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Earlier text: The Beatitudes in Their Broader Expression

What is That in Thine Hand?

By Mrs. I. H. E.

“How can I?” “What shall I say?”

“I do not know how,”—these are world-old excuses, in the face of admonitions to duty. Even Moses used them, in the real humility of spirit that came to him from forty years of desert dwelling with the flocks of Midian. But Moses was not excused. “What is that in thine hand?” asked the Lord; and, touched with heavenly power, his shepherd’s staff became a force that smote Egypt with plague and destruction, divided the waters of

No, it isn’t enough. Mrs. Chase’s experiment proves that, if it needed demonstration. We do not supply our children with books on geography and history and arithmetic, and then expect them to become so absorbed in the pursuit of knowledge that they will master the contents of these volumes unaided. Lessons are assigned, questions are asked and answered, authorities are consulted, quizzes are held, all under the direction of one who knows these subjects and how to teach them. Should mothers and fathers do less with this vital subject of temperance? If the paper is simply placed in the children’s hands and their reading is undirected, or if nothing but the stories and anecdotes are read, good as they are, the real object of the Temperance Annual—to make it an educator of our children—is lost. It should not only be read but studied, and its vital truths, its convincing arguments, so clearly and plainly fixed in the mind that they will be as a wall and a hedge about the young men and women of tomorrow, who are the children of today.

The tobacco question is one that is perhaps nearer to most mothers, even Seventh-day Adventist mothers, than the liquor menace. “My little boy has never even touched a cigarette,” a fond and trusting mother once said to a worker for boys. “Madam,” was the reply, “remember this: You do not know what your son is doing when he is out of your sight.” This is true; but of one thing we may be fairly certain,—the boy who goes out from the shelter of home untaught and unwarned, is a shining mark for the fowler of souls and the destroyer of human bodies.

The Instructor for March 7 is an Anti-Tobacco number. Mothers, will you use this weapon of defense for your children that is now placed in your hands? Will you study it, read it with the children, encourage them to write questions on the different articles for you to answer, and then ask the same or other questions of them? It is not enough to tell your boys that it is “wicked,” your girls, alas! that it is “unladylike,” to smoke cigarettes. Make your instruction definite. Tell them why the cigarette is a menace to their physical development, to their scholarship, to their purity of life, to their usefulness in manhood and womanhood. Show them the cost of forming this habit, not only in money, but in time and health and efficiency, and often in life itself. Show how it weakens the will, raises the pulse, and wears out the heart. Call their attention to the fact that such men as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Dr. Wiley, Luther Burbank, and many other leaders in the world’s notable achievements, are in the forefront of the great battle that is being waged against the cigarette.

There are teachers in public schools who have read some of the Temperance Annuals from cover to cover with their pupils. Will you do less for your little home flock, with this Anti-Tobacco Instructor? Rather, will you not do much more? MRS. I. H. E.

Tap on the Window, Mother

By MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE

MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE

Tap on the window, mother; Your boy is going astray; Look! Don't you see him wand'ring far, Afar from the narrow way? Oh, beckon the poor boy homeward! Why should he longer roam? Perhaps a tap on the windowpane May bring the wanderer home.

Oh, tap on the window, mother! He's going down the street; Mayhap your boy may even now Some dire temptation meet; For the world is full of evil, And the future who can tell? Ah, the path to heaven lies very close To the pathway down to hell.

Then tap on the window, mother; Your boy may hear the sound— May see your fingers beckoning him Away from enchanted ground. When he heedeth not your weeping, Though tears may fall like rain, Though his ears are deaf to the voice of prayer, Still tap on the windowpane.

Yes, tap on the window, mother; How can you give him up? How can you yield your darling boy To the snares of the drunkard's cup? Perhaps he may heed your signal, When tears are all in vain; Then add to the voice of your earnest prayer A tap on the windowpane.

Studying the Temperance Instructor

the Red Sea, and closed them again over the pursuing enemies of Israel.

There are many mothers who, when reminded of the instruction and training that their children should receive at their hands, excuse themselves by saying that they have not the books and charts and other facilities needed. But, “What is that in thine hand?” Are you improving to the utmost the instruction already in your home in the books and in the papers that come to it week by week?

