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Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 6.

WISDOM'S COUNSEL
Earlier text: REPORT OF LABOR AMONG THE GERMAN CHURCHES

Business Notices.

BRIEF business notices and “wants” will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over four, 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.
WANTED.— Young man to work on farm. Address C. M. Thompson, Allen, Mich.
WANTED.— A man, with small family, for general farm work; one capable of taking charge of large farm. References required. Address Ezra Brackett, Allegan, Mich.
FOR SALE.— A quantity of rich, ripe olives in weak brine; also unsulphured walnuts and mountain honey. Please return honey sample cases. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
WANTED.— The name and address of every S. D. A. church-member in your town who is not taking the REVIEW. Send postal to A. J. Bourdeau, Editorial Department, REVIEW AND HERALD.
FOR SALE.— Farm of 252 acres of fine fruit land five miles west of Battle Creek, for $8,000. Adjoining land set out to fruit was sold last season for $225 per acre. For further particulars address Samuel Barr, Battle Creek, or Harrison B. McGraw, administrator, 456 Russell Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
TAILORS WANTED.— Coat maker and trousers and vest maker. Apply at once to J. M. Jones, Iola, Kan.
WANTED.— The name and address of a S. D. A. church-member who promises to carry one or more sample copies of the REVIEW to every S. D. A. in his or her town who is not a subscriber, and endeavor to induce each one to take the paper. Send postal card to A. J. Bourdeau, Editorial Department, REVIEW AND HERALD.

SPECIAL NOTICES

By William T. Knox; John J. Ireland

The Pacific Union Conference.

The first annual meeting of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to assemble in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Portland, Ore., Feb. 27, 1902, at 10 A. M. for the purpose of selecting the officers that are to serve during the ensuing biennial term, and for the transacting of such other business as may come before the meeting.
Each local Conference will be entitled to one delegate in the session of this Conference, without regard to numbers, and an additional delegate for every three hundred church-members in the Conference.
W. T. KNOX, Pres., J. J. IRELAND, Sec.

“SHALL YOUR BRETHREN GO TO WAR, AND SHALL YE SIT HERE?”

By E. A. Sutherland

This question is a significant one; for a great campaign is before us. Already the bugle call to battle has sounded. Shall your brethren go up to war while you sit still?
At a late meeting of the officers of the Lake Union Conference the needs of Emmanuel Missionary College were considered. Every man in attendance knew that God had prepared a way for the erection of the new college buildings. No one needed to suggest a plan; for the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” would bring in means in abundance from men who would not otherwise help us. Elder Daniells laid the matter before each Conference committee. If on a certain day every man, woman, and child in this Lake Union Conference should begin the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” in a very short time thousands of dollars could be at our command for the erection of buildings.
The Conference committees are enthusiastic. Each State knows its quota of books, and has promised to dispose of them. Everybody is expected to canvass. This is the campaign. This is the reason for my question, “Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?”
February 9 is the date decided upon by the Conference Committee for this effort to begin. On that date we, Seventh-day Adventists, old and young, ought to be able to shout the first notes of our jubilee song.
Last week I visited the Woodland Industrial School, at Bethel, Wis. This campaign was described to the students. I read to them extracts from the letter written about two years ago by Sister White. These are the words: “A general movement is needed, but this must begin with individual movements. Let each member of each family in each church make a determined effort to deny self. Let us have the whole-hearted co-operation of all in our ranks.”
A hush came over the school, and almost every student pledged to devote from one day to three months to the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” This was the response made by the youth. Shall fathers and mothers do less? Let us remember that a murmur now, that a word of unbelief to-day, will bring the same results as in the days when Israel stood before Kadesh-barnea. Courage then would have brought eternal victory. A faltering mind brought thirty-eight years of wandering in the wilderness. It is my opinion that we cannot afford to wander thirty-eight years. In fact, if this generation meets Christ, it is absolutely impossible to spend much time wandering.
Notice these words: “Every family that is converted is to act as God’s helping hand. Had every child for centuries in the past been trained to realize his accountability to God to do missionary work, what a change would be seen in the world to-day!” We need not spend time in regretting our own past experience, nor in lamenting because of past failures. To-day we may redeem the time for ourselves and for our children. How?—“Every morning and evening, sincere, earnest prayer should ascend from every family altar.” For what should family petitions ascend?—That fathers and mothers may unite with their children in this great campaign. It is important that all unite in this effort,—just as important as it was for Jewish fathers in Egypt to gather their children within the blood-sprinkled doors on that fatal night of the Passover.
Remember the date, February 9. Pray over it. Let it be the subject of conversation in your homes and at the daily meal. Answer the question, “Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?” E. A. Sutherland.

