THIS implies cleanliness of the person. If some who presume to teach were not proverbial for their slovenliness, I would not dwell on this point. But here I must be allowed great plainness of speech, even at the expense of incurring the charge of excessive nicety; for it is by attending to a few little things that one becomes a strictly neat person.
The morning ablution, then, should never be omitted, and the comb for the hair and brush for the clothes should always be called into use before the teacher presents himself to the family, or to his school. Most teachers would very much promote their own health by washing the whole surface of the body every morning in cold water. This is now done by very many of the most enlightened teachers, as well as by others. When physiology is better understood, this practise will be far more general. To no class of persons is it more essential than to the teacher; for on account of his confinement, often in a poorly ventilated room with half a hundred children during the day, very much more is demanded of the exhalants in him than in others. His only safety is in a healthy action of the skin.
The teeth should be attended to. A brush and clean water have saved many a set of teeth. It is bad enough to witness the deplorable neglect of these important organs so prevalent in the community; but it is extremely mortifying to see a filthy set of teeth in the mouth of the teacher of our youth.
The nails, too, I am sorry to say, are often neglected by some of our teachers, till their ebony tips are anything but ornamental. This matter is made worse, when, in the presence of the family or of the school, the penknife is brought into requisition to remove that which should have received attention at the time of washing in the morning. The teacher should remember that it is a vulgar habit to pare or clean the nails while in the presence of others, and especially during conversation with them.
The teacher should be neat in his dress. I do not urge that his dress should be expensive. His income ordinarily will not admit of this. He may wear a very plain dress, but it should not be in any way singular in its fashion. All I ask is that his clothing should be in good taste, and always clean. A slovenly dress, covered with dust or spotted with grease, is never so much out of its proper place as when it clothes the teacher.
— Selected.
Cedar Lake (Mich.) Industrial Academy
By W. C. MATHEWSON
Since our last report we have been specially favored of God in the matter of spiritual blessings. The week of prayer was a precious season to us. We endeavored to make it a week of prayer indeed. Our chapel exercises were all devotional, and instead of limiting these periods to thirty minutes as ordinarily, we dispensed with three recitations, continuing them thirty minutes more. The spirited testimonies following the readings, indicated a desire to seek a “city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Not only in the academy, but also in the dormitory special services were held. The regular worship, morning and evening, was carried on as usual, and then, immediately after dinner each day, all met for prayer. Three separate meetings were held,—the boys, the girls, and the faculty, each meeting by themselves.
Since our vacation in December the enrolment has increased from seventy-three to ninety. I wondered what the effect would be of the new, unconverted students upon the spiritual condition of the school; but I have ceased to wonder. Not only have some of the new ones been converted, but the religious fervor of some of the old students has increased.
The active part that our students have taken in the Friday evening prayer-meetings has left its impression upon visitors. One brother from the northern part of the State, who had a daughter in the school, made our school a visit of several days’ duration before going to his new home in Arizona. Soon after meeting closed, he remarked to me that he could go away happy now, knowing that his daughter was in such good company. If all Seventh-day Adventist parents had such confidence in our schools, and would plan and work accordingly, what an unprecedented prosperity would attend our educational work! The present dearth of laborers would cease to exist.
It is a common thing, after a devotional meeting in which the hand of one or more has been raised for prayers, to see a few students in a corner of the chapel or in a room in the dormitory, praying for that student. This service is voluntary on their part. Such students are missionaries in the most practical way, and glorious in the result.
To illustrate God’s care for our young people, I will relate the following incident: One young man who has recently entered our school, was led to do this by means of dreams. In one of them he saw the Cedar Lake Academy dormitory, although he did not know at the time what it was. Upon coming here he recognized the building. This student has joyfully given his heart to God.
While none of our schools are perfect, and mistakes are sometimes made, yet one thing is evident: they are the Lord’s institutions, under his constant protection and watch-care. He dwells in these schools to mold the lives of students and teachers, that new laborers may enter the harvest to finish the work. Parents, what are your plans for the education of your children? What school are they going to attend next year?
