— A terrible explosion occurred October 5 in a cartridge factory at Osaka, Japan. Sixty-three girls who were sorting condemned shells and cartridges were killed, and more than sixty were injured.
— Twenty-two members of the crew of the new steel freighter “Cypress” were lost when she sank recently in Lake Superior. The sole survivor has explained that the catastrophe was due to the shifting of the cargo during a storm.
— This season’s fatalities resulting from Alpine accidents are the most numerous ever recorded. Eighty persons were killed and twenty-two injured in ninety accidents. Three fourths of the deaths were caused by falls over precipices, and the others by avalanches, snow-storms, and lightning.
— The closing session of the International Peace Conference was held at The Hague, October 18. During the four months of its sitting the conference has passed thirteen specific conventions, but they are couched in such general terms and are of such a nature that much of the press comment is disparaging in reference to any real good in the interests of peace resulting therefrom.
— Wireless communication across the Atlantic for news and business purposes was begun October 17, in accordance with the promise of Marconi, the inventor. For several hours there was a constant exchange of messages between the station at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and the one at Clifden, Ireland. Numerous press dispatches were sent to and fro at a rate of twenty words a minute for each instrument employed.21
— Failure to obey the standing rule to slow down for a curve on the railroad, caused the derailment of a passenger train as it entered the station at Shrewsbury, England, October 15. Nineteen persons were killed, and thirty-nine were injured.
— Again the southwest of Europe was deluged with torrential rains last week. One Spanish village near Barcelona was literally washed away, and in France a hill is slipping, and threatens a village 1,000 feet below. There has also been more loss of life.
— The aged emperor of Austria, Francis Joseph, has not been in his usual health of late. His illness has occasioned much speculation by the press of the world as to the probable effect his death would have upon the political history of Europe.
— The jury in the case of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railway Company, charged with rebating, brought in a verdict of guilty on all counts enumerated in the indictment. The maximum fine for the offenses charged is $1,100,000 and the minimum is $66,000.
— Violent earthquake shocks were recorded by seismographic instruments in various parts of the earth on October 16, but so far it has been impossible to locate the center of the convulsion. Scientists are somewhat puzzled, but think the chief disturbance may have been in the polar regions, or possibly in mid-ocean.
— The town of Fontanet, Ind., was destroyed October 15 by the explosion of the Dupont powder mills located about a mile from the town. Not a building was left in the town. Thirty-six persons were killed, and 600 of the 1,000 inhabitants were injured, fifty of them seriously. The concussion was felt 200 miles away, and farmhouses miles away were partially wrecked, injuring the occupants.
— Secretary of War William H. Taft, while en route from Japan to Manila, called at Shanghai, where the American and Chinese residents seemed to vie with each other in doing him honor. After dedicating the building of the Young Men’s Christian Association, he was given a reception by prominent Chinese merchants representing forty-five of the guilds formerly in the boycott against American manufactures. Speeches were made by merchants, officials, and the representative of the viceroy, in which they said the friendship of the United States had been evidenced by the relief sent to the famine sufferers, the support of schools and hospitals, and the waiving by the United States of her part of the Boxer indemnity. At this reception Chinese women of aristocratic families were present, and even presided at the tables whence they served refreshments. This is the first time such a thing has happened in China. Throngs of people awaited Secretary Taft on his arrival at Manila, October 15. The next day he formally opened the Philippine Assembly, whose members were elected some months since. In his speech Secretary Taft expressed his confidence in the Filipinos, and his belief that they realized their responsibilities. He expressed the belief, however, that they would not be fitted for self-government for at least a generation.
South Dakota
By Charles P. Farnsworth
CHAMBERLAIN.—On September 14 a church of nineteen members was organized at this place by Elder C. M. Clark. Seven persons at the Chamberlain Sanitarium have accepted present truth, and have been baptized, and several patients are deeply interested, and we trust that they will soon accept the truth in its fulness. The message has been proclaimed with power by Elders R. E. Harter and C. M. Clark. Quite a number in the city have taken their stand with us, and we expect to see them unite with the church in a little while. So much interest has been manifested in the third angel's message here, that the pastors of the other denominations have secured the services of Evangelist Johnson, and have erected a tabernacle, in order to expose the fallacies of Seventh-day Adventists. We thank the Lord for this, as it is an indication that the interest of the people is greatly stirred.
