p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 23. (6/9/1903)

Iowa Camp-Meeting at Colfax

Word from the Iowa camp-meeting at Colfax states that notwithstanding the almost continuous rains, the campers are all of good courage, and an excellent meeting is in progress. The camp-ground being high and rolling, the camp is kept reasonably dry. Much attention is being given at the meeting to the educational work, and a vote has been passed to establish an industrial school at Stuart, where citizens have donated property worth $3,000. A report of the meeting will be given later.

The Nunobiki Waterfall at Kobe

JAPAN is one of the most beautiful portions of the earth. Its plains and valleys, with their rich foliage, its hill slopes and forest-clad heights, its mountain peaks, towering above ravines noisy with waterfalls, with many other charms, give it a claim worthy of consideration. Our first-page cut gives us a glimpse of one of its most attractive spots, the Nunobiki Waterfall at Kobe, the city where our medical work has been established. That which appeals to us far more than the beauty of Japanese landscape, is the fact that precious souls are finding in God's Word new life, and in its Author the One altogether lovely.

What Do These Things Mean?

WHAT do these things mean? This is a very pertinent question in this country to-day, when the papers are filled with the accounts of disasters by flood and fire and storm. Such occurrences force this question upon the minds of many who experience their effects, or who read the published accounts, and Seventh-day Adventists should be on hand to improve the opportunity presented to give to the people the answer to the question which our literature contains. Why should not a special effort be made at such times to sell our literature to those to whom God's voice thus speaks in warning?

The Offering for July 4

By I. H. Evans

ARRANGEMENTS have been made for an offering to be taken Sabbath, July 4, for the work in Australia.

It needs no argument to convince any one who is at all familiar with the work in this important field that the laborers there are in great need. They have started various enterprises and institutions, all of which require more or less ready money. Droughts, hard times, and a small constituency limit their possibilities in raising money in that field; yet, perhaps, but few fields have ever been blessed with a people who have made greater sacrifices for the cause than our brethren in Australia have done.

Ten thousand dollars is called for by the Australasian Union Conference for their work the coming year. The General Conference Committee has voted that all of the July donation be consecrated to the work in that field. In order that we may have a liberal contribution on this occasion, we must lay our plans at once to secure the amount that each of us shall give.

The world will spend millions on this very Sabbath for pleasure and selfish gratification. Eating, drinking, gambling, dancing, and racing will be the program for the day. How fitting it is that God's people hold their means sacred, and at the very hour of these public amusements, with prayer and the song of praise ascending from their humble places of worship, seal their devotions with their thank offerings!

God loves a cheerful giver. Not only the large donations of the rich, but also the willing sacrifices of the poor, are acceptable to him.

Read carefully the articles in the REVIEW AND HERALD as they appear each week concerning the work in Australia, and give as God inclines your heart. May we not have a liberal donation, Sabbath, July 4, for this needy field?

I. H. EVANS.

To Those Who Have Money to Loan

By P. T. Magan

THE readers of the REVIEW will remember that in the issue of May 26 an elaborate statement appeared relative to the present status of the Battle Creek College property, the American Medical Missionary College, and the Missionary Acre Fund. In this statement is a provision that the Review and Herald Publishing Company should receive a promissory note for all the money due that institution on the old Battle Creek College account. This note has already been given, and is for something over nineteen thousand dollars.

The amount due the Review and Herald by the Battle Creek College was formerly over fifty thousand dollars, but large payments have been made during the last year or two, which have cut it down to the present figure. The note for nineteen thousand dollars is due Jan. 1, 1904. If paid at that time, the trustees of the Battle Creek College property receive the benefit of a reduction in the account, of over six thousand dollars. If the note is not paid at that time, this reduction will not be allowed.

As it will be impossible to pay off by means of donations the entire amount of nineteen thousand dollars, and at the same time take proper care of other creditors, some money will have to be borrowed with which to pay off a part of the account due the Review and Herald. This will not be increasing the debt, but will simply be making an exchange of obligations.

Therefore we ask those who may have money to loan at a low rate of interest, and who are disposed to loan it to us, kindly to correspond with the undersigned, at Berrien Springs, Mich., and we shall be glad to give further information relative to the security, and negotiate for the money.

P. T. MAGAN.

NUNOBIKI WATERFALL, KOBE, JAPAN
(“Outlook for Medical Missionary Work in Japan,” page 15) — NUNOBIKI WATERFALL, KOBE, JAPAN (“Outlook for Medical Missionary Work in Japan,” page 15)