Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— An investigation of the alleged $600,000,000 telephone trust will be undertaken at once by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
— The twenty-ninth annual report of the Civil Service Commission, submitted by the President to Congress, shows a total of 431,880 persons in executive employ.
— Statistics just issued show that the Catholic Church in the United States received during the year 1912 personal contributions aggregating $500,000,000. Among the donors were twenty-seven Protestants.
— The British steamer “Veronese” was wrecked on the morning of January 16, near Oporto, Portugal. Of the 139 persons on board, forty-four were lost. A ten-month-old baby, securely wrapped in blankets, was washed ashore, and is alive and well.
— Death as a punishment for opium smoking was meted out recently to a woman in Shanghai, China, who persisted in the use of the drug despite the stringent manifesto issued by the government on Christmas day prohibiting the people from indulging in the habit.
— In compliance with the wishes of President-elect Wilson the inaugural committee has decided to omit the time-honored inauguration ball. Mr. Wilson has asked the substitution of a public reception in the Capitol, and suggests that the festivities be “as simple as possible.”116
— After a long, stern battle the bill granting home rule for Ireland passed the House of Commons on January 16, by a majority of 110. Later it was read for the first time in the House of Lords.
— The London Economist figures the cost of the Balkan war, for sixty-four days’ fighting, at $152,000,000, or about $2,500,000 a day. This is based on the expense of maintaining 1,000,000 men in the field, at $2.50 a day each.
— The number of licensed automobiles in the United States has now passed the million mark. Some of the chiefs in the automobile industry declare this figure is far below the mark. It is said that there are 266,670 of the 1912 models now in service in the country, and that the average monthly sales run over 22,000.
— Governor Sulzer, of New York, who “came up from the people” on East Side, made good his promise of democratic simplicity at his inauguration by going on foot from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol to take the oath of office. The retiring chief magistrate and the other officials had to follow suit—not altogether to their liking.
— A new method of securing pure drinking-water for schools, factories, and domestic use has been introduced in France. It consists of a device for sterilizing water by the electric current. A commercial college of Paris is reported to be purifying in this simple way the drinking-water for 200 students; and the North Railway Station has also installed the apparatus in its waiting-room.
— Berlin will soon put into force some new police regulations in addition to the many already in vogue, all designed to make the streets quieter and more orderly by day and night. Canes or umbrellas must not be swung; persons must not walk more than three abreast; shouting, singing, and whistling are forbidden, and the doors and windows of houses and restaurants where music is being played must be kept closed.
— Moving pictures will shortly be introduced into China. Dr. Yen Mi Yen-loy, a graduate of the University of Tokio, will take with him when he sails from New York, in the near future, several thousand feet of film and several moving-picture men, who will instruct the Chinese in the operation of the machines. Some months ago Dr. Yen was commissioned to seek in America that one invention which, not already known to the Chinese, in his judgment would bring the greatest good to that country. This is the result of his investigation.
— The two houses of Congress have at last agreed on the immigration bill, which has been under discussion for some time. Immigrants entering the United States will be required to be able to read their own language, except in the case of wives, widows, single daughters, or those who have left their native country because of religious persecution. Physicians, matrons, and inspectors, all appointive by this government, will be on immigrant-carrying ships; fines imposed upon steamship companies for bringing in inadmissible aliens will be raised from $100 to $200, and steamship companies bringing in insane persons will be penalized, instead of merely required to deport such persons.
— Postmaster-General Hitchcock has modified the parcel-post regulations so as to permit shippers of merchandise to enclose with their shipments descriptive printed matter, without thereby making the shipment third-class matter and unmailable under the parcel-post law. In the first week of the service 4,000,000 parcels were mailed.
— Efforts to settle the dispute between the Eastern railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen over the demands of the road’s firemen for increased wages and better working conditions have failed, and a strike ballot has been ordered. Should the strike become a reality, fifty-two roads would probably be seriously affected.
— Riotous demonstrations by striking garment workers in New York City have resulted in the arrest of many of the participants, and the abrupt cessation of all negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the questions involved. Strike breakers, and in some instances policemen, have been seriously injured in conflicts with strikers. The Clothing Trade Association, after having declared open war, has now proposed to give the workers an immediate increase of wages, and submit the other demands to arbitration. The number of workers now on strike is 140,000.
