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Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 39.

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The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

FURTHER partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference Office:—
Amount previously reported .......... $35,809 49 V. Gobeille .......... 125 00 West Michigan Conference .......... 108 30 E. A. S. .......... 70 00 West Michigan Conference .......... 50 00 Sister Cox (England) .......... 48 70 Belle Bishop .......... 43 15 Henry Hayen .......... 25 00 Dr. N. P. Smith .......... 25 00 Sauk Center church .......... 22 00 J. W. H. Geiss .......... 16 23 Samuel Booth .......... 15 00 Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Ayres .......... 15 00 M. C. Wilcox .......... 15 00 Mrs. Kate A. Wilcox .......... 15 00 Williamsport (Pa.) church .......... 11 86 Elmer Fisk .......... 10 00 A. C. Clawges .......... 10 00 A brother and sister in Christ .......... 10 00 Robert Greaves .......... 10 00 A brother .......... 10 00 A friend .......... 10 00 Mrs. L. J. VanDown .......... 10 00 W. H. Michael .......... 10 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coverstone .......... 10 00 M. D. Pratt and family .......... 10 00 L. E. Vise .......... 10 00 R. F. Cottrell .......... 9 71 Fergus Falls church .......... 8 67 O. B. Price .......... 6 00 Mary Price .......... 6 00 Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Downs .......... 5 45 O. B. Price .......... 5 00 Julius Swan .......... 5 00 F. M. McLaughlin .......... 5 00 Emerson Fisk .......... 5 00 C. L. Holdeman .......... 5 00 H. Block .......... 5 00 M. V. Taylor .......... 5 00 Mrs. Otto Peterson .......... 5 00 Mrs. J. W. Bendixen and daughter .......... 5 00 Mrs. Anna M. Weidenbacher .......... 5 00 Frank Day Allen .......... 5 00 E. M. Allen .......... 5 00 Bertha E. Allen .......... 5 00 J. H. Wheeler .......... 5 00 R. A. Hiett .......... 5 00 Ada C. Hiett .......... 5 00 L. V. Hiett .......... 5 00 A sister .......... 5 00 H. P. Smith .......... 5 00 Mary Cady .......... 5 00 Charles Brown .......... 5 00 A. H. King .......... 5 00 Martha J. Moore .......... 5 00 Mary Buth .......... 5 00 B. N. Berry .......... 5 00 Euretta McEwen .......... 5 00 Alice Finch .......... 5 00 Jos. Konigmacher .......... 5 00 G. D. Bennett .......... 5 00 Mr. Markesio .......... 5 00 O. P. Galloway .......... 5 00 Mary O. Galloway .......... 5 00 Lucia M. Sawyer .......... 5 00 K. Blossom Wilcox .......... 5 00 Mrs. A. W. Curtis .......... 5 00 Iran James .......... 5 00 A. P. McDuffie .......... 5 00 Charles R. Brown .......... 5 00 R. C. Andrews .......... 5 00 F. W. Bartle .......... 5 00 G. W. Kimberlin .......... 5 00 Joseph Nichols .......... 5 00 Nekoosa (Wis.) friends .......... 4 95 Maud McLaughlin .......... 4 00 Mrs. Sand .......... 4 00 Mrs. D. D. Smith .......... 4 00 H. W. Jacobs .......... 4 00 Paris Tract Society .......... 3 55 Charlotte (Mich.) church .......... 3 42 Olympia church and S. S. .......... 3 28 Winterville (Pa.) Sabbath-school .......... 3 25 Mrs. Mary Roberts .......... 3 00 Florence A. Gartee .......... 3 00 Isaac VanDown .......... 3 00 Conrad Baier .......... 3 00 Sister Utley .......... 3 00 W. J. Heckman .......... 3 00 Mrs. V. T. Coahran .......... 3 00 Frank A. Calkins .......... 2 00 Grace McLaughlin .......... 2 00 Lela McLaughlin .......... 2 00 W. M. Ferguson .......... 2 00 G. W. Johnson .......... 2 00 Joseph Williams .......... 2 00 Addie Gott .......... 2 00 Arthur Peet .......... 2 00 Joseph Hagman .......... 2 00 Anna Peet .......... 2 00 Frank Draper .......... 2 00 A. A. Oliver .......... 2 00 E. J. Harvey .......... 2 00 A friend .......... 2 00 A. W. Fortner .......... 2 00 M. A. Murphy .......... 2 00 A friend .......... 2 00 Mrs. E. H. Ewell .......... 