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EGYPT'S URGENT NEED.

By Lewis Glenn

[Lewis Glenn, in Herald of Light.]

PERHAPS it would be difficult to find a mission field where there are greater masses of people who have no Gospel privileges than in Egypt. Some of the larger cities are almost wholly neglected by Protestant missionaries. This is a city [Alexandria] of about 350,000 population, with but one man missionary working among the people. Owing to the customs of the country women missionaries can not work with the men in this part.

There are thousands of villages where the Gospel is never heard any more. There were a few "faith" missionaries itinerating among these villages, but the work has been abandoned for lack of support. The Presbyterian Church made a call for 280 more missionaries at their convention two years ago, but there appears to be very little response to the call. They have about eighty workers in the country, located chiefly in Upper Egypt. Much of their effort is spent in day schools, but there is a crying need for evangelization among all classes.

A member of the British and Foreign Bible Society told us how in former years he spent years itinerating among the towns and villages (some of these villages have from 3,000 to 10,000 population). He would go for weeks traveling from village to village, and often preaching to the people who would congregate in a native home; he would eat with his host, then sleep on a mat on the floor. He was received cordially and his labors were blessed everywhere, but since the people in England failed to support him and his family, he has taken employment in the above-named society with a salary sufficient for his support, but now the natives sit in darkness and the shadow of death. Think of these millions waiting for the slow-going mission movements to bring them the Gospel, while fevers and plague thin their ranks. You who are anxious to send them the light can support a missionary here if you can not come yourself. . . . While the Christian world waits, the zealous Moslem is going from place to place to confirm the people in their false belief, and is sweeping the newly-opened districts in the Soudan for Mohammedanism.

HOW TO SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

THE Lord wants all the world to know that He is God, and that there is none else worthy the title. This is not for His own benefit, as tho He were in need; but it is for the benefit of the creatures of His hand. Mankind could have so much more of blessing in every way if all would but acknowledge Him who alone has all needed, all possible, blessings to bestow. "In Him we live, and move, and have our being," and from Him cometh "every good and perfect gift." Again, "He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things."

To the end that all the world shall know the true God, and be benefited by the knowledge, it is essential that those who profess to know Him shall manifest it in obedient lives. It is essential that they prove the sincerity of their profession of faith by corresponding lives. At the close of King Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the temple, he emphasized his petition for special guidance in the following words:

"And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that He maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require; that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else. Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

This prayer was offered under a special endowment of wisdom and of the Spirit of prayer; and it shows God's chosen means of disseminating a true and effective knowledge of Himself and His infinite blessings throughout the world. It is now due to the world that the Gospel of the coming kingdom of God be universally proclaimed—that "the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." It is therefore most emphatically the obligation of those who profess His name to let their hearts "be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commandments." "For this is the love of God that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not grievous."

CHRISTIAN WORK IN KOREA.

The Korean people have certain racial traits which, when liberated by the Gospel, become the basis of a noble type of Christian character. Naturally they are decent; they have an appreciation of civility, the relation of men and women is deferential, and in many ways they have a sort of natural foundation for Christian ethics.

The story of the Gospel work in Korea is most encouraging. They take the meaning of the Gospel seriously and in deep repentance for sin become converted and construct their faith, not on a theory, but on a good life. Men put away their concubinage and purify their homes.

Rev. C. G. Hounshell, in the Korean Methodist, gives a vivid account of the way the work goes on in Korea. In speaking of one of the afternoon revival meetings in Seoul, he says:

Mrs. Sau was the first to take a definite step toward Jesus. One afternoon she arose in the congregation and said, "I am a great sinner, but I want to come to the Saviour and be saved from my sins." She came forward and knelt at the altar, and the Christian women knelt around her. After several prayers had been offered for her, she, herself, poured out her soul in prayer to God. Her prayer was fervent and broken by sobs, and when she arose her face was bright and happy, clearly manifesting the fact that a change had taken place. She bore testimony to the fact "that the peace of the Lord Jesus had filled her heart."

Could any one ask for a clearer and more satisfactory work of grace?—California Christian Advocate.

WORK IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

By William Simpson

I CAME to the city of San Diego a little over two months ago to commence a series of meetings. I held the first meeting in the Isis Theater. The rent of the theater and the advertising of that one meeting cost $100. The subject advertised for the evening was an illustrated lecture on "The Binding of Satan One Thousand Years in the Bottomless Pit."

