I was sitting one day in a hotel waiting for a gentleman with whom an appointment had been made, when I began a conversation with a bright, intelligent, and earnest man who was sitting near at hand. He was a Jew and a man of the world.
I talked with him for a long time, explaining the Gospel to him and trying to tell him of what Jesus Christ our Messiah had done for us; but tho he seemed greatly interested in all I said, he could not understand the things spoken of—they seemed, indeed, like a foreign language to him.
Despairing at last of being able to make any impression upon him, I stopped further conversation, and began to read. Suddenly my attention was directed to a spider in its vain endeavor to climb the opposite wall, and without hardly knowing why or how, the impression fastened itself upon me that God had a lesson for us in that little spider, and somehow I felt it had a connection with the conversation which had just occurred.
A few moments passed, and again the gentleman, with much earnestness, approached asking me to tell him once more of what this Jesus had done for me or him, but to tell him in a more simple way that he might be able to understand it. A thought which seemed to come direct from the Holy Spirit struck me, and going over to the wall where the spider still hung upon its silken web, I brought it over to the table, and, tearing a long strip from a newspaper, twisted and folded it into a circle, in the center of which I placed the spider and lighted the paper with a match. Immediately the spider began running around from one place to another seeking some escape from the fire surrounding it, but there was none. I then placed my finger in the center of the circle of flame, and the poor creature quickly ran up on my hand and gently rested upon it.
Turning to the gentleman I said to him: “This, my friend, is what Jesus Christ has done for me, and is able and willing to do for you. I was surrounded, as you are, with fire, and from it there was no escape, and the end of it meant eternal death. But Jesus came down into my place of ruin and despair, and realizing that He was my only hope of escape, I climbed up on Him by faith and was delivered. My friend, this is your condition, and sooner or later you will realize it if you do not now. I pray to God you may see this truth and make your escape to this blessed Redeemer of ours.”
While engaged in this conversation the man for whom I was waiting arrived, and I had to leave. I had not reached the door before the gentleman came asking for my address, which I gave him, and next morning whom did I receive for my first visitor but the friend of the day before, anxiety expressed upon his face.
When I asked him what he wanted, he said, “My friend, you have ruined my life by your talk of yesterday. I had no sleep all night, for before my eyes was continually that circle of fire and the spider escaping from it up your finger.” He went on to say he was anxious to know more of this Redeemer I talked about, and said, “I feel I am lost; tell me what shall I do.”
I now talked with him, as best I knew how, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and urged him to repent and accept God’s sacrifice for sin, and before long I had the joy of hearing him confess Christ as his Messiah.
—The Hebrew Christian.
“JUDGE NOT.”
By Sara Vincent
“Condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned.”
O, why should we mortals our fellows condemn?
Have not we erring natures like unto them?
Having rich privilege our brother denied,
Should we manifest then the spirit of pride?
Should we not of these blessings to others impart,
So link us together, hand in hand, heart to heart?
We surely, if honest, will freely admit
There's none of us worthy in judgment to sit.
From our own daily failures and trials we learn
With hearts full of tenderest pity, to turn
To cheer and to comfort all under the sun.
There's none of us perfect; no—not even one.
SARA VINCENT.
BRICKS SOAKED IN OIL FURNISHING HEAT.
We have gathered the following from reliable sources as an aid to domestic economy in the present scarcity of fuel:—
An establishment in Baltimore is known as the Infusorial Earth Manufacturing Company. Their plant is on the Rappahannock River, in Virginia, where there is a peculiar, porous earth. From this they manufacture bricks. One day last week a representative of the firm exhibited a brick twelve inches long by five inches deep and five across. This he soaked in three pints of kerosene. In a few minutes the oil was absorbed. The brick was then placed in a kitchen stove and ignited by a match. Immediately it began to flame, and for three-quarters of an hour burned slowly and steadily. No finer fire for either cooking or heating could have been desired. Ordinarily three pints of oil are enough to burn a brick for an hour. All you have to do at the end of that time is to take the brick out, rub the soot off with a piece of paper or a cloth, and soak it again in oil. It will never wear out and the brick will not burn. If it is dropped on the floor, however, it will break; but the pieces when soaked take up the oil in the same way, and when burned give the same results, presenting the aspects of coal.
