THIS institution has been kept prominently before our people since its inception, but nothing concerning it has appeared recently in the REVIEW. It did seem to be a great undertaking, considering our resources; and without the assistance of our friends outside of the Southern Union Conference, what has been done could not have been accomplished. The building was enclosed early last fall, and we began to occupy a portion of it soon after. It was late in the winter before we were able to put the heating apparatus in, and it was early this spring before we were in shape to offer any inducements to patients to come, and even now we are not where we can encourage all classes of patients to come. The interior of the building is practically finished, and all but four or five rooms are furnished, at least so as to make patients comfortable. We have been able to fit up but one bath-room, which, with our limited amount of help, makes it very inconvenient to give the required treatment. We have made no special effort to secure patients, and yet we have about all we can accommodate. When we can fit up the remaining rooms that are unfurnished, we shall be able to accommodate about six more. It was my privilege to be in the parlor at worship at the close of last Sabbath, and I found a class of very intelligent, happy, and contented patients. The institution, and the work being done in it, are an honor to our people.
We are thankful that the building is as nearly finished as it is, though much yet needs to be done before we are fully launched for business. It will require about five hundred dollars to complete the verandas, and much more fully to equip the institution. We are thankful that we have at last reached the place where we can say that our receipts exceed our expenses. We have not been able to build this institution without incurring a debt. Several of our good brethren have generously loaned us money without interest, and others at a reasonable rate, and to these as well as to the many friends throughout our ranks who have donated according to their ability, we are under lasting obligations. We feel quite confident that within a few years every dollar of our indebtedness will be paid. The institution is in a condition which leads us to expect promptly to meet our interest, as well as every other obligation. But for the present we shall have to ask our brethren to be as lenient with us as possible, and where money has been left with us without interest or with small interest, to allow it to remain, if their circumstances will possibly permit, until we can have time to get our bearings, and the institution can earn some money. If our brethren will all do this, it will enable us to add some facilities that are very much needed. We need a boiler house to protect our boiler from the weather before the winter sets in. We very much need our other bath-room fitted up. If you could see patients going to and from the depot in a lumber wagon, you would say with me that we need a team and carriage. If you could see the veranda supported with pine poles for columns, you would say our verandas need finishing.
It is a wonder to us that under such circumstances, such a fine class of patients will, unsolicited, come and remain for weeks. It is because they know that we teach and practise principles that will enable them to regain health; and because here, in this retired grove, they can, among the pines, beside the bubbling brook, find a quiet retreat where nature's remedies are used successfully in the recovery of lost health. Our spring, far above us on the mountainside, is proving to be more than we hoped for. The supply of pure, cool spring water is far in excess of the demands of the institution. These, with the mild climate throughout the entire winter and the delightful, cool summer nights, afford an ideal retreat for invalids. Those desiring to assist us financially, or those desiring to come and17avail themselves of the rare privileges afforded here, should first address Southern Sanitarium, Graysville, Tenn.
SMITH SHARP,
Treasurer and Business Manager.
Nashville, Tennessee
By Stephen N. Haskell
We have now been in the South about seven months. Five months of this time we have had a house and a family of workers. Sister Wilson, an experienced Bible worker, has labored with us. At the close of the Graysville Academy, eleven young people from the school joined our family. Unfortunately one of them had been exposed to the mumps, while in Graysville, and was taken down with them here, and several of the others took them. This interfered with their work. Some also had to return to their homes on account of the sickness of friends.
There have been sold by our family over thirty-six hundred copies of the special number of the Watchman and the Bible Training School, besides many books and pamphlets. Five hundred periodicals, and over seven thousand pages of tracts were given away during the soldiers’ reunion. Our workers have demonstrated that young men and women in the South, while in training, can support themselves as well as in the North. Among our workers were those who could reach all classes of people.
Our plan of work has been to spend one half of the day in Bible study, and the other half in practical city work. Some have earned as much as two dollars a day in selling publications, others not so much. In all our experience we have never had a company of more devoted Christian workers, or those who have had more thorough Bible instruction in the schools before they came to us. None of these workers were obliged to enter the training-school, but did it from choice, that they might gain an experience in self-supporting missionary work, and obtain a better understanding of the Bible. Some had financial inducements offered them, which would have been far easier and more gratifying to the natural heart than to go out in the hot sun, day after day, and visit from house to house. But in this they have manifested a true missionary spirit. Several of them are holding Bible readings, and are developing into excellent workers.
