p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 10. (3/9/1911)

Earlier text: Canvassers for Foreign Fields

Dr. Nicola’s Death and Knoxville Institute

The Atlantic Union paper brings particulars of the death of Dr. C. C. Nicola, of Attleboro, Mass., who was lost overboard from a steamship, returning from the Bermuda Islands, where he had been to accompany a patient. Dr. Nicola was formerly connected with the New England Sanitarium, at Melrose, in its earlier days. The sorrowing family and friends have our sympathy in this sudden bereavement.

Good reports come from the ministerial institute now in progress in Knoxville, Tenn. The blessing of the Lord is with the workers as they unite in study and prayer for preparation for stronger service. The work in the South shows most encouraging growth.

China Missionary Work and Protestant Testimony

HERE is a word from Elder I. H. Evans, written from China in a personal letter to his own family, but speaking of the facts that stir all our hearts:—

“Truly, if God ever went out before this people, he is going out before us now. We have thirty companies of believers where a foreign worker never spent a week.”

The time has come for the message to go, and the Lord is making bare his arm. And how our workers long for more men and more means to meet the calls! What gives them courage, under God, is the thought of the believers in the home lands who will never cease to pray and work for the missionary cause.

The Protestant Magazine for the current quarter is out, with its pages filled again with strong Protestant testimony. The quotations given from quarter to quarter from historical documents are particularly valuable for preservation. Protestant workers outside of our denomination are speaking good words for this journal.

A Study of Principles

WITH this number we begin a series of articles from Brother D. E. Robinson,—“A Study of Principles.” These may be followed with much profit.

Appeal for Canvassers for Foreign Fields

ATTENTION is directed to the appeal for canvassers for foreign fields by Elder N. Z. Town, on page 20. There should be many whose hearts are ready to respond.

Death of Dr. Maria L. Edwards

By telegraphic message from Dr. S. P. S. Edwards, from St. Helena, Cal., we learn the sad news of the death of his wife, Dr. Maria L. Edwards, on February 28, of apoplexy. The sympathy of all will go out to Dr. Edwards in this great affliction. Our sister has for years been connected with the St. Helena Sanitarium and with our evangelistic medical work, in which department she was a strong laborer at general meetings and in the churches. We shall miss her services in this cause.

Offering for the Poor

The offering for the poor, to be made Sabbath, April 1, will appeal to every generous heart. Read the article from Elder W. T. Knox, regarding this offering, on page 12.

South African Union Conference Session

The fifth session of the South African Union Conference is to convene at Bloemfontein this month, the Natal and Cape conferences holding their annual meetings at the same time.

Hasten the Work

By W. T. Knox

In the Review of February 16 the report of the receipts by the General Conference Treasury on the $300,000 Fund showed an amount a trifle in excess of seventy thousand dollars. The readers will, without doubt, be interested to know that of this amount we have already sent sixty thousand dollars to the various mission fields to which appropriations from this fund have been made. This will prove a great source of encouragement to the brethren in the fields, and will enable them to supply a few of the needed homes, and start some of the enterprises that their work calls for.

However, this is only a beginning, being only a fifth of the amount that they are counting upon; and in order to save them from disappointment and discouragement, we in America should be doing our utmost to hasten the completion of this effort, and send forward, as early as possible, the full amount called for in this plan. W. T. Knox.

Sunday Bills Die with Congress

At twelve o’clock Saturday, March 4, the Sixty-first Congress closed, and all the Sunday bills and other religious measures pending in Congress, died with its expiration. Every Seventh-day Adventist should recognize in this the providence of God, and improve most earnestly the little time of respite again given us in which to teach the principles of religious liberty.

Justice Harlan on Sunday Observance

SPEAKING at the annual banquet of the Presbyterian Alliance of Washington last week, Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Court, severely scored society in this city for its Sunday teas and other functions. “I believe,” he said, “that the Sabbath day should be observed and kept holy by all classes of people; that only such labor as is necessary should be performed.” We hope he does not mean to revive the old spirit of religious compulsion when he adds: “The power of the Presbyterian Alliance is great, and it should be exerted toward the correction of these evil practises.”

Standard of Attainment Examinations

OUR Seventh-day Adventist young people are encouraged by the Missionary Volunteer Department to reach a definite standard of knowledge in Bible doctrines and denominational history. The examinations for “Standard of Attainment” are given twice each year, and all who pass these tests become “Members of Attainment.” One of the semiannual examinations is given in March, and all young people who desire to take the tests should apply at once to their church elder. He will obtain the questions from the conference Missionary Volunteer secretary.

California-Nevada Conference Divided

The California-Nevada Conference, at its recent meeting, was divided into three conferences, for the better working of the vast territory. One of these conferences has called to its presidency Elder E. W. Farnsworth, who has been laboring in Battle Creek. The church in that place will feel his loss keenly; for his ministry to them has been richly blessed:

Death of Mrs. Uriah Smith

We learn of the death, on February 27, at Battle Creek, Mich., of Mrs. Uriah Smith, widow of one of the pioneer laborers in this cause, Elder Uriah Smith, and sharer with him in pioneering experiences in the early days. From her pen came the first poem printed in the first volume of the REVIEW, a hymn of Sabbath praise (reprinted in our issue of March 3, last year). Again we are reminded of the wonderful workings of divine power in the growth of this message since the first little companies of believers began to gather round its standard.

Fourth Sabbath Home Missionary Service

The suggestive program for the fourth Sabbath home missionary service, on page 20, contains some valuable suggestions for those who desire to labor among their neighbors. It should be used in all our churches on the date indicated.