The Sanitarium Correspondence School.

THE Correspondence School for Nurses connected with the Sanitarium Medical Training School, will begin a new class in April. Lessons are sent weekly to students who are unable to leave home duties in order to take a regular course at one of our sanitariums. This is the fourth year this course has been carried on, and hundreds are availing themselves of it. Studies in eleven subjects are given, among which missionary work and the care and treatment of the sick are prominent.
The tuition fee is three dollars, which barely covers the cost of sending out the lessons, correcting the replies, and returning them to the pupil. The books required for this work are furnished at actual cost price. We shall organize a new class in April, which will continue one year (some finish in six months), and shall be glad to hear from all who are interested. A descriptive circular giving full particulars, also testimonials from those who have taken the course, will be sent free on application.
Address Cor. Dept. Sanitarium Training School, Battle Creek, Mich.

Christian Sabbath-Keepers’ Conference, at London, England.

By Thos. Wm. Richardson

As it is probable that many of the readers of the ADVENT REVIEW will be visiting England this spring, they may be glad of the opportunity of assisting their English brethren and other Seventh-day friends, by attending the united Conference of Christian Sabbath-keepers at Exeter Hall, London. The date has been fixed by the committee for Thursday, May 22.
The Conference will begin at 3 P. M., as last year, with the annual meeting of the Christian Sabbath-keepers’ Union, followed at 3:30 by the Conference proper, a meeting for papers and discussion. The business meeting of the Conference will be held at 6:45 P. M., to elect officers and committee to carry out next year’s Conference. A public meeting at 7:30 P. M., will bring the Conference to a close. All the meetings are open to the public.
LIEUT.-COL. THOS. WM. RICHARDSON,
President of the Conference.
31 Clarence Road, Wood Green.

Obituaries

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
BOOTHBY.— Died of membranous croup, while on a visit to Grand Rapids, Florence, infant daughter of Charles and Edith Boothby, of Bangor, Mich., aged nearly two years. She was conscious and playful nearly to the time of her death. Words of comfort were spoken at the grave by Brother B. F. Sturenian. MRS. G. SMEEMAN.
CLARKIN.— Died at the home of her daughter, in Chicago, Susan K. Clarkin, in the seventy-ninth year of her age. She accepted the truth at a tent-meeting held at Morocco, Ind., twelve years ago. As there is no church there, she spent several winters in Chicago, where she could attend the services of our own people. As the result of her influence, her daughter also accepted the truth. She was confined to her bed only a day and a half. She was taken back to her home in Indiana, and the funeral services were conducted by the Methodist minister. A large concourse testified their sympathy by attendance. L. D. SANTEE.
LITCHFIELD.— Fell asleep at Turin, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1902, of disease of the kidneys, Sister Martha A. Coats Litchfield, aged 70 years and 9 months. She was converted at the age of eighteen, under the preaching of the coming of the Lord, and, nearly twenty years ago gladly received the Third Angel’s Message, which she loved until her death. In her last sickness her sufferings were extreme, but she endured them with exemplary patience, and passed away without a struggle. She leaves a husband, and five children, all but one of whom were with her in her last hours. At her funeral, which was largely attended, the hope of the gospel was presented from Heb. 9:28. S. B. WHITNEY.
WARNER.— Polly Thayer was born July 24, 1812, in Lebanon, N. Y., and died in Spencer, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1901, aged 89 years, 4 months, 17 days. When quite young, she became a member of the Episcopal Church. She was married to Wm. H. Warner in 1841, and resided in Montville until their removal to Spencer nearly forty years ago, where her husband died in 1874; and as far as she knew, all her brothers and sisters preceded her to the grave. In the latter part of her life she accepted the Adventist faith, and was earnest in the observance of its doctrines. Through the suffering of her last days she gave abundant testimony to the power of Christ, who guided her through so many years. Grandmother Warner’s name has been familiar to this community for almost forty years, and always stood for goodness and a consistent life. The deceased was one of three pensioned widows of the War of 1812, in Ohio. JENNIE FREEMAN.

