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Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 38.

Testimonies For The Church
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Statement of 1908 Thanksgiving Fund to September 1, 1909

Atlantic Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Central New England 16466 $329.32 $1899.18 ..... $1569.86
Greater New York 12493 249.86 1483.72 ..... 1233.86
Maine 4866 97.32 90.35 $6.97 .....
New York 16476 329.52 278.32 51.20 .....
Southern New England 8084 161.68 778.16 ..... 616.48
Vermont 6175 123.50 151.97 ..... 28.47
Western New York 20462 409.24 975.81 ..... 566.57
Totals 85022 1700.44 5657.51 58.17 4015.24

Canadian Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Maritime 764 15.28 ..... ..... .....
Ontario 4335 90.70 472.99 ..... 360.11
Quebec 345 6.90 ..... ..... .....
Newfoundland ..... ..... 29.41 ..... 29.41
Totals 5444 112.88 502.40 ..... 389.52

Central Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
International Pub. Assn. ..... ..... 779.75 ..... 779.75
Eastern Colorado 15492 309.84 1214.94 ..... 805.10
Western Colorado 4641 92.82 12.30 80.52 .....
Kansas 20642 412.84 705.10 ..... 292.26
Nebraska 26077 521.54 2476.18 ..... 1954.64
North Missouri 4330 86.60 347.26 ..... 260.66
Southern Missouri 8393 167.86 414.45 ..... 246.59
Wyoming 4660 93.20 433.97 ..... 340.77
Totals 84235 1684.70 6383.95 80.52 3094.92

Columbia Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Chesapeake 6309 126.18 353.25 ..... 227.07
Eastern Pennsylvania 14538 290.76 1437.62 ..... 1146.86
West Pennsylvania 6652 133.04 717.95 ..... 584.91
Ohio 25275 505.50 1361.78 ..... 856.28
Virginia 5470 109.40 284.25 ..... 174.85
West Virginia 1886 37.72 162.35 ..... 124.63
New Jersey 9148 182.96 1256.42 ..... 1073.46
District of Columbia 6707 134.14 588.04 ..... 453.90
Totals 75985 1519.70 6161.66 ..... 4641.96

Lake Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
East Michigan 27455 549.10 811.02 ..... 261.92
Indiana 19885 397.70 1234.14 ..... 836.44
Northern Illinois 13446 268.92 1250.12 ..... 981.20
North Michigan 7188 143.76 23.70 120.06 .....
Southern Illinois 5467 109.34 418.15 ..... 308.81
West Michigan 26694 533.88 1272.63 ..... 738.75
Wisconsin 14036 280.72 2239.35 ..... 1958.63
Totals 114171 2283.42 7249.11 120.06 3006.19

Northern Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Iowa 33402 668.04 2586.80 ..... 1918.58
Minnesota 14087 281.74 1392.93 ..... 1111.19
North Dakota 5327 106.54 779.17 ..... 674.63
South Dakota 5011 100.22 1081.67 ..... 679.45
Totals 57827 1156.54 5840.37 ..... 4683.85

North Pacific Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Montana 3768 75.36 ..... ..... .....
Southern Idaho 2960 59.20 ..... ..... .....
Upper Columbia 13347 266.94 2236.42 ..... 1293.16
Western Oregon 12342 246.84 ..... ..... .....
Western Washington 14746 294.92 ..... ..... .....
Totals 47163 943.26 2236.42 ..... 1293.16

Pacific Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Arizona 2095 41.90 216.27 ..... 219.37
California 46843 936.86 1749.62 ..... 812.76
Southern California 26718 534.36 2049.93 ..... 1515.57
Utah 1650 33.00 148.80 ..... 115.80
Totals 77306 1546.12 4164.62 ..... 2663.50

Southeastern Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Cumberland 8924 178.48 226.74 ..... 48.26
Florida 4500 90.00 214.67 ..... 124.67
Georgia 3633 72.76 283.79 ..... 211.13
North Carolina 5717 114.34 112.45 1.89 .....
South Carolina 5240 104.80 169.30 ..... 64.50
Not specified ..... ..... 221.50 ..... 221.50
Total 28014 560.38 1228.45 1.89 670.06