2 00 Deroy Eaton .......... 2 00 A. Johnson .......... 2 00 Maude Coahran .......... 2 00 Mrs. J. W. White .......... 2 00 M. B. Ashley .......... 2 00 Dwight A. Bidwell .......... 2 00 Mrs. H. S. S. Davis .......... 2 00 Mrs. Anna Scott .......... 2 00 Mrs. Lucy Schultz .......... 2 00 A. M. Castor .......... 2 00 H. R. Kitts .......... 2 00 Christine Chalmers .......... 1 90 Manley, June, Lawrence, Jessie, Merle, Frankie, and Lulu Stump .......... 1 80 H. C. Carmichael .......... 1 63 Mankato church .......... 1 50 Sister Phyllis .......... 1 50 W. H. Cottrell .......... 1 50 Martha E. Travis .......... 1 35 J. C. Schnell .......... 1 25 A friend .......... 1 25 Aberdeen (Wash.) Home S. S. .......... 1 10 Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Burdick .......... 1 00 C. S. Coon .......... 1 00 S. J. Straw .......... 1 00 Albert Brown .......... 1 00 Thomas Pringle .......... 1 00 A friend .......... 1 00 Mrs. E. Neimier .......... 1 00 Mary Hettick .......... 1 00 Mrs. S. Christensen .......... 1 00 H. A. Engledom .......... 1 00 A friend .......... 1 00 Mrs. M. A. Scribner .......... 1 00 John Wesley Barrett .......... 1 00 John Riffel .......... 1 00 Mary Riffel .......... 1 00 Mrs. R. F. Tock .......... 1 00 Mrs. Carrie Satterwhite .......... 1 00 Julia M. Johnson .......... 1 00 Ralph Dennison .......... 1 00 C. W. Keniston .......... 1 00 Mrs. C. W. Keniston .......... 1 00 Claude Jones .......... 1 00 Mrs. Murry Warner .......... 1 00 Paul Paulson .......... 1 00 Mrs. Hans Olson .......... 1 00 Mrs. Mary Johnson .......... 1 00 Allie Bunt .......... 1 00 Marvin Peet .......... 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stevens .......... 1 00 Mrs. C. H. Adams .......... 1 00 Charles Eliasen .......... 1 00 M. R. Cottrell .......... 1 00 A friend .......... 1 00 T. A. Cline .......... 1 00 Walter Twing .......... 1 00 B. J. Nelson .......... 1 00 Lee S. Wheeler .......... 1 00 Alma J. Moore .......... 1 00 P. J. Georgeson .......... 1 00 Mary Wickline and family .......... 1 00 Miss R. E. Brockett .......... 1 00 Bessie and Dale Daniard .......... 1 00 Fannie Runyon .......... 1 00 Gertie Schnell .......... 1 00 Rohesia Worrell .......... 1 00 O. J. Olson .......... 1 00 S. E. Foren .......... 1 00 Darate Lumber Co. .......... 1 00 Roe Amphlett .......... 1 00 T. M. Stuart .......... 1 00 H. S. Eaton .......... 1 00 F. T. Ashbaugh .......... 1 00 W. A. Brooks .......... 1 00 F. N. Lee .......... 1 00 J. E. McDougall .......... 1 00 Maria Waterbury .......... 1 00 Ward Cooper .......... 1 00 P. Darnell .......... 1 00 Mrs. S. A. Darnell .......... 1 00 Mrs. Rosa Dilsaver .......... 1 00 George Kennedy .......... 1 00 C. H. Dailey .......... 1 00 Charles Lurich .......... 1 00 G. C. Chaffee .......... 1 00 Mrs. Alice E. Zerbe .......... 1 00 Mrs. Mary Marrow .......... 1 00 Mariah Walsh .......... 1 00 Mary Sanders .......... 1 00 A friend .......... 1 00 A. M. Johnson .......... 1 00 A. J. Clark .......... 1 00 Roy Bliss .......... 1 00 Mrs. Mary E. Hoxie .......... 1 00 Mrs. E. M. Gardiner .......... 1 00 M. E. Kitts .......... 1 00 C. W. Weber (Germany) .......... 86 A. Christenson .......... 75 Sister Davis .......... 65 Clinton Coon .......... 50 Miles R. Coon .......... 50 Mrs. E. L. Sanford .......... 50 Dora Hill .......... 50 S. M. Davis .......... 50 R. R. Stern .......... 50 Andrew Bartleson .......... 50 R. C. Wirth .......... 50 W. J. Pflugradt .......... 50 James Peters .......... 50 W. Anderson .......... 50 Mrs. M. Suelflow .......... 50 R. M. Robbins .......... 50 H. W. Ives .......... 50 Mr. and Mrs. Park T. Kingsley .......... 50 Mrs. J. W. Parker .......... 50 Mrs. A. U. Marvin .......... 50 Dr. McGregor .......... 50 Martha Rea .......... 50 Mrs. Newton .......... 50 Verna Deane .......... 50 Inez Waite .......... 50 Hattie Barr .......... 50 Elmer Bunt .......... 