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Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 34.

REJOICE
Earlier text: REPORT OF THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE COUNCIL

ONTARIO

LYNDEN.—We began tent-meetings about four weeks ago, and are finding honest ones, whose eyes have been looking wistfully to Heaven for light and truth. God is graciously blessing the humble efforts put forth in His name, and our own hearts are made to rejoice in seeing souls rejoice in the truth. I presented the Sabbath question last Sunday evening. Thirteen have already decided to obey, and others are in the valley of decision. We praise God for the privilege of being voices in this great message. To Him be all the glory. Pray for the work here.
Brother and Sister Hurdon are connected with me in labor here, being engaged in the canvassing work. Brother Hurdon also acts as tent master.
I will try to get all our company to take the REVIEW. WM. SIMPSON.
Every Seventh-day Adventist in the Province of Ontario should subscribe for the new Conference paper, The Ontario Messenger. It is an eight-page monthly, and the subscription price is twenty-five cents a year. J. W. Collie, editor; Helen McKinnon, assistant editor. Send all orders to 15 Churchill Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The first number issued is dated August, 1901.
There will be three Ontario tent companies in the field this summer. Elders E. J. Dryer and Wm. Spear will hold meetings at Picton; Elders J. F. Ballenger and P. M. Howe at Petrolea, and Elder Wm. Simpson and W. J. Hurdon at Lynden.
Sister Helen McKinnon will be in charge of the office work in Toronto, and will also act as Conference Treasurer this year. All tithes should be sent to her, instead of to Brother T. H. Robinson, as heretofore.
The recent Ontario camp-meeting was held at Toronto, and was far-reaching in its influence in the province. The place selected for the meeting was in a beautiful grove near the street-car line, and the weather was most favorable. There was a good attendance of our brethren; and while the outside attendance was not large except on Sunday evenings, there was an interest manifested, which will be followed up by our Bible workers. Elder Daniells was with us during the first part of the meeting, rendering valuable aid. Elder W. A. Spicer remained during the entire meeting, and his experience in British fields made his work with us very acceptable. J. W. COLLIE.
Elder F. D. Starr and family left Toronto, July 24, for their future field of labor in Michigan. Elder Starr has been connected with the Conference from its beginning, and we are sure that his many friends throughout the province will join with us in wishing for himself and his family continued health and prosperity. J. W. C.
We want one thousand dollars to start treatment-rooms in the city of Toronto. Dr. J. H. Kellogg is willing to co-operate with us in such an enterprise, and this move will mean much for the progress of the work in Ontario. Such an institution does not require a large outlay to begin operations, and it will be practically self-supporting from the beginning. It will be conducted under the auspices of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, but it will be the property of the Ontario Conference Association. By means of this institution we shall be able to reach a class of people that cannot be reached in any other way. We trust that there are many in Ontario who will be glad to let our new association have sums of from fifty to two hundred dollars to carry forward this work. Send your money, whatever the amount may be, to the treasurer of the Ontario Conference Association, T. H. Robinson, 651 Colburn St., London, Ontario, stating what the money is for. J. W. C.
The place of meeting of the Toronto church is changed from Argyle Street to Broadway Hall, Spadina Ave., near the college. Sabbath-school at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 10:30 A. M.
The address of the President of the Ontario Conference is J. W. Collie, 15 Churchill Ave., Toronto; of the Secretary and Treasurer, Helen McKinnon, 571 Yonge St., Toronto. The Conference Executive Committee consists of J. W. Collie, T. H. Robinson, E. J. Dryer, J. H. Watson, and Robert McCormick. Sister McKinnon is also the Secretary and Treasurer of the Ontario Tract Society; and the Canvassing Agent is G. W. Sowler, 571 Yonge St., Toronto.
Sister Etta Baker and Hattie Allemns will labor in Toronto in the Bible work.
The meetings at Petrolea have begun, and Elders Ballenger and Howe report a growing interest.
Alberta Brown has joined the tent company at Picton, and will remain with them for some time.
Sister Orchard will continue her work at Guelph. Sister Alberta Brown will take further training for the work.
There is an excellent interest in the meetings being held at Picton, Elders Dryer and Spear reporting an attendance of about one hundred and fifty each night.

Minnesota.

