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Strength in Unity

By F. G.

THE high standard necessary in our school work can be reached only by a united effort on the part of all. We may have a perfect organization, well-educated and competent teachers, perfect appointments for our schoolrooms, and yet be weak and ineffective in our work as a whole. This weakness may be caused by lack of the hearty support which is demanded from all our people. God's work ever demands from each believer the same spirit which Moses had at the time when the Lord, in his righteous wrath, threatened to destroy Israel and make of Moses a great nation. But Moses so loved the people and the work of God that he exclaimed: “O, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.” When we have this spirit, we shall not withdraw from any feature of the work which the Lord would perform in the earth because of any failures in that work, even though the failures, as is generally the case, are due directly to those in charge of the work; but, on the other hand, we shall prove true,—the truer as the Lord's work is in the greater danger. It may be necessary to make changes both in managers and in plans, but never should the work be deserted.

These general principles apply to no feature of the Lord's work more strongly than they do to our school work at this time, when from weakness it is endeavoring to rise to strength. It will pass without saying that many of our teachers are not so strong as they should be, but criticizing their mistakes will never make them stronger. These weaknesses, most certainly, should be pointed out, but in the tenderest and most careful manner, and personally to the teacher. They never should be mentioned to fellow patrons of the school or members of the church who can not help the situation.

A teacher has intrusted to him a most delicate and precious work. God has placed his work in the church: “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.” Thus, it will be seen, that the teacher should be respected for his very work's sake. The manner in which a teacher's work is sometimes esteemed is illustrated by an incident which occurred in New York City recently. A wealthy man gave a very elaborate dinner in honor of the designer of a new yacht which he had built. Many chosen guests were at his table, but the teacher of his children was at a table with the servants in the kitchen,—the designer of his yacht—a lifeless plaything—sumptuously dined and honored; the designer of the character of his children ignored, and perhaps forgotten!

By what I am saying I would not wish to attach an undue importance to the work of the teacher; but unless the sacredness and far-reaching consequences of his work are properly appreciated, and he justly esteemed for them, it is impossible to extend the hearty sympathy and support due him in his work, which is often exceedingly arduous. Let us, then, unite to make the education of our children a perfect success. Our advance lies along no other line than one of unity. F. G.

The Fall Term at Union College

By C. C. LEWIS

THE fall term at Union College was a successful one, marked by quiet, earnest work on the part of the students. The enrolment was two hundred and seventy-nine. The health of students and teachers has been generally good. There have been a few cases among the students of a mild fever, but all have returned to their work, except one, who is now recovering. The sickness has been mild and short, and there are no new cases.

The faculty have bestowed a great deal of thought upon the religious work of the school. An effort has been made to organize the Christian workers into small bands for service, in harmony with the recommendation of the Young People’s convention held last spring. Bands have been formed among the German and the Scandinavian students, three bands for periodical work, one each for Dorcas work, branch Sabbath-schools, Young People’s work, ministerial work, Bible and tract work, and work for other schools. A lively interest has been manifested in the periodical campaign, 35

sets of the Signs being taken, 355 copies of the Infidel number of the Life Boat, and 160 sets of the Southern Watchman. November 14 several companies of students went to the city and into the surrounding country, and sold many copies of the papers. The Sabbath-school band has organized four family schools in neglected portions of the city, and they report a remarkable interest.

The meetings are so arranged as to accomplish the most good, and yet not interfere with the studies. Sabbath forenoon we have Sabbath-school and public service. In the afternoon the missionary bands meet. Wednesday, just after chapel, about ten prayer-meetings are held for a half-hour. These are attended by a majority of the students and teachers. Friday evenings, meetings are held in the college for the German, the Scandinavian, and the outside students. In the homes, services, including frequent social meetings, are held at the going down of the sun, and later the Sabbath-school lesson is studied in small companies. The organization seems to be good. We are praying, and we invite all to join us in praying, that the Spirit of the Lord may breathe upon it, and make it a living and powerful means for the salvation of souls and the training of workers for the harvest-field.

