p. 23 | Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 42. (10/22/1903)

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

Stenographer Wanted

WANTED.—Position as stenographer by Sabbath-keeping girl. Address Box 294, Litchfield, Ill.

Farm for Sale Near Keene

For Sale.—Farm of 160 acres of excellent land, 1½ miles from Keene, Tex. Would exchange for farm or ranch with good land, good improvements, healthful climate, good water. Address J. H. Conway, Keene, Tex.

Men Wanted for Adventist Coal Mine

WANTED IMMEDIATELY.—Several able S. D. A. men for private S. D. A. coal mine. Steady work. Average wages, $2.50 a day. Board, $4 a week. Experience not necessary. Bible school evenings. Meetings Sabbath. No room for tobacco users, profane men, or sluggards. Address J. W. Ingison, Kenmare; N. D.

General Merchandise Business for Sale

FOR SALE.—Interest in, or entire general merchandise business at Keene, Tex. Nice new store, fresh stock, best corner and stand in town (only one other store), and prosperous business; but must make a change. Sell business with or without building, and rent store cheap. There are but few places where Adventists can run a mercantile business on account of the Sabbath, hence this is a rare opportunity. Address Box 35, Keene, Tex.

General Conference Committee Council Meetings

By Editor

CONSIDERABLE attention has been given to the meetings of the council of the General Conference Committee by the Washington daily papers, and quite a full report of the proceedings has been printed. A special interest is taken in any action relating to the establishment of our institutions in this city, and we are confident that the move to open all treatment rooms in the city and to build a sanitarium at Takoma Park will meet with hearty indorsement and cordial co-operation.

The Council

THE past week has been one of interest and progress in the doings of the council of the General Conference Committee, a partial report of which was given in last week's issue. The attendance has been increased by the arrival of several brethren from different States.

On Sunday afternoon, October 11, Brother A. G. Daniells read some instruction from Sister White dealing with our present situation, and pointing out clearly some of the dangers which threaten the work. This instruction brought light and liberty into the council, and removed some of the difficulties which were embarrassing the brethren. On Wednesday morning Brother Daniells read three communications from Sister White, which had been received the previous evening. They were of a most solemn nature, and made a very deep impression upon those who heard them. Nearly all present testified to their thankfulness for the counsel which the Lord had thus sent. One of these Testimonies, which points out the dangerous character of the teaching in the book, “The Living Temple,” is printed in this paper. It is quite probable that others will be printed later.

These Testimonies settled an issue which has brought trouble into our ranks, and have greatly helped some minds which had become confused concerning the teaching contained in this book. Other Testimonies were read on Friday morning, setting forth most plainly some of the wrong principles which have been adopted in late years in the conduct of the medical missionary work, and making clear the serious situation to which we have been brought in this work on account of a failure to heed the counsel of the Lord. A communication was also read by Brother A. T. Jones, which approved of the Missionary Acre Fund as a proper way for raising the money with which to pay the old debt on Battle Creek College.

The following actions have been taken at different sessions during the week:—

Voted, That it is the sense of this council that suitable treatment rooms be opened as soon as possible in Washington. It is expected that this recommendation will be carried into effect immediately after the adjournment of this council, and that this work will be under conference supervision.

Voted, That the week of prayer be from Sabbath, December 12, to Sabbath, December 19. The topics suggested for the readings are as follows: “Nearness of the End,” “Our Work from the Prophetic Standpoint,” “God’s Opening Providences for Aggressive Work,” “A New Consecration Needed,” “The Promise, Need, and Effect of the Holy Spirit,” “The Education of Our Young People for Service,” “Calls from the Regions Beyond,” “The Call for Calebs and Joshuas.”

Voted, That all our churches and people everywhere in this country make a special effort to sell a large number of the forthcoming issue of the Signs of the Times on capital and labor.

That a special organized campaign be inaugurated in all our churches for the circulation, by sale or otherwise, of our literature this fall and winter.

