Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 33.
Praise, My Soul, the King of HeavenPage 1
Earlier text: Good SecurityMissionary Funds
By Wm. Covert
BRETHREN and sisters, what are you doing to support the missionaries in the wide field? Are you making offerings17from week to week, that the treasury may be kept filled with funds? The Lord keeps us in this world that his cause may be advanced. A thousand million of our fellow creatures are in heathen darkness, and a large per cent of the other third of the human family are unconverted. We who have been given the light of present truth are required to give it to others. It is too precious to be withheld. Could we but know how very desirous our Saviour is to have us hasten the message of love and mercy to the perishing world, I feel sure there would be an exceeding great increase in our offerings. Our Mission Board is compelled to say “No” to many calls from anxious ones who wish to hear the precious story, because no one is ready to go, and because the funds are short. Brethren, is it not possible for us to keep a constant flow running into the treasury? A strong and steadily flowing stream is what is needed. It would be easier to do the work this way than to allow an unsteady and uneven state of affairs to prevail. If the brethren who are in charge of the work could know that missionaries would be properly supported, they could in a short time place our workers in every country upon earth. Can any one think of a thing more to be desired than this? Do we wish to see sinners saved more than we crave gold? Do we long to have the night of sin come to an end? Are not our hearts yearning for the better land? Then let us see to it that the last message of mercy is rapidly carried to the whole world. Has not the time come when there should be delay no longer? Lesser Antilles, West Indies
By D. E. Wellman
ANTIGUA.—Our second quarterly meeting is now past. It was of special help and strength to the believers in Antigua. Six persons were baptized and received into full membership. Another baptism will take place next month. The Lord has gone before us all the way in our work in this field, and we praise him for daily evidences of his love and goodness. Work is begun on the church property just secured, and we expect by the end of the year to have completed a neat place of worship, free of debt. Because of extra work, we are holding only six services during the week. We hope to have strength to attend to these. We are well, and of good courage in the message. D. E. WELLMAN. L. J. BURGESS
By L. J. Burgess
CALCUTTA.—I enjoy my work here very much. There is no better place in the world to live and work for souls. The opportunities are without number. A few days ago I went to Wellington Square to distribute some copies of the Oriental Watchman among the English-speaking natives who congregate there every evening. Hands were stretched out from all directions to obtain a copy, and I soon had none left, so I comforted the people by telling them that I would come again, and bring a larger supply. Then as there were a large number gathered about, I had opportunity to tell them something of the gospel of the kingdom, to which they listened, many of them, I suppose, for the first time. There is a large field here among those who speak English. F. H. WESTPHAL
By F. H. Westphal
ST. LOUIS.—Brethren H. Gellert, A. A. Meyer, and H. Meyer, and I are laboring in St. Louis, having pitched our tent about July 7 on the corner of Illinois Avenue and Miami Street. The attendance was very small, but the Lord added his blessing, and each evening a few more are added to our company of hearers. The attendance is regular. Some are becoming troubled over the matter of Sabbath observance. We have already presented this subject quite fully, the interest is increasing, and the number who attend is larger than before. We are in a thickly settled German part of the city. Pray for us, that the cause of the Lord may triumph and souls be saved. Colombia, South America
By Mrs. S. P. Smith
ST ANDREWS.—We have nothing discouraging to write of the work here. The school numbers about fifty, with the promise of more soon. Many who have been bitterly opposed are giving in little by little, and are sending their children to our school. We have been studying the field here, and think there is an excellent opportunity for the medical missionary work to be started. Since Dr. Eccles’s death two Jamaican doctors have come, but not to stay. They say they are not missionaries, but have come to make money; and judging from their prices, they are doing it. The people are beginning to realize the difference, and long for a doctor to come “from the States.” Many used to come from Providence and Corn Island, and even from Bonacca and Caymans, to see the doctor. There is no reason why this would not be an excellent opportunity, if a doctor were to come to this field soon, as these other doctors expect to leave about the holidays. I have been out and given treatments myself some; but my other work keeps me busy. This is a hard field, but we enjoy the work, and long to see these ignorant souls brought to a saving knowledge of the truth we love so dearly. MRS. S. P. SMITH. Porto Rico
By Mrs. A. M. Fischer