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, and others have expressed literature when it would have been cheaper to send by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mary Penewell, Dakotah, Iowa.
Mrs. M. E. Shaffer, Shawnee, O. T.
Mrs. Emma Morrill, Clarkson, O. T.
C. D. M. Williams, Box 864, Bisbee, Ariz.
J. W. Norwood, 901 E. Ninth St., Galena, Kan.
Edna Rosencrans, Mansfield, Mo., Youth's Instructor.
John S. Wightman, Arkansas City, Kan., large quantities.
Mrs. G. W. Payne, Rosebower, Tenn., Good Health, Instructor.
M. C. Guild, 629 Washington Ave., Alpena, Mich., Signs, Sentinel, Life Boat.
L. G. Moore, 613 Hillsdale St., W., Lansing, Mich., current publications in unlimited quantities.
Mary E. West, 40 N. Church St., Spartanburg, S. C., Review, Signs, Sentinel, Instructor.
Walter A. Erb, 608 So. Second St., Clarksville, Tenn., Signs, Life Boat, Review, Gospel Herald, Instructor, Little Friend, tracts.
F. J. Harris, Laurium, Mich., Professor Bell's Bible Lessons for children, Nos. 1–8; for use in a new Sabbath-school. Send post-paid.
Ida Carmichael, 1607 Howard Ave., Riverside, Cal., Life Boat, Sentinel, health literature, Sabbath tracts, tracts on Christ's second advent. Wanted especially: names and addresses of two sisters who will agree to send, postpaid, regularly, their copies of Good Health, after reading them, to the following addresses: Mrs. Frank Gyde, 451 Ninth St., Riverside, Cal.; Mrs. Kate A. Lee, Alvin, Tex.

LADIES’ GUIDE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

This book is a blessing to womankind. The chapters devoted to “The Little Girl,” “The Young Lady,” “The Wife,” and “The Mother,” are alone worth many times the price of the book, and are of sufficient importance to justify the assertion that no family should be without the book. It is practical and reliable, and gives the very latest scientific investigations of the subjects treated. All directions are so simple and the means to be employed in prescribed treatments so readily accessible, that in the majority of cases treatment can be successfully taken in the home without the aid of a physician. Many of the leading women in the country have freely expressed their appreciation of this book.
Mary A. Livermore says: “Very much of the feebleness and unwise methods of women, both as regards themselves and their daughters, is the result of ignorance. This work of Dr. Kellogg’s supplies the information which will tend to enlighten them. Thorough, scientific, practical, and clear in conception and utterance, I do not hesitate to recommend it as admirably suited to the remedy of the evils it exposes. Its author is a philanthropist, a physician, a reformer, and a man of high moral character; and it is a matter for thankfulness that he has prepared this work.”
Addie Goodrich, a prominent W. C. T. U. worker, and one who knows the needs of women in this age, says: “For years I have wished that such a work might come before the public, contributed by one fully cognizant of the subject. I can but feel that the Great Physician has led you to this work, and that it will prove a precious benefactor to the women of to-day. Ignorance is the mother of much suffering. God grant the many hours spent by the author in its preparation may bring sunshine into many lives and homes.”
Thousands of ladies who have purchased this book and followed its teachings have testified of benefits received from it. Over 60,000 volumes have been sold, and many thousands more should be sold as early as possible.
The book is fully illustrated, and substantially bound in five styles, ranging in price from $3.00 to $5.50, postpaid.
A thorough study of these health books will bring a great blessing into the homes of our people, and will qualify them for effectual service in the homes of others.
Make all orders to the State Tract Societies.