— Articles of incorporation for the so-called “Rockefeller Foundation” to administer a philanthropic fund of $100,000,000, to be donated by John D. Rockefeller, have been passed by the House of Representatives. The object of the foundation is “to promote the well-being and to advance the civilization of the peoples of the United States and its Territories and of foreign lands in the dissemination of knowledge, in the prevention and relief of suffering, and in the promotion by eleemosynary and philanthropic means of any and all of the elements of human progress.”
— A gigantic plumbing job that has no parallel in history is made necessary by a leak in the bed of the Danube near Immendingen, in Baden. Through an underground channel at that point a part of the river has been diverted from its course. It reappears at the surface in a valley miles away, and finally reaches the North Sea, thousands of miles from the Black Sea, into which the main stream of the Danube flows. The leak has lately become so serious that it materially affects the water-power of towns below Immendingen. Engineers purpose to plug the leak with cement at a cost of a million dollars.
— The House of Representatives is to be reseated. The desks and reclining chairs on the floor of the House are to be removed and replaced with upholstered benches. The plans contemplate seven semicircular rows of seats intersected by aisles. The new seats will be installed more compactly than the present cumbersome revolving chairs are now placed. This makes it possible to provide more seats, and is an immediate necessity, for in the next House there will be 435 members and seven delegates and commissioners, all entitled to seats, and the old seating arrangement makes it impossible to find space for the accommodation of that number.
— Not long ago the Maxim “silencer” for guns was welcomed by military experts as an aid in warfare; now another silencer is announced, this one coming in the interests of peace—a device that is to silence the motor-boat engine. The inventor, not content with this public benefaction, is, it is stated, at work on a silencer for noisy street-cars; may his work be uninterrupted!
— Oliver Hudson Kelley, founder of the grange and known by farmers throughout the country as “Father Kelley,” died at his home in Washington, D. C., Jan. 20, 1913. Mr. Kelley was born in Boston on Jan. 7, 1826, receiving his education in the public schools of that city. He left Boston when he was twenty-one years old, and for a time was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. For some time thereafter he was a telegrapher, later going to Minnesota, where he traded with the Indians. While living on his farm there, he operated the first reaping-machine ever used in that State.
— Each person in the United States the past year used 87 pounds of sugar, the per-capita consumption of this article having increased from 80 pounds in 1910, 59 pounds in 1900, and 39.5 pounds in 1880, say statistics gathered by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The total sugar consumption last year exceeded 8,000,000,000 pounds, whereas in 1900 only 4,500,000,000 pounds were used. The cost of sugar to the consumer last year has approximated $400,000,000, which is more than $1,000,000 a day. One fourth of this sugar came from the United States proper, another fourth from Hawaii and Porto Rico, and the remainder from foreign countries, chiefly Cuba.
Medical Missionary Department
By L. A. Hansen
Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
L. A. HANSEN - - - - Assistant Secretary
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By E. T. Russell; E. C. Witzke
Clinton German Seminary
THE constituency of the board of directors of the Clinton German Seminary is called to hold its next annual meeting at the seminary in Clinton, Mo., at 9 A. M., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1913. This meeting is called for the election of officers for the next term, for the appointment of a faculty for next year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before this meeting.
E. T. RUSSELL, President; E. C. WITZKE, Secretary.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
The Washington Foreign Mission Seminary
By W. T. Knox; M. E. Kern
NOTICE is hereby given that the next annual meeting of the constituency of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary will be held at the Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park, Md., Feb. 13, 1913, at 2:30 P. M., for the election of nine trustees for the coming year, and for the transaction of any other business which may properly come before the meeting.
The constituency of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary is composed of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and the president of each local conference of Seventh-day Adventists in the United States.
By order of the board of trustees.
W. T. KNOX, President;
M. E. KERN, Secretary.
Not Forever
Obituaries
Not Forever
Thoughts in a City of the Dead
ARTHUR W. SPAULDING
O, NOT forever shall these granite piles
Uplift their triumph over conquered men;
Not always creep the funereal files,
Swathed in the mystery passing human ken;
Not always smite the swords that human loves
dissever!
No, not forever.
