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Educational Department

By W. E. Howell

J. L. SHAW - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W. E. HOWELL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N. Am. Div. Asst. Secretary

Informal Talks on Education

THE fact that four out of five Seventh-day Adventist children and youth of school age are being educated in secular schools, ought to set us to thinking in earnest. There are two serious aspects to this situation. One of these is the exposure of our youth to the subtle errors that are creeping, slyly creeping, into every school-book, school lecture, school song, and into the stories told in every schoolroom. I may point out some of these in detail a little later, but wish to give here what a religious writer not of our denomination says on this matter:—

"Christian people are becoming more and more awake to the fact that a great tidal wave of unbelief is sweeping over Christendom,—not the blasphemous atheism voiced by Thomas Paine and Robert Ingersoll, but the cultured kind represented in the scholarship of our day, which makes the danger all the more insidious.

"Not only are the great colleges and seminaries undermining the faith of the better educated, but the common-school books, and especially those used in the high schools, are similarly inculcating a distrust in the Bible, a contradiction of its teachings. For a college graduate of today to declare his faith in the inspiration of the Scriptures would bring upon him the scorn of his companions,—a scorn which few would court, or could endure."

These are the sentiments of some who do not have the special instruction given to us as a people. Such a condition strikes directly at the foundation of our system of Christian education—the Bible. In the Review of April 28, 1896, Sister White wrote: "If we do not have schools for our youth, they will attend other seminaries and colleges, and will be exposed to infidel sentiments, to cavilings and questionings concerning the inspiration of the Bible." In "Counsels to Teachers," page 205, are these words:—

"In planning for the education of their children outside the home, parents should realize that it is no longer safe to send them to the public school, and should endeavor to send them to schools where they will obtain an education based on a Scriptural foundation. Upon every Christian parent there rests the solemn obligation of giving to his children an education that will lead them to gain a knowledge of the Lord, and to become partakers of the divine nature through obedience to God's will and way."

In view of this instruction, and an abundance more like it, and in view of what we can see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears, is it not time for us to adopt as our working policy—

Adventist Schools for Adventists?

The more headway we can make on this plan, the more it will relieve the other serious aspect of continuing to send four out of five of our youth to secular schools; namely, the shortage it makes in qualified missionaries to fill the numerous and urgent calls to gospel service. If it is good to be Adventists at all, if it is good to conduct any schools at all for Adventist children, it is good to include them all in those schools. We may not yet have schools enough for all, especially church-schools, but we have some schools that are not full, and we do not want to see a single empty seat anywhere when the schools open next fall. Nor do we want to see a single boy or girl left out who wishes to attend an Adventist school. To help in accomplishing this result, there is—

A Campaign Now On

This is really a campaign for souls,—the souls of our own children and youth. We have had book campaigns, temperance campaigns, religious liberty campaigns, and campaigns for mission funds, but this summer we are having a campaign for boys and girls, and are hoping and praying for a precious, golden harvest.

In this campaign, we need the help of every one in the ranks—first of all, the parents. How many a strong preacher in the pulpit, or devoted teacher at his desk, or toiling missionary among the heathen today, owes his efficiency to father's selling a favorite horse, or mother's wearing the old hat and cloak another winter, or brother's carrying the farm alone, in order to give John the needed education in a Christian school. How many a promising boy or girl is lost in skepticism and worldliness because the free secular school was thought good enough in these last, perilous days.

This campaign needs the help also of every husband and wife who have no children of their own. So much the more may they esteem the privilege of educating some one else's needy boy or girl. This is contributing as substantially to the cause of truth as the paying of money into the mission fund to teach some little Hindu or Hottentot. Investing in our boys and girls brings far larger returns than in United States bonds or British consols.

Single men and women of competence should be active in such a campaign. The work of saving our youth and of recruiting the field service is sufficiently imperative and compensative to demand the best effort of every man and woman who is looking for the soon coming of Jesus.

Ways to Help

School representatives will be on every camp-ground. Seek to bring into touch with them boys and girls who ought to be in school.

Order and circulate copies of the Summer Campaign number of our journal Christian Education. This number was prepared especially to aid in the student campaign.

Send for the calendars of our colleges and academies to inform yourself and to put them into the hands of those who ought to read them.

Send in names of suitable boys and girls to the schools in your union conference, with information about them.

