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Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 25.

The Bible
Earlier text: The Establishment of Our Work in the Southwestern Union Conference

Week of Prayer in Schools

By Frederick Griggs

At the Educational and Missionary Volunteer Convention last summer the following action was taken with reference to a special season of devotion in the spring: “That our schools observe a special week of prayer in the spring of the year, the first week in April being suggested as a suitable time.” In our schools of all grades this plan is being carried out more or less generally, and with excellent results. Two reports will be of interest.
From Professor Morrison of Union College:—
“The annual consecration week for the students of Union College has just closed. The general topic considered during the week was the Whole Armor of God, in accordance with the scripture found in Eph. 6: 13-17. The subtopics for the different days were: The Girdle of Truth; the Breastplate of Righteousness; the Sandals of Preparation; the Shield of Faith; the Helmet of Salvation; the Sword of the Spirit.
“This institution has for several years followed the plan of having a special week of prayer near the close of the school year. We have always found this week very profitable and helpful, and this has been especially true in the experience of the week just closed. There was a very earnest, quiet spirit manifested from the very beginning. The general topic of conversation was the uplift and special blessing received at these meetings. The Lord was present in a marked manner upon different occasions. Nearly all our students are church members, but at the close of this week’s service the Lord called out some from the remaining few, who went forward in baptism. It was a time of special uplift and rejoicing on the part of many of the weaker ones. These gained a much stronger experience than they had ever known.
“The enrolment this year has been considerably larger than at any time since the foreign departments were separated from the school, and an increase of nearly ten per cent over last year. As we send out a graduating class of more than sixty from all departments, we pray that they may go forth in the spirit and power of Elijah to do the work of the Lord wherever he may call.”
From Professor Ashton of Mount Vernon Academy:—
“Our week of prayer was indeed a profitable season for our school. The students seemed to enjoy it even more, I believe, than the regular week of prayer. A number of students who had not heretofore yielded to the Lord, presented themselves as living sacrifices. On the Sabbath closing the week of prayer, we had a beautiful baptismal service in Hiawatha Lake, when eleven of our students were buried with Christ in baptism. I am very much in favor of this special week at the close of each school year.”
The one supreme object of our schools is the conversion of our students, and this week of prayer now established in the schools will aid much in preparing our youth for Christian service.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.

Educational Department

FREDERICK GRIGGS General Secretary W. E. HOWELL Assistant Secretary

Be Patient, Brethren

By Lillian S. Connerly

LILLIAN S. CONNERLY
Be patient, brethren! Don’t mind that things go wrong that you can’t right, Results you long to know are veiled from sight, That darkness deepens when you long for light. Be patient, brethren!
Be patient, brethren! The righteous character you long for so Is forming, but it takes long years to grow; Not till He comes, you’ll know as he does know. Be patient, brethren!
Be patient, brethren! It matters not what weather on the road We meet; though heavier grows our heavy load. The journey’s end is home and rest with God. Be patient, brethren!
Be patient, brethren! Christ soon is coming; that we know is sure. They’re only safe who to the end endure; And patience is for ills the only cure. Be patient, brethren!