50 Sister Williams .......... 50 Mr. and Mrs. Thos. G. Mercer .......... 50 Mrs. S. M. Lyons .......... 50 Mrs. E. E. Buzzee .......... 50 Mrs. A. Smith .......... 50 A. A. Roe .......... 50 Magdalane Miller .......... 50 Herman Miller .......... 50 C. T. Stuart .......... 50 I. R. Wells .......... 50 M. D. Hudson .......... 50 J. W. Martin .......... 50 Ellen Quinn .......... 50 Alfreda Weber .......... 50 Francis Watson .......... 50 Mary Tunison .......... 50 H. G. Gaunce .......... 50 Mildred Percell .......... 50 Florence Duffer .......... 50 Mabel Myers .......... 50 Emma Walthers .......... 50 Mrs. M. C. Livingston .......... 50 Mrs. W. T. Drummond .......... 50 J. C. Gross .......... 50 Mrs. J. W. Shiers and daughter .......... 50 Lena Lambert .......... 50 Nancy Toll .......... 50 Mary Reddish .......... 50 Lillie Worrell .......... 50 L. T. Baker .......... 50 J. F. Bockler .......... 50 H. B. Tyser .......... 50 F. B. Fulton .......... 50 A. D. Inall .......... 50 A. R. Dye .......... 50 M. E. Faddis .......... 50 Mrs. Edith B. Adams .......... 50 Earnest Darnell .......... 50 Van Darnell .......... 50 Henry Campbell .......... 50 Claude Law .......... 50 Maggie Reed .......... 50 Jane Day .......... 50 Ida Crow .......... 50 J. A. Harding .......... 50 A. R. Harding .......... 50 Roving Rob .......... 50 Cora Chaffee .......... 50 Carl Chaffee .......... 50 Mrs. Edith Cooke .......... 50 Ida C. Martin .......... 40 P. D. Cross .......... 40 Ellen Kitts .......... 35 Ada Kitts .......... 35 Robert Kitts .......... 30 Mrs. M. C. Livingston .......... 26 Lloyd Coon .......... 25 Mrs. E. A. Rose .......... 25 William Elderidge .......... 25 Charles White .......... 25 Ernest Smith .......... 25 Hans Peterson .......... 25 F. W. Wichman .......... 25 Eva B. Daggett .......... 25 S. A. Whittier .......... 25 D. W. Ives .......... 25 Ida Parker .......... 25 Claudia Parker .......... 25 A. C. Fisher .......... 25 Mrs. H. A. Morgan .......... 25 Mrs. Withers .......... 25 Mrs. C. P. Thompson .......... 25 Jacob Kuter .......... 25 Mr. Mogg .......... 25 Mrs. S. Gayre .......... 25 Mrs. H. Buchanan .......... 25 Warren Barr .......... 25 Edith Gott .......... 25 E. J. Hudson .......... 50 J. C. Childers .......... 25 J. W. Gillott .......... 25 M. A. Anderson .......... 25 A. C. Endaly .......... 25 A. G. Saffell .......... 25 Jessie Robbins .......... 25 Mrs. S. M. Shiers .......... 25 Mrs. M. Holcomb .......... 25 M. E. Pennabeer .......... 25 Nettie Brace .......... 25 Mildred Kaas .......... 25 H. A. Hinkly .......... 25 A. C. Seier .......... 25 P. H. Betzer .......... 25 M. D. Kann .......... 25 S. T. Mider .......... 25 Rhea Galloway .......... 25 Carrie Campbell .......... 25 Ansel Jacobs .......... 25 Albert Davis .......... 25 Florence Kitts .......... 25 Ethel Kitts .......... 25 Jessie Kitts .......... 25 Arthur Kitts .......... 25 Edwin Lawrence .......... 20 M. L. Matthews .......... 20 Mrs. J. D. Holcomb .......... 20 May Fulton .......... 20 D. L. .......... 20 Mrs. Edith Cooke .......... 14 Lane Coon .......... 10 E. H. Reed .......... 10 S. L., a friend .......... 10 R. I. and C. L. Livingston .......... 10 Oscar B. O. Livingston .......... 10 Bart A. Willingheart .......... 10 Another Willingheart .......... 10 Fred A. Hall .......... 10 Miss E. Foede .......... 10 David Coon .......... 05 Lester O. Coon .......... 05 Glenn G. Coon .......... 05 Clara Standish .......... 05 Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sanborn .......... 1 00 Mrs. Eliza Barnes .......... 5 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Berry .......... 10 00 A friend in Honolulu .......... 25 00 J. A. Randall .......... 50 00 Total reported .......... $37,120 09 A further list will follow. Send all donations to the General Conference Treasurer, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