School men may visit your church. Give them a welcome and your hearty cooperation.

Pray, and pray earnestly, that the Spirit of the Lord may arouse the entire church-membership to a deep sense of what it means to leave four out of every five of our lambs without the fold of Christian education.

Publishing Department

By N. Z. Town

N. Z. Town - - - - - - - - General Secretary W. W. Eastman - - - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary

The Home Missionary Work

ON another page of this paper, Elder A. G. Daniells tells of the actions taken at the recent General Conference, relating to the Home Missionary work. Since the Conference closed, the following further actions have been taken by the General Conference Committee:— "1. Voted, That Miss Edith Graham be appointed secretary of this department. "2. That the Home Missionary Department be associated with the General Conference Publishing Department as a branch of its work. "3. That a general Home Missionary campaign be inaugurated as soon as proper literature can be selected or provided for that purpose, in order to give form and impetus to the work of this department from its very beginning."

Sister Graham has already entered upon her work as general secretary, and definite plans are being worked out for a world-wide, every-member missionary campaign.

In "Testimonies for the Church," Vol. IX, pages 116, 117, we read: "The leaders in God's cause, as wise generals, are to lay plans for advance moves all along the line. In their planning they are to give special study to the work that can be done by the laity for their friends and neighbors. The work of God in this earth can never be finished until the men and women comprising our church-membership rally to the work and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church officers."

In view of this definite instruction, and believing that when the men and women comprising our church-membership do rally to the work, the work of God in this earth will be finished, this advance move in the Home Missionary work is being inaugurated.

We have been a long time at this work, and some have almost grown weary by the way, and we feel sure that these steps which are being taken in harmony with the spirit of prophecy for the definite finishing of this work, will meet with hearty cooperation from our people throughout the world.

Through the REVIEW and the union conference papers, also through correspondence, definite outlines and instruction regarding the plans for this missionary campaign will be presented to our people, not only in the churches and companies, but to isolated members as well. "In union there is strength," and we believe that when a hundred thousand Seventh-day Adventists are all united in one great missionary endeavor among their neighbors, it will result in the salvation of many souls and bring blessings to this denomination which we have never before experienced. Let us begin at once by earnestly praying that the Lord will abundantly bless this effort.

N. Z. T.

News and Miscellany

By Editor

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— Pres. Woodrow Wilson spent last week with his family at their summer home in Cornish, N. H.

— More than fifty thousand Confederate and Union veterans encamped at Gettysburg during the five-day celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of that battle.

— A prominent automobile dealer in a Western city is responsible for the statement that upon sixty-five per cent of the automobile sales he makes he takes real-estate mortgages.

— In Chicago there are 750 theaters and 76 others building. One half of the amusement houses are used exclusively for the display of moving pictures, and have a seating capacity of 300 or less, but the average capacity is 400, or a total of 300,000. There will be an added seating capacity of 300,000 when the new theaters are completed in the fall. It is estimated that the daily attendance is 900,000.

— On June 14 a letter written by a soldier in the civil war, on May 30, 1861, was delivered to his widow in Pottsville, Pa., after a delay of fifty-two years lacking two weeks. Henry C. Russell entrusted the letter to a comrade, M. E. Richards, to be mailed. This the comrade evidently forgot to do. Recently Mr. Richards died, and the letter was unearthed among his old papers, all sealed and stamped, and was immediately posted.

— Dr. Lauro Muller, minister of foreign affairs of the republic of Brazil, is touring the United States. He has everywhere been received with honor, and in response has expressed sentiments of the greatest cordiality. The Brazilian envoy, theoretically, is returning the official visit paid to South America by Senator Elihu Root when the latter was secretary of state several years ago. He will also select a site for the Brazilian exhibit at the Panama Exposition.

— Up to ten years ago it was absolutely impossible for any foreigner to own a single foot of land in Japan. Since then modifications have been made in the law to a certain extent, especially to enable missionary organizations to own property. However, no individual who is not a Japanese can even now under any circumstance actually own any land in Japan. The best he can do is to lease it. This lease may run for any length of time up to ninety-nine years.