Spirit of Cooperation in the Rural Schools

By W. E. Howell

It is quite well known to our readers that for a number of years there have been carried on in different sections of the South various school enterprises not connected with our organized work. They have generally been started by the investment of private means, and carried on by their own earnings and by funds solicited or donated by friends interested in their work. These schools have been spoken of as independent or self-supporting enterprises, preferably the latter by their promoters. Their aim is to bring Christian school privileges within reach of the more needy and neglected people of the highland districts, and establish permanent centers of influence for the truth.
As the work of these schools grew, it became evident that there ought to be some plan of cooperation with the organized work. Each school was a unit by itself, carried on with little reference to any other, without any general supervision, and crossing at various points the work of the conference in which it was, as well as drawing funds from various sections of the United States without accounting for their disbursement in any regular way. Accordingly about a year ago a committee was appointed by the North American Division Conference to visit these various schools to become acquainted with their work and draw up a plan of cooperation and supervision to be submitted to the autumn council at Loma Linda.
An institute of self-supporting workers was held at the Baker Mountain school, near Hildebran, N. C., Dec. 24-28, 1915, with delegates from several States in the South. This gave the first opportunity for presenting the recommendations of the autumn council to representatives of the self-supporting schools.
The result of presenting and considering these recommendations was their unanimous acceptance, in the most hearty spirit, and with mutual pledges of cooperation and loyal support of the terms of the recommendations as fast as they can be worked out in detail. It was generally agreed that the self-supporting schools should hereafter be known as “rural schools,” their work being exclusively in the country. The recommendations from the autumn council have been presented in a previous number of the REVIEW.
In response to these recommendations, the North Carolina institute passed the following actions:—
“1. We recommend, That as self-supporting workers we acknowledge our appreciation of the actions taken by the North American Division Conference Committee at Loma Linda in reference to the rural schools, and that we manifest our appreciation of the interest and good will expressed in their action by doing all we can to cooperate with our brethren in both the local and union conferences in building up a stronger and more useful work which we hope will be a credit to our people and a glory to God.
“2. We recommend, That as speedily as possible the proper officials of the union conference and representatives of the rural schools devise plans for arousing the interest in proper persons in the Northern States to enter this field as self-supporting missionaries, and that ways be devised so that these persons can be established in a manner that will bring the greatest results to all concerned.
“3. We recommend, That the Union Conference select a competent person from one of the rural schools to act in conjunction with the Union Conference educational secretary in strengthening and developing the self-supporting rural schools.”
The effect of this institute upon those present was to inspire new hope and courage for the future welfare of the work in the South, and to gain a clearer insight into how the work of the rural schools may become a strong factor in the winning of souls.
W. E. Howell.

The School and the Neighborhood

By Leo Thiel

ONE of the fundamental principles of successful rural school work is that the school must meet the needs of the patrons. The children must be educated, and in many instances the parents must be taught new methods through the children. Two great obstacles confront rural school workers,—the poverty of the patrons, and the need for the upbuilding of the community through the activities of educated men and women.
I have noticed that the rural school workers are earnestly endeavoring to meet the needs of the people. They are anxious that no pains be spared to make their schools real factors in the upbuilding of the community. Hardships and privations have no terror for them. That their efforts are appreciated is shown by a little incident that came to my attention a few days ago. One of the rural schools was in dire need of a mule to use in putting in its crops. These workers were almost desperate, and realized that without the mule they would have to close the school close, the neighbors “chipped in” and bought the mule.
Ease and luxury, and often the common necessities of life, are given up by these workers, especially when the school is being started. The farm on which the workers depend for their support is not up to a high and profitable stage of cultivation. This leads to the exercise of economy. The teaching of economy is one of the corner stones in the conducting of the rural school.
LEO THIEL.

Camp Meetings

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Massachusetts ............ June 8 to 18 Western New York .......... June 15 to 25 Eastern New York .......... June 22 to July 2 Northern New England ...... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3 Maine ...................... Aug. 31 to Sept. 10 Southern New England ...... Aug. 17 to 27

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Colorado, Denver .......... June 8 to 18 Missouri ................... Aug. 3 to 13 Nebraska ................... Aug. 17 to 27 Kansas ..................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 4 Wyoming .................... Sept. 21 to Oct. 1

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

Virginia, Richmond ........ May 25 to June 4 Chesapeake ................. June 8 to 18 West Pennsylvania .......... June 22 to July 2 Eastern Pennsylvania, Lebanon ........................ June 22 to July 2 New Jersey ................. July 27 to Aug. 6 Ohio ....................... Aug. 17 to 27 West Virginia .............. Aug. 26 to Sept. 5

EASTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Ontario, Brantford ......... June 19 to 25 Quebec, Lennoxville ........ June 25 to July 2 Maritime, Norton, New Brunswick ........................ July 3 to 9 Newfoundland, St. John's .... July 14 to 18

