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Review and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 35.

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Earlier text: Note and Comment

MRS. VINA SHERWOOD-ADAMS

By Vina Sherwood-Adams

Bird Studies With Our Children — No. 3

MRS. VINA SHERWOOD-ADAMS

“I AM a child; O, do not tie me up— To schools, and desks, and books misunderstood, When I am yearning to run out afield, To search the quiet of the dim, sweet wood!”
“And, O! sweet mother, do not set me sums, And those stiff, staring copies of some word; Let me count meadows full of clover blooms, And learn the sweet, free singing of a bird.
“For I have found a teacher to my mind; She whispers sweet instruction when at rest I stretch brown arms, bare feet, in cool, deep grass That feels the heart throb ’neath her great warm breast.
“Then when the trees, the flowers, the sky, the birds, Have taught their true, strong lessons, I’ll come in With eager, hungry questioning, and say, ‘The books, sweet mother! quick, I must begin!’”
Before taking a group of children out to study the birds, a little preliminary introduction is needed. Birds are very shy, and it is positively necessary for a bird student to be quiet when making observations. A sudden raising of the voice, or a quick movement of the head or hand, will send the songster far out of sight. If you point your finger, or stare steadily at a bird, he will cease singing. If you form the habit of observing the birds each time in a certain part of the orchard or wood lot, observing the precautions noted above, they will lose much of their nervousness, and will sing their sweetest melodies in your presence. During the morning hours or just before twilight in the spring and autumn seasons, are the best song periods for most birds; but at any time of day we may study their habits, and jot down our observations.
Father could take the children out for an early morning stroll each Sabbath. How they would enjoy it—and to learn that father was interested in birds, too! My father had a peculiar love for wild flowers and wild animals. He used to go for long strolls each Sunday morning, his hands clasped behind him and one finger extended, so I, a wee girl, could reach up and grasp it as I followed. He would call my attention to the little wild flowers, telling me their common names, or to the bright-eyed chipmunk frisking along the fence—just a few simple words, yet those rambles are one of the sweet memories of my childhood.
Have the child try to imitate the calls of his favorite bird, and observe his position while singing. Is he found in the hedges, on the ground, or in the tree tops? Where is he building his nest? Of what is it made? What is its shape? How many eggs, and of what color, are found in it? Teach the children to peep cautiously over the nest at the tiny eggs, and not to touch either nest or eggs, as a bird will often leave the nest if disturbed in this way. Watch the bird and see of what his food consists. Though he does eat some fruit, you will find his diet consists largely of insects harmful to vegetation. “It has been found by observation and dissection,” says one writer, “that a cuckoo consumes daily from fifty to four hundred caterpillars or their equivalent, while a chickadee will eat from two hundred to five hundred insects. . . . One hundred insects a day is a conservative estimate of the quantity consumed by each insectivorous bird.” So the destruction of even one nest of eggs or one bird means a loss to our vegetation, even if we do not take into consideration the many sweet songs that will be left unsung.
As you study nature, constantly point the children back to conditions in Eden’s purity and forward to the loveliness of all things renewed in the new earth. In all our studies of nature we shall find something marred by sin. “In brier and thorn, in thistle and tare, is represented the evil that blights and mars. In singing bird and opening blossom, in rain and sunshine, in summer breeze and gentle dew, in ten thousand objects in nature, from the oak of the forest to the violet that blossoms at its root, is seen the love that restores. And nature still speaks to us of God’s goodness.”
Battle Creek, Mich.

Friendship

By Mrs. T. D. Rowe

MRS. T. D. ROWE
A FRIEND is one whom we love and esteem above others, to whom we reveal our thoughts more familiarly than to others. David and Jonathan were friends. Solomon, too, must have known the meaning of friendship. “A friend,” he said, “loveth at all times;” not only when in your company or in prosperity, but when you need him the most. And, again, “There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”
A true friend rebukes and reproves when he sees anything amiss in us. Although it may hurt, we know the correction is given in love. The company and conversation of a friend are refreshing and pleasant; but to have such a friend, one must also “show himself friendly.”
To know the full meaning of being a friend of God, one must know the value, and appreciate the companionship, of a true and loving friend here.
It costs to have a friend. Sometimes misunderstandings come in, tears are shed, feelings are wounded. With every pleasure comes some sacrifice. Let us be careful in the selection of our friends; but after making them, and confiding in them, and winning their confidence, let us prove ourselves worthy of their love, and be true to them whatever may come.
Oshawa, Ontario.