Hancock and Artichoke.—I found the Hancock church a little discouraged on account of so many of their members having moved away. We held a quarterly meeting, July 6, and the Lord was present to bless. This quarterly occasion was a privilege they had not enjoyed for nearly two years. About twenty-five dollars was given to the Christiania publishing house. Since coming to Artichoke I have held several meetings, and have visited from house to house, and taken some orders for our books. The Lord is good. Praise His holy name. C. Nelson.
Dodge Center.—Some very interesting and profitable meetings have been conducted here during the past two weeks by Sisters Jennie Van Wagener and Carrie Clough. Our church school house was fitted up with arrangements necessary for nurses’ work, and Sister Van Wagener gave plain and definite directions how to care for the sick. Sister Clough gave special attention to the subject of healthful dress. This work is a help to our own people, and interests others in the principles of truth. We are glad to see that a beginning has also been made in the northern part of the State, and hope that many of our churches will avail themselves of the privileges now offered them of having the help of trained workers in studying these subjects. Mrs. A. E. Ellis.
Madella.—Our meetings continue with some interest. We have presented the testing message, and a few are quite interested. Sisters Nichols and Bernstein are canvassing the place for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Sister Nichols took an order from the Catholic priest yesterday, and delivered the book to-day. Sister Bernstein took two orders in one hour this afternoon, and I have sold a few books. Brother Bernstein intends to canvass the country around this place. Our courage is good. Pray for us. A. Mead.
Kenyon.—We looked the town over carefully, and found it difficult to find a central location. We finally decided to pitch our tent on a little green elevation, on Main Street, near the west end of town. Our first meeting was held the evening of July 7, with a large attendance. Since that time our attendance has been small, but we are giving the bread of life to the few who will listen, hoping some souls may be reached. Pray for us. H. Steen, P. A. Hanson.
Polk County.—When I present the book “Great Controversy” to another, my own heart is warmed, and we both feel glad—I over an order and the blessing, and he to get a good book. I find a goodly number who are interested. A woman to whom I sold a book four years ago, and whose name I gave to Mrs. A. E. Ellis, for correspondence, is now keeping the Sabbath. K. O. Shawhem.
Of seventeen Minnesota canvassers reporting, ten are working with “Coming King,” four with “Great Controversy,” one with “Prophecies of Jesus,” one with “Daniel and the Revelation,” and one with “Plain Facts.” The names and addresses of the canvassers are as follows: C. L. Butterfield, Grant County; B. A. Hansen, Lac qui Parle County; Tillie Stiller, Alexandria; E. Erickson, Nobles County; W. W. Ruble, Chippewa County; E. W. Everest, Chippewa County; R. E. Wear, Wabasha County; F. P. Marshall, Wright County; Tillie Shawhem, Crookston; Mary E. Moon, Spring Valley; C. E. Carlson, Beltrami County; H. E. Shelstad, Cottonwood County; P. O. Johnson, Washington County; K. O. Shawhem, Polk County; Gust Henrickson, Morrison County; F. E. Rew, Hennepin County; Otto J. Graf, Champlin.