C. C. LEWIS.

Correction

By Anna E. Rambo

In the report of receipts and disbursements of the New Jersey Tract Society, printed December 15, an error in copying represented profit on merchandise sales as $61.36. It should have been $61.39. In disbursements, for the same cause, there was omitted the item of loss on periodicals, $19.93. The corrected total is $703.21.

ANNA E. RAMBO, Treasurer.

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

L. A. HOOPES, Chairman;

FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

Current Mention

— A serious uprising in the island of Samar, one of the Philippine Group, is reported by General Corbin.

— Seven men were suffocated in a soft clay mine near Bolivar, Pa., December 22. The victims were Austrians.

— Ten men of the crews of some push boats on Beaver River, Kentucky, lost their lives by drinking wood-alcohol, a jug of which was among some freight that was being taken down the river.

— Nine persons were killed in a hotel in Minneapolis, Minn., by the falling of a wall of an adjoining building which had been partially destroyed by fire a few days before. The falling brick crashed through the roof of the hotel.

— Dispatches from Panama report a severe earthquake, December 20, at David, a town 180 miles from Panama. Houses were demolished, and the people were panic stricken. The first shock was followed by nine others. The inhabitants whose homes were destroyed are living in the streets. No lives were lost.

— News received from Port Arthur, December 25, reported the capture of Kekwan fort by the Japanese forces, after stubborn fighting, the defenders mostly dying at their posts. Two Russian generals in Port Arthur are reported to have been killed and one wounded in the fighting for the possession of 203 meter hill.

— A dispatch from St. Johns, Newfoundland, says, under date of December 19: “Several schooners belonging on this island, and which were driven off by the gale of December 11, are still unreported. Their crews total sixty men. It is feared they have been lost.” Disasters are reported all along the New England coast.

— The worst period of fogs known in many years is reported from England. A dispatch from London says, under date of December 22: “A dismal pall is spread over the greater part of the kingdom, causing enormous business losses, and threatening to deprive thousands of their Christmas parcels. Statisticians estimate that the losses in a single day of such a fog in London alone amount to fully $3,000,000.”

— The Atlantic liner “Kroonland,” which arrived at New York from Antwerp, December 21, reports being struck by a tidal wave December 12, which brought her to a standstill, and deluged her decks with water. Officers of the “Kroonland” say that when the wave struck the vessel, the water dashed higher than her funnels, and swept the hurricane-deck. Several persons were injured. The voyage is described as the worst the vessel ever experienced.

— A “Bureau of American Republics” has been established at Washington, and a report of work for the year ending June 30, 1904, has just been made by Secretary Hay. Among other things the Bureau has made an effort to establish an international sanitary bureau, and Chile, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Salvador, Venezuela, and the United States have contributed their first annual quotas to this end. Costa Rica and Nicaragua have signified their intention to participate. Hayti and the Argentine Republic will not become parties to it.

— Another uprising is threatened in Santo Domingo, and there is friction between that country and Hayti, owing to the failure of the former to expel some Haytian revolutionists who had taken refuge in Santo Domingo. Diplomatic relations between the two countries have been suspended.

— Evidence compiled by the New York Child Labor Committee, and recently laid before Governor-Elect Higgins, shows that the evil of child labor is astonishingly prevalent in that State. In Syracuse, for example, children of only four years were found working in factories beside their mothers, from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. In one factory three hundred children under fourteen years of age were found at work.

— A revolutionary outbreak of serious dimensions took place at Moscow, Russia, lasting several hours. About 5,000 persons participated in the rioting, and many persons were injured in the fighting which resulted from the efforts of the police to disperse the mob. A prominent feature of the demonstration was the distribution of a violent proclamation of the Social Democratic Labor Party, describing the whole country as being in a state of mourning and tears for the sacrifice of life in the Far East for the aggrandizement of the Romanoffs, picturing the government as driving the people to starvation, and calling upon workingmen to enter ceaselessly upon a war for overthrowing the tyrants.