Francis H. Whitney, Postmaster-General Payne's private secretary, has tried the bricks, and found that they answer all the purpose of a hod of coal, make a hotter fire, and leave no ashes, and on the next morning after the success of the experiment he telephoned to the Anacostia Brick Company and the Washington branch of the Standard Oil Company and ordered a cartload of porous brick and a barrel of oil.
An amateur experimenter, taking a “porous, hollow brick,” whose dimensions were eight inches long, three and three-quarters wide, and two and one-quarter thick, soaked it in kerosene oil. This brick burned fully forty minutes, giving a bright flame and emitting great heat. From the amount of oil he used he calculated that there was sufficient to cook a meal and heat the boiler, at a cost of less than one cent.—The Christian Advocate.
PUT YOURSELF INTO YOUR WORK.
If you would have your work count for something, put yourself into it; put character, originality, individuality into everything you do. Don't be satisfied to be an automaton. Determine that whatever you do in life shall be a part of yourself, and that it shall be stamped with superiority. Remember that everything you do of real value must have the impress of yourself upon it, and let that be the evidence of excellence and superiority.
You will find that devotion to your work will pay. Superiority of method, progressiveness, and up-to-dateness, leavened with your own individuality, are permanent.—February Success.
The World’s Most Valuable Swords
The jeweled sword presented by the Maharajah of Jaipur to King Edward, encrusted with gems and worth $50,000, is the most valuable sword in England, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. Hitherto the sword given by the Egyptians to Lord Wolseley had that distinction, but with its hilt set with diamonds it is worth only one-fifth as much as the king’s. The standard cost of a sword of honor such as the city of London presented to Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener is $525. The sword the American nation presented to Admiral Dewey is said to have cost $10,000. The Shah of Persia has a magnificent saber worth $50,000. The only sword in the world more valuable is that belonging to the Gackwar, or Maharajah, of Baroda, India. Its hilt, scabbard, and belt are massed with rubies, emeralds, and diamonds, the value of which is estimated to be $1,100,000.
BOOK NOTICES.
“Burning Bush Songs.” Edited by Arthur Ingler. In manila illustrated cover. Published by Metropolitan Church Association, 223 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago. It contains seventy-five hymns and songs, largely of a revival character, some of which are excellent. The price is very low, only 10 cents.
“The Columbia Book of the Use of Yarns.” Price 15 cents. William H. Horstmann Company, Philadelphia, Pa. It gives instruction in knitting and crocheting fifty different articles, with illustrated instructions concerning the various stitches. It may be obtained from the Manufacturers of Columbia Yarns, Box 1613, Philadelphia.
“The Financial Management of Churches and Sunday Schools,” by B. F. Johnson, Richmond, Va., contains some suggestions of worth in systematic giving. Price 6 cents.
“The Two Laws: Object, Function, and Duration of Each.” By E. J. Hibbard. New York, Oakland, Kansas City, Pacific Press Publishing Company. It is not too much to say that this is the best brochure, the clearest exposition of the “Two Laws,”—moral and ceremonial—ever written. The price is only 15 cents.
“Coals from the Altar.” By H. T. Davis. Twelve chapters, 180 pages, on conversion and practical Christianity. Price (paper covers) 20 cents. Office of God's Revivalist, Cincinnati, Ohio. One may not believe the immortal-soulism which creeps in occasionally, but he will be touched and instructed by its excellent spirit.
“His Glorious Appearing. An exposition of Matthew 24,” in the Chinese language. Illustrated. We dare say that it is good. But not understanding Chinese we can not give the price or where it is published. It seems to us that it would have been well to have Englished this on the title page as well as the subject.