Asiatic Division General Meeting

By A. C. Selmon

The two weeks’ meeting of the Asiatic Division workers which has just been held in Shanghai was in many respects the best meeting I ever attended. One reason why the meeting was one of special blessing is that our missionaries in this field are widely scattered, beginning in the north with two families in Mukden, Manchuria; then a gap of time a thousand miles to the two families in charge of the work in the province of Honan; then another stretch of two hundred miles to the station in Hankow; and from Hankow to the workers in the far western province of Szechuan there are nine hundred miles; and so on throughout the field. Many of the workers have not had the privilege of attending a meeting of Europeans since the general meeting held in Shanghai three years ago. Those in attendance had prayed for the success of the gathering, and had come with the confident expectation of receiving personal blessings. During the progress of the meeting all bore testimony of victories won and blessings received that would enable them to go back to their stations with stronger courage, deeper love for the people, and firmer faith in the soon finishing of the work.
There were 126 regular delegates. These, with the students who were in attendance from the China Missions Training School, and the Chinese workers from the Chinese Signs of the Times Publishing House, made a gathering of 200 workers. While in the home fields this would be counted a small company, yet to those of us who attended the first general meeting of Asiatic mission field workers, held in Shanghai in 1907, it was inspiring to see so many. At that time there was an attendance of less than thirty.
We came to this meeting expecting great things for ourselves individually, and great things for the future of the work in Asia. Both these expectations were realized. We had long hoped that the president of the General Conference could make a visit to this part of the great world field. Before the meeting he and Elder J. E. Fulton, of the Australasian Union, made a trip through the field with Elder R. C. Porter. First they visited Malaysia, then the Philippines, then South China and on through Japan and Korea, up to the newly opened Manchurian Mission. There they turned south, and visited the Central and East China Mission fields, en route to Shanghai. This gave opportunity to get first-hand knowledge of conditions in all the main centers of the work in this great division.
As they passed through the field from station to station, and saw in many places the long gap of more than a thousand miles where there is not a single representative of this message, they received an ever-growing impression of the wonderful opportunities now open before this denomination, and of the magnitude of the work that is yet to be done. It seemed also that every worker present received at this meeting a clearer view of the immeasurable task before us. This was the keynote of the meetings, and gave rise to an earnest seeking of the Lord for a baptism of his Spirit that will enable each one to be a more effective agent in his hands from this time on.
There were so many things to be considered concerning the various departments of the work and the outlining of broader and deeper plans for the future, that not so much time could be given to the institute work as we had hoped. The fact that we rarely have the privilege here in the mission field of having meetings that are especially aimed to help us as workers, led each one to appreciate highly all the studies and sermons that were given. The language of the meeting was English, but in different parts of the assembly hall there were at times as many as five translators, translating into Korean, Mandarin (Chinese), the Shanghai dialect, the Swatow dialect, and the Canton dialect. The native delegates present from the Philippines and Japan understood English; otherwise there would have been need of using seven languages in addition to English.
As reports were rendered by those in charge of the various mission fields of the division, showing the great things God has already done here in Asia, and of the unprecedented openings now before us, we felt that the Lord has blessed us above others in calling us and giving us a part in his work here. We were strongly impressed that this was an epoch-marking meeting, not only for the work in Asia but indirectly for the cause of God throughout the whole world.
Here in the East is found two thirds of the population of the globe, but there has been but a start made in giving the message to this countless multitude. The threefold message must be given here before the Lord returns; and in order that this may be done, the believers in other lands, especially America, Europe, and Australia, must get a clearer view of the task before us. Intensity must take hold on us as it is taking hold on everything in this old world. We must be up and doing, for doors of opportunity that have been wide open are even now beginning to swing shut. The vice president of the Chinese Republic, who is a Christian, “exhorts missionaries to warn the church at home that five years from now their critical opportunity will have passed, and that it is now or never for the heralding of the gospel in China.”
While our meeting was in progress, the crisis was reached in the negotiations between China and Japan, and from every human point of view there was absolute certainty of war between the two countries. But God worked in a wonderful way to restrain the forces that make for war in Asia, so that we still have before us a little season of peace. May the Lord stir us to improve this time, lest we be forced later to give the message in the midst of such strife and bloodshed as now prevail in Europe.
A. C. SELMON, M. D.
Shanghai.

