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Distribution of Medical Workers

By W. A. R.

It will be a matter of interest to know how those who have recently been graduated from the American Medical Missionary College have been distributed throughout the field. In the last class

graduated from this institution there were twenty-two. Dr. Daniel Comstock is with the Moline (Ill.) Sanitarium. Dr. W. Dunscombe is with the Montrose (Minn.) Sanitarium. Dr. Virgil Fisher is connected with the college at Mount Vernon, Ohio. Dr. H. Greaves is taking additional studies in Rush Medical College, Chicago, preparatory to taking up work in his native country, South America. Dr. C. W. Heald is with his brother in the sanitarium at Peoria, Ill. Dr. C. A. Hansen is temporarily in Danville, Ill., doing professional work, but it is hoped that he will soon be in connection with one of our sanitariums. Dr. August Larson has charge of the science department in Union College. Dr. W. A. Ruble has accepted the medical secretaryship of the General Conference, and has just entered upon his duties in that office. He will also be connected with the new sanitarium at Takoma Park. Dr. Geo. Runck is connected with the College at Berrien Springs. Dr. W. S. Sadler and Dr. Lena Sadler are working faithfully in connection with the mission work in Chicago. Dr. H. J. Williams is in Edinburgh, preparing for work in English territory. The remainder of the class are connected in various ways with the work in Battle Creek.

W. A. R.

Religious Liberty Work in Elmira

The public press of Elmira has favorably reported the work which has been done there by the Religious Liberty Secretary of the Eastern and Western New York Conferences.

Religious Teaching in the Public Schools

ONE of our church-school teachers in South Dakota is writing an article for the public press on the subject of “Religious Teaching in the Public Schools.” Let other church-school teachers improve their talent in this direction.

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference

W. A. GEORGE, M. D. - - - Chairman

W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - - Secretary

A Greeting

By W. A. R.

DEAR FELLOW WORKERS: It is with pleasure that I once more take up duties in our organized work. Many will recall that my wife and myself were connected with the educational department for a number of years in Union College, Kenilworth, South Africa. Having been impressed with the need of the medical department of our cause, I decided to leave the educational work and prepare for the medical work. We went to Battle Creek to get the training which we believed the Lord desired we should have for his service, and are certain that he has been with us all the way. The change from the educational to the medical department was made with the intention of connecting with the organized work again as soon as my course was finished. We have had nothing but pleasant experiences and blessings in conference work, and have always adhered to the determination to stay by it.

The four years that I spent in medical study have been among the most pleasant and profitable of my life. We received nothing but kindness and consideration from all with whom we have associated.

In taking up this work, I realize to some extent the responsibilities in connection with it. It has always been my intention to return to a foreign field, but inasmuch as this has been thought inadvisable, it is my next highest desire to be where I can influence others to go into the regions beyond. I believe that this position offers great possibilities in this direction. It shall be one object of my work to influence consecrated young people to secure the preparation that will enable them with the right hand of the message to drive the entering wedge until it pierces to the hearts of darkened lives and countries and lays them open to the saving light of the message for this time. I realize more than ever the need of united effort in our medical missionary work.

It is the desire of this department to come in touch with every Seventh-day Adventist medical missionary, that we may co-operate with each other and with the great Medical Missionary in the carrying of the gospel of the kingdom to all the world in this generation.

Our Leader bids us “Forward,” points the motto for the way— “This gospel of the kingdom to all nations in our day.” The right hand of the message an entrance shall afford— “Thy saving health to every land.” These two we shall accord Until we hear the words, “Well done,” in the presence of our Lord.

W. A. R.

Current Mention

— The largest battle-ship in the world, the “Satsuma,” was launched in Japan November 15. It is said to embody all the lessons of the last war.

— The damage done by a storm in the vicinity of Paris, November 1, amounts to $5,000,000. The devastation extends along the coast for a distance of ninety miles.

— Diamond fields have been discovered in Elliott and Boyd Counties, Kentucky, which experts declare will rival or exceed in richness those of Kimberley, South Africa.