HOME HAND BOOK.

In many respects this is the most wonderful book published. It is a strictly up-to-date work on medical science, and incorporates the results of the large experience of the author, Dr. J. H. Kellogg, during twenty-five years' practice in the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where thousands of chronic invalids of all classes have been cured.
This book outlines the best methods of curing disease and preserving the health, and adapts the remedies and the treatment prescribed to the circumstances usually found in the majority of homes. The treatments of over six hundred diseases are given, and an index of symptoms enables one to discover easily the nature of his disease, a feature possessed by no other book of its kind. It is worth many times its price to any family. The world appreciates it, and our people should. The Farm and Fireside says: “Here is a complete medical library in one volume, written for the people by one who has had abundant opportunity for observation and practice, and who has gathered and condensed into this work the latest investigations of our leading medical scientists. The whole book is exceedingly well written; and although we have seen numerous works of this kind, the one in hand is worth all the rest put together. It should be in every household in the land.”
It contains 1,690 large pages, 500 engravings, and 26 full-page colored plates, besides a paper manikin; and is substantially bound in five styles ranging in price from $4.50 to $9.00, postpaid.

MAN, THE MASTERPIECE.

“MAN, THE MASTERPIECE, or Plain Truths Plainly Told about Boyhood, Youth, and Manhood,” is a volume that should be read by every youth and man.
We quote from those who occupy positions that especially qualify them to judge of the value of a book of this kind. Dr. C. F. Wilbur, Superintendent of the Institute for the Feeble Minded, Kalamazoo, Mich., says: “‘Man, the Masterpiece,’ is a very valuable addition to a kind of literature that is much needed for the proper education of young men and women. Too little attention is paid by parents to placing in the way of children as they are growing up to manhood and womanhood, many facts and truths which have a serious influence in their proper development, and too little effort is given to their being made acquainted with right living and the ways and means of avoiding the dangerous habits of youth. Dr. Kellogg has spent his life in a constant effort to cultivate the true principles of correct living, and I sincerely recommend this latest work as a most excellent book for the perusal of young people especially, who desire to live right and do right.”
Prof. J. Estabrook, A. M., D. D., Late President of the Michigan State Normal School, says: “Pardon my long delay to acknowledge the receipt of your book, ‘Man, the Masterpiece.’ Since the close of the term I have had leisure for a careful examination. I regard it as one of the most valuable and most-needed books that has come to my notice. You have treated the most delicate subjects in the most clear and delicate manner. The book ought to be in every house, and read and carefully studied by every parent and teacher. You strike at the very root of the greatest social and moral evils of the age. Multitudes will rise up and call you blessed for the light you have thrown upon subjects of which the masses know but very little. I hope you will be abundantly rewarded for your earnest, faithful, and most valuable work.”
The book contains 600 octavo pages, with 30 full-page colored plates, and a dissected plate of the human body, showing the position of each important organ of the body, and its relation to all other organs.
Bound in five substantial bindings. Prices range from $3.00 to $5.50, postpaid.

THE ART OF MASSAGE, Its Physiological Effects and Therapeutic Applications.

