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Review and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 4.

CANNOT UNDERSTAND ALIKE
Earlier text: NOTES OF THE DISCUSSION IN KANSAS

CANASARAGA, NEW YORK.

By Chas. B. Reynolds

I came to Madison Co. expecting to hold meetings in Chittenango. The husband of sister Fitch, of Chittenango Falls church, offered to secure a suitable place. He rented a hall, arranged to supply wood, lights, pay janitor, &c., but on looking over the field, I was not favorably impressed. I saw no indications of good results. I carried it to the Lord. The way closed up. The hall man backed out of his bargain, and wanted to double his charges; and we decided not to hold meetings there.
Next morning, accompanied by Mr. Fitch, I obtained the use of the Methodist church at Canasaraga, Mr. F. agreeing to find wood and lights. Commenced meetings Jan. 2. I found this an excellent opening, and have held meetings every night, with good attendance and deep interest, despite the very severe storms and the snow, making the roads almost impassable.
People are thrifty, intelligent, kind-hearted. An earnest spirit of inquiry is aroused. Many who never before evinced any interest in religion are regular in attendance. I expect there will be opposition, but am sanguine of good results. The work is the Lord’s, and in him is all our trust. Dear brethren and sisters, pray for the interest here, and that I may present the truth with so much of humility, gentleness, and love, that honest hearts shall be constrained to obey.
My address, until after middle of Feb., will be Chittenango, Madison Co., New York. Chas. B. Reynolds.

FREMONT, WIS.

By H. W. Decker

I COMMENCED meetings in this place Jan. 2. The brethren have just completed one of the nicest meeting-houses in the State. It has been done with much sacrifice on their part, as they are all poor, and a few had to bear the burden. They now have enough pledged to pay all of their indebtedness, and have twenty-five dollars left.
On the Sabbath the house was well filled with brethren from Poysippi, Neenah, Lind, and other places. We felt much of the blessing of the Lord in our meetings. Fourteen came forward for prayer. Sunday forenoon the house was crowded full, to witness the dedication service. Mr. Wakefield, a prominent reporter, was there to report proceedings for the papers. I spoke from Acts 28:22.
The afternoon was spent in the interest of the tract and missionary work. Bro. C. W. Olds assisted through the meetings. He is going to follow up the interest with a short course of lectures.
H. W. DECKER.
Fish Lake, Jan. 12.

YORK CO., NEBRASKA.

By Chas. Boyd

By invitation, I have come here to hold a series of meetings in the Seeley school-house. A few of the citizens of this place were once acquainted with some who were numbered with us, whose unchristian course brought a reproach upon the cause, but have now gone out, “that it might be manifest that they were not of us.”
Brethren, I ask your prayers that the strong wall of prejudice thus formed may be broken down, and that the light of present truth may shine through the cloud of darkness into the hearts of this people.
My permanent P. O. address while in the State is Seward, Seward Co., Neb. My mail is forwarded from here with but little delay. CHAS. BOYD.

MEETINGS AT MONTEREY, MICH.

By H. M. Kenyon

For quite a length of time, this church has been in a state of perplexity and darkness because of a lack of living up to the light God has given them through the testimonies, and an unwillingness on the part of some of its members to act in harmony with those God has chosen to lead out in the work of the third angel’s message.
By earnest solicitation, the labors of Elds. Haskell, Fargo, and Root, were secured. Meetings commenced Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, continuing each evening and over the following Sabbath and first-day. The blessing of the Lord attended the labors of these brethren. Through their careful, judicious counsel and instruction, a good work was commenced. The preaching was close and pointed, and calculated to revive in the brethren the true spirit of the message; and there was a willingness manifested on the part of nearly all to receive, and make a practical application of, the truth presented. Resolutions were presented and adopted expressing our sympathy for, and confidence in, Bro. and Sr. White and the work in which they are engaged and in the special testimonies God has given to this church.
The good work already begun cannot fail, if carried out, to bring this church once more into the light, and where they can enjoy the blessing of the Lord as in former days.
Friday, though the weather was extremely cold, brethren came in from different parts of the country, so that on Sabbath our commodious house of worship was well filled with Sabbath-keepers. On Sunday, the plan of S. B. and T. and M. labor, as recommended by the General Conference, was presented by Bro. Haskell, and quite generally adopted by the brethren in the county. But little has been done up to the present time in this county in missionary labor, but we shall expect from this time forward our brethren will take an active part in this good work; if they do, the blessing of the Lord will attend their efforts, and souls will be saved in the kingdom of God as the result.
Our brethren return to their homes feeling it has been good for them to be at this meeting. We hereby express our gratitude to God for the timely help rendered us by these dear brethren.
In behalf of the church,
H. M. KENYON.
Allegan, Jan. 15.