As soon as the weather was suitable, we expected to pitch a tent, in which Elder Butler and I could hold meetings, but in this we have been sadly disappointed, as we are unable to secure a lot on which to pitch a tent. Yet God has given us several precious souls who have taken their stand for the truth. Some of these are persons of influence. Seeds of truth have been sown in every part of the city.
Other moves have been made during this time which verify the words of encouragement the servant of the Lord has spoken; surely the cloud is lifting in the South. We refer especially to Professors Sutherland and Magan, who came South and purchased over four hundred acres of land on which to establish an industrial school similar to the one at Berrien Springs. It is nine miles from the city of Nashville, bounded on two sides by the Cumberland River. Having purchased this land, friends of the educational reform at once came to their assistance, and made the first payment of five thousand dollars, and I understand provision is made for the payment of the remaining ten thousand, so there will be no necessity for a general call for means to purchase the land. But buildings suitable for school work will have to be erected upon the farm. There is a good-sized house and three barns upon it at present. About one hundred acres of this land is of a superior quality, one hundred acres medium, while another hundred is not so good, some of it being quite poor, giving excellent opportunity to demonstrate what can be done with land when worked according to God’s method. This purchase embraced about two thousand dollars’ worth of personal property, such as farming implements, cattle, horses, etc. They have arranged to begin operation this autumn with a few young people from the North who have a burden for the work, but require training before they are prepared to meet the peculiar condition of things in the South. Those who know most about the South look upon this move as a godsend.
There are many who have come South, but have failed to see accomplished what they expected. This is in part due to the fact of being unprepared to meet the condition of things which exists here.
Small industrial schools should be established all through the South, among the whites and also among the colored people. There are scores of our young people in the North who have a burden to come South, and there is no place more fitting to educate and train these young people for this work than upon the very field and among the very people for whom they are to labor. They then naturally adapt themselves to the peculiar condition of things that exists in the South. Every nation and people in the world has its own peculiar customs, and until we learn to adapt ourselves to them, and see only the salvation of souls, we are not prepared to be successful workers.
We therefore look upon this move as being one of God’s own appointment to do a great work in the Southern field. There are those who have come South who have done a grand and noble work, but many have met with disappointment in not seeing accomplished that which they expected, and some have returned North feeling that the South was a hopeless field, when the failure was because they themselves did not understand how to adapt themselves to the condition which existed in this part of God’s vineyard; for there is a condition of things here that does not exist in any other field in the world that we ever visited. The people are more social than in the North, but they are jealous of their social relations.
There are many who labor in the cause of God successfully under certain circumstances, but when these circumstances are changed, they make a failure. Like Moab, they have been at ease from their youth, and have settled on their lees, and have not been emptied from one vessel to another, and therefore their taste remains with them, and their scent is not changed. Jer. 48:11.
God wants a people at this time who can go anywhere, go out at his bidding, and be simply his hand to carry out his purpose in the closing work of the gospel.
Judging from the present outlook, and from the standpoint of those who best understand the condition of things in the South, and what God has wrought in the last few years, we can only say that most assuredly God is going before us, and “there is a sound of a going in the top of the mulberry trees.” There exists in the South a union of sentiment and purpose among the brethren. The prospect before us at the present time should cause every heart to be of good courage in the Lord.
S. N. HASKELL.
Ontario Conference Proceedings
By B. B. Noftsger
The fifth annual session of the Ontario Conference was held at London, June 16-26, 1904, seven meetings being held in all.
At the first meeting, the several committees were appointed by the Chair. The president's address and the reports from the laborers in different branches of the work, showed a good degree of progress in every department.
The following resolutions were passed:—
“Whereas, The present facilities at Lornedale Academy are inadequate for the proper education of our youth; and,—
“Whereas, Every advantage for their proper education should be given them, that this branch of the work may rightly represent the last great message of truth, therefore,—
“1. We recommend, That during the present summer, an addition be made to the school buildings at Lorne Park, say twenty-six by forty-four feet, two stories above the basement, to cost in the neighborhood of fifteen hundred dollars.
