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Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 6.

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Earlier text: The Southeastern Union Conference

Canvassers’ Summary for December, 1909

AGENTS HOURS ORDERS 1909 VALUE 1908 VALUE
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England 5 541 51 $492.05 $678.97
Southern New England 2 126 28 113.60 76.13
Maine 3 90 5 97.85 130.80
New York 4 119 6 33.00 169.45
Western New York 2 157 69 113.75 96.85
Greater New York 3 115 1 87.00 333.60
Vermont 3 190 58 129.85 40.40
Totals 22 1338 218 1067.10 1526.20
Columbia Union Conference
Ohio 16 1730 358 890.05 487.70
Eastern Pennsylvania 11 618 357 585.15 412.85
Chesapeake 9 510 190 311.75 436.90
New Jersey 6 258 74 158.85 504.40
West Virginia 3 147 22 96.75 388.51
West Pennsylvania 11 1171 468 1218.95 707.76
Virginia 4 201 96 136.15 122.15
Totals 60 4635 1565 3397.65 3060.27
Lake Union Conference
Wisconsin 7 538 474 852.70 106.80
Southern Illinois 10 394 63 208.25 440.05
Northern Illinois 3 168 80 272.80 306.90
West Michigan ... ... ... ... 87.50
Indiana 3 135 32 88.45 62.60
North Michigan 7 388 174 264.45 154.70
East Michigan 11 484 162 352.90 403.75
Totals 41 2107 985 2039.55 1562.30
Canadian Union Conference
Maritime .. ... ... .... 26.60
Newfoundland .. ... ... .... ...
Quebec .. ... ... .... 88.45
Ontario .. ... ... .... 19.25
Totals .. ... ... .... 134.30
Southern Union Conference
Alabama 15 1201 406 919.00 261.35
Kentucky 5 783 72 130.90 157.00
Louisiana 7 888 270 590.88 337.05
Mississippi 6 561 139 439.00 107.75
Tennessee River 11 1340 600 638.50 234.85
Totals 44 4773 1487 2718.28 1098.00
Southeastern Union Conference
Cumberland 6 417 136 207.80 789.35
Georgia 13 818 238 398.55 216.05
North Carolina 12 791 343 659.65 416.85
South Carolina 11 823 234 481.60 365.00
Florida 16 599 492 878.45 264.65
Totals 58 3448 1443 2626.05 2051.90
Southwestern Union Conference
Oklahoma 12 1337 196 731.50 424.00
Arkansas 12 548 65 152.00 127.80
Texas 21 863 199 868.60 74.25
West Texas 1 22 ... .50 27.25
New Mexico 1 54 72 42.50 349.45
Totals 47 2824 532 1795.10 1002.75
Central Union Conference
North Missouri 7 293 94 375.45 256.00
South Missouri 5 286 112 334.85 223.95
Kansas 20 1167 428 1692.25 1002.25
West Colorado 5 81 100 213.70 777.85
Colorado 4 395 125 424.80 435.05
Nebraska 6 146 84 211.50 1000.00
Wyoming 1 65 30 188.50 132.00
Totals 48 2433 973 3441.05 3827.10
Northern Union Conference
Minnesota 2 162 21 71.00 138.10
South Dakota 2 40 3 10.00 92.75
North Dakota ... ... ... .... 521.75
Iowa 3 162 79 253.75 349.45
Totals 7 364 103 334.75 1102.05
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta 1 ... 8 $16.00 ....
British Columbia 1 102 92 201.25 ....
Manitoba .. ... ... .... ....
Saskatchewan 1 14 8 16.00 ....
Totals 3 116 108 233.25 ....
North Pacific Union Conference
Western Washington 3 79 65 $243.20 $243.20
Western Oregon 2 46 21 371.65 420.85
Upper Columbia 3 298 91 668.35 225.65
Southern Idaho ... ... ... .... ....
Montana 3 226 71 270.75 ....
Alaska ... ... ... .... ....
Totals 11 649 248 1553.95 889.70
Pacific Union Conference
California-Nevada .. ... ... .... ....
Southern California .. ... ... .... 337.74
Arizona .. ... ... .... ....
Utah .. ... ... .... ....
Totals .. ... ... .... 337.74
Foreign
China Mission .. ... ... .... 362.05
British Union Conference 65 4711 1858 6004.34 5344.14
Scandinavian Union Conference 67 9356 7584 4181.37 3276.05
German and Russian union conf. 275 ... ... 6698.40 6730.20
Latin Union Conference 11 1887 5137 180.55 1286.10
South African Union Conference 20 986 516 1999.16 742.00
Australasian Union Conference 73 4455 1226 4652.97 4860.86
Philippine Islands 1 153 167 250.50 ....
Brazil 10 607 ... 508.00
Peru 6 ... ... 259.23
Chile 10 1649 ... 624.01 323.92
Argentina 10 410 142 243.00
Mexican Mission 7 567 465 951.57
West Indian Union Conference .. ... ... .... 355.55
Totals, North American union conferences $19,205.73 $16,592.31
Totals, foreign union conferences and mission fields 26,554.00 23,280.87
Grand totals $45,759.73 $39,873.18

