Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference
N. Z. Town — Secretary
The Blood of the Lamb
By R. A. Kinnick
R. A. KINNICK
The blood of the Lamb—O, the sin-cleansing tide,
Where safely from Satan, in Jesus we hide!—
Will make us so clean that with angels above
We may dwell in his kingdom and bask in his love.
The blood of the Lamb—O, the life-giving flow,
The only safe refuge for mortals below!—
Yes, there may we hide from temptation and fear,
And rest on the promise, He ever is near.
O, the blood of the Lamb, it never can fail;
For trusting his mercy, we weather each gale,
And with the redeemed land on heaven's bright shore,
Where sorrow and sin can come nevermore!
O, the blood of the Lamb! Haste, haste the glad day
When our Saviour will come and the clouds roll away;
The clouds of affliction, of sorrow and care,
Will no more o'ertake us when we gather there.
O, the blood of the Lamb! How unspeakably dear
To all of the saved that blood must appear,
As they gaze with delight on his glorious face,
And think of his sorrows that ransomed our race.
Park-City, Mont.
Friendship and the Acceptance of Benefits
By Stalker
FRIENDSHIP can sometimes show its strength as much by the readiness with which it accepts benefits as by the freedom with which it gives them.—Stalker.
The Summary
By Editor
WE are glad to be able to send out such a good summary for the second month of the new year. Both the home and foreign fields show a substantial gain in their book sales over the corresponding month last year. We are glad to welcome to our foreign list two new unions this month, namely, the Danube and the Central European.
We are especially pleased to see the reports of the large number of magazines and missionary periodicals which are going into the homes of the people. Already this year more than a million copies of these periodicals have been sold. May God grant a rich harvest from this abundant seed sowing.
The drop in book sales for February from what it was for January is doubtless owing to the fact that the January report covered five weeks.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By W. T. Knox
The General Conference
Important Notice!
The next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., from May 15 to June 8, 1913. The opening meeting will be held Thursday morning, May 15, at 10:30 o’clock. Every delegate should be present at the opening meeting.
Concessions in railroad fares have been obtained from the following associations:—
The Southeastern Passenger Association, roads operating in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
The Trunk Line Association, roads operating in the States of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia, and in the District of Columbia.
The New England Passenger Association, roads operating in the New England States.
The roads indicated in these associations will sell on certificate plan for one and one-half fare for the round trip, going and returning by the same route.
On roads in the Southeastern Association territory, certificate receipts will be issued, and tickets sold May 12 to 17, inclusive. Return certificates will be honored at Washington up to June 11. The reduced fare returning will apply to Cairo, Ill., and to all States and territory south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi Rivers, except on the line of the Georgia and Florida Railway.
Roads in the Trunk Line territory will issue tickets going May 13 to 15, and returning to reach original point not later than June 11, minimum round-trip fare one dollar.
Roads in the New England territory will issue tickets going and returning the same as the Trunk Line Association.
The Central Association, covering roads operating in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and southern Illinois, while granting no special concessions, will issue tickets to Washington or Takoma Park at a 2-cent-per-mile rate in each direction from selling stations, added to the special rates on the roads in the Trunk Line Association territory leading to Washington and Takoma Park. Tickets going will be issued May 12-14, returning to starting-point not later than midnight June 12.
In purchasing tickets from points in any of the above territory, purchasers must not fail to secure certificates from ticket agents. Otherwise, no reduction can be obtained on return ticket. Full fare going will be charged, and half fare returning to those holding certificates.
It is anticipated that special round-trip fares for the general public to all eastern points will be in effect from the Pacific Coast at the time of the meeting.
All trains run into the Union Station, Washington. The Baltimore and Ohio only passes through Takoma Park, and has arranged to stop all trains at Takoma Park May 13-16. All coming over the Baltimore and Ohio, should check baggage to Takoma Park. Those entering Washington over other roads than the Baltimore and Ohio, should buy ticket and recheck baggage from Washington to Takoma Park at a cost of twenty cents. There will be a frequent train service between Washington and Takoma Park.
Delegates and attendants will be met at the Takoma Park station of the Baltimore and Ohio and at street-car terminal by representatives of the General Conference, who will assist them in reaching the grounds or their rooms, and attend to the transfer of baggage.
Conveyances will be provided for transfer of both passengers and baggage to the encampment. Transportation to the grounds from Takoma Park will be provided at the following prices:—334
Passengers desiring their baggage transferred to the quarters assigned them, should surrender their checks for baggage to the Reception Committee, paying for the transfer of the same, and receiving in return a claim check.
Accommodations for lodging will be provided for delegates and visitors in tents or in buildings.
All tents will be floored and furnished with cots, mattresses, pillows, chairs, a small table, pail, tin wash-basin, and cups. All other articles required—bedding, curtains for dividing the tents, linen, towels, soap, mirrors, etc.—must be furnished by the occupants. An abundance of bedding should be brought, as there may be cold nights during the meeting.