Current Events from Around the World

—Canada’s census shows a population of 5,338,883.
—A recent fire at Witebsk, Russia, destroyed 100 lives and 1,000 houses.
—A negro was burned at the stake the 10th inst., near Ways Station, Ga.
—Germany will send four cruisers to Panama, to protect her interests there.
—Some are proposing that Andrew Carnegie be elected mayor of New York City.
—Many of the German soldiers at Tientsin, China, are dying from malignant typhoid fever.
—The Colombian troops which invaded Venezuela have been defeated, and are in full retreat.
—The women in the government printing office at Washington have organized a labor union.
—In a recent report to the State Department, Consul General Long declared that slavery in Egypt had practically ended.
—Francesco Crispi, the Italian statesman, died in Naples, the 11th inst., aged eighty-two years. He was known as “the Bismarck of Italy;” born Oct. 4, 1819.
—Pernod’s absinthe factory (Pontarlier, France), one of the largest in the country, was recently struck by lightning and entirely destroyed. Loss, about $2,000,000.
—The Attorney-General of the United States has rendered an opinion that “the government is responsible for mail matter lost through negligence or dishonesty of postal employees.”
—It is now reported that Archbishop Chapelle, who was sent to Manilla to “reform church abuses in the Philippines,” is to return to this country “because unsuccessful in his mission.”
—Mayor Hinchliffe, of Patterson, N. Y., has announced that the anarchists of that city will “not be permitted to give the play illustrating the assassination of King Humbert,” of Italy, as they had planned to do.
—Dispatches state that Lord Kitchener has issued a proclamation to the effect that unless the Boers cease fighting by September 15, they shall “be permanently banished from South Africa, and the cost of maintenance of the families of burghers in the field shall be recoverable from such burghers, and shall be a charge upon their property, moveable and immovable.”
—Traces of oil have been discovered near Lawton, O. T.
—The attendance at Chicago University last year was 3,722.
—A recent fire at Farsund, Norway, rendered 1,200 people homeless.
—Some plumbers recently found $2,000 hidden in a house at Oshkosh, Wis.
—According to the new census, the present population of France is 38,641,333.
—The Czar has conferred the Andreas Order upon Count von Waldersee, of Germany.
—The business portion of Rantoul, Ill., was recently destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000.
—The statue of Queen Victoria, at Malta, was recently mutilated by unknown persons.
—A conference of the national association of dentists is in progress at Milwaukee, Wis.
—A bomb was recently exploded in the church of St. Nizier, at Troyes, France, but no one was injured.
—The Philippine friars have issued a circular, requesting Catholics to “unite against the American government.”
—There was stolen, the 6th inst., $280,000 worth of gold bullion from the Selby Smelting Works at Vallejo, Cal.
—A gasoline locomobile recently exploded at the corner of Broadway and 62d Street, New York, and was ruined by fire.
—Italy is experiencing a terrible heat wave, and dispatches state that “vineyards in whole districts have been ruined.”
—Mrs. Carrie Nation was recently slapped in the face by a man from whose mouth she was endeavoring to snatch a cigar.
—The shortage in the French wheat crop will result in “a large increase in American exports, with a consequent advance in price.”
—Four delegates, representing 100,000 British workmen, recently left London, for America, to study the labor unions of this country.
—Professor Pupin’s house, at Yonkers, N. Y., was recently broken into and ransacked “to discover the secrets of his ocean telephone invention.”
—Peter Van Schaack, just returned from his twelfth trip to Holland, states that Kruger is “still hopeful of the outcome of the war in the Transvaal.”
—A syndicate of Americans is planning to build a new line of ocean liners, “to break the Atlantic records.” The charter for the new company was recently read for the second time, in the British House of Lords.
—American capitalists are negotiating for the purchase of the Charleroi Glass Works, in Belgium, the only large factories in Europe, in order to form “an international combination to control the world’s supply of window glass.”
—The Chicago fire department has compelled Montgomery Ward and Company to take out of their store a quantity of smokeless powder, which they kept for sale, threatening otherwise to refuse any assistance whatever in case of fire.
—Dr. William A. Newell, originator of the government life-saving service, died in Allentown, N. J., the 8th inst.; born Sept. 5, 1817. He was the first Republican governor of New Jersey (1857–60), and at another time governor of Washington Territory.
—Chicago dispatches state that the iron founders of that city, “in beginning a fight for the extermination of the machinists’ and iron molders’ unions, decide to pay non-union workmen $4.50 and $4.75 a day; the union men ask $3.00.” Evidently some do not favor labor unions.
—The report of General MacArthur to the United States War Department shows that from May 5, 1900 to June 30, 1901, there were 245 Americans killed in the Philippines, 490 wounded, and 118 captured. The Filipino losses were 2,854 killed, 1,193 wounded, 6,572 captured, and 23,095 surrendered.
—The evening of the 15th inst., after a stormy meeting of six and one-half hours, the Joliet employees of the Illinois Steel Company decided to strike, beginning with the 16th. The number of men thus involved is 6,000, counting the 3,000 affected employees of the wire company. The old men desired to continue work, but the younger employees won the day. The steel works at Bay View, Wis., will next be heard from. So far, however, there are enough strikers to seriously cripple a great number of factories throughout the country, which depend upon the product of the steel trust.
