In a report dated at Albion, Neb., Brother B. M. Garton says: “Since the State meeting of workers in March, I have been near Albion, binding off the work started by Brother Graf and myself. We organized a Sabbath-school of fourteen members, April 18. The membership has now increased to about twenty. Four have taken their stand for the truth, and others are much interested.”
Church School at Grand Ledge
A CHURCH school was recently organized at Grand Ledge, Mich., having at the present time a membership of ten. It was necessary to hold the school in a private house, but the results of the effort have been good, and the church has decided to continue the school.
Silent Messengers
By Editor
Our Books, Tracts, and Periodicals
E. R. PALMER : : : Editor
He Knows the Harvest
OURS is the seed time; God alone
Beholds the end of what is sown;
Beyond our vision weak and dim
The harvest time is hid with him.
— Whittier.
Personal Service from Every One
Our territory is made better every time it is worked, just as the fallow ground is made better and more productive every time it is plowed. What we need is men,—honest, consecrated, God-fearing men,—workers who will go out into the world's great harvest field and work for God, depending only upon him. We need men who will consecrate themselves to the service of the Lord so completely that they can trust God for the results, and not be dependent upon physical circumstances or conditions.
God calls for personal labor in the field on the part of every Seventh-day Adventist in the world. If Jesus Christ is soon to come, this people must stand up in a body and give the message. You can not pay your tithes, and let a dozen men to whom those tithes are paid carry the gospel to the world. It must be carried as the result of heart-to-heart and hand-to-hand work on the part of God's dear people. What we want to-day is personal service from every one.
Carrying a Burden of Service
How many there are whose “burden is light,” but not with the Master's lifting! Are you gladly carrying a burden of service for the Lord and with his ability, help?—Ram's Horn.
Current Mention
— Six persons were fatally hurt and thirty others seriously by the collapsing of a bridge approach at Eau Claire, Wis., June 16.
— It is estimated that fifty lives were lost in the recent storm at Clifton, near Morenci, Ariz., by the sudden flooding of Chase Creek.
— Seven thousand flood victims in Alexander County, Ill., are homeless and short of food; relief supplies were ordered by Acting Governor McKinzie.
— The Italian legation at Peking, China, has begun the installation there of the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy, to communicate directly with ships in the Gulf of Pechili.
— A railway from Shanghai to Nanking, China, has been authorized by royal decree at Peking, to be built by an English company, and to be under British control. Five years will be the time required for its construction.
— A Geneva, Switzerland, dispatch of June 11 announced the re-election of Lady Henry Somerset to the presidency of the World's W. C. T. U., Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens being chosen vice-president at large. Mrs. Clara Parrish Wright was elected superintendent of the young woman's branch.
— As the fourth of July draws near, reports which are coming from various places indicate that the sale of toy pistols needs to be discouraged by legislation, if not altogether suppressed. In Pittsburg recently, for example, there were seven deaths from lockjaw caused by toy-pistol wounds within the space of ten days.
— A Paris dispatch dated June 12 says: “The separation of church and state in France is predicted as a result of the report made to-day by a special committee of the chamber of deputies appointed recently to investigate the relations between the two. The committee adopted, by a vote of seventeen to sixteen, a motion in favor of the denunciation of the concordat, and the separation of church and state.”
— At the session of the English Lutheran synod of the Northwest, at La Crosse, Wis., June 17, a sensation was created by the remarks of the Rev. G. H. Irabert, of Minneapolis, who called attention to the fact that a spirit of worldliness is growing in the churches of this country, and predicted the gradual downfall of Christianity unless ministers got out in the fields and worked with more vigor.
— King Peter of Servia has been formally recognized by Russia, Italy, and Austria, but the message from the Austrian sovereign practically commands punishment of the conspirators who killed King Alexander. An outbreak among the Servians is regarded as certain if the command is obeyed. It is further reported that the army is not united on the choice of a king, and a civil war may be precipitated as a result.
— The ruins of a large city have been discovered in a remote part of the State of Pueblo, Mexico, by Francisco Rodriguez, an archeologist, who has just made a report of his find to the government authorities at Mexico City. The city contains large pyramids and extensive fortifications. It is situated in the midst of a dense forest, and a large amount of excavation will be necessary to learn its true extent and importance. A commission will be appointed by the government to explore the ruins.