— Because of the constantly increasing disorders in Morocco, Great Britain and France have each sent a fleet to engage in a demonstration in Moorish waters. Spain has already two gunboats in that vicinity.

— The competing wireless telegraph companies, the Marconi and De Forrest, have been merged into one company, with a capital stock of $20,000,000. The best points of both systems are to be merged along with the stock.

— The friendly relations between Germany and the Vatican are threatened by the trouble in Poland. Germany insists that help be granted to suppress what it terms a rebellion; and the Poles are looking to the pope to help them.

— Fifteen leaders of the Russian Labor Council have been exiled to Siberia, and sentenced to the loss of all civil rights. M. Krustaleff, the leader of the council, was also regarded as the leader of the revolutionary movement.

— A split is threatened in the Catholic Church in France. A French journalist, Des Houx, a professed Catholic, but one who defies the pope, is planning the formation of a Galician Catholic Church. He has already secured some adherents to his cause among Catholic priests.

— The United States Census Bureau estimates the total wealth of the country in 1904 at $106,881,415,009. This shows an increase in wealth over the estimates for 1900 of nearly twenty-one per cent, and of sixty-four per cent over the estimate for 1890, when the total wealth was $65,037,091,197.

— The French government, assured of the success of the first Lebaudy air-ship, has built a second ship almost like the first. This new ship has just had its trial, and demonstrated that it, too, is a successful machine. It is an open secret in French army circles that the government is going ahead with the construction of eight or ten similar ships, to be used in time of war as an aerial squadron.

— That the labor unions will become a more potent factor in politics is evident. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, recently held in Minneapolis, Minn., indorsed the political activity of President Gompers, who made speeches for or against candidates in the recent elections, according to whether he considered them favorable or unfavorable toward the interests of organized labor. It is also significant that at this convention the Rev. Charles Stelzle, superintendent of the department of church and labor of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, was seated as a fraternal delegate.

— The second section of a through immigrant train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was wrecked in a head-on collision with a freight-train, on November 12, while running at the rate of forty miles an hour, near Woodville, Ind. Fire broke out almost immediately, and forty-five of the forty-seven victims were burned. Thirty-eight others were injured.

— Anarchists are active in Rome. November 18, during an audience given by the pope in one of the halls of St. Peters, a bomb was thrown; owing to the largeness of the room but little damage was done. The next day the pope received letters threatening assassination. The purpose of the anarchists is to destroy all institutions supported by religion or by military forces. In a meeting held the twentieth they discussed the advisability of making a demonstration against the police during the approaching sojourn in Rome of King George, of Greece.

— Recently several great corporations have voluntarily increased the wages of many of their employees. The Pennsylvania Railroad system and other roads in the East granted a ten-per-cent raise; railroads entering Chicago have added four cents an hour to the switchmen’s pay. The Amalgamated Copper Company has substantially increased the pay of miners; and it is rumored that the great steel corporations, as well as other combines, contemplate similar advances in wages. Financial prosperity, and the increased cost of living, are given as reasons for this action. But in view of the pending national legislation, some consider it a shrewd move on the part of the great combines to mollify public animosity which is so stirred against the trusts.

— In addition to the fines recently imposed upon the Standard Oil Company by the Ohio courts, the grand jury of Hancock County has returned indictments against John D. Rockefeller and the three directors of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, for violation of the Valentine anti-trust law. They have each given bond to appear in court on December 6. On the same day that this action was taken in Ohio, the United States government made the initial move to dissolve the Standard Oil Company’s alleged monopoly by filing in the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis a petition in equity against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and its seventy constituent corporations and partnerships, and seven defendants, including John D. Rockefeller and William Rockefeller, asking that the combination be declared unlawful, and in the future enjoined from entering into any contract or combination in restraint of trade. The suit is brought under the Sherman anti-trust act, which the Standard Oil Company and its constituent companies and the seven individual defendants are charged with violating. In a formal statement, Attorney-General Moody says that criminal prosecution is reserved for future consideration.

Medical Missionary Notes

THE workers write from the province of Honan, China, that our rational methods of treatment have won the confidence of the people, and now they have no difficulty in persuading the patients to submit themselves to their care.

