Pittsburgh, Chicago, and College View
By K. C. Russell
WEDNESDAY, March 6, the writer left Washington, D. C., for California, and on the same evening spoke to our people in Pittsburgh, Pa. There was a very good attendance for a midweek service. The establishment of the headquarters of the conference in this important city has given a new inspiration to our people here, and there is good prospect of more aggressive work being accomplished in the future in that conference as well as in that city. We believe that there are better days for the work in the Western Pennsylvania Conference. At the conclusion of this meeting I took the train for Chicago, where I arrived the morning of the seventh of March, and had the pleasure of visiting the new headquarters of the Northern Illinois Tract Society, at 3645 Ogden St. The location of this office is very desirable indeed. The center of the city can be reached quickly by the elevated railroad. In the evening I addressed a union meeting of our people in the Southside church on some of the living issues of the day. There was a good attendance, and an excellent spirit prevailed. Friday evening I reached College View, Nebr., where I remained until Tuesday afternoon, speaking six times during my short stay, twice on religious liberty. The other addresses were of a practical and revival nature. We were glad to see that God is signally blessing the work in Union College. A most excellent class of earnest and consecrated students is in attendance at this school. There is indication of a larger attendance during the coming year. It is indeed a satisfaction to know that here God is made first in all that pertains to the work of educating our young people for service. In the lectures on religious liberty we endeavored to point out the forces in the world which are opposed to the principles of religious liberty. We also emphasized the fact that Seventh-day Adventists are the recognized opponents of Sunday legislation, and that in the providence of God our denomination has been organized to meet effectively the enemies of the Lord's work. We are not dependent upon the world to circulate our literature and magazines and books. Had we been, long before this we should have been boycotted in its sale and distribution. But in the providence of God we have an organized army of missionary evangelists whose lives are consecrated to this work. What could a disorganized element expect to accomplish in the work of warning the masses against the beast, his image, and the reception of his mark? Let every one who knows this message apply his efforts and means where they can be increased a thousandfold for good instead of placing them where they will be worse than wasted. It is Satan's design to disintegrate and ruin the work of God. K. C. RUSSELL.