Southern Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Alabama 3024 $60.48 $279.08 ..... $218.60
Kentucky 2973 59.46 267.42 ..... 205.96
Louisiana 3430 68.60 24.35 $44.25 .....
Mississippi 2250 45.00 153.69 ..... 108.69
Tennessee River 7375 147.50 362.30 ..... 150.80
Totals 19052 381.04 1086.84 44.25 684.05

Southwestern Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Arkansas 6678 133.56 305.60 ..... 172.04
Oklahoma 15179 303.58 1078.27 ..... 744.69
Texas 17606 352.12 834.20 ..... 482.08
New Mexico 2471 49.42 121.00 ..... 71.58
West Texas ..... ..... 94.23 ..... 94.23
Totals 41934 838.68 2433.30 ..... 1564.62

Western Canadian Union Conference

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Alberta 2457 49.14 ..... ..... .....
British Columbia 1538 30.76 723.08 ..... 596.18
Manitoba 2350 47.00 ..... ..... .....
Saskatchewan ..... ..... 62.80 ..... 62.80
Totals 6345 126.90 785.88 ..... 658.98

Foreign

Conferences Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
England ..... ..... 28.75 ..... .....
Bermuda ..... ..... 43.60 ..... .....
Panama ..... ..... 1.00 ..... .....
Cuba ..... ..... 2.50 ..... .....
Central America ..... ..... 6.00 ..... .....
Mexico ..... ..... 1.25 ..... .....
Unknown ..... ..... 12.33 ..... .....
Totals 6154 123.08 95.43 27.65 .....
Reviews Taken Cost Amt. Paid Balance Short Balance Over
Grand totals 648852 $12977.04 $43902.16 $232.54 $31157.66
Total net balance for foreign missions ..... ..... ..... ..... $30,925.12

Our Next Summary of Magazine Sales

By A. J. S. B.

We are sure that all will be interested in the “Summary of Magazine Sales for August,” which will appear in this department next week. The publishers of the ten-cent magazines report good success on the part of their agents in the field. As yet it is a little too soon to look for reports from our agents handling the new bimonthly magazine, Christian Education.
A. J. S. B.

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature.
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference
E. R. PALMER Secretary N. Z. TOWN Assistant Secretary A. J. S. BOURDEAU Missionary Secretary

Summary of Last Year's Thanksgiving Campaign

By A. J. S. B.

THROUGH the courtesy and efforts of our treasury department we are able to present the clear-cut, concise “Statement of the 1908 Thanksgiving Fund” found in this department. It includes all returns up to Sept. 1, 1909.
Of the 692,000 copies of the special Thanksgiving REVIEW printed, 648,852 copies were ordered by our conferences, and 35,148 were used in advertising the campaign.
It is interesting and encouraging to note that not a single one of the twelve union conferences listed had a “balance short” after the cost of its supply of the Thanksgiving REVIEW was paid. And, of the sixty-six local conferences reported, only six show any shortage at all. A splendid showing, indeed!
The actual cost of the papers and the campaign expenses made each copy of the Thanksgiving number of the REVIEW cost the General Conference two cents. Figured on this basis, the 648,852 copies circulated by our people among their neighbors and friends resulted in donations amounting to $43,902.16, or an average of nearly seven cents a copy, five cents of which went directly to our foreign missions. This is truly encouraging.
Last year’s Thanksgiving campaign for missions was the greatest missionary effort ever taken by our people. The distribution of nearly 700,000 copies of our church paper, the REVIEW, filled as it was with inspiring reports, statistics, and appeals, gave our neighbors and friends a much broader view of the work of the third angel’s message. Previous to this effort many people, even our intimate friends, had very limited ideas of our work, supposing it to be confined largely to proselyting in the home field. In view of the nature of that splendid campaign, it seems very fitting that this summary be published in our Missionary and Publishing department. It is through just such home missionary efforts as this that this promise of the Lord (Isa. 60:22) is fulfilled to even the timid and the fearful worker: “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation.”
A. J. S. B.