The gray old lichens clothe the moldering rock,
Where sculptured Hope and Faith still upward gaze;
Still wait the patient hosts to hear the shock
Of God's great trumpets sounding on his ways:
But not for aye they halt before that sullen river;
No, not forever.
Hear, ye abodes of sorrow-haunted death!
Ye halls of Hades, mark the herald's cry!
Ye shall give back, your glorious Conqueror saith,
The men that perish and the babes that die;
And nevermore shall be, to press your foul endeavor,—
No, not forever.118
And thou, dread sovereign that dost guard those gates,
Thine hour hath struck; the Judge thy case arraigns!
No more shalt thou adjust the fearful fates,
Nor lead the mangled souls of men in chains,
Nor, gleeful, watch again in death pale lips aquiver;
No, not forever.
Bright o'er earth's hills, upon earth's sable night,
Break now the glories of the kingdom's day.
A moment, and the bars with sudden might
Shall burst before the King upon his way;
And death again shall grave his records never, never!
No, not forever!
RICE.—Mrs. Nancy Davis Rice, wife of Gate Willis Rice, of Sheldon, Vt., died Nov. 16, 1912, aged 93 years, 9 months, and 1 day. Four sons and one daughter survive. Three years ago, through reading our denominational literature, she was led to accept the truths of the third angel's message. The funeral service was conducted by Pastor Lock, of the Methodist Church.
MRS. HOWARD RICE.
WAIT.—Anna R. Taylor Wait was born in Stark County, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1862, and died at Albany, Oregon, Dec. 29, 1912, aged 50 years, 10 months, and 28 days. About twenty-five years ago she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and ever lived an exemplary Christian life, reflecting the character of her divine Master. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her. Her husband, parents, six sisters, three brothers, and other relatives are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer.
H. W. COTTRELL.
WALL.—Elizabeth Sparks Wall died at Knoxville, Iowa, Jan. 3, 1913. On June 7, 1863, she was married to James Wall. To this union were born two children, both of whom, together with a foster-daughter, are left to mourn. Sister Wall was converted early in life, and in 1862 became a member of the Knoxville Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was indeed a mother in Israel, and we feel confident that she sleeps in Jesus. The writer spoke words of consolation to a large company of sorrowing friends and neighbors.
J. W. DORCAS.
HEISE.—Simon Heise was born seventy-two years ago, near Circleville, Ohio, and died at his home in Lockbourne, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1913. He was married in 1866. His companion, three sons, one daughter, three brothers, one sister, and many other relatives and friends are left to mourn. For three years during the civil war he served in the Union army, and for many years he marched beneath the standard of the Prince of Peace, being a faithful member of the Columbus, Ohio, Seventh-day Adventist Church at the time of his death. Words of comfort were spoken from Ps. 19:14.
JOHN FRANCIS OLMSTED.
HUGHES.—John S. Hughes died Dec. 16, 1912, at the home of his son, Prof. C. B. Hughes, in Keene, Tex. He was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, Dec. 18, 1836, and was united in marriage with Elizabeth Miller in 1858. About the year 1877 he accepted present truth, and until his death endeavored to walk in all the commandments of the Lord. For years Brother Hughes lived in Battle Creek, Mich. During a part of his stay there he was actively engaged in the canvassing work, and it was a source of great joy to him to have a part in carrying the message to others. He served his country for three and one-half years during the civil war, and from exposure contracted a malady from which he never recovered. The funeral services were conducted by Elder G. F. Watson, who used as his text the words found in Job 5:26. The deceased leaves a wife and six children, who cherish the hope of a glad reunion in the first resurrection.
C. S. LONGACRE.
DAY.—Wilber Day was born at Augres, Mich., Aug. 4, 1891, and died at Trade Lake, Wis., Dec. 30, 1912. He had been taking steps in the better life for several months, and during his last sickness earnestly sought the Lord. We believe that he died accepted of God through our Lord Jesus Christ. His parents, three brothers, and two sisters are left to mourn.
ALBERT WEEKS.
BECKWITH.—Died at Jennings, La., Jan. 11, 1913, at the age of 72 years, 6 months, and 7 days, Mrs. Arabella L. Beckwith. She had been a Sabbath-keeper for over forty years, and we believe that she sleeps in hope. One son and her sister, together with a large circle of friends, are left to mourn. The writer conducted a short funeral service, assisted by Pastor Taylor (Christian).
