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Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 32.

The Empty Tomb
Earlier text: God Working in China

Current Mention

— Turkish troops in European Turkey annihilated a Greek band, killing forty and capturing nine on August 1.
— Eighteen persons were killed, and at least fifteen were seriously injured, as the result of a fire in a tenement-house in New York, July 29.
— A general strike has been declared at Lodz, Russia, calling out 32,000 men. July 30 the electric cars were demolished, and the strikers fired upon the troops sent to disperse them. About thirty persons were killed.
— The Hague Conference has adopted the principle that debts shall not be collected by force except after a recourse to The Hague Court. It is thought this will practically prevent war between the Old and the New World.
— A South polar expedition started from London, July 30, commanded by Lieut. E. H. Shackleton. The equipment includes a motor-car provided with several sets of runners, in which an attempt to reach the pole will be made during the summer of 1908.
— Sixty Koreans and forty Japanese are said to have been killed August 1 in an encounter that arose incident to the disbanding of the Korean army by the Japanese.
— Although July 25 was a legal holiday in Porto Rico, being the ninth anniversary of the landing of American troops, there was no celebration of the anniversary in any town of the island.
— Dock laborers of Belfast, Ireland, are on a strike for increased pay and shorter hours. The police have sympathized, and are demanding more pay because of the extra work the strike entails. Soldiers have been ordered to the scene, and others are held in readiness. The police of Cork are said to be in full sympathy with the police force of Belfast in demanding more pay.
— An unexplained phenomenon occurred at McGregor, Tex., July 28. Over an area three miles long by two miles wide the heat was unendurable for about an hour and twenty minutes. The mercury registered 179° in the sun and 117° in the shade. A peculiar haze moved over the territory affected. According to report, scores of persons were overcome, and many domestic animals dropped dead.
— One reason recently put forth against self-government for the Philippines is the slight interest manifested at the election of members of the new Assembly, which took place July 30. The registration of voters did not exceed 60,000, which is only about ten per cent of those entitled to vote. From one of the districts of Manila, Dominador Gomez, a notorious criminal, was elected to the legislature.
— An agreement for the peaceable settlement of the controversy between the State and federal courts in reference to the new railway rate law of South Carolina was reached July 27. By its terms, the Southern Railway will adopt the prescribed rate not later than August 8, and the several cases before the courts will be appealed and argued together before the United States Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of the law.
— For some time it has been expected that Nicaragua would at any time open hostilities against Salvador; but it is now reported that the attack will not be made. Nicaragua's minister to Mexico has suggested that Salvador's claim for damages because of the recent raid upon Acajutla and Sonsonate be submitted to President Diaz for arbitration. Until this matter shall have been adjusted, Salvador and Guatemala will decline to take part in a Central American conference at Washington.
— After a trial of many weeks, William D. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, has been acquitted of the charge of complicity in the murder of the ex-governor of Idaho, Frank Steunenberg. Since their release some of the jurors have declared their belief in his guilt, but, as a large majority were for acquittal because of the judge's ruling, they were convinced no jury would convict, and so voted for acquittal rather than disagree, which would necessitate a new trial, greatly adding to the expense of prosecution, which now amounts to more than a quarter of a million dollars.

Religious Liberty Notes

By W. A. C.