About eighty patients have been treated at the sanitarium since the first of August. When it was dedicated, it was full. More than a score of heavy operations have been performed successfully. We thank the Lord for all his blessings, and ask your prayers that we may keep humble, and that the Lord's work may prosper in this place.
C. P. FARNSWORTH.
History of the Medical Missionary Work
The history of the religious movement set on foot by the proclamation of the third angel’s message shows that the medical missionary work as a department of the whole movement is co-equal with the other parts of the movement.
The principles of a healthful dietary and of the rational treatment of disease were recognized and applied in conjunction with the other special features of the message. All came gradually to light, and were developed together. Our medical missionary work is not an appendage to the message; it is an inherent part of it. It began with the whole movement, and it has grown with it until the present time. And furthermore, the true medical missionary work of the third angel’s message will never be separated from the message. While there will be those who are not identified with the third angel’s message who will recognize and apply, in their way, some of the principles of our medical missionary work, yet the work itself, as a part of the third angel’s message and developed with the message, will remain with it to the end.
It is generally understood, I think, that Joseph Bates was the first Seventh-day Adventist in the world. He was the first man, who, under the third angel’s message, connected the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath with the doctrine of the immediate coming of the Saviour. He had been in the first advent movement up to the disappointment in 1844; when the disappointment occurred, he, with all the rest, was thrown into great confusion and perplexity. But believing that the movement had been of God, he felt sure that there must be a true explanation of what had taken place, and so he addressed himself to the task of finding that explanation. He prayed earnestly for light, and searched the Scriptures with great diligence to learn, if possible, what that great advent movement meant, and why they were disappointed. The result of his earnest effort was that he began to get clear views of the third angel’s message. He came to see clearly that the third part of the great threefold message was to follow the first and second parts, and that a prominent feature of the third part of the message was to restore the Sabbath to its proper place in the decalogue. He received much help from the eleventh chapter of Revelation, which says, “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament.” In his study of that statement his mind was directed to the law that was deposited in the ark, and when he began to examine the law, he found to his amazement that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment was being desecrated every week by the Christian churches. He began immediately to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. That step marked the beginning of the religious movement under the third angel’s message, and Joseph Bates was the man with whom, in the providence of God, that movement began.
For many years previous to this Joseph Bates had been an earnest temperance reformer. In 1821, when twenty-nine years of age, he discarded intoxicating liquors. A year later he added wine to the list of discarded beverages. In 1823 he ceased using tobacco. In 1824 ale, porter, beer, and cider were rejected.
What he had seen of the evils of intemperance, and the benefits he had experienced by abstaining from intoxicants, led him to consider seriously the advisability of organizing temperance societies. In 1827 he organized the Fairhaven Temperance Society. This was the first temperance society ever organized in the United States. The members of this society were given the name of “teetotalers.” But the movement became popular, and town, county, and State temperance societies were organized in the State of Massachusetts. From this may be dated the beginning of the organized work of temperance societies throughout the world.
But Joseph Bates went further in temperance reform than the discarding of intoxicating liquors and tobacco. In 1832, when forty years of age, he discontinued the use of tea and coffee, and eleven years later, at the age of fifty-one, he discarded the use of flesh foods and became an ardent vegetarian. From that time until his death, at the good ripe age of eighty, his dietary consisted of fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables.
From these facts it is plain, and it is significant as well, that the man who was led to the Sabbath truth under the light of the third angel’s message was also led to adopt and establish the dietary of the medical missionary department of our cause. From this step Joseph Bates, and other pioneers of the message associated with him, steadily advanced toward the light until they came into possession of all the fundamental principles of our medical missionary work.
Thus we see that this medical missionary work as a distinctive feature of the whole movement under the third angel’s message, was recognized and developed with the other features of the message from the very beginning of the movement.