“Whereas, The Canadian Publishing Association has located its office in our conference, and,—
“Whereas, The said publishing association has advised us of its inability to continue business on the present basis, therefore,—
“2. Resolved, That we advise our canvassers to order their books from, and report their work to, the Canadian Publishing Association.
“3. Resolved, That the conference committee take steps to dispose of the ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ now on hand, and turn over the proceeds to Lornedale Academy.
“Whereas, The General Conference Committee has kindly offered to assist our Ontario school, by endeavoring to raise for said school one thousand dollars, therefore,—
“4. Resolved, (a) That we extend to the General Conference Committee our hearty thanks for their kind liberality.
“(b) That we petition the General Conference Committee to consider the advisability of increasing their donation from one thousand dollars to twelve hundred and fifty dollars.
“(c) That we request them to furnish us this money in instalments of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ of one thousand copies at a time, as rapidly as our conference can dispose of the same, said conference pledging itself to see that all the proceeds derived from the sale of said books shall be sacredly used in the upbuilding of the conference school.
“Whereas, Mr. Fallinsbee, attorney at law, has kindly offered his legal services, free of charge, to any Seventh-day Adventist in Ontario who may be brought18before the court, charged with working on Sunday, therefore,—
“5. Resolved, That this conference, in acknowledgment of this generous offer, extend its grateful thanks to Mr. Fallinsbee for said proffered services;
“Whereas, The Battle Creek Health Food Company, of London, has kindly offered special favors to Seventh-day Adventists using their manufactured goods, and,—
“Whereas, The standard quality of these goods is being maintained, therefore,—
“6. Resolved, That we express our thanks for the offer made through Brother T. H. Robinson, and that we recommend these goods to all our people.
“7. Resolved, That we extend a vote of thanks to the city of London for the use of these grounds and buildings, and to the citizens and city papers for favors extended to us during this meeting.
“8. Resolved, That we petition the Canadian Union Conference to transfer the editorial and printing work of the Canadian Union Messenger to Lornedale Academy as soon as the transfer can be satisfactorily arranged.
“Whereas, The work of selling ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ must be vigorously pushed, if it is to prove a valuable aid in raising means for the school,—
“9. We recommend,—
“(1) That Brother T. H. Robinson take the supervision of this work in Ontario.
“(2) That he be requested to prosecute this work with vigor, and endeavor to have the five thousand copies we hope to receive from the General Conference, sold by Jan. 1, 1905.
“(3) That he be requested to prepare a contract to be signed and lived up to by each individual taking a quota of books, said contract to cover the following points: (a) That all persons ordering books settle for same by Jan. 1, 1905; (b) that they send weekly reports of all sales and the number of books on hand; (c) that T. H. Robinson furnish postal cards for such weekly reports; (d) that all receipts on the sale of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ be remitted monthly to T. H. Robinson; (e) that all correspondence concerning the sale of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ and the assignment of territory be conducted through T. H. Robinson.
“(4) That we pledge Brother Robinson and the conference committee our most hearty support and co-operation in this great work.
“(5) That the months of October, November, and December, of 1904, be set apart among all our people to especially prosecute this work.”
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, A. O. Burrill; Vice-President, T. H. Robinson; Secretary and Treasurer, B. B. Noftsger. Conference Committee: A. O. Burrill, T. H. Robinson, Eugene Leland, J. T. Smith, and F. G. Hill. Trustees of the legal corporation: the conference committee. Delegates to the Canadian Union Conference: A. O. Burrill, T. H. Robinson, Eugene Leland, Mrs. J. Eva Leland, and Sadie Baker. Board of managers of Lornedale Academy for the year 1904-05, the conference committee. Treasurer of the school fund, T. H. Robinson; Educational Secretary, Eugene Leland.
Credentials were given to G. B. Thompson, A. O. Burrill, Eugene Leland, A. L. Miller, W. H. Spear, and John Isaac; ministerial license to J. B. Cosens; missionary license to Sadie Baker; teachers’ license to Agnes Stewart and Belle Johnson.