Comparative Summary

1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
January $14,000.00 $21,000.00 $26,325.50 $25,929.06 $40,677.06
February 10,000.00 15,000.00 26,369.61 30,466.40 48,748.21
March 12,000.00 18,000.00 36,253.65 36,390.09 52,703.65
April 16,000.00 24,000.00 35,276.76 43,858.29 55,109.54
May 24,000.00 37,000.00 51,097.51 67,455.44 82,971.94
June 31,000.00 46,000.00 65,317.23 82,878.67 124,412.34
July 35,000.00 52,218.04 75,691.57 120,973.89 95,445.21
August 24,000.00 36,555.39 46,590.68 66,946.38 71,652.97
September 15,000.00 22,038.63 32,503.48 51,148.56 55,625.41
October 18,000.00 26,382.61 40,646.45 62,719.91 52,670.03
November 21,000.00 43,733.16 30,016.77 53,787.31 49,964.99
December 17,000.00 29,756.47 25,361.54 39,873.18 45,759.73
Totals $237,000.00 $371,684.30 $491,450.75 $682,427.18 $775,741.08

Notes of Progress

By E. R. P.

This summary closes up the records for 1909, which has been the most successful year in the history of our publishing work. This is the largest and most complete summary we have ever published for the month of December. Pausing only to thank God for his goodness, we take courage and press onward.
A letter from Brother Carl E. Weaks, dated London, January 20, reports his safe arrival in the world's metropolis, after a stormy voyage. At the time of writing he expected to sail for India, February 4. Brother P. E. Poley, of England, one of the young men appointed to the work with Brother Weaks, expects to sail February 18.
The substantial gain shown in the reports from South Africa, South America, and Mexico are most gratifying; for they indicate that the Lord is greatly blessing the work of our pioneers, who are earnestly opening up and organizing the work in these countries. We who are laboring under more favorable conditions will certainly remember these fellow workers in our prayers.
We have before us two new health magazines. One, in the German language, is published by the International Publishing Association, College View, Neb., and is offered at the same price and discounts as our regular ten-cent magazines; the other, in Spanish, is published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Both are beautiful magazines. They are a credit to the publishers, and will doubtless fill an important place in their respective fields.
These reports contain a faithful record of our work in many of its features. Let us study them carefully to see how we stand as compared with previous years and with other territories. If the record shows a gain, our danger, perhaps, is greater than if it showed a loss; for there is danger that we will rest securely in the fact that we are making progress, and not put forth such an earnest effort as those who feel that their record of loss must be redeemed.
The comparative summary stands complete for the past five years. The total for each year shows only the total of orders for subscription books as reported. While they do not show actual sales, they do show the progress of the subscription-book work from year to year. The totals for the five years are as follows:— 1905 .................... $237,000.00 1906 .................... 371,684.30 1907 .................... 491,450.75 1908 .................... 682,427.18 1909 .................... 775,741.08 E. R. P.