— Sunday evening, June 14, the town of Heppner, which is the county seat of Morrow County, Oregon, was inundated by a cloudburst which filled the gulch in which the town is situated, a great volume of water rushing down upon the town with scarcely a moment’s warning, with a force which swept away houses, trees, and even huge rocks lying in its path. So sudden was the visitation that the inhabitants had no time to escape the flood, and most of those in its pathway were drowned, or killed by contact with moving débris. It is estimated that about five hundred of the residents of the place lost their lives. The population of the town was 1,250.
— Information regarded as of great importance concerning political affairs in Colombia and their effect on the Panama Canal treaty was received at Washington from confidential agents of this government in that country, June 11. The reports of these agents indicate that if the treaty is defeated, the States of Panama and Cauca, which occupy the Isthmus of Panama, will secede, and organize an independent republic. In these two States sentiment in favor of the canal is almost unanimous, but it is feared that the opposition elsewhere in the country is so strong that the treaty will be defeated. President Marroquin is heartily in sympathy with those who desire the treaty to be ratified. He is hampered, however, by the strong sentiment that prevails outside of the Isthmus, and even among his own ministry.
— The latest trust of importance to be heard from is the farmers’ trust. Such a trust was organized at Indianapolis, Ind., not long ago, under the title of the Society of American Equity. The claimed membership of the trust is now 100,000, and the organizers express the hope that the “million mark” will be reached in two or three months. The object of the trust is of course to advance the price of farm products. The plan is to determine from the reports of crop specialists in every part of the country what is an equitable minimum price for each commodity. Once fixed, this price will be sent to all members of the society at the same time, and no member will sell for less. The directors, it is said, believe that by September the members will hold so much grain and keep it from the market that prices will have to go up. They are trying to “engineer a corner.” They mean by concerted withholding of products from trade to make an artificial scarcity, just as if there had been a drought or a failure of the crops for any other cause. One of their chief aims at this time is “dollar wheat.”
— That negro slavery has not disappeared from the continent of North America, may be believed on evidence which now comes from Mexico, where negroes are sometimes imported from the States, ostensibly for “colonization” purposes. According to a statement made in court at El Paso, Texas, by a returned negro “colonist” from Mexico, “Father” Ellis, a negro agent, induced him to go to Mexico under the impression that he was going to join a community in which all the members lived on the co-operative plan, and the proceeds of their joint work were devoted to the upbuilding of the colony. When he arrived at his destination, he was at once ordered to work on a cotton plantation, the owner being a white man. There he learned that slavery in its worst form existed in the vicinity, and members of the so-called co-operative community were human chattels, bought and sold, and compelled to do the hardest kind of labor without remuneration. Finally he made preparations, together with about fifty others, to leave the place and make his way back to the United States, but over nine years passed before the plan could be carried out.
— At the meeting of the Michigan State Board of Health, June 10, 1903, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: “Resolved, That the State Board of Health shall each year publish and transmit to boards of supervisors and local boards of health throughout the State, the scientific and common names of diseases dangerous to the public health. Such list shall contain the names of dangerous communicable diseases already existing in the State, or which in the opinion of the State Board of Health are liable to be present during the year following each publication. Diseases communicable from animals to man shall also be included in these lists. Accompanying the lists shall be brief statements of how each of the dangerous diseases is spread, and the proper steps to be taken for its restriction by local health boards and health officers at every outbreak of such a disease.”