Current Mention

— Official German statistics, published at Berlin for the second quarter of 1909, show that 1,051 dogs have been slaughtered for food under government inspection, and 29,785 horses.
— The campaign to restrict Negro suffrage in Maryland was opened at Baltimore, Md., on September 16. It is proposed to adopt an amendment to the State constitution which will disfranchise a large number of Negro voters.
— The British antarctic expedition which is now being fitted out for exploration in the Antarctic Ocean, and which will attempt to locate the south pole, expects to keep in touch with the world by the means of wireless telegraphy.
— Eight armored cruisers of the United States Pacific fleet sailed from San Francisco September 5 for Asiatic waters by way of Honolulu. When these cruisers have joined the war-vessels already in the Philippines, the united fleet will engage in battle practise.
— The British government is about to lay a telephone cable under the English Channel, to be connected with the present land lines at Dover and Calais. It is expected to improve materially the communication between London and Paris.
— President William H. Taft, in his speech at Chicago, on September 16, declared that the administration of criminal law in this country is a disgrace to our civilization, and that the time is now ripe for the appointment of a commission by Congress to inquire into the matter and suggest remedies.
— The second section of the Denver and Rio Grande train No. 5 was held up near Malta, Colo., on the night of September 16. The express car was dynamited, and the robbers escaped.
— The town of La Paz, the oldest settlement in either of the Californias, was destroyed by a hurricane on September 8. The hurricane was accompanied by so heavy a storm that the streets were filled with water to the depth of four feet. Quite a number of persons lost their lives in the ruin of the town.
— The American aviator, Glenn H. Curtiss, who won the international cup at Reims, France, recently, for the greatest speed, accomplished a similar feat at Brescia, Italy, on September 12, winning the grand prize of $6,000, and covering the distance of thirty-one miles in forty-nine minutes and twenty-four seconds.
— A report from London dated September 12, states that the Norwegian steamer “Ekspodit” sailed from Copenhagen on that date to bring down from Greenland the Eskimos who accompanied Dr. Cook in his trip to the north pole. They are to be brought to civilization for the purpose of corroborating the claims made by Dr. Cook in reference to his discovery of the north pole.
— The discovery and the exploration of the Hudson River and the sailing of the first steamboat on that river are to be commemorated by what is known as the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, from September 25 to October 9. War-vessels of many different countries are to take part in the exercises on that occasion. One of the features of this celebration will be a vessel built after the exact pattern of the steamer Robert Fulton constructed and sailed on that river.
— A tidal-wave, on September 4, swept over the port of Mulege, on the east coast of Lower California, overwhelming the town, and destroying a number of lives and considerable property.
— A report from Germany states that the German emperor has consented to act as protector of the enterprise known as the German Arctic Air-ship Expedition. This expedition purposes to make scientific research over the polar seas by the means of a dirigible balloon.
— Reports from Galveston, Tex., state that hundreds of Mexicans are crossing the border from Texas into Mexico with the purpose of joining the forces of General Reyes. The federal army officials continue to receive rumors of an intended insurrection. The situation is said to be rendered more perilous by the present disorganization of the railroad system as a result of the recent floods.
— A report from Mexico states that Prof. Ramon Mena, who headed a government expedition to Otumba, has uncovered a buried city of great antiquity. A pyramid, similar to that discovered at San Juan de Teotihacan, has been exposed. The pyramid is sixty feet in height and measures 200 feet square at the base. The ruins indicate that the city was built by the Toltecs.
— Through the purchase by United States Ambassador Thompson of the Pan-American Railroad in Mexico, and the launching of a project by American capitalists to connect that road with the Panama Canal by rail, an all-rail journey from the Great Lakes to Panama is assured. It is expected that it will take seven years to complete the line from the terminus of the Pan-American line to the canal.