The last meeting was almost wholly given to the work of selling “Christ’s Object Lessons.” At this meeting, fifty-five individuals pledged to sell 1,251 books.
The treasurer’s report showed a gain in tithe over the previous year of $577.24; in offerings to missions of $286.56; in periodical sales of $85.05, and in offerings to Haskell Home of $7.27; a loss in the amount of book sales of $424.68, and in Sabbath-school offerings to missions of $30.77.
B. B. NOFTSGER, Secretary.
Camp-Meeting in Eastern Kentucky
By O. C. Godsmark
THIS meeting was called to convene July 7-18, at Winchester, just on the edge of the blue grass region.
Last year our camp-meeting was held in Lexington, and was a great help to our people living in that part of the State. This year it was thought best to hold it at Winchester, where several had recently begun to keep the Sabbath. Its influence would also reach into the mountains of eastern Kentucky, where we have several new members keeping the precious truths for these times. These gatherings, though small, are educational, and of benefit to those just coming among us.
The program of this meeting differed somewhat from the usual camp-meetings of the North. The usual early morning meeting was, of course, held, after which came breakfast, and then we all gathered in our large tent for special prayer and devotion. At the close of this meeting nearly the whole camp went out each day, except Sabbath, to the parts of the city allotted to them, carrying their load of papers, tracts, and leaflets. Each day they visited the homes of the people, inviting them to the meetings, talking the truth to them, answering their questions, selling our literature whenever possible, and giving it whenever it seemed best.
The afternoons and evenings were spent in the usual devotional and instruction meetings, the evening service being a regular continuation of the course of tent-meetings we have been holding for the past month.
The experience thus gained by our people in doing regular house-to-house missionary work has been of inestimable value to them, and in this way the people in Winchester have had the truth brought to their very doors. The attendance of those not of our faith has been good. The tent was well filled, and the collections were good. We praise the Lord for his blessings upon this meeting. At the close of the camp-meeting a goodly number of our young people remained to carry on the visiting work among the people. Five were baptized, and we believe that a good church will yet be established here. The tent remains to finish the work.
Elder N. W. Allee and Prof. J. E. Tenney were both here with us, besides the regular laborers in this portion of the conference. Brother W. T. Ramsey, of Battle Creek, Mich., was also with us, and has now gone to Berea, Ky., with his tent, in company with Brother John W. Stein, where we believe a good work will be done. These brethren, with Elder E. L. Sanford, and Brother V. O. Cole, our conference canvassing agent, were the laborers present.
We rejoice to see the work growing here in Eastern Kentucky, and believe the Lord has many precious souls in this blue grass region. Pray for the work here in the South.
O. C. GODSMARK.
Western Pennsylvania Conference and Camp-Meeting
By E. J. Dryer
THE first annual session of the Western Pennsylvania Conference was held in connection with the camp-meeting at Titusville, June 16-26.
The camp was beautifully located in the eastern suburbs of the city along the street-car line, making the grounds easy of access from all parts of the city.
There was a good attendance of our people from the various parts of the conference. According to actual count, the camp-meeting Sabbath-school was larger than it was last year at Kingston, which meeting represented the whole State before its division into two separate conferences. It was remarked by several of our brethren that the attendance of our people seemed to be fully as large as last year.
We were specially favored by the presence and services of Elders H. W. Cottrell and D. E. Lindsey and Professor Griggs. This being the first session of our new conference, we had a large amount of business to transact. We were fortunate in having the benefit of Elder Cottrell's long years of experience and his good counsel. He and Professor Griggs were with us only the last week of the meeting. Elder Lindsey was with us through the entire meeting, and rendered valuable service. He took the burden of the evening services, and delivered some stirring discourses on the prophecies and the Sabbath question. Though the attendance from the city was not large, close attention was given to the presentation of the truth. Brother F. E. Painter was with us also, and labored in the interests of the book work.