North India Mission

By S. A. Wellman

AT the time of our general meeting at Calcutta, recommendations were passed looking toward a revival of the missionary work among our churches. So far the recommendations are being worked out well, and here in the north the church members are taking part in the home missionary work and bearing local church responsibilities. I have visited, once or more, each church in the north since the meetings, with the exception of the one in Mussoorie. I expect to meet the church there in one or two weeks. In each place we are trying to get things into shape so that there will be active working members, with a distinct missionary spirit on the part of both the European and the Indian portion of the church or company. At present we have but two fully organized churches, one company, and a mission station, the latter of which is unorganized, except the school work it is doing for the heathen boys. These churches are at Lucknow and Mussoorie, the company is at Najibabad, and the school is at Dwarikhal, Garhwal.
The churches are English churches, and are doing good missionary work. This year the members are manifesting a stronger and more vital interest in the presentation of the truth to others than ever before, and at this time of world perplexity there seems to be a greater willingness to listen.
In Najibabad, where Brother and Sister Morris are located, with Miss Kurtz, and Shoto Mitter, a Bengali sister, we organized a company of believers last winter, and they have a number of persons almost ready for baptism. The workers here have set their hearts on definite additions to their number this year, as have the workers in other places, and I believe that they will succeed.They work almost entirely for heathen, Hindus and Mohammedans, and I never saw a more lively interest than they now have in this station.
In Garhwal the school seems to be making good progress, and Brother Belgrave writes me that the prospects are good for the year. It was from this school that we got our first heathen convert in North India last year. We look for more the present season. Sixty or seventy boys attend the school throughout the nine months it is open.
In Mussoorie, Brethren Lake and Foley, who are in charge of the treatment rooms, are taking the lead with the church, and at the first of the summer season began a definite campaign of seed sowing. This will be supplemented by the efforts of the workers who go to the hills for vacations throughout the hot season, and we hope will result in souls won to the truth before the season closes. Though we have no one to assign to a special effort in this place, yet with the church itself taking a share of the burden, I look for great results.
We have advance orders for more than six thousand copies of a series of special issues of our paper, something like the REVIEW AND HERALD Extra, and I think the order will run much above this. With our cheap labor, these can be produced inexpensively, and we hope to see them even more largely used later. As our English population and constituency are limited, we feel that this is a good beginning.
We are glad that the blessing of God is attending the circulation of the literature in the homeland this year, and trust that God will bless this year's work to the spread of the message.
S. A. WELLMAN.

The Shadow of the Rock

By Mary Williams

MRS. MARY WILLIAMS
How oft as we travel life's pathway, Mid the changeable scenes that we meet, Our hearts become heavy and weary, And we sigh for some peaceful retreat,—
Some safe hiding place from the tempest, The burden and heat of the day, Where life's problems that worry and vex us, Like its shadows shall vanish away.
'Tis found in the smile of our Saviour, As safe on his life-giving breast, In his wonderful mercy rejoicing, We enter the haven of rest.
What delight in this shadow to linger, Released from the thralldom of sin, In his tender protection confiding, And his Spirit abiding within!
Thus oft as we travel life's pathway, His light that illumines our way, Shall glow with a splendor supernal, Till dawneth the long-looked-for day.

Does It Pay?

By W. D. Burden

Some years ago one of our colporteurs made a trip through the country about two hundred miles north of Tokio, Japan, selling papers and tracts. He did not sell enough to meet expenses, and many times he wondered if it paid. But some who bought read the papers, became interested, and in answer to their calls a worker was sent, with the result that a number became Christians.
I recently visited one of these families. The father, a man about fifty-five years of age, is confined to his bed with rheumatic and paralytic troubles. In early life he was a hard-working, well-to-do silk merchant. It was after he became afflicted that he found his Saviour. I asked him how long he had been in this condition. “Thirteen years,” he replied.
I tried to say some words of regret for his affliction, but he objected, saying that had the gospel come to him when he was in prosperity, most likely he should have rejected it, for he was all wrapped up in his business. Now he has a more enduring pleasure in his new-found religion. Did it pay?
W. D. Burden.