WE are glad to learn that our people appreciate Liberty. Elder C. F. McVagh, the president of the West Pennsylvania Conference, writes, “Every number of Liberty gets better.”
A brother in Colorado writes: “I pray God’s richest blessing upon Liberty. I feel that it fills a place no other of our papers can fill.”
One of our new Sabbath-keepers in Washington sold thirty copies of the last number of Liberty in the city in one day.
The July number of the Christian Statesman reports the death of Dr. David McAllister, who, for the past forty years, has stood as one of the foremost advocates and exponents of the National Reform Association.
Speaking in defense of the enforcement of the Pennsylvania law, the Potter County Journal, of Coudersport, Pa., under date of July 24, 1907, says: “Many people make the mistake of considering the observance of Sunday a religious question to be decided by each individual conscience.” No greater mistake can be made than to consider “the observance of Sunday” anything else than “a religious question to be decided by each individual conscience,” for that is what it is, and that only, when reduced to its final analysis. Any other view will inevitably lead to religious persecution.
Writing concerning the recent agitation for Sunday enforcement at Coudersport, Pa., started by four of the leading ministers of the place, Elder C. F. McVagh says: “Our people are awake to the opportunity, and have used a goodly number of Liberty, and other literature. I am also permitted to use the papers, and my sermon of last night will be printed. We seem at the present to have materially weakened the influence of the movement. The town has been all astir, and the only apparent result so far is that an M. E. evangelist has taken his stand for the Sabbath. He attended our quarterly meeting Sabbath, and listened to the sermon last night, and declared that if he never preached in a Methodist pulpit again, he would keep the Sabbath of the Lord.” This is the way our people everywhere should meet these movements for Sunday enforcement.
In connection with or just preceding the Interdenominational Bible Conference, held annually at Winona Lake, Ind., the National Reform Association for a number of years past has held institutes and conferences in the interests of “Christian Citizenship.” This year it is to hold another institute and conference of this kind at this place, August 12-17. W. C. Wylie, C. F. Scovel, W. I. Wishart, and other National Reformers are to be present and give studies and addresses on “The Limits of Personal Liberty,” “The Nation a Moral Personality,” “Moral Legislation,” “The enforcement of Moral Legislation,” “The Chief Ends of Government,” “The Need in Our Country of a National Confession of Faith,” “The Christian Amendment and the Liquor Traffic,” and other National Reform subjects.
In company with his wife, Mr. W. F. Crafts, of Washington, D. C., is making a tour of the world for the purpose of “enlisting the co-operation of Japan and China in a proposed world treaty of the great civilized powers of America, Europe, and Asia, for the prohibition of the sale of intoxicants and opium to savages in the South Seas and in Africa, in the interests of market and morals,” and “to aid, by public speech and private counsel, those who, in Japan and China, are fighting intemperance, impurity, Sabbath-breaking, and gambling.” He is also seeking to have introduced into the public schools of these Oriental countries the use of the Lord’s prayer, and the daily reading of the ten commandments, “with or without harmonious moral precepts of like universal and fundamental character from the teachings of Confucius and Buddha.” He has already visited Japan, and expects to spend some time in the Philippines, Australia, and Great Britain.
W. A. C.

Inquisitors at Work in Canada

By W. A. C.

Under date of July 25, Mrs. Luella B. Priddy, of Markham, Ontario, writes as follows concerning what is going on in Canada under the recently passed “Lord's day act:” —
“The machinery for the work of persecution is getting well perfected. Recently our nearest neighbor told Mr. Priddy that his minister had been distributing blanks among his members. He (the minister) did not say who sent them out, but said: ‘You just fill them out, put in the names of the people who work on Sunday, and send it on, and they say they will do the rest.’”
“You can understand what that means. They evidently do not intend waiting the slow movement of the people to enforce the law, but the authors of the blanks will take the matter in their own hands.”
“During the three years we have lived at this place, we have repeatedly heard of threats to have Mr. Priddy arrested, and we hear lately that people are going to watch us to get evidence against us.”
This shows the inquisitorial nature of the spirit that is behind the movement for Sunday enforcement. The chief promoters of this movement are church leaders, and they are educating the church people to be inquisitors, to watch and spy upon their neighbors, and to assist in the work of enforcing upon the people this spurious sabbath, and see that all—particularly observers of the seventh day—who do not keep Sunday, are haled before the courts and visited with summary and condign punishment.
Thus religion was enforced and persecution was carried on under the Inquisition in Europe during the Dark Ages. But this is not Christianity. Christ did not keep Sunday, neither does his life afford a single instance or furnish the remotest warrant for prosecuting people under civil law for not complying with one's views of religion. Paul did this before he was converted, but never afterward. It certainly can be none other than a spurious Christianity that teaches people to keep as the Sabbath a day which God nowhere in his Word commands them to keep as such, and then prosecutes them under pains and penalties of civil law if they do not keep it.
It was the persecutors of Christ who “watched him,” accused him of “perverting the nation,” and sought occasion to bring him before the courts and have him condemned to death.
Let all the people be warned and enlightened upon this great issue, that they may know on which side of this Sunday-enforcement movement to take their stand. One side leads to the keeping of the true Sabbath and liberty, the other to the compulsory observance of a false sabbath and bondage.
W. A. C.