— The effort to modify the autocratic government of Russia, represented in the recent memorial of the zemstvos to the czar, seems likely to be unproductive of any immediate gain in the direction of liberal government, though the reports on this point are conflicting. A St. Petersburg dispatch states that the czar has prepared a reply antagonistic to the memorial on every essential point. “It begins with the declaration that the czar is immovably resolved to hand his full powers over to his son, unimpaired. The source of all laws, he says, must remain with him. The war has disclosed defects in the administration which he will seek to rectify. Subsequent declarations in the manifesto bear upon the internal government of the empire, upon which subject the czar says his only aim is the happiness of his people. He expresses the hope that exceptional administrative measures will be unnecessary. It is anticipated that the discontent that will arise upon the issue of the manifesto will end in the withdrawal of Prince Mirsky from the ministry of the interior, and the return of M. de Witte to the place he held before he was ousted by the machinations of his enemies.” It is announced from St. Petersburg by the Associated Press that Russia is on the eve of abolishing the passport system, though the abolition will apply at first only to the Russian people, and not to foreigners. Under the present system no peasant can leave a commune without an indorsed passport.

A School in the Country

By Mrs. Eunice Briggs

THE school was in the country. The house was small, but grand old trees grew on all sides of it, and the ground was covered with soft green grass.

Not far away was a beautiful stream of water, where the teacher and the children would go to study nature. There they studied water in its liquid and solid conditions. Springs were found along its banks, and these were studied in connection with Ps. 104:10.

In the dark, cool, shady places of the stream, little minnows were watched, and an old frog was occasionally seen to go “plunk” into the water. Another time some crawfish were caught and brought to the house, where they were carefully observed for a few days, and then taken back to their home in the stream.

After this, in their Bible study, the children came to the story of the flood and the building of the ark. That they might get some idea of the size of the ark, they first found its dimensions in feet, then trees were climbed until they reached the height of the ark. The next thing they did was to measure and lay out a rectangle just the size of the ark. This took them outside the school ground into the woods, where at another time they had wandered along a little ravine, studying the roots and vines they found there.

In the latter part of the spring some low swampy land had been cleared, and planted to cucumbers. When these were being gathered, one day the teacher brought a leaf to the drawing class, and before it was drawn, guesses were made as to what kind of leaf it was. Finally some one announced that it was a cucumber leaf. However, such a close study was made of the leaf, while drawing it, that they were sure of that leaf ever after.

MRS. EUNICE BRIGGS.

Obituaries

By G. A. Wessels; C. J. Rausch; M. J. Crawford; W. D. Paremusey; H. C. J. Woller; H. R. Kidder; F. M. Burg; M. B. Vankirk

GAVETT.—Died at St. Charles Hospital, Aurora, Ill., Nov. 25, 1904, Mrs. Sarah Gavett, aged 51 years and 9 days. Sister Gavett united with the Piano (Ill.) Seventh-day Adventist church in 1894, and remained faithful to the end. She leaves four sons and one daughter. Words of exhortation were spoken by the writer, from Amos 4:12. G. A. WESSELS.

HILLS.—Died at Nelson, Mont., Sept. 28, 1904, of la grippe, Elieur Hills, aged 78 years and 11 months. His mind was remarkably clear until the last, and he expressed his hope of rising at the call of Christ, in the first resurrection. His wife, Sister M. J. Hills, with whom he had traveled life's journey for forty years, survives him. Many friends were present at the funeral service. C. J. RAUSCH.

SHANK.—Died in Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 25, 1904, of a complication of diseases, my mother, Mrs. R. A. Shank, aged 71 years. Early in life she united with the Presbyterian Church. I think it was about 1878 when she accepted Bible truth as taught by Seventh-day Adventists. She was one of the first members of the church at Dunkirk, Ontario, and was a faithful and zealous worker for the cause of Christ, and a firm believer in his soon coming. It was my privilege to have mother with me the last five months of her life. The blessed hope was her support in her last sickness. M. J. CRAWFORD.