Nine dear souls were baptized the last day of the meeting. The Lord was with us all through the meeting, his presence being manifested by the spirit of harmony and good feeling that prevailed in all our business transactions. Besides the usual conference business, a legal corporation was completed, to be known as the West Pennsylvania Conference Association. We are thus prepared to hold real estate, bequests, etc. We trust that our new conference will speedily develop into a strong and well-organized conference, and become a mighty factor in heralding the third angel's message to the world in this generation.
The following-named persons were chosen as officers of the conference: President, E. J. Dryer; Vice-President, C. F. McVagh; Treasurer, I. N. Williams; Secretary, A. V. Williams; Field Secretary, T. D. Gibson; Sabbath-school Secretary, Fannie Fondersmith. Executive Committee: In addition to the President, Vice-President, and Treasurer, C. S. Longacre, Charles Baierle, William A. Meyn, and F. C. Meyers.
The laborers and all present were of good courage, and we believe that progress will be seen in our borders this year. E. J. DRYER.
Sabbathkeepers Prosecuted Under Sunday Law
OPPONENTS of the Sabbath truth near Amory, Miss., are trying to silence the testimony of its adherents by an appeal to the State Sunday law. On July 11 Brethren Dan W. Burton and Bruce Baugh were summoned to appear for trial on a charge of having done secular work on Sunday, and on the following Friday were brought before the court. Brother Burton's offense was that he had done some hoeing in his garden; at least several witnesses testified that they had seen him in his garden with what appeared to be a hoe in his hands, though they could not be positive that he was using a hoe. Brother Baugh testified that he had repaired his fence to keep cattle from coming through it into his cotton. The prosecuting officer owns a mill which he is accustomed to operate on Sunday, justifying his action on the ground of necessity. But at the trial he declared there was no exemption in the law except for railroads and steamboats.
The brethren were fined five dollars and costs each. Brother Baugh paid the fine, but Brother Burton refused to pay, and the officer made ready to take him to jail. It was necessary to go to Amory, and there take the train for Aberdeen, the county seat. The train being two hours late at Amory, the sheriff allowed his prisoner to walk about the town; and while so engaged, Brother Burton met a lawyer, who on learning of the facts in his case said he ought not to go to jail, and offered to go on his bond and have his case put over till September. It was thought best to accept this offer, so Brother Burton returned to his home. This brother being well advanced in years, two of the younger brethren had offered to serve out the sentence in his place, and all were much rejoiced to see him at church the next day, when they had supposed he would be in jail. The little company enjoyed a most excellent service that day, marked by the special presence of God and testimonies of confession on the part of some who had been on the background. Thus the result of this effort against the truth has been a spiritual revival in the church.
The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
By W. T. Bland
FURTHER partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—
Amount previously reported ......$18,511 55
W. R. Young .................... 1,000
William Hurlock ................ 500
T. H. Purdon ................... 100
Gilbert N. Collins ............. 100
Harry Cassel, collector ........ 31 85
Illinois Tract Society ......... 26 18
D. R. Leighton ................. 25
Abner Thompson ................. 25
Samuel Booth ................... 25
Kitty Bell ..................... 25
J. W. Cummings ................. 25
Elder S. H. Lane ............... 25
John Mackin .................... 25
Elmira E. Chapman .............. 20
A friend ....................... 20
J. D. Woodburn ................. 20