The tents will be located on the Seminary grounds where the Conference will be held, the grounds being well supplied with substantial walks.
The General Conference Office building and the Takoma Park church-school building, located about one mile from the Seminary grounds, will be open for the accommodation of guests. Rooms in these buildings will be supplied with cots, mattresses, pillows, and chairs. All other requisites must be supplied by those who occupy the rooms.
A charge will be made for accommodations in tents and rooms in the above-mentioned buildings at the following rates:—
Tent and Room Rent
Two persons in tent or room .... $5.50 each
Three persons in tent or room ... 4.50 each
Four persons in tent or room ..... 4.00 each
Five or more persons in tent or room 3.50 each
These rates will be the same whether the tent or room is occupied by the renter a portion or the whole of the time of the General Conference session.
A limited number of furnished private rooms can be secured in Takoma Park. The rental for such rooms will range from $2 to $4 a week for one person, an additional charge generally being made when two persons occupy the same room.
Delegates from foreign fields will receive entertainment free, and will be lodged in the Seminary dormitories.
Board
A commodious dining-tent, with ample accommodations to care for those attending, will be conducted on the cafeteria plan. A lunch-counter will also be operated. Thus all can be speedily served, and with as great a degree of economy as the individual may desire.
Those occupying tents may board themselves, if they prefer, but no cooking will be allowed in the rooms.
There will be a store on the grounds, at which breadstuffs, fruits, nuts, and vegetables can be secured at market prices.
It is anticipated that there will be a large attendance at the coming General Conference session, hence it will be absolutely necessary for the Committee on Arrangements to know beforehand for whom accommodations must be provided.
Delegates and all visiting brethren who expect to be supplied with accommodations in tents or rooms and board, or in private homes, should write at once to L. A. Hansen, Takoma Park, D. C., stating their requirements and preferences.
All orders should be in the hands of the Committee on Arrangements not later than April 15. Those failing to write early must not be disappointed if on arrival they do not find provision made for their needs.
Do not forget that the General Conference will not have bedding to sell or rent, nor will they supply any articles except those mentioned above, nor can they guarantee any lodging accommodations to those who do not order in advance. All expecting to attend are therefore urged to write immediately.
For the committee,
W. T. KNOX.
Addresses Wanted
THE East Vancouver Seventh-day Adventist Church is anxious to get in touch with a Brother Burton and Brother J. H. Dilly. Any information concerning their whereabouts will be appreciated by the church clerk, Arthur E. Field, 1758 Union St., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Business Notices!
WANTED AT ONCE.—Boy not under fourteen years, who is able to run a mowing-machine. Would be a good home for one of more mature years. Must be consecrated. Church privileges. Mrs. Minnie L. Bliss, Milford, N. H.
FOR SALE.—A bungalow, new, six rooms. Five minutes’ walk from Campion Academy. Three-fourths acre of land, with water. Elevation about 5,000 feet, mountain scenery. Good school and church. Owner changing field of labor. Address E. G. Salisbury, Loveland, Colo.
FOR SALE.—Small sanitarium and treatment-rooms. Great bargain. Busy manufacturing town of 35,000 people. Good trade. Established twelve years. Excellent chance for man and wife (nurses) or energetic physician. Excellent reasons for selling. First Street Sanitarium, Jackson, Mich.
Obituaries
RICHARDSON.—Eliza Richardson was born in Scotland Feb. 17, 1829. She came to Canada when she was fourteen years of age, and since 1906 has lived with her daughter at Newberg, Oregon. She accepted the truth for this time in 1874. Loyalty to the message characterized her life. She took part with the family in evening worship just a short time before she breathed her last, Jan. 23, 1913. The church was filled to more than its seating capacity by friends who listened attentively to a summary of the third angel’s message. B. L. HOWE.
WILKINSON.—John N. Wilkinson fell asleep in Jesus at his home, West Townsend, Mass., March 15, 1913, aged 79 years, 6 months, and 4 days. Brother Wilkinson was an active member of the Fitchburg church. He was devoted to the church and Sabbath-school work. The Sabbath before he died he faithfully performed his religious duties, when he should have remained at home caring for himself. There remain to mourn their loss his faithful wife, two sons, two daughters, thirteen grandchildren, and twenty-five great-grandchildren. The funeral service was conducted by the writer at the Baptist church, assisted by Pastor S. T. Ringrose of that church. CHAS. F. ULRICH.
Something of Interest to Readers
By Editor
Something of Interest to the Readers of the "Signs. of the Times"
What would you give to know of the years, times of the end?
What would it be worth to you to learn of a prophecy clear, specific, striking in its specifications and particulars, of this very century, this very generation in which we live,—not a prophecy of events centuries in the past, but a prophetic drama now upon the boards of the world's state, the beginning acts of which are not far in the past, the remaining now before the world or soon to appear?
God has given us just such a prophecy as this, one that will not demand the study of ancient history that we may understand it. We see and live in its very atmosphere.