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

North Michigan ............. June 8 to 18 Wisconsin, Madison ......... June 8 to 18 Northern Illinois, Joliet ... June 22 to July 2 East Michigan .............. June 22 to July 2 Southern Illinois, Martinsville ... Aug. 10 to 20 West Michigan .............. Aug. 17 to 27 Indiana .................... Aug. 24 to Sept. 3 North Michigan ............. Aug. 24 to Sept. 3

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Southern Idaho, Boise ...... May 18 to 28 Upper Columbia, Walla Walla, Wash. ........................ May 25 to June 4 Western Oregon, Portland .... June 1 to 11 Southern Oregon, Eugene .... June 8 to 18 Montana, Bozeman ........... June 8 to 18 Western Washington, South Tacoma ........................ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Iowa, Nevada ............... May 25 to June 5 Minnesota, Anoka ........... June 1 to 11 South Dakota, Watertown .... June 8 to 18 North Dakota, Jamestown .... June 15 to 25

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central California, Hanford ... May 25 to June 4 Northern California, Oak Park, Stockton ........................ June 8 to 18

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

South Carolina, Greenville .... May 4 to 14 Georgia, Fairburn .......... May 18 to 28 Cumberland, Charleston, Tenn. ... June 1 to 11 North Carolina, Statesville .... June 15 to 25

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Louisiana .................. July 20 to 30 Mississippi ................. July 27 to Aug. 4 Tennessee River, Nashville ... Aug. 3 to 13 and Alabama, Montgomery .... Aug. 10 to 20 Kentucky, Bowling Green .... Aug. 17 to 27

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

North Texas ................. July 13 to 23

Notes from One School

By L. H. Wood

In the early days in Pennsylvania a lad started to the mill one day. He was on horseback, with a sack tied in the middle, corn in one end and a stone in the other. Part way down the hill a friend accosted him. “Sam, hand me that sack. You are making that horse carry too much.” Eying him with suspicion, the lad handed the sack over, and watched while the man took out the stone, divided the corn equally, and placed the sack over the saddle. Riding on a piece, he was heard to remark, as he slid off, took the sack, and fixed it as before, “Pa used to carry it that way, and what is good enough for pa is good enough for me.”
There are many all over the country who feel that “pa’s” method of carrying on agriculture, religion, and all other lines of business, is to be their method, and look with suspicion on any changes that may be advocated. Our rural schools are teaching these people the truth by developing before their eyes the best methods of farming, and thus gaining their confidence in religious matters.
The extent that they have succeeded is shown by the interest manifested in the closing exercises of one of these schools. The closest attention was given while the children gave exhibitions of their work. Twelve girls, aged eight to twelve years, formed a nurses’ class in bandaging. Dressed in regular uniforms, some sat rolling bandages while others gave splendid exhibitions in bandaging the head, jaws, fingers, hands, arms, etc. An improvised stretcher was made by two poles thrust through coat sleeves turned wrong side out, and the coats buttoned. The bandaged boy then was carried out of the room. The parents were especially pleased to see the results in manual work, carpentry, blacksmithing, and broom making.
During the year many new Bibles were placed in the homes, and the children’s talk on our Bible themes made the parents study as never before. One of our greatest needs in the way of supplies is second-hand books that can be used by the schools for non-Adventist children. L. H. WOOD.

Publications Wanted

By Editor

The persons named below desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work. In sending publications care should be exercised to select only such as are free from soil and disfigurement. We have been credibly informed that some who oppose this movement and the truths which it represents answer these requests for literature, and are sending to our brethren and sisters in various parts of the country tracts and papers representing their opposition. Our workers should be careful not to confound this literature with our denominational publications, and thus unwittingly become agents in sending out matter not printed in the interests of the cause of truth.
S. L. Stafford, Statesville, N. C.
N. D. Ingram, Pilotmountain, N. C. Papers and tracts.
Mrs. Katy Taylor, 8102 Platt Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C., England.
Harry Truman, Lima Center, Wis. English and German papers, except REVIEW.
Mrs. A. L. Gallion, Arapaho, Okla. Continuous supply of all denominational literature.
Mrs. August Andersen, 1213 Grand Ave., Superior, Wis. Signs, Watchman, and Instructor.
C. R. Spencer, 3951 Grant Ave., Ogden, Utah. Signs, Watchman, and tracts. Continuous supply.
C. A. Van Cleve, 1540 N. Front St., Salem, Oregon. Continuous supply of Signs (weekly) and Instructor.
Mrs. J. L. Holm, R. F. D. 1, Burns, Tenn. Copies of “Christ in Song” (old edition) to be used in church and missionary work.