Every year a great deal of time and thought and effort and money is expended in the preparation of the Temperance Instructor. Presumably, every Seventh-day Adventist family receives one copy or more of this paper, and most of the members read at least a part of it. But how many mothers really study this great temperance document, and take thought and time to emphasize and illustrate the truths it presents? Quite recently the editor of the Instructor conducted a ten-minute temperance quiz in her Sabbath school division, made up of forty wide-awake church school boys and girls, from twelve to fourteen years of age. Arguments for and against prohibition were called for; and such questions as, “What is a ‘blind tiger’?” “Does prohibition ‘hurt business’?” “Why does prohibition lower the tax rate?” “Does prohibition prohibit?” “What happens to a town when it really goes ‘dry’?” were asked. To her surprise, she found that many of these boys and girls, supplied with the Temperance Instructor each year since they first began to read for themselves, had very hazy ideas indeed on these subjects, and were unable to present anything like a clear-cut, definite answer to the questions asked. Of course there were exceptions; there always are. Either these exceptional children read more attentively and have better memories, or they are more carefully taught at home, than the others. But shall we allow our boys and girls to drift into the perilous years of adolescence with the hazy-minded majority? Shall we not rather use every means in our power to fortify them against the temptations and dangers that the curse of intoxicating drink may bring to them in one form or another, girls as well as boys?

“But what can we do? We supply the papers—isn’t that enough?” may be asked.

Conducted by Mrs. I. H. Evans, Takoma Park, Washington D. C

By Mrs. I. H. Evans; Miss Lora E. Clement

Assisted by Miss Lora E. Clement

Through the columns of this department, hints will be given on all matters pertaining to the home life. Short articles and letters are solicited from home makers, telling of their everyday experiences,—their joys and sorrows, their failures and successes.

“Words Fittly Spoken”

By M. E. Bodwell

MRS. M. E. BODWELL

FRIDAY was usually a busy day for the Eldridge family, but this particular Friday gave evidence at early dawn that strenuous times were ahead. Before the early breakfast was served, however, the head of the family read a few verses of Scripture for morning worship, and in a short prayer thanked God for the blessings of the past, and pleaded a renewal of his mercies.

Breakfast over, the family scattered. The husband and father went forth to battle with the stern realities of life, leaving to his companion the petty, yet none the less perplexing, problems of the home.

The water supply had been cut off in the midst of the week, thus delaying the family wash, and the clothes must be put out, dried, and ironed without fail today. Then there were the usual baking and cleaning.

Noon brought the family home with their healthy appetites, but dinner was late. The morning work had not progressed rapidly. Two-year-old John, fretful over getting some of his last teeth, yet determined to do his “Friday cleaning,” had left a trail of ashes from the sitting room stove to the door of the kitchen, where Mrs. Eldridge was working in feverish haste. Added to this, a helpless invalid in the family had made trying demands upon her time and patience, and other confusing things had brought the household affairs into a state of congestion.

Through it all Mrs. Eldridge had maintained a quiet, cheerful attitude, doing the best she could. However, when an unfortunate accident occurred at the dinner table, it seemed as if things were at the breaking point. Then the husband, who apparently had not been disturbed by the delayed meal, looked up at his wife, and said with a depth of feeling in his voice, “I cannot tell you how much I appreciate what you are doing. You are such a comfort to me, and so kind to my father!” The wife did not answer, but her radiant face made sufficient reply.

The words were not much, but their effect was magical. They seemed to supply the lubricating oil necessary to the household machinery, proving again the truth of the beautiful proverb, “A word fittly spoken is like apples of gold in network of silver.” May God give us “the tongue of the learned,” that we may “know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary.”

The afternoon work moved forward to a happy conclusion, and at sunset a peaceful family gathered to welcome the coming of the Sabbath. So often we wish for the key to heaven’s treasures of patience and love when the things of life fret us and annoy, but is it not hidden in communion with the Master, and loving service for those around us?

“O Master, let me walk with thee, In lowly paths of service free; Tell me thy secret, help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care. “Teach me thy patience; still with thee In closer, dearer company, In work that keeps faith sweet and strong, In trust that triumphs over wrong.”

Boulder, Colo.

Let’s Eat Oranges

PROBABLY the reason many of us consider the orange a luxury rather than an everyday food is because we still cherish memories of the time when the fruit was high-priced and not widely distributed, and an occasional orange was a surprise often reserved for the toe of the Christmas stocking.

Many of us are more or less slaves of our habits of thought, and in face of the fact that oranges can be purchased from December to April at almost any price, and the rest of the year at prices which are moderate when the value received is considered, we do not take advantage of their wonderful dietetic properties because we consider them too expensive.

