p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 45. (11/9/1905)

Earlier text: Camp-Meetings in the Southern Union Conference

Washington Training College

Special Announcement

WASHINGTON TRAINING COLLEGE, in conjunction with the officers of the General Conference Committee, is planning to offer a special course of instruction for the benefit of ministers and other workers, beginning December 13, and continuing to March 6. Elder A. G. Daniells will conduct a series of studies on Church Organization; Professor Prescott will conduct a line of work on the Rise, History, and Nature of the Third Angel’s Message; Elder W. A. Spicer on Missions and Mission Work; Elders K. C. Russell and W. A. Colcord on Religious Liberty; Elder G. B. Thompson and Mrs. Plummer on Sabbath-school and Young People’s Work; while the members of the regular faculty will conduct special studies and drills in other subjects according to the need of those who may present themselves for this special course. Thus full work will be provided.

A more complete and detailed statement will be published in the REVIEW at a later date, so that any who may wish to avail themselves of the opportunities offered at this time may know quite definitely what to plan for. In the meantime we hope that any who may feel the need of one or more of these lines of study will prayerfully consider the advisability of taking the work at this time, as the opportunity is a rare one, in that each subject will be conducted by a specialist whose instruction will be of the greatest value. Such an opportunity may not soon come again.

We will be pleased to correspond with any who are interested or who may desire more complete information relative to the proposed work, and will take pleasure in placing special printed matter in the hands of all applicants.

Let all communications relating to this special course be addressed to Washington Training College, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Statement of the Receipts and Disbursements of the General Conference for Nine Months Ending Sept. 30, 1905

By I. H. EVANS

ACCOUNTS	RECEIPTS	DISBURSEMENTS
Overdraft on G. C. Assn., acct., Jan. 1, 1905.		$ 2,252 16
Washington Building Fund	$ 60,509 76	57,896 75
District of Columbia Conference	5,066 82	4,925 60
Publishing houses	19,158 08	18,741 39
Conference and tract society accounts	10,322 50	15,342 94
Specific donations	13,758 90	16,851 05
Personal accounts	15,200 88	13,765 00
Expense		3,008 19
General Conference building		5,883 58
General Conference session, 1905	4,144 78	2,636 09
General Conference Association	1,668 69	12,259 13
General Conference Corporation	691 37	1,451 95
Haskell Home	2,265 54	2,113 97
Merchandise	12,195 15	12,147 54
Missionary Acre	989 18
Religious Liberty Bureau	1,723 03	695 39
From conferences for support of laborers	9,793 60
Labor, and mission expenses		105,994 97
Missions	35,591 74
Annual offerings	37,972 33
First-day offerings	15,375 08
Midsummer offering	3,634 98
Sabbath-school donations	19,021 71
Second tithe	2,852 36
Tithe	4,990 27
Cash on hand Sept. 30, 1905		961 95
Total	$276,927 65	$276,927 65

I. H. EVANS, Treasurer.

Field Notes

A CHURCH was organized at Logan, Kan., October 21.

SEVEN persons received baptism at Battle Creek, Mich., October 14.

A CHURCH of thirteen members was recently organized at Logansport, Ind.

A NEW church building will be dedicated at Abilene, Kan., November 4, 5.

A CHURCH of fourteen members was organized at Sturgis, Mich., October 14.

BROTHER M. S. REPPE reports the recent baptism of five persons at Herman, Minn.

THE church at Portis, Kan., received an addition of ten to its membership on a recent Sabbath.

ELDER D. E. SCOLES reports closing his meetings at Sedalia, Mo., October 22. Twenty-three have accepted the Sabbath truth at that place.

BROTHER E. W. WEBSTER writes from Ridgeway, S. C., that six persons have begun the observance of the Sabbath there, and others are interested.

NINE persons have been added to the San Antonio church, Tex., since the recent camp-meeting at that place. Some others there are awaiting baptism.

A GOOD interest to hear the truth is reported at Martinsville, Eaton, and Beath, Ind. The church at Beath is preparing to build a house of worship.

THE Scandinavian church in Omaha, Neb., now numbers forty-two. They have rented and fitted up a hall in which to hold services.—Nebraska Reporter.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of about twenty members has been organized at Desoto, Tex., where meetings are being held by Brethren Charles Whatley and R. L. Routt.