MAYAGUEZ.—Our school is growing. We have thirty-four enrolled, and others are seeking admission. The room, which is about fifteen by fifteen feet, is well filled now, and because of lack of space and proper seats it is difficult to keep order; yet we can see some change for the better. Many of these children never read from the Bible before, and when I offered the first prayer, which was in English, I could hardly hear myself speak; but now many times you could hear a pin drop, and many little heads are bowed. These children are all Roman Catholics, and come from some of the best families in Porto Rico. I trust that through them the hearts of the parents will be reached. There are two other towns where homes are now open to us. I am anxious for other workers to come. We opened our first Sabbath school last Sabbath, with just five present. There is so much to do, and so little time in which to do it! May the Lord lay the burden for this field upon some. Nashville as the Center of Our Work in the South
By George I. Butler
Desiring that all our people outside of our own peculiar field should be intelligent in reference to it in every important respect, I have thought it duty to call the attention of the readers of the REVIEW to the reasons why Nashville has been chosen as the city above all others in the South, for the center of our work there. Here our Southern publishing house has been located. Here other institutions no doubt will be founded, not in any sense to interfere with those already established elsewhere, but as sister institutions to help do the same kind of work in this great, central city. In establishing our work in any country, some center must of necessity be chosen. Due consideration must be given to the subject, as much depends upon the proper solution of this question. It can hardly be denied that more or less prestige attaches to the cause, in the eyes of many, because of the importance of the city from which our literature is issued. For example, London in Great Britain, Christiania in the Scandinavian countries, Melbourne in Australia, and Oakland on the Pacific slope are all most reputable centers from which to issue our literature to the peoples inhabiting the surrounding countries. Educational centers present many advantages which should be considered in the establishment of a center for our work in any country. Our work is educational. And it is very important that our publishing houses be established in close connection with such centers. In the nature of things, our work is designed especially to seek out the promising young people who are seeking to improve their minds. To such we should especially address ourselves, and seek earnestly to interest them. Such as these are the hope of our cause for future laborers. We cannot make too earnest an effort to reach them. Nashville, Tenn., is perhaps the greatest educational center in the South. It is stated on what seems to be good authority that there are over a dozen large colored schools in this city, among which is the great Fiske University, an institution of national if not world-wide reputation. Its famous jubilee singers who traveled largely over the world are everywhere remembered. The large number of institutions of learning for the white population, the famous Vanderbilt University, are well known to any person of intelligence in the South. Many of the different denominations are represented by literary institutions in this great educational center. There is one feature of special interest to our people in connection with this point that we should never forget: it relates to the color question. God has committed to us the most solemn message ever given to man. This warning message is to every people, nation, and tongue in all the world. White, black, copper-colored, brown, and yellow men all have souls to save, and souls to be lost. The message must go to all the world. The world is to be enlightened with its glory just before Christ is revealed in the clouds of heaven. Hence this message must be preached to white and black in the South. It is well known that in some localities in the South there is a greater degree of prejudice and bitterness between the races than in others. In a few places some of our laborers have been ordered out of the community. It must be evident to any fair-minded person that the best interests of the cause will be subserved by our confining our labors quite largely, at first, to those localities where less prejudice exists, and the least opposition has to be met. Why?—Because where great bitterness prevails, various evil reports will be scattered, so injuring our reputation among those who know us not that many will become too prejudiced to listen to us. Whereas, where the people are more intelligent and less prejudice prevails, where many colored schools have long been established, their influence for good is well recognized, and they are not only tolerated, but highly respected. Because their elevating tendency and beneficial influence have broken down prejudice, no trouble over this question exists. This is largely true in Nashville. I have never learned of any race riots or mobs in Nashville. Possibly some troubles may have occurred in the past, but I have never heard of any. Noble, benevolent people in the North and in the South gave largely of their means to establish these elevating institutions before we could occupy this important field. Their work and ours are of the same character,—to make men and women more useful and noble in this life, and prepare them for a higher life in eternity. As