the phy- outpouring of these last plagues. It
sical blackout caused by war condi- will pay to have served God. It will pay
tions. It is a "blackout" of the soul, the to be on God's side in that great and
conscience, the heart of man. One is a awful day that is coming in this world's
temporal blackout, the other brings a final blackout. Let us all prepare ourspiritual, eternal "blackout." Truly, it selves against that day. The promise
is a solemn—serious hour of human his- given us by God through the Psalmist
tory to which we have come in this our should be our hope for protection in
that final world blackout. "He that
day.
dwelleth in the secret place of the most
In the days of Egyptian bondage and High shall abide under the shadow of
persecution upon Israel—God's people the Almighty. There shall no evil be—when the time came for their deliver- fall thee, neither shall any plague come
ance, Pharaoh in his hardness of heart nigh thy dwelling." Psalms 91:i, 10.
refused to give liberty and let Israel go
out from their bondage to worship
their God. One of the plagues brought
upon the hard-hearted king was a
INFLUENCE
plague of darkness. "And the Lord said
unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toJOSEPH MORRIS
ward heaven, that there may be darkDrop a pebble in the water,
ness over the land of Egypt, even darkAnd its ripples reach our far;
ness which may be felt. And Moses
And the sunbeams dancing on them
stretched forth his hand toward heavMay reflect them to a star.
en; and there was a thick darkness in
all the land of Egypt three days: They
Give a smile to some one passing,
saw not one another, neither rose any
Thereby make his morning glad;
from his place for three days: but all
It may greet you in the evening
the children of Israel had light in their
When your own heart may be sad.
dwellings." Exodus 10: 2 1-23. This was
Do a deed of simple kindness;
a darkness that could be felt for three
Though its end you may not see,
days. Perhaps we each have had some
It may reach, like widening ripples,
experience in life when we were enDown a long eternity.
gulfed in an unusual darkness for even
a few moments, even a darkness that
God is One
EAR, 0 Israel," said the great
leader Moses to his people,
"'he Lord our God is one
Lord." Deut. 6:4. At first sight this
seems a queer statement to make, yet
it emphasizes the one great principle
to proclaim which to all the world
Israel was chosen and fathered by God.
The mighty nations around them
had gods many and lords many—a god
of war, a god of peace, a god of love, a
god of hate, a god of beauty, a god of
wine, a god of feasting, and so forth.
All of these were false and imaginary,
and therefore, powerless to influence
or control the life of a single human
being. The God of Israel, on the other
hand, both claimed and proved Himself to be the one true and living God,
who had made all things and upholds
all things by His sovereign power.
We cannot analyze, divide, or explain
Him. Yet He is the one great certainty
of life. He is the great living unit Who
alone brings light out of darkness,
order out of chaos, rich fullness out of
emptiness. Leave Him out of our
reckoning, and we have only "babbled
in chaotic confusion."
Moreover, the God of heaven and
earth condescends to prove His claim
to sovereignity: He stoops to reason
with the intelligent human creatures
He has made. He seeks only willing
and spontaneous worship from man.
Hence, before proclaiming His holy
law, He declares who He is and what
He has done for His people, that He
seeks their allegiance. "I am the Lord
thy God, which have brought thee out
of the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage." Exodus 20:2.
Of course, He could have said much
more about Himself: His power to create and control. But with perfect
adaptation of His methods to human
frailty, and with never failing skill, He
ever meets men just where they are.
He, therefore, selects the most recent
evidence of His power and love, because it is still fresh in • their minds,
and the least open to dispute. Fresh
from His almighty conquest over the
mighty Pharaoh and all his hosts, He
had a perfect right to say to His miraculously delivered people "Thou shalt
have no other gods before Me." Exodus
20:3.
Thus does the Almighty reveal Himself first as the God of a powerful delivering love, and then as the God of
a perfect inviolable law.
In this He discloses the perfect consistency of His character. His love for
man is no mere sentiment. It is strong
and practical, fruitful in blessings and
power to those who receive it. And
H
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
HOSE who are unacquainted work for man's salvation and to herald
with Seventh-day Adventists are the glad tidings of His coming again
inclined to look upon them as re- to earth.
ligionists who are eccentric and someChristianity to them is, first of all, a
what abnormal, freakish in their views Person, and that Person is Christ—
of doctrine and manner of life. After Christ, "in whom dwelleth all the fullprofound research into their teachings, ness of the Godhead bodily," who bids
and after living among them for years, the seeker after God, "Believe in Me,"
I can assure you that such an opinion is "Learn of Me," "Come unto Me," "Folnot borne out by the facts.
low Me," "Abide in Me." Personal acSeventh-day Adventists are entirely ceptance with Him as a personal Sanormal in their life and views, astonish- viour is the condition of salvation, and
ingly Biblical in their doctrinal teach- the only condition. Repentance toward
ings, and fundamentally Christian in Him, surrender to Him, confession to
their understanding of the Bible truth. Him, acceptance of Him, faith in Him,
This you will be impressed with as I believing Him, following Him, trustenumerate the doctrinal principles ing Him, knowing Him, abiding in
they hold and which they consider Him, resting in Him, learning of Him
foundational.
—these are the indications and blessed
They do have a rather unique name privileges of Christian experience.