The adoption and advocacy of a healthful dietary was the first step in the development of our medical missionary work. Then came light on the rational treatment of disease. The essential principles of natural and rational therapeutic agencies began to be recognized and advocated. These principles were first brought forcibly to the attention of our people by Sister E. G. White in a series of six small pamphlets. Later these were bound together in a book entitled “How to Live.” The following notice of this little book appeared in the REVIEW AND HERALD, dated June 13, 1865:—
“This work, in six small pamphlets neatly put up in paper covers, four hundred pages of reading-matter in all, is now complete, and we have sent all the numbers by mail, post-paid, to about eight hundred only, who had subscribed for22the work, leaving twenty hundred at the Office waiting for orders.”
This was the first book published by our denomination on the subject of a proper dietary and the rational treatment of disease. When this book was published, there were but three physicians, so far as we know, in the denomination. These were, Dr. H. S. Lay, Dr. John Byington, and Dr. J. H. Ginley. In 1865 Dr. Lay contributed a series of articles for the REVIEW AND HERALD on the subject of health.
The next important step in the development of our medical missionary work was the launching of a health journal under date of June 5, 1866. The REVIEW AND HERALD contained the following statement regarding the new journal:—
The Health Reformer
“The first number of a monthly periodical, with the above title, sixteen pages, magazine form, with cover, will be issued at the Western Health-Reform Institute, Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 1, 1866.
“The nature of this journal is sufficiently indicated by its name. It is designed to aid in the great work of reforming, as far as possible, the false habits of life so prevalent at the present day.
“It will aim to teach faithfully and energetically those rules of health by obedience to which people may secure the largest immunity from sickness and premature death.
“It will advocate the cure of diseases by the use of nature’s own remedies, air, light, heat, exercise, food, sleep, recreation, etc.”
The first number of this health journal contained articles from Dr. Ginley, Mrs. E. G. White, Elders J. N. Loughborough, D. T. Bourdeau, R. F. Cottrell, J. N. Andrews, J. H. Waggoner, and Dr. Lay. As there were but few physicians and no nurses to advocate the health work, our ministers came forward and rendered all the help they could. Their articles show that they did this with much zeal, and a fair degree of intelligence regarding the question. This health journal has never been discontinued.
(To be concluded)
Medical Missionary Department
Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
W. A. GEORGE, M. D., - - - Chairman
W. A. RUBLE, M. D., - - - Secretary
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Melissa Hermann
Notice!
At a quarterly business meeting of the First Seventh-day Adventist church of Denver, Colo., a resolution was adopted to this effect: That our non-resident members be informed through the REVIEW AND HERALD, and the Echoes from the Field, that if they are absent from this church for one year without reporting to the church, they will be suspended.
MRS. MELISSA HERMANN, Church Clerk, 5011 Quitman St., Denver, Colo.
Notice!
By G. B. Thompson
THE next meeting of the constituency of the corporation known as the Washington Training College, for the election of trustees, and the transaction of such other business as may be necessary, will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church in West Philadelphia, Pa., Friday, Nov. 15, 1907, at 3 P. M., in connection with the biennial session of the Atlantic Union Conference. Concerning the membership of this corporation, the by-laws provide as follows:—
“The members of this corporation shall consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the board of management of the evangelical work of the Seventh-day Adventists in the District of Columbia, and Takoma Park, Md., and the board of trustees of the Washington Training College.”
By order of the Board of Trustees,
G. B. THOMPSON, Secretary.
One Thousand Agents Wanted
By Editor
To sell the great World's Missions double number of the Signs of the Times in all the large cities of the country. The work can easily be made self-supporting. Two conferences have already ordered ten thousand copies each to start with. One young man in the East, the son of one of our ministers, has become so enthusiastic that he places a definite order for 2,000, and asks for a price on 15,000. He feels sure that he can dispose of that number easily.
A sister in Spokane, Wash., is selling 400 copies weekly of the regular issue. Others in Los Angeles, Cal., are doing the same. No doubt others feeling a burden for the work would do equally well in all the large cities of our country. Our sisters seem to be especially blessed in taking up this work.
The Signs of the Times is our pioneer paper, and is especially adapted to the work of giving the last warning message to the world.
The World's Missions number is particularly adapted to sell on the street and from house to house. It is beautifully and appropriately illustrated, and the subjects are striking. The whole number is fairly bristling with facts, figures, and interesting information, together with the strongest appeals ever made to finish the work in this generation.