W. C. MATHEWSON.
The Nashville (Tenn.) Agricultural and Normal Institute
By E. A. SUTHERLAND
WHEN we look around us and see the great work that we came here to do, we are inclined to become impatient by the delays made necessary by the building of our school plant. We long for the time to come when we may give our entire time and strength to the preparation of teachers who will go to the people of the South with a system of education that will lead many to the knowledge of the message.
Last year we enrolled over eighty students in the training departments. Our family numbers over fifty this year. The church-school enrollment is not included in this.
The farm mission schools which have been established by teachers trained in the school at Madison are making progress. Two new ones have recently been started. One of these has been established in Cuba by Brother Guy Holmes, of Milton Junction, Wis., and the other at Fountainhead, Tenn., by Brother Broden Mulford, who has been assisting in building up the Alden farm mission school at Ridgetop, Tenn. Miss Bessie Kinsman, of Austin, Minn., one of our students, has joined, as a teacher, the school we started in Cuba two years ago. Brother John Hohn and wife, of Spokane, Wash., have recently connected with the two teachers who have been conducting the mission school at Paradise Ridge, Tenn. During the last year a number of families from the North have entered the South as self-supporting workers.
I believe that it is quite well known that the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute depends upon the products of its farm to meet its operating expenses. In this we have not been disappointed during the past year, although we have suffered the effects of a very severe drought.
We recently enjoyed a visit from Elders A. G. Daniells and W. C. White, and Prof. Frederick Griggs. A part of the time was spent in carefully looking over the school enterprise, and some plans were made which will be a great help in completing the work.
A full report was given by the school to the Southern Union Conference delegates at Nashville, covering much of the work done during the past three years. It seemed to be the general impression after listening to the report, that a strong effort should be made to enable the school to complete its work of erecting buildings as soon as possible.
It is over three years since we began the establishment of the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute. During this time, we have carried on the regular school work, erected all the buildings with our own hands, solicited the money with which the building material has been purchased, and at the same time have developed and cultivated a worn-out farm, from which we have produced sufficient to meet the operating expenses of the school. This work could be greatly lightened if we were not obliged to take so much of our help to erect the buildings, and if we did not have to enter the field to secure money for building material.
We are praying that God will stir the hearts of all who are interested in this work to assist us to finish our buildings during the year 1908. Then we could devote our time and strength to the training of teachers, and the starting of farm mission schools. This is one of the best methods of reaching a multitude of souls with the message.
The teachers and students of our school have banded together to do their utmost to complete the task of building by Dec. 31, 1908. At the school one often hears the words, spoken earnestly and in faith, “Let us finish by Dec. 31, 1908.”
We believe there are many who will co-operate with us in this movement, and help us to accomplish this work during the present year.
E. A. SUTHERLAND.
Laurelwood Industrial School, Gaston, Ore.
By R. W. Airey
THE week of prayer was an occasion long to be remembered. In harmony with the suggestion of the General Conference, sometime before the beginning of the week of prayer service the consecrated young men met in one place, the young ladies in another, and the members of the faculty in still another, to present their supplications and prayers to our Heavenly Father for his blessing; and he heard and answered those prayers. The Spirit of the Lord came into our meetings, and they were seasons of refreshing.
On one occasion every heart in the congregation was touched. Forty came forward, confessed their sins, and consecrated themselves to the Lord’s service. Many of them had never made any profession before, and they had good experiences. It was a wonderful meeting, and the effect upon our school is very noticeable. To the Lord belongs all the glory. A short time after the meeting sixteen souls were buried with their Lord in baptism, and a number of others hope soon to go forward in the ordinance.
R. W. AIREY.
Recommendations Voted at the Third Biennial Session of the Central Union Conference
Plans for the Educational Work
RECOMMENDATION 1 — NORMAL TRAINING AND MODEL CHURCH-SCHOOL
“Whereas, There is need of many more well-equipped church-schools, as shown by the fact that fifty more schools might have been started the past year in the Central Union Conference if suitable teachers could have been found, therefore,—
“Resolved, That we commend the efforts of the college in establishing a normal training department, and we recommend the board of managers of these two schools to unite upon a basis, just and equitable to both, in maintaining a thoroughly equipped church-school that shall serve as a model in the training of teachers for the Central Union Conference and the world; and upon the adoption of this recommendation by the Central Union Conference, we recommend the appointment of a committee of five to prepare a definite plan for such union, to be submitted to the respective Boards of these two institutions.