“Is There Immortality in Sin and Suffering?” 88 pages with paper cover. Price, 5 cents; postage, 2 cents. Address Box 18, Anaheim, Cal. This is the abridgment of an old work of the same title published in New York, with additions; also extracts from authors on the same subject. Written in a candid spirit and Scriptural.
“The Neglected Side of Trade-Unionism. The Boycott.” By Walter Gordon Merritt, Danbury, Conn. Every lover of truth and justice and fair play ought to read it.
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HELPING JERUSALEM'S LEPERS.
By Minerva Ryerson
[Minerva Ryerson in Christian Herald.]
My work among the lepers of Jerusalem began in 1897, the year in which I left New York for the Orient, feeling called of God to go thither and labor for Him there. Miss Dunn, superintendent of the mission where I presented my letter of introduction, took me with her to a Bible-reading in the leper colony, near the village of Siloam. The colony numbers about forty-six. There were some twenty at the meeting, who gathered around us, sitting on the ground. They began to make such a clamor that the reading could not be heard. I asked the meaning of their cries. “They are saying that they are hungry, and that they have no meat,” answered Miss Dunn. The government provides shelter, bread, and water; but they were pleading for meat to make soup. “How much will it cost,” I asked, “to give them meat for soup once a week?” “Half a m'zheda” (about forty-one cents), I was told. “To whom among you shall I bring that money?” I asked through an interpreter. They named Saalam, a Greek, whom they recognized as their leader. Every week I visited them, carrying the money for the meat. They became better listeners to the Bible reading. I got crutches, and clothes, and medicines for them, according to their need and as best I could.
Victims of the Leprosy.
The lepers live in most abject poverty. Some dwell in huts; the colony of forty-six referred to are housed in a long, low building of thirteen rooms provided by the government. They had no possessions, except their bedding and rags, a few rude cooking utensils, and the round, black bowls from which they eat their food. One thing which bears hard upon them is the scarcity of water around Jerusalem. In supplying them with “bread and water,” simple as that may sound, the government performs a not inexpensive act of grace.
I was particularly interested in the case of Alyah Hassan, a leper who had lived in this leper colony five years. One of her hands was nearly gone when I met her; she had no fingers or thumbs. About that time she left the colony, and took to living in caves and rocks. I had her come to my house in the village of Siloam during the day, and I washed and treated her sores, and I prayed for and with her. Alyah, a convert from Mohammedanism, was full of faith. But one day she told me, weeping, that it had rained on her bed in the cave. Her brother, who owned three huts near the village, said she might have a room in one of them, if the government doctor would consent. It was then I brought her before a Hebrew doctor there, the Greek physician in charge of the Turkish hospital, and the city physician, an Armenian. All of these saw that her disease had been arrested. The city physician gave the certificate permitting her to live in her brother's house. “That she is free from leprosy, however,” he said, “no one can declare, unless her blood is analyzed.” I heard that a prominent American physician was visiting Jerusalem, so went to his hotel and told Alyah's story.
I have his letter, showing the result of the analysis, and stating Alyah to be absolutely free from leprosy. I attribute her cure to God's goodness in answering the prayer of faith and blessing the means used in His name. Another woman besides Alyah has been restored to her home and kindred, but I have not in my hands such evidence of her cure as in Alyah's case.
If any people in the world need the comfort of the Gospel and the ministry of Christian kindness, it is they.
A YOUNG MARTYR.