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature.
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference.
E. R. PALMER - - - Secretary N. Z. TOWN - - - Assistant Secretary A. J. S. BOURDEAU - - Missionary Secretary

Current Mention

— A fire at Baltimore, Md., on February 1, destroyed property to the value of about $250,000.
— The wealth of France during the past year, according to statistics just published, has increased to the amount of $1,000,000,000.
— In New York, on January 24, the president of the Van Norden Trust Company was held up by two women and robbed of $28,600.
— At New York, on February 1, the banking-house of Fisk & Robinson, prominent among the houses dealing in government stocks and city bonds, failed, with liabilities approximating seven million dollars, of which more than one million is unsecured.
— Five persons were killed, and fifteen injured, as the result of the wreck of the Big Four night express, two miles west of Cincinnati, on January 22.
— On January 31, at Primero, Colo., seventy-nine miners lost their lives in an explosion in the main slope of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's mine.
— Advices from Mexico state that the Maya Indians are again on the warpath, and many settlers and employees of the chicle camps have been killed by the Indians.
— On January 21 a wreck occurred on the Canadian Pacific Railroad on Spanish River. In view of the fact that two of the cars thrown from the track went under the ice of the river, it has been difficult to give a certain list of the dead, but it is expected that the death total will reach fifty.
— The stewardship of the one-million-dollar Peabody Trust Fund has been given to the city of Nashville, Tenn. The money is granted for the purpose of establishing the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville.
— A report from Atlanta, Ga., dated January 31, states that night riders have killed one Negro in Columbus County, and have burned several Negro homes, and churches, four churches having been burned within a radius of eight miles.
— Recently the mayor of Indianapolis, Ind., imposed upon four saloon-keepers, who had been keeping their saloons open on Sunday, the penalty of attending church. The licenses of these men were revoked until they could procure from some pastor a letter stating that they had attended his church on Sunday.
— At Richmond, Va., on February 1, Gov. William H. Mann, in his inaugural address, put himself on record in regard to the liquor question by saying: “I reiterate my steadfast opposition to the saloon, and my confidence in the people of Virginia, who have the right to settle this question as to them shall seem best.”
— Representatives of the various provincial assemblies of China met in Peking recently to petition the government for the early establishment of a parliament. The government has refused the petition, and will adhere to its original plan of calling an Imperial Assembly at the end of nine years, according to the constitutional scheme.
— The great Paris flood has finally subsided, but no estimation of its damages approaching accuracy is possible. The extent to which the flood has undermined the city and the foundations of great buildings, only time will reveal. Along the valley of the Seine it is stated that at least 40,000 families have been left homeless, temporarily at least.
— Within the last five years, there have been found in and around Aberdeen, Wash., the bodies of more than forty men whose murders have been unsolved mysteries. The finding of a body on February 3, weighted down by an anchor belonging to an agent of the Sailor's Union at Aberdeen, has given a clue to the ones responsible for these deaths.
— As a result of the widely extended boycott against meats in the United States, the women of Pittsburg, Pa., have organized themselves into what is known as the Housekeepers' Co-operative Association. This association will open a series of general stores, procuring its articles of merchandise direct from farmers and other producers, and selling to the general public at a profit only sufficient to cover the expense of the enterprise.
— After what threatened to be a tariff war between the United States and Germany an agreement has been reached whereby each country is to accord to the other her minimum tariff rate. The German regulations relating to the importation of American meat into Germany, and the German customs rules governing the drawback of duty allowed on flour when exported from Germany, are treated as questions aside from the main issue, and will be settled independently.