— The Perry centennial celebration commemorating Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's victory over the British on Lake Erie, the campaign of Gen. William Henry Harrison, and the one hundred years of peace that will have ensued between the English-speaking nations since the signing of the treaty of Ghent, Dec. 24, 1814, was formally opened at Put in Bay, Ohio, July 4. It will continue until October 5, with celebrations at Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Erie, and other lake ports and Louisville, Ky.

— The Balkan allies, who were united against Turkey, are now fighting among themselves over the division of the territory taken from the Porte. Despatches indicate that desperate fighting is going on, especially between the Servians and the Bulgarians. Over 35,000 men have been killed. July 8, Turkey officially announced that she would reoccupy the territory taken over by the allies as a result of the London Peace Treaty. This means that she will go to war again, and preparations are being made for an invasion against Bulgaria.

— Miss Emma R. Graves was one of the first women employees of the United States government for counting money in the Treasury Department at Washington. She is now eighty-one years old, and is still faithfully at work rounding out half a century in government employ. Forty-nine years of this time she has been in the redemption division. When it was proposed to transfer her to another division, she pleaded to be allowed one more year in her old place, to fill out the fifty and celebrate her golden anniversary in one division. But her request was not granted, and she is now in the register's office, still performing the service of an expert money counter.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1913

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Maritime, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE Wyoming, Hemingford, Nebr. . . . . . July 17-27 North Missouri, Marceline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 31 to Aug. 10 South Missouri, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 7-17 Nebraska, Seward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 East Kansas, Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 Colorado, Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 West Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 Western Colorado, Grand Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 11-21

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Virginia, Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 Ohio, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 West Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 West Virginia, Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4-14 Chesapeake, Chestertown, Md. . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 18-28

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE East Michigan, Bay City . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 7-17 Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 West Michigan, Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 North Michigan, Gaylord . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 Northern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 Indiana, Hartford City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4-14

NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern Idaho, Boise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10-20 Western Washington, Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Northern California-Nevada, Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 9-20

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Louisiana, Alexandria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 23-30 Mississippi, Hattiesburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 30 to Aug. 7 Alabama, Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 6-14 Kentucky, Nicholasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 Tennessee River, Jackson, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE Georgia, Fort Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 31 to Aug. 10 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31 Cumberland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4-14 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 2-12

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE South Texas, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10-20 Arkansas, Van Buren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 17-27 North Texas, Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 31 to Aug. 10 West Texas, Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 7-17 New Mexico, Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 14-24 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21-31

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION British Columbia (Coast), Coquitlam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4-10 British Columbia (Eastern), Armstrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-24

Louisiana Conference Association

THE next regular session of the Louisiana Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground in Alexandria, La., in connection with the annual camp-meeting, which will be held July 23-30. The first meeting of the association will be held at 11:30 A. M., Thursday, July 24, 1913.

R. W. PARMELE, President; O. R. GODSMARK, Secretary.

North Missouri Conference Association

The legal corporation of the North Missouri Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its annual meeting for the election of officers and the transaction of such other legal matters as may come before it, in connection with the camp-meeting to be held at Marceline, Mo., July 31 to August 10. The first meeting will be held August 4, at 10 A. M.

E. E. FARNSWORTH, President; S. N. CURTISS, Secretary.

East Michigan Conference Association

THE annual meeting of the East Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Bay County fairgrounds at Bay City, Mich., in connection with the annual conference, Aug. 7-17, 1913. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1913, at 10:30 A. M.

All regularly elected delegates to the East Michigan Conference (unincorporated) are members of the East Michigan Conference Association, and, as such, are entitled to vote on all questions coming before the association.

WM. GUTHRIE, President; H. A. BOYLAN, Secretary.

Publications Wanted

The following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications sent, postpaid, for missionary purposes:— Z. S. Arey, Tecumseh, Okla. E. W. Wolfe, Decorah, Iowa. Mrs. M. L. Ward, Redvale, Colo. Charles Downey, Rock Hall, Kent Co., Md. Bessie Allen, Elk City, Okla. Papers and tracts. James M. Johnston, R. F. D. 5, Box 49, Hickory, N. C. Mrs. E. E. Petet, De Quincy, La. Periodicals and tracts. S. M. Housler, Box 144, Santa Monica, Cal. Continuous supply. J. M. Boyce, 2185 Young Ave., Memphis, Tenn. Any of our papers except Review. F. M. Cock, Box 363, R. F. D. 1, Harrison, Ark. Continuous supply of tracts, Little Friend, and Instructor. Edw. Quinn, 4 Hickory Ave., Takoma Park, D. C. Signs of the Times (weekly and monthly) and Watchman. George X. Bell, Guadalajara Medical Mission, Avenida Libertad 747, Guadalajara, Mexico. Spanish literature. Also English and Spanish tracts and periodicals addressed to me at Panama City, Canal Zone. M. Davis Smith, No. 1420, Avenida 20, Tacubaya, D. F., Mexico. Literature in German, French, Italian, and Chinese (can use a great deal in the Chinese); also the following English papers: Protestant Magazine, Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, Life and Health, and tracts.