MORFORD.—Died at her home in Port Orange, Fla., Nov. 15, 1904, after a short illness, Jane Morford, wife of Joseph Morford, aged 55 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Sister Morford accepted present truth about seventeen years ago. She was quiet and unassuming, a kind, devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor, and was ever ready to lend a helping hand. A husband, two sons, and two daughters mourn their loss.

WILBUR.—Died at the home of his parents, William S. and Ceddie E. Wilbur, at Dimondale, Mich., Oct. 16, 1904, of epilepsy, resulting from an attack of spinal meningitis, Vern W. Wilbur, aged 12 years, 3 months, and 9 days. Since two years of age Vern has been an invalid and a great sufferer. While Brother and Sister Wilbur mourn the loss of their first-born, yet they sorrow not as others who have no hope. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. W. D. PAREMUSEY.

TRAVIS.—Died in Seattle, Wash., Nov. 17, 1904, Jane Elizabeth Travis, aged 74 years and 6 months. Twenty years ago she united with the Seventh-day Adventists, and since that time lived a life of unswerving fidelity to the cause of God. She was ever ministering to the necessities of others, and will be sadly missed by all who knew her. Six children survive her, and two have been laid to rest. The writer gave a short funeral discourse from those precious words of 2 Cor. 1:3, 4. H. C. J. WOLLER.

KIDDER.—Died at the home of her son, in Northfield, Va., Oct. 9, 1904, my beloved mother, Nancy E. Kidder, aged 62 years and 11 months. She suffered for several years from valvular heart-disease, and September 19 a stroke of paralysis deprived her of speech and the use of one side. She lingered for seventeen days, at times suffering greatly. Mother was a sincere Christian. She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church for over thirty years. A husband, two daughters, and one son are left to mourn their loss, yet we know it is well with her. Funeral services were conducted by Elder T. H. Purdon, from her home in Brookfield. H. R. KIDDER.

TRAIN.—Died at Monteville, Ore., Nov. 21, 1904, of cancer of the stomach, Sister Elvira C. Train, aged 70 years, 2 months, and 25 days. Sister Train was a native of New York. Her parents were strict members of the Methodist church, and she, with them, affiliated with that denomination until about twenty-five years ago, when she accepted the truths for this time, living a consistent and devoted life as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church till she fell asleep to await the consummation of the hope she cherished so long. Of five children, three, a son and two daughters, together with her husband, survive her. Her sweet influence will live after her, as an incentive to a life of service for God. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by the writer. F. M. BURG.

NELSON.—Died at the home of his son, Dr. C. P. Nelson, of Westbrook, Minn., Oct. 11, 1904, Brother C. Nelson, aged 75 years, 6 months, and 17 days. Brother Nelson will be remembered as one of the early pioneers of the message in this State. He was for a number of years a minister in the Scandinavian work. The immediate reason of his death was complications that set in shortly after a surgical operation performed by Dr. Mayo at Rochester. Brother Nelson was a faithful Adventist to his last moments. His faith and trust in the Lord were firm to the end. Two sons and five daughters, with his faithful companion, are left to mourn his death. They sorrow not as those without comfort; for they have faith in God. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church in Westbrook, Sabbath afternoon, October 22. Words of comfort were drawn from 2 Tim. 4:7, 8. The writer was assisted in the services by the resident Baptist pastor, and also by the pastor of the Swedish Baptist church, which is near Westbrook. We laid Brother Nelson to rest with confidence in his having a part in the first resurrection. M. B. VANKIRK.

BATES.—Died at his home in Rush Township, I., Davison Co., Ill., Nov. 28, 1904, of poor health, John Holbrook Bates, aged 70 years, 9 months, and 9 days. He was ten years old at the time of the 1st movement. His father, being in the message at that time, helped to proclaim it. At thirteen years of age he, with his parents, moved to this State, where he has since lived. A little later they received the third angel's message. For thirty-eight years his home has been a home for ministers, and for aged and infirm persons and orphans. At the time of his death he was elder of the church and teacher in the Sabbath-school, which position he had held for many years. He leaves a devoted companion, two foster sons and their families, one brother, one sister, and many friends to mourn the loss of a useful and precious life. Not being able to obtain a minister of our faith, Rev. J. B. Rife officiated at the funeral, taking for his text Job 19:25, 26, and 1 Cor. 15:51, reading for a lesson the twenty-third Psalm. A. FRIEND.