Money Received on the Missionary Acre Fund
Alfred Anderson
$29 00
Mary Hettick
4 90
Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Thompson
2 00
Mrs. J. Lewis
3 00
H. A. Clark
3 00
Geo. Green
1 00
Loyal Serns
35
Clifford Green
1 50
Irene Roberts
20 50
Annie R. Phillips
4 50
Mr. & Mrs. J. C. Hull & family
3 00
James Nelson
18 00
Artie Taylor
2 00
Gertie M. Wissner
1 00
E. E. Quinn
2 00
Jos. N. Forbes
4 00
F. M. Barber
3 00
R. A. Wright
15 75
D. C. Harlocker
13 20
Ellistoll Warner
10 00
Mrs. N. H. Farley
2 00
Cora Wohlgehagen
1 40
W. H. Parker
1 00
Pearl V. Parker
58
Edith A. Parker
29
A. M. Dart
1 50
West Oregon Conference
1 00
J. Webb
5 00
Mrs. J. C. Miller
3 05
Belle Twining
5 00
D. J. Olsen
11 75
I. S. Jones
1 00
Mrs. O. A. Fredrickson
10 00
D. H. Hilton
1 00
Lars Hanson
10 00
M. K. Thrall
3 00
C. D. Terwilliger
18 50
Roy Beach
50
Mr. & Mrs. Sever Jacobsen
2 00
A Friend, Phenix, R. I.
5 00
Julia Husted
50
Ada Tillman
1 00
A. E. Bullock
18 00
Frank Clark
10 31
Central Union Conference
9 00
Lars Madsen
10 00
Mrs. Dinah Anderson
3 50
Laura B. Weller
13 11
Martha Bishop
1 50
Mr. & Mrs. E. Bonde
2 00
N. L. Crawford
5 00
Mrs. J. A. Howell
1 85
R. T. Fults
3 03
A sister, De Soto, Mo.
3 75
West Virginia Conference
8 30
Mrs. Fannie J. Gue
2 25
A. L. P. Mitchell
2 50
Geo. Houck
100 00
Mrs. Lizzie B. Bigelow
1 00
Mrs. G. E. Prindle
4 70
Minnesota Conference
41 93
P. W. Atkinson
15 25
Mrs. Martin C. Kierstead
35
Walter M. Kierstead
05
Fred L. Kierstead
05
Literature for Friends in Mexico
Notice!
ANY one having friends in Mexico whom they would like to have receive our literature should send their names and addresses to the writer, who will be glad to provide literature for them. Address Geo. M. Brown, Apartado 2229, Mexico City, D. F.
The Ohio Conference and Camp-Meeting
By H. H. Burkholder
THE next annual conference and camp-meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists of Ohio will be held on the beautiful grounds surrounding the Mt. Vernon Academy, Aug. 6-17, 1903.
The city of Mt. Vernon is situated near the geographical center of the State, and at the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio, and Cleveland, Akron, and Columbus Railways. This makes it a point most easy of access from all parts of the State.
We shall have tents to rent, and on account of a saving in shipping, as the conference storehouse is located here, there will be a reduction in the rental.
We expect good help from the General and Lake Union Conferences, besides the local help of the State conference.
The arrangement of the camp will be such that those desiring sunshine can locate on the lawn, while others wishing shade can pitch in the grove. The water supply will be plentiful and of the best quality.
The usual reduction of rates on the railroads is expected.
The doors of the academy will be opened to receive and entertain the aged pioneers of the cause in Ohio. A program will be arranged and a special meeting will be held for their benefit.
Special provisions will be made for young people's and children's meetings. We hope the parents will show their appreciation of these efforts by bringing the youth and children along.
No pains will be spared to make the coming camp-meeting the best of the kind ever held in the State. Let all begin now to prepare to attend. Other announcements and needed instructions will appear in the Welcome Visitor, our State paper, printed weekly at Academia, Ohio. Subscription price, 25 cents a year, in advance.
H. H. BURKHOLDER,
Conference President.
The Walla Walla Valley
By C. C. Lewis
I AM receiving so many inquiries concerning this country that it will be a saving of my time, and perhaps a favor to many others, if I give a brief description in the REVIEW, answering the questions most commonly asked.
The climate is mild—thirteen degrees above zero being the lowest point reached by the thermometer last winter. There were a few flurries of snow, but no sleighing. For a month or six weeks in November and December there was much rain and cloudy weather. Aside from this the weather was pleasant. Heavy winds are rare, and of the “chinook” variety, warm and melting away the snow. Blizzards are unknown. The days become quite hot in summer, but the nights are always cool. The climate is said to be healthful, and especially favorable to asthmatic and throat troubles. Last winter, however, we had unusual epidemics of contagious diseases common to all climates.