BROTHER G. P. LOY reports from Omaha, Neb.: “We now have five new Sabbath-keepers who have accepted the truth since the Omaha camp-meeting, and three others who we are confident will soon take their stand for the message.”

IN a report of meetings at Mattoon, Ill., which closed October 7, Elder F. W. Wheeler says: “The interest to hear the word was good, and quite a number decided to obey the truth. Eighteen signed the covenant. Two others have signed it since the meetings closed. It has been thought best that my wife and I remain to carry forward the work begun.”

BROTHER J. A. LORENZ reports from Goodwin, O. T.: “During the past year I have labored in this neighborhood at different times from house to house, and also giving lectures in schoolhouses; and as a result, quite a number have taken their stand for the truth, and have become active members of the Shattuck church. Only lately two more families have decided to obey, while others are deeply interested, and will, I believe, soon identify themselves with us.”

***Emmanuel Missionary College,

By N. W. Kauble

Berrien Springs, Mich.***

The opening day for the Emmanuel Missionary College was Wednesday, September 13. The entrance examinations, the classification, the adjustment of program, and the assignment of lessons, along with the other work peculiar to the first days of a college year, were completed; and from this point of view every one seemed ready for earnest, thorough application to school duties in intellectual lines. But when teachers and students went to their duties in the various departments of physical labor, they saw acres of broom-corn to be topped and put under cover; they saw hundreds of bushels of tomatoes, peaches, pears, and grapes to be picked; they saw much of this fruit to be put into cans; they saw corn to be husked and berry bushes to be hoed; they saw rooms in North Hall for young men, and in Domestic Arts building for young women, to be plastered, papered, and finished for occupancy; and a new inspiration took hold of them,—an inspiration to come to this work and do it, and thus to fulfil the Saviour’s injunction, “Gather up the fragments . . . that nothing be lost.” Accordingly, on Monday morning the school unanimously voted to delay the carrying out of the intellectual program for one week in order to bring this work more nearly up to date. Surely there could have been no better initiation to the school work of the year.

The number of students at present is about the same as the number enrolled during the first term of last year. Others are expected almost daily. While from the human standpoint we would wish that our enrolment were larger, yet we are consoled with the thought that character is of more worth than numbers. The spirit of colonization has not been cherished in connection with the establishment of this school, and as a consequence, the great majority of our students are in the college homes.

Of the students at present in school more than half were in attendance last year. Of the past year’s students who are not with us this year, it is known that five have gone out as teachers in our primary and intermediate schools, five are in the employ of our other institutions, as nurses, cooks, bookkeepers, or stenographers, and two are in the canvassing work.

It is the constant endeavor to make the institution self-supporting; but this task will not easily be accomplished until the numbers are sufficiently large to do the necessary work on the farm without infringing on the time needed for other regular school duties. Agriculture in its various phases, broom making, carpentry, cooking, and plain sewing constitute the manual training departments connected with the school.

It is the design of the managers to admit only those students who by residence, education, or age, are fitted to enter a training-school for Christian workers. The grade of work being done will be shown by the subjects of study pursued, which are as follows: Aside from drills in reading, writing, spelling, and music, are the classes in grammar, advanced reading, literature, advanced English, pedagogy, United States history, general history, arithmetic, bookkeeping, algebra, geometry, physiology, chemistry, phonography, and the following Bible studies: Old Testament history; New Testament history; Daniel and Revelation, and doctrines; the law, the prophets, and the epistles; and New Testament Greek. Each student is permitted to carry three studies besides the drills, as regular class work.

The present spiritual condition of the school is most encouraging. At the chapel services Wednesday morning, October 11, the Lord was pleased to bring into the school the spirit of confession; and ever since it is everywhere recognizable that the school has been raised to a higher plane of spiritual living. The present atmosphere is that of deep, thorough consecration to the spreading of the gospel of the third angel in any and all its departments, and especially in the nearest field.

N. W. KAUBLE.

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference. FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman, C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

Beechwood Manual Training Academy

By B. F. Machlan

OUR school opened September 26, with the largest enrolment in the history of our institution. Students are still coming; and although the opening day found our building filled beyond its capacity, we have been able to care for all who came. God blessed us in sending to us a number of bright young people not of our faith.