FRANK PEABODY.
ADDIS.—Drusilla Addis, née McKenzie, was born Feb. 11, 1850, and fell asleep in Jesus Jan. 1, 1913, in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was married to J. D. Addis in 1864. To this union were born eight children, who, with their father, survive. Sister Addis accepted present truth about twenty-nine years ago and became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The funeral services were conducted by the writer.
N. R. HICKMAN.
BUDD.—Eliza Ann Budd was born in Bridgeville, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1843, and died at her home in Slate Hill, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1913. In 1895 Sister Budd accepted present truth, and for eighteen years was a faithful, consistent Christian, during which time she was a member of the Middletown Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her greatest joy was in explaining to others the truth which she loved. At the funeral service the writer spoke words of comfort from 2 Sam. 14:14.
R. J. BRYANT.
DARLING.—Lulu May Parker was born in Montcalm County, Michigan, March 28, 1884. On March 23, 1904, she was united in marriage to Lewis O. Darling. Sister Darling was reared in the knowledge of present truth, to which she was faithful until her death, which occurred Dec. 24, 1912, at her home near Burt, Mich. Her husband and two little children, together with her parents, brothers, and sisters, and a large circle of friends, are left to mourn. The writer conducted the funeral services.
H. B. WESTCOTT.
HANSEN.—Died at St. Helena, Cal., Dec. 9, 1912, Brother Hans Hansen. He was born in Denmark in the year 1849, and at the age of seventeen came to America, making his home in Wisconsin. In 1869 he moved to Austin, Minn., where he lived for thirty years. The last few years of his life were spent in California. In 1879 Brother Hansen was married to Sena Nelson, who, with two daughters and four sons, is left to mourn. Soon after his marriage he accepted present truth, and from that time his hope was bright, and his faith unwavering. This was particularly manifest during his long and trying illness. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by C. C. Crisler.
D. E. ROBINSON.
POTTERTON.—Died Aug. 9, 1912, at the home of her son in St. Helena, Cal., Mrs. Sarah Maria Potterton. She was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1832, but grew to womanhood in Ohio and Illinois. She was married to John Boyd, and to them were born two children. After Mr. Boyd's death she was united in marriage with Abraham Potterton. To them were born four children. The family moved to California in 1866, and four years later settled in Napa Valley, where they have resided since that time. Sister Potterton accepted this truth in 1876, and was a charter member of the St. Helena Seventh-day Adventist Church. She suffered intensely for many years, but bore her affliction with courage and fortitude. Her death is mourned by two sons and one daughter.
D. E. ROBINSON.
COGER.—Sister Elizabeth Coger was born April 20, 1849, and died Jan. 2, 1913, at her home in St. Joseph, Mich. She is survived by her husband, three sons, and one daughter. Sister Coger was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Lansing, Mich. Words found in Rev. 14:13 were used as the text for the funeral sermon.
J. J. GRAF.
McGLOTHLEN.—Isaac Clinton McGlothlen was born May 9, 1892, and died Jan. 4, 1913. Clinton attended school at the Forest Home Industrial Academy during the winter of 1907-08. During the week of prayer he was converted and baptized. Later he wandered away from the Lord and lost his early Christian experience. When the Balkan war broke out, he expressed a strong desire to make a change in his life and give himself unreservedly to the Lord. During his last sickness he gave every evidence of sincere and genuine repentance. He was not afraid to die, and we believe that he will have a part in the first resurrection.
E. N. SARGEANT.
SORENSEN.—Hans Sorensen was born May 29, 1844, in Denmark. He came to America in 1865, making Neenah, Wis., his home until 1902, when he removed to Granite Canon, Wyo. While living in Wisconsin, he accepted the truths held by Seventh-day Adventists under the labors of Elder J. G. Matteson, and remained a faithful Christian. At the time of his death, which occurred Dec. 26, 1912, he was a member of the Cheyenne, Wyo., church. Two sons and one daughter are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, words of comfort being taken from the book of Job.
THEODORE G. LEWIS.