QUANTEAU.—Died in Boulder, Colo., Dec. 3, 1904, Brother W. W. Quanteau, in the thirtieth year of his age. He was born in Grundy County, Ill., Nov. 7, 1875, and was united in marriage, in Calcutta, India, to Miss Martha May Taylor, formerly of New York, Aug. 26, 1894. He was converted at an early age, and joined the Baptist Church. Later he accepted the faith of the third angel's message, and spent three years and a half in Battle Creek College. From this school he went to India, where he spent six years in faithful labor. On account of failing health he returned to America, and went to Boulder, Colo., with the hope of regaining his health. He died with a bright hope. He leaves a wife and daughter, a stepmother, three brothers, and two sisters to mourn their loss. Another faithful laborer has fallen. Volunteers will close up the ranks, and the work will go forward. The friends who part from him in sadness will mourn but a little while until He who shall come will come, and the sleeping saints will awake to immortality. The remains were removed to his home in Paynes, Me., for interment. The funeral was conducted by the writer in the Baptist church in Paynes, and was well attended. R. C. PORTER.

MITCHELL.—Our beloved brother, Elder H. M. Mitchell, after suffering for several months with a complication of diseases, died at his home in Academia, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1904. Brother Mitchell was born near Corsica, Ohio, March 26, 1848. He joined the M. E. Church in his youth, and under the labors of Elders Burrill and Mann, embraced the truths of the third angel's message in the winter of 1878. For years Brother Mitchell was closely associated with the work of the message, as minister, and treasurer of the General Conference. He leaves a son and a daughter to mourn his death, but not as those who have no hope. His death occurred during the session of the Young People's convention, and the funeral was held in the academy chapel. His brothers in the ministry were his pall-bearers, and a number of other Ohio workers were present. A quartet sang appropriate hymns, and the writer, assisted by Elders Burkholder and Thompson, and others, conducted the funeral services. It was a solemn time, and a stirring call was given to the young to fill the ranks as comrades fall off their places. One brother, D. K. Mitchell, and two sisters are left of a family of ten children to mourn the brother's death. These sad occurrences only stimulate us to more energetic and persevering effort, and cause us more earnestly to pray, “Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.” Words of comfort were spoken from Rom. 8:22, 23, and Rev. 14:13. D. F. LINDSEY.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Chas. S. Potts

Notice!

Notice is hereby given that the fourth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Publishing Association will be held at the offices of the association, Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1905, at 10 A. M., to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as is connected with the association.

Chas. S. Potts, Secretary.

Wanted

Four young ladies between the ages of twenty-four and thirty-five, weighing not less than 125 lbs., to take up the work of the Medical Missionary Nurses' Class at Iowa Sanitarium. An unusual opportunity for the right persons. Applicants must be in good health, and members of the S. D. A. Church. Class begins Jan. 10, 1905, and extends over a graded course of two years. Write at once for application blank. Address the Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.

Business Notices!

Brief business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for any 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.

WANTED.—Two good coat makers and dressmakers. Must be Adventists. Address G. P. Rusch, 204 Fourth St., Portland, Ore.

The enormous capacity of our improved machinery and the big demand enable us to furnish absolutely pure, first-class, fresh-made peanut butter at 10 cts. per lb. in 20-lb. cans, or 11 cts. per lb. in 10-lb. cans; not butter made from steamed nuts at 12 cts. and 13 cts. per lb., respectively. Cash with order. We pay freight on all orders of $10 or over to all points east of the Rockies. Address J. B. Schindler, Bay City, Mich.

Still Selling Well

By Editor

THE December number of Life and Health is selling finely. Those who have sold out their first supply can still get more.

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A Happy New Year

A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our readers. "Happy is that people whose God is the Lord,"

Adelphian Academy

THE permanent address of Prof. J. G. Lamson is now Holly, Mich. The new academy to be established at that place will be known as the Adelphian Academy, of which Brother Lamson is to be the principal.