Punta Arenas, Chile

BROTHER AND SISTER A. G. NELSON are laboring in our southernmost mission station, at Punta Arenas, on the Magellan Strait. From a recent letter we take the following: —
‑We regret that we cannot report something from the Falkland Islands, but we have not driven stakes there yet. The interest in Punta Arenas holds us here. Since there are no more workers in this field to follow up the interest, it seems best to concentrate our energies in one place until a nucleus can be formed. After getting a few believers established, we shall have a basis, and perhaps some help accruing from them. Should we scatter our work over a larger territory, there might not be anything definite accomplished.
‑We cannot as yet report a very large harvest. We are still sowing. A few grains are beginning to ripen, and we hope in the binding off of the work a few more may be found for the Master's garner. We can report four souls as fruitage, two adults and two children. These are English-speaking people from the Falklands.
‑We are planning a little missionary work with our new believers. As far as possible, we are going to mail a copy of Extra No. 2 of the REVIEW to every English-speaking person in Patagonia. The people are scattered over so much country, with so few in a place, that this seems about the only way we can reach all in a short time. We were so fortunate as to secure a list of the names and addresses of most of the English-speaking people.
‑It seems from the conditions in the East, that the kingdoms of this world will soon become the kingdoms of our Lord. And we earnestly hope that when he comes for his subjects, there may be found some trophies of his grace in this part of the world.”

Rio Grande do Sul Conference, Brazil

By H. Meyer

My first twelve months in the Rio Grande do Sul Conference passed very rapidly, and now at the end of the first conference year I am surely thankful to God for his many blessings and his kind, protecting care.
At the beginning of the year we were nearly all new laborers in the conference; and most of the workers had to struggle with the learning of the language as well as to gain an experience. But the Lord helped; and we are confident that with his help we shall be able to do still more in his cause during the present conference year.
We were much affected at first by the European war, as this country must import so many things. Prices went up, most articles twenty per cent, some fifty, and others even one hundred per cent. The people were excited, and it seemed for a while that the work might be greatly hindered, but things quieted down, so that we could go about our work as usual.
During the year we took in one hundred and thirty-seven new members, organized seven churches, one company, and three Sabbath schools. Three of the churches had been organized companies. There are a number of places where new Sabbath keepers have sprung up, but so far we have not been able to visit all these places, but we intend to do so in the near future. At the close of the year the membership of our Sabbath schools was 838.
The canvassing work has also progressed very well. Although many complained about hard times, our canvassers stayed in the field and did well, so that our total sales for last year were over seven thousand milreis more than any previous year. [One milreis equals $1.08 in our money.] The colporteurs are of good courage, and are all at work again, with the exception of several who were called to take up regular conference work.
The finances of the conference are also in good condition. On account of the scarcity of money, we feared for a while that we should be considerably short on tithe; but at the end of the year we found that we still had an increase of nearly four hundred milreis. In the other offerings—Sabbath school, week of prayer, etc.—we had an increase of over twelve hundred milreis. We are indeed thankful for the cooperation of our brethren.
At our last conference session we had the largest assembly we have ever had here in Rio Grande do Sul, and resolutions were passed for advancing the work in new places and along new lines. Greater efforts will be made, especially for the large number of our young people. Different ones who have grown up in this conference are already doing efficient service in the work, and we hope to do considerable recruiting among the young people in the near future.
One especially pleasing feature was that the number of our conference laborers could be increased from eight to twelve. This was done with full confidence that our brethren will furnish the extra means for the support of these new laborers.
In February we began a series of tent meetings in Taquara, which were well attended. As the result, five have been baptized, and a goodly number are expecting to be baptized soon.
With new courage and a great desire to do more and better service the coming year, we are confident that the Lord will help us to bring many more souls to his fold in the year before us.
H. MEYER.

Among the Santali People

By W. A. Barlow

BIKRAM KISKU, an old Santali student of ours, belongs to one of the ancient kingly tribes of the interesting aboriginal peoples of northern India. Bikram attended school for a while, but had to go to his home and help farm. He married, and now comes back requesting baptism. His young wife and three children are also with him. As soon as she more fully understands the plan of salvation, she will follow her husband in baptism. Several other students have come from the same heathen village. One of these is now an earnest worker and a good evangelist.               W. A. BARLOW.