Dr. Emma Perrine-Laird, with her husband, has recently visited our medical workers in Honan, China. They are planning to open a mission in the province of Hunan, one of the last provinces of China to open to the Christian laborer.

Elder W. W. Miller reports a successful operation for a poor native woman of India, whose life must have gone out but for the assistance rendered her. She was treated at our Karmatar station, Dr. R. S. Ingersoll operating, assisted by Dr. Ruth Miller.

The Press Takes Notice

By W. A. R.

THE following paragraph is a clipping from a two-column first-page article of the Daily News, Denver, Colo., Oct. 26, 1906:—

“Dr. Herman C. Menkel and his wife will take charge of Calcutta Sanitarium. Dr. Menkel abandons his Denver practise, giving up his home here after a residence of seven years, and goes to India to devote his life to warning the dusky heathen that the day of the Lord is at hand, and that they must prepare for the end of the world. Dr. and Mrs. Menkel will sail from New York about November 21, for London, where they will remain some time attending clinics, then they will go direct to Calcutta.”

Dr. Menkel gave our office a short call November 18 as he passed through on his way to India. He has had a remarkable experience in presenting the truth to his patients in his practise in Denver, and reports that some have accepted the truth for this time as a result of his work. He will relieve Dr. Ingersoll for a time. The latter will take a much-needed and well-earned furlough.

W. A. R.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers.

Display advertising will not be accepted, nor do the publishers solicit advertising of any kind for this paper.

A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures, in excess of forty, will cost three cents.

No discount for several insertions.

We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.

All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send with their advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing and send it.

WANTED AT ONCE,— A good bath hand, and some one to learn hygienic cooking at the Prospect Sanitarium, 5411 Prospect Ave., S. E., Cleveland, Ohio.

WANTED.— At the Vegetarian Café, 924 J St., Sacramento, Cal., a vegetarian cook. Good wages. Write immediately, stating experience. Address A. L. Hollenbeck, 924 J St., Sacramento, Cal.

WANTED.— A good dairyman; also a gardener who understands all about vegetable growing. Single man preferred. Correspondence invited. Address Loma Linda Sanitarium, Redlands, Cal.

FOR SALE.— Blacksmith shop. Well equipped. Good location. Near livery barn. Good trade. Will sell with or without tools. A good place for an all-round smith and horse-shoer. Address P. P. Wilcox, College View, Neb.

FOR SALE.— Purest, most healthful, best vegetable oil for cooking or salads; no odor; keeps indefinitely. Gal. can, $1; 5-gal., $4. Also olive-oil of the purest grade; gal., $2.75; half-gal., $1.40; quart can, 85 cents. Send for samples. Also write for prices on California ripe olives and honey. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.

FOR SALE.— Sawmill in eastern Oregon. Yellow pine in vicinity. Wish to sell on account of poor health. Would take other property for part pay. Address D. S. Wheeler & Son, Friend, Wasco Co., Ore., or call and see property.

WANTED.— Traveling salesman. Seventh-day Adventist man who can secure orders from large manufacturing institutions for the molder, plater, cylinder, and other mechanical brushes which they use in quantities. Applicant must be able to get the business. Address Three “B” Duster Co., Buchanan, Mich.

FOR SALE.— $17,000 will buy a small sanitarium in the heart of Brooklyn, N. Y., with treatment rooms for both ladies and gentlemen. Russian, Turkish, and other baths. Newly equipped. Three and one-third full lots. Buildings on two streets. Engine, boiler, etc. Address John Happe, 365 Quincy St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

WANTED.— If you are a brother or sister out of employment, I want to help you to an independent business,—honest, honorable, safe, and sure. Sabbath-keepers sometimes find difficulty in working for the world, but you can earn $1 to $4 a day weaving carpets and rugs. I have been manufacturing looms for over quarter of a century, and will help you to get started. Address, for catalogue and full information, W. H. Kynett, 14 Clyde St., Battle Creek, Mich.