Manual Labor for Teachers

By B. E. Crawford

“TEACHERS meet with many trials. Discouragements press upon them as they see that their efforts are not always appreciated by their pupils. Satan strives to afflict them with bodily infirmities, hoping to lead them to murmur against God, to forget his goodness, his mercy, his love, and the exceeding weight of glory that awaits the overcomer.”
If there is one class of people who, more than any other, need the benefits of physical and mental health, that class is Christian teachers. And of all the qualifications essential for the successful teacher, a healthy body and well-balanced mind hold the highest place. Every other qualification which contributes to the teacher’s success is largely dependent upon a good degree of physical energy. The more perfect his health, the better will be his work.
It is through the agency of the brain and spinal cord, with their delicate branches ramifying to every part of the body, that God speaks to us. The minute cells and fibers which receive and carry impressions are perfectly adjusted, and admirably adapted to their work, and if given reasonable care, will continue to perform their functions faithfully all through the seventy, eighty, one hundred or more years of life.
The relation between mind and body is so intimate that anything which affects one likewise affects the other. Hence it becomes of the highest importance that the mind worker should have a healthy body.
Teachers whose health is reasonably good, may easily keep it so by rightly relating themselves to the laws of health. They may do even more than this. They can and should be constantly improvingtheir health, and building up a strong constitution in keeping with their mental development.
The opinion is held by many that feeble, sickly persons who are unable to endure the strain of physical taxation, ought to devote their lives to teaching. This view is erroneous. True teaching is the giving of one’s life to others. Said the Great Teacher, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Those who are suffering from dyspepsia, headaches, torpid liver, stagnant circulation, or impure blood, will find it easier and more pleasant to go to the garden or field and use the hoe or the plow than to be confined to the schoolroom in an endeavor to infuse into the minds and hearts of the children and youth the principles of Christian living, of mathematics, or of science.
Many are the trials and perplexities of the teacher, and he, of all persons, needs a clear head and a cheerful heart. In his work of counteracting in the children and youth as fully as possible the inherited and cultivated tendencies to evil, there is abundant opportunity for the manifestation of all the Christian graces—faith, love, hope, patience, diligence, perseverance.
The teacher should walk and talk with God. His mind should be in tune with the mind of the Infinite. By faith he must look within the veil and behold things which are not visible to the natural eye.
Those who mold the minds and characters of the young, should ever keep the highest standard before them, that of godlikeness. Among the myriad forces that are clamoring for his attention from all around, and above, and beneath, the teacher should be able to recognize instantly and unmistakably the words of the meek and lowly Jesus, the compassionate Saviour, the model Teacher. He must be a constant learner in the school of Christ that he may be prepared daily to give to his pupils deeper and broader views of the meaning and the responsibilities of life, and the best methods of discharging its various duties. For the successful performance of this work good health and a vigorous constitution are most important factors.
One of the things absolutely essential in securing and retaining health of body, mind, and soul, is a proper amount and kind of physical exercise. This is necessary for every one, in whatever occupation he is engaged, and especially so for the teacher, since his work ordinarily furnishes but little muscular exercise. While walking, riding, playing vigorous games, etc., are all good forms of exercise when employed in moderation, they can not satisfactorily be substituted for useful work. A walk, as ordinarily taken for health, becomes dull and monotonous, and then but little good is derived from it. If the interest of the teacher has been awakened in the study of minerals, or animal or plant life, which takes him out of doors into the woods and fields, into the valleys or up the mountainsides, his walks will be far more beneficial than otherwise.
Vegetable and flower gardening, fruit raising, general housework, sawing, chopping, and splitting wood call into play all the important muscles in the body, causing expansion of the chest and inflation of the lungs with pure air. They aid circulation and digestion, purify the blood, and give a clearness and power of mind not experienced by one who neglects physical exercise.
We have found that useful work is essential for the highest degree of health, but there are other reasons, and important ones, too, why teachers should engage in manual labor.
The work of the teacher is not done when he has taught the theory or technicalities of a subject. The relation of the truths taught to the practical duties of life, and to the development of noble Christian character, is the ultimate end of all true teaching.
One can not teach successfully that which he has not himself experienced. It therefore becomes necessary for the teacher to learn by actual contact or experience the practical bearings of the lessons taught in his classes. Thus will he be able to direct the active minds of the young so that their mental and physical powers may be economized, and concentrated upon the work of dispelling the ignorance and alleviating the sorrows and sufferings of humanity.
In manual labor the teacher comes close to nature, and understands better the great object of life. The mind is expanded as well as the lungs. Fears and doubts give way to hope and trust.
Many do not like work. They shun it and try to get away from it. This is because the meaning of work has been perverted. “I do not like work,” says one writer, “but there are things to do that are not work, and one of these I count to be husking corn. Let it be in the open field and on a dry day, when the husks rattle and the ears are as yellow as the sunshine. Then one may keep time with the ripple of the brook or the dropping of the pears, while he tosses into great baskets the harvests of God’s love. I will sit upon a pumpkin.” By a little rural philosophy, work may be robbed of its toil, and the work may fall into rhyme and rhythm with the rest of the world.
Engaging in physical labor brings the teacher near to the majority of the common people, begets an interest and sympathy with their struggles, difficulties, failures, and victories. It gives him a better understanding of their hopes and aspirations, their desires and their needs.
Useful labor is a source of happiness, and an aid to symmetrical development. It promotes habits of industry, and shields the worker from many temptations. It is a most important aid to purity of thought and action. It broadens the mind, and produces stability, nobility, and dignity of character.
Activity is the law of God for all his creatures, and he himself is constantly at work. “In order to fulfil our mission, we, too, must be active.” Ability to do all kinds of useful work makes us more like God. Man has been endowed with a power which, in many respects and to a limited degree, is similar to the power of God. To some extent we are able to control the forces of nature. “As God called forth the earth in its beauty out of chaos, so we can bring order and beauty out of confusion.”
Many examples of great teachers who have devoted a part of their time to manual labor might be cited. Of these I will call attention to only two. The apostle Paul, one of the greatest teachers the world has ever known, while carrying on his arduous missionary labors spent a part of his time in laboring with his hands at the trade of tent-making. Jesus, the model teacher, spent nearly thirty years of his life at carpenter work. During this time he was studying the words and works of God, and teaching the truth as opportunity offered. Much of his education was gained from his daily work.
After entering the ministry, he was not physically idle. He walked from place to place, teaching the people, casting out devils, feeding the multitudes, relieving suffering and sorrow, and bearing the burdens of the oppressed. His life was filled with physical as well as intellectual and spiritual work. “It is enough for the disciple that he be as his Master, and the servant as his Lord.”
B. E. CRAWFORD.

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. Hoopes, Chairman; Frederick Griggs, Secretary.