Seventh-day Adventists have been accused of being a denomination of proselytizers, but the table of statistics in the Missions number will show that our people are doing much more per capita than any other denomination, both in the matter of donations and in the sending of missionaries abroad. The figures will surprise even our own people, and astonish23the world. However, we have nothing of which to boast. In view of what we profess, we are not doing a tithe of what we ought to do. Every man, woman, and child should be encouraged to do something. It means a revival in all our churches, also the giving of the truth to thousands of those not of our faith.
A copy of this paper ought to be placed in the hands of every family in the land, and in our large cities it should be sold by the thousands. It will do more to help set our people right before the world than anything we have ever issued, and will also do more to awaken an interest in foreign missions than anything we have ever published.
The members of the Young People's Society of Mountain View have subscribed for over 2,000 copies, and they propose to donate the profits on the sales to missions. We have no doubt but that other societies will adopt the same plan.
It is hoped that this campaign in behalf of the Missions number of the Signs of the Times and the 24 special numbers to follow will be the strongest and most enthusiastic that we have ever entered upon. The times certainly demand earnest action. Everything goes to show that we are already in the loud cry of the third angel's message, and now, as stated in the heading of this article, we want one thousand agents to take up the sale of the Missions number of the Signs of the Times in our large cities. Who will respond?
Orders can be filled promptly. The sale can continue until after Christmas. For terms, outfit, etc., address your State tract society, or Signs of the Times, Mountain View, Cal.
Findings
Dr. L. Leota Holland has disconnected from the Pennsylvania Sanitarium, and is taking a short vacation at her home in West Valley, N. Y.
Mr. Wilfred Ingle, of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa, arrived in Washington recently, having come to pursue medical studies in the George Washington University.
Prof. J. E. Tenney writes from Graysville, Tenn.: “Can you put me in touch with a good, live, loyal physician, whom you can recommend, and who would likely be glad to join me in school and sanitarium work? I have some very encouraging openings for this kind of work.”
Prof. and Mrs. C. H. Hayton and daughter, who have been connected with Claremont Union College, Cape Town, South Africa, are now connected with the Foreign Mission Seminary. Professor Hayton has begun studies in the medical course at the George Washington University, where he will probably be for four years to come.
Notice!
By W. W. Prescott
NOTICE is hereby given that the fourth annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association of Washington, D. C., will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, West Philadelphia, Pa., on Monday, Nov. 18, 1907, at 3 P. M., for the election of officers for the coming year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The following persons are members of this corporation: those composing the executive committees of the General Conference, the Atlantic Union Conference, the Canadian Union Conference, the Lake Union Conference, and the Northern Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists; those who compose the executive committees of the several local conferences of Seventh-day Adventists within the territory of the afore-mentioned union conferences; those who compose the board of trustees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association; and such persons as have received certificates of membership in said association. As large an attendance of the membership as possible is desired.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
W. W. PRESCOTT, President.
The Virginia School
By R. D. Hottel
THE contract has been awarded, and the work on the new industrial school at New Market has begun. We are now ready to receive amounts due on pledges for this purpose, for payments will have to be made as the work progresses. Send in the amount of your pledge to Dr. A. M. Neff, New Market, Va., who will send receipt for the same. We will report progress on the building as the work goes on, and as soon as we can know when we shall occupy the same, will send out calendar of the school. We hope, weather permitting, that we can use the building some before the close of the school year.
R. D. HOTTEL,
For Virginia Conf. Agency.
Notice!
By G. A. Irwin
NOTICE is hereby given to the constituency of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association, that the third annual meeting of said association will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, West Philadelphia, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1907, at 3 P. M., in connection with the third biennial session of the Atlantic Union Conference. The members of this corporation consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the board of management of the evangelical work of the Seventh-day Adventists in the District of Columbia, and in Takoma Park, Md., and the board of trustees of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association.
This meeting is convened for the purpose of electing a board of trustees, rendering and considering reports, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
G. A. Irwin, Chairman.
An Opportunity to Help
The Toluca Industrial School, Toluca, N. C., conducted by Elder D. T. Shireman, is in great need of a typewriter for its business office. On account of the failure of a local fruit crop, the school would also be glad of donations of canned fruit. Any one who can aid in this matter is requested to correspond with Elder D. T. Shireman, Toluca, N. C., before forwarding anything in response to this request.