The German brethren, Portland,
Ore. ........................ 18
Karl Conzelman, collector ...... 16 25
Chas. Overheiser ............... 16
Elizabeth Brown ................ 15
Port Nashua (N. H.) church ..... 10 50
Henry Black .................... 10
Henry S. Brown ................. 10
Mrs. S. R. Snyder .............. 10
W. A. Johnson .................. 10
Bert Bloom ..................... 10
W. D. Russell .................. 10
Mrs. Phebe Spear ............... 10
Mrs. M. E. Coffin .............. 10
A. Jones ....................... 10
C. E. Palmer ................... 10
I. L. Green, M. D. ............. 10
A. A. Cross and wife ........... 10
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Harris ...... 10
N. F. Burgess .................. 10
John Marshall .................. 10
F. W. C. Loloff ................ 9
Mrs. Celia Steele .............. 8
Mattie and Herman Price ........ 6
Mrs. O. W. Gargett ............. 6
Delia M. Briggs ................ 6
Mrs. Belle Fairbairn ........... 5 75
A friend ....................... 5
Truman Kibbe ................... 5
Josie E. Burch ................. 5
D. S. and M. J. M. Sutton ...... 5
Ella McManus ................... 5
Lucy F. Harrison ............... 5
Mrs. E. M. Gorsline ............ 5
M. Burt ........................ 5
N. H. Davis .................... 5
Chas. J. Homm .................. 5
Louise Morrison ............... 5
Francis Soucey ................ 5
E. M. Carpenter ............... 5
E. P. Asbery .................. 5
Reuben Ford ................... 5
J. A. Conner .................. 5
Esther Smith .................. 5
Maggie Warnock ................ 5
A sister ...................... 5
Isaac Parks and wife .......... 5
Mrs. T. C. Van Wyck ........... 5
Mrs. Emma D. Coruthers ........ 5
Frank Rothrock ................ 5
Mrs. C. Bush .................. 5
Stephen Vaughn ............... 5
Mrs. Anna Mathias ............. 5
E. D. Van Swissilan ........... 5
Mrs. Lucy Jones ............... 5
Howard Hoxie .................. 5
Elizabeth Heitzman ............ 5
Lena Cummings ................. 5
Mrs. Mary Sempleton ........... 5
Margaret Scott and sister ..... 5
Mrs. J. B. Benson ............. 5
O. E. Cummings ................ 5
R. Holcomb and wife ........... 5
Mrs. Mary McClay .............. 5
D. M. McWilliams ............... 5
J. W. Beams ................... 5
M. E. Nelson .................. 5
George W. Crooker ............. 5
Lucinda Sagre ................. 5
R. I. Francis .................. 5
International Tract Society (Hamburg) .... 5
Mrs. E. R. Hamlin ............. 5
Martin Lutherman .............. 4 40
H. P. Thompson ................ 3 50
Jennie B. Johnson ............. 3 25
Mrs. J. A. Monger ............. 3
C. M. Blake ................... 3
Allace Whitney ................ 3
J. C. Borden .................. 3
Michael (Ind.) church ......... 3
Howard B. Sickler ............. 3
Mrs. Mariah Johnson ........... 3
Mrs. Anna J. Hendricks ........ 2 65
A. C. Best .................... 2 50
B. W. Van Eman ................. 2 50
Lizzie Van Eman ............... 2 50
H. Sain ........................ 2 50
M. J. Sain ..................... 2 50
Friday Harbor (Wash.) church .. 2 50
Mrs. Emma O. Kent ............. 2 45
Mrs. L. F. Kein ................ 2 25
A friend ....................... 2 15
Lucy Conely .................... 2
Kasper Ortley, Sec. ............ 2
Mrs. Elizabeth Bedford ......... 2
Jess R. Neilsen ............... 2
Mrs. J. C. Crawford ........... 2
Mary Williams .................. 2
Mrs. Bert Bloom ............... 2
Mrs. M. H. Robinson ........... 2
J. Osborne .................... 2
Alfred Nettleingham ........... 2
Mary C. Arnett ................ 2
Frank and Vina Clark .......... 2
Mrs. Alice Jones .............. 2
Mrs. J. C. Borden ............. 2
Mrs. E. Duncombe .............. 2
H. N. and Mary Lake ........... 2
L. A. Ferris .................. 2
Mrs. R. A. Whaley ............. 2
James A. Skinner .............. 2
Mrs. S. A. Waller ............. 2
James P. Drake ................ 2
D. B. Richards ................ 2
Mrs. A. J. Carpenter .......... 2