By John Harvey Kellogg

BY J. H. KELLOGG, M. D.
A COMPLETE and systematic treatise on Massage, especially one adapted for students of the art, has long been needed.
Concise directions are given for more than forty manipulations. Fifty pages are devoted to the several procedures of Massage, which are considered under seven heads; namely, TOUCH, STROKING, FRICTION, KNEADING, VIBRATION, PERCUSSION, and JOINT MOVEMENTS. Under these several different heads, more than forty different forms of manipulations are described, care being taken to eliminate all procedures which are of no real practical value.
Every procedure illustrated by half-tone engravings from original photographs. Forty-five plates; one hundred and thirty-nine cuts; ten beautiful colored anatomical plates.
The only complete, practical, and fully illustrated treatise on the subject.
Half-leather binding, postpaid......$3 00
Cloth binding, postpaid...... 2 25

A CHART OF THE WEEK.

By Editor

A SPLENDID display in chart form showing the unchanged order of the days and the true position of the Sabbath, as proved by the combined testimony of 159 ancient and modern languages.
This chart is substantially mounted on rollers, and is printed on paper on cloth, in the original languages. It is eighteen inches wide and seven feet long. It is an excellent arrangement to have in presenting the Sabbath question. The regular original price of the chart is $1.25, but for a short time we will send it, postpaid, for 45 cts.

THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN.

By A. H. Douglass

I HAVE looked over the little book, “The House We Live In,” and believe it presents in an interesting and impressive manner a great deal of information that every child should have.
I think it especially valuable for the suggestions it gives of methods of instructing children; not only in the subject-matter of the book, but in all things, children delight in symbolism, and to learn about the human body in terms of a dwelling, not only attracts their attention, but arouses their thoughts and imaginations, and fixes in memory the facts taught.
I take pleasure in recommending this book to all mothers who are willing to give some of their time and care to the training of their children, and especially do I recommend it to primary teachers.
A. H. DOUGLASS, Supt. of Logansport (Ind.) High School.

THE MARVEL OF NATIONS.

In Swedish, Danish, and German.

ALTHOUGH this excellent book has been published in the English language for a number of years, and has accomplished a wonderful work, it has never been printed in any of the foreign tongues until the present time. It is now in type in the Danish and Swedish languages, and the translation into the German will be completed in a few weeks.
The time appointed for its completion in all three of the languages is MAY 1, 1902. It will be issued simultaneously in the three languages. Agents can take orders now for delivery after May 1.
This is a book that tends to revive the old-time energy in the canvassing work. It is an easy book to sell; and that it contains the message for this time is evident from its power to stimulate believers, and to attract the attention of the people. It accomplishes good wherever it has been placed in the English language, and there is no question but that it will be the means of bringing the message to thousands of our foreign neighbors.
The prices in the foreign languages are the same as the English prices,— $1.25 for the plain edges, and $1.50 for the gilt edges.
Place all orders with the State Tract Societies.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

By O. W. Ruggles; R. N. R. Wheeler

“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected Nov. 3, 1901.

EAST

Station 8 1Night Express 12 1Detroit Accom. 6 2Mail & Express 10 1N. Y. & Bos. Spl. 14 1Eastern Express 4 1N. Y. St. Exp. 36 1Atlantic Express
Chicago pm 9.35 am 6.45 am 10.30 pm 3.00 pm 5.90 pm 11.30
Michigan City 11.25 8.43 pm 12.08 4.39 pm 7.00 pm 1.20
Niles am 12.40 10.15 1.00 5.35 7.55 2.90
Kalamazoo 2.10 7.30 pm 12.10 2.08 6.45 9.05 4.10
Battle Creek 3.00 8.10 1.00 2.42 7.17 9.37 5.00
Marshall 3.33 8.38 1.30 3.09 7.43 5.30
Albion 3.55 9.00 1.50 3.30 8.03 5.52
Jackson 4.50 10.00 2.35 4.05 8.40 10.50 6.40
Ann Arbor 5.55 11.10 3.47 4.58 9.30 11.40 7.45
Detroit 7.15 pm 12.25 5.30 6.00 10.00 am 12.40 9.15
Falls View pm 5.09
Susp. Bridge 5.32
Niagara Falls 5.40
Buffalo am 12.20 am 7.00 7.50 6.30
Rochester 1.15 9.00 10.00 8.40
Syracuse 9.15 10.55 12.15 10.45
Albany pm 1.30 2.30 4.50 am 7.50
New York pm 1.30 6.00 8.45
Springfield 12.15 6.10 9.32 6.05
Boston 3.00 9.00 11.30 8.46