The soil is a deep, fertile loam. Fruit and vegetables are raised by irrigation in the greatest variety and abundance. Walla Walla valley is justly celebrated for its wheat and23alfalfa, which grow without irrigation. Far up into the foot-hills of the Blue Mountains extend the fields of green or gold, according to the season. Land is held at from one hundred to two hundred dollars an acre. Work is plentiful from March to December. Wages for a farm-hand are usually thirty dollars and board, higher in harvest. A letter of inquiry to the mayor of Walla Walla, mentioning my name, will doubtless bring you a pamphlet giving a more complete description of the country, which may be relied upon as accurate and impartial.
College Place is a pretty village of about four hundred inhabitants, nestling about Walla Walla College, about two and one-half miles from Walla Walla. Single, unfurnished rooms rent at from one dollar to two dollars a room. Cost of living is reasonable. A few small places are for sale. Address all inquiries about business matters to our business manager, Brother C. M. Christiansen, College Place, Wash.
Walla Walla College has church-school, intermediate, and training departments, fitting students for all branches of gospel work. For terms, courses of study, etc., write for a copy of our new calendar, addressing Walla Walla College, College Place, Wash. Letters requiring my personal attention may be addressed to me at the same post-office, never Walla Walla.
C. C. LEWIS, Pres. W. W. College.
Bronx, New York City, Gospel Tent
By C. H. Edwards
A LARGE canvas pavilion has been erected at the corner of Boston Avenue and 164th Street, where a series of Bible lectures will be conducted every evening, except Saturday. On Sunday services will be held at 3 P. M. Third Avenue elevated cars, all West Farms cars, and all Mount Vernon cars pass within half a block of the tent. C. H. EDWARDS.
986 Freeman St., Bronx, New York City.
Northern Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Notice!
By E. R. Williams
WORD has just been received from the Western Passenger Association that a rate will be made of one and one-third fare for the round trip to the Menominee camp-meeting, which will be held from June 25 to July 5.
We are sorry that this notice could not have been made before, but trust it will be received in time for our brethren to come to the meeting. Elders Wm. Covert, A. G. Haughey, D. T. Bourdeau, and others are expected at the meeting. We shall welcome our people from the northern part of Wisconsin, to whom rates are given by the railroads, as well as to those in the Upper Peninsula.
E. R. WILLIAMS,
Supt. Superior Mission Field.
Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Conference
THE second annual meeting of the Louisiana Conference will be held in connection with a camp-meeting near Hope Villa, La., July 23 to August 3. Those living in or near New Orleans should take the morning train out of the Mississippi and Yazoo Railroad, purchasing ticket to New River, where a hack will transport them to the grounds, which are several miles from the station; or they may take passage on the steamer “Alice,” which leaves New Orleans every Monday, for Hope Villa. Those living on the Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific Railroads may buy tickets to Donaldsville, cross the Mississippi River from thence to Burnside, where they may purchase railroad tickets to New River, a few miles away.
Family tents, comfortable quarters, and restaurant meals will be furnished at reasonable rates.
We trust that each church and company will be represented. Elder Geo. I. Butler, Prof. J. E. Tenney, and other general workers will be present. For further particulars address S. B. Horton, 305 St. Charles St., New Orleans, La.
Texas Camp-Meeting and Conference
By W. A. McCutchen
AFTER repeated efforts we have at last secured good grounds at Waco for our camp-meeting, where for two years we have wished to hold it. The only suitable location at this place has heretofore been unobtainable, but it is now under the control of a gentleman who, being friendly to us, has granted it to us, free of cost, for our camp-meeting. The ground is a good one, with ample room, shade, and water, being a grove of fifteen or twenty acres in the outskirts of the city, with good street-car facilities for reaching the same. There is a running stream of clear spring water passing through the back part of the grounds, furnishing a bountiful supply of stock water. Besides this, the water company gives us water from its pipes. In addition to ample shade for the tents and campers, there is good shade, and plenty of it, for teams that are desired to be kept on the grounds. We also expect to have good pasturage for those not wishing to keep their teams tied up.