It is generally known that the orange contains citric acid, which is a liver stimulant, and that it is a gentle laxative. But its wonderful supply of phosphates, a direct nerve food, is usually overlooked, and the fact that oranges therefore have a beneficial effect in cases of insomnia is practically unknown. In short, the importance of the orange as an everyday food the year round cannot be too greatly emphasized.

As a breakfast fruit it is unequaled; but to obtain the greatest benefit it should be eaten a half hour before the meal, so that the juice may leave the stomach and begin its rapid upbuilding and general cleansing while the digestive tract is comparatively open. If this is done, a cereal with light cream may be eaten at breakfast; but if the orange figures as the breakfast fruit, the cereal with cream should be omitted, as the combination sometimes causes nausea and gas.

The necessity for washing oranges and, indeed, all fruits, cannot be too strongly insisted on; for no matter how clean they may look, they are no more free from bacteria than unwrapped bread, or candies sold from open cases.

If to be eaten with a spoon, the fruit should be cut in halves crosswise; and if the halves do not stand level, thin slices of skin may be cut from the ends. The pulp around the edge and the membrane between the sections should be loosened by a curved grapefruit knife.

To prepare the orange flower-fashion, cut down the skin in quarters, and then in eighths, to within an inch of the blossom end. Then strip down in points and fold these over. To serve orange sections on a strip of peel, cut an inch band crosswise entirely around the orange at the middle. Remove the remaining skin, slit the strip open, and spread out the sections. . . .

When sections are to be used for garnishing or for fruit cups, the best way to obtain them is to pare the orange with a sharp knife till the juice runs, and then cut out each section separately.

If plain sliced oranges are desired, they may be prepared in this way, or they may be pared, sliced crosswise, and arranged in dessert dishes or a bowl, with a little sugar between the layers; or if there chances to be at hand some well-sweetened pineapple juice or the juice from other canned fruit, it may be poured over the orange slices, the whole being allowed to ripen in a cold place for at least an hour.—Good Housekeeping.

Crowned of Life

By Arthur W. Spaulding

ARTHUR W. SPAULDING

Not multiplying fruits of wrath, Nor bastard seed of strife, The everlasting victor hath That shall be crowned of Life.

Not gain of war, from carnage sprung, A Moloch-gift, he brings, Nor incense in his censer swung The pomp beloved of kings.

Lo, such shall come with coward fear Where heaven’s court shall sit, When Time’s short laurels wither sere, And God’s fair lamps are lit; For as the arrow cleaves the air, Forgot when it is past, So he hath graved no record where The lots of life are cast.

But he the hero crowned shall be That bore both toil and scorn, The seed of immortality Of love and patience born. His is the name o’er every name, A son of God indeed, Who held his soul above earth’s fame, But stooped it ’neath earth’s need.

Virtue shall give her sure reward When Might hath had his day; Her offspring in eternal guard She well shall keep for aye. Triumphant hero, Virtue’s child, Victorious in the strife, With prizes that are undefiled He shall be crowned of Life.

A Hint to Bread Makers

In this day and age, when every one likes fresh bread, the housekeeper is sometimes troubled to keep her weekly baking moist enough to suit the taste of her family. By following the method I learned from an old English cook, I have no difficulty in this. As soon as my bread is done, I place it outdoors or in some spot where “the wind will blow through it,” and leave it there until it is cold. Then I wrap each loaf in waxed paper, such as all hygienic baker’s bread comes in, and put the loaves in the regular bread box. By keeping the bread completely covered, it remains moist and fresh down to the very last crumb.—Selected.

The Well-Ordered House

“THE well-ordered house is a center of intellectual interest. Reading, the exchange of ideas, with humor, honor, and clean mirth are its chief amusements. No later school can compensate for the blank left in the intellect by the mindless home.”

The Eastern Canadian Union Conference

By Irwin H. Evans

THE Eastern Canadian Union Conference held its seventh biennial session in the new Seventh-day Adventist church building in Toronto, Ontario, Jan. 4-11, 1916.

The entire corps of laborers were present through the session, and took a deep interest in the Bible studies, as well as in the conference business. Elder McVagh, of the West Michigan Conference, was in attendance part of the time.

The reports from the president of the union and from the local conference presidents, together with the reports from departmental secretaries, presented the most encouraging outlook we have ever seen in eastern Canada.

During 1913 the union conference increased its church membership by seventy additions, in 1914 the membership was increased still further by ninety additions, while it is hoped that 1915 will show a still larger growth. This means much to the Eastern Canadian Union. From 1902 to 1912 the conference lost two in its membership. To have the conditions changed, and a growth take place, brought courage to every heart.