Albert Carey, M. D., Nortons, Oregon. Any of our magazines. Miss Myrtle Lyons, 4028 Ave., P., Galveston, Tex. A continuous supply of 1913 periodicals. E. A. Curdy, Hartville, Mo. Especially literature dealing with the Sabbath question and the state of the dead. Mrs. H. M. Kelley, Herrin, Ill. Especially Signs of the Times, Watchman, Life and Health, and Protestant Magazine.

Oklahoma Conference Association

By David Voth, President; W. L. Adams, Secretary

THE next regular session of the Oklahoma Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground in Oklahoma City, Okla., in connection with the camp-meeting. The first meeting of the association will be held at 10 A. M., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1913.

DAVID VOTH, President; W. L. ADAMS, Secretary.

Kentucky Conference Association

THE annual meeting of the constituents of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of the Kentucky Conference, incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky, will convene on the camp-ground at Nicholasville, Ky., Monday, Aug. 18, 1913, at 10:30 A. M., for the election of a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the consideration of any other business that may come before the session.

B. W. BROWN, President; H. E. BECK, Secretary.

Western Washington Conference Association

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Western Washington Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting and conference on grounds located four blocks east and four blocks north of the North Pacific Railway depot in Auburn, Wash., Aug. 14-24, 1913.

The first meeting of said association will be called at 9 A. M., Aug. 20, 1913. The election of a board of trustees and such other business as may be necessary or proper to be transacted, will come before the meeting.

L. JOHNSON, President; H. A. GREEN, Secretary.

South Missouri Conference Association

By P. G. Stanley, President; Mrs. F. A. Washburn, Secretary

THE next session of the South Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Clinton, Mo., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 7-17, 1913. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the conference association. The first meeting will be held August 13, at 10 A. M. The regularly appointed delegates to the conference should be present.

P. G. STANLEY, President; MRS. F. A. WASHBURN, Secretary.

Alabama Conference Association

THE seventh annual session of the Alabama Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Montgomery, Ala., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 6-14, 1913. The first meeting will be held Friday, August 8, at 10 A. M. The officers of the association will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the constituency. The first business meeting of the conference will be held Thursday, August 7, at 10 A. M. The officers of the conference are to be elected, and whatever other business may be deemed necessary will be transacted. We hope every delegate will be present at the first meeting.

A. L. MILLER, President; THOS. E. PAVEY, Secretary.

Oklahoma Conference and Camp-Meeting

The Oklahoma Conference and camp-meeting will be held in Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 21-31, 1913. Officers will be elected during this conference for the ensuing year, and other important business pertaining to the Lord's work will be considered. The first meeting of the conference will be held at 9 A. M., Friday, August 22. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen members or the major part thereof.

David Voth, President; William Voth, Secretary.

Tennessee River Conference Association

THE annual meeting of the constituents of the Tennessee River Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated under the law of the State of Tennessee, will convene on the camp-ground at Jackson, Tenn., Monday, Aug. 25, 1913, at 3 P. M., for the election of the board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the association. E. L. MAXWELL, President; F. C. VARNEY, Secretary.

Arkansas Conference Association

The Arkansas Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Van Buren, Ark., July 17-27, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting necessary business. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., July 21, 1913.

J. W. NORWOOD, President; C. J. DART, Secretary.

Wyoming Conference Association

NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Wyoming Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held Monday, July 21, 1913, at 9 A. M., on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground in Hemingford, Nebr., for the transaction of such business as should properly come before the constituency of this association. It is desired that all delegates who form the constituency of this association be present at that time.

