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Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 21.

The Sabbath and Service
Earlier text: China

Tri-City Sanitarium

By S. P. S. Edwards, M. D.

THIS institution, which is situated in the beautiful city of Moline, Ill., was the outgrowth of the circulation of medical literature by several workers under the direction of Dr. J. E. Froom, the effort resulting first in very modest bathroom facilities in a private residence. As the patronage increased, the facilities also grew, until, through the kindness of Mrs. M. E. Stewart, a member of the Moline church, the present site was secured, and after the expenditure of a number of thousand dollars, what is declared by many to be an edition de luxe among sanitariums was established. This sanitarium is carried on under the direction and ownership of the Northern Illinois Medical Missionary and Sanitarium Association. This association is composed of the delegates to the annual session of the Northern Illinois Conference, and holds its meetings in connection with this organization, nine trustees holding the vested property rights and directing in the management of the institution.
The main building of the sanitarium is a beautiful frame structure about one hundred and fifty by sixty-five feet, three stories high, with a commodious basement. The improvements made during the last year provide accommodations for twenty patients, besides providing for many of the family of helpers within the main building. Public rooms, such as halls, parlor, dining-room, etc., are very nicely, though simply finished and decorated, giving a refined, quiet, homelike atmosphere to the place. The new bath-rooms are declared by all who have seen them to be the nicest and most satisfactorily arranged of those in any similar institution which they have visited.
The site of the sanitarium is on a high bluff, with fine terraced lawn, and without obstruction as to view or ventilation from the surrounding buildings, and is so situated that in summer the temperature averages two degrees lower than much of the surrounding city, and in the winter the temperature, except in cases of high winds, is two or three degrees higher than the temperature of the surrounding country.
The natural surroundings afford abundant opportunity for recreation. Beautiful streets; several pretty parks, including the government reservation, on which is located the Rock Island Arsenal; the river, with boating in summer, and skating and ice-boating in winter; the numerous points of interest, from both a natural and historical standpoint, of the surrounding country, afford an unlimited opportunity for outdoor recreation.
The institution employs two or three physicians, and from fifteen to twenty nurses continually. Having a population of one hundred thousand from which to draw patronage in the three cities, Moline, Rock Island, and Davenport, the institution has steadily grown until it is practically full the year round.
The size of the institution is such that it is possible to maintain a very pleasant family spirit both among the helpers and among the patients. The atmosphere of institutionalism, which is liable to interfere with the greatest success of larger institutions, is eliminated, so that each helper and each patient can receive a larger amount of personal attention, and feel a great deal more of the personal interest in all that is going on in the institution. This enables the patients to feel less of loneliness and homesickness, and inspires the helpers to do more efficient work and to take more interest in the success of the institution.
During the past year between three and four hundred patients were cared for in the institution, the gross earnings reaching something over twelve thousand dollars, of which amount about fifteen hundred dollars was paid out for charitable and benevolent work.
The real estate of the institution has a valuation of about forty thousand dollars. The present worth is $22,571.67. The last fiscal year shows a net gain of $1,182.18.
The nurses’ training course covers a period of three years, and includes a regular course of Bible and missionary study, and frequently work along missionary lines, in Christian Help work, visiting nurse work, and personal missionary work, and familiarity with foreign missions and missionaries.
The list of employees at present in the institution is as follows:— Physicians, S. P. S. Edwards, M. D., and Maria L. Edwards, M. D.; Medical Matron, Laura M. Jensen; House Matron, Mrs. R. T. Just; Steward and Accountant, W. C. Forman; Nurses, R. T. Just, Pearl Long, Clara Maas, Edna Andrews, Cora Young, Mary Jessen, Irene Snyder, Hannah Anderson, Jenette Smith, Emma Nelson, Nina Carl.
S. P. S. EDWARDS, M. D.