A Conversation

By J. G. White

A FEW days since announcement was made that on Sunday evening one of the twelve traveling or field secretaries of the International Reform Association (formerly National Reform Association) would speak at the M. E. Church in Fultonville, N. Y.
A union service was held, and a fair congregation was present. This secretary has eastern New York as his field, and is the Albany lobbyist for the Association. His lecture was chiefly along the line of much-needed reforms, dealing with intemperance, gambling, the opium traffic, etc., and only once did he mention the Sabbath reform, naming it in the list of moral reforms for which the Association is laboring.
The next morning he came to our place of business soliciting funds to aid their work, but without having been informed that we were Seventh-day Adventists. A very pleasant and extended conversation ensued, and many points of interest were discussed. We were pleased to learn that this particular secretary is not so much interested in pushing the sabbath (Sunday) reform as the other reforms, although he was aware that it was Dr. Craft's favorite subject. The lecture of the evening before seemed to bear him out in the statement regarding his position.
The part of this incident which will doubtless be of most interest to our readers is that considerable time was spent questioning the secretary on the point of individual rights of conscience and whether or not Sunday laws are a violation of such rights. Of course he at first contended that they sought a civil rest day only. After discussing this for some time, he frankly stated that he had learned something on these points, and saw them in a different light than ever before, and could now see that such laws were wrong.
He kindly consented to dine with us, and the talk was prolonged. He assured me that there were others in the work, who, like himself, were not putting the sabbath reform foremost. I pray God that this truth may soon find all such.
Dear reader, we are not as thankful as we should be that such clear light has come on these and kindred subjects to us as a people; neither are we as faithful as we should be to make it clear to people of every calling. Even the workers in the enemy's cause may need to be reached. Let us double our efforts to carry the whole message to every soul on earth, preparing the way for the soon-coming King.—J. G. White, in New York Indicator.

Christian Liberty

By K. C. Russell; W. A. Colcord

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL, — — — — — Chairman
W. A. COLCORD, — — — — — Secretary

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.—Ed.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Mrs. E. J. Popplewell, Albany, Mo., Signs, Life Boat, and tracts.
Mrs. Jannette Lipp, R. F. D. 1, Adamsville, Ala., periodicals.
Mrs. J. R. Gourley, Long Beach, Wash., Signs, tracts on second advent and Sabbath.
Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Neosho, Mo., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, and Life Boat.
Mrs. E. A. Mitcheltree, R. F. D. 2, Hubbard, Ohio, REVIEW, Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend.
Mrs. Margaret Frost, San Pedro, Cal., a continuous supply of literature for reading-rack at the union depot.
L. A. Dow, R. F. D. 1, Thomaston, Maine, Signs, Liberty, tracts on the Sabbath question, and Religious Liberty leaflets.
J. C. Brower, Lock Box 336, Ponce, Porto Rico, periodicals and pamphlets in Spanish, French, German, and English.
R. E. X. Haughey, R. F. D. 3, Box 57, Snyder, Okla., Signs, Watchman, and other of our papers, and tracts on present truth.
C. D. M. Williams, 767 Kinan St., Honolulu, H. T., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Life Boat, Instructor, for use in prison and on shipboard. Can use all that are sent.
Gust Lundior, 1050 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Ill., needs no more papers or tracts at present.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp-Meetings for 1907

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Eastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia(?) .................... Aug. 27 to Sept. 1 Maine, Milo ........................ Aug. 23 to Sept. 2 New York, Herkimer ................ Sept. 5-16 Vermont, Waterbury ..... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Virginia, Hampton ............ Aug. 13-20 Western New York, Rochester .................... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 West Virginia, Pennsboro ..... Sept. 5-15

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec, Knowlton ............... Sept. 5-15 Maritime, St. John, New Brunswick .................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Ontario, Niagara Falls .......... Aug. 15-25

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Alabama, Birmingham ............ Oct. 3-13 Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn. .................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Florida, Tampa .................. Oct. 10-20 Georgia, Atlanta (West End) .................... Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 Mississippi, Aberdeen ..... Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 North Carolina, Thomasville ..... Aug. 15-25 South Carolina, Spartanburg ..... Aug. 8-18 Tennessee River Conference, Waverly, Tenn. .................... Aug. 2-10

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

East Michigan, Pontiac ... Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 Indiana ........................ Sept. 5-15 Northern Illinois, Aurora ....... Sept. 5-15 West Michigan, Allegan .......... Aug. 15-26 North Mich., East Jordan, Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Ohio, Marion .................... Aug. 9-19 Southern Illinois, Pana ........ Aug. 1-11 Wisconsin, Grand Rapids (State) .................... Aug. 21 to Sept. 2