WEST

Station 7 1Night Express 17–21 1N. Y. Bos. Exp. 5 2Mail & Express 3 1Fast Mail 23 1West'n Express 13 1Kalam. Accom. 37 1Pacific Express
Boston pm 2.00 pm 4.15 pm 6.00
New York 4.00 am 8.45 am 3.15
Syracuse 11.30 am 2.00 10.20
Rochester am 1.20 4.05 pm 12.10
Buffalo 3.20 pm 6.25 5.20 3.60
Niagara Falls 6.02 4.32
Susp. Bridge 6.31 5.07
Falls View 6.31 5.07
Detroit pm 8.20 8.25 am 7.15 am 12.50 pm 12.40 pm 4.35 11.15
Ann Arbor 9.38 9.23 8.40 1.20 1.38 5.45 12.20
Jackson 11.20 10.20 11.06 2.20 2.40 7.25 1.55
Battle Creek am 12.40 11.34 12.25 3.30 3.50 9.00 3.00
Kalamazoo 1.40 pm 12.10 1.20 4.05 4.28 10.00 3.40
Niles 3.25 1.22 3.25 5.28 6.05 5.08
Michigan City 4.47 2.20 4.45 6.22 7.05 6.06
Chicago 6.55 4.00 6.40 7.55 8.55 7.50
Daily. Daily except Sunday. Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.30 p. m. daily except Sunday. O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago. R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

GRAND TRUNK R'Y SYSTEM.

EAST 8 4 6 2 10 76
Chicago AM 11.05 PM 3.02 PM 8.15 AM 7.32
Valparaiso PM 12.09 4.53 10.25 10.05
South Bend 2.08 6.15 11.52 11.35 AM 7.10
Battle Creek 4.14 8.15 AM 2.00 AM 7.00 PM 2.00 PM 5.00
3.45
Lansing 5.20 9.28 3.28 8.30 5.25
Durand 6.00 10.15 4.25 9.30 6.30
Saginaw 8.10 11.05 8.10
Bay City 8.45 11.40 8.45
Detroit 8.00 7.30 11.50 9.20
Flint 10.40 4.54 10.21 7.28
Port Huron 9.40 AM 12.30 7.00 PM 12.20 9.30
London AM 12.32 3.27 10.10
Hamilton 2.10 5.24 PM 12.25
Susp. Bridge 3.40 7.05 1.55 8.50 AM 3.40
Buffalo 8.20 3.05 10.00 6.15
Philadelphia PM 3.47 PM 7.20 AM 6.55 AM 8.56 PM 3.47
New York AM 4.33 8.23 8.25 9.34 4.33
Toronto AM 7.40 PM 1.30 PM 7.40
Montreal PM 7.00 AM 7.30
Boston AM 8.15 PM 7.05
Portland 8.00 6.30
WEST 3 8 7 9 11 75
Portland AM 8.15 PM 6.00 AM 10.30
Boston 11.30 7.30
Montreal PM 10.30 AM 9.00 AM 8.30
Toronto AM 7.40 PM 1.00 PM 5.25 AM 8.30
New York PM 6.10 8.00 PM 10.00
Philadelphia 7.00 8.45
Buffalo AM 6.15 AM 8.00 PM 9.30
Susp. Bridge 7.00 PM 2.00 11.15
Hamilton 8.45
London 11.05
Port Huron PM 12.00 9.00 AM 3.20 AM 6.50 PM 3.50
Flint PM 1.35 11.07 4.54 8.45 5.54
Bay City 7.25 4.00
Saginaw 8.00 4.25
Detroit AM 11.30 10.00 7.00 4.10
Durand PM 2.02 AM 12.05 5.22 9.30 6.30
Lansing 2.45 12.57 6.05 10.50 7.50
Battle Creek 3.50 2.17 7.10 PM 12.15 9.10 AM 7.30
South Bend 5.35 4.08 8.55 2.39 PM 5.20
Valparaiso 6.51 5.25 10.05 3.57
Chicago 8.45 7.20 11.55 6.18
Nos. 2-4-6-8 Daily. Nos. 10-76 Daily except Sunday. Nos. 3-5-7 Daily. Nos. 9-11-75 Daily except Sunday.
G. W. YAUX, A. G. P. & T. A. Chicago.
W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent Battle Creek.