Altho the doors of the theater opened one hour before the meeting, the entrance was crowded with people waiting for admittance. Little did they realize the solemn truths to which they were about to listen.

At the close of the meeting I displayed before the congregation the prophetic symbols of Daniel very

greatly enlarged. By means of a compressed air arrangement that I have, they were made to rise in their order before the people. This, of course, greatly aroused their curiosity. I then announced that meetings would be continued in a large pavilion erected in a central part of the city.

I have held meetings every evening continuously for about two months under circumstances that have not been the most favorable. I can assure you that it is not a pleasant experience to be caught in the rainy season of Southern California with an old, dilapidated tent. We are glad to know, however, that we are serving a God who can use the weak and despised things. We give glory to Him for what has been accomplished.

Before leaving here it was my privilege to bury forty-three precious souls with their Lord in baptism. I will return at the close of this month to baptize others who will then be ready. As this is a city of tourists we will never know the exact results of the meetings until Jesus comes and gathers His jewels home. We can safely say that over fifty have taken their stand to keep all "the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Many others are seriously considering the matter, and standing in the "valley of decision." We are earnestly praying that God will help them to make the right decision before the day passes as the chaff. We give our dear heavenly Father all the honor and glory for what has been done, and thank Him without ceasing for a humble part in this glorious message.

I will return to my home at Tropico, Cal., for a short rest before starting another series of meetings. I know not where I will go next, but I know that the One who is directing this message has promised to direct His work in truth.

Yours in the Master's work, WM. SIMPSON.

THE WAY THAT HE WILLETH FOR ME.

[This anonymous poem, given us at the same time, by a Christian young man, expresses the sentiment of his heart.]

THE way that He willeth in love for me, That is the way for me! And I do not care how thorny and bare The journey may seem to be, If only afar, on the mountain-side, In the light of the sun, I may see The shining garments and beckoning hand Of the Guide He has sent to me.

The place that He willeth in love for me, That is the place for me! I care not at all, whether large or small, The work may seem to be, If only sometimes in a quiet hour I may hear Him say to me, "My little child, thou art doing well The task I have willed for thee!"

The song that He willeth in love for me, That is the song for me, Be it loud or light, so the tone be right To the Master-Musician's key, It blends and is lost in a mightier song That sweeps from sea to sea, Drowning all turmoil and discord and strife In a flood-tide of harmony.

So all that He willeth shall be for me,— The song and the place and the way, I rest in peace till the earth-dreams cease, And utterly vanish away, For His eye doth see, and His voice doth speak, And His power all things doth sway, And safe in His presence His children dwell Forever and for aye.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

THE brethren at Menominee, Mich., are building a new house of worship.

AT the last quarterly-meeting at Ladoga, Iowa, two members were added to the church.

THE fourth annual meeting of the West Michigan Conference will be held at Otsego, January 18-21.

THE Sioux Falls, S. D., Cataract of December 15 contains, as editorial, a two-column article on the Sabbath question, written by Brother G. W. Rogers.

TWO young men were recently baptized at Fertile, Iowa, by Brother E. G. Olsen. They will both become students at Union College. Three members were added to the church the day previous.

FROM the Southwestern Union Record we learn of the recent death of Brother S. S. Ryles, the only colored ordained minister of our denomination in that union conference. Tuberculosis was the cause.

THREE members were added to the Cleveland, Ohio, church during the week of prayer. Brother D. E. Lindsey says: "Our young people are doing a good work, and the Sabbath-school is full of interest."

FROM Amory, Miss., where Brethren S. A. Jordan and W. H. Sebastian have been laboring during the autumn, they report that twelve have taken their stand for the truth. Others are interested, and there is a good prospect for a school.

THE new Sanitarium, Loma Linda, near Redlands, Cal., is now favored with the presence, counsel, and instruction of Brother S. N. Haskell and wife. The people of California will welcome these old-time laborers back to their former field.

BROTHER H. W. COTTRELL, until recently president of Atlantic Union Conference, gave us a short call on the 26th ult. As stated in a former issue, he comes to take up labor in the Pacific Union Conference, and will attend the session in Portland, Ore., in February. Brethren A. G. Daniells and G. A. Irwin are also booked for attendance.