Wisconsin Conference

By P. A. Hanson; Frank Hiner

THE forty-sixth annual session of the Wisconsin Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp meeting, at Madison, Wis., June 8-18, 1916, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate without regard to numbers, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen of its membership, or fractional majority. Delegates' credentials should be immediately sent to Frank Hiner, the conference secretary. All the members of our churches are urged to be present at this meeting, and give their assistance in the many important matters which will be presented for consideration. The opening meeting of the conference will be held at 10 A. M., June 9.
P. A. HANSON, President.
FRANK HINER, Secretary.

Wisconsin Conference Association

By P. A. Hanson; Frank Hiner

THE annual session of the Wisconsin Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Madison, Wis., in connection with the camp meeting of the Wisconsin Conference, June 8–18, 1916. The first meeting will be held at 11 A. M., Tuesday, June 13. Officers and a board of trustees will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All accredited delegates to the Wisconsin Conference are delegates to the association.
P. A. HANSON, President.
FRANK HINER, Secretary.

Georgia Conference Association

By N. V. Willess; J. K. MacMillan

In harmony with a recommendation of the Georgia Conference at our last camp meeting, and an action of the Georgia Conference Committee, a meeting of the constituency of the Georgia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene in connection with the camp meeting at Fairburn, Ga., for the purpose of completing the organization of the above-named legal association, adopting a constitution and by-laws, electing a board of trustees, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The first meeting is called to convene on the camp ground, at Fairburn, Ga., at 9 A. M., Monday, May 22, 1916.
N. V. WILLESS, President.
J. K. MACMILLAN, Secretary.

P. T. S. Messenger

The youngest messenger in our evangelical literature is the Present Truth Series. It came into existence Jan. 1, 1915, and began an aggressive work immediately, increasing as time passed. It now has a subscription list of more than 62,000, the largest list of any paper published by the denomination. Over three million copies have been ordered during the sixteen months of its life, and at the present time nearly one quarter of a million copies are being ordered each month.
The largest order yet received from one person totals 144,000. This order is only the beginning of large orders for the Present Truth Series. Being so cheap and yet so well adapted to general missionary demands, dealing fully yet concisely with only one topic in each issue,—an ideal and most effective way of presenting the gospel,—it will be more and more used in missionary work as our workers become acquainted with its power when in the possession of the people.
This Series is already an important factor in the usual work of the churches and of individual church members, and it is now planned to use it extensively in connection with tent efforts. The workers believe it will add greatly to the strength of the discourse on any topic, if, at the close of the meeting, the number treating on the subject matter of the discourse is placed in the hands of all who attend.
It will also be used in advertising tent and hall meetings. The workers who are sent out with printed notices of the meetings can take along a supply of these Extras dealing with the subject presented at the previous meeting. When inviting the people to attend, they may say, “This little paper gives an outline of the subject presented last evening [or last Sunday evening, as the case may be].” If the entire community is worked thoroughly in this way in connection with tent and hall meetings, there will be hundreds of people reading the truth presented at the meetings who could not be persuaded to attend, and hundreds of others will become interested through reading and will attend later on in the series. These, having read the numbers on the subjects already presented, will be somewhat in touch with what has been going on at the meetings.
Another advantage of the series in a tent effort is the opportunity it offers the workers of cultivating liberality in their congregations. The workers give regularly a paper of interest and profit, and when the people’s opportunity comes to reciprocate through contributions, the donations will be far greater than they would be without the gift of the papers. The increased collections will be ample to pay for the papers. In many ways the P. T. S. messenger will be a blessing to all tent efforts.