— The attack recently made upon the administration of the Department of the Interior by the chief of the Seattle division and others, has been investigated by the President, and as a result of the investigation the chief of the Seattle division, L. R. Glavis, has been discharged from the service. The matter has occupied a considerable portion of the public attention for some months, as the accusations alleged extensive fraud in connection with the location of certain coal lands.
— As a result of the Pennsylvania law which prevents prisoners from working outside of the prison walls, and which results in almost complete idleness for the majority of the prisoners, a large per cent of Pennsylvania’s State prisoners are going insane. One week’s work is followed by forty days of idleness and brooding. Because of this condition the warden is asking that each county which has prisoners in the State prison appoint a commission to inquire into the sanity of its convicts and take away those who are hopelessly insane.
— Interest in the disease that has recently come to public attention and is known as pellagra, has become so widespread throughout the country that Surgeon-General Wyman of the public health and marine hospital service has decided to issue a weekly bulletin dealing exclusively with the developments of that disease. This step is taken as a result of the requests which have recently come in from all over the country from physicians and boards of health who are watching the progress of that disease with much concern.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—Some one to teach a church-school; must be able to furnish references. Wages, $15 a month and board. For any other information desired, correspond with Geo. R. Apsley, Rock Hall, Md.
HYGIENIC VEGETABLE COOKING OIL.—The oil used by our people. 5 gal., $3.50; 10 gal., $6.75. Cans crated. ½ bbl. (about 32 gal.), 60 cents a gal. By freight from Louisville, Ky. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.
WANTED.—A good lady nurse who understands surgical work as well as the giving of bath-room treatments. Also a girl to help with housework. Both must be Seventh-day Adventists. Address Fayette Sanitarium, Connersville, Ind.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 61 cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
WANTED.—Renter for quarter section; two miles from town. Six-room house, barn, well, pasture. Seven acres cultivated. Rent in work. Unimproved land for sale adjoining. References. Would sell. Address Hattie B. Walker, Mercer, N. D.
FOR SALE.—Ten acres, peaches, raisins, prunes, and alfalfa. Good house, tank house, barn, etc. 1½ miles from church and from Central California Intermediate School. For further particulars, address W. F. Rocke, R. F. D. 2, Lemoore, Cal.
WANTED.—Competent Seventh-day Adventist woman, of some experience as teacher, able to instruct in music; also to take partial care of household affairs in family of three children and two adults. Address H. E. Longley, East Falls Church, Va.
WANTED.—Man and wife to take full charge of 640-acre farm, either for wages or on shares. Horses, implements, and seed supplied. Duties to begin November 15. Good chance for the right man. None but a competent man need apply. W. A. Whitman, Box 207, Arcola, Sask., Canada.
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS.—Shipped direct from ranch in Napa Valley to families, schools, restaurants, and sanitariums. Larger variety, better facilities, prompt shipment. Write for circular “R” giving full information. St. Helena Home Fruit Co., Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10c a pound; 100 pounds, freight paid, $12; Peanut Oil, used same as Olive Oil, $2 a gallon; 50 pounds Cocoanut Oil, $7; 57 pounds Vegetable Cooking Oil, in 6 cans, $6; freight paid, $6.50. Cash with order. Vegetarian Meat Co., Washington, D. C.
SPECIAL OFFER.—Send $10 and get 225 of our new beauties. The whole world is waiting for a new Father and Mother motto, size, 12 x 16. Father and Mother motto, if taken alone, is $12 for 225. Beautiful roses and pansies with many other nice flowers. We pay all express charges; so try a nice order before the holidays. We expect to sell one million of the Father and Mother motto alone. Address Hampton Art Co., Hampton, Iowa, or L. N. Muck, College View, Neb.