The increase in tithe was marked, and each year indicated improvement in each department of work represented. The conference raised $433.08 in excess of its full twenty cents a week per member for 1915, and faces the future with great hopefulness.

Two schools are in operation,—the academy at Oshawa, doing twelve grades of work, and the intermediate school at Williamsdale, Nova Scotia, carrying ten grades. Both schools were filled with students, and doing well financially.

It was my privilege to visit the school at Oshawa, and speak to the students. I was pleased to see such a body of strong, sturdy young men and women in this school. Nearly every student present was preparing for service in the Master's work.

On Sabbath afternoon, following a good sermon on the ministry, by Elder G. B. Thompson, Brother R. A. Hubley, of Newfoundland, was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry.

Officers were reelected for the next quadrennial term. Elder M. M. Hare was asked to take the secretary-treasurer and auditor work of the union. Elder A. V. Olson, president of the Quebec Conference, was asked to take Brother Hare's work in Ontario; Brother W. C. Young, of Newfoundland, to take Brother Olson's work in Quebec; and D. J. C. Barrett, of Nova Scotia, to take the work in Newfoundland. Elder M. N. Campbell, who had been asked to go to Great Britain, and later to India to take the place left vacant by the death of Brother H. R. Salisbury, could not respond, owing to the physical condition of some of his family. His remaining in Canada gives courage and confidence to all the workers are of good courage, and the meeting closed with all in attendance feeling grateful for the presence and blessings of our heavenly Father, and confidently expecting growth and progress in the work in the Eastern Canadian Union Conference.

I. H. EVANS.

A Large Debt Paid

By L. H. Christian

Ever since the Battle Creek College was moved to Berrien Springs, Mich., and rechristened Emmanuel Missionary College, it has been burdened with a heavy load of debt. For a number of years this kept increasing. On Dec. 31, 1914, the total liabilities of the school were $49,285.65. To pay the interest on this large sum was a serious financial burden to the college. During the early part of 1915 there was paid on the debt $15,435, and on Jan. 19, 1916, sufficient money was on hand to pay all the remainder of the indebtedness, without counting either outstanding pledges or annuities.

MAIN BUILDING, EMMANUEL MISSIONARY COLLEGE

As this school is really the oldest of our colleges, it is only fitting that it should be the first of our present colleges to sing the jubilee song. This encouraging result has been reached, not by the efforts of a few, but by the hearty co-operation of all our local conferences and other friends of the college. While the work has been hard, it has been very pleasant because all were united and willing.

In mentioning how this large sum of money was secured, we are happy to state that $3,000 of it was donated by the Review and Herald Publishing Association, $1,000 in 1915 and $2,000 in 1916. When the Review and Herald was moved from Battle Creek to Washington, D. C., some years ago, not a few prophesied that it would meet with great loss. It is certainly gratifying to know that our publishing house at Washington has prospered so well that it can return such a liberal sum to its old sister institution in Michigan.

In May, 1914, the teachers and students of the college began a definite attempt to clear away the debt. We have never seen another movement just like this, and so far as we know, nothing similar to it has ever been found in our schools. This effort of the school itself to help pay the debt has proved an excellent experience. The spirit, the enthusiasm, and the faith of the college people, meant more than the money raised, though this was not a small sum. When the college debt was apportioned, the students and teachers agreed to be responsible for $5,000.

Most of our local conferences and institutions in the Lake Union are burdened with debt, but in spite of this every conference joined heartily in the effort to clear the college. Some friends of the school contributed large sums. Several gave $1,000, others $500, and many more gave liberally. Some conferences paid their apportionment out of the return money of the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund; others raised the money in ways of their own. During 1915 we secured $123,838.27 on the Twenty-cent-a-week Fund in the Lake Union Conference. This meant an increase over 1914 of $24,000, and was $6,692.67 over the twenty-cent-a-week quota. Out of this money sent to the Division Conference the Lake Union received back $36,522.59. A part of this was used in paying the college debt, though a share was applied on local liabilities.

We shall not soon forget the meeting in the college chapel at which the announcement was made that the college debt was paid. After several members of the board had spoken, a most encouraging testimony meeting, in which many took part, was enjoyed. Prof. O. J. Graf, the president of the school, spoke in behalf of teachers and students, and expressed their sincere and deep gratitude for the splendid liberality shown in completely wiping out the college debt. The assistant business manager, Brother Fred Green, recalled a Testimony that had come to Emmanuel Missionary College in its earlier days, while he was a

student there, in which Sister White wrote that the school at Berrien Springs would go through trying experiences, but that there were “better days ahead;” and he fully believed we had reached those “better days.” We quote a few other statements made by teachers and students:—

“The paying of the college debt so speedily is a symbol of the way God will quickly close up his work in the earth.”