Requests for Prayer

A SISTER in New York whose son is about to undergo a surgical operation asks for prayers in his behalf.
An Illinois sister who is passing through particularly trying circumstances just now, desires our earnest prayers that she may be able to remain steadfast to the truth.

Cumberland Conference Association

By R. W. Parmele; C. R. Magoon

NOTICE is hereby given that the ninth annual meeting of the Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Charleston, Tenn., in connection with the camp meeting, June 1-11, 1916. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, June 6.
R. W. PARMELE, President.
C. R. MAGOON, Secretary.

Montana Conference

By U. Bender

THE eighteenth annual session of the Montana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Bozeman, Mont., June 8-18, 1916. The business of the session will be such as is usual to such conventions.
U. BENDER, President.

Montana Conference Association

By U. BENDER; T. G. JOHNSON

NOTICE is hereby given that the Montana Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation, will hold its regular annual meeting in connection with the Montana Conference, June 8-18, 1916, for the purpose of transacting any business that may be lawfully done by the constituency of said corporation.
The constituency of this corporation is composed of all delegates assembled in the eighteenth annual session of the Montana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, June 12.
U. BENDER, President. T. G. JOHNSON, Secretary.

Thirty Nurses Wanted at the New England Sanitarium

By W. A. Ruble

To meet the needs of the growing work both in and out of the sanitarium, it is desired that the nurses' class to be formed Sept. 15, 1916, shall be the largest in the history of the institution. Catalogues and full information will be sent to all who desire them. Applicants should be twenty years of age, and have the equivalent of ten grades of school work. Applications are in order now. Those entering the fall class are given preference, during the summer working for wages. Address New England Sanitarium, Melrose, Mass.
W. A. RUBLE, M. D., Secretary of Faculty.

Minnesota Conference Association

By G. W. Wells

THE Minnesota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is the legal corporation of the Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota, for the holding of properties and the transaction of the legal affairs of the denomination in the State.
The annual meeting of the above-named association will be held in connection with the State conference and camp meeting, at Anoka, Minn., June 1-11, 1916. The first meeting of the association will be at 9:30 A. M., Wednesday, June 7. G. W. WELLS, President.

Anti-Tobacco Rewards

ANY person, church, missionary or young people's society, or any other organization or society may have any premium we offer on the Anti-Tobacco Instructor, just so the papers are ordered according to the proper regulations and to one address. The premiums are as follows: Any single order for 200 copies, furnished for 2 cents a copy, and one of the following books given free: “Stories Worth Rereading,” “Tiger and Tom,” “The King's Daughter.”
Five hundred copies furnished at 2 cents a copy, and a $2.50 self-pronouncing, reference Bible free. The Bible is 1 by 5½ by 7½ inches in size, red under gold edges, divinity circuit; in every way a first-class Bible.

Liberty

WHAT are you doing to place the Liberty magazine for the second quarter of 1916 in the hands of your neighbors? It is the most important number yet issued. It discusses great national issues which are of paramount interest to us as a people, as well as to the public. Read some of these stirring articles under the following subjects:—
Shall Americans Permit the Overthrow of the Constitution and the Muzzling of the Press?
Enforced Religion Engenders Immorality.
Three Dangerous Bills Before Congress.
Oregon Sunday Law Agitation.
A Tremendous Parallel Between Rome and the American Republic.
Attitude of Catholics Toward Non-Catholics.
“The Invisible Rulers” are Invisible Foes.
The Tennessee Sunday Law Cases.
Great Struggles for Liberty.
An Illuminating Lesson Concerning the Religious Legislation of the Past.
While the Sunday and press bills are pending before Congress and the whole country is agitated, our people ought to do some telling work with the current number of the Liberty magazine, which is so admirably adapted to meet this situation. Let our churches order fifty or more copies, at 4 cents a copy, and sell them in connection with the new Liberty Extra while securing signatures for the petitions which appear in the back part of the Extra. No doubt many would like to read more fully on these subjects, and would gladly purchase both together at ten cents, when they sign the petitions. This is our opportunity to educate the public on the principles of religious liberty, and to warn them of the things that are soon to develop the image of the beast, which will result in persecution and the loss of our natural liberties to worship according to the dictates of our consciences.