Business Notices

By Editor

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
No advertisements of “agents wanted,” and no “promotion” or “colonization” enterprises will be printed in this column. Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
Help Wanted.—We are desirous of securing the services of ten graduate or trained nurses at once. Apply St. Helena Sanitarium, Sanitarium, Cal.
Baker Wanted.—The Nebraska Sanitarium, College View, Neb., is in need of a first-class baker, one who understands hygienic cooking and the preparation of nut foods. Address D. R. Callahan, College View, Neb.
Hygienic Vegetable Cooking Oil.—The oil used by our people. 5 gal., $3.80; 10 gal., $7.30. Can crated. ½ bbl. (about 32 gal.), 68 cents a gal. By freight from Louisville, Ky. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wanted.—A good, healthy, strong single man to work 8 months on farm; will pay $25 a month, including board and washing. Must be Seventh-day Adventist, and start work on or before April 1. Ezra C. Clark, R. F. D. 2, Berthold, N. D.
Wanted at Once.—A steady single man for farm and dairy work. Must be a good milker and like to do chores. Church ¼ mile distant. Board furnished. Good wages to the right man. Address F. M. Shepherd, Wakeman, Ohio.
For Sale.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely; 5-gal. can, $3.65; 10-gal. can, $7.15; ½ bbl. (50 gal.), 69 cents a gal.; 1 bbl. (50 gal.), 68 cents a gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
For Sale.—Near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, a small property consisting of two lots and house furnished with water-system, gas, and electricity; situated on the car line, one block from the college. Address U. S. Clymer, Berrien Springs, Mich.
Wanted.—Competent farm hand, good with horses. Will pay $25 a month year round. State age and experience. Applicants must send two or more names for reference of their ability and usefulness. Sabbath-keeper preferred. John D. Baer, Rushville, Neb.
Strawberry Plants.—The best standard and new varieties. For only 10c and the address of one party that wants strawberry plants, we will give you a year’s subscription to Fruitman and Garden. For free catalogue, address Lake View Nursery, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.
For Sale.—Eight-room cottage, bath, etc. Corner lot, 60 x 180 ft., facing Fernando Academy. Cement walks, cellar, and washroom. Fruit. Barn. Church-school privileges. Also seven-eighths acre navel oranges; fine building spot. Address Roderick Owen, Loma Linda, Cal.
For Sale.—Two good farms in a rich section of the Northwest, adjoining the new Cedar Vale Academy, conducted under the auspices of the Upper Columbia Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists. Prices and terms reasonable. For further information, address J. W. Shields, Viola, Idaho.
Strawberry Plants.—Price per 100: Warfield, 35c.; Senator Dunlap, Bederwood, Greenville, 40c.; Glen Mary, Parson’s Beauty, Sample, Aroma, 50c.; Marshall, Abington, 55c.; Dickey, St. Louis, Red Bird, 75c.; Highland, Cardinal, Heritage, $1; Pan American, $3; Autumn, $1.50. For price per M, write Lake View Nursery, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.
Send for “Our World Beauties.” The holidays are over, but we sold more Mottoes last July than during any month of the holiday season. We want a wholesale house in every State. Over 440,000 sold in 1909. 100, $6; 200, $10. This includes our new Father and Mother Mottoes. The world is ripe for Bible Mottoes. Address Hampton Art Co., Hampton, Iowa.
For Sale.—A fifteen-acre fruit ranch in the beautiful Santa Clara Valley, Cal. Over eleven acres in prunes in full bearing, with some other fruit. Neat, six-room house, small barn, good windmill and tank, and unfailing water-supply. A good-paying proposition, but owner unable longer to carry it on. No more healthful locality in California. Price, $4,000. Address Edward Snow, Morgan Hill, Cal.

A Special Call for Literature

WE are preparing for a tent-meeting in this tourist city, in which no work has ever been done by our public laborers, and expect to have the meetings in progress in a little more than a week.
Boats ply between this port and the Bahamas regularly, and we have a splendid chance to send literature there free. For this, as well as for our tent work here, we need a large amount of clean papers and tracts, post-paid. We shall appreciate all that may be sent us. Address E. W. Webster, Miami, Fla.

St. Helena Sanitarium Training School for Nurses

THE next class in the St. Helena Sanitarium and Hospital Training School for Medical Missionary Nurses will be organized Monday, April 4, 1910.
Owing to the large number and great variety of cases that flock to this institution for relief, and the wide experience thus offered the student in both surgical and general hospital nursing, the course is especially strong, from a practical missionary standpoint. In addition to the opportunities for missionary work at the sanitarium, the San Francisco Dispensary, which the institution has taken over, affords training in city mission work. The institution has also undertaken to open up mission work in China the present year, thus giving those who desire a definite foreign mission field for which to prepare, and upon which to enter when their course is completed.
Twenty-five consecrated young men and women, whose desire it is to enter the work for the sake of fallen humanity and not for profit, are wanted to join this class.
Send for the Training School Catalogue by addressing Dr. H. F. Rand, Supt., or Mrs. S. J. Whitney, Secretary, Sanitarium, Napa County, Cal.