“As our brethren and sisters receive back the money lent by them to our institutions, they will no doubt be moved to give more freely to the finishing of the Lord’s work.”

“The lessons that these students have learned in self-sacrifice and giving will make them more valuable workers when they take up their duties in the field.”

“This experience will help these young people to be lifters instead of leaners, and has given them a training that will help them to avoid debt as they take up responsibilities in other institutions.”

A student at the beginning of the effort had expressed his confident hope that he would be graduated from a college free from debt, and now, as president of the senior class, he gave thanks that his hope was to be a reality.

The Emmanuel Missionary College is situated very favorably out in the country, and yet on a car line between St. Joseph and Niles, Mich. Thus the students are not exposed to temptations as they would be in a town. The school has a strong faculty of experienced and godly instructors. There is a splendid spiritual influence and a deep missionary zeal in the institution. Of its forty graduates from all courses last year, twenty-two have entered the work, and fifteen are back in school for further study. Four graduates from the college course entered the ministry. The school owns a large farm, and has the best dairy herd we have ever seen at any school. Last year Emmanuel Missionary College gave work to students on the farm, in the printing plant, and in other industries, to the amount of $25,000. 'This is a great help to needy young people and to students’ parents of limited means. We are profoundly thankful to God and to our brethren because the college debt is paid, and we hope that erelong the beautiful banner of “Freedom From Debt” may float over every institution and association office in the Lake Union Conference. L. H. CHRISTIAN.

Making Friends with Editors

As ministers and other workers in the field continue to use the newspapers in connection with their efforts to herald the glad tidings of the Lord's soon coming, they find editors easy to approach, and willing, as a rule, to publish contributions from them. There are now a large number of workers who, through their persistency, have gained the friendship and confidence of editors, with the result that these men gladly publish their reports, and unconsciously make themselves valuable servants in the Lord's hands for the spread of the message.

Encouraging letters are being received from many parts of North America, in which the writers tell of their success in having articles published dealing with different phases of the truth. For the encouragement of others, the following thoughts on the newspaper work, all of which were received in one day's mail, are passed on. One of our evangelists now holding an effort in Stockton, Cal., says:—

“Though we have some difficulty in getting long articles published, yet for twenty-eight evening services we have succeeded in having inserted sixty-nine articles, which average seven inches.

“The newspaper publicity has helped us very much to keep our audience this winter. We have had a great amount of rain, but notwithstanding this, our congregations have averaged from one hundred to five hundred each night for the first four weeks. As we have but a small membership in this place, this company is made up of the people outside of the church.

“I usually get the church members to write letters of appreciation to the city editor of the paper they happen to be taking. One of our brethren received the following reply from the city editor of the morning paper: ‘We are in receipt of your letter, and wish to thank you for your subscription. We shall continue to print the sermons given in the Bible Auditorium as long as the meetings are held.’ The following morning an article three fourths of a column in length appeared in his paper, under the heading, ‘Says Seventh Day is the Sabbath. Evangelist Booth Quotes Texts to Prove His Assertion.’

“Some are taking their stand for the truth, and others are seriously considering doing this. We hope to have a good company before we close the meetings, which will last five weeks more, the Lord willing.”

One of the leading workers in southern Oregon says:—

“Just a word regarding newspaper work in southern Oregon. We are trying to take advantage of this splendid means of giving the message, although I am sure we let many opportunities go by to get articles in the papers. It is surprising how willingly the editors publish what we give them.

“Lately we have held six religious liberty mass meetings in our conference, and the papers all gave liberal space to reports of the meetings, sometimes giving a column on the front page, with good headlines. In one town where the Bible in the public schools is an issue, the editor of the leading paper asked one of our ministers to write a series of articles on the subject. Another editor where one of our workers is located asked for an article each week on some phase of our message.

“The assistant managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner a short time ago wrote the following: ‘The convention held recently in Loma Linda has attracted considerable attention. At last the Seventh-day Adventists are employing strictly modern tactics by having a real, live press agent report the proceedings in the papers.’”

A brother in California, who lives in a place where only one paper is published, says:—

“I have been corresponding for this paper for more than a year, furnishing on an average more than one hundred lines a week relating to our work and our institutions, and the going and coming of Adventists here.