—The gold output of the Dawson district, Alaska, for the present year, is estimated at $20,000,000.
—The British consul at Marseilles, France, reports that “American coal threatens to oust British coal at that port.”
—It is reported that in the famine-stricken province of Sian-fu, China, human flesh is on sale for food at three cents a pound.
—One of the men connected with the great robbery at the Selby Smelting Works, has confessed, and $130,000 bullion has been recovered.
—The greater part of the plant of the Indiana Pulp and Paper Company, Marion, Ind., was recently destroyed by fire. Damage, $175,000.
—It now develops that an anarchist under arrest at Milan, Gianotti by name, “confesses that he accompanied Bresci from America, and was his accomplice in the assassination of King Humbert.”
—The mosquito pest is being destroyed in various parts of the country by pouring kerosene upon stagnant bodies of water, rain-barrels, cesspools, and other breeding places. But very little oil is required.
—President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, has pledged “the moral and financial support of the federation to the Amalgamated Association in its strike against the United States Steel Corporation.”
—Because of “ruinous discrimination in insurance rates,” the Northwestern Steamship Company, of Chicago, has decided to “withdraw its steamships from the transatlantic route, unless satisfactory rates can be secured.”
—According to the Literary Digest, what is called the higher criticism of the Bible is “gaining adherents in all Christian denominations.” Even the Catholics are “more than coquetting with higher views of the Old Testament.”
—According to dispatches, Miguel Malavar, recognized as the successor of Aguinaldo, “has issued a proclamation giving assurances to the natives of the continuation of an active campaign, and expressing hope for its successful issue.”
—Owing to the overflowing of the Yangtze River, China, many thousands of people have perished. “The river has risen forty feet, and for hundreds of miles the country is a great lake, with only tops of trees and an occasional roof showing.”
—The Illinois Pure Food Commission has decided that hereafter ice dealers selling to the trade “must specify whether the ice is to be used for drinking purposes or only for cooling. Impure ice, taken from stagnant ponds, and unfit for use, is frequently sold for drinking, and the commissioners intend that the practice shall stop.”
—The Catholics and Protestants of Manitoba are about to settle their long dispute over the public-school question. The government will hereafter operate the Catholic schools, upon certain conditions. The dispute began in 1890, when the Catholics demanded that their children be taught by Catholic teachers, and that the public funds be used to defray expenses.
—John Arbuckle, of New York City, has contrived a new method whereby people may be able to escape from the hot nights of the city. He has “changed a merchant vessel, the ‘Jacob A. Stamler,’ into the semblance of a modern hotel. The ‘Stamler’ is towed down New York Bay before sunset, and is brought back to her pier early enough in the morning to permit the guests to reach their places of business at the usual hour.”
—According to a report now being prepared at the geological survey, Washington, D. C., treating of precious stones in this country, “diamonds are found in the United States in three distinct districts: (1) Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, in the vicinity of the Green Bay lobe of the continental glacier; (2) in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky; (3) in California, adjacent to the water-sheds of the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers, where they were first found in the United States.”
—According to New York dailies, there is to be held, in the early fall, “a national federation of the Roman Catholic societies of the country, for the purpose of influencing legislation, both State and national, favorably to the Church, and a conference is soon to be held, at Cincinnati, to consider the methods of procedure. The Catholics claim to have many grounds for grievance, one being that they are entitled to more chaplains than they now have in the navy. There are twenty-two chaplains altogether in the navy, and of these, three are Roman Catholics.” But the government has no business to support any chaplains at all. No Christian minister can consistently ask God’s blessing to attend any man-of-war in its work of bloody carnage and destruction.
—It is reported that “the financial and industrial crisis in Germany is spreading.” A Cologne bank has been declared insolvent.
—Mr. Somers Clarke, the architect in charge of St. Paul cathedral, London, states that “the great weight of the dome of that structure has caused the foundations under the dome to sink. A serious cracking of walls and arches and ceilings has resulted. Mr. Clarke, after mentioning the unequal distribution of weight as a cause of the settlement, expresses the opinion that the two underground railways and the large sewers have affected the foundations. He lays particular stress upon the vibrations resulting from the passing trains.”
—Nikola Tesla, the great electrician, has just closed the contract for “the erection of a building and plant at Wardenclyffe, on Long Island Sound, nine miles east of Port Jefferson, L. I., for the principal station of his wireless telegraph system. The purchase includes 200 acres of land, and Mr. Tesla says he will put up the largest building of its kind in the world for his experiments. The main building will be 100 feet square. A 350 horse-power electrical plant will be located in the building, and the total cost of the plant and furnishing will be about $150,000.”