Desirable Premiums

By Editor

For $2.50 we will send to any address in the United States the Instructor for one year, and a good Bible, 1 x 5½ by 7½ inches in size, self-pronouncing, with references and maps; minion type, divinity circuit, red under gold edges, in every way a good, serviceable, and attractive Bible for young people. This same Bible will be given to any one ordering 500 copies of the Anti-Tobacco Instructor. On orders for 200 copies we will give either “Stories Worth Rereading,” “Tiger and Tom,” or “The King’s Daughter.”

Books That Produce Results

Probably no books published by this denomination in past years have had such a phenomenal circulation, and have created such widespread comment and favorable consideration, as have the books, “The World’s Crisis” and “Armageddon,” recently brought out on the present fulfilments of prophecy; and the splendid little temperance book, “The Shadow of the Bottle.” Hundreds of thousands of copies of these books have been sold already, and they are now going out at the rate of several thousand copies a week. They are so clear and concise in the presentation of the subjects considered that a profound impression is made on all who read them. They are probably exerting a wider influence in favor of the message for today than any other books, on account of their large circulation. Many testimonials with reference to these books have been received from persons not of our faith. A few days ago the governor of the State of Indiana wrote concerning his impressions of the book “Armageddon.” See testimonial herewith.
There is now published in the World’s Crisis Series, the following excellent books, all of which are worthy of a very large circulation, dealing as they do with present-day events:—
Paper Cloth
The World’s Crisis $.25 $.50
Armageddon .25 .50
The Shadow of the Bottle .25 .50
His Glorious Appearing .25 .50
Helps to Bible Study .25 .50
Our Paradise Home .25 .50
Prices ten per cent higher in Canada. Order from your conference tract society.

Missionary Recruits and Mission Gifts

LETTERS coming in, from the mission fields tell of the anxious expectancy with which the workers are watching for the new recruits. The conferences and schools in the North American Division are yielding up a good number of missionary recruits, and we shall soon be announcing departures that will cheer all hearts. Yet fields that need help most urgently will still have to wait for another year unless by some special blessing an extra inflow of mission gifts comes into the mission treasury. In correspondence from the mission fields the workers again and again express their thanks to God for the regular and constant remembrance of their needs on the part of the churches in the older fields.
A LETTER from Elder R. T. Baer, president of the Argentine Conference, mentions the recent meetings in South America for the organization of the new division conference. He says, “We enjoyed the visits of the General Conference brethren very much. The studies given and the counsels were a source of great encouragement to all our workers. We had nearly seventy-five workers present, and this small army went out to their fields better prepared to win the lost for Christ. The organization of the South American Division Conference was a forward move for the work in this country, and I believe that the officers chosen for these responsibilities are men whom the Lord will bless. It does seem good to have other workers come to the field and help to cheer up the missionary who plods along year after year and sees few changes, if any. Our Argentine Conference work is getting on nicely. In 1914 the tithe of the conference was $8,854; in 1915 it was $14,298, the largest ever paid into the treasury. Our present membership is 1,084.” So the good words come in from the far fields.

Ages of Union Army Participants

A RECENT number of the Elgin (Ill.) Daily Courier presents the following figures regarding the ages of those taking part on the side of the Union army in the great American Civil War:—
10 years and under .......... 25 11 years and under .......... 38 12 years and under .......... 225 13 years and under .......... 300 14 years and under .......... 1,523 15 years and under .......... 104,987 16 years and under .......... 231,051 17 years and under .......... 844,891 18 years and under .......... 1,151,438 21 years and under .......... 2,159,798 22 years and over .......... 681,511 25 years and over .......... 46,462 44 years and over .......... 16,071