Writing to the Canadian Union Messenger from Brantford, Ont., December 3, Brother W. Dredge says: "I was at Paris three days last week, and by the help of the Lord sold 173 SIGNS OF THE TIMES, which makes about 1,100 special SIGNS sold already in and about Brantford during the Missionary Campaign. I love to sell the SIGNS. People will buy a five-cent paper when they will not buy a book. It will take about two more days to finish Paris."

A LETTER from Sister Perry, written from Lima, Peru, says, "We reached this place November 13 after being on the water thirty-seven days, and were allowed to land November 16. A Spanish brother came out to the boat to meet us as soon as the quarantine was lifted, and took us to his home. He helped us in securing some rooms where we will stay until we find a place to locate. Our courage is good and our trust is in the Lord. Address us Lima, Peru."—South Dakota Worker.

Writing to the Bulletin, of Des Moines, Iowa, from China, Brother W. C. Hankins says: "Our little chapel here in Kulangsu is but a few steps from our door. We have only fifteen or twenty members in our Sabbath-school, but our contributions might be a good example for many of our American schools, for we often receive four or five hundred cash, and a cash looks nearly as large to the people here as a penny does to our people at home. And not only do they contribute freely, but each one pays an honest tithe."

A REPORT of quarterly visits in Mississippi by Brother W. H. Sebastian, mentions the following: Vicksburg, one candidate baptized; Jackson, five waiting baptism; Yazoo City, three baptized; Greenville, four baptized; four others (among them a Baptist minister and wife) are waiting baptism, and the two last mentioned are going to school at Vicksburg. At Columbus two were baptized; at Crawford, one new believer was waiting baptism; and at Brookhaven, there were four new believers. At Greenwood there was one believer, who was of good courage.

ON special appeal of Brother F. I. Richardson, president of Arizona Conference, for help in that unworked field, the East Michigan Conference has decided to send Brother P. C. Hayward down there and support him one year. And the brethren of East Michigan now feel so much encouraged because of this decision to reach out to regions beyond that are more needy, that they contemplate sending another worker to some other field next year. If this spirit of missionary work continues, we expect to see also an increased periodical work by the local societies. That is the logic of it.

THE following statistical summary may be of interest: Seventh-day Adventists have local conferences in six different countries: in North America, 52; in South America, 2; in Europe and Great Britain, 13; in South Africa, 2; in Australia, 7; in the West Indies, 2. Fifty foreign missions are located in India, Burma, Central China, Japan, East Indies, Eastern, Central, and Western Africa, and various islands. From 11 publishing houses—located in the United States, Europe, Australia, India, South Africa, and South America—publications are issued in forty-three languages, in the form of periodicals, bound books, pamphlets, and tracts. There are at present over fifty sanitariums, and over forty medical missionary treatment-rooms under the auspices of the denomination. Of educational institutions there were, at last official report, 451 primary schools, 30 intermediate schools, and nineteen colleges. The denomination has gained more in membership during the last ten years than in the preceding fifty years, and funds to support the work have increased correspondingly.

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THE tenth annual meeting of the California Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the thirty-fifth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at Oakland, Cal., Jan. 22-25, 1906, for the purpose of electing a board of seven directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-NEVADA CONFERENCE.

The thirty-fifth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene at Oakland, Cal., January 22 at 9 o'clock, A.M., at the church corner of Twelfth and Brush Streets, continuing until January 25. Each church should at once select their delegates at the ratio of one delegate for the church, and an additional delegate for every twenty members. A full delegation at this session is earnestly desired.

W. T. KNOX, President, T. A. KILGORE, Secretary.

PACIFIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

A MEETING of the Pacific Educational Association will be held in connection with the thirty-fifth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, to be held at Oakland, Cal., January 22-25. Questions of importance concerning Healdsburg College and its work will be considered.

W. T. KNOX, President, T. A. LASHER, Secretary.

EDUCATION IN THE HOME. NO. 32.

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

BY MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE.

"But aren't you afraid, Mr. Hartman, that if you teach wicked people that there is no such thing as an eternal place of burning, they may be encouraged in their evil ways, and never become converted?" queried Walter Gray.

"See here, Walter," volunteered John, "you wouldn't tell lies to them, for fear they would never become converted if you didn't, would you?"