A Medical Missionary Council

NEARLY two years have passed since the first and only medical missionary council of this denomination was held. This was a very important meeting, and much good came from it to the medical missionary cause. Many who are directly connected with the Medical Department of our work have felt keenly the need of another council. In view of several favoring circumstances, it has been decided to hold a medical missionary council at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., June 9-11, 1907. A few of the reasons for holding such a meeting at this time are these:—
1. The annual meeting of the American Medical Association is to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., June 4-7. This will bring many of our physicians to this locality at that time. Every progressive physician has a desire to attend such meetings where the most approved methods of caring for the sick are discussed by men of national and international fame. The railroad fare will be greatly reduced on account of this meeting, being one fare plus one dollar for the round trip.
2. The new Sanitarium at Takoma Park will be ready for opening at the time, and our physicians and nurses who attend can then become better acquainted with the work in Washington. It is expected that the new institution will be opened to patients June 12.
3. Just at this time the representative brethren who have been attending the councils in Europe will be returning, and will be able to meet with those who attend this council, and impart some of the enthusiasm gained from coming in touch with representatives from the broad harvest-field. From these we hope to receive much valuable instruction. Meeting these delegates will be the next thing to being permitted to attend the European councils.
4. The Drs. Kress have just arrived from Australia, having spent some weeks visiting various sanitariums in the West, and will be able to assist greatly in the council.
It is hoped that every physician and nurse east of the Rocky Mountains will take a lively interest in this meeting, and plan to be present. Such a council has already been planned for the Pacific States, for July or August, and so it may not be possible for those west of the Rocky Mountains to attend this council, but we ought to have some representatives at least from the Western States.
Will not the State and union conference presidents and committees, sanitarium boards, and medical secretaries do everything possible to have sanitarium superintendents, physicians, and nurses, and all others interested in the medical work of the third angel's message attend this council? Many questions are demanding attention, and our leading medical men should counsel over these. We know that we are not doing a tenth ofwhat the Lord requires in this line. Let this meeting mark an awakening in our medical missionary work.
The new Sanitarium will be ready to entertain all who attend this council. Write the medical missionary secretary at once that we may know how many to plan for.
A few of the subjects to be considered are:—
1. Relation of the medical missionary work to the third angel's message.
2. Sanitarium management.
3. Surgery and physiological therapeutics.
4. Entertainment of patients.
5. Nurses exchanges, and how to provide for graduate nurses.
6. Reports from the American Medical Association meeting.
7. Reports from sanitariums.
8. How shall we secure proficient male and female help in our sanitariums?
9. Need of a distinguishing name for our institutions.
10. Gynecology in our sanitariums.
11. Advertising.
12. Uniformity in rates, remuneration, diet, and meal hours.
13. Requirements for nurses' training-schools—entrance, course, time, studies.
14. Education of missionaries for foreign fields—physicians and nurses.
15. How shall we eliminate commercialism?
16. Shall we train professionals or missionaries?
17. Relation of private sanitariums to the third angel's message.
18. Medical education—what kind? where? COMMITTEE.

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
W. A. GEORGE, M. D.,    Chairman
W. A. RUBLE, M. D.,    Secretary

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp-Meetings for 1907

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Chesapeake, Baltimore, Md. ........July 5-14 Maine ................Aug. 23 to Sept. 2 New York .................Sept. 5-16 Southern New England, New London, Conn. ............June 6-16 Western New York ......Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 West Pennsylvania, Oil City ....June 13-23
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Ontario, Niagara Falls ..Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE North Carolina, Lexington ....Aug. 15-25
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Northern Illinois, Aurora ..Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 North Michigan, Gladstone ........June 24-30 North Mich., East Jordan ..Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 North Michigan, Iron River (Swedish) ........May 18-27
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Minnesota, St. Cloud ....May 30 to June 9 North Dakota, Velva ......June 24 to July 1 North Dakota, Hankinson ........June 11-17 South Dakota, Sioux Falls ......June 13-23
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Des Moines ......May 30 to June 9 Kansas, Herington (State) ......Aug. 15-25 Missouri, Eldon .................Aug. 8-18 Nebraska, Hastings (Prospect Park) ........Sept. 12-22 Wyoming Mission Field, Crawford, Neb. .................June 20-30
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE Arkansas, Siloam Springs ........July 18-28 Oklahoma ...............Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Oklahoma, Woodward (local) ....July 23-28 Texas ......................Aug. 1-11
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE California-Nevada, Merced, Cal. ..............May 23 to June 2 California-Nevada, St. Helena, Cal., June 20-30 Southern California, Los Angeles ..Aug. 16-25 Utah, Salt Lake City ........Oct.
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Montana, Helena ............June 13-23 Upper Columbia, Walla Walla, Wash. ........May 30 to June 10 Western Oregon, Portland ..May 23 to June 2
MEETINGS IN EUROPE Norway ................June 5-9 Finland ................June 14-18 Sweden, Södertelje, near Stockholm ........June 19-24 German-Swiss .................July 3-7 French-Swiss .................July 10-14 German Union, Friedensau ....July 18-28 British Union .................Aug. 2-11 Holland ......................Aug. 15-18
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.