D. U. HALE, President; H. E. REEDER, Secretary.

Nurses' Training-School

The Nebraska Sanitarium, Hastings, Nebr., desires to correspond with consecrated young men and women who wish to take the nurses' course. Exceptional advantages are offered for an all-round, practical training. A two-year course is given for men and a three-year course for women. Class work begins October 1. Address as above.

How You Can Help the Work in Chicago

By Editor

Write at once to your relatives and friends residing in Chicago, urging them to attend the evangelistic meetings held in a large tent on the west side of the city, about two blocks south of Madison Street, on California Avenue. These meetings began Sunday evening, July 6, and will be continued every evening during the months of July and August, except Saturday night. Programs of subjects will be supplied each week to any addresses that may be furnished us. Address K. C. Russell, 48 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago.

A Plea

By S. W. Armor

IN my work as traveling salesman, I am obliged to spend from forty to fifty weeks of each year on the road. When Sabbath finds me in a strange town I always make diligent search for persons of like faith, but often am unable to learn whether or not there is a Seventh-day Adventist church in the place. People do not know anything about us, and I am obliged to spend the Sabbath at the hotel or in some library. In behalf of many who meet with similar difficulty while traveling, I ask that notices giving the location of our church and the time of service be placed in the post-office and hotel lobby, and that the name "Seventh-day Adventist Church" be posted on the outside of the building.

S. W. ARMOR.

Fireside Correspondence Course

By C. C. Lewis

TWENTY-FOUR courses are prepared, in which three hundred ten pupils took work last year. Courses in public speaking, Latin, and Hebrew will be added in September. The mothers' normal department, long contemplated, will then begin its work under the direction of Mrs. C. C. Lewis. Two courses will be offered at first,—one for young mothers, covering the care and training of the child until five years of age; the other giving specific directions to mothers for conducting kindergarten and first-grade work during the fifth, sixth, and seventh years. If other grades are now needed, write us about it. The new descriptive catalogue giving full information about courses, method, terms, etc., will be ready in July. All who are interested should write for a copy at once, addressing the Fireside Correspondence School, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

C. C. LEWIS, Principal.

Business Notices

WANTED.—Skilled irrigationist, to help build project and improve land, on shares. Choice fruit climate. Address L. J. Caldwell, Wilson, Idaho.

Obituaries

ELLIS.—Wilson C. Ellis, of Woodburn, Ill., was born in Adams County, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1823, and died June 15, 1913. Brother Ellis accepted this message about forty-five years ago, and united with the Woodburn church, of which he remained a member until the time of his death. He died in the full hope of the soon coming of the Saviour. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. E. A. BRISTOL.

TYSON.—Rebecca Tyson, aged 45 years, fell asleep in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Just one year before her death she accepted the truth of the third angel's message, under the labors of the writer, and became a member of the Savannah (Ga.) Seventh-day Adventist Church No. 2. Her husband and five children survive. We hope to meet her in the earth made new. J. W. MANNS.

GEISS.—Charles Conard Geiss was born in Germany, March 6, 1843, and died June 1, 1913, aged 70 years, 2 months, and 25 days. Brother Geiss had been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for many years. We laid him to rest by the side of his companion, who preceded him in death only a few months. We feel confident that he sleeps the sleep of the righteous. Two daughters survive. Elder J. W. Lair conducted the funeral service. W. W. STEWARD.

MOGG.—Susie Mogg was born at Alfred, N. Y., March 28, 1876, and died at her home near Beaverton, Mich., June 13, 1913, at the age of 37 years, 2 months, and 15 days. She is survived by her husband and four children. She accepted present truth about seven years ago through reading, and united with the Mount Pleasant church. She remained a faithful Christian to the end, and though a great sufferer she bore all patiently. She sleeps in Jesus, and in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken from Acts 24: 14, 15. WM. GUTHRIE.

PATTERSON.—George W. Patterson was born near Graysville, Tenn., March 7, 1850, and died March 28, 1913, at his home near Springfield, Mo. He was graduated from the Nashville Medical College in 1880, and after two years of postgraduate work began practising in Republic, Mo. He was married to Nancy C. Garroutte, Dec. 7, 1884, who, with their eight children, survives. The deceased united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1894, and died in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. Elder P. G. Stanley, with the assistance of the writer, conducted the funeral service. WM. J. COLE.