—Seventh-day Adventists. This was
To Seventh-day Adventists Christ is
given them because of their two out- the very citadel of Christian truth.
standing beliefs. They are Christian They accept Him as the Bible presents
Sabbath-keepers who believe in our Him. They believe in His deity, His
Lord's literal return to this earth. Creatorship, His virgin birth, His diFrom their Sabbath observance they vine Sonship, His authority as a teacher
get the "Seventh-day" part of their sent from God, His fulfillment of diname. From their belief in the Lord's vine predictions, His working of mirsecond advent comes the "Adventist" acles, His substitutionary death, His
termination. The name—Seventh-day resurrection, His ascension, His divine
Adventists—clearly designates them as intercession and priesthood, and His
Sabbathkeepers who believe in the sec- imminent coming again.
ond advent of Jesus Christ.
To sum it all up, Seventh-day AdThere are no Christians who are ventists believe in the Christ of the Bimore fundamentalist in their teachings ble and of historic Christianity. They
than are Seventh-day Adventists. In- believe that He was the divinely predeed, these Christians are fundamental- dicted Messiah; that He came from
God, who sent Him; that He was the
ists of the fundamentalists.
The inmost heart and central core of Son of the living God, the Only-begotthe belief of Seventh-day Adventists is ten of the Father; that He was not only
Jesus Christ. He is the foundation of God's messenger to speak God's word,
their faith. He is the basis of their reli- but that He was Himself of the Godgion. All that they believe, all that they head, having, as such, pre-existence,
teach, all that they do, all that they omnipresence, creative power, excluhope for, they center in Him, and in sive knowledge of God, power to have
and to give eternal life, power to forHis glorious work of salvation.
The very center of the testimony give sin, power to judge the world.
Such was Christ's testimony in word
that Seventh-day Adventists bear to the
'world is the Person of the Son of God. and work concerning Himself. Such is
As the ancient patriarchs looked with the faithful, consistent, and ever-growlonging eyes for His coming to earth, ing world-wide testimony of Seventhas the seers sang of Him, as the proph- day Adventists concerning Him.
Now, if the acknowledgment, and acets thrilled with the predictions of His
coming, as the psalmist heralded His ceptance, and belief, and teaching of
advent with intense joy, and as the these things, together with personal acpriests taught generation after genera- ceptance of such a Saviour and personal
tion the good news of His promised ap- union with Him in daily life, do not
pearance, so Seventh-day Adventists be- constitute Christians, then, 1 ask, what
lieve they have no excuse for existing, would make men Christians?
If such a body of truth is not Chrisand purpose in existing, other than to
glorify Jesus Christ in His atoning tianity, then what is?
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Seventh-day Adventists base all they
believe and teach and do on the Bible.
They believe that the Holy Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments were
given by inspiration of God; that they
contain an all-sufficient revelation of
God's will to man; that they are the
only unerring rule of faith and practice. They look upon the Bible as vastly different from other literature, as
containing words that are not only living but life-giving. They believe the
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make it the foundation of their faith.
Seventh-day Adventists, being taught
by the Bible, look upon the Godhead,
or Trinity, as consisting of the eternal
Father—a personal, spiritual being who
is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and infinite in wisdom and in
love; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
the eternal Father, through whom they
believe all things were created, and
through whom also the salvation of
man will be accomplished; and also the
Holy Spirit, the third Person of the
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Godhead, whom they accept as the
great regenerating power in the work
of redemption.
Seventh-day Adventists believe that
when Jesus came into this world nineteen centuries ago He came to ransom
sinners and to redeem the world. While
here, He laid the foundation of human
salvation. They believe that every person, in order to obtain salvation, must
be converted by personal acceptance of
Jesus Christ as his Saviour, and experience the new birth. They believe that
this new birth comprises an entire
transformation of life and character by
the recreative power of God through
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
They also believe that baptism by
immersion is an ordinance of Christ's
church, and constitutes the door of entrance into the church. They look upon baptism as an outward testimony
bearing witness to an inward experience; that it should follow repentance
and forgiveness of sins. They believe
that by its observance a person's faith is
shown in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. They refuse to recognize, to acknowledge, or to accept anything as baptism except immersion.
Seventh-day Adventists teach that
man is a sinner, a violator of God's law,
and, consequently, under sentence of
death, condemned by that broken law
to die; and that it is altogether beyond
his power to save himself from this deserved fate.
Jesus, they believe, came into the
world to take man's place, to bear man's
guilt, to accept man's sentence of death,
to die in man's place, and that man's
only hope of salvation is based upon
the fact of Christ's substitutionary
death, and is conditional upon the sinner's personal acceptance of Christ as
his Substitute and Saviour.
The death of our Lord is, then, the
great central, essential factor in human
salvation. In that divine offering the
penalty for sins was met, paid, discharged, and canceled, and we are
saved simply by accepting His sacrifice.
Our salvation centers in His death.
The death of Jesus was a vicarious
death for sin—an expiatory, substitutionary death for the sinner. He died
in the sinner's place. He died for sin,
to meet its guilt and to pay its penalty.
The sentence of the broken law against
gin was carried out on Him. And it is
by His death that we are saved. There
By
CARLYLE B.
HAYNES
can be no salvation from sin apart from
the vicarious death of Jesus Christ.
It makes no difference how black,
how vile, how debased, how filthy, how
polluted, how debauched, how unclean, how hard-hearted, how false,
how covetous, how evil-tempered, how
thieving, how murderous, a sinner may
be, there is ground for hope in the
death of Christ. It matters not how
well-educated, how refined, how cultured, how polite, how noble, a sinner
may be, there is salvation only in the
blood of Jesus Christ. All are alike
sinners. All alike need a Saviour, and
there is no other savior from sin than
the One who died on Calvary, and
there is no other way of salvation except in His death. Education will not
save. Culture will not save. Salvation
is the gift of God through faith in Jesus
Christ, and is made possible only because of His death on the cross. The
blood of Christ alone saves.