“Of course this is a small town, and to a large degree it is to the interest of the editor to publish this; but I have found the larger city papers as willing to publish anything that I have furnished them, provided, of course, that it had news value.

“I enjoy this line of work, and trust that these efforts will bring the truth, or a knowledge of it, before the people, which will be productive of good.”

Each of these writers speaks courage. There are several interesting points in their letters that ought to be helpful to our brethren in future efforts in writing for newspapers. There is no greater agency than the secular press for making our work and our doctrines known to the world, and our opportunities for using it are unlimited. Surely no one should hesitate about giving the message through this medium when it is here for our use, and every worker should do his best to gain the friendship of editors in order to open the way for the publication of his contributions.

The Central Union Conference Meeting

By I. H. EVANS

THE seventh biennial session of the Central Union Conference was held in College View, Nebr., February 8-14. Nearly every worker in the Central Union Conference was present at the opening meeting. The interest continued unabated till the close.

The institute work occupied the forenoons, closing Sabbath, February 12. In the afternoons the Central Union Conference held regular sessions. This enabled the union conference to get its report from its presidents and departmental secretaries at an early date. All the business of the conference was completed, with time to spare.

According to the president's report, 1,623 were baptized during the last biennial period. The conference resolved to undertake to increase its church membership by 1,800 during the year 1916. This will mean a mighty work set in operation; but if every worker will carry his share of the load, there is no question but that, with the blessing of God, these results can be obtained.

There has been an increase of $44,666.36 in tithe during the past two years. The mission offerings have been increased $35,347.57 over those for the last biennial period. This tithe and these offerings were paid in, notwithstanding the fact that there had been considerable activity in the field in securing donations

for Union College and the Clinton German Seminary.

Concerning the debt on Union College, the president said, “I am glad to say that provision has been made so that Union College will be out of debt for the first time in its history, as soon as all the pledges come in and the notes can be paid. For this we are grateful to God. We wish to thank our loyal people for the manner in which they have given of their means to make this possible.”

The Clinton German Seminary occupied considerable time and attention, and it was hoped that plans would be set in operation that would minimize the operating expenses, and thus place the seminary on a paying basis. It is believed, by nearly all who spoke concerning the question, that this school would be able to pay off its debt the present year.

The president further said: “The Central Union Conference Association has lessened its obligations $73,915.31 during the past two years by collecting its notes, and in other ways. We believe this policy should be continued. State conferences also, in the aggregate, have paid off thousands of dollars. It is clear that the Bible not only warns against debt making, but it also warns against encouraging debt making by becoming surety for the borrower. The divine precept is, ‘Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.’ . . . He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.”

Elder Underwood was reelected president of the conference. Elder J. W. Christian was elected secretary-treasurer, and most of the other officers were continued as before.

The meeting was a real blessing to many, and we believe the future will prove that the workers in the Central Union Conference are united in giving the message in a very definite form. Many spoke of the blessings they had received, and of their determination to work as never before. All in all, it was the best meeting we have ever had the privilege of attending in the Central Union Conference. I. H. EVANS.

Let ’It Be So

By W. S. Mead

LAST evening, in our missionary meeting, two of our more recently baptized brethren were relating experiences in canvassing in Calcutta for the new book, “The World’s Crisis.”

Brother Jacob, a Jew from Bagdad, who found and accepted this truth in Calcutta, was saying that since he began telling people plainly that it was a Seventh-day Adventist book, his sales had decidedly increased.

Brother Bonnaud said, “That is really unnecessary, because as soon as people understand that the book discusses the war from the Biblical standpoint, they know it is Seventh-day Adventist. Indeed, the people I meet seem to think the Bible itself is a Seventh-day Adventist book.” W. S. MEAD.

Holy Bible

By Mrs. E. M. Peebles

“Holy Bible, book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine;” Mine to cheer me when I’m sad, None like thee to make me glad; Precious guide to wayward feet, Breathing hope and comfort sweet, Breathing pardon full and free Through the blood of Christ to me.

Gems in mines of wealth untold, Richer far than mines of gold, Thou dost yield to seeker there Priceless promises so rare. Rays divine of heavenly love Streaming from the courts above, Light our pathway through the gloom; Guide us safe while traveling home. Voice of God to heart of mine,— Other voices not like thine, Earthly voices, lead astray,— Ever true, thou lead’st the way; Through this earthly wilderness Thou art ours to cheer and bless.

“Holy Bible, book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine.” MRS. E. M. PEEBLES.

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