A POOR little African negro, only ten years of age, went to hear the preaching of one of the missionaries, and became, through his instrumentality, a convert to the Christian religion. His master (an inveterate enemy to missions), hearing of it, commanded him never to go again, and declared he would have him whipped if he did. The poor little boy, in consequence, was very miserable. He could scarcely refrain from going, yet he knew his death was inevitable if he did. In this critical situation he sought direction and assistance at the throne of grace, and, after having done this, he felt convinced that it was still his duty to attend, but to be careful that he should never interfere with his master’s business, and for the rest, to leave himself in the hands of God. He therefore went, and, on his return, was summoned to his master’s presence; and after much violent and abusive language, received five and twenty lashes, and then, in a sarcastic tone of blasphemous ridicule, his master exclaimed, “What can Jesus Christ do for you now?” “He enables me to bear it patiently,” said the poor child. “Give him five and twenty lashes more,” said the inhuman wretch. He was obeyed. “And what can Jesus Christ do for you now?” asked the unfeeling monster. “He helps me to look forward to a future reward,” replied the little sufferer. “Give him five and twenty lashes more,” vociferated the cruel tyrant in a transport of rage. They complied; and, while he listened with savage delight to the extorted groans of his dying victim, he again demanded, “What can Jesus Christ do for you now?” The youthful martyr, with the last effort of expiring nature, meekly answered, “He enables me to pray for you, massa,” and instantly breathed his last.
Chinese Monument to Christian Martyrs.
It will be remembered that in July of 1901 a Peace Commission, composed of missionaries, was proposed by the officials in the province of Shansi for the purpose of receiving the apologies of the Chinese for the outrages committed, and for a conference respecting the indemnities which should be paid. When the deputation of missionaries reached Tai-yuan-fu, the capital of the province, it was received with great honor, every mark of respect being shown them, both by the government and by crowds of people. Arrangements were made on a gigantic scale for a funeral that should fittingly testify to the respect in which the martyrs were held in the eyes of the Chinese, and as some sort of atonement for the guilt of their murder. It was agreed at that time that, aside from this memorial service at Tai-yuan-fu, a funeral should be arranged for at Tai-ku, where the bodies of the martyrs should be buried.—Missionary Herald.
A Chinese Memorial to Christian Martyrs, at Tai-Ku
CHOOSE THOU MY WAY.
By Alice M. A. Harper
I WOULD not choose my way, dear Lord,
Or mark the pathway for my feet;
But trust Thy guiding hand alway,
And find in Thee a safe retreat.
Dear Lord, if Thou hast portioned out
Life’s changes as they come to me,
I need not murmur nor repine;
Content, I’ll safely rest in thee.
I would not choose my way, dear Lord,
Let every trial but refine.
Thou knowest what for me is best,
In Thy blest image let me shine.
Life’s sorrows to us all must come—
The bitter mingled with the sweet—
Yet, trusting in Thy mighty arm,
I’ll safely anchor at Thy feet.
I would not choose my way, dear Lord,
Since Thou art gracious, good, and kind,
But passive rest myself in Thee—
In Thee a safe retreat to find.
Too wise to err, I know Thou art
Afflicted, too, in all my grief.
Through every bitter conflict here
Let me in Thee find sweet relief.
I dare not choose life’s pleasure, Lord,
Its fleeting honor, wealth, or fame;
Give Thou to me the blest reward,
And grant to me my “Father’s name.”
I need not fear since Thou dost mark,
Almighty God, the path for me.
Then help me bear life’s weary load,
“Until fair Zion’s gates I see.”
Shaftsburg, Mich. ALICE M. A. HARPER.
SKETCHES OF MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA.
By Ida V. Morgan
It would be hard to tell you how these people find their way into our hearts, but they do. We soon learn to love them, first, for Jesus’ sake, then for their own, and as they become transformed into new creatures in Christ Jesus, we enjoy real fellowship with them. Their kindness and hospitality can not be excelled. The best they have is not good enough, until one protests and tells them we will not go to their homes if they make a fuss or go to a lot of trouble for us.
I had the pleasure of spending two days out in the country at the home of one of our Christians, and had the privilege of telling the Gospel to many who had never heard it before. The house was filled from the time we arrived until late in the evening, and early next morning others came, and we were kept talking until we were quite hoarse, telling over and over again the story of the love and power of God. Dear friends, pray for the little flocks throughout China, that they may be kept from the evil which is round about them.—Ida V. Morgan.