South Dakota Camp-Meeting

By E. G. HAYES

The annual camp-meeting of the South Dakota Conference will be held at Sioux Falls, S. D., June 13-23. The camp will be located in the grove south of the federal building and city post-office. It is a splendid location for elevation and shade, and, being centrally located, will attract a large attendance from the city. The camp-meeting is not so centrally located in the conference this year as we might be glad to have it, but wherever held, some must go farther than others. It is none too far for any to come, for we can not afford to miss the blessings to be obtained at these annual meetings. We trust that every family in the conference will be represented by the majority of its members, providing the entire family can not attend. Family tents, springs, etc., will be furnished at the usual reasonable rates to all who desire them. Let all bring necessary bedding with them.
Great events are rapidly taking place throughout the world, prophecy is being fulfilled, the controversy is growing more decisive as we are nearing the end, and the work will soon be finished in the earth. Never have we needed the benefits to be derived from our camp-meeting more than this year to prepare us for the experiences awaiting the people of God. Now, brethren and sisters, let nothing hinder you from being present at this meeting. Good help is being provided for the English, German, and Scandinavian languages, also for the youth and children. Please read Joel 2:15-17. Come filled with His Spirit and be a blessing to others.
E. G. HAYES, Conference President.

Ontario, Notice!

By O. A. BURRILL

The Ontario conference and camp-meeting will be held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, August 22 to September 1. O. A. BURRILL.

Notice!

By C. H. CASTLE

THE North Pacific Union Conference office has been changed from Spokane, Wash., to Walla Walla, Wash., Rooms 15 and 16, Die Brucke Block. All mail for the North Pacific Union Gleaner; the secretary of the conference, A. G. Adams; and the treasurer, C. H. Castle, should be addressed to Box 429, and not to the office address. In behalf of North Pacific Union Conference,
C. H. CASTLE, Treasurer.

Cumberland Conference, Notice!

SINCE the January meeting of the Cumberland Conference, the board of officers has been somewhat different from that given in the Year-book. The following is the complete list as it now stands: President, J. F. Pogue, Byington, Tenn.; Vice-President, W. W. Williams, Graysville, Tenn.; Treasurer, S. M. Jacobs, Graysville, Tenn.; Religious Liberty Secretary, W. L. Bird, Graysville, Tenn.; Conference and Field Secretary, E. B. Melendy, Graysville, Tenn.; Associate Secretary, Mrs. E. B. Melendy; Medical Secretary, M. M. Martinson, M. D., Graysville, Tenn.; Sabbath-school Secretary, Mrs. A. F. Harrison, Graysville, Tenn.; Educational Secretary, Lewen A. Jacobs, Graysville, Tenn.

Important Notice!

By S. J. Hersum

MEETINGS will be held with the Dyer Brook church, Aroostook Co., Maine, beginning Friday evening, May 31, 1907, and continuing over two Sabbaths and Sunday. It is desired that all our brethren and sisters in that county attend these meetings. Come praying that God will bless the services to the salvation of souls.
The regular June meeting will be held in Fairfield, beginning June 14, and holding over the Sabbath and Sunday. We hope all in this part of the State who can attend this meeting will do so. Plans will be made at that time for the tent work in this conference this summer, and it will also be decided when and where the camp-meeting will be held.
S. J. Hersum.
Richmond, Maine.