Bulbs for Sale

By W. J. Blake

THE Oakwood Manual Training School has raised a nice collection of summer flowering bulbs the past season, and is now offering some for sale. The growing of these bulbs is undertaken to furnish work to poor students who can attend school only as they are able to pay their expenses in work. To place an order for these bulbs will bring to your home some beautiful flowers, and also help the school. We have the following to offer:—
Dahlias: Each, 10 cts.; 6 for 50 cts.; 12 for 75 cts. If by mail, add 20 cts. a doz. for postage.
Gladiolus: Each, 2 cts.; 20 cts. a doz.; $1 a 100. If by mail, add 10 cts. a doz. for postage.
Tuberoses: Each, 3 cts.; 25 cts. a doz.; $1 a 100. Ten cents extra a doz. by mail.
Cannas: Strong roots, 10 cts. each; 75 cts. a doz. By mail, 5 cts. each for postage.
Caladium Esculentum — Elephant’s Ear: large bulbs, 10 cts. each; 75 cts. a doz. By mail, 5 cts. each for postage.
We have issued a neat little circular giving a concise description of these flowers. We shall be glad to send one to you if you will send us your address. If you wish, you can enclose stamp to help on postage. Address Oakwood School, Box 414, Huntsville, Ala.
W. J. BLAKE, Principal.

Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Mrs. Jane Strother, 531 S. Main St., Sumter, S. C., desires late, clean copies of our publications, for use in general missionary work.
Sydney Scott, Columbia, S. C., Box 303, desires a supply of late, clean copies of Signs, Little Friend, and any other of our publications except the Review, for use in meetings.

Addresses Wanted

ANY one knowing the addresses of Mrs. Murril Lawson and Mrs. Ella Carver will confer a favor by sending the same to Ray Birmingham, R. F. D. 1, Alma, Mich.
Any one knowing the whereabouts of William Anderson, member of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Parma, Idaho, will confer a favor on the church by notifying the clerk, Mrs. Charles Post, Parma, Idaho.

Western Canadian Union Conference

By H. S. Shaw

The first biennial session of the Western Canadian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is appointed to convene at Lacombe, Alberta, March 4-13, 1910, for the election of conference officers for the succeeding biennial term, and the consideration of any business which may come before the conference, relating to the interests and advancement of the Lord's work.
The territory of the Western Canadian Union Conference comprises the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Beginning with section 2, article 4 of the Constitution reads as follows:—
“The voters of this conference shall be the duly accredited delegates from the local conferences, members of the executive committee of this conference, such representatives of the General Conference as may be present, and other laborers who shall receive credentials from the executive committee.”
“Each local conference shall be entitled, aside from its president, to one delegate for every fifty church-members in its conference. Each delegate shall be elected by the local conference, or appointed by its executive committee.”
“Each organized mission field shall, aside from its superintendent, be entitled to one delegate in the sessions of this conference, who shall be appointed by the executive committee of the union conference.”
Each conference in the union is requested to appoint its delegates, as early as possible, and forward their credentials to the union office, Box 244, Regina, Saskatchewan.
H. S. SHAW, President.

Canvassers' Notice for North Carolina

By G. W. Wells

It has been decided to postpone the canvassers' institute that was to be held at Hildebran, N. C., Feb. 10-18, 1910. I am glad this need not be a disappointment to our agents, as they are being richly blessed in their work, and they can look for it to be held at some future time. We find our books, large and small, can be sold here the year round, and we must plan for our institute to be held at a more convenient time than the above date. G. W. WELLS, President.