The prospect for a prosperous school year was never better, and our teachers are full of faith and courage.

B. F. MACHLAN.

Fairland, Ind.

Mount Vernon College, Academia, Ohio

By N. W. Lawrence

Our school has opened with about the same attendance as last year, practically one hundred. The school work has never progressed more easily and effectually during the first month than this year. New students are arriving on an average of three or four a week, and the outlook is very encouraging in every way.

We have five new members on our faculty this year, all of whom are giving good satisfaction, and seem to be enjoying their work very much; two of these are in addition to our last year's force, taking up the special departments of art and sewing. The sewing department is particularly meeting with a hearty reception, and a co-operation that means much for this work in the school. An excellent spirit prevails on every hand, and a pleasant and prosperous school year is indicated.

N. W. LAWRENCE.

Lornedale Academy, Lorne Park, Ontario

By Eugene Leland

OUR school opened, according to announcement, on the twentieth of September, with an enrolment of seventeen students. In addition to the regular students we have five teachers and helpers, making a family of twenty-two.

The outlook for the school is bright, and as soon as we can get suitable buildings, we shall have no difficulty in increasing our attendance.

We are planning to begin our school year in the spring, and we expect by another year to furnish employment to all who may desire to attend, so that they will be able to pay their way in work. We have an excellent fruit and market garden farm of fifty acres, and an excellent market in the city of Toronto. With the blessing of God, there is no reason why our school should not be a success in every way.

It is our intention to connect industrial enterprises with the school as soon as possible, but aside from the farm work we have only a small printing plant from which our union conference paper is published weekly, the work of which is done entirely by the students.

EUGENE LELAND.

The Opening of the Southern Training-School

By J. E. Tenney

ACCORDING to announcement, the Southern Training-school at Graysville, Tenn., opened on the twentieth of September.

Owing to the prevalence of the yellow fever in Louisiana and other portions of the South, the attendance at the opening of the school was considerably smaller than usual; but it took only a short time to determine the fact that there was a degree of earnestness and spirituality in the school which had seldom if ever been experienced.

We believe the faculty in charge of the school is capable, both by qualifications and experience, of making the year one of the best in the history of the school. During the past four years about twenty-five have completed the prescribed course of study, and nearly fifty have gone out in the same period of time to engage permanently in the Lord's work. We do not expect the present year to fall behind those that have preceded it in the quality of the work done or in the results.

J. E. TENNEY.

Du Quoin Industrial School, Du Quoin, Ill.

By A. C. Haughey

OUR school has been simply a church-school until since the last camp-meeting, when it was voted to make it a conference school. For two years we have struggled along under difficulties that are still existing, the main one being an insufficient number of students to make the school self-supporting. We have two teachers. Last year we enrolled forty-five students in all, beginning with twenty-two. The year before the total was thirty-two. This year we opened with twenty-six. We have others promised for the winter term, and hope to be able to make the school self-supporting this year.

As to the grade of work, our pupils are all in the grades. We are getting a good grade of Bible work from them, and all who come are in earnest. We are making a special effort to interest our students in the message. We hope to be able to put some workers into the field in the near future. We realize that unless we educate young men and women to help close up the work, our school will fall short of its purpose. Hence this is our highest aim. A. C. HAUGHEY.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.

All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.

In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.

WANTED.—First-class bread baker. Steady employment and good salary for a capable and energetic man. Adventist preferred. Address Julius Paulson, Care American Bakery, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

WANTED.—To correspond with two Christian nurses, able to give Bible readings, and willing to do missionary work and live out the truths of our message. Opportunity for remunerative nursing in the city. Address Mrs. W. H. McKee, Matron Michigan Home for Girls, R. F. D. 64, Byron Center, Mich.

WANTED.—A first-class broom maker, one who understands sorting. Write to Healdsburg College, Healdsburg, Cal. Please give reference.

WANTED.—A position as a barber in one of our sanitariums, or other place where the Sabbath can be observed. Please address at once Ed Tatro, R. F. D. 1, Beaverville, Ill.