RECOMMENDATION 2 — PERMANENT SUMMER SCHOOL
“Resolved, (1) That we approve the plans presented to this conference by the faculty of Union College for the establishment of a permanent summer school under the joint management of the college and the educational department of the union conference, and we recommend the officers of the college and of the conference to unite in speedily completing the details of the plan, that announcements may soon be issued for the next summer’s session; (2) that we recommend the State conferences to send their teachers to this summer school as far as practicable, and also to hold shorter conference institutes in the interests of their local work.
RECOMMENDATION 3 — MANAGEMENT OF INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS
“Whereas, Our intermediate schools, struggling with local influences and prejudices, are unable to do the most efficient work, therefore,—
“Resolved, That these schools be organized and managed by a Board consisting of three local members, the conference president, and the church-school superintendent.
RECOMMENDATION 4 — INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
“In view of the great educational and moral value of manual and industrial training, as advocated and practised by the most eminent modern educators, and as revealed to this people through the spirit of prophecy thirty-five years ago, and continually kept before us from that time until the present, be it therefore,—
“Resolved, (1) That we deplore our slowness in carrying out this instruction, and urge our teachers to prepare themselves to teach these subjects, and exhort parents and school boards to encourage their efforts by providing facilities for executing these plans; (2) that our State conferences support their superintendents in preparing themselves to give instruction in manual training to their teachers; (3) that we approve and commend the board of trustees of Union College for introducing manual training into the normal department, and we urge them to enlarge the operations of the college in gardening and fruit raising, and to provide a building and facilities for the industries that were deprived of a place of operation by the recent fire; (4) that we pledge to the Board the moral and financial support of the union conference in carrying out these most important plans.
RECOMMENDATION 5 — READING CIRCLE WORK
“Resolved, That as far as possible uniform plans for teachers’ Reading Circle work be adopted in the Central Union Conference, that the Central Union Conference Educational Secretary and the conference superintendents constitute a committee to select books and prepare the work, and that Reading Circle work be added to the list of subjects for teachers’ examinations.
RECOMMENDATION 6 — TEACHERS’ EXAMINATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
“Concerning the examination of teachers and granting of certificates, we would recommend the following:—
“(1) That uniform examinations for teachers’ certificates be prepared and issued yearly or oftener by the educational secretary of the Central Union Conference in consultation and co-operation with the State conference superintendents; (2) that three grades of certificates and a special permit be provided; namely, First Grade, good for three years; Second Grade, good for two years; Third Grade, good for one year; Special Permit, to meet emergencies; the standard of each and the form of certificate to be determined by joint action of the union conference educational secretary and the conference superintendents; and the special permit to be granted by the respective conference superintendents; (3) that the times for holding the teachers’ examinations in each conference be determined by the union conference and the conference superintendent; (4) that teachers’ certificates be signed by the educational secretary of the union conference and the president and superintendent of the local conference; (5) that the manner of holding teachers’ examinations be left to the educational secretary of the union conference and the conference superintendents.
RECOMMENDATION 7 — CHURCH-SCHOOL DIPLOMAS
“We recommend, (1) That the Central Union Conference Examining Board prepare the examination questions for the pupils completing any branch of study in church and intermediate schools; and that they issue appropriate grade cards for such branches of study; (2) that the Central Union Conference issue church-school diplomas to all who satisfactorily complete the work of eight grades in the church-school, such diplomas to be signed by the educational secretary of the Central Union Conference, the superintendent of the State conference, and the teacher of the local school; (3) that the time of holding the above-mentioned examinations shall be arranged between the conference superintendent and the local teachers; (4) that before the appointed time of examination, the conference superintendent shall send to the chairman of each school board desiring to hold an examination, sealed questions, to be opened by the chairman or his substitute and the teacher in the presence of the candidates when the examination is ready to begin; and that the questions shall be answered by the candidates in the presence of the examining board, without communication and without assistance or explanation from any source; (5) that the papers of the students shall be sent to the conference superintendent, who shall choose such assistants as he may need, shall examine the papers, and shall determine who are entitled to certificates; (6) that the superintendent keep permanent records of the result of these examinations in every subject.