a people we should highly honor those noble souls not of our faith for their philanthropic work, and earnestly seek to imitate their example. This is one of the great reasons why God has selected Nashville for the center of our work in the South. I firmly believe that, on the whole, Nashville presents the best conditions for the successful fostering of our cause of any Southern city. Atlanta is a noble city, beautiful for situation, and is a center of great interest. Our work was partially established there, yet I doubt if all the conditions there are as favorable as in Nashville. The Sunday laws of Georgia are the most unfavorable of any State in the union, and I think the color question is more pronounced than in Nashville. The latter is really more central. We must endeavor to make our influence felt in both these cities in the immediate future, as well as in many other of the great cities of the South. Another question relating to the choice of Nashville is that it is a very important political center. It is the capital of the great State of Tennessee, where the laws18are made, and the political influences center. Do any ask, What has this to do with the matter?—Very much. Where our publishing work is established, and other institutions are founded, we must make our influence felt in all parts of the city. We must let the people know of the nature and importance of our work, of its noble and elevating character. Our benevolent operations must reach out. Our missionary enterprises must be felt everywhere. Able, Southern-born laborers, rather than Northern men, who are less acceptable to many Southern people, should be employed to speak the truths of the message to the best classes of Southern people under the most favorable circumstances. Southern physicians, whether men or women, could also do great good. By these and other agencies our work will be generally known in Nashville, and through leading men there it will be known in all parts of the State. If these opinions are favorable to our work, and they probably will be if our work is properly represented, it will be a great help to us in many ways. It will tend to prevent persecution for Sunday work. There are many noble men who would frown down the spirit of persecution if the nature of our work was known. Our friends will not forget how noble men in high position, like the Honorable Mr. Porter, came where our brethren were being persecuted, and offered to defend them free of charge, because they hated such evidences of malice. The work of our publishing house and sanitarium in Nashville is a matter of no mean importance. This article would not be complete without extracts from recent Testimonies bearing directly on this subject. Under the heading of “Nashville as a Center,” Sister White says: “Many asked the question, Why did J. E. White and his associates select Nashville as a center for work? I answer, Because the Lord in his wisdom directed them to this place. It is his purpose that light shall shine forth from the memorials established for him in and near Nashville. There is no place in the South better suited than Nashville for the carrying forward of the publishing work. It is the best place in which to do the work that has been started there. There is not in Nashville the bitter opposition to the work for the uplifting of the colored race that exists in many other cities of the South. Much work is being done there to uplift the colored people; and the sentiment in favor of these efforts will be a security to our people in their work. “There are in Nashville large educational institutions for the colored people, in which most excellent work has been done and is being done for them. The teachers and students in these institutions are to hear the message of present truth. It is for this reason that God has directed that different institutions be established in Nashville. . . . “It was in accordance with God’s purpose that the publishing work was started in Nashville. In his providence he has brought together in this place a company of workers who are to act their respective parts in the publishing house, standing as representatives of Christianity. This institution is to give character to our work in the South. It will be instrumental in establishing the faith of many in Bible truth.” The extracts just quoted are certainly clear and emphatic, and must settle the minds of all who have faith in the Testimonies. Much more might be added. Believing in the wisdom of the selection of Nashville for the location of our publishing house, the writer will venture to urge our people everywhere in America to help the weak, struggling cause here in putting the publishing house, now greatly crippled for lack of means, in a condition of efficiency to do the important work the spirit of prophecy says it was created to do. An Encouraging Opening
By David Paulson