Faithful Tithing in South Korea

By R. C. Wangerin

NEARLY every member of our Keizan church is a faithful tithe payer. They are all very poor people, some barely existing at times. So it is with joy unspeakable that we see them bring their tithes and mites as offerings to the great Giver of all things. One family brings in its tithe month by month, which is about as follows: The father, five cents; the mother, three or four cents; the oldest boy, aged fourteen, about five cents; the daughter, aged twelve, two or three cents—a total of about seventeen cents a month.
This is not a burden to them, but a pleasure and a privilege. They all keep the tithe receipts, hanging them in a conspicuous place on the wall. The Lord of the harvest will surely remember such when he comes to make up his jewels.
R. C. WANGERIN.

The Garhwal Mission School

By Chas. C. Belgrave

Our school is again open; and though there are difficulties, I trust we shall be able by the grace of God to overcome them. I find Satan exceedingly busy in this part of the world, always ready to stir up some visionary matter, in order that people may be scared away from the light of God's unchangeable Word. But Jesus was never discouraged, and we should be like him. The war is on in India against the seemingly impregnable strongholds of heathenism. It is encouraging to know that Jehovah is on our side, and that we must conquer in the end.
I hope that from among these boys who are now receiving instruction in our school here at Garhwal we may get some bright and good workers for India. It takes time, but the victory will come. Faith, patience, and love will accomplish much for the kingdom of God.
The boy who stepped out on the side of the cross at Lucknow is doing well. He is studying with Elder I. F. Blue, preparatory to entering the training school as soon as it opens. May he be a star among his people, to lead them to the Babe of Bethlehem. I am praying and believing that others will take their stand on the side of right this year.
CHAS. C. BELGRAVE.

Field Notes

A new church has been organized in Clear Lake, S. Dak.
Twelve candidates received baptism at Portland, Maine, recently.
A company of twenty members has been organized at Ione, Oregon.
A church with a membership of eight has been organized near Sidney, Tex.
Seven adults were recently received into the church at Hamilton, Ontario.
Elder H. E. Reeder reports the organization of a Sabbath school of twenty members, and the baptism of seven persons, at Vaughan and Ft. Laramie, Wyo.
Elder G. E. Peters reports the addition of five newly baptized members to the church in Wilmington, N. C. There are four new Sabbath keepers in Hamlet.
Elder W. E. Baxter, of Arkansas, writes that he has baptized thirty-seven persons the last year. Recently a church of twenty-two members was organized at Alleene.
A Sabbath school of nine members was recently organized at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
At Terrebonne, in western Oregon, a church of seventeen members has been organized.
Baptism was administered to seven new believers at Montpelier, Vt., a few weeks ago.
A church with a charter membership of twenty-four has been organized at Townley, Mo.
Fourteen adults at Paola, Kans., have accepted present truth through the labors of a canvasser.
Eleven new believers have recently identified themselves with the church in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Thirty-six candidates were baptized a few weeks ago at Rock Lake, in West Michigan, by Elders J. G. Lamson and N. M. Jorgensen.
At the close of meetings recently held in Green Bay and Hancock, Wis., twenty-four persons went forward in the ordinance of baptism.
Elders H. C. Hartwell and J. K. Humphrey have organized the first colored Seventh-day Adventist church in Rochester, N. Y.
Elder G. W. Anglebarger reports that more than one hundred earnest converts have been baptized during the last few months in Denver, Colo.
At New Haven, Conn., sixteen persons have just been baptized, making a total of sixty to take this step since the close of the last tent effort there.
Seven earnest new members have been added to the Swedish church in Cloquet, Minn. Elder A. W. Kuehl reports the baptism of seven at Owatonna.
Reporting the progress of the work in Erie, Pa., Elder W. F. Schwartz sends word that seven persons have recently been added to the church there.
On a recent Sabbath twelve who have just accepted the truth were baptized at Carterville, Ill. At the close of a series of meetings in Martinsville, fifteen persons received baptism.
At Mabton, Wash., a church of twenty-three members was recently organized; nine persons were baptized at Toppenish, and four at Dayton, fifteen were added to the church in Corfu, and a church of twenty-six members was organized at Wapato.
The workers of the East Michigan Conference report five new members added to the Bay City church. Elder William Guthrie recently baptized twenty-eight persons, who unite with the churches at St. Charles and Chesaning. Sixteen members have recently united with the church at Jackson; six persons have been added to the church in Alma, and sixteen to the Traverse City church, in northern Michigan.