South Dakota Conference

By E. G. HAYES

THE twenty-eighth annual conference of Seventh-day Adventists of South Dakota, with the meetings of all other organizations auxiliary to the conference, will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting in Sioux Falls, S. D., June 13-23, 1907. The first meeting of the conference will be called Thursday, June 13, at 2:30 P. M. Officers for the coming year will be elected, and all other business for the conference will be transacted at that time. All the delegates should be present at the first meeting, as the work of the conference session will be organized at that time. Regular reduced rates, on the certificate plan, have been arranged for; purchasing dates, June 10-21, good to return to and including June 26.
E. G. HAYES, Conference President.

North Dakota, Notice!

By J. G. WALKER

FOR the benefit of those living in the southeastern part of the State, a local camp-meeting will be held at Hankinson, June 11-17. We have engaged a beautiful park two miles outside the city in which to hold the meetings, and teams will meet the trains to convey passengers to the grounds. As the meeting comes after that in Minnesota, and before the meeting proper in South Dakota, we are able to secure good help. We hope all our brethren and sisters in that part of the conference will avail themselves of this opportunity to hear the stirring truths for this time. E. M. Strong will make all the arrangements for the camp, and those who come should write to him, so that a tent may be in readiness, and some one be appointed to meet the train.
J. G. WALKER, Conference President.

North Dakota, Notice!

By J. G. Walker

A GENERAL camp-meeting will be held this year at Velva, June 24 to July 1. A workers' meeting will precede this, beginning on the nineteenth, and we expect all our laborers to attend. The city park has been secured for a camp-ground. The residents of Velva say that it is very beautiful at that season of the year, and it will afford good shelter for the tents. We are sure all our brethren and sisters will enjoy camping there. We hope to see a very large gathering at this place, the largest we have yet had in North Dakota. Especially do we expect to see those living in the central, the west, and the northwest parts of the State attend this meeting. Meetings will be held in the English, Scandinavian, German, and possibly the Russian languages. There will be no business to attend to, and all may give themselves unreservedly to feasting upon spiritual things. J. G. WALKER, Conference President.

Obituaries

By B. F. Stureman; R. W. Miller; Will A. Baker; Mrs. Eva E. Clark; Roderick S. Owen