Personal Responsibility in the Sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.”

By Arthur G. Daniells

One of the main reasons why the plan the Lord has given us for removing the debts of our schools by the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” has not been carried out more fully, is because we as a people have not been made to feel the personal responsibility that rests upon us. When the Lord revealed this plan, and called upon His people to take this means for removing our school debts, there was a call for a definite, forward movement. It meant that all our people in America must sell, on an average, six books per member in order to remove the entire indebtedness of our schools. If every member had fully sensed his personal responsibility to sell six books, and had gone at it earnestly and perseveringly, the entire quota would have been sold inside of two months, and the great burden of debt would have been removed from all our schools.
This was not done. Somebody failed to appreciate his personal responsibility. Perhaps you, dear reader, did not realize this as keenly as you should, nor as you may at the present time. Had you sensed this, very likely you would have made a much more earnest and determined effort to carry out this plan than you did. Now that you have been thoroughly aroused, you feel that you must surely do your part in this blessed work. Perhaps you have taken your quota, with a determination that you will sell them. I sincerely pray that every believer in the Third Angel’s Message will in some way be aroused to a sense of his personal responsibility, and will be unable to rest until that responsibility is discharged.
But there are some whose responsibilities are much greater than the mere selling of a certain number of books. When they have sold their quota, it devolves upon them to help their brother sell his. This is certainly true of Conference presidents, committeemen, ministers, Bible workers, and church elders and deacons. In a certain sense the responsibility of selling 300,000 copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons” rests upon the General Conference Committee. Not that the members of the committee are to go out and sell this number personally. This they cannot do; but they are so to place this divine plan before Union and State Conference Committees, all the ministers, church officers, and the whole people that every one will be made to sense his personal obligations in this. It is God’s work. The General Conference Committee have accepted the highest responsibilities of the denomination, to see that every feature of the Lord’s work is carried out by those to whom the work pertains. In this sense they are responsible for the sale of 300,000 copies. If the committee fail through unbelief, indifference or incapacity to carry this work through successfully, they fail to accomplish that for which they have been selected by the Lord and His people, and it would only be reasonable for them to step aside, and let the work fall into the hands of men who will see that it is carried through.
Passing from the General Conference, the same principle is applicable to Union and State Conferences, ministers, and church officers. Each Union Conference Committee is responsible for the sale of a certain number of books per member for its entire membership. And the same is true of each State Conference Committee. Each committeeman can sell his quota, and perhaps a few more; but they cannot stop there: they must see that the Conference employees, the church officers, and the brethren and sisters do their part of the work. The minister can sell his quota, and many more; but his duty is not done with this: he must help every church officer within the sphere of his influence to realize that he has a work to do for the members of his flock. He must also help every church-member to sense the individual responsibility resting upon him, and must place this matter so clearly and wisely before all that they will be led to do what they see to be duty.
To me it seems as clear as can be that when the Conference Committees, the ministers, and other Conference laborers, and the church officers sense the direct personal responsibility resting upon them in this matter, it will be very easy for them to induce the masses of our people to take hold of this work with a will; and when this is done, it will not be long until the 300,000 copies of the book will be sold, and the last debt removed from our schools.
Again I state that the reason why this work has not been done before this is because very few have sensed the personal responsibility resting upon them. The Lord now calls upon us to arouse. If there is a Conference president or a member of a Conference Committee, or a Conference laborer, or a church officer who cannot be made to sense his responsibility, he is certainly unworthy of the place he holds, and ought to step out and let some one who can be aroused to the meaning of this call from the Lord take his place. And still further, any man who holds any of these important offices, and who sees his responsibility, but shirks it from indifference or fear, or because the work is unpleasant, is unworthy of the position he occupies, and ought to let another more worthy, and who will do the work, be placed in charge.
This is the way we reason about other things. The man who applies for the position of commander of a great ship must not only realize the greatness of the responsibility, and be willing to do all in his power to command the vessel, but he must command it. He must not only manage it on a calm sea, but in the howling storm and raging billows. Nothing short of that will meet the mind of those who risk their lives in his care.
Looked at from this broad standpoint, the present campaign in behalf of the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” in some of our States is full of meaning. We all acknowledge that the Lord calls us to do this work, and I rejoice to see so many of the Conference officers responding to this call so cheerfully. They are making earnest efforts to carry this work through. I believe that success will crown their efforts. The ministers, and church officers upon whom they rely for co-operation, will do their duty, if every one being paid by the tithes will persevere in this good work, a great wave of earnestness and activity will be seen, and the task will be speedily accomplished.
For this glorious result let all believers in the message earnestly pray. A. G. DANIELLS