Camp-Meetings for 1909

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

West. Colorado, Grand Junction...Sept. 16-26

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Wisconsin, Milwaukee.....Sept. 23 to Oct. 4

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, Orlando ............ Oct. 21-31

Union College

Additions and Changes in Faculty
B. E. HUFFMAN: New Testament history, United States history, and superintendent domestic work.
W. S. Butterbaugh, M. D., Edgemont, S. D.: biological sciences.
E. G. Salisbury, South Lancaster, Mass.: preceptor East Hall.
Percy A. Field, North Platte, Neb.: preceptor College Hall.
Mrs. B. E. Huffman, College View, Neb.: preceptress.
Mrs. J. L. Jones, Keene, Tex.: matron.
Mrs. P. A. Field, North Platte, Neb.: nurse.
Miss Eunice Crawford, Elroy, Wis.: assistant in Old Testament history and arithmetic.
J. F. Harder, Oklahoma: assistant in German department.
Mrs. C. C. Lewis: domestic sciences,—cooking, household management, laundering,—with advisory relation to the Home.
Miss Ruby Owen, Nashville, Tenn.: sewing.
Industrial Manual
For years Union College has been developing a system of industrial education, which is now in a measure perfected. The means employed are: industrial studies, trades, domestic work, and general labor. The detailed description of these subjects constitutes the four leading chapters of a fifty-page pamphlet entitled “Industrial Manual of Union College.” Another chapter describes in detail the academic-industrial, the agricultural, and the domestic science courses. Since this pamphlet is the outgrowth of practical experience as well as earnest and long-continued study, we hope it may be of use by way of suggestion to other schools, as well as to teachers and others interested in industrial education. It will be sent post-paid for ten cents in stamps, or in packages of twelve for five cents each. Address President’s Office, Union College, College View, Neb.
To Union College Students
We very much desire to get the names and present addresses of all who have ever been connected with Union College. Our records are out of date, and it is probable we could reach only a few of our old students with the addresses on our books. Please write the undersigned as soon as you see this, and add a word about your present work, your country, and its people, and your courage. We want to send you something interesting about “Old Union.” C. C. LEWIS.

The Virginia Conference

By H. W. Herrell

THE twenty-sixth annual session of the Virginia Conference will be held in Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 26-31, 1909. The first business meeting will be at 9 A. M., Tuesday, October 26. We hope for a full representation. We have the promise of good help from both the General Conference and union conferences. We are facing very important questions. Advance steps must be taken. Let all who can possibly do so, plan to attend this important meeting. All churches should attend immediately to the election of delegates to the conference, and send credentials to A. M. Neff, Newmarket, Va.
H. W. HERRELL, President.

Utah Conference

By S. G. Huntington

·THE eighth session of the Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in Salt Lake City church, October 5-9, to elect officers, and also to transact such other business as may come before the conference. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, October 5, at 2:30 P. M. Each church is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and one additional delegate for every five names of its membership. We urge that each church select its delegates at once of those who will be in attendance at the conference.
S. G. HUNTINGTON, President.

International Publishing Association

By Wm. Asp

THE sixth annual meeting of the constituency of the International Publishing Association will be held at the office of the International Publishing Association at College View, Neb., beginning Oct. 5, 1909, at 9 A. M. The meeting will be held for the purpose of electing a board of trustees and counselors, and for the transaction of all other business which may properly come before the meeting. The constituency of this corporation includes the executive committees of the General Conference, Central Union Conference, Northern Union Conference, and the Southwestern Union Conference.
Wm. Asp, Secretary.

In a Nutshell

By Editor

WHAT wonderful possibilities are contained in the shell which encases the seed. The old saying, “Tall oaks from little acorns grow,” comprehends a mighty truth.
Our periodicals have been the means under God of bringing many souls into the light of present truth. May we not claim that in this respect these papers have been seeds?
Among these seeds the Watchman enjoys the blessing of Him who “gave the word.” We ask you, dear reader, are you doing anything in behalf of placing this monthly magazine into the hands of the people? It is necessary, of course, to be a subscriber yourself. If you are not, please send us your name and address, and we will send you a sample copy for your consideration. Special terms to agents and reduced rates for clubs. Address the Watchman, Nashville, Tenn.

Notice!