It is the purpose of the Signs of the Times to present in eight different articles—which will be a brief treatment, it is true, but which we believe will be conclusive—this great prophecy.
These studies will enable us to watch the progress of events in connection with the fulfilment of the prophecy, and to see, as that prophecy nears its culmination, that the end of this age is approaching with rapid pace; for the fulfilment of this prophecy marks the end of this age. It constitutes a great sevenfold sign of the end.
There is another series of articles soon to begin that it seems to the editors is of primal importance.
God's cause is on trial before the world.
Men are denying him, denying his Book, denying the atonement, denying Protestantism, as they never have been denied before.
Has God given us witness—witness unimpeachable—upon which we can depend?
We believe that he has, and there will be taken up a study of God's great twofold witness of the ages,—his testimony concerning his purpose, his Son, and his church,—a series consisting probably of about eighteen articles, each subdivision independent in itself, and yet all united.
They will cover something of the following ground:—
Article I. God's Law of Witness — at least twofold and always conclusive; so that if we find the twofold witness, we may depend upon it.
Articles 2-5. God's Twofold Witness in His Works and Word—in both of which he has demonstrated his own power and Godhead.
Article 6. God's Word Twice Written—in prophecy and fulfilment.
Article 7. God's Word Twice Written in His Law—in precept and commandment; in the heart and life.
Articles 8-10. God's Twofold Witness to and in Jesus Christ—in the prophecies which went before and in the works and words of Jesus.
Article 11. God's Twofold Witness to and in the Believer—in his Word and in the heart and life of the believer.
Articles 12-16 will be a study of the early church, the apostasy, early and medieval, his church in the wilderness and in history, including the last-day apostasy.
Article 17. God's Twofold Witness to the Remnant Church—in prophecy and in present-day development.
Closing with the fruitage of it all through the eternal ages.
We believe that the principles that will be set forth in this series will meet some of the constant claims by which Rome is turning away many from Protestantism, either to doubt or to her own fold.
Besides all these articles, there will be the constant giving of the entire message in all its important phases.
YOUR KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT
Is the kindergarten department of your Sabbath-school supplied with the material necessary to teach the little folks Scripture lessons in a manner to make the lesson interesting to them, so that the study period will be one of joy, which will be looked forward to eagerly from one Sabbath to the next, and at the same time help in making the Scripture lesson practical? ¶ If not, you should send at once for the full kindergarten outfit. This outfit consists of the lesson book, “Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones” on the life of Christ, and a round table with little red chairs, as shown in the illustration above, and three boxes of material. Read the following description: The book contains illustrative material for mothers and teachers. It has fifty-two lessons, one for each Sabbath in the year. It contains thirty-nine songs and hymns, written especially for these lessons. It has thirty-six full-page pictures, size 6 × 9 inches. It has fifty-two pen drawings, showing how to use the illustrative material. The book contains 160 large pages, beautifully printed. ¶ Once bought, this is permanent, being designed for use year after year. Your school should have one copy of this book for each teacher in the Kindergarten Department. Let the first lessons for every child be on the life and words of Jesus. No child lessons can equal those by and about the Master. It pays to make religious instruction delightsome instead of irksome.
THE ROUND TABLE has a beautiful hard top, folding legs, and inside cabinet with lock for material. Seats seven children and the teacher. Advantages of these are: First, each child can reach center of table to help build the lessons. Second, teacher can reach every child. Third, table is heavy, so material is not easily shaken down. Fourth, can be folded and rolled away, so that any room may be used if none is permanently devoted to the kindergarten work. Fifth, table is varnished, easily cleaned, and lasts a lifetime.
EIGHT LITTLE RED CHAIRS for the class and the teacher are a delight to the children, and add to the convenience of the round table. The THREE BOXES OF MATERIAL make teaching easy. Boxes 1 and 2 contain hard maple blocks cut into cubes, halves, quarters, squares, and oblongs. Boxes are of cherry, dove-tailed corners, sliding top, durable. Box 3 contains 10 miniature sheep, 30 mounted sticks to represent people (10 of them children), green French tissue-paper for Sea of Galilee, cones and domes, and green splints for river outline and tree-building. If the three boxes are ordered with book, purchaser receives free a “Portfolio of Blackboard Sketches on the Life of Christ,” to aid in drawing.
THE PRICES.— The book is issued in two styles of binding, board cover, $1.50; blue cloth, $2.00. The little red chairs, 60 cents each, freight or express extra. The table (weight 40 pounds), $5.50, freight or express extra. Three boxes of material, $2.00, mail 40 cents extra. If the book and material are ordered with the table, they are put into the drawer, thus saving postage.
The blocks, table, and chairs being practically indestructible, very little expense is necessary in the running of the Kindergarten Department after the first fitting up. The children take great delight in helping to build these lessons, and the impressions thus made remain with them as long as they live. This kindergarten outfit will be a great blessing to your Sabbath-school.