That this campaign be opened by a missionary convention in all the churches, November 21, 22.

Voted, That a vigorous effort be made this winter to proclaim the advent message in Washington, this evangelistic effort to include public meetings, Bible work, and distribution of literature.

Voted, That one hundred thousand dollars be raised for the work in Washington, this amount to cover the investment in the sanitarium, the school, and the building for the offices of the General Conference and Mission Board.

All the brethren in attendance upon the council spent a considerable part of Tuesday, October 13, at Takoma Park, visiting the suggested sites for the Review and Herald printing plant, and inspecting the tract of land purchased for school and sanitarium purposes. The day was a delightful one, and so far as we learned, all seemed favorably impressed with what they saw.

The time set for the adjournment of the council was Wednesday, October 21. A further report will appear next week.

Reports from the Field

By Editor

The reports from the field in this issue are very interesting and encouraging. We hope the workers in all fields will report frequently.

An Appeal for Jamaica

READ Brother Beckner’s description of the situation in Jamaica, and then respond as the Lord may impress your heart. The simple facts are a strong appeal for help.

L. A. Smith’s Daughter Ill

WE regret to state that Brother L. A. Smith, one of our associate editors, was called to Battle Creek last week by the dangerous illness of a little daughter recently added to his family. We hope that he may soon be able to resume his usual work.

The Hour of God’s Judgment

THE date of this issue of the REVIEW, Oct. 22, 1903, is the fifty-ninth anniversary of the tenth day of the seventh month, 1844, when the hour of God's judgment began. So far along are we in the last period of this world's history. Only a few more years will bring us to the end.

Help Circulate the Review

By Editor

Did you read those “four suggestions” in last week's REVIEW? We earnestly hope that you will act upon them. If this is done, it will not be long before every Sabbath-keeping family in this country will receive the weekly visits of our church paper. The instruction which is now appearing in the REVIEW ought certainly to be read in every family. Will you not help to make this a fact?

Instruction Concerning a Controversial Book

By Editor

We invite special attention to the article by Sister White on page eight. A determined effort to urge upon the denomination a book against which the most serious objections had been made by those who regarded its teaching as unscriptural and dangerous, and finally the claim put forth that the teaching of this book was in perfect harmony with the teaching of the Testimonies, have made it necessary to publish this instruction in the REVIEW for the benefit of all our people.

The Sentinel’s New Home

By Editor

The first issue of The Sentinel of Christian Liberty from its new home in this city appeared last week. The issue which called this paper into existence is still a living one, and the principles which it advocates ought to be taught to all the people. It is now published under the very shadow of the Capitol building, where the laws of the nation are made, and it ought to carry the message of Christian liberty throughout all the land. We hope that its present circle of readers may be greatly enlarged in the near future.

Pius X May Abandon Vatican Imprisonment

It is reported that Pope Pius X is giving evidence of holding sentiments quite divergent from those of Pius IX and Leo XIII regarding the necessity of remaining a “prisoner” in the Vatican, and it is believed there may shortly be seen a change of the papal policy in this respect. Ever since Rome became the capital of United Italy, and ceased to be the seat of the pope’s temporal dominion, the Roman pontiff has confined himself in the Vatican, styling himself a prisoner, though the Italian government has put no obstacle whatever in the way of his personal freedom. Neither Pius IX nor Leo XIII would do anything which might be construed as indicating a cessation of active protest against the loss of the temporal power and an acquiescence in the change which had put the Quirinal in the place of the Vatican in the government of Rome. The hope of the restoration of the pope’s temporal power has grown more and more dim, however, and with the advent of the new pope, who has a strong aversion to confinement in the Vatican, there are signs that the tradition of “imprisonment” may be dropped from the pontiff’s policy, and the spectacle of a pope traveling about Italy, and perhaps even going to other lands, be seen as in former times. Such is the meaning attached by some to a recent statement of Pius X, promising to return a visit paid to him by the proprietor of an abbey situated at some distance from the “eternal city.”