TIMM.—Augusta Timm was born in Germany, Nov. 25, 1875. The family came to America, and in 1881 settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where Jan. 19, 1895, she was married to W. J. Timm. For eighteen years she lived in Montrose, Colo., and its vicinity, where she labored untiringly to bring the gospel message to those around her. She was baptized in 1901. Sister Timm died in the Paradise Valley Sanitarium (California) May 29, 1913, after more than a year of patient suffering. She leaves a husband, one son, and one daughter, besides other relatives and friends, to mourn their loss. E. L. MARLEY.

ANDERSON.—Wilhelmina J. Anderson was born in Sweden, July 16, 1858, and died at Colorado Springs, Colo., June 15, 1913, having reached the age of 54 years, 10 months, and 29 days. In 1879 she came to America. She heard the advent message at Denver, Colo., in 1893, and from that time was a loyal member of the church. She was married in 1889, and the husband, three sons, and one daughter survive her. M. A. ALTMAN.

ROSENTHAL.—Anna Margaret Zwerneman was born in Germany, April 1, 1838, and died near Austin, Minn., June 27, 1913, aged 75 years, 2 months, and 26 days. In 1859 she was married to Carl A. Rosenthal. Ten children were born to this union, nine surviving the mother. Hearing the call some forty years ago to come out of Babylon, she, with her husband, accepted present truth, and until her death rejoiced in the third angel's message. The writer conducted the funeral service, assisted by the Baptist minister. STEMPLE WHITE.

KRAUSE.—August Krause was born in Germany, Aug. 24, 1814, and died near Harbor Springs, Mich., June 24, 1913. He came to the United States in 1868 and for thirty-five years resided on the farm where he died. About twenty-four years ago he purchased "Marvel of Nations," and through the reading of that book became convinced of the binding obligations of the Sabbath, and began its observance. His wife and six children survive him. The funeral service was conducted by Charles E. E. Sanborn, of St. Louis, Mo. J. J. IRWIN.

HAYNE.—Frank E. Hayne was born in Harrison County, Ohio, July 1, 1854, and fell asleep May 16, 1913, at the home of his daughter in Fresno, Cal. He accepted the third angel's message thirty-six years ago, and until the end his hope grew brighter and stronger in the truth he loved. Sept. 3, 1883, he was united in marriage with Emma Turner at Algona, Iowa. To this union were born five children, all of whom, with their mother, are left to mourn. In 1898 father came West, settling near Fresno, Cal. He was elder of the Barstow church until the past year, and it can be truly said that he was ever faithful in the small duties of life. Brother Amos Stevens spoke words of comfort and consolation at the funeral service. MRS. R. MARK.

CHRISTENSEN.—Simeon L. Christensen was born in Beresford, S. Dak., Aug. 14, 1882, and was drowned in the government canal near his home, Minatare, Nebr., May 31, 1913. The deceased was baptized at Hastings, Nebr., in 1907, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Minatare. Before this time he attended Union College, and assisted on the Danish paper at the International Publishing house, in College View, Nebr. In 1908 he was united in marriage with Carrie Peterson, who, with his mother, one sister, and two brothers, is left to mourn. The funeral was held in the Methodist church in charge of the pastor, assisted by Elder G. A. Kirkle. We laid our brother to rest, trusting that in the resurrection morning he will come forth clad in immortality. G. W. BERRY.

COOKENDORFER.—Mrs. Melissa Cookendorfer was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Her husband, who was a physician, died in 1890. For many years she made her home in Minneapolis, Minn., where she was a devoted member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She gave continually and freely for the advancement of the work her heart loved. In 1897, feeling that she was too old to live alone, she put her remaining means into the James White Memorial Home, at Battle Creek, Mich., and came here to make her home, where she died March 21, 1913, aged 83 years. Sister Cookendorfer was never content to sit idle, and as long as she was able, kept busy serving others. Her one desire was to be ready to meet the Master when he comes to claim his own. Elder L. McCoy conducted the funeral service, assisted by Elder A. J. Clark. GERTRUDE M. JOHNSON.

SADLER.—On June 17, 1913, C. Henry Sadler died in Sawtelle, Cal., aged 76 years. He served three years in the army, being sergeant of Company I, Fifth Michigan Infantry. He was married in 1878 to Mary E. Collins. Some fifteen years ago the light of present truth came to Brother Sadler at Lyons, Mich. From that time his life was exemplary, and he died in the blessed hope. His companion and three sons survive. EUGENE A. BROWN.