GRAVELFORD ACADEMY, Gravelford, Ore., is very much in need of several copies of Bell’s old "Natural Method in English Grammar." Postage will be returned to all who will donate, post-paid, any of these books to this school.

WANTED.—A position as cook in a small sanitarium, or second cook in a large sanitarium. Central Western States preferred. Wages moderate. References supplied if necessary. Address R. A. East, 1341 State St., Chicago, Ill.

ABSOLUTELY the purest and best peanut butter, only 10 cents a pound in 50-pound cans, or 12 cents in neat 1-pound packages. Cash with order. Will positively not get rancid. Vegetarian Meat Company, 309 Bond Building, Washington, D. C.

FOR SALE.—20-acre farm, convenient to school, 3½ miles from S. D. A. church; 4-room house, outbuildings; fruit, water, timber, healthful location, congenial neighborhood, productive soil, perfect title. Easy time payments; only $450. Address R. Boram, Monteer, Mo.

Union College School of Correspondence

INTRODUCTION

Thousands of busy, progressive people are to-day taking studies by correspondence, and are thus preparing themselves for greater usefulness. As a people to whom the Lord has committed a most solemn work, we should seek in every way possible more thoroughly to prepare ourselves for that work; for its importance demands our very best efforts. While all can not avail themselves of the benefits of our training-schools, many can pursue courses of study by correspondence.

Union College is thus beginning to extend its influence by offering six subjects; namely, New Testament history, conducted by Prof. M. E. Kern; New Testament Greek, conducted by Prof. A. Kunze; English grammar (two courses), conducted by Miss Winnifred Peebles; German rhetoric, conducted by Prof. A. Kunze; art, conducted by Miss Elsa Northrup.

COURSES DESCRIBED

The New Testament history is a thorough study of the Life of Christ and Acts of the Apostles, using the same printed lessons as are used in the college.

In the New Testament Greek a knowledge of the Greek is obtained by the inductive method through the study of the New Testament, beginning with the epistle of John.

Of the two courses in English grammar, one is for the ordinary student who wishes to master the grammar, the other is adapted especially to the needs of teachers, being a thorough review and the study of methods in all grades.

The German rhetoric is offered to all who are far enough advanced in the language to take rhetoric.

The art work is entirely individual work, and will be of special value to church- and Sabbath-school teachers, or any one wishing to draw or paint from nature in water-colors.

TIME AND CREDITS

Each course, except the teachers’ course in grammar, covers the work done in Union College in one school year; fifteen months is the limit in which the work may be finished by correspondence. The teachers’ course in grammar covers a half year’s work, and seven months is allowed for its completion. Certificates are granted to those who finish the work, and credit on the regular college books is given when the students pass a satisfactory examination at the college.

EXPENSES, ETC.

Tuition for the teachers’ course in English grammar, $5; all others, $10.

For further information, or for remittances, address the one who conducts the course in which you are interested. The address in each case is College View, Neb.

Notice!

By A. E. Place; H. B. Tucker

THE next annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Mutual Aid Corporation will be held at the Central New England Trust Depository, South Lancaster, Mass., Friday, Nov. 10, 1905, at 2 P. M., for the election of trustees to fill vacancies, to elect an auditor, a clerk, and a treasurer, and to transact such other business as may legally come before the meeting.

A. E. Place, President, H. B. Tucker, Secretary and Treasurer.

Union College Special Course

By C. C. LEWIS

UNION COLLEGE expects to hold a special course for Christian workers some time during the present school year. Until recently it was thought the time would be December 1; but the week of prayer and the missionary campaign would prevent the attendance of a large number of the very workers for whom the course is intended. January would be a good time, but the meeting of the Central Union Conference, beginning a little after the middle of the month, would prevent the workers from attending the school. Hence it has been decided that February and March will be the most favorable time. In due time a descriptive circular will be issued, giving full information in regard to the school. Keep the matter in mind, and lay your plans to attend.           C. C. LEWIS.

The Church, Its Organization, Order, and Discipline.

By John Norton Loughborough

DURING the years 1900 and 1901 there was published in the REVIEW AND HERALD a series of twenty-seven articles on “The Church: Its Organization, Order, and Discipline.” In the fall of 1901 these articles, together with a copy of the first address on organization ever issued by our people, were revised and prepared for publication in a pamphlet of twenty-eight chapters. This matter was submitted to the Pacific Press for publication. It was passed upon favorably by the book committee, but was returned to me with a statement that as the articles had been so recently printed in the REVIEW, they feared there would not be sufficient demand for the pamphlet to warrant the printing of the articles in pamphlet form.