Elder Daniells Visits Iowa and Tennessee

ELDER A. G. DANIELLS left Washington last Sunday for an absence of two or three weeks. After delivering the address before the graduating nurses of the Iowa Sanitarium he will attend several general meetings in that conference, and then spend a few days with the workers of the Southern Union Conference in their meetings at Nashville, Tenn.,

Sabbath School Lessons on Religious Liberty

The present effort to revive the interest in the principles of religious liberty and the plan for an aggressive campaign for the dissemination of these principles will be forwarded by the study of the Sabbath-school lessons for the early part of next year. The subjects of the first six lessons of the next quarter are as follows: “The Bible and Liberty,” “The Sabbath and Liberty,” “Sunday and Slavery,” “An Epoch of Freedom,” “The Powers That Be,” “The Final Conflict.” The remaining lessons of the quarter are upon health and temperance. It has been some time since we have had a series of Sabbath-school lessons devoted to these phases of the third angel’s message, and they ought to awaken special interest.

The Review for 1905

By Editor

THE mere change of figures in the calendar does not in itself make any change in our circumstances and surroundings, or in our ability to deal with the situation in which we find ourselves. We can not therefore promise that there will be any radical difference between the first issue of the REVIEW for 1905 and the last issues of the old year. We can only say that it is our sincere desire to make the paper a worthy exponent of the truths of the third angel's message, uncompromisingly opposed to those deceptions and perversions of the truth which are now flooding the world. We hope to justify the standing announcement at the head of our editorial columns: "Devoted to the Proclamation of 'the Faith which was once delivered unto the Saints.'" We have been cheered by the many words of encouragement which have come to us during the past year, and by the hearty efforts which have been put forth in behalf of the circulation of the paper. We enter upon the new year with the largest permanent list of subscribers which the REVIEW has ever had, and with the reasonable prospect of a steady increase.

The year closes with such a combination of significant occurrences in the various developments of human history that we can readily see that the common year will be a stirring one. It will certainly bring many interesting experiences in the spread of this message. It will also witness rapid progress in the fulfilment of prophecy concerning the closing days of this earth's history. We shall hope to give in the REVIEW a faithful record and interpretation of these things, and we make bold to say that we are confident that every believer in this message will be encouraged and strengthened by being a regular reader of this paper.

We sincerely thank our contributors and other fellow workers for their valued help in the past, and look confidently for their co-operation in the future in our efforts to make the REVIEW what it ought to be, and to place it in the houses of all our Sabbath-keeping families.

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By Editor

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Washington, D. C.

By J. S. WASHBURN

Up to the present time there has been received $30,578.75 on the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund. See list on page 20. This leaves $49,421.25 yet to be supplied. We have set our hopes on May 11, the date of the beginning of the General Conference, for the closing up of this work. This can be done. It would be an inspiration to our work throughout all the world, if at the time when our brethren who represent every part of the great harvest field, the world, are assembled here in the capital city of the last great nation of this world's history, it could be said that funds had been supplied to establish our headquarters in this city absolutely free to do the work which the Lord has declared should be done here. This can be easily done.

Are there not twenty-five of our people in whose hearts the Lord has placed the desire to give at least one thousand dollars, and whom he has by his providence enabled to do so? Shall not the first list of the new year be headed with a donation of one thousand dollars or more? In order to supply the amount yet needed before the General Conference, at least two thousand five hundred dollars must be given each week. Now that the annual offering has been taken,—and as far as we are able to discern, it will be by far the largest in the history of our denomination,—shall we not take hold of this work with fresh courage and inspiration to finish it?

We are absolutely certain that there will be at the beginning of the new year a great revival in the interest in this work, which is now the most important thing before us until it is completed.

“Our people are to remember that for the present the work in Washington is to be our first interest. There are many kinds of work to be carried on in different places, but our first interest just now is our work at the capital of our nation.” This quotation is from a Testimony published in the leaflet, “I Will Guide Thee.” J. S. WASHBURN.