KENTUCKY

By Dr. O. C. Godsmark; Mrs. O. C. Godsmark

LOUISVILLE.—In accordance with the request of the General Conference, we closed our work in Milwaukee, Wis., and came to this place to do what we could to establish the truth here in the South. The church here has been laboring for some time under the most discouraging circumstances. The South is, most certainly a world by itself, and Northern principles cannot always be advantageously applied.
Since coming, however, things have taken a decided turn for the better. Both the colored and the white congregations feel that they are now in shape to work for the advancement of the cause.
Louisville is a city of about two hundred thousand inhabitants, mostly of the refined, educated class; and its influence extends throughout the State. Here are a number of medical and theological colleges, and our own people are largely of this element. The great drawback to the advancement of the message here at present is that we have no house of worship where the truth can be presented to the people. We meet in a very improper lodge-hall each Sabbath day; but have no place for public meetings during the week. We are compelled to pay high rent for a dark, noisy hall upon the third floor, because there is no place to be had. We are praying the Lord to open the way for us to have a place in which to present these glorious truths.
We find a real interest among the people to hear, and have no trouble in getting into the homes of the wealthy. They have souls to save, and welcome the Bible studies the same as those of more moderate means. We believe the Lord will grant an abundant harvest of souls. Pray for the work in the South.
DR. AND MRS. O. C. GODSMARK.
2005 Magazine St., Louisville, Ky.

CALIFORNIA

By H. F. Courter

GUERNEVILLE.— We are still holding forth the light of the third angel in this place. We have presented Christ as our only foundation, the coming of our Lord to raise the dead, the sanctuary question, the judgment, the law of God, the Sabbath, the nature of man, etc., and we have been visiting and loaning reading-matter, and holding Bible readings with the people. Two have expressed their determination to keep next Sabbath. We expect a number of others to place themselves wholly on the Lord's side. H. F. COURTER. July 26, 1901.

NEW JERSEY.

By E. E. Franke

TRENTON.—We pitched our tent here, and held our first meeting, July 7, a little over a month ago. The interest steadily increased until we were unable to seat the people. Notwithstanding the fact that my tent is a very large one, 60 x 80 ft., and seated as closely as we can get the benches with comfort, we were obliged to place almost as many seats on the outside of the tent as we have within, and still on many occasions there is standing room only, and the interior is so crowded that many sit on the platform, leaving scarcely room for me to move among them when I am preaching. Our Sunday night audiences number from three to four thousand. This is the largest interest I have ever seen, and is stirring this city from center to circumference. Sermons were preached against us in a number of churches yesterday. We held our first Sabbath meeting last Sabbath. Two hundred and fifty-one were in attendance, and the great majority of these have begun to observe the Sabbath. One month ago there was just one Sabbath-keeper in this place; now there is a large company. This we say to the praise and glory of God. We could use thousands of tracts and late numbers of our periodicals. Who wishes to help in this matter? Let all pray for the work in this city.
My home address is 250 Spring St., Trenton, N. J.
E. E. FRANKE.

COLORADO

By H. L. Hoover; G. W. Anglebarger

TRINIDAD.— We began meetings here in our large tent, June 19. Up to the present four have taken their stand for the truth. Several others are almost persuaded. It is difficult to reach the people here, very few seem to care for religion, being almost wholly given to the world and making money. Luke 21:34 is surely not regarded. We are visiting the people in their homes, canvassing, distributing Signs, etc., so as to search out the honest.
H. L. HOOVER, G. W. ANGLEBARGER.

MRS. E. G. WHITE

By Ellen G. White

THE RELIEF OF OUR SCHOOLS.—NO. 3.

MRS. E. G. WHITE

RESULTS OF THE WORK.