OHIO

By T. J. Butler

LIBERTY CENTER, Jan. 16, 1877. I have just closed a three weeks’ meeting at this place. Brother Hoffer and family have lived here for years as lonely Sabbath-keepers, but have succeeded in exerting a good influence. We gave 23 discourses in a hired hall, costing $11, this was promptly met by the friends, making it one of the few self-sustaining meetings in a new place. The meetings should have been continued by all means, but hard times from failure of crops last season made it impossible to defray farther expenses. At a meeting a vote was taken on the Sabbath, when nearly all voted that the seventh day was the right day. Fourteen signed the covenant. We trust the Lord may open the way to follow up this interest soon.
T. J. BUTLER.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died, in Stanton, Jan. 11, our grand-child, Lillie Amy, daughter of Levi and Nella Edson, aged five years and two months.
J. AND R. M. PHILO.
Died, in Caledonia, Boone Co., Ill., Bertie, youngest son of Abner and Emily Wakefield, of membranous croup. Funeral services by a Congregational minister from Poplar Grove. Sister Wakefield is a member of the S. D. A. church of Belvidere. May the dear father also realize the necessity of making his peace with God, that they may both receive the promise in Jer. 31:16 to meet their darling son in the first resurrection.
ROBERT VICKERY.

Church Quarterly and Monthly Meeting Appointments

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand”
THE monthly meeting of the Jackson church will be held at Springport, Mich., Feb. 3. Cannot Bro. Smith attend? E. P. Gies.
QUARTERLY meeting at Johnstown Center, Wis., Feb. 3 and 4. G. S. Smith.
WE will meet with the friends at Bristol or New Haven Mills Sabbath and first day, Feb. 3 and 4. At Andover, Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 2 P. M. At Windham, Thursday, Feb. 8, at 2 and 7 P. M. S. N. Haskell. A. S. Hutchins.
Buck’s Bridge, Jan. 27 and 28. Pierrepont, Feb. 3 and 4. Rossie, “ 10 and 11. Meetings will be begun in each place on Friday evening at six, and on Sabbath and Sunday at 9:30 A. M. Let every effort be made for all the surrounding churches to attend. D. M. Canright, A. H. Hall.
QUARTERLY meetings in Minn., as follows:— River Falls, Feb. 3 and 4. Rock Elm Center, “ 10 and 11. Lake City at Plumb Creek, “ 17 “ 18. Maiden Rock, “ 24 “ 25. Eld. Babcock will be present at the above meetings.
The Riceland and Geneva churches will hold there quarterly meeting at Geneva Feb. 3 and 4. Steel Center, Feb. 10 and 11. Golden Gates and Home church at Home, “ 17 “ 18. Agency, “ 24 “ 25. Litchfield, March 3 “ 4. Barbank, “ “ 6. Grove Lake, “ 10 “ 11. West Union, “ 17 “ 18. Round Prairie, “ 24 “ 25. Kingston, “ 31 April 1. Harrison Grant.
Sabbath and Sunday, Jan. 27 and 28, at Wolcott. Meetings commence Friday evening. Tuesday evening, Wednesday at 1½ P. M. and in the evening, Jan. 30 and 31, at Jericho, near West Bolton. We expect to see all the friends of the cause in the vicinity of the above-named places at these meetings. No postponement on account of weather. S. N. Haskell, A. S. Hutchins.
THE next quarterly meeting of the church at Patricksburg, Owen Co., Ind., will be held Sabbath and Sunday, Feb. 3 and 4. Tract and Missionary meeting in connection with it. We feel anxious to have all interested attend this meeting. N. Carahoof.
GENERAL meeting at Buck’s Bridge, N. Y., the fourth Sabbath in January; for the interest of Dist. No. 4, of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties. Eld. D. M. Canright will be present. Let there be a general rally. Bring the children, the unconverted, and the backsliders. In connection with this, a T. and M. meeting will be held. Come, ready to report, and bring the S. B. book. A. H. Hall, Director.
I will meet with the Monroe (Wis.) church Sabbath, Feb. 3.
Oakland, Feb. 9–11, commencing Friday evening. This is designed for a general meeting, for the churches in that vicinity. Let there be a general turnout. H. W. Decker.
THE quarterly meeting of the S. D. A. church of Waterloo, Grant Co., Wis., will be held Jan. 27 and 28. Sister churches are invited. Can some of the ministering brethren attend? Jehiel Ganiard.