LAST summer one of the leading business men of Wichita, Kan., took his invalid wife to several of the Colorado health resorts, but she gradually grew worse. Finally some one suggested the Boulder Sanitarium to him. He went there, and in a few weeks his wife received wonderful benefit, and they came home charmed with the Christian spirit that they had seen manifested in that institution. This gentleman immediately decided that such an institution should be located in Wichita. As a result of his efforts, arrangements were made for Dr. Kellogg to give a lecture there several months ago, and then two nurses were sent to Wichita from our Nebraska Sanitarium. They readily secured the co-operation of the best people in the city, and the sanitarium sentiment continued to grow. Recently our Kansas brethren leased a building for the purpose of fitting it up for treatment rooms, and the Chamber of Commerce signified their willingness to assist in raising means to purchase necessary equipments and appliances. Arrangements were made for me to come and give a talk in the Congregational church, on The Battle Creek Idea. In this audience were not only some of the leading business men of the place, but the president of the Chamber of Commerce. At the conclusion of my talk, the gentleman who had been to Boulder gave one of the most stirring and enthusiastic speeches in favor of our work and principles that I ever listened to. Then the president arose, and said that he wished to indorse all that had been said, and that he would do all he could to forward this enterprise. A committee of leading business men was appointed, and they will start out with a subscription paper for the purpose of raising money. That which seemed to appeal the strongest to those men, as well as to the editor of one of the daily papers, was the Christian spirit and missionary side of our work. God is certainly pouring out his Spirit on all flesh, and some are responding to it. When we see God move in such a marked manner upon the hearts of those who have not had such opportunities to see his providences in the work as most of us have enjoyed, it should be the handwriting on the wall to us, that unless we speedily gird on our armor, God will call on others to do our work, and finally to wear our crown. RECENT letters from the workers in Matabeleland report all well at the mission, and the work prospering. ON Brother Graf’s last two trips through Brazil he had the privilege of baptizing thirty-six persons. BROTHER W. G. KNEELAND reports the church at Princess Town, Trinidad, slowly increasing in membership. Three have recently been added. BROTHER HUTCHINS has been holding meetings with the company at Port Limon, Central America, for a month. There is a company of about thirty at that place, and others are interested. THE two companies of Sabbath keepers in Natal have donated over seventy dollars toward furnishing literature for the Boer camps. ELDER and Mrs. C. H. Parker, of Tasmania, who formerly labored in Fiji, have been asked to connect with the work in the Fijian Islands again, and were expected to reach there June 24. BROTHER B. G. WILKINSON, writing of a visit to Belgium recently, says: “It is wonderfully surprising how many doors have been open in this field since we began work here last year. Many of our brethren remember that a few months ago our only worker in this field was taken away by death.” BROTHER G. W. REASER has recently made a visit to the mission at Matabeleland, South Africa, and promises a full report for the REVIEW soon. While there, he organized a church of twenty-nine members, baptizing twenty-one natives, only one having been baptized previously. The workers are well, and the work in the mission is prospering. THE British consul at Tahiti has bought the Pitcairn people a cutter of fifteen tons. She sailed for their island June 1, with Brother G. F. Jones, of Tahiti, in command. After she has been there a few days, she will sail to Mangareva, in the Gambier Group. Brother and Sister Jones are to work for the native people there for a while, and will occasionally go to Pitcairn Island, and give the Pitcairn people some help. They have not had any help for about three years, and will appreciate this very much. SISTER S. J. OLNEY writes from India: “One dear sister has begun the observance of the Sabbath, and has fully accepted every point of truth that been presented to her. Others are deeply interested; and although the enemy is striving to sow tares among the precious seed, we trust that it falls on good ground.” THE work is onward in the Fiji Islands. Brother J. E. Fulton writes of many calls for labor. Some are keeping the Sabbath who have never seen any of our laborers. Among these is a chief who holds a government position, which he is about to lose on account of the Sabbath. He writes that he has been preaching that the seventh day is the true Sabbath. He says that he is willing to lose all things earthly if the Lord will give him a place in his work. This chief was brought to a knowledge of the truth through reading our little Fijian paper Rarama. BROTHER J. L. SHAW writes from Calcutta, India, that the school at Karmatar, which has already finished its first quarter, was a success financially. The greatest need now is for some one who has been trained for church-school work, so that they need not draw workers who have gone to the field to labor among the natives, for this purpose. The school has already entered upon its second quarter. Sisters Knight and Humphrey are having excellent success as self-supporting medical missionaries in Simla. They are both nursing, and have more than they can do. THE work at the mission at Simultala, India, is progressing. During February and March the mission bungalow was reroofed, and a number of poor were given work in cutting down large timbers for doors and windows. Bible readings are conducted almost daily among the people who visit the mission. Recently a