Through the work for the relief of our schools a fourfold blessing will be realized,—a blessing to the schools, to the world, to the Church, and to the workers themselves.
While funds are gathered for the relief of the schools, the best reading-matter is being placed in the hands of a large number of people who, if this effort had not been made, would never have seen “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The lessons drawn in this book from the parables of our Saviour will be to many souls as the leaves of the tree of life.
It is the Lord’s design that “Christ’s Object Lessons,” with its precious instruction, shall unify the believers. The self-sacrificing efforts put forth by the members of our churches will prove a means of uniting them, that they may be sanctified, body, soul, and spirit, as vessels unto honor, prepared to receive the Holy Ghost, which God will impart. Those who seek to do God’s will, investing every talent to the best advantage, will become wise in working for His kingdom. They will learn lessons of the greatest consequence to them, and they will feel the highest satisfaction of a rational mind. Peace and grace and power of intellect will be given them.
As they carry this book to those who need the instruction it contains, the workers will gain an experience of the greatest value. This work is a means of education. Those who will do their best as the Lord’s helping hand to circulate “Christ’s Object Lessons,” will obtain an experience that will enable them to handle our larger books, which the people need so much.
All who engage in this work aright, cheerfully and hopefully, will find it a very great blessing. The Lord does not force any to engage in His work, but to those who place themselves decidedly on His side, He will give a willing mind. He will bless all who work out the spirit which He works in. To such workers He will give favor and success. As field after field is entered, new methods and new plans will spring from new circumstances. New thoughts will come with the new workers who give themselves to the work. As they seek the Lord for help, He will communicate with them. They will receive plans devised by the Lord himself. Souls will be converted, and money will come in. The workers will find waste places of the Lord’s vineyard lying close beside fields that have been worked. Every field shows new places to win. All that is done brings to light how much more still remains to be done.
As we work in connection with the Great Teacher, our experience improves. The faculties of the mind are enlarged. The conscience is under divine guidance. Christ takes the entire being under His control.
No one can be truly united with Christ, practicing His lessons, submitting to His yoke of restraint, without realizing that which he can never express in words. New, rich thoughts come to him. Light is given to the intellect, determination to the will, sensitiveness to the conscience, purity to the imagination. The heart becomes more tender, the thoughts more spiritual, the service more Christlike. In the life there is seen that which no words can express,—true, faithful, loving devotion of heart, mind, soul, and strength to the work of the Master.
After we have, by sanctified energy and prayer, done all that we can do in the work for our schools, we shall see the glory of God. When the trial has been fully made, there will be a blessed result.
If it is made in a free, willing spirit, God will make the movement for the help of our schools a success. He will enable us to roll back the reproach that has come upon our educational institutions. If all will take hold of the work in the spirit of self-sacrifice for the sake of Christ and the truth, it will not be long before the jubilee song of freedom can be sung throughout our borders.

BE NOT WEARY IN WELL DOING.

I am glad that there has been such harmonious effort to carry out the purpose of God and to make the most of His providence. This effort to circulate “Christ’s Object Lessons” is demonstrating what can be done in the canvassing field. To ministers, teachers, students, fathers, mothers, young men and young women, who have engaged in this work, I would say, After the immediate necessity is met, do not lose your zeal, feeling that there is no further need for special effort. Let not your interest flag. Let it rather increase, until every institution among us is free from the curse of debt. And even then do not fold your hands, and think that there is no call for further effort. Press forward in the work. Sell the book wherever you can, and bring our larger books to the notice of the people. A fund should be raised to send to school those who desire to fit themselves for the Lord’s work, but are unable to pay their own way. Let there be money in hand to be used for this purpose. And many facilities will be needed, both in the home fields and in the “regions beyond.” Many worthy enterprises will call for help.
Let us have faith in God. In His name let us carry forward His work without flinching. The work He has called us to do He will make a blessing to us. And when His plan for the relief of our schools has been vindicated, when the work pointed out has been fully accomplished, He will indicate to us what to do next.
As long as the message of mercy is to be given to the world, there will be a call for effort similar to that which has been made for the relief of our schools. And as long as human probation continues, there will be opportunity for the canvasser to do His work. When the religious denominations unite with the papacy to oppress God’s people, places where there is religious freedom will be opened by evangelistic canvassing. If in one place the persecution becomes severe, let the workers do as Christ has directed: “When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another.” Matt. 10:23. If persecution comes there, go still to another place. God will lead His people, making them a blessing in many places. Were it not for persecution, they would not be so widely scattered abroad to proclaim the truth. And Christ declares, “Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.” Verse 23. Until in heaven is spoken the word, “It is finished,” there will always be places to labor and hearts to receive the message.
Wherefore, “let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Gal. 6: 9.

Relief of the Schools Fund

The Total Cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to date is $ 32,556.37.

The Gift Without the Giver Is Bare

By Lowell

Nor what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three— Himself, his hungering neighbor, and Me. — Lowell.

A TESTIMONY WITHOUT CENSURE.