REYNOLDS.—Died at Thetford, Mich., March 29, 1907, Alauson S. Reynolds, aged 86 years, 11 months, and 20 days. The deceased accepted the Adventist faith some thirty-five years ago, and since that time has been a devoted Christian, and was beloved by his brethren and by other friends. The funeral was held from his granddaughter's home near Flint, with whom he had made his home in former years. All the friends are comforted with the thought that he sleeps in Jesus. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. B. F. STUREMAN.
SICKLER.—Died at Pasadena, Cal., March 24, 1907, Edward M. Sickler, after a lingering illness of over two years. Brother Sickler was born in Salem, N. J., Jan. 6, 1872. He was admitted to the bar of that State at an early age, and while engaged in legal practise twelve years ago, his attention was called to the higher claims of the law of God, and about four years ago he more fully united himself with our people. He was always interested in the truths of the Scriptures and the work of the church, and it was his desire that he might become an active gospel worker. He was a faithful and loving father and husband. Like a tired child, he peacefully fell asleep in Jesus, retaining consciousness till the end. R. W. MILLER.
JOHNSON.—Died at his home ten miles south of Milbank, S. D., March 23, 1907, of dropsy, Brother Christian Johnson, aged 59 years, 2 months, and 4 days. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and had lived in America about forty years. Brother Johnson was confirmed in the Lutheran Church, but accepted present truth about nine years ago under the labors of Elder Stureman. He was the father of eight children, four of whom are still living. Funeral sermon, based on Ps. 22: 29, was preached by the writer. Will A. Baker.
DUFFY.—Fell asleep in Jesus at her old home near Macon, Mo., March 22, 1907, Elizabeth Duffy, aged 94 years, 6 months, and 18 days. She formerly belonged to the Methodist Church, but received the light on the Sabbath truth at the age of sixty-five through reading. She was a strict health reformer, which was often mentioned as the reason for her long life and good health. She was a consistent Christian, beloved by all who knew her. Her church-membership was held in the church at Healdsburg, Cal. She was the mother of twelve children, of whom eight are still living. She leaves children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. Words of comfort were spoken by Redmon Whitehead (Cumberland Presbyterian). We hope to meet our mother in the earth made new. Mrs. Eva E. Clark.
SIMPSON.—Died at Glendale, Cal., April 28, 1907, Wm. Ward Simpson, in his thirty-sixth year. He leaves here a wife (formerly Miss Nellie F. Ballenger) and three small children to mourn their loss, also his mother, Mrs. Anna Richmond, who now resides in Battle Creek, Mich. Among those who feel deeply his loss should also be mentioned his colaborers in the message here in California, and his many children whom he has begotten in the Lord, and by whom he was greatly beloved. When a youth in Battle Creek, he served first as call-boy in the sanitarium, next as errand boy in the office of Good Health; afterward he completed an apprenticeship in the REVIEW AND HERALD Office. He was converted in 1890, and not long thereafter, while running a press in the Office, one morning he suddenly stopped the machine and informed the foreman that he was going to leave that work to assist in spreading the light of the third angel's message in the earth. He first labored as a canvasser, but ere long the Michigan Conference granted him a license to preach. He labored successfully among the Indians in Canada, and in both Ontario and Michigan his efforts brought good results. The laws of Canada made him an offender on account of his religious convictions, and he was compelled to remain a prisoner forty days in the Chatham jail, Ontario, Canada. In California since 1902, he has conducted successful series of meetings in Oakland and in Los Angeles, and in several of the larger cities of southern California. His death was a great shock to all, and it is one of the many things which we are called upon to meet, but are unable to explain. In delivering the funeral discourse the writer chose Rev. 15: 2-4, and spoke of the fact that Elder Simpson had dedicated his life to the development of the company who shall sing that song, and while they will meet many experiences here which at the time will be dark and mysterious, yet when standing upon the sea of glass before the throne of God and reviewing all the past, they will so fully understand it that all will unite in saying, "Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints." The service, conducted in the Central church in Los Angeles, was attended by a large concourse of people. Before the discourse Elder Reaser, president of the Southern California Conference, read a brief sketch of Elder Simpson's life. He was buried in the new cemetery at Tropico, Cal., where he will sleep in Jesus until the voice of his Master calls him forth to behold, in wonder and rapture, the scene of Christ's return to earth, which scene he has so often and so vividly portrayed before his audiences. Roderick S. Owen.