Business Notices
THIS department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—
Conditions
Display advertising, and advertisements which call for agents, will not be accepted, nor do the publishers solicit advertising of any kind for this paper.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send with their advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
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.
WANTED.—A middle-aged woman to keep house for a man, with three boys aged 12, 14, and 16 respectively. Must be a Seventh-day Adventist. Address H. P. Johnson, Box 61, Menlo, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Ten acres good land,—four acres good for onions and celery,—young orchard, good house, barn, well, and cistern. Near Seventh-day Adventist church. Reason for selling: I want to go to California. Address Susannah Fry, R. F. D. 27, Osseo, Mich.
WANTED.—A janitor. Must be a thoroughly reliable and steady Seventh-day Adventist in good standing. A good place for an aged gentleman. A night watchman also wanted. References must be given. Address Pennsylvania Sanitarium, 1929 Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
WANTED AT ONCE.—Two graduate lady nurses; also two young ladies and one young man who desire experience and practical work in hydrotherapy, massage, operating room, and nursing. Wages while learning, and access to books for study. References required. Address Fayette Sanitarium, Connersville, Ind.
Publications Wanted
[SPECIAL NOTICE.— We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth.—En.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
James C. Rice, Rome, Ga., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, Liberty, Training School Advocate, Instructor, and tracts.
Martin Dunn, 824 N. Broadway, Piqua, Ohio, Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life and Health, and tracts; can make use of German papers.
W. E. Carter, Elizabeth City, N. C. Signs, Watchman, and tracts on the Sabbath question; anything that contains the message for our times will be acceptable; can use large quantities of reading-matter.
Obituaries
SAINT.—Died at Mission City, British Columbia, Aug. 9, 1907, Mrs. Ann Saint, aged 70 years and 15 days. Sister Saint was born in England, and was the mother of ten children, Elder J. L. and Brother J. F. Wilson being among those living. Sister Saint was faithful and liberal. As the result of a fall, she was an invalid for some time before her death.
E. L. STEWART.
WILSON.—Died at Catawba, N. C., Aug. 27, 1907, Emily R. Wilson. She was born Jan. 6, 1829, and was converted at the early age of twelve, uniting with the Methodist Church. About eight years ago she embraced the third angel’s message, and was baptized by Elder D. T. Shireman, becoming a member of the Hildebran church. The funeral service was conducted by the writer.
J. O. JOHNSTON.
REEDER.—Died at Alliance, Neb., Sept. 16, 1907, of convulsions due to fermentative changes in stomach and bowels, Oris Uriah Reeder, son of H. E. and Julia Reeder, aged 5 years and 6 months. The sickness, which was of short duration, and the death, took place at the tent where Brother and Sister Reeder were assisting in a series of meetings. A sympathizing congregation attended the service, which was conducted by the writer.
G. W. BERRY.
CHAPMAN.—Died in Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 19, 1907, Barbara Elizabeth Chapman, née Haywood, aged nearly 45 years. In 1891 she was married to Thomas Chapman, who made her life very bitter, and finally ended it and his own. Sister Chapman received the third angel’s message about nine years ago, and was a faithful and self-sacrificing Christian. She was a graduate nurse, and had many friends. A son, father, and two brothers mourn the untimely death of this sister. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
J. W. ADAMS.
ROBERT.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Edgefield, near Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1907, Mrs. Adeline D. Robert, née Drake. She was born May 18, 1868, in Michigan. When a child, she was always in delicate health, and was several times near death’s door. She gave her heart to God at the age of fourteen. After her marriage she was twice healed by prayer—once in Battle Creek and again in Paris, France. From this latter place was sent an account of her healing, which was printed in the REVIEW. After suffering for eight months with tuberculosis, she died in bright hope of eternal life. She leaves a husband and a little girl to mourn their loss.