Obituaries

COLLINS.—Vera Ethel Collins was born Sept. 29, 1908, and died Dec. 4, 1909, of cerebrospinal meningitis. The funeral service was held in the schoolhouse at Fish Creek Landing, Tuesday, December 7. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to bereaved friends, who sorrow not as others who have no hope. W. C. MATTHEWSON.
SAMSON.—Died, in a hospital, in Spokane, Wash., Dec. 12, 1909, Sister J. A. Samson, of Whitefish, Mont. At the time of her death Sister Samson was in her sixtieth year, and had been a believer in present truth for sixteen years. Her life was a most exemplary one. Brother Samson took his wife back to the old home in Roulett, Pa., for burial. J. C. FOSTER.
McMAINS.—Sister Harriet Elvinia McMains was born near Fortuna, Cal., July 2, 1869. She accepted the third angel’s message twenty-three years ago, and has since lived in hope of the Saviour’s soon return. For a number of years she was engaged in Bible work, but the last ten years were spent in helping to care for orphan children and old people. She fell asleep in Jesus at Finley, Cal., on Jan. 5, 1910. Her husband, two brothers, and many friends are left to assist mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. J. H. BEIRENS.
DEWITT.—Mrs. Martha Emma Dewitt was born in Wheeling, W. Va., April 7, 1835, and died at her home in Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1910, aged 75 years, 9 months, and 8 days. She accepted the third angel’s message during a tent-meeting in her home town, conducted by Elders C. H. Keslake and J. S. Iles. She died in the faith, with a bright hope of a part in the first resurrection. On Aug. 28, 1866, she was united in marriage to David Dewitt, and to this union five children were born. She leaves a husband, two daughters, two brothers, and one sister. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. E. J. VAN HORN.
SMITH.—Frances Elizabeth Smith was born Jan. 20, 1836, on a farm near Lancaster, Ky., and died Dec. 19, 1909, in Longmont, Colo. Sister Smith had lived in St. Joseph, Mo., for many years, but went West last fall for her health. The funeral and interment took place in St. Joseph. The writer spoke comforting words from 1 Thess. 4:13, for Sister Smith was one of the most earnest and devout members of our church, and endured her sufferings for years with Christian fortitude and resignation. Sister Smith united with the Christian Church in 1871; but accepted the truth in 1893. Two sons and two daughters, besides her husband, are left to mourn the loss of a faithful wife and mother. E. A. MERRELL.
NELSON.—Mrs. Mathilda, wife of Brother Peter Nelson, Sr., fell asleep in Jesus at Marlow, Ala., Jan. 11, 1910, aged 46 years, 1 month, and 1 day. She was born in Glimaker, Sweden, Dec. 10, 1863, and came to the United States when seventeen years of age, and was united in marriage to Brother Nelson, Nov. 5, 1885. Eight children were born to them, five boys and three girls, the youngest a boy of seven years, all to mourn their loss, yet not as those having no hope. She was a kind and loving mother, whose constant prayer was that all her children may be gathered around the throne of Jesus. She herself has always tried to live close to him, and when the Sabbath truth was presented to her by the writer some three years ago, she, with her husband, decided to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. They were baptized Aug. 25, 1907, and not long after some of the children began to walk in the light, until now five have decided to follow the Saviour. Words of comfort were spoken to all the family and a large circle of friends and neighbors by the writer, from Rev. 14:13 and 1 Cor. 15:12-59. ALBERT F. PREIGER.
CRANE.—Edna Crane, daughter of Brother and Sister L. Crane, of St. Charles, Mich., died at Ann Arbor, Mich., where she had an operation for tuberculosis. She had patiently suffered for four years. She passed away Jan. 18, 1910, being sixteen years and nineteen days of age. The verdict of all was that Edna was a good girl. Rom. 8:28 formed basis for funeral sermon. A. R. SANDBORN.
JENKS.—Mrs. Lillie H. Jenks fell asleep Dec. 20, 1909, at her home in Jeddo, N. Y., aged fifty-four years. Sister Jenks was a very unselfish woman, who would administer to the comforts and conveniences of others before herself. Her husband, two sons, and a daughter, with many friends, sorrow for her, but they expect to meet her when Jesus calls for his sleeping saints. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. J. F. PIPER.
LEWIS.—Died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 25, 1909, of cerebral hemorrhage, James Leroy Lewis, son of Brother T. B. Lewis, and brother of Elder Theodore Lewis, of the Wisconsin Conference, aged 32 years, 10 months, and 23 days. He leaves a wife, one son, father, brother, two sisters, and numerous relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted at the family home in Battle Creek, Mich., by the writer, assisted by Elder J. M. Wilbur, from Eccl. 9:11, 12. S. D. HARTWELL.
SCHULTZ.—Clara Schultz fell asleep in Jesus, Jan. 9, 1910, at Saginaw, Mich., where she had gone for an operation. She was 34 years, 5 months, and 1 day of age. She had been a patient sufferer for over twenty years, being unable to walk. She became a Seventh-day Adventist about fourteen years ago, and has ever rejoiced in the fact that her Lord was soon to return. She leaves a father, two sisters, one brother, and many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. A. R. SANDBORN.