And the world can supply nothing
else that saves, nothing else that removes the sense of guilt and alienation
from God. Jesus died for me. That is
all I need. That is all my soul needs.
God will accept His death as my ransom from sin. And so—
"In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling."
And so nothing can change or take
away from the fact that, with all its
mystery and profound obscurity, the
cross of Christ has been, is now, and
ever will be, even more than all else in
His marvelous story, that which has
won hearts and fully satisfied human
yearnings. Forever the song of the redeemed will be: "Thou art worthy:
. . . for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood."
These are some of the things that
Seventh-day Adventists believe. They
are not all. But they are foundational.
The things they believe in addition to
these are built upon these as a foundation. I will bring their other views to
you in a later article.
THE best evidence that a person is
void of true religion is his endeavor to
enforce his religious notions upon
others through the authority of the
civil magistrate.
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IS IT CHRISTIAN ?
.13q edward
--14KILED on Patmos, that lonely
. rock of the eastern Mediterranean, John, the last of the
apostles, was privileged to behold
wonderful revelations of things that
were to come. Before his vision there
was presented, time and again, panoramas that were symbolic of future
events. True to the command of the
Faithful and True Witness, "What
thou seest, write in a book," he recorded all that he had heard and seen.
Probably he understood little of it as
he wrote, but that book, the Revelation, has in recent years been found
to delineate with marvellous accuracy
of detail the course of the history of
the church in its rise, its compromises, its apostasy, its reformation, its
reawakening, and its final triumph.
At such a time as this in which we
now live it establishes our confidence
anew in the Word of God to see portrayed so clearly the victorious course
of the church's struggle against the
arch-deceiver.
There have been many attempts to
lead the people of God astray by subtle theology and by science, falsely
so-called, but the philosophy which
more than any other has today undermined faith in the Bible is the doctrine of evolution, which purports to
trace man's ancestry through a developing line of germs, molluscs, and
vertebrates ultimately to man. There
have been modifications of this doctrine through the years, it is true, but
essentially it remains the same, and
no matter how vociferously its exponents may assert that it is Christian its history reveals it to be one of
the greatest deceptions that Satan has
foisted upon credulous minds.
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A Subversion of the Faith
One hundred years ago the majority of ordinary individuals, and even
of men of science, were believers in
the Bible and in the mosaic account
of creation. But under the influence
of the Huttonian theory of uniformity as popularized by Sir Charles Lyell there arose a hypothesis interpreting the days of creation not as literal
days but "periods" of one thousand
years, or even longer. Superficial theologians wishing to be thought scientific found means of adopting this
new doctrine, and effected a compromise between the first chapter of
Genesis and the tentative speculations
of the uniformitarian school of geologists. They even embellished their
arguments by quoting some of the
early church fathers who had been
similarly beguiled under the pagan
influences that corrupted the church
in its infancy.
Having got rid of the time element
in creation the next step taken was
to eliminate direct divine activity in
nature by asserting that all that exists
has developed in a perfectly natural
manner from earlier states of matter
without any specific divine interven-
e.
(Mite
tion. The doctrine of the gradual
laying down of the rocks now covering the surface of the earth, of course,
did away with the Biblical doctrine
of the Flood, and prepared the way
for the acceptance of Darwin's theory
of the origin of all living species, including man, from lower forms of
life. Thus following in the wake of
the materialistic scientists many leading theologians have come to the
place where they deny not merely
direct divine activity in creation but
at any stage in the history of the
world, past, present, or future.
Modern Apostasy Foretold
How significant it is, then, that by
inspiration God, through His prophets of old, should have revealed the
modern trend of apostasy and set
clown precisely the way in which the
Gospel should be presented in our
day in order to combat it.
"There shall come in the last days
scoffers," He told Peter, "saying,
Where is the promise of His coming?
for since the fathers fell asleep, all
things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation. For this
they willingly are ignorant of, that
by the word of God the heavens were
of old: . . . whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with
water, perished." 2 Peter 3:3-6.
And in view of the way in which
His creatorship would be denied, He
revealed to John the message which
His faithful people would proclaim
to those who had ears to hear:
"Fear God, and give glory to Him;
for the hour of His judgment is come:
and worship Him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Rev. 14:7.
The Gospel has always been the
power of God unto salvation, but
special emphasis in these latter days
was to be laid on the aspect of God
as the Creator. No more appropriate
emphasis could be given in our time
to combat the subtle sophistries of
Satan than by a recall to fear the God
who has made heaven, and earth, and
sea.
How appropriate, too, that in the
description of the people who would
be called out in these days of apostasy God should lay special emphasis
upon two distinguishing marks, "Here
is the patience of the saints: here are
they that keep the commandments of
God, and the faith of Jesus," for one
of these commandments was, "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and
do all thy work: but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God:
. . . for in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day, and hallowed it."
Exod. 2o:8-11.
Rise of the Message for the Hour
That we have come into the very
days of which the prophets spoke is
evidenced not only by the rise of the
doctrine of "continuity" or evolution,
but by the fact that the message outlined by John is being preached, and
such a people as he, by inspiration,
described is being called out of the
world.