Where Shall We Work?

By B. L. Whitney

THE depth of snow in this section of the State (Cattaraugus Co.) is greater than has been known for the past twenty-one years, and still it continues to come. Nearly every twenty-four hours the storm and drifting snow refill the track, which is poor at best, making the roads almost impassable and rendering it exceedingly difficult for teams to pass each other. The footman fares but little better, and finds himself thoroughly wearied with a walk of a few miles.
Undoubtedly this is the case to a greater or less extent throughout the State, and under these circumstances it becomes very discouraging trying to do missionary work or canvassing in the country, and some of our workers begin to feel as though they should have to give up the work for the present.
Shall we allow these unfavorable circumstances to stop our work in this the most favorable season of the year? This is not necessary. I suggest this course: Let us take this time to canvass the cities and large villages, where we can work now as well as at any time.
There is certainly room enough for us to work here, and now is the time to improve these openings where we can labor to so much better advantage than in other localities. If we had one hundred energetic canvassers they could not do the work there is to be done in these large towns. There is probably no section of the whole country that presents so large a field of labor in this direction as the two great States of New York and Pennsylvania.
Who will volunteer for immediate service in this department of the great field? Dist. No. 11 sends two canvassers to the city of Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., who intend to make a thorough canvass of the city before they leave it. Dist. No. 3 are canvassing the city of Watertown, N. Y. Let every district fall into line and work where we shall be likely to accomplish the greatest results.
B. L. WHITNEY.
Randolph, Catt. Co., N. Y., Jan. 16, 1876.

Disastrous Break-up in the Ohio.

The ice on the Ohio, throughout its whole length, broke up Saturday night, Jan. 13, and on Sunday occasioned very great loss at most of the shipping points. At Cincinnati $100,000 damage to vessels is thought to have been done; and at Louisville, Jeffersonville, &c., much injury was inflicted. Considerable damage was done at West Wheeling, but the effects at Pittsburgh were most disastrous, and the ruin was unprecedented in the history of that city. Seventy-two steamboats and 150 barges were in the river, exposed to the crash of a vast volume of ice which came grinding down the upper Monongahela and reached the city at 6 o’clock A. M. The work of destruction lasted for several hours, and was witnessed by thousands of people, who lined the wharves and bridges of the Monongahela. Anything like an estimate of the total loss cannot be given, but it will be over $2,000,000. A large number of coal tipples and chutes were carried away, and the damage to the coal interest is such that it will require two months to place the mines in working order. It is feared that several lives were lost, but the confusion yesterday was so great that it was impossible to verify all the rumors.—Evening News.

Sir William Thompson on the Centre of the Earth.