Current Mention

— Lady Curzon, wife of the viceroy of India, is critically ill in London.
— King Peter of Servia, who was placed on the throne by the assassins of the late King Alexander and Queen Draga, was crowned at Belgrade, September 21.
— The Iroquois theater in Chicago was reopened September 19, after undergoing repairs at a cost of $100,000. Many citizens of Chicago protested against the reopening.
— The list of victims of the great storm which recently swept the Atlantic coast has been swelled by the news of the foundering of the schooner “Alvira French” off Long Island, seven of the crew being drowned.
— News from the war in the far East reports more fighting at Port Arthur, a combined attack being made by the Japanese land and sea forces. The Japanese captured two forts, and appear to be slowly but surely making their way toward the inner defenses. Some reports indicate that a battle at Mukden is imminent, and others give the impression that the Russian forces are about to abandon that place, and retreat to Harbin, four hundred miles north.
— An electric car containing thirty-two persons was blown to pieces at Melrose, Mass., September 21, by striking a fifty-pound box of dynamite that had fallen off an express wagon. Six persons were killed outright, three more died of their injuries within an hour, and nineteen others on the car were taken to the two hospitals, suffering from severe injuries. So great was the force of the explosion that all but ten feet of the rear portion of the car was blown into small pieces, while windows within a radius of a quarter of a mile were shattered.
— Railway accidents have been unusually frequent of late, the record culminating September 24 in one of the worst wrecks ever known in this country. Two passenger-trains on the Southern Railway came together in a head-on collision near Hodges, Tenn., each moving at full speed, and thegreater part of both trains was demolished. The first reports place the list of killed at fifty-four, with one hundred and twenty injured, many of the latter being seriously and some fatally hurt. A peculiar feature of the accident is that it occurred in daylight, the engineer of one of the trains having disobeyed orders by running by the station where he should have stopped, his action being explained only on the supposition that he was either asleep or dead at the time. Both engineers were among the dead.
— A recent dispatch from Hidalgo, Tex., stated that the Rio Grande River was seventeen miles wide at that place, and that a short distance below, the channel of the river had been changed by the flood, so that a slice of land embracing several hundred acres and occupied by some thousands of sheep and goats, which before the flood was in Mexico, has been transferred to the Texas side of the stream. At Presidio, Tex., 600 persons were left homeless, and all crops for a distance of 100 miles below and 150 miles above that place were destroyed.
— Last February the country was shocked by news from Mississippi of the burning at the stake of a negro and his wife at Indianola. The negro had killed a white man in a quarrel, and his wife, it seems, was not guilty of any crime; yet she shared her husband's fate. Now some of the mob who participated in the lynching have been brought to trial, among them being the brother of the murdered white man; and a United States senator (Senator McLaurin) has made a plea before the court in his defense, in which he advances the idea that the killing was justifiable and necessary in view of the riotous conditions caused by the crimes of the negroes. Thus it appears that civil government in this “land of the free” has degenerated to the point where a United States senator will stand up in court and justify lynch law, and such lynch law as burns a woman at the stake for the crime of her husband.

Obituaries

Simkin.—Died near Wellsville, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1904, our darling little Elsie Marie, only daughter of George A. and Mary P. Simkin, aged nearly 2 years. Elder W. E. Adams (Disciple) spoke at the funeral, from 1 Cor. 15: 23. L. E. Simkin.
