p. 32 | Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 13. (4/1/1909)

McCamley Family Returns from India

MRS. L. L. McCAMLEY, with her niece, Miss Rachel Johnson, and her adopted Indian boy, Harry, arrived in Washington from India, last week. Sister McCamley was compelled to return on account of ill health. She and her family will remain in Washington until after the General Conference. These workers will be greatly missed in India, where their faithful labors were much appreciated.

Sabbath-School Rally in Washington

A UNION Sabbath-school rally was held at Pythian Temple in this city last Sabbath, and was attended by the members of all the churches in the District of Columbia. An excellent program had been prepared, and the large audience gave the closest attention to the papers and discussions. The morning sermon, preached by Elder A. G. Daniells, was an earnest call to consecration and holy zeal in the work of God.

Our Imperishable Inheritance

By Editor

The first one of an important series of articles appears in the Editorial department this week. Under the general title, “Our Imperishable Inheritance,” the Scriptural doctrine of life only through Christ will be considered, and the various errors which have grown out of the perversion of that doctrine will be fully exposed. In view of the recent discussion of the phenomena of Spiritualism in leading magazines and papers, these articles will be especially timely and valuable.

Growth in Book and Periodical Business

A COMPARATIVE statement of the book and periodical business of this office shows that the business transacted during January and February, 1909, was greater than during the same months of any year since 1904. The recent growth in the subscription-book business is very marked. In the Atlantic Union Conference the gain in shipments of subscription books during January and February, 1909, over the same months in 1908 was forty-nine per cent; in the Columbia Union Conference, one hundred per cent; in the Lake Union Conference, eighty-three per cent. The orders taken in the Columbia Union Conference during the months of January and February, as reported by the agents, shows a gain over the same period in the same territory in 1908 of three hundred forty per cent. Orders have now been placed by our book department for editions of seven different books, aggregating eighty-two thousand copies, and requiring over one and a half million impressions in printing. Inasmuch as January and February are usually the slack months of the year, the facts here stated will give some intimation of what our summer business is likely to be.