Business Notices

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WANTED AT ONCE.—An all-round horseman who can work colts and handle sires; single man or man with small family. None but a staunch Seventh-day Adventist need apply. References required. Address C. R. Conger, Towanda, Ill.
An opportunity for one or two Adventist brethren to take interest in tile plant and sawmill. Fine clay near. Can get partners from outside, but want Adventist, as business was established to give work for them. Address S. Sisson, Hazel, Ky.
FOR SALE.—Five to fifteen acres close to German and English church-school. 1,200 choicest prune, plum, and cherry trees on land, and a nice lot of small fruits. Good fruit section. Also 160 acres fine prairie land near Denver. Address R. B. Barker, Box 7, Hygiene, Colo.
WANTED.—Stenographer and bookkeeper, at once. General office work. Write, with reference, to Hartman & Marsh, Real Estate, Montrose, Colo.
WANTED.—Two young men to take a nurses' course at the Knowlton (Quebec) Sanitarium, to begin July 1. Address D. E. Lindsey, Manager.
WANTED.—To let good farm of 100 acres, 50 cleared, to small Seventh-day Adventist family, on easy terms. Will sell either. Write for further information at once to Adolph Steiner, R. F. D. 5, Box 44, Bedford City, Va.
A RESTAURANT is needed in a manufacturing town of over 5,000 inhabitants, connected by trolley with four other smaller towns, of which it is the trade center for farmers, etc. Church privileges. Address Box 50, Fishkill on the Hudson, N. Y.
Now is the time to buy B. gluten and honest Graham flours. Write for prices: Maple sugar and sirup, potatoes; canned corn, bargain; plants, seeds, ferns; typewriters that will surprise you in quality and price. Write New York Food Co., Oxford, N. Y.
FOR SALE.—Health foods, sanitary supplies, household conveniences, pictures, wall mottoes, wall-pockets, good things for agents. Dinner sets, silver sets, watches free with orders. Kornoil absolutely pure; five gallons, $4; ten gallons, $7.50. Dollar fever thermometers, 45 cents till July 1. Catalogue and food prices free. Address Sanitarium Supply Co., Nashville, Tenn.
WANTED AT ONCE.—25 young ladies, 15 young men, all consecrated Seventh-day Adventist Christian workers, to make immediate arrangements to enter the Glendale Sanitarium Training-school for Missionary Nurses. Class begins June 1. Exceptional opportunity to get a thorough, practical missionary training, that will fit you for any field in the world. Address Dr. Winegar Simpson, Glendale, Cal.
WANTED.—Three lady nurses. Requirements: graduates from one of our large sanitariums, thoroughly competent to care for surgical and medical cases, and good practical experience in obstetrics. Nurses with a good education are preferred. Wages, $40 a month, board, room, and laundry. The North Yakima Sanitarium has no training-school, and expects to retain only the most competent nurses. References required. Address Dr. F. M. Rossiter, North Yakima, Wash.

Addresses

ELDER F. M. DANA'S address is now Littleton, N. H.
The address of Elder J. B. Beckner is now 293 Oronoque, Georgetown, British Guiana, South America.

Publications Wanted

(SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth.—Ed.)
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Tom C. Hege, Charlotte, N. C., periodicals and tracts.
Arthur L. Manous, R. F. D. 3, Decatur, Ga., periodicals.
Mrs. D. D. Nunkirk, Rector, Ark., periodicals and tracts.
Ira H. Nunkirk, Van Buren, Ark., periodicals and tracts.
Elizabeth Christian, Box 203, Claremore, I. T., periodicals.
D. M. Smith, R. F. D. 3, Box 87, Pelzer, S. C., periodicals.
Mrs. Jas. F. Woods, 322 S. Detroit St., Warsaw, Ind., Review, Signs, Watchman, etc.
Mrs. Cyrus Simmons, R. F. D. 8, Knoxville, Tenn., Signs, Life and Health, Life Boat, Little Friend.
Margaret Warnock, Guthrie, Okla., Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and Health, Educational Messenger.
R. A. Lovell, 510 Walnut St., Knoxville, Tenn., Signs, Life and Health, Life Boat, Instructor, Little Friend.
Mrs. Anna Hall, 510 Walnut St., Knoxville, Tenn., Signs, Watchman, Life Boat, Life and Health, Instructor.
T. J. Chambers, Grant Ave., Takoma Park, D. C., Signs, Life Boat; tracts in the Italian, German, and Swedish languages, and also “Signs of the Times” and other good English tracts.

An Excellent New Book

WE have received a review copy of Brother E. R. Palmer's new book, “Home and Health,” and can give our unqualified approval and recommendation of the work. It is a large work, containing 589 pages, and is filled from cover to cover with most helpful suggestions for all who are interested in home building and housekeeping. There is hardly a branch of domestic economy that is not thoroughly considered. The headings of the various sections into which the book is divided will give some idea of the scope of its contents: Section One, The Home; Section Two, General Housekeeping; Section Three, Diet; Section Four, Care of the Body; Section Five, The Care and Training of Children; Section Six, Home Treatment of Disease. All these sections are appropriately subdivided. For instance, General Housekeeping takes up, Cleanliness and Order, Sweeping and Dusting, Care of Floors, Living-Rooms, Sleeping-Rooms, Bath-Room and Toilet, Kitchen and Pantry, The Cellar, Care of Plumbing, Laundering, Removing Stains from Wash Goods, Clothes Cleaning, House Cleaning, Repairing Furniture, Fruit Washing, Pests, and Miscellaneous Recipes. Each of the other departments is equally well treated, and the housekeeper with such a book is well equipped for solving her domestic worries and performing her numberless tasks. Price, in cloth, marbled edges, $2.50; full law sheep, $3.50; full leather, $4.50. Order of the Review and Herald Publishing Company, or of the Pacific Press, Mountain View, Cal.