Webber.—Died in St. Helena, Cal., Sept. 5, 1904, Mrs. Mary I. Webber, aged 80 years, 7 months, and 7 days. She was born in Massachusetts. Sister Webber died in bright hope of immortality when Jesus comes. Two children and other kindred were among the mourners. Services in St. Helena church, by the writer; text, Rev. 14: 13. H. A. St. John.
Baugh.—Fell asleep in Christ, at his home in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 2, 1904, of consumption, Joseph E. Baugh, aged 61 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Four years he was in the Civil War, and about two months ago he joined the army of the Lord, in whose service he was faithful unto death. A wife and a daughter mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral by the writer. O. Soule.
Switzer.—Died in St. Helena, Cal., Sept. 13, 1904, Mrs. Rebecca Switzer, aged 49 years, 4 months, and 25 days. The family moved to St. Helena from the State of Illinois in November, 1903. Sister Switzer died in hope of immortality. Funeral service was held at the Seventh-day Adventist church in St. Helena, Sept. 14, 1904, by the writer; text, John 5: 25. H. A. St. John.
Smith.—Died at her home, in Tupper Lake, Nova Scotia, Sept. 4, 1904, of consumption, Mrs. W. W. Smith. She will long be remembered by all who knew her. The life she lived hourly was one worthy of imitation, and one which gave her the peace which passeth all understanding, and a hope of a bright hereafter. The bereaved companion and family wish to extend their heart-felt thanks to the many friends who were so kind and courteous during her long illness. Susie E. Atherton.
Glassford.—Died at St. Louis, Mich., Aug. 5, 1904, of consumption, John V. Glassford, aged nearly 30 years. Early in life, he professed conversion under the labors of the Salvation Army. Later, from studying “Bible Readings,” he learned present truth and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Frankfort. As the end drew near, he freely expressed his firm faith in a sin-pardoning Saviour, and his hope of an abundant entrance into the kingdom. A wife and a four-year-old son are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Ps. 17: 15. Fred Brink.
Crandall.—Died at the home of his daughter, in Beloit, Wis., Sept. 4, 1904, George Grant Crandall, aged 80 years, 5 months, and 11 days. When ten years old, during a series of revival meetings he was converted, and from that time lived a consistent Christian life. He and his wife, who is now deceased, accepted the third angel’s message in 1885, and united with the Oakland, Wis., Seventh-day Adventist church. Five sons and one daughter are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother George Green, local elder of the Oakland church; text, 1 Tim. 2: 5, 6. T. B. Collins.
Edwards.—Died at Shingle House, Pa., Sept. 11, 1904, H. W. Edwards, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. For many years he was a consistent follower of the Saviour and conscientious member of the Shingle House church. He gave his life and all he possessed to the advancement of the third angel’s message. His daily activities were interrupted but one day, and then he fell peacefully asleep to await the Master’s call. Brother Edwards was almost alone in the world, his only relative being Sister Helen Eurette, also a member of the Shingle House church. The funeral was held September 13. The writer spoke from 1 Cor. 15: 58. C. F. McVagh.
Crawford.—Died at Elroy, Wis., Sept. 5, 1904, of spinal trouble, William L. Crawford, aged 26 years, 6 months, and 18 days. At the age of fifteen he was baptized and connected with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Elroy, Wis. He was an invalid for the past two years, and always bore his suffering with that patience that is indeed a testimony of the hope within. As he neared the valley of the shadow of death, he often expressed the desire that he might soon fall asleep, and rest till the voice of Jesus should call him forth in the first resurrection. A widowed mother, seven brothers, and one sister mourn, but not as those without hope. The funeral was held in the M. E. church, conducted by the writer, assisted by the M. E. pastor. W. S. Shreve.