For the past eighty years the observation of the seventh day of the week
has, under God, been brought into
prominence by Seventh-day Adventists who, true to the prophecy, have
carried the preaching of their message
into more than 75o of earth's languages and dialects, and by grace aim
to preach the Gospel, including the
Sabbath truth, to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. Today God
is, through His special message, combating the doctrine of evolution which
denies the fall of man and makes
Christ's sacrifice for sin of none effect. He is calling out men and women who will steadfastly proclaim and
live the Gospel of creation and redemption by confessing their faith in
Jesus and obeying all His commandments, including the keeping of the
day He has appointed.
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LAW is to interfere with the vicious
in his viciousness, and not with the
righteous in his righteousness.
The Bible Made Plain
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL
1. WHERE are the ten commandments recorded?
In Exodus 20:2-17.
2. How comprehensive are these commandments?
"Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of
man." Eccl. 12:13.
3. How do those with renewed hearts and minds regard the commandments of God?
"This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His
commandments are not grievous." 1 John 5:3. See also Matt. 19:17.
4. What is said of one who professes to know the Lord, but does not
keep His commandments?
"He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John 2:4. See also Matt. 7:21; James
2:10, 11.
5. What promise is made to the willing and obedient?
"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land." Isa.
1:19.
6. What is said of the stability of God's character?
"I am the Lord, I change not." Mal. 3:6.
7. How enduring are His commandments?
"The works of His hands are verity and judgment; all His commandments are sure. They stand fast forever and ever." Ps. 111:7, 8.
8. Did Christ come to abolish or destroy the law?
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not
come to destroy, but to fulfil." Matt. 5:17.
9. When used with reference to prophecy, what does the word fulfil
mean?
To fill up; to accomplish; to bring to pass; as, "that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias the prophet." Matt. 4:14.
10. What does it mean when used with reference to law?
To perform, to keep, or to act in accordance with; as, "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." Gal. 6:2. See Matt. 3:15;
James 2:8, 9.
11. How did Christ treat His Father's commandments?
"I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love." John
15:10.
12. Does faith in God make void the law?
"Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law." Rom. 3:31.
13. 'What, more than all else, proves the perpetuity and immutability of
the law of God?
"God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John
3:16. "Christ died for our sins." 1 Cor. 15:3.
NOTE.-Could the law have been abolished, and sin disposed of in this way, Christ need
not have come and died for our sins. The gift of Christ, therefore, more than all else, proves
the immutability of the law of God. Christ must come and die, and satisfy the claims of the
law, or the world must perish. The law could not give way. Says Spurgeon in his sermon on
"The Perpetuity of the Law of God," "Our Lord Jesus Christ gave a greater vindication of
the law by dying because it had been broken, than all the lost can ever give by their miseries."
The fact that the law is to be the standard in the judgment is another proof of its enduring
nature. See Eccl. 12:13, 14; James 2:8-12.
14. What relation does a justified person sustain to the law?
"Not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law
shall be justified." Rom. 2:13.
15. How may we know we have been born again?
"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love
the brethren." 1 John 3:14.
Continued on page 13
Page II
GAD IS
T IS said that the evangel of divine
love, which Moody preached so
T effectively to upwards of fifty
million people, was passed on to him
by one Henry Moorhouse who, before
his conversion, became the associate of
card-sharpers, drinkers, and gamblers.
In a Manchester (England) back alley
at a mission meeting, Moorhouse entered into a new life, threw himself
into it with such complete surrender
that few men knew the Bible better
than he. He followed Moody from
England to Chicago. Already he had
asked Moody to let him preach for him
at Chicago, but the evangelist put him
off as being unsuitable for the task.
Moorhouse, however, was greatly
persistent, so at last, howbeit with definite misgivings, Moody gave way. It
was arranged that as Moody was to be
from home a couple of days, Moorhouse should be asked to conduct the
Thursday night meeting, and if he
pleased well, Friday night also with
discretion to the deacons to put him in
the pulpit on Sunday if they deemed
wise.
So the frail young man, who looked
seventeen, but was actually twentyeight, had his chance. Returning on
Saturday, Moody enquired of his wife
how the Englishman had got on.
"Very well, indeed!" said Mrs.
Moody. "The people like him; he has
preached twice on the same text, John
3:16, I think you will like him also,
though he preaches differently from
you, he tells the worst sinner that God
loves him!"
"Well, he's wrong," said Moody.
"I think you will agree with him
when you hear him," answered Mrs.
Moody, "for he proves everything he
says from the Bible."
Sunday morning came, and Moody
noticed that everyone brought his or
her Bible. Moorhouse gave chapter
and verse for everything he said, and
he preached again on John 3:16.
At night the church was packed. The
sermon was from the same text once
more—"God so loved the world" from
which he preached another extraordinary sermon, proving from Genesis
to Revelation that God loved the
world. Up to that time, Moody never
knew that God loved so much. His
heart began to thaw, and he could not
keep back the tears from his eyes. He
first drank it in. The result was that
Moody, who hitherto had represented,
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L
VE
or misrepresented, God as behind the
sinner with a double two-edged sword,
became the evangelist who was aflame
with the love of God and whose message eventually kindled in Great Britain a great revival of practical religion.
Notice, Moorhouse, the converted
drunkard and gambler, discovered and
declared that the whole Bible, from beginning to end, showed that God loved
the world. What passages Moorhouse
used to prove this, the Scottish clergyman, who is responsible for the foregoing story, does not tell us. But we
still have the same Bible to study for
ourselves. The very first chapter
breathes divine love. We see God
bringing light out of darkness, order
out of chaos, causing the grass to grow,
the trees to yield fruit, calling into
ONLY A CHANNEL
By N. P. Neilson
AN electric wire is not electricity. It
is only a channel through which the
current flows. It is a medium for conducting the hidden power of this wonderful element. It is not the strength of
the wire that pulls the electric train as
it rushes along the track; it is the unseen current flowing through the wire
that does the work. This current is
many times stronger than the wire itself. The wire has no power to move
the train of cars, but the current flowing through it gives it life. Without
that flow the wire becomes "dead" at
once.