J. B. Buck .................... 2
Florence Anderson ............. 2
Miss M. Harlan ................ 2
H. S. Ackuly .................. 2
Frank L. Carlson and wife ..... 2
Mrs. E. A. Coggswell .......... 2
Camilla Christenson ........... 2
Mrs. Augusta Johnson .......... 220
D. M. Bonesteel
J. A. Crary
L. A. Crary
Guy Crary
Olin Crary
Mrs. C. R. King
Mrs. M. L. and Eva F. Dickson
S. P. Gaede
A. C. Shannon
Tabitha Pratt
Mrs. K. V. Temple
James Harvey
Mrs. J. A. Whitman
Mrs. Nancy F. Sampson
Robert Shortridge
Mrs. L. J. Ross
Mollie R. Long
Mrs. William Huard
R. Kaster
F. C. Hollingsworth
Mrs. S. W. Bird
Susannah H. Rambo
F. M. Atteberry
Andrew Jensen
Andrew Ravy
Mrs. H. M. Averill
C. T. Lane
Mrs. C. T. Lane
Jonah Wical
Mrs. Jonah Wical
William Dervort
Margaret A. Smith
A. L. Hussy
Mack Waat
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mann
Mrs. Anna Rickner
Robert Brittan
John C. Hennessy
J. L. Summerton
A friend
Mrs. S. M. Stewart
W. I. Bell
Clarissa E. Plover
Tom C. Hege
E. M. Hamlin
H. O. Potter
D. Z. Hibben
D. H. Taylor
J. E. Hamilton
Maud Hoxie
Warren A. Grant
H. W. Forgy
Mrs. A. D. Aycock
A friend
Mrs. E. E. Davis
A. Van Boskerk and wife
W. G. Forrest
Dr. J. H. Ginley
Simon Mossier
L. J. Schooley
Millie Brand
Mrs. Jane Bralliar
A friend
Mrs. Edna Lawrence
Mrs. E. Roderick
Mrs. Ellen Gault
Mrs. Edith Shell
Mrs. W. H. Falconer
David E. Bell
J. W. Bowman
Mrs. George Clauson
Mrs. Lucy Gulliford
George I. Teeple
Mrs. P. J. Striplin
M. A. Townsend
Hannah Wintens
Mrs. Debby Tucker
C. Storia
Mrs. Wm. Lind
E. P. Weeks
Mrs. Phebe Weeks
F. C. Smith
Mary Nickoson
J. A. Gadwood
Claud Jones
A friend
S. J. Cornish
Mrs. A. L. Cornish
Ellen Cornish
Effie Cornish
Etta Cornish
John Holmes and wife
J. H. Willcox
Sabbath-school class, Richmond, Va.
E. A. Parker
Walter Sickler
H. D. Sickler
G. G. Taylor ................... 1
Mrs. M. C. Fulton .............. 1
D. A. Gregg .................... 75
Pollard Conner ................. 75
J. W. West ..................... 75
Margie Baker ................... 75
A. H. Blake .................... 50
Mrs. Chapman ................... 50
E. J. Atteberry ................ 50
Joshua Spencer ................. 50
Martha J. Brittan ............. 50
Tom Self ....................... 50
G. A. Wheeler .................. 50
Mrs. Cora Harris .............. 50
J. J. Parker ................... 50
Isabella Mossier .............. 50
Alice Mossier .................. 50
Mary A. Deems .................. 50
Clifford Lake .................. 50
Brother Smith .................. 50
O. G. Carnahan ................ 50
James C. Rice .................. 50
Lettie Rice .................... 50
Vaughn Shell ................... 50
Gertrude Shell ................. 50
Winnie Falconer ................ 50
Isabelle Lumley ................ 50
W. J. Bowman ................... 50
Bowman children ............... 50
James G. Monroe ............... 50
John W. Burrows ............... 50
D. F. Tucker ................... 50
G. W. Leighton ................ 50
F. J. Ward ..................... 50
R. E. Bailey ................... 50
W. E. Burrowes ................. 50
Edward Kristianson ............. 50
W. McWilliams .................. 50
John Dickson ................... 50
Mrs. M. J. Butler .............. 50
Hannah Eveleth ................. 50
Hattie A. Johnson .............. 40
Lucy West ...................... 36
Ella Farr ...................... 35
Mrs. L. M. Anderson ............ 25
F. L. Johnson .................. 25
William Johnson ................ 25
Henry Calmas ................... 25
Martin Johnson ................. 25
Alfred Swansa .................. 25
C. J. Johnson .................. 25
A friend ....................... 25
Harry Linblod .................. 25
Clara E. Weaver ................ 25
Alta Farr ...................... 25
Grant Hoxie .................... 25
Onez Holmes .................... 25
Mrs. M. E. Terry ............... 25
Mrs. Henry Gardner ............. 25
Thomas Heritage ................ 25
Earl Weaver .................... 25
Mrs. Flanagan ................. 25