A REMARKABLE address has been delivered by Sir William Thompson, in the Physical Section of the British Association, on the subject of the fluid or solid nature of the earth’s kernel.
While not denying that certain portions of the earth’s interior are in a molten or fluid state, Sir William Thompson maintained, on various more or less recondite grounds, that no large proportion of the earth’s interior can, by any possibility, be in the condition of molten fluid. “I may say, with almost perfect certainty, that whatever may be the relative densities of rock, solid and melted, at or about the temperature of liquefaction, it is, I think, quite certain that cold solid rock is denser than hot melted rock; and no possible degree of rigidity in the crust could prevent it from breaking in pieces and sinking wholly below the liquid lava. Something like this may have gone on, and probably did go on, for thousands of years after solidification commenced—surface portions of the melted material losing heat, freezing and sinking immediately, or growing to the thickness of a few meters when the surface would be cool, and the whole solid dense enough to sink. This process must go on until the sunk portions of the crust build up from the bottom a sufficiently close-ribbed skeleton or frame to allow fresh incrustations to remain, bridging across the now small areas of lava pools or lakes.”
That is a striking picture of the growth of the “round earth,” which was once supposed to have been made from the first “so fast that it cannot be moved.” We are rather sorry to be robbed of the belief in the central lava ocean after all.—London Spectator.

VICE OF ACCUMULATION.

Of the ambition to accumulate to unwieldy proportions the riches of the earth, the eminent Bishop Mant thus speaks: “There is not a vice which more effectually contracts and deadens the feelings, which more completely makes a man's affections centre in himself, and excludes all others from partaking in them, than the desire of accumulating possessions. When the desire has once gotten hold of the heart, it shuts out all other considerations but such as may promote its views. In its zeal for the attainment of its end, it is not delicate in the choice of means. As it closes the heart, so also it clouds the understanding. It cannot discern between right and wrong; it takes evil for good, and good for evil; it calls darkness light, and light darkness. Beware, then, of the beginnings of covetousness, for you know not where it will end.”

Canvassers for the Signs.

By James White

WE ask you to make this a special point in your work, set before the people this inducement for them to take the SIGNS with the Way of Life for $2.00 a year, that the volume for 1877 will contain a complete exposition of the great plan of human redemption illustrated by the engraving. Every point will be explained.
And as T. and M. workers, and individuals also, will wish to send the SIGNS and Way of Life to distant parts of our country, we offer to send both through the mails, postage paid, for $2.25 to those who have never investigated our positions. To our brethren we will send both postage paid for $3.00. J. W.

European Mission.

Eld. James White, $100.00.

European Press.

We, the undersigned, regard it a great privilege to donate to the Lord, for the European press, under the care of our worthy missionary, Elder J. N. Andrews, One Hundred Dollars each, and invite twenty-nine others to join us in raising $10,000.
James White $100 E. H. Root $100
John Morrison 100 Wm. Ings 100
Geo. I. Butler 100 C. Comings & wife 100
Newel Grant 100 E. W. Whitney 100
August Rasmussen 100 R. G. Lockwood 100
An Iowa Brother 100 W. H. Hall 100
Emily Leighton 100 Betsey Landon 100
S. A. McPherson 100 S. N. Haskell 100
“A friend in N.E.” 100 C. K. Farnsworth 100
“W. P. A. M.” 100 M. Wood 100
Chas. L. Boyd 100 Mrs. Getman (deceased) 100
Freeman Nichols 100 C. B. Lower 100
A. H. B. 100 A. T. Stickney 100
D. A. Owen 100 Mrs. J. L. James 100
Wm. B. Mason 100 A. La Rue 100
J. N. Loughboro’ 100 B. N. Berry 100
J. S. Wicks 100 M. J. Bartholf 100
Reuel Stickney 100 A Bro. in Minn. 100
C Clark & wife 100 Mary Crouch 100
W. A. Pratt 100 H. C. Stone 100
C. McNeil 100 B. L. Whitney 100
Mary R. Stem 100 Thomas Alverson 100
Jane Roland 100 S. B. D. 100
E. Green & wife 100 E. Lobdell 100
Susie D. 100 Lucretia Day 100
A. A. Bradford 100 A Bro. & Sr. in New England, 300
J. S. Hart 100 S. H. King 100
C. S. Briggs & wife 100 Elden H Pullen 100
Jacob Shively 100 A. C. Woodbury & wife 100
M. C. Israel 100 James Harvey 100
Right hand 100 John Ely 100
A friend 100 D Ann Albin 100
V. B. J. 100 I. Sanborn 100
G. W. Colcord and wife 100
L. McCoy 100
S. A. McCoy 100

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Review and Herald · Jan 25, 1877