That was five years ago. During the last year several of the conference presidents have applied to me, asking that those articles might be put in pamphlet form so as to be circulated among our churches. In one conference my copy of the articles was borrowed and studied for several weeks. Only yesterday I received inquiries from another conference president for just the information contained in those articles, and wishing to know where it could be obtained.

I now call the attention of our conference presidents and leading brethren to this question: Do you think there would now be a demand on the subject that would warrant the issuing of a small edition of that manuscript in a pamphlet that could be afforded through the mails for fifteen or twenty cents a copy?

I presume the Pacific Press would venture an edition of two or three thousand copies, if it was thought there would be a demand for them. Please drop a card to me at Mountain View, Cal., stating your opinion in this matter. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Address

The address of Elder W. Jay Tanner is now Cape Haytien, Republic of Hayti.

Addresses Wanted

THE church at Joplin, Mo., is very anxious to receive the address of either of the following-named persons, who are members of that church: Mrs. M. Walker, Mrs. Etta Davidson, and Miss Jennie Swope. This information will be thankfully received from any one who can furnish it. Address W. H. Brown, Elder, 1417 Perkins Ave., Joplin, Mo.

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—ED.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—

Ada Hunt, Childress, Tex., periodicals and tracts.

Wm. A. Smith, R. F. D. 2, Clifton, S. C., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, and tracts.

Susan S. Ward, Claremore, I. T., periodicals and tracts.

Mrs. Alice M. Cook, Box 75, Demorest, Ga., REVIEW, Life and Health, Life Boat, and tracts.

James A. Watson, Sour Lake, Tex., periodicals and tracts, especially tracts on the Sabbath question.

Grover Pelton, 1820 Twelfth St., Enid, O. T., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Life Boat, and Little Friend.

Mrs. F. Harcourt, Clifford, Wis., Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, etc., would also be glad to have literature in the Finnish and Scandinavian languages.

William Sturgeon, R. F. D. 3, Box 39, Gage, O. T., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Bible Training School, Life Boat, Life and Health, Good Health, and tracts.

G. H. A. Beermann, Green Lake, Wash., sends thanks for papers received, and says he has use for a continual large supply of the REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend, Bible Training School, Sabbath School Worker, Good Health, Life and Health, etc., and tracts in English and other languages.

Articles on Trials in Turkey

By Editor

WE begin to publish this week a series of articles by Brother Z. G. Baharian, in which he gives an account of the arrest, imprisonment, trial, and acquittal of four of our brethren, including himself, in Turkey. There will be nine articles in the series, and we know that they will be read with much interest. At Brother Baharian’s request his articles will be cut out of all copies of the REVIEW going into Turkey.

ANNOUNCEMENT has already been made of the medical missionary convention to be held at College View, Neb., November 21–26, under the auspices of the Medical Council of the General Conference. Further reference to this convention is made by the officers of the Medical Council, in an article on the nineteenth page.

Supplication and Sacrifice

PRAYING and giving go together. No amount of praying will take the place of giving, and no amount of giving will take the place of praying. It is fitting, therefore, that our annual season of prayer should be a time for special donations for the advancement of the interests of the Lord’s work.

While it is our duty to return thanks in words for the boundless grace bestowed upon us in the gift of Jesus to be our Saviour, it is none the less our duty to bring an offering as an evidence that our worship is more than mere lip service. God gives to us so that we may give to him, and he expects us to do so. Thus it was in ancient times, and the principle holds good to-day. “Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose: and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.”

Now is the time to ask great things of God and to plan great things for God, and we are to co-operate with God in making effective the plans by bringing in our tithes and offerings, and by offering ourselves as channels of light and blessing to the world. The sincerity of our zeal for God’s work in the earth is measured, not by the amount which we give, but by the ratio which the size of our gift bears to the amount with which the Lord has entrusted us. This is the lesson of the poor widow and her two mites.