F. E. ROBERT.
SMITH.—Harrison Smith died at his home at Owosso, Mich., May 6, 1907, after a sickness in which he suffered much for several weeks. Brother Smith had been a firm believer in the truths of the third angel’s message since 1853. He was born in the State of New York, Nov. 24, 1821, and had lived in Michigan since 1867. At the time of his death he was a faithful member of the Owosso church. Many friends and relatives mourn the loss of a faithful friend and brother. Words of comfort were spoken based upon Rev. 14:13.
E. K. SLADE.
MOSER.—Died Aug. 21, 1907, Sarah Trollinger Moser, aged 70 years, 9 months, and 7 days. She was born in Maryland, and was converted under the labors of a minister of the Christian Church. She afterward united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Bowersville, Ohio, and later at Yellow Springs and Springfield, Ohio. She was a loving mother, an obliging neighbor, and a faithful Christian. Her heart was always open to the appeals of those in need or distress, and of her means she contributed liberally for the spread of the gospel, at home and abroad. She leaves her husband, two children, and ten grandchildren to mourn their loss. Funeral service was conducted by the writer.
E. J. VAN HORN.
BRAMHALL.—Died at Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 11, 1907, Elisha H. Bramhall, aged 72 years and 16 days. Brother Bramhall apparently died from a paralytic stroke which caused him to fall on the cement walk on the threshold of his home, crushing his skull. An operation was performed immediately, but he died about ten hours afterward without regaining consciousness. About twenty-two years ago, through the faithful labors and prayers of his wife, Brother Bramhall was led to give his heart to the Lord, and soon after united with the Seventh-day Adventist church in Milwaukee. Although he had been a brave, loyal soldier for his country during the Civil War, he became a truer and more faithful soldier of the cross. The third angel’s message was precious to him, and he sacrificed his means, dedicated his children, and himself rendered faithful and loyal service for the church and for the cause of God. We are confident that our brother sleeps in Jesus. He was loved by all who knew him. His wife and four children are still living. The funeral service was conducted by Elder E. R. Williams, assisted by the writer; and at the grave his soldier comrades paid their last respects in an impressive service.
R. T. DOWSETT.
HOBBS.—Died near Graysville, Tenn., Aug. 7, 1907, of chronic Bright’s disease, Miss Elizabeth J. Hobbs, aged 53 years, 11 months, and 1 day. She was born in Putnam County, Missouri, but the first thirteen years of her life were spent in Iowa. In 1866 she, with her parents, moved to Johnson County, Missouri, where she lived until the last two years. She had an early Christian experience, belonging to the Christian Church. She was one of the first of her father’s family to accept present truth, under the labors of Elder R. J. Lawrence in 1870, and was remarkably well acquainted with the Bible, and could clearly explain all points of our faith. Hers was a life of self-denial, never considering her own comforts or convenience when others needed her help. In order that her sisters might engage in the Bible and missionary work, for over twenty-five years she cared for her mother, who was an invalid for several years before her death. Sister Hobbs had hoped to live to see the Lord come, but went to sleep without fear, fully expected soon to hear his voice calling her to life again. Although she was a great sufferer in her last illness of eight weeks, she bore it with remarkable patience, never uttering one word of complaint. She leaves two sisters and three brothers and many friends to mourn their loss, but not without hope. Words of comfort were spoken by Prof. H. S. Miller in the Graysville church, and we laid her to rest in the Lone Mountain Cemetery until the Life-giver comes.
E. W. WEBSTER.
Address
THE address of Elder J. K. Humphrey is 436 Elton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The World’s Missions Special Issue
By Editor
ADVANCE pages of the World's Missions number of the Signs of the Times have come to hand, and we can assure our readers that there will be no disappointment on the part of those who receive that special issue of the paper. No amount of labor has been spared in the effort to make it as good as it could be made. It is a number that will be preserved by those who receive it, and will long continue to do its good work. On page 22 of this issue of the REVIEW will be found an article by the manager of the Pacific Press Publishing Assn., telling of the plans for the circulation of that issue, and of the success certain ones are having in disposing of large numbers of the paper. An effort is being made to secure one thousand agents to work with the Missions special. If such an army as that can be secured to go forth with such a journal, we shall see this message going more rapidly than ever before. May success crown the effort.