Liberty Extra on Religious Freedom

By Editor

THE new Liberty Extra on Free Speech, Free Press, and Free Church, dealing with the latest press bill and Sunday-observance bill before Congress, is now ready for mailing. This Extra is replete with valuable and most interesting information. Its arguments against this kind of legislation are unanswerable. At least a million copies ought to be circulated. What we do must be done quickly, as Congress plans to adjourn by the middle of June. Let every one begin immediately to secure as many signatures to the petitions in the back part of the Extra as possible, and send them directly to his Congressmen. Rates are $1 a hundred and $8 a thousand copies. Order at once. The Lord’s business demands great haste.

A Correction

By Frederick Griggs

The date given in the notice of the Educational Day for Rural Schools, on page 2 of the Church Officers' Gazette for June, is an error. It should be June 10, as given in the calendar on the first page of the same issue. Let all church elders take notice of this correction. June 3 is the Sabbath School Rally Day. June 10 is Educational Day for Rural Schools. The program for this day takes the place of the regular Second Sabbath Reading. FREDERICK GRIGGS.

Caterham Sanitarium Prosperity

In a recent communication from Dr. A. B. Olsen, of the Caterham (England) Sanitarium, the doctor says: “You will be glad to hear that the sanitarium is prospering, and that last year was by far the best year of our experience in Caterham, the gross receipts amounting to about twenty-five per cent more than the best of any preceding year. Our main building is full at the present time, and nearly all the rooms of the adjoining villa are occupied. Our receipts during the winter were as much as we were accustomed to receive in the best summer months before the war.”

Pray for Workers in War Areas

OUR workers in some of the troubled war areas have experiences which they cannot well report in print. Sister J. T. Boettcher, who is residing for the present in Takoma Park, had expected to receive word from her husband, Elder J. T. Boettcher, reporting the time and route of his probable departure from the field in which he is engaged. Instead, she receives word that his passport is held up and all letters and papers taken, and he is awaiting further decisions. We are sure our people are not failing to remember to pray for the workers in the regions involved in the great war.

Death of Elder J. B. Beckner

It is with sadness that we announce the death of one of our veteran workers and missionaries, Elder J. B. Beckner, who died at the home of his son, Brother Geo. T. Beckner, in Massachusetts. Elder Beckner devoted his earlier ministry to the work in the Southwest, and later spent many years in the West Indies. For several years he has been retired from active service, on account of failing health. Our sympathy is with his bereaved companion and the family. Of his children, three are in other lands,—in Porto Rico, South Africa, and Burma.

The Cost of the European War

In a little booklet issued by the Mechanics and Metals National Bank of New York, it is estimated that the war is costing the nations of Europe more than $90,000,000 a day. The total cost of the war, if it should still be in progress the first of August, will have been $45,000,000,000, it is estimated. This, the booklet states, would be six times more than the full amount spent in the Civil War, forty times more than the total amount of our national debt, and one hundred and twenty-six times more than the cost of the Panama Canal.

A. B. Cole Leaves for Japan

By the steamship “China,” Brother and Sister A. B. Cole, accompanied by their little son, are leaving this week for Japan. Brother Cole has been released by the Review and Herald Publishing Association to respond to the call to take charge of the printing house in Tokio, and to act as secretary-treasurer of the Japan Mission.

Progress in Europe

Speaking again of progress in Europe, in spite of the times, Elder Conradi says in a recent letter: “With fewer workers, our gain in membership has been greater per worker than formerly. With fewer canvassers, our sales have averaged larger. Thus though we do not directly advance as we should otherwise, the outlook is encouraging.” He promises to send reports of recent conference meetings.

C. E. Weaks to Serve in Asia

This week, by the steamship “China,” sailing from San Francisco, Brother C. E. Weaks is leaving for Shanghai, having accepted appointment to the field missionary secretaryship of the Asiatic Division Conference. Brother Weaks is released by the Northern Union Conference in order to take charge of the circulation of our publications in that vast Asiatic field. Sister Weaks will join him a few months later.
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