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Colorado, Denver (Argyle Park) .................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Kansas, Wichita (State) ........ Aug. 15-25 Iowa, Ute ........................ Aug. 20-25 Missouri, Eldon .................. Aug. 8-18 Nebraska, Hastings (Prospect Park) ........................ Sept. 5-15

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Oklahoma, El Reno (State) .................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Texas, Fort Worth (State) ....... Aug. 1-11 Texas, Coleman (local) ... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Utah, Salt Lake City .................... Oct. Southern California, Los Angeles .................... Aug. 15 to Sept. 2

MEETINGS IN EUROPE

British Union, Coventry, England, Aug. 2-11 Holland ........................ Aug. 15-18
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meeting already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.

To Our Brethren in Maine

By S. J. HERSUM

Your attention has been called to the fact that our camp-meeting is to be held next month, in Milo, Maine. Those going over the Maine Central Railroad will purchase tickets at the following-named stations: Portland, Lewiston (upper station), Skowhegan, Shawmut, Fairfield, Waterville, Brunswick, Richmond, Augusta, Pittsfield, and Corinna. Those coming from Bangor will purchase tickets over the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Portland and Richmond are the only stations where tickets can be purchased through to Milo and return. At all the other stations the tickets will be sold to the Northern Maine Junction at the rate of 1¾ cents a mile each way. Do not fail to mention the fact that you want a camp-meeting ticket when you ask for your ticket. There will be no grocery tent on the ground. A grocery team, a baker’s cart, and a milk cart will come on the grounds. Come prepared to care for yourselves. Do not fail to bring your winter clothing, and bedding enough to keep you warm nights. Remember you are going to camp-meeting, and not going to a church. We shall try to have plenty of straw on the grounds with which to fill the beds. If you have a tent, bring it with you. There will be a boarding tent for the visiting ministers. The camp is about ten minutes’ walk from Milo station. There will be teams for transferring the baggage from the station to the ground. All delegates should be on the ground Monday, August 15. Take the train that leaves Portland at 11:05 A. M., via Lewiston. At Richmond, take the 11:42 A. M. train, and change at Waterville for the Northern Maine Junction.
S. J. HERSUM, President.

Oklahoma, Notice!

By Andrew Nelson

WE have just received a reply from the Southwestern Excursion Bureau to our application for reduced rates to our annual camp-meeting, which will be held at El Reno, and are now able to announce the following rates and arrangements for that occasion:—
“Rate of one fare and one third for the round trip on the certificate plan, from all points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory to El Reno, Okla., and return, provided there is a minimum attendance of one hundred persons holding properly signed certificates showing the payment of fifty cents or more for the going trip; certificates to be signed by William Voth, El Reno, Okla., and validated by the ticket agent of the C. R. I. & P. R. R. as joint agent. Certificates which show the purchase of going tickets on August 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, and 27, 1907, to be honored for return tickets up to and including Sept. 4, 1907.”
“Under the method usually observed in certificate-plan business, the passenger pays the full fare for the going trip, and if all conditions are complied with, a reduced rate of one third fare is granted on return trip (by route traversed on going trip) to original starting-point within authorized territory. Where the journey is made over more than one line, it is usually necessary for the passenger to purchase a separate local ticket of each road’s issue, between points traveled thereon, and procure certificates thereof for each of the lines in this territory over which he travels in going to the meeting, as through tickets are not always sold, and it is not always practicable for various lines to honor each other’s certificates. Passengers should therefore ascertain from the ticket agent what portion of their journey can be covered by certificate obtainable from him, and procure certificate filled out to correspond with the tickets purchased. Failure to procure or present certificate invalidates claim for reduction in return fare.”
Remember, then, in order to get the advantage of the reduced rate, you must buy your ticket on one of the above-stated dates (you pay full fare going); when you buy your ticket, you must ask the ticket agent to give you a certificate to correspond with your ticket, that is, it must state the amount you paid, and from and to what point you paid your fare, and must have his signature. You must call for a certificate every time you buy a ticket. Bring the certificate to El Reno, and keep it until you are asked to hand it over to the conference secretary.
We hope that you are all planning to come to this annual feast. The Lord will certainly have some blessings in store for us at this gathering that will fit us better for his service. We should not only come to receive a blessing, but to be a blessing to others. Come prepared to take some of our good books and Bibles home with you. We shall have a good supply there, both in English and in German.
ANDREW NELSON.

North Carolina, Attention!