Thus it is with the child of God. Of
ourselves we have no power. We can
do nothing, no matter how much we
try. To attempt to do the work of God
in our own strength can end only in
failure. Said Jesus, "Without Me ye
can do nothing." John 15:5. But when
we are connected with God, His mighty
power will flow through us for the accomplishment of His purpose. Without
this flow of life we are "dead," even as
is the wire when the connection is severed; therefore, we can take no glory
to ourselves for anything that we accomplish. All the glory belongs to God,
who works through us for the carrying
forward of His will. "I can do all things
through Christ." Philippians 4:13.
existence all creatures great and small,
all for the service of man, His crowning work of creation. We find Him
communing with man in the garden,
and even after his fall, making provision for man's full and final recovery
of all that was lost; we see Him at different times and in various ways graciously calling and leading man back
to Himself, from whence he came.
The conception of God held by the
great spiritual leaders of the Jewish
race was always of the One whose love
went out to the whole world. Jehovah's first great pronouncement of His
purpose to His chosen servant Abraham, the father of the faithful, fully
revealed His character. "In thee, and
in thy seed," He is recorded to have
said, "shall all families of the earth
be blessed." Genesis 12:3. All families
or peoples of the earth, therefore, were
and ever have been near and dear to
the great heart of God, whose whole
being is love. And that purpose to
bless all nations is kept in view
throughout the Bible by patriarch,
prophet, and apostle.
Israel, the chosen people of God, received the truth of the love of God that
they might pass it on to all the world,
"a light to lighten the Gentiles." The
true Israel of God looked forward to
the time when the nations outside
would be brought into the same fellowship and when "Israel shall be the third
with Egypt and with Assyria" (the two
great enemies and menaces) , "a blessing in the midst of the land, whom
the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying,
Blessed be Egypt My people, and Assyria, the work of My hands, and Israel
Mine inheritance." Isaiah 19:24, 25.
Israel as a whole did not fulfil the
divine purpose, but there was always
a remnant through whom God could
and did work. That remnant becomes
merged into a single individual, the
servant of Jehovah, upon whom the
Lord lays the iniquity of us all. "In
the supreme moment of the whole
world's history the true Israel was concentrated in the person of the Messiah
alone as He bore the iniquity of us
all. In Him that Israel of God was
reconstituted, freed now from all natural limitations, to go forth as the
Christian church, carrying the Gospel
of what the Messiah had accomplished
and of the love of God made known in
Him, to bring all nations into the allegiance of the God thus revealed."
The Law and the Gospel
Continued from page
t6. How may we know that we love
the brethren?
"By this we know that we love the
children of God, when we love God,
and keep His commandments." 1 John
5:2.
17. What is the love of God?
"This is the love of God, that we keep
His commandments." Verse 3.
18. How are those described who
will be prepared for the coming of
Christ?
"Here is the patience of the saints:
here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Rev. 14:12.
19. By whom was the ten commandment law proclaimed?
"The Lord spake unto you out of the
midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of
the words, but saw no similitude; only
ye heard a voice. And He declared unto
you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and He wrote them upon two
tables of stone." Deut: 4:12, 13.
20. Were the ten commandments a
distinct and complete law by themselves?
"These words the Lord spake unto
all your assembly in the mount out of
the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and
of the thick darkness, with a great
voice: and He added no more. And He
wrote them in two tables of stone, and
delivered them unto me." Deut. 5:22.
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Come
up to Me into the mount, and be there:
and I will give thee tables of stone, and
a law, and commandments which I
have written." Ex. 24:12.
21. How was the ceremonial law
made known?
"The Lord called unto Moses, . . .
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of
you bring an offering," etc. Lev. 1:1, 2.
"This is the law of the burnt offering,
of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and
of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice
of the peace offerings; which the Lord
commanded Moses in Mt. Sinai, in the
day that He commanded the children
of Israel to offer their oblations unto
the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai."
Lev. 7:37, 38.
22. Was the ceremonial law a complete law in itself?
"The law of commandments contained in ordinances." Eph. 2:15.
23. On what did God write the ten
commandments?
"He wrote them upon two tables of
stone." Deut. 4:13.
24. In what were the laws, or commandments, respecting sacrifices and
burnt offerings written?
"They removed the burnt offerings,
that they might give acording to the
divisions of the families of the people,
to offer unto the Lord, as it is written
in the book of Moses." 2 Chron. 35:12.
25. Where were the ten commandments placed?
"He took and put the testimony into
the ark, . . . and put the mercy-seat
above upon the ark." Ex. 40:20.
26. Where did Moses command the
Levites to put the book of the law
which he had written?
"Moses commanded the Levites,
which bare the ark of the covenant of
the Lord, saying, Take this book of the
law, and put it in the side [by the side,
A. R. V.] of the ark of the covenant of
the Lord your God." Deut. 31:25, 26.
27. What is the nature of the moral
law?
"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." Ps. 19:7. "We know
that the law is spiritual." Rom. 7:14.
28. Could the offerings commanded
by the ceremonial law satisfy the conscience or make a man perfect?
"'Which was a figure for the time
then present, in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not
make him that did the service perfect,
as pertaining to the conscience." Heb.