"No, no; God's way of saving souls is the best, always," said Brother Hartman. "I truly believe there is nothing like the doctrine of love, to win souls."

"Yes," declared grandma, "Love is one of the names of the Eternal, and surely, any doctrine which seems revolting and cruel even to a sinful human heart, must appear infinitely more so to Him who has said: 'Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.'"

"That's true," said Mrs. Wilbur. "I wouldn't give much for anybody's religion who was converted through fear instead of love."

"But how would it agree with the character of a God whose very name is 'Love,' to keep, before the universe, the horrible spectacle of an ever-burning hell filled with never-dying souls, to all eternity?" asked grandma.

"It doesn't seem a bit reasonable," replied Mrs. Gray, "and yet these wicked souls are not fit to enter heaven. What shall be done with the hopelessly wicked?"

"The Catholic would send them to purgatory," volunteered Walter Gray.

"But what does God's Word say? Walter, please read Rom. 6:23."

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

"Are you sure you read correctly, Walter?" asked Brother Hartman, with a smile. "Are you certain the text does not say that the wages of sin is eternal life in misery?"

"It certainly does not say so here, sir."

"Mattie, about how many texts have you found which assert plainly that the wicked will be utterly destroyed?"

"There are more than one hundred, father. Elsie and I found and read more than that number this week as we were preparing for the study."

"More than one hundred!" exclaimed Mrs. Wilbur. "Well I am surprised; and yet people seem to be ignorant on this important subject,—I confess I am; but I would much like you to give me the references to some of the plainest of those texts, so I can study them at my leisure."

"A good idea; we will gladly do so. Mattie, did you make a note of these references?"

"No, but Elsie copied a few of them. Elsie, will you hand Mrs. Wilbur those references you copied?"

Mrs. Wilbur eagerly reached for the proffered paper, upon which were written the following references:—Obadiah, 16th verse; Rom. 6:23; Rev. 20:14, 15; 21:8; Ps. 5:6; 9:5; 37:38; 52:4, 5; 2 Thess. 1:9; 2 Peter 2:12; Job 20:4-9; Mal. 4:1.

"But I can tell you," continued Mattie, "the one that impressed me as being the plainest of all the others: It is the tenth and twentieth verses of the thirty-seventh Psalm. Here is the place; Josie, will you read?"

"'For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.' That's the tenth verse, and I will read the twentieth," said Josie:

"'But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.'"

"Well, surely, Mattie," said Mrs. Jones, "I can't wonder that these verses impressed you. I suppose I have read them many times, without a thought of their real import."

"That's the way I have always read the Bible, too, I fear," confessed Mrs. Gray.

"But," continued Brother Hartman, "God will have a clean universe. Satan will not be allowed to triumph forever. The glad day is hastening when sin with all its sad effects will have been blotted from the fair universe of God. Nevermore any tempting enemy; no more sorrow, sin, or death; nothing but perfect love and joy and songs of praise forevermore; no ever-burning hell, with its blaspheming inhabitants writhing in agony, but every living creature will be blest and happy. My proof?—certainly,—Elsie please read Rev. 5:13:"

"'And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever.'"

"What more does David say about the finally unregenerate? Mrs. Wilbur, please read Ps. 37:35, 36."

Mrs. Wilbur's face was very serious as she turned to the text. There is nothing on earth that is so keen an accuser as a troubled conscience, and Mrs. Wilbur saw herself this night as one who, all her life long, had neglected to study God's Word. As she read, her tones were filled with conviction:

"'I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was NOT; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found!'"

"Well, Mrs. Wilbur," said Sister Hartman, "don't you think that if there was an ever-burning hell anywhere in God's universe, David would have been apt to have known of its location,—under the inspiration of the Spirit of God?"

Billy Black had become so intensely interested that he quite forgot his timidity; and while Mrs. Wilbur was reading her verse, he had leaned forward and watched her eagerly, and before she could reply to Sister Hartman's question, he asked:

"What had become of him, I wonder; if he wasn't in heaven nor hell, nor in the grave, where was he?—the wicked man, I mean."

"My lad," replied Brother Hartman, "I'll tell you why the Psalmist couldn't find the wicked: the reason is, that they simply did not exist. They had been blotted out. They had failed to make good use of the short life God gave them in which to prepare for eternity, and so God takes again the life, the existence, which He gave. He can not consistently continue a miserable and unhappy existence through all eternity, so God mercifully blots them out; and they become as tho they had not been."