Dr. S. A. Lockwood
DR. S. A. LOCKWOOD, formerly medical superintendent of the sanitarium at Kobe, Japan, who was compelled to return to America last summer on account of the serious illness of his wife, is now the medical superintendent of the Portland Sanitarium, Portland, Ore. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Lockwood's health “is so much better that it is no longer a source of grave anxiety.” The work of these two laborers was greatly appreciated by those associated with them in the Japan Mission, and their return to America was wholly due to the condition of Dr. Myrtle Lockwood's health, as she had broken down under the burden of wearing labor performed under conditions which are not fully understood in the home land. In common with all the other workers in the mission, the Drs. Lockwood labored untiringly for the advancement of the truth in Japan, and their labors were fruitful in many ways. Aside from the helpful influence of the sanitarium in breaking down prejudice and making our work favorably known, they engaged directly in aggressive evangelistic work, and were closely associated with the others in all the work of the mission.
The General Meeting for the German Ministers
By Arthur G. Daniells
ALL our conference officers who have not already done so should read the statement made in last week's Review by Elder Irwin, chairman of the Foreign Department Committee, regarding the general meeting for the German ministers which is to be held in Chicago, November 29 to December 9. All who are marking the progress of our cause in all its phases must feel deeply grateful for the signal blessing of God that is attending the efforts being made in behalf of the various foreign nationalities now located in the United States. The object of this council of our German workers, is to plan for greater things for the Germans in America. It is the earnest desire of the General Conference Committee that all our conference officers shall encourage their German ministers to attend this council. We wish to see the German work made as strong and efficient as possible. Shall we not all pray earnestly that the special blessing of God shall attend this meeting?
A. G. DANIELLS.
Liberty for the Fourth Quarter
By Editor
LIBERTY for the fourth quarter of 1907 is now ready. With this issue it becomes a 48-page magazine. The importance of the issue which it represents, and the increasing demand on every side for religious legislation, have made it seem imperative that the journal should be enlarged to its present size. The matter which this number contains is fully in keeping with the importance of the magazine’s mission in the world. The leading theme in this particular number is “Rome and the United States.” It also sets forth the true principles of religious liberty, the reason for our opposition to all kinds of religious legislation, and the disastrous results of a union of religion and the state. It is full of facts and principles, pithily expressed, that should be brought to the attention of every citizen of the country. If ever a journal was worthy of a wide circulation, this number of Liberty is worthy. Its articles are well illustrated, and its cover and make-up are attractive and will commend it to the public. This is a number that every one can circulate, and it will not soon get out of date. The people are in great need of education upon the principles of true Christian liberty. We shall find no better medium for that purpose than this magazine, and this particular number is specially adapted to that end. Let it be circulated by the thousands in every State.
The Our Truth Number
By Editor
We trust that our young people especially are getting ready to give a hearty reception to the “Our Truth” number of the Youth’s Instructor, which will bear date of December 3, but which will go to press about the middle of November. It will afford an excellent opportunity for the young people of this denomination to introduce the truths of this message to other young people who have never heard them. Let our young people organize for definite and energetic work with this number of the Instructor.
Article on the Atlantic Union Conference
THE article by Elder E. W. Farnsworth on the nineteenth page will be of special interest to those who reside in the Atlantic Union Conference, but will be good reading for all.
Arrival in Trinidad
Word has been received of the safe arrival of Brother R. L. Price and family at Port of Spain, Trinidad. He has entered upon his duties in connection with the Watchman printing-office, and they enjoy very much their work and general surroundings.
New Union Conference in Western Canada
IT is expected that another union conference will be organized, to include British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba; and Elder G. A. Irwin left Washington last week to attend the meeting at Leduc, Alberta, called for effecting this organization.
Horace Giraldi to Italy
LAST week it was arranged that Brother Horace Giraldi should sail from New York for Naples, to engage in the work in Italy. He has been a laborer in the Greater New York Conference, which has on hand an encouraging and developing work among the vast Italian population of New York City.
Religious Liberty Meetings in Kansas
ELDER K. C. RUSSELL returned last week from a trip to Kansas City, Mo., and Topeka, Kan., made in the interests of the religious liberty work. Enthusiastic and well-attended meetings were held in both these places, and the people have been given an opportunity to study Sunday-enforcement in the light of the history of its results. The public press was liberal in granting space to reports of these meetings.