RECOMMENDATION 8 — EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS
“Whereas, A number of requests have already been received for copies of papers read before the Union Conference Educational Convention, and,—
“Whereas, Many of our people scattered throughout our conference desire to keep in touch with the advance moves made in our educational work, therefore,—
“Resolved, That the Central Union Conference Educational Secretary arrange for the printing in tract form of such educational papers as in his judgment will meet these demands.
RECOMMENDATION 9 — SECOND TITHE
“Resolved, That we recommend to our conference and church officers and to our church people everywhere, the favorable consideration of the adoption of the second tithe for the support of our church-schools, and other lines of home missionary work.”
Notes
PROF. C. B. HUGHES, principal of the West Indian Training-school, located at Riverdale, Jamaica, writes that their school is prospering as well as could be expected.
The Upper Columbia Conference is establishing an intermediate school near Boise, Idaho. Plans are being prepared for the building, and it is expected to open a fully equipped school next fall.
The intermediate school building for the Virginia Conference, located at New Market, Va., is rapidly nearing completion. While it will not be possible to open the school for regular work this year, yet it is expected that everything will be in perfect order for a successful year’s work next fall.
Brother R. B. Clapp, who is in charge of the Tunesassa Intermediate School, located at Tunesassa, N. Y., says that the total enrolment for this year is thirty. An excellent spirit is prevailing among the students, as they seem to realize to quite an extent the purpose of their school work, and are endeavoring to make the most of their opportunities. Plans are being made for increasing the capacity of the school.
The funds for the Latin Mission School are beginning to come in. Many of our schools are making a very earnest effort to provide this sister school with funds with which to erect buildings in which they can more properly carry on their work. If all the intermediate and training-schools respond with an average of one dollar a student, there will be sufficient funds raised to erect these buildings. We trust that an earnest effort will be made to provide the means by which the buildings can be erected this coming summer.
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WANTED.—By Adventist, a brother Adventist with a sawmill to saw lumber on his place. Correspondence solicited. Address Luther Morris, R. F. D. 4, Aurora, Ore.
FOR SALE.—Seeds and Bulbs. I have moved my seed business from Blencoe to Onawa, and will send 15 packages of flower or 15 of vegetable seed for 25 cents; both collections, 50 cents. Selection price list, free. Address H. F. Lamb, Onawa, Iowa.
WANTED.—One or more traveling salesmen for Pacific Coast territory, experienced in handling health foods or kindred lines. Must be Seventh-day Adventists. References required. Address H. H. Haynes, 105 Sixth St., Portland, Ore.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS.—If you are raising berries for a near market or raising plants to sell, you should try the Highland. Be a leader in your section, and get the Highland. Address Geo. Jorgensen & Son, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.
FOR SALE.—Two hundred single-comb R. I. Red Pullets; $10 per half dozen; also eggs for hatching; price, fifteen eggs for $1.25 or $6 per hundred. Address J. A. Miller, Superintendent South Lancaster Academy Poultry Farm, South Lancaster, Mass.
FOR SALE.—Healthful mountain home; 47 acres, 15 cleared; two houses, one new; fruit, good water; good mule, cow, two heifers, chickens, new wagon, farm tools; household goods, including piano, new range; $1,500 cash. Address D. E. Davis, Borden Springs, Ala.
WANTED.—Partner to invest $2,000 to $3,000, ½ interest in mill and box factory. Center great fruit district (Oregon). Rail and water transportation. Must be Seventh-day Adventist man with reference. Address W. A. Dimick, 509 West Eighteenth St., Vancouver, Wash.
FOR SALE.—Pleasant home in the celebrated Santa Clara Valley: 3 acres; 4-room house and new barn, water piped to both; choice family orchard, rich soil; near prosperous railroad town, having Seventh-day Adventist church. Price, $1,200. Address M. H. Brown, Morganhill, Cal.
FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound; Olive-oil, $2.50 a gallon; 50 pounds Cocoanut Oil, $7.50; Vegetable Cooking Oil, 10 pounds, $1.10; 60 pounds, $6. Cash with order. All absolutely pure. If west of the Rockies, write us. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—We have just received a large number of beautiful imported Bible Cards direct from the land of art for the homes. We will mail twelve different cards to any address on receipt of $1. All have a bouquet of flowers, as well as large silver letters. Address H. A. Co., Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.
SOUTHERN California honey lacks some of its usual fine flavor this year, but what we have to offer gives good satisfaction. The product produced from No. 1 Spanish peanuts, namely, Royal Peanut Butter, is at its best. Write for quotations. Address Cleveland Health Food Co., 112 Central Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
WANTED.—Seeds, bulbs, plants, etc. The Graysville Sanitarium at Graysville, Tenn., is in position to make good use of flower and vegetable seeds, plants, bulbs, vines, etc. With considerable ground to improve, and with limited means, it feels warranted in giving others an opportunity to assist in this way. Address as above.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $7; crate of 8 one-gal. cans, 80 cents a gal.; 64 cents a gal. in ½ bbl. and bbl. lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. shipped direct from factory at Louisville, Ky. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Box 442, Louisville, Ky.
MRS. P. A. HALBERT again offers seed of the Sweet Yellow Ground Cherry, a little fruit ripening in one season, for 5 cents a packet; also a fine early, pole Lima Bean for 15 cents a packet. Ordinary vegetable and flower seeds, only 3 cents a packet; some sent free. Mrs. Halbert is a widow over 82 years of age—saves her own seed. Will appreciate orders. Please enclose a self-addressed and stamped envelope. Address Mrs. P. A. Halbert, Taylor, Cortland Co., N. Y.31
FOR SALE.—57 acres,—43 acres improved,—good soil, good 9-room house, basement barn, buggy shed, windmill, fruit for family use. Close to Seventh-day Adventist church. For price and particulars, address, with stamp, Orlie Cook, R. F. D. 27, Osseo, Mich.
FOR SALE.—Farm, 115 acres, 1 mile from town, three fourths under cultivation, rest timber; new 5-room house, cemented cellar, large barn, never-failing spring, fenced and cross-fenced; Stock and implements go with place; also large 5-room residence in town. Address Box 25, Graysville, Tenn.
WANTED.—Experienced man for dairy farm—good milker, a Christian, Seventh-day Adventist. Church-school for children. Steady work. References required. Also wish to find one or two homeless children. Correspondence solicited. Address A. P. Fitch, Kendall Creek Station, Bradford, Pa.
DIABETIC GLUTEN FLOUR, WAFERS, etc., are invaluable for sufferers from diabetes. We manufacture a complete line of Health Foods, Nut Foods, Vegetarian Meat, Nut Cheese, etc. Send for prices. Five gallons Vegetable Cooking Oil, $3.75. Address Iowa Sanitarium Food Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Buff and White Orpington eggs, $2 for 15. A few Buff cockerels and Barred Plymouth Rock hens left, at $1 each. We have shipped successfully to all parts of the United States. Order early, or you will not be able to get eggs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address Union College Poultry Yards, College View, Neb.
BIG BARGAIN!—Sanitarium and City Hospital, only place in town of 10,000 for the sick. Ideal chance for physician or man and wife graduate nurses. Free rent, free water, and $500 to $700 a year bonus; business paying well. Legitimate reasons for selling. Worth investigating. Seventh-day Adventist institution. All or ½ interest, with entire management. Address Sanitarium, 3252 Beresford Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Notice for Missouri
By D. U. Hale
PREPARATIONS are being made for our canvassers’ institute at Nevada, Mo. Brother Surber thinks he will be able to rent a vacant house, and the canvassers, by bringing bedding with them, will be able to make themselves quite comfortable. Each one who delivers two hundred dollars’ worth of books will have his car fare from his home to the institute and thence to his field of labor, with $1.50 a week while at the institute, refunded to him. It is the intention of the conference to make the institute of no expense to the canvasser who canvasses. All it will cost him is his time while there. The institute will be held from March 6 to 29. We would be glad if every one who intends to canvass in the State the coming summer would be at the first meeting and would stay until the last. The canvassing work is an important work, and we wish to see our canvassers go out filled with the Spirit of God, and with a power attending them that will not only sell the books, but will make such an impression upon the people that it will cause them to read the books. Further information may be had from W. F. Surber, or from the writer, at 1109 East Twelfth St., Kansas City, Mo.