And now to the brethren and sisters throughout the entire State I wish to say: This place is more central than any where we have ever had our camp-meeting, and we hope the attendance will be larger than ever before. It takes our meeting a little farther away from a large number of our people in northern Texas, where the meetings have been held heretofore, but carries it nearer those of central and southern Texas, and I am sure the brethren of the northern part of the State gladly make this concession. We have done all we could to get the meeting well and centrally located, and to provide every convenience, and in view of the importance of this annual gathering, particularly for this year, and our great need of the mighty outpouring of God's Spirit, may we not have a larger attendance of our brethren than has ever been seen at a Texas camp-meeting? I hope so.
More will be given later as to rates, routes, help that will be present, etc., but let all begin to plan to attend this meeting, July 29 to August 9. W. A. McCUTCHEN, President Texas Conf.
Camp-Meetings for 1903
By Editor
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Maine ................................ Sept. 3-13
New England ....................... Aug. 27 to Sept. 7
New York .......................... Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Vermont ........................... Aug. 20-30
Virginia .......................... July 31 to Aug. 10
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Berlin ................... June 18-28
Quebec ............................. August
Newfoundland ....................... September
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Wisconsin, Oshkosh ................ Aug. 12-24
Michigan (U. P.) and northern Wisconsin, Menominee, Mich. ... June 25 to July 5
North Michigan, Mancelona .......... Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Indiana, Peru ...................... July 30 to Aug. 9
Ohio, Mt. Vernon ................... Aug. 6-17
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Manitoba ........................... July 5-13
North Dakota, Carrington ........... June 23-28
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Nebraska, Grand Island ............ Sept. 3-13
Nebraska, Hot Springs, S. D. ....... June 23-30
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Tennessee River Conference, Hazel, Ky. ... July 16-27
Louisiana, Hope Villa .............. July 23 to Aug. 3
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Arkansas, Van Buren ................ July 17-27
Texas, Waco ........................ July 29 to Aug. 9
Oklahoma, El Reno ................... Aug. 13-23
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern Montana, Armington ........ June 19-28
Central Montana, Bozeman ........... Aug. 25 to Sept. 2
Eastern Montana, Billings .......... July 17-25
EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE
Sweden ............................. June 23-28
German Union, Friedensau ........... July 2-12
German Switzerland .................. July 15-19
French Switzerland .................. July 21-26
North England ....................... July 31 to Aug. 9
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Obituaries
BUTTERFIELD.—Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Pound, in Mt. Vernon, Wash., May 16, 1903, of pneumonia, Mary E. Butterfield, aged 73 years, 11 months, and 22 days. She has been for years a firm believer in the third angel's message, which she received through the preaching of Elder Joseph Bates. Two sons and five daughters are bereft of a loving mother. F. W. PHELPS.
DANFORTH.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Chatsworth Park, Cal., May 22, 1903, of bronchitis, with other complications, Mrs. A. H. Danforth. Brother and Sister Danforth accepted present truth in Iowa, in 1877, and came to California in 1878. They were the first representatives of our faith in Los Angeles County. She was faithful to her church as a member, and to her family as a wife and mother. Her husband, three daughters, and three sons mourn their loss. Burial took place at Fernando, Cal., May 24. RODERICK S. OWEN.
HUNT.—Died at Connersville, Ind., May 28, 1903, Sister Alice R. W. Hunt, aged 37 years, 10 months, and 17 days. She joined the company of believers in the Adventist faith at Connersville, in July, 1894, and became one of the charter members of the Connersville church recently organized. She was a faithful and active member of that church until her death. She leaves a husband and several children, to whom the hope is offered in Jesus of meeting her at the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. A. W. BARTLETT.
UMBERHIND.—Died suddenly at Bath, Me., June 9, 1903, of heart-disease, Randall A. Umberhind, aged 59 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Brother Umberhind was born in the spring of the memorable year 1844. His parents, believing that the coming of the Lord would take place in the fall of that year, did not name him until after the passing of the time. He early became a Christian, and thirty-six years ago began the observance of the Lord's Sabbath. He was always faithful in bearing his testimony for the truth. The Maine Conference, and the church at Bath, of which he was the elder, will sadly miss this earnest brother. A widow and two married children, together with one brother and three sisters, are left to mourn, but not without hope. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. P. F. BICKNELL.