By P. T. MAGAN

Many times we are liable to look upon the Testimonies of the Spirit of God as being a mass of scolding and censure, but they should always cheer our hearts, because it is written, “Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.” But there are Testimonies which commend the work of the people of God, and one of those recently sent regarding the Relief of the Schools is of this order. It states: “The generous, whole-hearted way in which our publishing houses and our brethren and sisters in general have taken hold of this enterprise is well pleasing to the Lord.”
So we are doing something which pleases God. Let us thank Him and keep on. P. T. MAGAN.

Bureau of Information

By Editor

A CORRECTION.

A few weeks ago we published in this department a short article entitled “Opening in the South,” speaking of Occoquan, Va., and vicinity. It was stated that many of the colored people there were in “abject poverty,” proper objects of the benevolence of those who might feel disposed to send clothing, furniture, etc.
Now we are informed from several sources that this is altogether untrue; that the colored people of that neighborhood are not in poverty at all, but are comfortable, have plenty of work, and are fairly well off. Naturally, they wish to be correctly represented before others, and the least amends we can make them is to publish this notice and correction, which we very willingly do.
And now, brethren and friends, be careful. This is not a bureau of imagination, nor of hyperbole, but of information. It is designed to be and ought to be a valuable department for all our readers; but its value will depend entirely upon the accuracy of those furnishing matter to appear in its columns.

SPECIAL NOTICES

By E. C. Taylor

Maine, Attention!

The fourth annual meeting of the Benevolent Association of Seventh-day Adventists of Maine will be held at Waterville, Me., Aug. 29, 1901, at 5 P. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
E. C. TAYLOR, Clerk.

Indiana Conference.

By T. J. Hankins

The annual Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Greenfield, August 29 to September 8. Let all churches elect their delegates at once. Important questions will be considered at this meeting. Let everybody come. More particulars next week.
T. J. HANKINS, Pres.

Nebraska, Notice!

By N. P. Nelson

The annual camp-meeting of the Nebraska Conference and Tract Society will be held September 5–16 in the beautiful park near Lincoln, Neb. The first meeting of the Conference and Tract Society will be held September 5, at 10 A. M. All delegates are expected to be present at the opening meeting.                                                 N. P. Nelson, Pres.

The Facts about It.

By L. A. George

EDITOR REVIEW AND HERALD: In the REVIEW of July 30 I notice the case of H. T. Nelson, wherein Mr. Nelson says that N. W. Kauble had him put in jail. I think it only fair to Elder Kauble, and even to Mr. Nelson, that the facts concerning the arrest of the latter should be published.
After Mr. Nelson had tried twice to speak in the pulpit at the eleven o’clock hour on Sabbath, and the last time had been forcibly taken from the desk, and guarded during the meeting hour, I thought he ought to be treated for insanity, and so told Elder Kauble. While Elder Kauble was willing that Mr. Nelson should be treated for any malady with which he might be afflicted, he would not in any way have anything to do with his arrest. I told Elder Kauble that I should make complaint before the board of insanity, and have him subpoenaed as a witness. He said, “If you do, I shall have to go and testify.” I made the complaint; the arrest was made, and case tried. Mr. Nelson was held by the board; but as the asylum was so full, the board could not get him in there. He was released from jail, as no one wished to punish him for disturbance, but desired to have him treated as a mental patient.
Elder Kauble was in no way responsible for his arrest; he, with others, only gave his testimony after being subpoenaed.
L. A. GEORGE.
College View, Neb.

Mt. Vernon Academy.

THE opening of the next school year will be on Wednesday, September 4, and all who are planning to enter this year would do well to be present at that time, as the classes are then formed and the work laid out for the entire year. Special courses of instruction will be offered to all who desire to become workers in the cause of God, and careful effort will be put forth to make these courses practical as well as theoretical.
If information about the school be desired, it will be cheerfully furnished by correspondence or by the Calendar, which we are pleased to send to all interested persons. Address Mt. Vernon Academy, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

Michigan, Attention!

By S. M. Butler

At the time to begin the church schools is drawing near, it will be necessary for those who desire teachers to send in their application at once. State location and size of the school, the grade of pupils, and the number of months you expect the school to keep.
There ought to be many more schools in this State the coming year than heretofore. The time has fully come for a forward movement in this work. Further delay is dangerous. God has plainly indicated His mind concerning the education of our children and youth; and when He speaks, it is at our own and our children’s peril that we falter. The history of ancient Israel should teach us that the only safe course, the only course which will bring prosperity, is unquestioning obedience to all His requirements.
Address the undersigned at 627 S. Ingalls St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
S. M. BUTLER.
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