Medical Missionary Council

A MEDICAL missionary council of Seventh-day Adventist physicians, nurses, and others interested in this branch of work will be held at Takoma Park, June 9-11. See article on page 21, this issue.

Camp-Meeting Visits in the Northwest

ELDER K. C. RUSSELL left Washington on the evening of May 12 to attend early camp-meetings in the North Pacific Union. The first meeting he expected to visit is appointed for Kent, western Washington, May 16-26.

Correction Regarding Arizona Conference President

In the obituary of Elder A. G. Bodwell published in the REVIEW of May 9, it is stated that at the time of his death he was president of the Arizona Conference. This is a mistake, as Brother F. I. Richardson holds that position in the Arizona Conference.

Elder T. M. Steward

WE regret to announce the death of Elder T. M. Steward, of Graysville, Tenn. This aged brother was born in Blenburn, Maine, in 1827, and fell asleep April 23. He had been an observer of the true Sabbath since 1852, and had preached this message for more than half a century, laboring in connection with Elders J. H. Waggoner, J. N. Loughborough, R. F. Andrews, and others. He was a staunch believer in the truths of the third angel's message, and many were brought to a knowledge of the truth through his ministry. He rests from his labors, awaiting the glad morning of the resurrection.

Training Schools and Mission Workers

One union conference appreciates greatly the value of young men and women coming from their training college—so much so that places are waiting for them in the conference, as ministers, teachers, and nurses, as soon as they are out of school. They are not left to drift away into the world, and thus their education be practically lost to the cause, but they are pressed right out into the mission fields, their places in the school being quickly taken by others to receive a similar preparation for the same work. This certainly is as God wants it. Our schools and academies exist for no other purpose than to educate workers to press this message into the dark corners of the earth. “I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.”

Correction in Canvassers’ Summary

In a small part of the edition of last week an error occurred in the footings of the Canvassers' Summary. They should have read 692; 42,725; 10,460; 94; $36,253.65.

Christianity Amid Threatening Storms

THERE seems to be growing at the present time a spirit of antagonism to Christianity in some of the heathen nations, especially China and India. We hear frequent reference to another outbreak of Boxerism in China. There are many rumors of the formation of anti-foreign secret societies which are drilling their members in the tactics of war. In India, especially among the educated classes, there is a strong movement on foot whose purpose is to bring about the independence of India. The followers of Mohammed are still “breathing out threatenings and slaughter” against all Christendom. Before the day of the great battle comes, “this gospel of the kingdom” must be preached to all nations, to all peoples. In view of the threatening storm and the magnitude of the work yet undone, it behooves us to bring all our powers and consecrate all our holdings to the accomplishment of the appointed task. We can not afford to look with hopeless stare at such a seeming obstacle as the raising of the $150,000 fund. It is a stepping-stone; it is a battle we are sure to win; it is a blessing in disguise. Many have already found it to be all these. Let us use it as a stepping-stone; let us plunge into this battle and have a share in the triumph; let us secure our share of that blessing.

The Block Plan for the Fund

THE president of the Cumberland Conference writes that one of their churches adopted the block plan of providing for the $150,000 fund, and nearly every square was taken at their first meeting. This same church is struggling with a nine-hundred-dollar debt upon their church building. This action certainly is very commendable on the part of this church, and more especially so being located in a field where it is more difficult for our brethren to secure means than in the more prosperous sections. God is able to make all things abound to those who are liberal toward him.
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