An earnest longing for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is springing up in many hearts. Our gracious God is awakening this desire in order that he may bestow the heavenly gift. In this spiritual endowment is the power for finishing the work. Let the people of God be united in asking for rain in this the time of the latter rain. Let them not think to buy this gift of God with money, but let them not forget the thank-offering. Let us both pray and give. This is the divinely ordained method.

Elder Spicer Attends Maritime Conference

ELDER W. A. SPICER left Washington last week to attend the third annual session of the Maritime Conference, which is now being held at Williamsdale East, Nova Scotia.

General Conference Financial Responsibility

By Editor

An important article dealing with the financial responsibility of the General Conference in its relation to corporations and institutions will be found in our Editorial department. We advise all to read it.

Dr. Bourdeau-Sisco Comes to Washington

DR. PATIENCE BOURDEAU-SISCO, who has been in charge of medical work at Grand Rapids, Mich., has now come to Washington to connect with the Sanitarium in this city. Dr. Bourdeau-Sisco is heartily welcomed to the work here.

The Annual Week of Prayer

It is only one month to the time appointed for the annual week of prayer — December 9-16. Several conference presidents have contributed short articles which emphasize the meaning and the importance of this occasion. They are printed elsewhere in this issue.

Special Course at Washington Training College

THE trustees of Washington Training College announce a special course at that institution to begin December 13 and continue until March 6. On the twenty-first page a fuller statement will be found, which all are requested to read. A goodly number ought to avail themselves of the opportunity offered.

Atlantic Union Conference Session

ELDERS A. G. DANIELLS and G. A. Irwin, the president and vice-president of the General Conference, and Brother S. N. Curtiss, the manager of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, have been attending the second biennial session of the Atlantic Union Conference, which convened at South Lancaster, Mass., on Wednesday of last week.

The Missionary Campaign

By Editor

WE invite attention to the announcement made by the general committee on the missionary campaign which will be found on the eighteenth page, and also to the suggestions concerning the work to be done, which follow on the same page. There is an opportunity for wise leadership and well-directed enthusiasm in this organized effort to reach the people with this message.

Coming to Washington

The following dispatch appeared in the Washington Post of October 30, under the heading “Coming to Washington.”—

COLUMBUS, OHIO, October 29.—Dr. George Harding has resigned as chief physician at the State Hospital for the Insane; effective November 15. Dr. Harding will become head of the new National Sanitarium at Takoma Park, near Washington. He is a brother of Lieut. Gov. Warren C. Harding.

Reference is made in this paragraph to the Dr. Harding who has been invited to act as superintendent of our Sanitarium in this city, as already announced in these columns.

The Next Convention

By S. N. CURTISS

On page 18 of this paper will be found suggestions of the missionary campaign committee with reference to the second missionary convention to be held November 18. The church officers will observe that no special readings have been prepared for this convention, and each church is at liberty to arrange for a program best suited to its local needs.

It seems particularly proper that this plan should be adopted for the next convention, as there may have been a tendency on the part of some to feel that the missionary work was all planned out for them heretofore, and they did not need to give it much special study and preparation. The intent of the committee, however, was simply to outline various kinds of work, and leave the development of plans and the carrying forward of the movement entirely in the hands of local church officers and workers.

Probably some who have not had much experience and upon whom this responsibility is now laid will feel to shrink from it, but as was said to Queen Esther when the royal decree for the destruction of the Jews had been proclaimed, “Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” All the various departments of our work are in need of leaders,—men and women of sterling integrity and devotion to God’s cause, who will organize the church-members for real, efficient work, giving to each one that particular kind of work for which he is best fitted.

Some general suggestions for the guidance of church officers are being prepared, and will be sent so as to reach them about the same time this paper does.

It is hoped that all will take hold of this matter immediately, and lay definite plans to hold the convention at the time appointed. If there are good and sufficient reasons for postponing it in some churches for a week or so, let each church arrange this matter for itself; but it is hoped that so far as possible the conventions will be held on the day appointed.

We earnestly pray that this occasion may be a time of earnest consecration to God for soul-saving effort, and that all our people, filled with a love for souls, may join heartily in a genuine forward movement which shall go on with increasing power until the work is finished.

S. N. CURTISS,

Chairman Eastern Campaign Committee.