By F. M. Burg

WE wish, through the REVIEW, to say a word to all those who expect to attend the meeting of the General Conference Executive Committee to be held in College View, Neb., beginning October 5. All who anticipate coming to this meeting should send their names to the undersigned at an early date. We wish to state to those coming that, on arrival in College View, they should report at the college business office in the basement of the college building, where they will be met by members of the locating committee, and be assigned to their lodging places.
F. M. BURG,
For Committee on Entertainment.

Central New England Conference

By H. C. Hartwell

THE annual business session of the Central New England Conference will be held at South Lancaster, Mass., from Wednesday, Sept. 29, to Sunday, Oct. 3, 1909, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business which may properly come before the conference. On account of the date of this meeting being changed to a week earlier than it was first set for in order to avoid a conflict with another important meeting, this notice will be rather short, so all the churches should attend at once to the election of delegates to the conference. Send credentials to H. B. Tucker, South Lancaster, Mass.
H. C. HARTWELL, President.

Utah Conference Corporation

By S. G. Huntington

THE fifth annual meeting of the Utah Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists is appointed to convene in connection with the eighth annual session of the Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in the Seventh-day Adventist church, at Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, 2:30 P. M., Oct. 8, 1909, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. All accredited delegates to the conference are members of this corporation.
S. G. HUNTINGTON, President.

Obituaries

HARBAUGH.—Mrs. Nannie May Harbaugh was born Nov. 18, 1884, and died Aug. 13, 1909, aged 24 years, 8 months, and 25 days. She was baptized into the third angel's message in 1906, and united with the Johnstown church. She remained faithful, and fell asleep in Jesus, to await the morning of the resurrection. She leaves a faithful husband and little daughter four years old to mourn their loss; also a father, mother, one brother, and two sisters, and many friends. The funeral service was conducted in the Wesleyan M. E. church, and words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Revelation 14. She was laid to rest in the Hillside Cemetery in Hillsdale, Pa. W. F. SCHWARTZ.
STUART.—John Andrew Stuart was born in Holland, May 23, 1830, and died at his home in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Sept. 2, 1909, aged 79 years, 3 months, and 9 days. At the age of twelve he went to sea, and continued in the merchant service until he attained the rank of captain. On a cruise to America, he decided to make this country his place of residence. At the time of the Mexican War, he served with distinction in the United States Navy. In the year 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Papke, in the city of Buffalo, N. Y. Soon after this he removed to the State of Michigan, where thirty-two years ago, he heard and embraced present truth. Before his death, he expressed his desire to be at rest, and made all arrangements for his funeral. He is survived by a wife, four sons, and six daughters, besides several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, four generations being represented at the funeral, which was conducted by the writer, from his late residence in Harpers Ferry. We laid him to rest to await the call of the Life-giver. JAMES E. SHULTZ.
GAGE.—Departed this mortal life at Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Sept. 1, 1909, our beloved daughter, Mrs. Katherine M. Gage, wife of Fred W. Gage, of Battle Creek, Mich. The cause of her death was valvular disease of the heart. For nearly two months she took treatment at the sanitarium, but not improving, it was deemed best to go to the Muskoka region. There, accompanied by her grown-up son and a faithful nurse, she improved for a while, but later it was only too apparent that all hope of recovery was delusive. Attended only by her dear son and nurse, she quietly passed away far from home and loved ones. The deceased is survived by her husband and four sons, the youngest being a year and a half old, her parents, G. W. Amadon and wife, and an only sister, Miss Grace E. Amadon, and a foster-brother, C. D. Amadon, and family, who also reside in Battle Creek. At the time of her early departure our daughter was 43 years, 5 months, and 16 days old. In February, 1887, she was married to F. W. Gage, of this city, where she has always lived. For quite a time she was a laborer in the Review and Herald Office, serving as a compositor and proof-reader. In early life the deceased gave her heart to God, and has since been a conscientious member of the Battle Creek church. During her illness it was the joy of her heart to receive visits from her father for religious conversation and prayer. The day before the end came, she said, “O that I could hear my father's voice again in prayer!” But it pleased God to let her rest in that far-away region of Muskoka. The casket was brought to Battle Creek, and appropriate services were conducted in the Tabernacle by Elder C. N. Sanders, assisted by the pastor of the church. The interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery. At this hour of deep grief our stricken hearts can only say, “Thy will be done.” “God is love.” G. W. AMADON.
NEAL.—Samuel Neal was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1836. He died in Chico, Cal., Aug. 12, 1909, aged 73 years, 3 months, and 9 days. Brother Neal was married to Miss Nancy McDevitt, July 23, 1860. Sister Neal died Aug. 16, 1903. They leave four children. Brother and Sister Neal embraced the present truth in 1888. They were both faithful until death. About two years ago, Brother Neal and his daughter came to California, settling at Marysville. His illness was of short duration, and he died without a struggle. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, taking as a text Prov. 16:31. A good impression was made upon those who attended. Many expressed a determination to live a better life. J. W. BRESSIE.