How to Assist Without Money

By C. P. Bollman

The mission schools for the colored people are all free from debt, with the exception of the one at Vicksburg. The school and church buildings in that city are valued at five thousand dollars, upon which there is a debt of one thousand dollars, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent, or eighty dollars a year. This debt ought to be lifted, thus saving this amount of interest.

It has occurred to us that this might be easily done between now and the first of January by a special campaign for the sale of the “Story of Joseph.” This book is owned entirely by the Southern Missionary Society, and every penny of profit from its sale goes into the mission school work.

Now if the friends of mission schools will take hold of this work unitedly, it will be an easy matter to pay off this one thousand dollars in a very short time. There are always a number who would be glad to help this branch of the cause, but who find themselves unable to give money. If those who are thus situated will give a few hours’ time, devoting it to the sale of the “Story of Joseph,” this debt can be paid off very quickly.

The Southern Missionary Society department of the Southern Union Conference will send copies of the “Story of Joseph” to those who are willing to sell the book and return the entire proceeds to the Society to assist in liquidating this debt.

The book is an attractive little volume, printed in colors, and sells for twenty-five cents a copy. It is an excellent seller, as the price places it within the reach of all, and it has an especially ready sale at this season of the year when so many persons desire to obtain something of this character for their children, and are glad of an opportunity to get a book which presents in attractive form some of the stories of the Bible.

We invite all who are willing to assist in the sale of this book to send their names and addresses to the Southern Missionary Society, North Station, Nashville, Tenn., stating how many books they think they can sell. The books will then be sent, all charges prepaid, to be paid for when sold.

The plan of selling the “Story of Joseph” to assist the work here has the approval of the denomination generally, so that any one taking hold of this work may have the assurance that he is moving in harmony with the regular organization.

C. P. BOLLMAN, Sec. Southern Miss. Soc.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Libbie Collins

Notice!

It is greatly desired that all persons knowing themselves to be members of the College View (Neb.) Seventh-day Adventist church not resident in College View should report to the clerk before Jan. 1, 1907. Many whose names are on the book, have moved away, and their whereabouts are unknown. Kindly attend to this matter at once if you are a member.

MRS. LIBBIE COLLINS, Clerk.

Graduate and Undergraduate Nurses, Notice!

By G. T. Harding, Jr., M. D.

BECAUSE comparatively few of the many nurses who have applied for work in connection with the Washington Branch Sanitarium during the past two years, are now able to answer a call for their services at this time, owing to changes in their plans, we desire to notify the readers of the REVIEW that the sanitarium would now be pleased to hear from applicants with the proper qualifications, who are so situated as to enable them to answer a call on short notice.

Graduate nurses, with experience in treatment work and bedside nursing, will be needed to answer calls for nurses received from outside patrons of the institution and from city physicians, and to assist with the nursing work in the sanitarium.

Undergraduate nurses, with one year or more of training in a regular training-school for nurses and with proper credentials and recommendations, may enter the work with advanced standing. Frequently calls are received for the services of undergraduate nurses, and in sending out those who are far along in their training and thorough in their sanitarium work, we enable such pupil nurses to broaden their experience.

Those who contemplate taking the nurses' course should communicate with the Washington Training College at once. Those, properly qualified, who take the course beginning in January at the Training College will be permitted to enter upon their practical work in the sanitarium next summer.

A few young men and women, who are in every way qualified for the nurses' course, but who are not financially able to enter the course in connection with the Training College, may at once find work, with pay, in the domestic department of the sanitarium. This experience will be of great value to many prospective pupil nurses; and if satisfactory service is given, these individuals may enter in June upon the regular nurses' course.

We invite correspondence with any who are interested in this work and the opportunities connected with it.

G. T. Harding, Jr., M. D.,

Superintendent.

1 Iowa Circle, Washington, D. C.

Address Wanted

ANY one knowing the whereabouts of A. L. Oliver, is requested to send us his post-office address at once. Address LaVern Osborn, 924 J St., Sacramento, Cal.