Florida

By I. M. Martin

MIAMI.—As a result of the tent meetings held here during the winter, thirty persons have been baptized and have united with the church, and twenty others are keeping the Sabbath, and will join the church as soon as they are thoroughly instructed in the different points of truth.
The meetings opened on Sunday night, and there was an excellent interest manifested from the first. At the opening service the large three-pole tent was filled, and many had to stand. We secured additional seats, which accommodated the people during the week; but the following Sunday nights the tent was packed, and a large number had to stand outside.
The daily papers gave us good reports, by means of which the truth was given wide publicity through this section of the State. We feel that the work is onward here. The church school closed with an enrollment of twenty-four, and the prospects are that it will open in the fall with an attendance of fifty, as all the new members are planning to have their children in the school. The Lord surely has blessed, and to him we give the praise for what has been accomplished. I. M. MARTIN.

Lapland

By J. C. Raft

As yet we do not have very great things to report from Lapland. But the Lord is with Brother Jens Hokland, the young man who is laboring there. He has succeeded quite well in learning the language, and there is some interest to hear the truth. Some have begun to keep the Sabbath, but it is a very hard task to get these people to change their habits. It requires both time and patience to work for this neglected race.
The terrible war is still going on, apparently with increasing violence. Scandinavia feels the pressure of war conditions in many ways, especially financially. But the Lord is with us, and we are of good courage, endeavoring to do our work with as much energy as if the war did not exist. We have many evidences which go to show that the Lord in a wonderful manner is taking care of his people. They who trust in him shall never come to shame. J. C. RAFT.

West Texas

By H. H. Hamilton

THE WEST TEXAS CONFERENCE this year had only a local camp meeting, which was held at the Hamby church, fourteen miles from Abilene, June 24 to July 4.
The meeting was well attended by the members of the church residing in the vicinity of Hamby and by others who came from the Oplin, Madge, and Clyde churches. We were especially pleased to have with us a company of most excellent young people, Several of whom are students of Keene Academy. The meetings for the young people were especially interesting, and the young people's organizations have been placed upon a better working basis. The Lord blessed with a great spiritual revival.
Attending the meeting were the local workers, and Elder G. F. Watson, president of the Southwestern Union; Brother A. F. Harrison, union missionary agent; W. L. Adams, educational and Young People's secretary; Prof. F. R. Isaac, principal of Keene Academy; and the writer, of Keene Academy, representing the press work and assisting in the young people's meetings. H. H. Hamilton.

Notes on the Educational and Missionary Volunteer Council

By Frederick Griggs

Our council at St. Helena, Cal., opened under most auspicious circumstances. Nearly every delegate was present at the vesper service conducted by Elder I. H. Evans. It was a calm, beautiful evening, and the peace of God seemed in a marked manner to rest upon this opening service of the council at the beginning of the holy Sabbath.
Following vespers, words of welcome were spoken by Pres. C. W. Irwin of the Pacific Union College, where the council was held. Responses were made by Prof. M. E. Kern and the writer. Elder E. E. Andross, the president of the Pacific Union Conference, then gave a most stirring and appropriate address on “The Demands of Our Times.”
Sabbath was an excellent day. The sermon in the forenoon by Elder I. H. Evans on “The Problems of Our Young People and Our Message,” and the consecration service in the afternoon, having as the leading thought the motto of the Missionary Volunteers, “For the Love of Christ Constraineth Us,” led by Elder Meade MacGuire, were occasions of great spiritual value. At the very beginning of our meeting, there came into the council a very firm purpose to consecrate anew and in a special way our life efforts to the education and training of our children and youth for the work of rescuing all honest souls from the maelstrom of doubt and unbelief, war and strife, into whose vortex the whole world is being rapidly drawn.
The evening after the Sabbath, the secretaries of the Volunteer and Educational Departments read to the council papers which they had prepared, outlining the work of the council as related to their departments. Thus was our council opened.
In the general arrangement of time for the program, the Educational Department had two sessions to each one of the Missionary Volunteer. This division seemed necessary owing to the large amount of technical work which the Educational Department was obliged to give consideration to at this council. There are thirteen standing committees which were appointed at the time of the last General Conference. These committees are as follows: Elementary standards, science equipment, library, standards, Bible courses, courses of study, textbooks, certification, blank forms, industrial credits, auxiliary organizations, normal library, and normal equipment.
The topics on the program were presented largely by papers. These papers were well written and unusually strong, showing that much time and effort had been put forth in their preparation. We never had such excellent papers and helpful discussions in any of the previous conventions or councils of these departments.
The Pacific Union Conference and the Pacific Union College showed the utmost kindness and courtesy to the delegates at the council. Nothing was left undone to make our stay here agreeable. Upon their arrival the delegates were immediately directed to their rooms, which had been previously assigned. Everything, from the hearty welcome given the delegates as they arrived, by Elder Andross of the union conference and President Irwin of the college, to the excellent home care by the preceptress, Miss Andre, and the matron, Mrs. Robbins, was all one might wish, and more than might be expected.
There were in attendance at the council about fifty delegates. Many visitors also came in. The delegates were seated in a body in the central part of the college chapel; and with delegates and visitors, we had an average attendance of from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five. Many of the delegates had never been in California before, and they enjoyed the beauties of California scenery to the full. We are glad that our teachers could have the opportunity of visiting this portion of the country. The decisions made at the council are certain to have important results in connection with the work of these two departments of our great cause.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.