_Faithful Workers Fallen_

PHELPS.—Elder H. F. Phelps, a loved minister and pioneer in this cause, fell asleep in Jesus, Sept. 7, 1909, at his residence in Minneapolis, after years of prolonged illness, suffering from tuberculosis. Elder Phelps was born Dec. 17, 1839, at Antwerp, N. Y., being 69 years, 8 months, and 20 days old at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Lydia Griffin, Feb. 20, 1861. From this union five children were born, four sons and one daughter, all of whom are living, three in Minnesota and two sons in Montana.
Elder Phelps gave his heart to Christ at an early age, and began the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord when only a youth twelve years old. At the time of his death he had been keeping the Sabbath over fifty-seven years. He had labored more or less actively in the ministry for forty years. A portion of this time he was unable to do active work, owing to ill health. He acted as secretary of the Minnesota Conference for a number of years. About twelve years ago—owing to feebleness—he became less active in labor, and later he published, what many of the readers of the REVIEW will remember, a little paper, entitled Save the Boys. He also published a number of leaflets under the same caption. He continued the publication of this paper until nearly three years ago, when he became too feeble to continue its issue.
Brother Phelps was beloved by all who knew him. His faithful wife, who stood by him and cared for him through these many years of his affliction, will greatly miss her companion. Elder Phelps was conscientiously loyal to his convictions of duty, and was one of the most loyal Seventh-day Adventists I have ever met. In his later years, when unable to engage in active labor, he wrote many articles for the secular papers in Minneapolis and elsewhere, setting forth especially the lines of truth covering the principles of religious liberty and the fundamental principles of Protestantism. These articles have had a wide circulation. His articles were always clear in expression, and although setting forth the truth in a pointed way, they were so written as to be inoffensive even to those who might disagree with him.
At my last visit to Brother Phelps's home, just before I left for the Iowa camp-meeting, we had a precious season of prayer together. He expressed his strong faith in the soon coming of Christ, and in reply to the question, “Do you feel it is well with your soul?” he said, “Brother Underwood, by grace I am saved.” As I took his hand, he, realizing that his end was approaching, bade me good-by, expecting never to see me again in this life. We laid him peacefully to rest to await the call of God when he shall gather together his saints, those who have made a covenant with him by sacrifice. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer at the home of the deceased, Sept. 9, 1903, from Rev. 22:3-5. Elders S. E. Jackson and J. G. Lamson and Brother T. D. Gibson assisted in the burial service. R. A. UNDERWOOD.
WILSON.—Died Aug. 23, 1909, at his home in Pueblo, Colo., Elder James B. Wilson, in the seventy-first year of his age. Elder Wilson was born in West Virginia, but at an early age moved to Ohio. When the War of the Rebellion broke out in 1861, he was among the first to respond to the call of his country, and served four years and three months, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was a member of Company B, Eighty-first Ohio Volunteers. At the close of the war he came West, and in 1871 located in Longmont, Colo., where he resided a number of years. During his stay in Longmont he had the privilege of hearing the third angel's message, and yielded obedience to present truth. He almost immediately entered the ministry, and many souls are living in Colorado who acknowledge Elder Wilson as their father in the gospel. For nearly twenty-five years he had been actively engaged in ministerial work, but for the last two or three years his declining health had been such he could do but little. The immediate cause of his death was congestion of the brain, brought on by over-exertion in the hot sun. He leaves to mourn their loss a widow and little boy, at home, besides a number of married sons and daughters and a large circle of friends and acquaintances who gathered at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Frank Reed, to pay their last respects to their departed friend. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, based on John 14:1-3, and he was laid to rest in Mountain View Cemetery, there to await the call of the Life-giver at his soon coming. GEO. M. ALWAY.
SCHNEPPER.—Died at College Place, Wash., Aug. 24, 1909, of anemia, Elder Hugo John Schnepper. Brother Schnepper was born at Elberfeldt, Germany, Oct. 3, 1864, being nearly forty-five years old at his death. He came to America in 1886. Two years later he was married to Miss Marie Knoche. There are five children living, who were present at the funeral. Brother Schnepper's acquaintance with the third angel's message dates from his earliest recollection. Before our first missionary went to a foreign country, Elder Ertzenburger had come to America from a company of Sabbath-keepers in Germany to learn more perfectly about the truth, and to secure help for those in his country desiring to know about the third angel's message. Elder Schnepper and his wife were both fortunate enough to be children in this first company of Sabbath-keepers in Europe. When first coming to this country, he taught German one year in Battle Creek College. He then taught a church-school in Kansas for two years, which is said to be the first church-school among our people. He then labored in the ministry in the Iowa Conference and in the Western Oregon Conference before coming to the Upper Columbia Conference, about eight years ago. During these eight years his time has been occupied either in the ministry or in teaching; part of the time being connected with the faculty of Walla Walla College. Although Brother Schnepper had been in poor health for more than a year, he had hoped to recover and continue in the work, until a few days before the end came. He failed to recover from the long, tiresome trip to the General Conference. While attending our camp-meeting and conference at Spokane, he realized that he was failing, and knowing what was before him, he expressed a desire to come to College Place to die, and be buried where two of his children are buried. While his family deeply mourn their loss, they are comforted in the hope of meeting their loved one in the soon-coming resurrection. A large congregation gathered on the College lawn at the funeral. Comforting words were spoken from Rev. 14:13, by the writer, assisted by Elder H. A. Washburn in English, and by Elder John Isaac in German. OSCAR HILL.