By T. H. Jeys

Because of a street carnival at Lexington, N. C., at the same date as our conference, it has been decided to change the place of our camp-meeting to Thomasville. The appointment will therefore stand, Thomasville, N. C., August 15-25. Let all interested take notice. T. H. Jeys, President.

Meeting of the Kansas Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

By L. F. Truby

THE annual meeting of the Kansas Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be held on the camp-ground at Wichita, Kan., Friday, August 16, at 4:30 P. M., for the election of such officers as are necessary, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before this meeting. All our brethren in the State are members of this association, and it is hoped all will take a lively interest in the business transaction.
L. F. TRUBY, President.

Annual Meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By GEO. E. JUDD

THE regular annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association for the year 1907 will be held in the chapel of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, on North Washington Ave., Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1907, at 3 P. M., standard time, for the election of trustees and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
GEO. E. JUDD, Secretary.

Georgia Camp-Meeting

By G. W. Wells

THE Georgia camp-meeting will be held in West End, Atlanta, Ga., August 29 to September 8. The annual conference will be held at the same time and place. It is hoped that there will be a full attendance of our people. We have secured a very desirable location, with plenty of shade and a spring of water on the ground. The first business session of the conference will be called Friday, August 30, at 9:30 A. M.
After reaching the city take the West Fair street-car and go to the end of the line, walking one-half block to camp, or take East Point line, getting off at Beecher Street, and walking two blocks west.
Remember we do not expect to have a dining tent this year. Tents will be rented at usual price. If you desire a tent, please address me at Station B, Atlanta, Ga.
G. W. WELLS.