Obituaries

Smith.—Died in Wyman, Mich., Nov. 3, 1906, of apoplexy, Philo R. Smith, in his eightieth year. He leaves a wife, a daughter, and a stepson to mourn their loss. A large company listened to words of comfort and admonition spoken by the writer, from Ps. 90: 12. B. F. Kneeland.

Lauin.—Died at his home in Rapid River Township, Kalkaska Co., Mich., Oct. 27, 1906, Allen Lauin, aged 75 years, 2 months, and 7 days. A good congregation listened attentively to remarks made from 1 Thess 4: 13, 14, showing the importance of knowing the condition of man in death. W. R. Matthews.

Turman.—Died at her home near Fallow, Nev., Sept. 29, 1906, of an attack of neuralgia of the heart lasting only one hour and a half, Sister Margaret Turman, aged seventy-six years. Sister Turman united with the Seventh-day Adventist church years ago, and was a faithful member until death. She leaves an aged husband and ten grown children. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Wm. Harmon from John 5: 28, 29; 11: 25. Ena Harmon.

Webber.—Died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Baer, at Luverne, Minn., Sept. 22, 1906, of asthma, Mrs. Catherine Baer Webber. Sister Webber was born at Preston, Canada, May 18, 1817. She accepted present truth at the advanced age of seventy-five years, and died in the hope of the soon coming of her Lord. She leaves a family of seven children, two of whom are Sabbath-keepers. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder Bronson (Methodist), from Mark 14: 8, first clause. A. J. Webber.

Shafer.—Died at her home near Burdett, Kan., Oct. 10, 1906, of typhoid fever, Miss Katie Shafer, aged 17 years, 8 months, and 5 days. In her earlier years she had given her heart to God, and was a firm believer in the third angel’s message. She had planned to take the nurses’ course at the Kansas Sanitarium. During her sickness she earnestly prayed that God would sustain her in the trying hours, and that his will might be done. She died, giving every assurance that all was well. The deceased leaves a father, mother, four brothers, six sisters, and many friends to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by Miss Carr from John 14: 1-3. N. T. Sutton.

The Ten-Cent Daily Pledge

SHOULD every Seventh-day Adventist in the United States and Canada average giving as much as ten cents apiece for the space of thirty days, we would have the $150,000 fund gathered in. Is it not possible for us to undertake this? and will not every one interested in the advancement of the cause of God take hold of this work, and bring the collection of the fund to a close this side of 1907? Do not forget your daily pledge. Make it a subject of prayer. Talk with your family and your brethren about it, and encourage every one to do all he can at this time.

An Important Visit

By Arthur G. Daniells

OUR people who have been watching the progress of the work we have been carrying forward in China, Japan, and Korea during the last five or six years must have been greatly encouraged by the providences of God that have attended our efforts. Six years ago we had barely started the work in Japan; now it is permanently established in different parts of the empire, our workers are getting command of the language, native workers are being developed, and a splendid sanitarium work has been built up. Six years ago we had not entered Korea; now we have a European and native worker in the field ministering to nearly two hundred believers who have accepted the truth. Six years ago old Father LaRue was our one lone worker in China; now we have upward of thirty young, vigorous, consecrated workers in that country. They are not all associated together, nor are they located in the seacoast cities. They are widely scattered from the coast far inland. They are learning the language, doing evangelistic work, treating the sick, conducting schools, and printing literature.

And now, these workers in the far East are calling for a visit from a member of the General Conference Committee. The work must be more thoroughly organized, and broad, well-defined plans must be laid for the development of all branches of our cause in all parts of this great field with its teeming millions. The General Conference Committee has requested Prof. W. W. Prescott to visit this field and join the workers in planning and organizing for a strong and well-balanced development of the work. Brother Prescott has consented to go.

After spending the necessary time in Japan, Korea, and China, he will proceed to Europe in time to attend the General Conference Council to be held in Switzerland in May. It is hoped that he will be able to call at Manila, Singapore, and pass through India on his way to Europe. We are glad that our workers in those distant fields are to have this assistance. Let us all pray that the journey and labors of Brother Prescott may be truly blessed of God. A. G. DANIELLS.