MAXWELL.—Mrs. Virginia Conway Maxwell was born in Cherokee County, Georgia, May 15, 1865, and died at her home in Thomas County, Georgia, Nov. 2, 1909. Sister Maxwell died of pellagra, the dread disease that is sweeping through the South. She was a great sufferer, but bore her sufferings with patience. She leaves to mourn their loss her beloved husband, S. A. Maxwell, two daughters, three sons, besides brothers, sisters, and an aged mother. We laid her to rest in the cemetery near Alpharetta to await her awakening when the Life-giver shall come. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. R. T. DOWSETT.
HUGHES.—William D. Hughes was born near Gainesville, Ga., Nov. 2, 1874, and died Nov. 23, 1909, at his home in Gainesville, aged thirty-five years. Tuberculosis was the immediate cause of his death. Brother Hughes was a faithful young man, having embraced the truth fifteen years ago, and when he gave himself to the Lord, he gave his all for service, and he was faithful until death. We are sure that he sleeps in Jesus. William leaves to mourn a loving father, mother, and two brothers, besides other relatives and a number of friends. We buried him at Gainesville, words of comfort being spoken by the writer at the home of his parents. R. T. DOWSETT.
COFFIN.—Sister Adelaide Coffin was born in Nova Scotia, March 14, 1852, and died Oct. 3, 1909, at Columbia, Maine. Sister Coffin accepted the third angel’s message and was baptized with her husband, H. M. Coffin, at Detroit, Mich., in 1893, by Elder A. O. Burrill. She became connected with the New England Sanitarium, at Melrose, Mass., as house matron, in September, 1903, where she continued to labor until just before her sudden death, which resulted from a severe shock of paralysis. Sister Coffin was a woman of firm principles. Her work was always well and faithfully performed. Memorial services were conducted for her at the sanitarium by the writer, assisted by Elder Geo. B. Starr. LEE S. WHEELER.
JESSUP.—Susan Rebecca Jessup, aged 71 years, 2 months, and 5 days, died at the home of her son in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 10, 1909. She had been ill for years with bronchitis and organic heart trouble. She accepted the truth about the year 1895 in Baltimore, under the labors of Elder John F. Jones, and was a faithful, conscientious member of the church. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. CARLYLE B. HAYNES.
HAGGARD.—Alma Olive Erskine was born Dec. 30, 1858, in Joe Daviess County, Illinois, and fell asleep in Jesus at Mulberry, Kan., Jan. 8, 1910. She was married to A. L. Haggard, July 30, 1876, in Minnesota. Seven children were born to this union, six of these, together with the husband, are left to mourn the loss of a devoted wife and mother, one of the children having died in infancy. She fell asleep believing fully in the message for these last days. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:16,—one of her favorite texts,—to a church filled with friends and neighbors, of which she had many. J. H. ALLRED.
SMITH.—Elihu Smith was born in Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1841, and died at his home in Allegan County, Michigan, Jan. 8, 1910. When fourteen years of age, he came with his parents to Michigan, and settled in Grand Rapids. In 1872 he was converted and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church. Brother Smith was a firm believer in the third angel’s message, and loved to talk about the soon-coming Saviour. He leaves a wife, two sons, and one daughter, besides many other relatives, to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder M. S. Burnham, in the Seventh-day Adventist church in Allegan, Mich. JOHN W. COVERT.
HAMILTON.—Annie B. Hadley was born in Glass, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1861, and died in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1909. She was married to J. T. Hamilton in 1876. Sister Hamilton was an earnest and conscientious member of the Christian Church from the year 1876 until 1902, when, through Bible readings given her by Brother F. T. Wales, she accepted present truth, and lived a life of unusual faithfulness and unselfish devotion till the day of her death. Her husband, two sons, one sister, and many friends mourn their loss. Her character was one of earnest faithfulness. There was a large attendance at the funeral, when words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. J. S. WASHBURN.
SPENCER.—Died at her home in Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 31, 1909, Mrs. Mary E. Spencer (née Ross). She had been in poor health for months, and at the time of her death was suffering from melancholia. She was born in Linn County, Iowa, in the year 1862. At the age of seventeen she came to Michigan, and was married to Mr. C. E. Spencer, Jan. 21, 1882. To this union were born four children, two boys and two girls. Besides these, she leaves a husband, an aged father, two sisters, one brother, and one grandchild. She had been a devoted Seventh-day Adventist most of her life. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. J. M. WILBUR.
DOW.—Lola A. Dow was born at Norfolk, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1879. She gave her heart to the Lord when she was nineteen years of age, and reconsecrated herself to the Master about six months ago to devote the remainder of her life to do the work of the Great Medical Missionary. She was in the Battle Creek Sanitarium Nurses’ Course, and also studied at the State Hospital, at Ogdensburg, N. Y. She died at the Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich., Dec. 17, 1909, of pleuropneumonia, aged 30 years, 3 months, and 25 days. She leaves a mother and two sisters, besides a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. We believe that she will receive the reward of the faithful when Jesus comes to claim his own. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Isa. 55:8, 9. C. N. SANDERS.