native who calls himself a Christian Yogi has come to the mission. He is reading the Word of God, and also “Great Controversy” and other books and papers which have been given him. He is an English, Bengali, and Hindi student, and was formerly a schoolmaster. Brother Barlow asks that he be remembered in the prayers of God’s people. BROTHER M. C. STURTEVANT writes from Buluwayo, South Central Africa, that he and his family are happy in their new field of labor, and hope soon to be able to do some work for the natives in their own tongue, as they are devoting their time now to the study of the native language, and under the blessing of God are making progress. He says they are pleased with the country, and believe they are where the Lord wants them. He writes that they planted a garden—radishes, lettuce, carrots, onions, parsnips, cabbage, and tomatoes—as soon as they reached the field; and when he wrote one month later, all were up, and the radishes were nearly large enough to use, although it is the dry season of the year, and they have to water the plants two or three times a week. Brother Sturtevant says: “I want to be found here when my Saviour comes, whether in the grave or caught up alive. O glorious thought! Would that the people at home might wake up, and stir out of themselves, get out in the work, and grow up in the Lord. Jesus would then soon come.” Government Obstacles to Bible Distribution Abroad
In addition to the ceaseless opposition of the Roman Church, in many countries, the work of distributing the Bible is seriously hindered by the governments. In parts of the Austrian empire licenses for colporteurs are withheld. In Greece the government has placed a ban on the modern Greek Bible issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Leave is lacking for a colporteur to work in Montenegro. The French authorities prohibit the public sale of the Scriptures in Tunis, and they have not yet allowed the society to resume work in Cochin China. The Turkish government forbids the issue of the four Gospels in Albanian in native character. The government of Persia has stopped all importations of the Scriptures in the native tongue. The public exercise of any other than the Roman Catholic religion is prohibited by the constitution of the republic of Peru. Not long ago one of our Michigan ministers and his wife rode twenty miles on their wheels to visit an isolated sister, who, with her family, had practically no opportunity for church privileges. The minister and his wife talked to her in regard to the blessings attendant upon the work with “Christ’s Object Lessons.” She decided to go to work, and in the following letter she tells her experience:— “DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER: You remember of going with me to take a book? Well, that lady bought one at the next prayer meeting [this sister holds prayer meetings with her neighbors, none of whom are in the truth]. She said that her husband read and re-read in it the next day, and liked it very much. “At the next prayer meeting I sold another, and got one dollar toward it; the rest is good. “Last week, when coming from Delton, I met a neighbor to whom I had sold a book a short time before you came. She is now living in Kalamazoo. She said it was a fine book, and she didn’t see how any one could read it without being benefited. One of her neighbors borrowed it to read to her sick mother. My friend felt sure she could sell her one. So I let her take a book, telling her she would receive a blessing in so doing. She seemed to grasp a new idea, and willingly took hold in faith. I feel sure that all the Lord requires of me is to watch for opportunities, and be willing and ready to improve them. He knows that I cannot leave my home to canvass. He knows, too, that I have not time and memory to commit a lengthy canvass to memory. I just show the book, tell them that it is a grand, good book, and the Lord does all the rest. I know that20the angels are present, as Sister White says, to give others confidence in my statements, and impress them to buy. “I enjoy this work. Every successful effort gives me deeper, stronger faith in God; for I know I could not sell one book if he did not do the work. And what a joy it is to think that the King of heaven stoops to use so worthless an instrument as I am. Remember me in your prayers.” This is, indeed, the recital of a “blessed experience.” This sister has sold twenty-five copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” A Striking Instance of God's Love
By A. J. Howard
SISTER GERTRUDE KERN, of Sparta, Wis., about Aug. 1, 1901, while following her occupation as nurse, became unable to work. After a thorough examination, two physicians pronounced her disease to be tuberculosis of the right lung. She tells her own story as follows:— “I have been examined by ten leading physicians, each pronouncing my disease to be tuberculosis of the right lung. Having been reduced from one hundred and sixty to one hundred and fourteen pounds in a very short time, I went by advice to Riverside, Cal. I continued to grow weak. By counsel there I went to San Diego, March 17, 1902. After a few weeks my Riverside physician came to San Diego, and advised me to return at once to Riverside; as I was losing flesh rapidly. “A day or so before my interview with this Riverside physician, Elder Howard had been leading my mind in the study of God's Word and the Testimonies of his Spirit as to God's willingness to heal me. And as my mind began to grasp healing power, I remembered that I had always worn glasses, not being able to do without them. A longing desire came to me to be made every whit whole. I told Elder Howard that I was sure God wanted to make me perfectly well, and asked that James 5:14, 15, might be carried out in my case on Sabbath, April 19, 1902. My eyes had been treated by two specialists, one of Milwaukee, the other of Chicago, both telling me I would always be obliged to wear glasses. They called my trouble ‘mixed astigmatism.’ But praise the Lord, I took the glasses off, believing that he was able and willing to make me perfectly whole. He did not disappoint me. As I was anointed and prayed for on the Sabbath, I felt the power of God renewing my lung, and my eyes did see perfectly. I have never put on glasses since. I can read perfectly, even very fine print, by lamplight, without the least pain. My lungs are sound. On Monday following my healing I walked five miles, without experiencing any fatigue or shortness of breath. I have gained six pounds in one week. His life is my life, his will my will, the glorifying of his name my glory.” This sister has continued to improve, and is now enjoying health, and is doing faithful work for her Master. Last week, learning that her former Wisconsin physician was in California, she sought an interview. He made a thorough examination, and pronounced her perfectly whole. But one greater than he, the great Physician, had pronounced her thus on April 19, 1902. This man of the world marveled, saying, “I never saw anything like it. Will God do that for anybody else?” Brethren, shall not we walk humbly with him, that he may reveal his love through us to the world? Donors to the Relief of the Schools
The Total Cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to Aug. 8, 1902, is $45,509.94. | NAME |
AMOUNT |
|---|
| S. & C. E. Van Pelt |
$5 00 |
| Harvey Cassell |
10 00 |
| Fritz Guy |
3 00 |
| Donation |
17 50 |
| L. B. Lane |
17 30 |
| Helen Swinger |
10 00 |
| Katie Weibrecht |
10 |
| E. L. Pardon |
50 |
| W. D. Wilcox |
2 50 |
| A. S. Tenney |
3 00 |
| Wm. Groff |
5 00 |
| M. A. Millington |
10 00 |
| C. Kellar |
1 00 |
| Wm. Kerr |
2 00 |
| Friend (Berrien) |
2 00 |
| H. B. Hamm |
20 00 |
| Mrs. B. D. Swartwood |
50 |
| Mrs. L. F. Keim |
2 00 |
| Lisbon Myers |
1 25 |
| Mrs. L. L. Peck, Alfred & R. C. King |
5 00 |
| Graetting Society |
5 00 |
| Mt. Pleasant Society |
25 |
| Henry Oehler |
2 00 |
| Mina Shellburg |
1 25 |
| R. Russell |
75 |
| C. Carter |
1 00 |
| M. J. Sowles |
25 |
| Mrs. Nathan Andress |
1 00 |
| W. W. Leader |
2 00 |
| M. S. Burnham |
2 00 |
| Eugenia Breed |
5 00 |
| Sarah Braugh |
2 00 |
| Fritz Guy |
6 20 |
| Mrs. Marie Carston |
1 00 |
| Mrs. E. F. Atherton |
5 00 |
| N. B. Osborne |
2 00 |
| M. & F. McDevitt |
25 |
| Wichita church |
4 00 |
| Mrs. E. W. Taylor |
1 00 |
| Annia Sufficool |
5 00 |
| Hattie Fifield |
1 00 |
| Clara Pettit |
1 00 |
| A friend (Berrien) |
2 00 |
| Florence Dufur |
1 00 |
| Mr. & Mrs. D. F. Hupp |
6 70 |
| D. H. Oberholtzer |
100 00 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Buckley |
2 00 |
| Nellie L. Davis |
1 00 |
| James R. Smith & mother |
1 50 |
| Earl Rowell |
4 50 |
| Mrs. J. L. Lorengen |
5 00 |
| Mrs. Ross C. Meade |
25 00 |
| A friend (Michigan) |
1 50 |
| Mrs. E. Muskgrave |
5 00 |
| Mrs. H. M. Benson |
2 00 |
| A. C. Allen |
3 00 |
| J. A. & S. E. Wilson |
1 00 |
| W. J. Heckman |
2 00 |
Praying and Working for Christ's Object Lessons
In all our work for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” let us pray as if it all depended upon God, and then work as if it all depended upon us. In the State of Minnesota lives a brother who makes his living by selling pianos. When the work of relieving the schools first began, he made up his mind to help, and to keep on helping till the schools were free from debt. He is not rich; but every time God blesses him with the sale of a piano, he makes a donation to the Relief Fund. He began this when the relief campaign first opened in 1900. He is at it still. The gifts, though small when considered separately, mount up to a large figure when added together. Here are the figures from Feb. 18, 1901, to April 20, 1902:— | Date |
Amount |
|---|
| Feb. 18, 1901 |
$10 00 |
| April 4, ” |
10 00 |
| April 24, ” |
7 00 |
| July 31, ” |
5 00 |
| Aug. 4, ” |
4 00 |
| Aug. 11, ” |
8 50 |
| Aug. 23, ” |
6 00 |
| Oct. 15, ” |
8 50 |
| Oct. 15, ” |
6 80 |
| Oct. 29, ” |
5 00 |
| Dec. 22, ” |
1 50 |
| Feb. 2, 1902 |
4 00 |
| Feb. 16, ” |
7 50 |
| Feb. 20, ” |
7 00 |
| Mar. 11, ” |
10 00 |
| Mar. 23, ” |
5 00 |
| April 20, ” |
10 00 |
| Total |
$115 80 |
Canvassing Experiences in Kimberley, South Africa
The laborers in Kimberley, South Africa, write of interesting experiences while canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” As one of the canvassers was about to show this book to an intelligent colored man, he began preaching the Sabbath to the canvasser. This man had been keeping the Sabbath for some time, and did not know that our brother was a Sabbath keeper. Later they met a Kaffir who was thirsting for a deeper knowledge of the Word of God. He White had almost read himself into the truth; he ordered a copy of “Bible Readings,” and was so anxious to get the book before leaving for Mafeking, that he paid for a telegram.