Dr. Ollie Oberholtzer Sails for India

UNDER appointment to India, Dr. Ollie Oberholtzer, of Little Rock, Ark., sailed from New York, November 21. She visited Washington on her way eastward.

LeFevre Family Sails for Trinidad

Brother H. O. LeFevre and his wife, of Ohio, spent a few days in Washington last week. They sailed for Trinidad, West Indies, November 28. Brother LeFevre closed out a printing business of his own in Ohio, in order to take oversight of our mission publishing plant in Port of Spain.

Correspondence During Editor's Absence

By Editor

DURING the absence of the editor, mention of which is made in another column, all correspondence relating to this paper should be addressed to Review and Herald, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C., and not to any individual. Delays will be avoided by following this suggestion.

Mrs. Wellman Returns to Trinidad

AFTER a furlough home for the benefit of health, Mrs. S. A. Wellman and little daughter sailed for Trinidad, November 28. They spent a few days in Washington before sailing. Brother Wellman’s earlier departure was noted last week, as he was called back to the field a week earlier than had been planned.

End of the World Special Number

By Editor

The publishers of the Watchman are now ready to receive orders for the End of the World special number. This number will not be mailed until Christmas week; but those who wish to use the paper in their missionary work should order at once. For particulars regarding this special number read the publishers' notice on the second page of this issue.

Rogerses Appointed to Nyassaland

AFTER a visit to South Lancaster Academy, Elder J. C. Rogers and his wife sailed from New York November 22, under appointment to Nyassaland, British East Central Africa. They are to reach Cape Town in time for the South African Union Conference meeting in January. The Young People's Society of College View plans to support these missionaries in the field.

Cooking School Lesson No. 2

By Editor

THIS issue of the REVIEW contains lesson No. 2 of our cooking school, which will be found in the Home and Health department on page 10. These lessons are designed to be practical, and it is hoped, that they will be made use of in every home which this paper enters. We would suggest that our readers make a scrap-book of these lessons, that they may have the principles and the recipes and menus for future reference.

The Thanksgiving Number

By Editor

THE Thanksgiving number of The Signs of the Times is full of valuable and interesting matter. The first page of this issue is a special and very appropriate Thanksgiving design, and four of its articles deal with that theme. In addition to this feature, this issue of the Signs has a number of strong, well-written articles upon different phases of present truth. Let our brethren everywhere help in giving this number a wide circulation.

Children’s Missionary Exercise

By Editor

The Children's Missionary Exercise, beginning on page 17 of this issue, has been prepared with special care, and we are sure that it will prove a blessing and a help in the churches where it is carried out. It is a missionary program, and we trust our people will take hold of it with real missionary earnestness. The interest of our Lord in the children, as beautifully illustrated on our first page, should teach the older ones to interest themselves in making this children's exercise a success.

To Medical Missionaries

By W. A. Ruble

The Medical Missionary Department is desirous of coming in touch with all our physicians, nurses, and other workers, that we may work together harmoniously for the advancement of this part of the message. We wish to hear personally from all of you in whatever capacity you may be laboring.

Many of our institutions are in need of workers. Openings are constantly being developed where workers are desired. Helpers in our institutions need a change. Some who are in private employment wish to engage in our conference work. We desire to hear from you in regard to any of these calls, that we may render you any assistance that is in our power to give.

In this week's Review, a department is being started, devoted to the medical missionary work and its progress. It is intended in this way to provide a channel of communication between our many workers scattered abroad in the earth. Let us know how you are prospering, and tell us of the advancement of the work in which you are engaged. Your experiences will be as interesting to your friends as to yourself. Let us make the Medical Missionary Department as interesting as possible.

W. A. RUBLE, M. D., Med. Sec. Gen. Conf.

Readings for the Week of Prayer

A copy of the week-of-prayer readings has been sent to each church elder and isolated Sabbath-keeper, as far as we have the addresses. If any of these have not received a copy, they should apply to the local conference office. An extra supply has been sent to each conference office. Offering envelopes have also been sent to each church elder. A limited extra supply is sent to each conference office, to which immediate application should be made in case any church fails to receive the packets.

MISSION BOARD.