Brother S. Marchisio Returns to Mexico

BROTHER S. MARCHISIO, formerly a laborer in Mexico, has returned to that field from Kansas.

Southwestern Union Conference

ELDER C. McREYNOLDS announces that the Southwestern Union Conference will be held April 16–26, 1902. The place of meeting will be announced later.

Sell Six Copies of Christ’s Object Lessons

If each Seventh-day Adventist had sold six copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” the number of books sold would have been sufficient to wipe out the school debts. How many of your six copies have you sold?

Christ’s Object Lessons Campaign

An interesting article from Prof. E. A. Sutherland, concerning the opening of the great campaign for the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” in the Lake Union Conference, was received too late for insertion in this issue. It will appear in our next. In the meantime be sure to read Elder A. G. Daniells’s two articles in this number.

Death of Dr. John Eccles

THE Mission Board has received the sad news that Dr. John Eccles, whose illness has been mentioned before, died on Sabbath evening, January 18, in Bocas del Toro, Colombia, South America. Dr. Eccles and wife have labored as self-supporting missionaries on St. Andrews Island, off the Colombian coast. Our sympathies are with Sister Eccles in this heavy bereavement.

Selling Christ’s Object Lessons for School Relief

Two meetings were held in this place, Sabbath, the 8th inst., in behalf of the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” to relieve our schools. The Battle Creek church-members are thoroughly aroused over the matter, and most of them pledged themselves to sell four or more copies of the book. Many agreed to take enough more to make up for those too poor to take four copies. Let all put their shoulders to the wheel, and thus speedily clear the King’s highway of these hindering school debts.

A Good Idea

The use of the press for the circulation of our literature is a good idea—the better if it is not a paper of our own. Brother Eugene Leland has secured space in two Petrolia, Ontario, papers,—the Advertiser and the Topic—for sketches of our position on the law and the Sabbath.

Special Course for Evangelistic Canvassers

EMMANUEL MISSIONARY COLLEGE will give a special course of instruction for all intending to become evangelistic canvassers, beginning Tuesday, the 18th inst. Tuition will be free, and living expenses light. Excellent and experienced teachers will be in charge. For further information, address Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich.

Eleven New Subscriptions

BROTHER J. L. HUMBERT, of Pueblo, Colo., has evidently made excellent use of the sample copies of the REVIEW recently sent him, for we are just in receipt of a letter from him inclosing a money order for eleven new subscriptions. He says: “Our people here are poor. They all appreciate the REVIEW. Doubtless those who can will renew when their time is out. I shall do what I can to have them. May be able to get some more names also.” Who will be the next to do something of this kind? Sample copies free.
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