February Watchman Number

By Editor

The February number of the Watchman in outward appearance is one of the most striking numbers yet issued, and in the matter of contents is one of the most important. A very interesting article in this number, beginning a series, is that by Prof. P. T. Magan on “The Question of the Far East,” dealing particularly with “The Kings from the Rising of the Sun.” This article is worth more than the magazine costs. Other important and interesting articles are, “A Dark Problem and Its Remedy,” “What the Federation of Churches Means,” “The Vital Point in Religion,” “Founded on the Rock,” “The Future of Our World.” Our people generally will find this an excellent number to use in missionary work, and our magazine agents can not fail to have success with it.
It has been decided, at least for the present, not to attempt to publish the Sanitarium Quarterly. The subscription price has been returned to those who have subscribed.

News from Basutoland and Watford

WE hear the sad word, through Elder R. C. Porter, of the death of the infant son of Brother and Sister H. C. Olmstead, of our Basutoland Mission, which occurred Dec. 19, 1909. Elder Porter writes of the calm and trustful faith of these workers under the trial, their desire being to push the work the more earnestly into the heathen darkness of Africa in order that the glad day of triumph over sin and death may be hastened. The only way out of this dominion of sickness and suffering and death is by way of the finishing of this work of carrying the message to all peoples. “Then shall the end come.”
THE British Missionary Worker, of January 5, gives a picture of the new college building being erected at Watford, near London. The brick work was apparently done and the roof nearly finished. We shall hope erelong to present our readers with a view of the finished structure.

CONTENTS

Editorial
“This Is the Way”—Forbid Them Not—“The Crusade Invisible”—Seeking to Find an Accusation—Dancers Not Soul-Winners ........................ 3-6
Contributed Articles
God’s Ways (poetry), F. M. Wilcox .. 7
A Lesson in Health Reform, Mrs. E. G. White ........................ 7
Baptism in the Greek, W. E. Howell ... 8
The History of the Hebrew Sanctuary, No. 3, J. O. Corliss ............ 9
Remarkable Incidents of Answered Prayer, Emma L. Lawrence .......... 9
God’s Purpose in Man, and the Stability of Divine Government, William Covert ........................ 10
Home and Health ........................ 11
The World-Wide Field .................. 12-14
The Field Work ........................ 15-17
Christian Liberty ..................... 17, 18
Medical Missionary Department .......... 19
Missionary and Publishing Work ........ 20, 21
Miscellaneous ........................ 22, 23

Columbian Union Conference Committee Meeting

THE Columbian Union Conference committee met in Washington last week, in council regarding union conference matters.
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