PARMETER.—Achsah Parmeter died at Indian Creek, Pa., May 20, 1913, aged 79 years. She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of that place, which was organized by Elders Hibbard and Matteson about twenty-five years ago. She remained faithful until the last, and was laid to rest to await the coming of the Lord. Her husband survives. Words of comfort were spoken from 2 Sam. 14:14. F. H. HICKS.

SHERMAN.—Died at the home of his mother in Portland, Maine, May 29, 1913, Melvin Leroy Sherman, aged 14 years, 10 months, and 12 days. Although young in years, Melvin had developed a strong Christian character, and he faced death with a firm trust in God. He will be greatly missed from our church services, and especially from the young people's meetings, where he was a faithful attendant. His mother, stepfather, grandmother, one brother, and one sister are left to mourn, but they sorrow not as those who have no hope. A. J. VERRILL.

THOMSON.—Died suddenly June 16, 1913, at her home in Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Sarah Dawson Thomson. She was born July 2, 1833, at Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, England, and at the time of her death lacked but sixteen days of being eighty years of age. Her maiden name was Nicholson. When quite young she came to the United States, and in 1856 was married to Edward Dawson. They made their home in Iowa, where three daughters and one son were born. Her second husband was Dr. Thomson. Their daughter, with the son of her first marriage survives. The deceased was converted at the age of fourteen, and in 1880 present truth came to her through the medium of an Adventist tent-meeting. She was an earnest worker, ever seeking to bring to others the message she loved with all her heart. We feel confident that she fell asleep in Jesus. J. S. WASHBURN.

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TRACTS ON RELIGIOUS TOPICS

By Editor

Religious Liberty

Principles Too Little Understood .00½
Religious Liberty — What Eminent Authorities Say . . . . . .00¾
The Civil Sabbath . . . . . .00¾
Sunday Laws . . . . . .00¼
Limits of Civil Authority . . . . . .00¼
Civil Government and the Church .00¼
Church Federation . . . . . .00¾
Logic of Sabbath Legislation . . . . . .00½
William Lloyd Garrison on Sunday Laws . . . . . .00½
Sunday Mail Reports . . . . . .00¾

The Immortality Question

Thoughts for the Candid . . . . . .00½

Is Man Immortal? . . . . . .01

Rich Man and Lazarus . . . . . .01 Tormented Forever and Ever . . . . . .01 Satan's First Lie (poem) . . . . . .02

On Bible Study

Benefits of Bible Study . . . . . .00½

Topical Bible Studies . . . . . .01½

Health and Temperance

Diet and Endurance . . . . . .05 Tobacco Using . . . . . .01½

Patent Medicines . . . . . .00¾
Pure Air in the Home . . . . . .00½

Chronic Constipation . . . . . .01½

Cure for National Intemperance .00½

Drunkenness and Crime . . . . . .01

The Demons' Council . . . . . .00½
Alcohol and Disease . . . . . .00½
Liquor and Poverty . . . . . .00½

Present-Day "Isms"

Try the Spirits . . . . . .00½

Spiritualism . . . . . .00½

Hypnotism — What Is It? . . . . . .03
Gospel Remedy for Present-Day "Isms" . . . . . .01

Christian Science (pamphlet) . . . . . .10 The Spirit World and a Future Life . . . . . .10

The Sabbath Question

The Rest Day . . . . . .02½
The Seventh, or One Seventh . . . . . .00½
Is Sunday the Sabbath? . . . . . .00½

Elihu on the Sabbath . . . . . .01 New Testament Sabbath . . . . . .01 Who Changed the Sabbath? . . . . . .01

Sunday in a Nutshell . . . . . .00½

The Identical Seventh Day . . . . . .01 From Sabbath to Sunday . . . . . .00½

Which Day Do You Keep, and Why? . . . . . .00½
What the Sabbath Involves . . . . . .00½

Christ's Second Coming

Is the End Near? . . . . . .01½
Christ's Second Coming . . . . . .02
Heralds of His Coming . . . . . .01½

Waymarks to the Holy City . . . . . .01 Manner of Christ's Coming . . . . . .01½

The Millennium

The Temporal Millennium . . . . . .01½ False Hope of a Second Probation . . . . . .02

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