Tithing in the Baptist Convention
IN the Baptist convention just convened at Los Angeles, California, Dr. J. W. Brougher proposed “tithing as a means of raising all the funds needed for the administration of religious activities.” Tithing is the Biblical method of supporting the gospel. The Seventh-day Adventist denomination has for many years taught and practiced this plan, and finds it both successful and highly satisfactory. And why should not a thing be both successful and satisfying that is devised by the divine Father Himself? CALIFORNIA’S active volcano on the peak of Mount Lassen, which has contented itself with emitting smoke, after breaking out on June 1, 1914, has suddenly changed its program, and on May 22, 1915, it violently emitted a stream of mud that completely filled the little Hat Valley lying below it, spreading out over it to a depth of from three to six feet. A number of families resided in this valley; but so far as reported, there is no loss of human life. THE University of California has just issued a very valuable circular on “Insecticide Formulas.” The circular tells how to prepare the various sprays and washes needed for destroying insect pests on fruit trees, in the garden, etc. Persons interested may receive copies of it by addressing the College of Agriculture at Berkeley, California. THURSDAY, July 29, has been fixed as “Billy Sunday day” at the Panama Pacific Exposition. It is arranged that Mr. Sunday shall speak twice on that day.