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RATLIFF.—Manoah Ratliff was born near Straughn, Ind., Jan. 18, 1842, and died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Dec. 21, 1912. He enlisted during the civil war, but shortly after entering active service, was wounded and honorably discharged. After this he came to Alberta and took up a homestead, where he resided until about two months ago, when the family moved to Edmonton. He leaves to mourn, his companion, three children, one stepson, two sisters, and one brother. Twenty-two years ago Brother Ratliff accepted present truth, and died firmly believing that he would meet the Saviour when he comes. The writer spoke words of comfort from 1 Thess. 4:13-18.
H. A. NIERGARTH.
West Pennsylvania, Special Notice!
By B. F. Kneeland; H. K. Hackman
The next annual session of the West Pennsylvania Conference has been postponed by the action of the executive committee till March 4-9, 1913, which is just four weeks later than was announced last week. This action has been taken at the request of the Columbia Union Conference officers, on account of other important meetings conflicting with ours, which have been appointed by the General Conference. We trust that all delegates and others who were planning to attend this conference and convention of church workers will note the new date. The change in time will be the only change from the arrangements as previously announced.
This will be a very important meeting, and we wish again to urge all our church officers and others who are interested in the work in West Pennsylvania to attend this meeting. Every church should see that it is well represented. Some of our best-known workers are expected to be with us, and the instruction given will be both timely and helpful.
All delegates' credentials should be sent to the conference office immediately. All who expect to attend should send their names at once to Elder W. F. Schwartz, 521 Union St., Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Please remember the new date, March 4-9, 1913. The meeting will be held in the First Seventh-day Adventist church, Sixth Avenue and Union Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
B. F. KNEELAND, President; H. K. HACKMAN, Secretary.
Publications Wanted
The following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications sent post-paid:—
Mrs. W. F. Nall, Luthersville, Ga., desires a continuous supply of our denominational periodicals and tracts for free distribution.
A continuous supply of denominational papers and tracts for free distribution is desired by Miss Mollie Crockett, Patsey, Ky.
Copies of the Harvest Ingathering Signs of the Times and Temperance Instructor will be appreciated by A. H. King, Box 38, Route 2, Shreveport, La.
Up-to-date papers containing present truth will be appreciated by Mrs. E. M. Gifford, R. R. 2, Box 122B, Shreveport, La., for use in missionary work.
K. E. and M. E. Cannan, of Marion, Ky., wish to thank their many friends who have responded so promptly to the call for literature to use in reading-rack work.
T. W. Lewis, 410 N. Exposition St., Wichita, Kans., desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of literature recently sent him. He does not wish more at present.
Mrs. Addie Carroll, Afton, Okla., expresses her thanks for literature already received, and asks that a continuous supply be sent her for use in reading-racks and missionary work.
A continuous supply of late copies of the Protestant Magazine, Liberty, Signs of the Times, Watchman, REVIEW AND HERALD, also tracts in the Polish language, is requested by Mrs. S. M. Oldson, Bartlesville, Okla.
Charles Downey, Rock Hall, Md., Box 35, wishes a continuous supply of Signs of the Times, REVIEW AND HERALD, Liberty, Life Boat, Life and Health, Youth's Instructor, Gospel Herald, and tracts for free distribution.
Mrs. D. T. Stucker, Klamath Falls, Oregon, wishes to thank those who have so kindly sent her our good papers for missionary purposes, and says she has all she can make use of at present.
Myrtle L. Harrell, of 208 Francis St., Hot Springs, Ark., wishes, in behalf of the young people's society of that place, to thank those who have sent papers for free distribution, and asks that they may receive a continuous supply of literature.
The Shreveport church will be glad to receive any tracts, copies of the Watchman, Liberty, Protestant Magazine, and Signs of the Times (weekly and monthly) for use in reading-racks and young people's work. Please address S. D. A. Church, care of D. M. King, Shreveport, La.
Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association
By W. T. Knox; H. N. Sisco
NOTICE is hereby given that the next annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association of Washington, D. C., will be held at the Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park, Md., Feb. 13, 1913, at 10 A. M., for the election of nine trustees for the coming year, to take the place of those whose term of office expires at that time, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before this meeting. The members of this corporation consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the executive committee of the West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the board of management of the evangelical work of the Seventh-day Adventists of the District of Columbia and Takoma Park, Md., and the board of trustees of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association.
By order of the trustees.