D. U. HALE.
Notice!
By Allen Moon
THE fourth biennial session of the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the South Side, Forty-sixth Street, Seventh-day Adventist church, in the city of Chicago, March 17-29 inclusive, to elect officers, a board of trustees for the Lake Union Conference Association, a constituency for Emmanuel Missionary College, and to transact any other business coming within its sphere.
For Executive Committee Lake Union Conference,
ALLEN MOON, President.
Instructions to Delegates to the Lake Union Conference, in Chicago
By L. D. SANTEE
No matter which station you arrive at, go to State Street (it is easily found by inquiry), take the State Street car south to Forty-sixth Street, leave the car and walk one and one-half blocks east to the church, where your rooms will be assigned you. Leave your trunks at the station until you have your room, when your baggage can be delivered direct to its destination. On the sixteenth and seventeenth the delegates from a distance will be met at the different stations by young men wearing the badge, L. U. C., and will be cordially welcomed.
L. D. SANTEE,
Chairman of Reception Committee.
The Spring Term at Union College
By C. C. Lewis
THE spring term at Union College opens Wednesday, March 4. Classes will begin in moral science, algebra, physical geography, commercial law, botany, denominational history, and Daniel and the Revelation. In music, typewriting, and bookkeeping individual work is done. There are over one hundred classes running through the year and to choose from. This is the best time of the year for study. It is especially convenient for teachers who have finished a winter's term of school. After the term closes, private instruction may be obtained until the summer school of six weeks opens June 23. Descriptive circulars will soon be ready, and may be obtained by addressing the writer, at College View, Neb.
C. C. LEWIS.
St. Helena Sanitarium Training-School
THE next training-class for missionary nurses begins April 6, 1908. We desire to correspond with consecrated young people who desire a training as missionary workers. Exceptional opportunities for experience offered to persons of promise. Address Dr. H. F. Rand, or Mrs. S. J. Whitney, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
Notice!
By W. W. PRESCOTT
NOTICE is hereby given that the fifth annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association of Washington, D. C., will be held in the South Side Seventh-day Adventist church, Chicago, Ill., on Monday, March 23, 1908, at 9 A. M., for the election of officers for the coming year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The following persons are members of this corporation: those composing the executive committees of the General Conference, the Atlantic Union Conference, the Canadian Union Conference, the Lake Union Conference, and the Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists; those who compose the executive committees of the several local conferences of Seventh-day Adventists within the territory of the afore-mentioned union conferences; those who compose the board of trustees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association; and such persons as have received certificates of membership in said association. As large an attendance of the membership as possible is desired.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
W. W. PRESCOTT, President.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Notice!
The Southern Publishing Association of Seventh-day Adventists is now ready to furnish certificates of membership to former stockholders in the Southern Publishing Association who have assigned their stock in that association, and who will write to us before July 1, 1908, stating that they desire certificates of membership in the new association. Address the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Obituaries
CORNELISON.—Died at the home of his parents, near New Castle, Wyo., Jan. 20, 1908, of congestion of the liver, Lester Cornelison, aged 2 years and 19 days. Lester was sick for three weeks. He was laid away to rest by the side of his sister, to await the coming of Jesus.
Grace Tillotson.
HARSH.—Died at North Bellingham, Wash., Jan. 5, 1908, of tuberculosis, Brother Alfred James Harsh, aged 58 years, 3 months, and 20 days. After thorough study, he accepted the Sabbath truth a few weeks before his death. His faith in Christ was firm until the last. He leaves a wife, one son, one daughter, four grandchildren, and many friends to mourn their loss. The funeral sermon was preached by a Presbyterian minister.
Walter Quimby.