Notices and Appointments

Camp Meetings

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Northern New England, Woodsville, N. H. ....................... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Maine, Dover and Foxcroft ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Eastern New York, Schenectady ....... Sept. 2-12

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Western Colorado, Grand Junction ...... ........................ July 22 to Aug. 1 Missouri, Columbia ............ Aug. 5-15 Nebraska, Hastings ............ Aug. 19-29 Kansas, Emporia ............... Sept. 2-12

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

Virginia, Charlottesville .......... Aug. 5-15 Ohio, Mount Vernon ................. Aug. 12-22 West Virginia, North View, Clarksburg .......... ........................ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Virginia, Newport News (colored) Sept. 9-19

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

West Michigan, Charlotte .......... Aug. 12-22 Indiana, Indianapolis ............. Aug. 19-29 North Michigan, Mount Pleasant ...... ........................ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Northern Illinois, Joliet ........ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Southern Illinois, Springfield ..... Sept. 2-12

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

California, Richmond ............... July 15-25 Southern California, Huntington Park, Los Angeles ......................... Aug. 5-15 Utah, Ogden ........................ Aug. 17-22 Southeastern California, Huntington Beach ........................ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Arizona ............................ Oct. 7-17

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn....... July 16-25 South Carolina, Spartanburg, July 29 to Aug. 8 North Carolina, High Point ........ Aug. 12-22 Georgia, Union City ............... Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

North Texas, Sacul (local) ........ July 8-18 North Texas, Dalworth Park, July 22 to Aug. 1 Arkansas, Pine Bluff (colored) ...... ........................ July 22 to Aug. 1 Arkansas, Hot Springs .............. Aug. 5-15 North Texas, Linden (local) ....... Aug. 12-22 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City ........... Aug. 19-29 New Mexico ........................ Sept. 2-12 South Texas, Corpus Christi (local) .... ........................ Sept. 16-26

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Tennessee River, Hazel, Ky., July 22 to Aug. 2 Mississippi, Jackson (colored) ..... Aug. 8-18 Kentucky, Nicholasville ........... Aug. 13-22 Alabama, Birmingham (white) ....... Aug. 20-29 Alabama, Bessemer (colored) ....... Sept. 2-12

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Alberta, Lacombe .................. July 8-18

Educational Department

By F. Griggs; W. E. Howell

F. GRIGGS General and N. Am. Div. Secretary
W. E. HOWELL N. Am. Div. Asst. Secretary

New England Sanitarium Training School for Nurses

THE New England Sanitarium, at Melrose, Mass., announces that its nurses' training school year begins September 10, and that the school calendar and a beautiful illustrated catalogue of the institution will be mailed to all inquirers.
There will be opportunity for a larger class than usual. The institution is each year exerting a stronger evangelistic influence, and the training school is increasing in efficiency to qualify young people to help carry the advent message in all its fullness to all the world in this generation. Correspondence is solicited.

Cumberland Conference Association

By W. H. Branson; Clara Russell

THE annual session of the Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at 10 A. M., July 22, 1915, on the camp ground at Cleveland, Tenn. This meeting will be held for the purpose of electing officers and of transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. Let every church be fully represented.
W. H. BRANSON, President; CLARA RUSSELL, Secretary.

Arkansas Conference Association

By W. E. Baxter; C. J. Dart

THE Arkansas Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp meeting at Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 5-15, 1915. The first meeting of the association will be called at ten o'clock, Monday, August 9. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association.
W. E. BAXTER, President; C. J. DART, Secretary.
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