W. T. KNOX, President;
H. N. SISCO, Secretary.
International Publishing Association
By E. T. Russell; J. C. Madison
The tenth annual meeting of the International Publishing Association will be held in College View, Nebr., Feb. 10, 1913, at 10 A. M., for the purpose of electing a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. The membership of this association consists of the executive committee of the General Conference, the executive committee of the Northern Union Conference, the executive committee of the Central Union Conference, the executive committee of the Southwestern Union Conference, the board of trustees and seventeen counselors of the International Publishing Association, and the editors of the foreign periodicals published by this association. It is desired that all members of the association that can consistently do so attend this meeting.
E. T. RUSSELL, President; J. C. MADISON, Secretary.
West Pennsylvania Conference, Notice!
By B. F. Kneeland; H. K. Hackman
THERE will be an adjourned annual meeting of the constituency of the West Pennsylvania Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, Sixth and Union Avenues, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, March 6, 1913, at 9:30 A. M., for the election of the members of the constituency of the association, and the transaction of any other business that may come before the association. This meeting will be held in connection with the eleventh annual session of the West Pennsylvania Conference, which will convene in Altoona, Pa., March 4-9, 1913.
B. F. KNEELAND, President;
H. K. HACKMAN, Secretary.
Central California Conference
By J. H. Behrens; G. A. Wheeler
THE second annual session of the Central California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held Feb. 20-25, 1913, in the Fresno church, corner of O and Mariposa Sts., Fresno, Cal., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. A full attendance of the delegates is earnestly requested.
J. H. BEHRENS, President;
G. A. WHEELER, Secretary.
Central California Conference Association
By J. H. BEHRENS; G. A. WHEELER
The Central California Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its first annual meeting in connection with the conference to be held at Fresno, Cal., Feb. 20-25, 1913. The first meeting of the association will be held Monday, February 24, at 10 A. M. All delegates to the conference are members of the association.
J. H. BEHRENS, President;
G. A. WHEELER, Secretary.
Special Notice!
WANTED.— Good Protestant homes for an affectionate, well-behaved girl, twelve years of age (black hair, dark eyes); for her sister, six years of age (hazel eyes); and for their brother, aged sixteen. After considerable effort, these bright, lovable children were rescued from Catholic institutions, to which they beg not to be returned. They have learned to love the Bible and want to be brought up Protestants. They are obedient and willing to work. What loyal Adventist family (or families) is ready to shelter these orphans? Persons answering this advertisement must be vouched for by their church elder or some conference official. Address all the communications to Editors REVIEW AND HERALD, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
WANTED.— By married man twenty-five years of age, place as bookkeeper. Can handle any set of books. Has kept complete set of bank books. Wants position with Sabbath-keepers. Can give best of references. Address Chancy Wood, Bad Axe, Mich.
WANTED.— Position by young Adventist caring for steam-engine and boiler. For further information write to F. E. Johnson, 14 Cedar Ave., Jamestown, N. Y.
Change of Address
ALL mail intended for Dr. D. E. Blake and his wife should be sent to Empire, C. Z. The rate of postage is the same as in the United States.
Back Cover of the New Temperance Instructor
The Raw Material and Finished Product of the Gin-Mill
YOU can not buy immunity for any price for your boys and girls; you can not buy safety so long as the saloon is opening its doors and inviting them in. As long as you permit these places, you may expect to furnish the material that goes into this ceaseless death grind. In the name of common justice, and in the name of the manhood and the womanhood of our beloved land, in the name of the stainless homes of America, let your patriotism appeal to reason, let your conscience whisper in the ear of judgment; and in the rectitude of your Anglo-Saxon manhood, in this hour of your country's need, register your votes against a continuance of the curse of the legalized liquor traffic.—Ex-Congressman George C. Sturgiss, of West Virginia.
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Fifteen Cents a Week for Missions
MUCH interest has been shown by union conferences in making it possible for them to report an average of fifteen cents a week throughout the year 1912 to missions for all church-members in the local conferences represented by the union. Several large unions quite doubtful as to whether this would be possible have, by the splendid work done by both people and leaders, been able to rejoice in their success when all moneys were in for the year. A later report will show how each local and union conference stood. Several union conferences report that all former records for any one month were broken in the amounts received during December. These returns have been watched with keen interest at headquarters, and the hearts of the workers connected with the Mission Board are greatly cheered, and these workers join heartily in the rejoicing over the splendid success attained by so many conferences and unions. As the good news reaches our missionaries in distant lands, they, too, will be encouraged and rejoice with us. It is through a willing people God is to finish his work throughout the earth. And he will surely richly bless every one who has helped to make up this average of fifteen cents each week per member for 1912, so generally attained here in the home land.