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WANTED.—Man to work among horses and cows and in garden. Good place for right man. Must be a Sabbath-keeper, and not under twenty years of age. Address J. A. Stuart, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
WANTED.—At once, 6 or 8 active S. D. A. carpenters. Pay according to amount of work done. Address E. H. Rees, Station G, Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Sterilized peanut butter (in cans or bulk), raw Spanish peanuts, nut butter mills, etc. For prices, write to Charlotte Cereal and Supply Co., Ltd., Charlotte, Mich.
FOR SALE.—Fruit farm of 50 acres—red clay loam and black chert, ideal soil for the peach and strawberry. Over 1,300 peach trees, nearly all young, bearing trees; new up-to-date house; new 30 x 40 barn; two wells, pure freestone water; beautiful scenery on three sides; 1 ½ mile from Graysville. Address C. H. Moyers, Graysville, Tenn.

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Burt L. Thompson, Lindsay, I. T., any denominational papers and tracts for reading rack.
Julius H. Ulrich, 524 Jersey St., Quincy, Ill., denominational literature in English or German.
J. W. Hicks, Moberly, Madison Co., Ky., Signs, REVIEW; tracts on Sabbath, state of the dead, immortality of the soul.

Mail Address for Captain J. L. Johnson

Address

ALL mail for Capt. J. L. Johnson, should be addressed to Station C, Brooklyn, N. Y., missionary yacht “Sentinel.”

Caterham Sanitarium Praised in The Christian Commonwealth

UNDER the title, “Hydrotherapy and Good Health: How They Mingle at Caterham,” The Christian Commonwealth of London prints an article from a correspondent, dealing with the work of our sanitarium at Caterham, Surrey, England. The correspondent was evidently well pleased with what he found at the institution. We quote the following paragraphs from his article:—
Rather more than a year ago I joined a party which inaugurated the re-establishment of the Surrey Hills Hydropathic Institution at Caterham on “good health” lines. What these are may be found set forth monthly in a well-edited and illustrated little magazine with the title of Good Health, obtainable through any bookseller.
The spirit underlying this mission is not one of money making. Nobody’s bank account is swelled because all the beds are occupied. The terms are moderate to start with; continual additions are made for the comfort and rest of visitors; but any surplus is devoted to receiving special cases at lower rates. It is clear, too, that the institution is conducted in a religious spirit, but there is no sort of compulsion. On a small blackboard, written in chalk, were the words, “Vespers at 7:30 in the drawing-room.” I did not enter, but sat in the garden, and as I read, strains of hymns were wafted to my ear. On Sabbath morn at eleven a simple service was held under the trees, in which all the house workers joined, and many visitors.
It was interesting to hear a lady who sat at my table remark: “This is a curious place; there is such freedom; one does almost as he likes, and there are no servants. The helpers are considered equals, and all addressed as ‘Mr.’ or ‘Miss.’”
So I found it. We were courteously waited on by ladies of education and good breeding, who were part of the intelligence of the home itself. This attitude finds its most delightful expression in the young physician, who is the head of the Caterham and Leicester homes. A good-looking young fellow, hardly thirty, he has a soft, persuasive voice and winning smile, which are most refreshing. But behind these are strong convictions and considerable ability.
The Surrey Hills Hydro is situate five minutes from Caterham railway station—the terminus of a branch line from Purley—and only nineteen miles from London. . . .
The institution has been enlarged, and includes a group of houses with a spacious lawn in rear and the mountainside rising from its fence.