M. A. Tripp .................... 25
Mr. Flanagan ................... 25
Etta Carnahan .................. 25
Mary Ann Watson ................ 25
D. Parsons ..................... 25
W. Vincent ..................... 25
Annie E. Monroe ................ 25
Gladys Monroe ................. 25
T. J. Stevens .................. 25
Phillip M. Conner .............. 25
William Macline ................ 25
H. McWilliams .................. 25
Sarah E. McWilliams ............ 25
Mrs. Anna Payne ................ 25
Mrs. Katie Fay ................. 25
Veda Harris .................... 25
Mrs. P. C. Donely .............. 20
A. M. Maxson ................... 20
Mark Roderick ................. 15
George Watson .................. 15
J. Watson ...................... 15
Mary Fries Sickler ............. 10
Morgan Hall Sickler ............ 10
Emma Stone ..................... 10
J. Benideck .................... 10
R. Watson ...................... 10
S. Watson ...................... 10
Lydia Roderick ................. 10
Luther Roderick ............... 10
Ruby Carnahan .................. 10
John Weaver .................... 10
M. Vandorf ..................... 10
H. Tripp ....................... 10
Ethel Tripp .................... 10
Pearl Gardner .................. 10
Clarence Carnahan .............. 05
Wheeler Roderick .............. 05
Mabel Verna Sickler ........... 05
Sarah H. Tagle ................. 25
Effie I. McQueen ............... 5
Mrs. W. B. Van Atta ............ 10
William Everington ............. 100
Total reported ................$21,464.74
A further list will follow.
W. T. BLAND,
Assistant Treasurer.
Church Organized at Wayne, Nebraska
A CHURCH was recently organized at Wayne, Neb., by Elder R. F. Andrews.
Omaha Training School Membership
THE Omaha, Neb., training-school for workers now has a membership of eighteen.
Candidates Ready for Baptism at Oconto
A RECENT report from Oconto, Neb., stated that six or eight individuals were ready for baptism at that place.
Iowa and Nebraska Camp-Meeting at Omaha
THE Iowa Conference has been invited by the Nebraska Conference Committee to unite with Nebraska in conducting the camp-meeting at Omaha.
Brother Moulton Arrives in Porto Rico
Word comes from Brother B. E. Connerly of the arrival of Brother Moulton in Porto Rico. Two more persons are observing the Sabbath on that island.
Tent Erected for Omaha Meetings
A LARGE tent has been erected in a central location in the city of Omaha, Neb., in which to proclaim the closing message of truth to the people of that city.
Results of Tent-Meetings in Antigua
As a result of the tent-meetings held at Old Roads, Antigua, British West Indies, six had already signed the covenant when Brother D. E. Wellman last wrote, and he hoped that others would follow.
Seven Sabbath-Keepers in Samoa
INCLUDING the missionaries, there are now seven Sabbath-keepers in Samoa. A brother has recently begun to observe the Sabbath. Elder Gates spent several days with him in the mountains studying the Bible.
Church Building Planned at Suva Vou
THE church at Suva Vou, Fiji, contemplates building a house of worship in the near future, and funds are now being collected for that purpose. A worker there states that “fifty pounds is needed to finish the work and pay all costs. The native brethren, so few in number, and so poor, have subscribed liberally, and still pledge themselves to raise more.”
Changes in Nebraska Conference Work
By request made at the session of the Central Union Conference, in Omaha, Elder A. C. Anderson has severed his connection with the Nebraska Conference Committee, and with the work in that conference, and has moved his family to Alberta, Northwest Territory. Elder Lewis Johnson has been chosen to fill the unexpired term of Elder A. C. Anderson, as a member of the Nebraska Conference Executive Committee. Assisted by Brother Emil Johanson, Elder Johnson will conduct a series of tent-meetings in Boelus. The tent outfit has recently been shipped to that place.
Field Notes
THREE new converts to the truth are reported at Mynard, Neb.