Uriah Smith Memorial and His Last Week
By Editor
MANY readers of the REVIEW hold in tender regard the memory of Elder Uriah Smith, for nearly half a century the editor of this paper, whose sudden death on March 6, 1903, brought sorrow to all who knew him. On this the third anniversary of his death we print on the first page a poem written by Elder Smith, but never published before. It breathes the same Christian spirit and the same interest for the salvation of sinners which were characteristic of his life. While Brother Smith rests from his labors, awaiting his reward, the words which he spoke and wrote still live to influence men and women to turn unto God. “They that turn many to righteousness [shall shine] as the stars forever and ever.” “He sleeps in Jesus—soon to rise,
When the last trump shall rend the skies;
Then burst the fetters of the tomb,
To awake in full, immortal bloom.”
A LITTLE booklet has just come to our desk bearing the title “His Last Week.” It is an interwoven narrative wholly in the words of the Gospels, without the omission of a word of Scripture, and without repetition, covering the last week of our Lord’s life. The text of the American Standard Revised Bible is used. This booklet will make it easy for the reader to secure a comprehensive view of the experiences during the crisis of Jesus’ life on earth. The price is seven cents for a single copy, and it is published by Hope Publishing Co., New York and Chicago.