MALCOLM.—Sister Margaret Ann Malcolm died in Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand, May 12, 1903, in her eighty-fourth year. She was reared in the Church of England, and converted in the Wesleyan Church when nineteen years old, with which she remained fifty-five years. In her long pilgrimage she proved to be “a candle lighted by the Lord,” and her children and grandchildren rose up and called her blessed. In her seventy-fourth year she, with her two unmarried daughters, resided in North Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, where the first Australian Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting was held. Here, after careful investigation, they received the last message, and from that time onward she rejoiced in its increasing light. During the ten years of walking in accordance with His commandments, she, with her daughters, traveled considerably, and in every place visited she had the joy of seeing others accept the message for these times, and with her own hand she distributed much of the message far and wide. She often said, “This light is the crowning joy of my life.” Her constant prayer was that others might share it also. She was not sick, nor in pain, but gradually failed, dying of old age. Her mind was clear to the last, and when unable to speak aloud, she still repeated with accuracy the glorious promises of God's Word. In Brightwater's quiet graveyard, in the Waimea's beautiful valley, she sleeps “till Jesus comes.” JULIA MALCOLM.
Business Notices
Brief business notices will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
FOR SALE.—Farm of 160 a. in western Oklahoma. Has a little timber on it; unlimited supply of water, and is enclosed by good fence. Near S. D. A. church. Address J. C. McReynolds, Osceola, Custer Co., O. T.
FOR SALE.—Farm of 120 a., or exchange for property near a S. D. A. college. $25 per a.; $1,000 cash; balance long time at 5 per cent. 7 mi. from Sedalia, Mo. Apple, peach, pear, plum, cherry trees, also grapes, blackberries, in abundance. About 70 a. in corn, oats, and wheat, and a small meadow; balance in pasture; plenty of wood. Two mi. from R. R. station. Send stamp for particulars to C. W. M. Reed, Beaman, Pettis Co., Mo.
WANTED.—Two or more good farm-hands to begin work at once; S. D. A. preferred; also a girl for housework. Will give good wages. Address, stating wages desired, Henry Korgan, Trumbull, Neb.
WANTED.—A man of experience to work on farm, in a family of two, near Fredericksburg, Va. Wages good. An Adventist, and single, preferred. Address Wm. Wyatt, Levells P. O., Va.
WANTED AT ONCE.—One first-class second cook; must be a man who understands restaurant work and hygienic cooking; also one girl not under 19 years of age to work in serving room. None but S. D. A. need apply. Address Hygeia Dining Room, 5759 Drexel Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Publications Wanted
N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mrs. Annie Bergman, Fergus Falls, Minn.
C. P. Fairbanks, 121 East Park St., Marquette, Mich., Signs.
Mrs. Branch Marshall, 507 Water St., Selma, Ala., Life Boat, Little Friend, tracts.
S. A. Lawrence, Bridgeport, Ala., Pacific Health Journal, Instructor, Life Boat, Little Friend.
Peter Hafenmayr, Cook and Bay Sts., Portsmouth, Va., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, and other periodicals.
W. F. Owen, Oconto, Neb., REVIEW, Signs, Good Health, Life Boat, Little Friend, and tracts.
Addresses
P. B. OSBORNE's address is Skowhegan, Me., R. F. D., 4 and 5.
Until further notice, the address of John F. Jones will be 221 King St., Wilmington, Del.
Boston
Boston, the Metropolis of New England, is commodiously situated on the Sea Shoar. ’Tis a large and well ordered Town, and hath been chosen as the meeting place of the National Educational Association in July. The Excursion Rate over the Michigan Central, The Niagara Falls Route, is open to the Publick. Delightful Side Trips. Send 2c for Boston Booklet.
For Information apply to
L. D. HEUSNER, General Western Passenger Agent, 119 Adams Street, CHICAGO.
EXCURSION TO DETROIT
Via Grand Trunk Railway System
SINGLE fare for the round trip. Going dates July 15 and 16, 1903. Return limit without deposit July 20, by deposit and payment of fifty cents extra, return limit extended until Aug. 15, 1903.
For further particulars, inquire of local agent, or write to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., Adv. Department, Chicago, Ill.
FOURTH OF JULY EXCURSION
Via Grand Trunk Railway System
SINGLE fare for the round trip between all points west of Detroit and Port Huron. Also to stations on connecting lines within a radius of 200 miles from selling station. Going dates, July 3 and 4. Return limit, July 6, 1903.