Turkey’s Change and Chicago Meetings
As we close the forms of this issue, there comes from Constantinople the news of a swift and startling change in the affairs in the Turkish Empire. The cabinet of the Turkish government had, with great reluctance and after much discussion, concluded to surrender the city and fortress of Adrianople, and to leave the disposition of the Ægean islands to the representatives of the greater European powers. But the mass of the Turkish people, especially the military, have been strongly opposed to the surrender to the allies of the “sacred city” of Adrianople. On January 23 this opposition culminated in the assassination of Nazim Pasha, the head of the Turkish army, in the resignation of the cabinet, and in the election of a new cabinet, whose members stand for the continuation of the war to preserve the national honor. This complete change in the affairs of the government throws into confusion all the arrangements that have been made for settling the questions at issue between Turkey and the Balkan allies, and greatly increases the danger of a general European war.
THOSE having friends and relatives living in Chicago are requested to send them an invitation to attend meetings being held in the Baptist church, Ashland Boulevard and Monroe Street, Chicago, during the month of February; sermons on the Sabbath question and religious liberty. Services will be held every evening at 7:45. K. C. RUSSELL.
To Church Elders
By H. E. Rogers
AN effort is being made to secure returns at the earliest possible date from all our conferences and missions throughout the world for use in compiling the 1912 statistical report of the denomination. To accomplish this, however, the cooperation of the officers of our churches is necessary. If each one who has any part to act in the matter of submitting returns for our churches and companies will act promptly, the secretary of the conference will be able to make his report without delay. Unless this is done, it will be impossible to prepare the report prior to the coming session of the General Conference, which it is greatly desired to do. Will not each one, therefore, who has anything to do in the matter of reporting information for our various churches and companies, please forward his report without delay, and thus greatly assist in the prompt preparation of the report for 1912? Proper blanks for reporting have doubtless been furnished each church clerk for use in submitting returns, and these should be filled completely, at the earliest date, and sent to the secretary of his conference.
H. E. ROGERS,
Statistical Secretary.
Remonstrances Against the Johnston Sunday Bill
The remonstrances against the Johnston Sunday Bill or any similar measure continue to pour into the Senate. As they come from all parts of the country and are presented by many senators, they must make quite an impression. Up to the time that this paper went to press, no effort had been made to call up the Johnston Bill in the Senate, and the substitute for it, prepared by the legislative committee of the Lord’s Day Alliance, had not been presented. In the ordinary course of things, it would seem hardly likely that either bill could become a law during the present Congress, which expires March 4; but it is possible that an effort may be made to rush one through during the closing days of the session. Earnest efforts have been put forth to forestall any such outcome as this, and the work will be continued. The prompt coöperation of our people throughout the United States has been a great factor in the campaign.
Central China Mission
From a recent report from China we learn that there was about thirty thousand dollars available for the building fund, and appropriations were made from it as follows:—
A training-school ............ $ 9,500
Central China Mission
Station at Yen-cheng .......... 2,500
Station at Hankow ............ 4,200
South China Mission
Land at Canton ............... 1,925
Canton Home ................. 1,500
Home for Brother Wilbur ...... 2,000
Intermediate school .......... 3,000
Swatow Home ................. 2,000
Central China
Home on Gagunshan ........... 800
Southeast China
Intermediate school .......... 2,500
Total ........................ $29,925
The above were provided for from the $300,000 Fund.
New Mission Center Near Bombay
At the close of the general meeting in Calcutta, Elder J. L. Shaw and Prof. H. R. Salisbury began a tour among the mission stations in India. After counseling with the brethren in the Bombay section, and carefully looking over several sites, it was decided to purchase nine acres of land two miles from Kalyan, a healthful, thriving town and railroad junction a few miles northeast of Bombay. Here Elder M. D. Wood and wife and associate workers will locate, and from this center labor to give the third angel’s message to the Marathi people, whose language they know and for whom they have labored in the past.