9:9-
ON FILE
JOHN
KENDRICK BANGS
If an unkind word appears,
File the thing away.
If some novelty in jeers,
File the thing away.
If some clever little bit
Of a sharp and pointed wit,
Carrying a string with itFile the thing away.
If some bit of gossip come,
File the thing away.
Scandalously spicy crumb,
File the thing away.
If suspicion comes to you
That your neighbor isn't true
Let me tell you what to doFile the thing away.
Do this for a little while,
Then go out and burn the file.
29. How did Christ's death affect the
ceremonial law?
"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was
contrary to us, and took it out of the
way, nailing it to His cross." Col. 2:14.
"Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
contained in ordinances." Eph. 2:15.
3o. Why was the ceremonial law
taken away?
"There is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its
weakness and unprofitableness (for the
law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope,
through which we draw nigh unto
God." Heb. 7:18, 19, R. V.
31. What miraculous event occurred
at the death of Christ, signifying that
the sacrificial system was forever at an
end?
"Jesus, when He had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was
rent in twain from the top to the bottom." Matt. 27:50, 51.
32. In what words had the prophet
Daniel foretold this?
"He shall confirm the covenant with
many for one week: and in the midst of
the week He shall cause the sacrifice
and the oblation to cease." Dan. 9:27.
33. How enduring is the moral law?
"Concerning Thy testimonies, I have
known of old that Thou hast founded
them forever." Ps. 119:152.
34• What is one of the uses of the
law?
"Therefore by the deeds of the law
there shall no flesh be justified in His
sight: for by the law is the knowledge
of sin." Rom. 3:20.
35. In thus making known sin, and
the consequent need of a Saviour, what
part does the law act?
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we
might be justified by faith." Gal. 3:24.
36. What is the gospel declared to
be?
"It is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." Rom.
1:16.
37. What is the significance of the
name bestowed by the angel upon the
Saviour before His birth?
"She shall bring forth a Son, and
thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He
shall save His people from their sins."
Matt. 1:21.
38. What was foretold concerning
Christ's attitude toward the law of
God?
"Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volContinued on page
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How to Treat a Common Cold
Continued from page 5
The first instruction to the cold sufferer is to go to bed and stay there until
he is well; but how difficult it is sometimes to persuade him to do so. Actual
studies have indicated that bed rest
shortens considerably the period of disability and lessens complication::. Bed
rest does another important thing: it
takes the victim out of circulation, so
that he is not spreading his germs. It
is no indication of superior physical
prowess or will power for an infected
individual to insist on staying by the
job. Although probably not so intended, it rather shows a disregard for the
welfare of others.
The diet should be liquid when the
temperature is over ice F., and soft
when it is below this level. As soon as
the appetite for food returns, it should
he satisfied. Since vitamin C is important in resistance to infections, the
patient should be given at least a quart
or more daily of tomato, citrus, or other
fruit juice. The total fluid intake each
day should be at least two and one-half
quarts.
If circumstances permit, simple hydrotherapy, or water treatment, adds
greatly to the patient's comfort and lessens the dangers of complications. Such
a treatment might be: fomentations to
the chest, combined with a hot foot
bath and followed by a brisk cold-mitten friction. It might be given twice
daily. In vigorous individuals, it is
often possible to abort a cold in its early
stages by a general heating procedure
such as a hot tub bath at 1040 to io6°
F. for ten minutes, followed by a vigorous hot-and-cold spray and a friction
with a rough towel. The patient should
then go immediately to bed; in fact,
when hydrotherapy is used, it is usually
best to stay in bed until the reaction to
the treatment has subsided.
Gentle radiant heat from a lamp applied to the face for forty-five minutes
to one hour is also of much value in
"head colds." For the sore throat, which
commonly occurs, one pint hot saline
gargles (one teaspoonful of salt to the
pint of water) every three hours gives
definite relief.
Much of the prevalent local treatment to the nose in colds does more
harm than good. Oily nose drops,
although they relieve discomfort somewhat, interfere with the normal physiology so important in combating infection. Such treatment is particularly
objectionable in young children. The
use of substances such as ephedrine and
benzedrine to lessen congestion in the
nose may be permissible to allow more
comfortable sleep at night, but when
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their action is over, the congestion is
likely to be worse than before.
Drugs, taken internally, aside from
promoting comfort somewhat, are for
the most part of no value to shorten the
course of the disease.
However, a combination of codiene
and papaverine, two derivatives of
opium, if taken early, has been shown
to have such an effect. They must be
taken, however, under the direction of
a physician. The use of vigorous cathartics actually lengthens the period of
disability in colds.
To summarize, it is possible to prevent colds:
. By avoiding crowds and public
gatherings during epidemics.
2. By living in well-ventilated quarters properly heated and humidified.
3. By wearing clothing suited to the
climate and the season.
4. By building up bodily resistance
through such measures as proper diet,
regular cold bathing, sun baths, good
mental hygiene, systematic exercise,
and regular hours of sleep.
The most important measures in
treatment of colds are:
. Rest in bed.
2. Abundant fluids, especially fruit
juices.
3. Simple water treatments and hot
gargles.
4. Local medication to the nose and
drugs by mouth should be avoided except on a physician's prescription.
I Must Go Out to the Hills
Mildred C. Wood
I must go out to the hills again,
To the snow-covered heights so clean,
Where the tall trees sigh
The Law and the Gospel
Continued from page is
ume of the book it is written of Me, I
delight to do Thy will, 0 My God: yea,
Thy law is within My heart." Ps. 40:
7, 8.