Obituaries

BEAL.—Died at San Francisco, Cal., July 2, 1907, of dropsy, Sister Martha Beal, aged 73 years and 9 months. She rests in hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Job 14: 14. H. SHULTZ.
CLARK.—Died at College View, Neb., Oct. 5, 1906, Sarah Charity Clark, née Poe, aged 66 years, 8 months, and 22 days. She was born in Monroe Co., Ind., and was married to A. M. Clark in 1884. They moved to Nebraska in 1889, and ten years later, under the labors of Elder L. V. Finster, united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Albion, Neb. She was the mother of fourteen children, three of whom survive. Her last words were, “Take me just as I am.” C. C. LEWIS.
ROYER.—Died at Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 28, 1907, Millie V. Royer, aged 42 years. Sister Royer accepted present truth in Minnesota when she was sixteen years old, and has since been a faithful member of the church. She was married in Minneapolis, Sept. 5, 1887, and moved to College Place, Wash., with her husband in 1895. As far as her strength would permit, she was faithful to her church duties, and was loved by all who knew her. Her husband and six girls mourn their loss. Sermon by the writer. W. B. WHITE.
EMERICK.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Rochester, Ind., June 30, 1907, Sister Elizabeth Emerick, aged 79 years, 9 months, and 29 days. In 1875 she embraced the truth under the labors of Elders J. H. Waggoner and S. H. Lane, and for thirty-two years lived a Christian life, admired by all who knew her. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Wagoner, for several years past, her husband and only son having preceded her in death. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by the writer from Rev. 14: 13. J. M. REES.
WRIGHT.—Died at Missoula, Mont., April 30, 1907, of paralysis, Brother William H. Wright, in the seventieth year of his age. He embraced the truths of the third angel’s message in 1894, and united with the Missoula church, of which he remained a faithful member until the time of his decease. He bore the intense sufferings of his last illness with Christian fortitude and patience. He leaves a wife, four sons, two daughters, and other relatives to mourn their loss. We believe he sleeps in Jesus. Words of hope and comfort were spoken by the writer, based on John 11: 25. W. A. GOSMER.
MOORE.—Died in Frankfort, Ind., June 6, 1907, of a complication of diseases incident to old age, Sarah M. Moore, aged 77 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Thirty-five years of her Christian life were spent in the Methodist Church, then she was privileged to attend a series of meetings held by Elder Wm. Covert and the writer, and after carefully investigating the views presented, she fully accepted them, uniting with the church, and was a constant and faithful member for twenty-nine years. She leaves two sons, three daughters, four brothers, and three sisters, besides many friends. Her family sorrow, but not without hope. The promises to those who die in the Lord were presented at the funeral by the writer. J. M. REES.
WIKE.—Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. M. Hogan, in Springfield, Ohio, after a brief illness, Albert Wike, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He served part of two terms in the Civil War, but his health became impaired, from which he never fully recovered. About 1870 he accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith, and began the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord under the labors of Wm. Cottrell, at Bowersville, Ohio, becoming one of the charter members of that church. Later he united with the church at Springfield, Ohio, of which he was a member until his death. An aged wife (formerly Mary E. Sparrow), four sons, and one daughter survive him. The funeral service was conducted by the writer; text, Job 14: 14. J. G. WOOD.
HITCHCOCK.—Died at Pomeroy, Wash., June 30, 1907, after suffering a long time with dropsy, Mrs. Oma C. Hitchcock, aged 21 years, 2 months, and 26 days. Oma gave her heart to the Lord and was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church when she was fifteen. Her last testimony was that her hope in the Lord was good. A large circle of relatives and friends gathered at her home for the funeral service, which was conducted by the writer. F. M. OLIVER.
ARNBRECHT.—Died at the home of her sister, near Albion, Ind., June 19, 1907, Sister Anna Arnbrecht, aged 25 years, 9 months, and 12 days. For twelve years she had been a faithful and consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A funeral service was conducted by the writer at the home where Sister Arnbrecht died. The remains were then taken to Francesville, Ind., and laid in the family cemetery. Another funeral service was held at Francesville by the M. E. minister. JOHN W. COVERT.
SEAWARD.—Fell asleep in Jesus at the home of her son, W. T. Seaward, in Kokomo, Ind., June 22, 1907, Ann Seaward, aged 84 years, 10 months, and 17 days. In 1857 Elders J. H. Waggoner and Moses Hull came to her neighborhood and held a series of meetings, at which time she and her husband embraced present truth, and for fifty-six long years she has lived a consistent life. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral, which was held at Russiaville, Ind., by the writer; text, 2 Sam. 14: 14. J. M. REES.
CLUTTER.—Died at his home near Heartwell, Neb., July 6, 1907, Mr. Lafayette Clutter, aged 63 years. Mr. Clutter was converted and joined the Christian Church in 1882, in whose fellowship he remained until 1892, when he joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which he was a member at his death. He came to Kearney County in 1881, where he resided until his death. Six children, four daughters and two sons, were born to him, all of whom are still living. Funeral service was conducted by the writer; text, 1 Cor. 15: 26. B. M. GARTON.
RAWSON.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at South Pasadena, Cal., June 3, 1907, Sister Sarah Louise Hunt Rawson, wife of Herbert L. Rawson, aged 51 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Sister Rawson was brought up by Seventh-day Baptist parents. While employed in the Battle Creek Sanitarium in 1885, she saw the present truth, and gladly accepted it. She soon entered the Bible work, and was thus employed in the Michigan Conference for nine years. She afterward received training as a nurse in the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and followed her profession until her marriage. She was a valuable assistant of her husband in missionary work until her last illness. Her death was a triumphant going to rest in a firm faith of a speedy resurrection. She leaves her husband, her aged mother, Sister Lydia Hunt, formerly of Battle Creek, Mich., four sisters and two brothers to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. J. W. ADAMS.
ADAMS.—Died in Healdsburg, Cal., April 22, 1907, of a complication of ailments incident to old age, Jacob L. Adams, aged 79 years and 9 months. He was a native of Ohio, but lived in Iowa and Kansas from 1844 to 1885. In the latter year he moved, with his family, to Healdsburg, Cal. At the age of eighteen Brother Adams united with the Methodist Church, serving as class leader until he embraced present truth, in 1850. He was intimately acquainted with nearly all the leading pioneers of the message, who often made their temporary home at the home of Brother Adams, in Iowa. He was a very kind, open-hearted man, and in his daily life exemplified his Christian character and profession. His wife, who had been his companion for fifty-three years, survives him. He was the father of eight children, six of whom are living. His funeral was one of the most largely attended for many years in Healdsburg. He sleeps in Jesus. The writer spoke words of hope and comfort from 1 Cor. 15: 57. GEORGE W. RINE.