Adding Sunshine to Life
“If we thought more of our real duty to add our quota to the sunshine of life, not only by trying to be happy ourselves, but also by doing our best to make others happy, we would cast worry out of our lives, as we would endeavor to throw off a death-dealing disease.”
Diligence and Its Reward
“SEEST thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.”
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
By J. S. Washburn
THE capital city of the United States is unlike any other city in the world. It has not come together, as is the case with nearly every other city in the world, by apparent chance or unfettered national growth, but was laid out after a plan by George Washington and a French engineer. The great Capitol crowns a high hill, and was intended to be the very center of the city. The streets radiate from the Capitol. In the street plan there is wonderful regularity and yet great variety. The streets have been beautifully paved at enormous expense, and fine shade-trees are everywhere. In fact, the trees of Washington constitute, in the summer season, one of its chief beauties, and there are many parks. This feature of Washington is not second even to the splendid public buildings.
THE political situation of Washington is unique. No citizen of Washington has a vote. Congress is the only law-making body. A law once passed must be accepted by the citizens of the District without the chance of a vote upon it, for or against. The National Reformers and those who have been for years seeking to secure the passage of a national Sunday law have realized their opportunity. A law once passed here can not be voted down or out by the people; and Sunday-law advocates realize and rejoice in such a situation as favorable to religious legislation—a species of legislation that rejoices in tyranny over the freedom of humanity, the obliteration of the most sacred rights and privileges given by God to the human race. Here the advocates of Sunday legislation have concentrated their forces. Every man who is interested in the freedom of soul, and mind, and body, for which the name America is supposed to stand, should be deeply interested in the work of safeguarding the liberties of the people in the District of Columbia. Sunday legislation once passed here in the District would become a precedent for national legislation of the same character. Hence every reader of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES (which stands for liberty of thought and worship) should consider as a matter of personal concern any attempt to abridge the religious liberties of the people of the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, unlike London, Berlin, and Paris, is not a large city. London had, at the last census, 6,580,000 people. Washington has a population of nearly 300,000. The government in London and other old-world capitals is overtopped by gigantic manufacturing and commercial interests. Not so with Washington. The city of Washington was made to be the capital, and stands for that one purpose. A larger part of its citizens are connected in some way with the government. A powerful local influence affects, for good or evil, remotely and sometimes directly, the legislation for the whole country. The Catholic Church and other religious bodies realize this; and those who stand for liberty of conscience, and desire to perpetuate the liberties which have made this country world-famous,—the men who stand for the freedom advocated in this paper,—must also realize it, and act accordingly. It is indeed a great providence of God that a strong church, from which the light of the Holy Spirit is shining brilliantly, may reach the men who shape the destiny of the nation. Here the great deciding conflict is to be fought out, and, in great measure, the destiny of the world decided. Can those who hold the last, saving truth for a lost world be clear until they have established that truth here on a firm footing where it may stand to grapple in the last conflict with the enemies of God and of humanity?
At the services held in the Memorial Church mentioned in a recent number of the SIGNS—on Sabbath, February 7—the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:—
WHEREAS, The Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Washington, D. C., has received much help from the friends in the United States, outside the capital city; therefore,
RESOLVED, That we express our sincere thanks to God, who has moved upon the hearts of believers in the Third Angel’s Message to establish a memorial of the saving truth for this time in the nation’s capital; and,
WHEREAS, It is of the utmost importance that the Memorial Church be absolutely free from all debt; therefore,
RESOLVED, That we, as a church, pledge ourselves to do all in our power to clear this church at once from all indebtedness; and while deeply grateful to our brethren, who have enabled us to much more than meet the decisive payment due February 2, we do earnestly request their co-operation in a determined effort to raise immediately the balance still due on this church, and thus establish in the heart of the nation a FREE memorial, rightly representing the everlasting Gospel of the kingdom; that from this church there may be proclaimed to the men of the nation the truth that makes free indeed; and that thus from this city set upon a hill, may be published abroad the coming of Him who brings the eternal, the glorious “liberty of the sons of God.”
