p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 38. (9/23/1909)

Earlier text: Statement of 1908 Thanksgiving Fund to September 1, 1909

Prescott Returns to Washington

LAST week Elder W. W. Prescott returned to Washington from New England and the East, and has gone on this week to the Wisconsin camp-meeting, at Milwaukee.

Workers Invited to China

THE General Conference Committee has invited Elder E. W. Wolfe, of Iowa, and Dr. A. G. Larsen, formerly of Union College, Nebraska, to join the workers in China. They have accepted, and plan to sail in October.

California College Secures Location

We are glad to learn from the Pacific Union Recorder that the California Conference has secured a favorable location for their college, eight miles from St. Helena. There are buildings already on the place, so that their school is to open very shortly.

The Needs of the Southland

By Editor

THE article from Elder J. W. Christian on page 9, and the appeal from Brother W. J. Blake on page 19, very clearly set before us the needs of the Southland. An opportunity to relieve in some measure these great needs is found in the offering for October 2.

Oakwood Manual Training School

THE annual announcement of the Oakwood Manual Training School comes to us, printed by the school press. It is a bright and interesting calendar. This school is prepared to do stronger work than ever in preparing colored students for missionary service. The establishment of sanitarium work in connection with the school will add to the facilities for an all-round training. Send for calendar to the principal, W. J. Blake, Box 414, Huntsville, Ala.

The Foreign Mission Seminary Opens

By Editor

THE Foreign Mission Seminary opened on the fifteenth, Elders A. G. Daniells and G. B. Thompson giving addresses. A good number were present, with their faces set toward needy fields at home and abroad, and others will come in later, being held by the closing up of their season’s work. We would gladly see in the Seminary still others of our younger ministerial laborers, and other workers with good experience in the field since leaving our training-schools, who would put in a year or less in special work, and be on hand, ready to respond, as the calls are coming in from the needy mission fields.

Home Bible Study Series

For use in work for our friends and neighbors the “Home Bible Study Series” of the Signs of the Times weekly will be found most valuable. This series begins October 6, and continues through twenty-five numbers. It will present in a clear, concise manner the great truths of this last-day message. Price of series, seventy-five cents. Order of Signs of the Times, Mountain View, Cal.

The Second Sabbath Program

A CORRESPONDENT asks if the second Sabbath missionary program, which the Mission Board sends out to all the churches, is designed to be used in churches where there is a settled pastor. Of course; no pastor can afford systematically to miss the opportunity of giving a church the benefit of this program. When led by the pastor, and with various members called into service in presenting different portions of the program, these second Sabbath services may be made most profitable and encouraging occasions to all. Let all unite in making them seasons of refreshing.

Special German Paper

By Editor

A SPECIAL Missions number of our German paper, the Christlicher Hausfreund, will be issued early in November, corresponding with the Missions number of the REVIEW. This paper will be made up from the matter and illustrations of the Special REVIEW, and will help greatly in reaching a large portion of the nine million German-speaking people of this country. The papers will be furnished free to those who will use them in soliciting funds to sustain our foreign work, in the same manner as the REVIEW, and we hope that our German and American people will use them liberally among the German people. Send all orders to the secretary of your conference tract society, or if this can not conveniently be done, send direct to the publishers, International Publishing Association, College View, Neb.

Let Us Lift Heartily

By Arthur G. Daniells

AMPLE notice has already been given through the REVIEW regarding the collection to be taken in all our churches Sabbath, October 2, for the work among the colored people in the South. Many good reasons have been presented in behalf of a liberal offering. Our people are in sympathy with the efforts being made for the colored race, and approve of this annual offering. This is a year of good crops, an abundance of work, and high prices for everything. It is doubtful if Seventh-day Adventists were ever in a better position to render financial assistance to the cause of God than at this time. Why then should not the offering this year be a large one? The work for the colored people is being more thoroughly organized each year, and better results are being secured from our labors and gifts. Thus there are good reasons why we should push forward with courage and assurance.

A. G. DANIELLS.