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WANTED.—Ten men to chop wood near Sanitarium, Cal. Must be Sabbath-keepers. Address J. B. Fradenburg, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
WANTED.—A consecrated Seventh-day Adventist young man to take the nurse's course. Apply, with references, to the Tri-City Sanitarium, Moline, Ill.
WANTED.—Men for harvesting and thrashing; three months' work; $2.50 a day and board. Can employ several. Address G. I. Cummings, Colfax, N. D.
WANTED.—Woman to do cooking and general kitchen work for from seven to ten persons. Good place. Address Prospect Sanitarium, 5411 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
WANTED.—To secure the services of a competent stenographer, practical second baker. Also desire to correspond with graduate nurses who desire to take up institutional work. Address L. M. Bowen, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
POSITION.—Young man 23, Sabbath-keeper, desires position where executive ability and office and factory experience will obtain just consideration. Reference as to integrity and ability. Moderate salary to commence. Address J. William Brown, 56 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOR SALE.—One five-acre fruit farm, two miles from DuQuoin, Ill., one mile from Seventh-day Adventist Industrial School. Place in good condition. Good five-room house, barn, cement cellar. For particulars, address Elder E. L. Cardey, Belize, British Honduras, Central America.
FOR SALE.—Kornoil, for all kinds of plain and fancy cooking. The pure oil extracted mechanically from grains of corn. A natural food oil that meets all demands. Sealed in gallon cans. Five cans, $4; ten cans, $7.50. Southern distributors of Battle Creek health foods. Catalogues free. Address Sanitarium Supply Co., Nashville, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Occoquan Fruit Farm, 24 acres, 1,500 pear-trees, maximum yield 2,000 bushels; apples, some peaches, plums, nuts. Customers in twelve States. Beautifully and healthfully situated. Twenty-four miles from Washington, on bank of Occoquan River; Washington Southern Railway. Boating, bathing, ice. New ten-room house, cellar, well, stable, etc. $2,800. Only reason for selling, urgent call from aged parents. Address Occoquan Fruit Farm, Occoquan, Va.

An Advance Step

The time came in the history of this people when an advance step must be taken and a new thing done. That step has been taken, and that new thing has been accomplished. We refer to the establishment of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary. If ever an institution was established to answer a crying need, to fill a field already waiting, such is the case with this school. It is the design of the founders of this institution that it shall be the instrument in the hands of God for preparing young men and women to carry the third angel’s message quickly and effectively to the regions beyond. The need of such an institution has always been sensed, both by those who have gone to foreign fields and by those who have sent them out; and its establishment is another indication of the quick work which is to be done in this generation.
This institution will take persons who have had the training usually given in our other schools, and will give them that training and preparation which will enable them to make a success of their missionary labors from the start. They will have opportunity to study the language of the people to whom they go. They will learn something of the history of that people and their customs and conditions. Instruction will be given in Hebrew and New Testament Greek. They will study the history of our denomination and the different tenets of our faith. They will learn how to treat the more common ailments of the people, as well as how to preserve their own health in the climate to which they go. They will be given instruction in public speaking, in vocal and instrumental music, and in manual training.
This gives but a general idea of the scope of the work which will be done here. We would urge all who have any expectation of engaging in foreign mission work to send at once for the catalogue of the school, which will be ready for distribution before this paper reaches its readers. Address the President, H. R. Salisbury, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

A Century of Mission Work

THE Missionary Review of the World for June makes the following comparisons for China between the years 1807 and 1907. In 1807 the following were the conditions: not one Chinese Protestant Christian. In 1842, after thirty-five years, there were only six church-members, and in 1860 only about 1,000. Morrison was the only Protestant missionary. There were no native helpers. No part of the Bible was in print, nor were there any Christian books or tracts in Chinese. Even fifty years later the number of such books in circulation was almost a negligible quantity. China was closed against the gospel. Even in 1857 only the five treaty ports were open to the missionaries.
In 1907 the following are the conditions: more than 160,000 church-members, representing a Christian community of some half a million souls, in every province of the empire; more than 3,800 foreign missionaries (these are to be found in every provincial capital and in most of the large cities); nearly 10,000 Chinese preachers, teachers, colporteurs, and other native helpers. More than 3,000,000 copies of the Scriptures, in whole or part, were sold in China last year. From Hankow alone during the past thirty years, more than 26,000,000 Christian books and tracts have been issued and circulated. The whole of China is open to missionary work—eager for new light, new knowledge, new life.
The transformation is certainly a remarkable one, especially in view of the fact that but little was accomplished during the first fifty years of missionary activity. It is indicative of the quick work which the Lord designs to do in the earth in the last generation of men.

Letter from Canton, China

A LETTER was received at the Mission Board last week which came from Canton, China, in twenty-five days. This certainly is making good time from the other side of the earth.
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