"But," continued Billy, "suppose a fellow is downright sorry he hasn't spent his life right,—do you s'pose he'll be blotted out, Mr. Hartman?"

There was an unmistakable tremor in the poor lad's voice, and a look of the deepest anxiety upon his face. A tear shone in Brother Hartman's kindly eye, as he replied hastily:

"I think Beth will repeat grandma's favorite text, tho it has been once read to-night, because that exactly answers your question, my boy. Can you repeat John 3:16, little girl?"

Billy's anxious questions appealed very strongly to Beth's tender, sensitive nature, and, as tho glad of an opportunity to help him, she rose from her seat at grandma's side, and walked quickly over to Billy, and laying her small hand on his shoulder, looked directly into his eyes as she slowly repeated:

"'For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'"

(Concluded next week.)

CHARACTER IS THE BEST CAPITAL.

By Geikie

THE saying that one can not be honest and live is as old as sin. You can not be dishonest and live, in any worthy or noble sense. To get a full purse and a dead conscience is a poor exchange. It does not pay, in the long run, to have God against you. Rely on it, all shams, hypocrisies, wrong-doings, and lies go to their father some day. It depends from whose mint your money comes whether it is better to have or to want it. Everywhere honesty walks on firm ground; dishonesty, among pitfalls. Character is the best capital in the end; the want of it brings contempt and commonly even worldly ruin.

Honesty is a sworn foe to debt and spends no more than it earns; hardly all that. To owe is a millstone around many a young man's neck that drowns him in perdition after a time. Be manly enough to seem what you are, and while you by no means parade poverty, never hide it at the cost of uprightness. Make the very best appearance you can honestly, but stop there. Pay as you go, and you will save many a headache. Be content to begin life at the beginning and to wait, as others have done, till your income warrants indulgence before taking it. Ambitious, reckless commencements are the ruin of thousands, bringing anxiety, overwork, debt, draining business of capital, and living on creditors rather than gains. Young men nowadays too often

affect at the outset the style their fathers only reached after thrifty and patient years. They begin with the large end of the horn, and very often come out at the small one. Don't take Jonah's gourd for your pattern. Make it your moral.—Geikie.

INVOCATION.

By F. E. B.

BY F. E. B.

GREAT Helper, I invoke Thee; for I am weak. My tongue fails utterly Thy word to speak, My heart is faltering, and my pen doth fail, Weakness and sorrow all my powers assail, And yet the vision of the need is great. Great Helper, help me; for on Thee I wait. Or rather helper let me be to Thee, Do thou the work that overwhelmeth me. I'll slip this burden from my heart to Thine, This work must have the power of God divine.

THE BATH-ROOM.

By M. A. J.

BY M. A. J.

CARE of the bath-room is one of the most important details in housekeeping, and if left to the control of the average servant will be neglected. While once a week is sufficient for its thorough cleaning, every part of the bath-room should be cleaned every morning, to insure perfect safety from disease germs. Aside from the convenience of good drainage, the health of the family demands that all waste pipes be kept as clean as possible.

A zinc-lined bath tub should be kept scrupulously clean, as the zinc absorbs impurities; and if the zinc has become dark from careless washing, it may be brightened by rubbing with a mixture of fine, sifted ashes and petroleum, but the drain should be stopped before cleaning the metal.

Brighten nickel bath-room fixtures with whiting moistened with ammonia, and polish with a piece of dry flannel. Copper faucets and the like may be cleaned with diluted oxalic acid. Brass which has suffered from neglect may be cleaned with oxalic acid, while rottenstone made into a paste with kerosene is all that is required for polishing brass that simply needs brightening.

The nickel and brass fixtures in the bath-room may be kept bright, and will not require to be polished so often, if they are washed every morning with a strong, pearline suds and then rubbed dry with a soft, flannel cloth. The bowl and tub may be kept beautifully white and clean by washing with hot suds every two or three days, adding now and then a little ammonia or soda to the suds.

Keep a bottle of ammonia in the bath-room and let it be used freely around the drain pipes. This will help to carry off any collection that may interfere with perfect drainage, and the bath-room will never be the starting-point of disease if the waste-pipes are kept perfectly clean.

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