For further particulars, consult local agent, or write to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., Adv. Department, Chicago, Ill.
EXCURSION FARES TO ST. PAUL AND DULUTH Via Grand Trunk Railway System
SPECIAL low fare tickets on sale daily until Sept. 30, 1903, valid returning Oct. 31, 1903.
For further information, call on local agent, or write to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., Adv. Department, Chicago, Ill.
The Review and Herald Publishing Company
By I. H. Evans
RUMORS that the Review and Herald Publishing Company is going into liquidation, and is closing out its business, have caused the friends of the “old institution” to wonder what foundation there is to these declarations. The stockholders authorized the trustees to take such steps as are in harmony with the law under which we are incorporated, to ultimately wind up our publishing work in Battle Creek, and under the advice of the General Conference Committee create a corporation in the East to carry on our work.
This will take time. It can not be done in a day, nor a month, nor perhaps a year. Even a longer time may be necessary. The trustees do not intend to take any step hurriedly or unadvisedly. Every creditor and stockholder will be fully protected. None who have made loans to the Review and Herald need fear about their money. Generously have our many friends stood by the institution in the past. It still needs the sympathy and prayers of God's people.
It will take loans at four per cent for one year, and receive money on deposit certificates without interest. It also needs the assistance all can render by helping sell our books and publications. This latter will be a real help indeed. We have on hand about fifty thousand dollars' worth of publications, which should be marketed before the holidays. May we not have the co-operation of all our people in these times of need? A few books sold by each will aggregate a large sum.
We need your prayers. This work is not one man's, but is a part of “the one great cause.” God must lead in his work, or it will fail. The wisdom of man is not sufficient. We rely upon our people for their loyal support and hearty co-operation.
I. H. EVANS,General Manager.
Hands Across the Sea
By William Ambrose Spicer
AUSTRALIA stands for far more than its own interests, in our world-wide missionary campaign. It was discovered by the Portuguese three hundred years ago. But God's hand in history reserved it for the Anglo-Saxon race. An English-speaking commonwealth, leavened by the Protestant idea, has been planted at the very threshold of one of the darkest and most populous portions of the earth, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the island world of the Pacific. And in Australia earnest, vigorous churches have been raised up, and in a sisterhood of conferences are pressing forward in recognition of the glorious responsibilities laid upon them by their geographical position.
Our brethren in Australasia are heart and soul with us in the movement that is to carry the third angel's message to all the world in our day. Already a strong mission committee, working under the Australasian Union Conference, is directing all the operations in the island fields. Workers developed in the colonies are laboring in various groups. The whole island field is reaping the benefit of contact with the growing cause in Australia. That island continent is the true motherland of all the numerous brood of islands that dot the southern seas.
And now we have, in the July offering, an opportunity again to clasp hands across the sea with our brethren in Australasia, in token of our comradeship with them in this blessed service. The strengthening of their work means a lifting influence in all Malaysia and Polynesia.
“Like a mighty army
Moves the church of God.”
We are one body. Seas can only unite us. As the call comes to strengthen one wing of the army where special re-enforcement is needed, we may know that the whole grand plan of our Leader is being carried a step nearer to the final victory. It makes sacrifice a joy to know that every effort in faith will surely count in hastening the coming of the Lord. Some of the most thrilling incidents in the story of missions have come to us from the East Indies, and the lesser islands round about Australasia,—“pin-heads of creation,” some one has called them. In these dark little spots the gospel has triumphed over savagery, and cannibals have been won to Christ. We must press into the same regions with the last message. A strong base of operations in Australia means great things in our work among these millions. Let us lift with a will in the offering of July 4. We may give with glad hearts; for it is all for Jesus' sake, and will hasten on the message of his coming. W. A. S.
Testimonies of Conversion and Victory
By Editor
We would be glad to give frequently through the columns of the REVIEW such narratives of personal experience in forsaking error and turning to the truth as we reprint this week from our India paper, the Oriental Watchman. Our church paper ought to be filled with such testimonials to the power and grace of God. It ought to ring each week with the shout of victory. You who have been turned from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, why not let the REVIEW family hear of the good and marvelous things the Lord has done for you?