Correspondence School and Turkey in Prophecy

By Editor

THE new school year in our various educational institutions is beginning. It is encouraging to know that the large majority of the young men and women who attend these schools, do so with the definite purpose of fitting themselves for a place of usefulness in connection with this work. Some, doubtless, will be disappointed in that they will not be able to attend school as they had planned. To such we earnestly commend the Correspondence School, which begins October 4. One or more classes taken in this school during the coming year will prove of great advantage for future work in academy or college.
WE regret that Prof. P. T. Magan’s New article, in his series on “Turkey in Prophecy,” is crowded out of this number. The series will be resumed next week.

Christian Education Magazine

THE new bimonthly magazine, Christian Education, is out, and is a bright and readable and thoroughly practical journal. We hope it may have a large circulation. Our educational workers generally are evidently uniting to supply material which will make it not only a journal for teachers, but a magazine of interest in the home and to the general public.
This week Elder Chris Juhl and wife and two sons, of Iowa, sail from New York for Europe, in response to a call from Denmark.

Read, Plan, and Act

ALL interested in the coming missionary campaign should read what Brother A. J. S. Bourdeau, the missionary secretary, says on page 7. Read, plan, and act.

The Next Missionary Campaign

ARE you preparing to engage in the next great missionary campaign, with the special missionary number of the REVIEW, beginning November 1? Rich blessings will be gained by those who take part in this work, and much good will result from the effort. You may share, if you will, in the blessing.
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