This Memorial Church has owing upon it now $7,900. Will not every reader of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES contribute something toward the result desired, absolute freedom from all financial obligation? If all would do this, how quickly it would be finished. The SIGNS OF THE TIMES will receive and forward all donations. J. S. WASHBURN.
Washington, D. C.
OUR WORK AND WORKERS.
THE new house of worship at Connersville, Ind., was dedicated on the 8th inst.
AT Trezevant, Tenn., four students were recently baptized by Brother B. Hagle.
NEW YORK CONFERENCE is pledged to furnish a tent for mission work in Scotland. The cost will be $200.
THE Wisconsin Reporter says that the work is progressing nicely at the Madison Sanitarium, and the building will soon be completed.
LABORS of Brother C. E. Ford at Westlake, Idaho, have resulted in the addition of a dozen or more to our ranks, and the erection of a new meeting-house.
EIGHT persons have recently accepted “the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” at Ellensburg, Wash., under the labors of Mrs. J. G. Smith. Owing to her little girl’s affliction with small-pox, she was obliged to temporarily leave a growing interest, and submit to a quarantine at Yakima.
OF the work in St. Louis, Mo., Brother R. C. Porter says that “the tract work is being entered upon with good interest. The young people are energetically pushing their part. The church-school and the children generally have organized themselves for aggressive work and are actively pushing forward.” Four candidates were baptized on the 7th ult., and one other made application for baptism.
THE new industrial school at Boggstown, Ind., will be continued through the summer until August, in tents. The Reporter says that “the Indianapolis church-school has agreed to buy the shingles for the new school-building at Boggstown. The children are now busily engaged in raising the money, the amount required being about $100. The Muncie church-school has promised to pay for the large double front door.”
CONCERNING the support of the church-school work, Brother R. C. Porter says, in The Workers’ Record: “God by the mouth of the prophet Amos, pronounces a woe upon those who are now at ease in Zion, stretching themselves indifferently upon their couches, while their children are drifting to destruction. The next view the prophet presents is the young wandering from sea to sea to hear the Word of the Lord when it is too late. They faint from thirst in the terrible famine, fall and never rise again.”
A LETTER from Brother and Sister H. H. Brunsteller, dated Falkner, O. T., February 20, says: “Brother Robert Bagby has been holding meetings at this place. The house was generally crowded, and the interest manifested throughout the meetings was exceedingly good. As a result, quite a number have decided to keep the Sabbath of the Lord, and a Sabbath-school of twenty-eight members was organized. We greatly rejoice in this, and tho we live fifteen miles distant, when health and weather permit we expect to be among this little company of worshipers.”
“SLOWLY, but surely, the branch Sabbath-school work is coming to be regarded as effective missionary work. These branch Sabbath-schools can be conducted wherever a few children can be gathered together.” This is what Sister L. Flora Plummer, corresponding secretary of the International Sabbath-school Association, says on the subject. To this she adds letters, from which we take this one—
“Our regular attendance is about thirty, but when I can do a little visiting, we have as many as seventy. Many of the children would not miss our school for anything. A number of the boys are ready to leave any play to come. I am getting acquainted with the parents, and am selling some ‘Object Lessons.’ The work is branching out into many openings for good missionary work. I use the Little Friend lessons in the school, and illustrate them as well as I can.”
FROM old Egypt we have an encouraging report by Brother W. H. Wakeham. He sends three pamphlets in the Arabic language, printed at Cairo. These are translations of our standard publications entitled, “Sunday Not the Sabbath,” “Which Day Do You Keep and Why?” and “What the Gospel Abrogated.” Brother Wakeham says: “Egypt is an open field now. A great work could be done here in a short time, if we only had consecrated men and money with which to push a vigorous campaign. Especially are the people ready for our health principles, and in no place in the world are they more needed, or would, I believe, be more appreciated. The cholera has opened the eyes of the intelligent reading classes to the fact that sanitary laws must be obeyed if the country is to be preserved from that plague. So the times are auspicious for our work.”