PLUM.—Died at Coldwater, Mich., Dec. 5, 1907, of pneumonia, Daniel L. Plum, in his seventy-eighth year. He and his companion embraced the third angel's message under the labors of Elder I. D. Van Horn. During the last three years he lived with his daughter, Mrs. A. S. Parker, at whose home his sudden death occurred. He left the best of evidence to his loved ones that he rests in hope. Two children survive their father's death. A brief service was held at the home, conducted by the Baptist minister of this city, after which his remains were taken to Wakeman, Ohio, for interment by the side of his companion, who had preceded him by twelve years.
H. Nicola.
WINTERS.—Died at his home in River Sioux, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1908, Brother Robert Winters. He was born in England, March 1, 1816, was converted at the age of sixteen years, and joining the Methodist Church, he preached for them for a time, then came to America. Hearing the doctrine of the soon coming of Christ as preached by William Miller and his colaborers, he accepted it, returned to England and preached the same there. As a result, large numbers believed in Christ as their Saviour, and he had the pleasure of baptizing in one lake seven hundred souls. Returning again to America, after a number of years he heard the faith of Seventh-day Adventists preached. He accepted it, and died with a triumphant faith in his Saviour. Words of comfort and admonition were spoken by the writer from Rev. 21:7. The remains were taken to Magnolia for interment.
A. F. Ferguson.
NELSON.—Died near Newark, Wis., Feb. 1, 1908, Edward Oscar Nelson, aged 80 years, 3 months, and 28 days. Brother Nelson was born in Dryden Township, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in the year 1827, and in an early day came to Wisconsin. About forty years ago he accepted the truths of the message, and died in the blessed hope. Eight children are deprived of a father's love and counsel. John 14:19 was the basis of remarks at the funeral. We laid him to rest in the Avon Cemetery.
W. W. Stebbins.
BALDWIN.—Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna Farrell, at East Emporium, Pa., Jan. 27, 1908, of consumption, Charles B. Baldwin, aged 69 years and 25 days. Nearly fifteen years ago, after reading “Early Writings,” he accepted the third angel's message. He was engaged in canvassing when taken sick. He leaves one daughter and one grandson. His remains were laid to rest near his old home at Duke Center, Pa. Words of comfort were spoken by the Methodist minister, from 1 Thess. 4:12-18.
Mrs. Clara Loop.
EVRARD.—Fell asleep in Jesus, in Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 19, 1908, of consumption, Ida Evrard, née Vandervelle, aged 22 years, 5 months, and 4 days. During revival meetings which were held in the Tabernacle, and conducted by Elder Luther Warren, she and her husband were both baptized, and united with the church. In her closing days she gave clear evidence that it was well with her, and that she will have a part in the resurrection of the just. She leaves a husband, a father, three brothers, and other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder G. W. Amadon.
A. C. Bourdeau.
SKILLING.—Died at her home at Valley City, N. D., Jan. 21, 1908, of pneumonia, Lena Alice Skilling, née Grave, aged 31 years, 4 months, and 3 days. She accepted present truth while visiting her mother at her childhood home, in the summer of 1906, and remained true to the end. A little baby boy, aged 4 days, who died January 22, was laid to rest with his mother. Sister Skilling's life was full of suffering, but she was ever a patient and loving wife and mother. She was a woman of the highest Christian virtues. She leaves a husband, five children, a mother, five sisters, three brothers, and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer at the home of Sister Skilling's mother at Long Lake, Minn.
W. A. Alway.
BARTLETT.—Died at Lapwai, Idaho, Jan. 14, 1908, Brother J. Bartlett, aged 87 years and 14 days. The evening of the fourteenth he went after the cows, and as he did not return, his family began searching for him. It was not until three o'clock in the morning that they found him. His eyesight had been failing for some time, and it is thought that while hunting his way home, he slipped and fell over the bluff. His head struck on a rock, and he must have been killed instantly. In 1863, under the labors of Moses Hull, he accepted the truths held by Seventh-day Adventists, and from that time till the day of his death he was a faithful worker in the cause of present truth. He was a brickmason by trade, and during the first ten years of his work in the cause he would work during the summer at his trade and through the winter hold meetings. In 1864 he was ordained to the gospel ministry. The Lord blessed his labors from the start, and to-day many are rejoicing in the truth as a result of his labors. A wife, four children,—two boys and two girls,—and about thirty grandchildren are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Rev. 14:13.
F. M. Oliver.