39. Does the faith which brings
righteousness abolish the law?
"Do we then make void the law
through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law." Rom. 3:31.
NOTE.—The law reveals the perfection of character required, and so gives a knowledge of sin; but
it is powerless to confer the character demanded. In
the gospel, the law, first written in the heart of
Christ, becomes "the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus," and is thus transferred to the heart
of the believer, in whose heart Christ dwells by
faith. Thus the new covenant promise is fulfilled,
that the law shall be written in the heart. This is
the genuine experience of righteousness by faith,—a
righteousness which is witnessed by the law, and
revealed in the life in harmony with the law. The
gospel is thus seen to be the provision for restoring
the law to its place in the heart and life of the one
who believes on Christ and accepts His mediatorial
work. Such faith, instead of making void the law,
establishes it in the heart of the believer. The gospel is not against the law, therefore, but upholds,
maintains, and presents the law to us in Christ.
4o. What did Christ take away when
He died upon the cross?
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away the
sin of the world." John 1:29.
41. What did Christ abolish by His
death and resurrection?
"Jesus Christ, who hath abolished
death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel."
2 Tim. 1:io.
42. What scripture shows that God's
remnant people will have a right conception of the proper relation between
the law of God and the gospel of Jesus
Christ?
"Here is the patience of the saints:
here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Rev. 14:12.
As the clouds roll by
In the face of the north wind keen.
I must go out to the hills again,
To the hills where white dreams are born,
Where the pale stars die
In the silent sky
On the rim of the orange morn.
I must go out to the hills again,
For the lowlands are choking me,
But the hills are rife
I LIKE to read over these thoughts of
Stanley Baldwin's: "All my life I have
believed from my heart the words of
Browning, 'All service ranks the same
with God.' It makes very little difference whether a man is driving a tramcar, or sweeping streets, or being Prime
Minister, if he only brings to that service everything that is in him, and performs it for the sake of mankind."
With the joys of life,
And out on the hills I am free!
"A KIND heart and a genial smile of
cheerfulness is a fountain of gladness."
Editorial
Continued from page 3
from our homes Canada would become
a Godless, heathen nation. Shall we
not then resolve to invite God into our
homes, into our lives, and endeavor to
live day by day the life of the Master?
And in living for Him here day by day,
we shall be preparing ourselves for citizenship in the home that He has gone
to prepare for us, as promised in John
1 4: 11And if you should decide you do not
wish to be a Christian yourself, and you
value the blessings which Christianity
brings, why not do all you can to encourage the churches in their work of
making our land a better place to live?
grieve the great heart of God. Moses
demonstrated to his fearful people that
he possessed the true fear of God by
going forward into the very presence
of God. (Exodus 20:21) , trembling
certainly with a deep sense of his own
unworthiness, yet knowing that at the
back of all that awful majesty and power was a love that infinitely transcends
all that is human.
I do not know whether or not a Radium
Cone can make water sufficiently radioactive
to have any effect upon the human body.
If there is such a thing as radioactive water,
it must be rare to find any that is radioactive enough to amount to anything. I would
be exceedingly chary of all such devices.
Radioactivity is a quality possessed by
radium and certain other substances. The
rays thrown out by such substances are in
a certain sense similar to X rays. All such
rays are more or less destructive of tissue if
any considerable quantity of them falls upon
the body. Radium and X rays are used in
the treatment of cancer simply because the
rays destroy the cancer tissue to a greater
or less degree. In my opinion, radioactivity
is a quality that is more likely to harm the
body than to help it. At least, I know as
vet no scientific proof that radioactivity in
food or drink will make such food or drink
more healthful.
God is One
Continued from page 7
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God is so desparately anxious that
man should get the full benefit of His
great heart of love, that He has given
him a law to guide his wayward footsteps into the path of that incomparable love.
Unchangeable as His character,
God's law cannot be watered down to
meet the frailty and weakness of human nature. Oh, no; that would be
disastrous alike to the prestige of God
and to the highest welfare of man. But
what He bids man to do, that He enables him to do. As one well said, "All
His biddings are enablings!" So God,
in His love, gives us a perfect law, and
then places at our disposal all the power of His holy being to enable us to
meet His perfect and inviolable standards of righteousness.
When God proclaimed His law to
His people from Mt. Sinai, amid most
terribly majestic and awe-inspiring
conditions, they quaked with fear.
What made them quake? The consciousness of sin. That is the first inevitable and salutary result of coming
face to face with a holy God. The consciousness of sin is the necessary condition that prepares the way for the desire to get rid of it. Hence we find
Moses, with the spirit of a true leader,
saying to his fearful, shrinking, sinstricken people, "Fear not: for God is
come to prove you, and that His fear
may be before your faces, that ye sin
not." Exodus 20:20.
There is a fear that dreads the consequences of sin. There is a fear of
God that makes us hate to do wrong,
because we know how much it must
I have heard of a so-called Radium Cone that may be put into
ordinary drinking water where it
will give out radium rays, thus
charging the water and making it
radioactive. Will you please give
me some scientific information regarding radioactive water? Is such
water healthful and capable of assisting nature in the cure of disease?
My doctor has told me that I am
anemic, and has recommended an
iron tonic. I have already taken
three bottles, and I do not know
whether I should continue taking
it longer or not, as I am very short
of funds. What would you suggest?
In most cases of ordinary anemia, the patient needs a properly balanced and easily
digested diet, containing foods rich in iron.