PUBLICATIONS WANTED.
CLEAN copies of 1903 papers—SIGNS, Good Health, Sentinel, Instructor, and Life Boat—for reading-rack work. Address, post-paid, W. E. A. Aul, president Academy-Normal, Smithville, Mo.
Good, clean copies of Health Journal, Life Boat, Sentinel, and other of our publications. Address, post-paid, George E. Hollister, Chino, San Bernardino County, Cal.
SIGNS, Little Friend, Review, and Instructor. Address, post-paid, Alson Kilgore, 546 35th Street, Oakland, Cal.
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE DAILY “BULLETIN.”
By A. G. Daniells
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to issue a daily Bulletin during the thirty-fifth session of the General Conference, to be held in California, March 27 to April 13, 1903. It will contain complete statistical and general reports from our various conferences and mission fields, information regarding our organizations and institutions, as well as full stenographic reports of all Conference proceedings, and of the Bible studies. The subscription price is fifty cents for the session. All orders should be sent to the Pacific Press Publishing Co., Oakland, Cal., and at an early date, to insure the receipt of every number from the first. Orders may also be sent through any State Tract Society.
A. G. DANIELLS.
NOTICE TO GENERAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES AND VISITORS.
1. The next S. D. A. General Conference will be held in Oakland, Cal., March 27 to April 13, 1903.
2. The members of Oakland, San Francisco, Alameda, and Berkeley churches will put forth strenuous effort to entertain all the delegates, furnishing lodging and breakfast free, the delegates furnishing their own dinner, and supper if desired.
3. Rooms outside will be secured for visitors at from one to five dollars a week according to location, furnishings, etc.
4. A first-class, vegetarian restaurant will be opened for the accommodation of all, run on the European plan, where good meals may be obtained for from 15 to 25 cents.
5. In order to secure accommodations, it will be necessary for both delegates and visitors to send their names at once to the secretary of Committee on Arrangements, C. H. Jones, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal. State just what accommodations are desired, single rooms, single beds or double, or beds in a large room with several others, on the dormitory plan. This latter will be cheaper.
6. It is suggested that all those who can—delegates and visitors—bring blankets.
7. Come clothed warmly, as there will be a chilliness experienced in the humid climate of the coast by those from the interior; and the nights are always cool.
Railway Rates and Directions.
1. Special colonist rate will be in effect from February 15 to April 15, namely $33.00 from Chicago to Oakland or San Francisco; $25.00 from Missouri River points. Tickets may be purchased over any line. Stop-over privileges good in California only. Tickets are good in tourist sleepers, chair-cars, and day coaches, but not in standard Pullman sleeper.
2. Double-berth in tourist sleeper costs from Chicago to Oakland $6.00; from Missouri points $5.00. Twenty or more coming together can secure control of a tourist car. There is no extra charge for seat in chair-car wherever run.
3. Regular clergy rate from Chicago to San Francisco is $36.25; Missouri River points $30.00. This is regular coming or going, and it is what all workers will have to pay returning by any route. Clergy tickets are good in either standard or tourist sleeper. Double-berth in standard sleeper Chicago to Oakland is $14.00.
4. Check baggage to and get off at Sixteenth Street Station, Oakland. Those coming over the Southern Pacific Coast Line, or the Santa Fé will land in San Francisco. Take the Broad Gauge Line ferry-boats to Oakland, taking the Berkeley local train on Oakland side of the Bay at the Mole, and get off at Sixteenth Street Station (about five minutes' ride).
5. Arriving at Sixteenth Street Station, either by this route or via Ogden and the S. P., take Twelfth Street cars, get off at Twelfth and Brush streets right at church door.
6. Hold all baggage checks, and deliver them to the persons authorized to receive them at the church. When you are registered and located, baggage will be delivered at your room.
7. For information concerning making up of parties, address H. E. Osborne, Battle Creek, Mich. For further information concerning accommodations here, address C. H. Jones, Oakland, Cal.
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