Some iron-containing remedy is usually prescribed. There are many different preparations of iron. I do not know what preparation you are taking, and have no way
of judging whether you should continue taking it or not. Persons who are not only
anemic, but otherwise weak and run down,
often do well on a combined remedy such
as Vitamalt with iron. This contains codliver oil, malt, and iron, being rich in both
minerals and vitamins.
My husband has shaking palsy.
Can anything be done by way of a
cure? Are sanitarium treatments
expensive?
Shaking palsy is the common name of a
disease known among doctors as paralysis
agitans. This is due to a partial degeneration of certain tissues in the brain. These
degenerated tissues cannot be restored to
normal. Therefore the hope of a cure in a
case of shaking palsy is very slight. There
are certain drugs that will decrease the severity of the tremor. These drugs, however,
are not entirely harmless; and I do not recommend that they be taken unless a local
physician can prescribe them and observe
their effect.
A course of treatments in a sanitarium
would be worth taking if you have the funds.
Write to the sanitarium you have in mind,
and the manager will gladly send you a
rate sheet.
My mother is fifty-eight years
old. She has recently told me that
occasionally a small mass seems to
be in her nose. When she tries to
blow it out, it almost comes out,
but then slips back. She seems to
think she may have worms. Would
they act in this manner in trying
to get out of the body?
Your description is quite characteristic of
what would happen if a person had a small
polyp in the nose. I feel certain that the
trouble is not due to worms. A polyp is a
simple tumor, usually growing out of one
of the sinuses connected with the nasal cavity. It is an easy matter for a nose and
throat doctor to remove such a tumor. Polyps quite often grow back again, but they
are seldom the cause of any serious trouble.
Please explain why cocoa and
chocolate are not good for children.
There have been reports from time to
time in regard to the poisonous effects of
cocoa and chocolate,. and the White House
conference on the welfare of children took
a definite stand against the use of cocoa and
chocolate. In the January 21, 1939, issue of
the American Medical Association Journal
some information is given on this subject.
The Journal says that the stimulating element in cocoa and chocolate is theobromine,
but that it also contains some caffeine and
tannic acid. Theobromine is similar to caffeine, which is found in coffee and tea, and
its effects are smilar. It stimulates the heart
and the respiration; it increases the metabolism, and causes nervous and mental stimulation. The amount required to produce definite effect varies with individuals. Theobromine is often used as a heart stimulant.
In considering cocoa as a beverage for
children, it should be regarded as a stimulant similar to coffee. It is best to avoid its
use entirely for young children, at least, and
if used at all for older children, it should be
in very limited amounts.
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• St. Peter's at Rome is the world's
largest church, and required 120 years
to build.
• An ostrich when full grown stands
from seven to eight feet high and
weighs between two and three hundred pounds.
• If any of our readers are interested
in breaking the cigarette habit, a little leaflet giving advice by a physician
will be sent you for a three cent stamp
to pay the postage, or a book, "The
Cigarette as the Physician Sees It,"
for thirty-five cents. Just address The
Watchman, Oshawa, Ontario.
• The average height of all mankind
a few years ago was estimated to be
5 feet, 5 inches. Young Canada is
growing taller and heavier. A recent
investigation reports that the average
height of university freshmen has
jumped 13/4 inches, and the average
weight has increased from 138 to
144%2 pounds.
• It has been necessary to establish
a few internment camps in Canada to
take care of the enemy aliens who have
been detained in the Dominion for
acts "likely to assist the enemy."
These internes have the same rations
as Canadian soldiers, which is no
doubt better than many of the citizens of Canada enjoy in their own
homes.
• Payment of Indian Treaty money
is an event to which the Indians of
Canada look forward each year. This
annual distribution of what is called
"Treaty Annuities," is made between
the months of April and August.
Some $250,000 is distributed annually.
In addition to this quarter million
dollars, extra treaty rations are allowed and once every three years the
Chiefs and Headmen receive special
issues of clothing in the way of uniforms.
• Londoners registering for War rations.
• There has been a remarkable expansion in the growth of tobacco of
late years in Canada. Ten years ago
the area under cultivation was 41,400
acres, and the crop less than 37 million pounds. In 1939 the area cultivated was 93,00o acres and the crop
over 108 million pounds. There has
been a remarkable increase too in the
amount of tobacco used in Canada,
which has not benefitted the users
nor the nation.
• The commanding officer of the Canadian Army overseas is Major-General Andrew George Latta McNaughton. He is a native of Moosomin,
Saskatchewan. By profession he is an
electrical engineer. He was schooled
in Quebec, at Bishop's College, and
McGill. He commanded the heavy
artillery from Canada in the Great
War.
• The Women's Hosiery Section is
the second largest section in most department stores. Women who wear
silk hose buy about forty pair a year.
This is an average of course.
• The paper bag was invented by a
woman, and bombs by a clergyman.
• About fifty complete outfits of
clothing are designed for Queen Mary
each year.
• Births exceeded deaths in 1937 in
England by 21 per cent; in Germany by
62 per cent; in the United States by so
per cent; in Italy by 38 per cent; in
Soviet Russia by 115 per cent.
• There has been a large increase in
marriages in the Dominion since Canada entered the war. During the
months of September and October of
1939 there was an increase of 63 per
cent over the same months of 1938.
• In 1939 Western Canada produced
the second largest grain crop in our
history,—over 450,000,000 bushels of
wheat and more than 350,000,000
bushels of oats, barley and rye. When
the movement of this grain was at its
height over 1,50o cars of grain passed
through Winnipeg daily. The average car contains about 1,600 bushels
of wheat.