An Important Action

By Editor

At the recent General Conference Council at College View, Neb., the following recommendations were passed September 19:—
We recommend, That the readings and a suggestive program for these [winter missionary] conventions, together with detailed plans for the campaign, be published in the REVIEW; and in order that this essential information and the valuable instruction and interesting reports from the world-wide field, which this paper contains, may be studied by all our people,—
We recommend, That, during the month of October, the librarians, church elders, and conference laborers seek to place it in the home of every Sabbath-keeper.
Such an action as this seems most fitting, and we had already anticipated it by entering upon a vigorous effort in behalf of a much wider circulation of the paper. We had suggested that in view of the coming missionary campaign, and the matter which the REVIEW would contain concerning its progress and success, all our people should have its weekly visits.
We are glad that our brethren at the council feel in the same way, and that we may count on the co-operation of all our people for this effort.
The month of October is a sufficient length of time to fully accomplish this work if every one will do his part.
We trust that church and conference officers will take up this work heartily and at once. We will furnish sample copies for such use, and co-operate in any other way we can. Address Review and Herald, Circulation Dept., 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.

An Important Action

The program for the missionary campaign, to which attention is called under the heading “An Important Action,” is given on page 2 of this issue.

Newfoundland Health Institute Second Annual Statement

From the second annual statement of the Newfoundland health institute it appears that the gross earnings of the institution for the year ending June 30, 1904, were $1,742.22, and that the present worth of the institution at that date was $1,487.91. The charity work thus far has amounted to $838.65. This is a very creditable showing for this young institution.

Bible Lessons

THE third volume of “Lessons in New Testament History,” by Prof. M. E. Kern, of Union College, is now published. This volume is on the Acts of the Apostles, and completes the set. These lessons are for the eighth, ninth, or tenth grades in our church-schools, academies, and colleges, and for private study. They are used in the Union College School of Correspondence.
Professor Hughes, principal of the Keene Academy, says: “I am teaching New Testament history, and must say that I am well pleased with the book.”
Price of the set, 90 cents, postpaid. Order of the Union College Press, College View, Neb.

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

STEADILY the list of donations to the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund is mounting upward. This week it has reached the sum of $37,120.09, as will be seen by referring to page 21.
We call special attention to the fact that many who are interested in the work in Washington are giving regularly, and promise to continue to do so until the whole amount is paid in.
The following letters will be read with interest:—
MORGAN HILL, CAL., Aug. 9, 1904.
DEAR BROTHER: I have just received the last REVIEW, and see that nearly one fourth of the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund has been raised. Now I should be very much grieved if the whole amount were raised, and I had not sent in my mite to be used in helping to lay the foundation for what I know will be a grand and glorious work. . . . May the Holy Spirit lead, guide, and direct the work in Washington, D. C., is my prayer.
We feel assured that many would be sorely grieved if this and every other opportunity for helping the work of God were closed forever. We are confident that there are many who have not yet been able to send help for this present work. We believe they will now come forward as re-enforcements to those who have already made contributions, and we are thankful to know that many are planning to help regularly until the work is finished.
PINEVILLE, KY., Aug. 22, 1904.
DEAR BROTHER: I had hoped to see the full amount raised by this time, but the Lord knows when and by whom to send it in. I trust the work will continue to prosper. I sometimes think I would like to make a small donation each week until the work is completed. You will please find $12.29 enclosed for this week.
Your brother in the work.
We call attention to the statement made in the REVIEW of September 22 by Sister White, under the heading, “An Onward Work:” “The message received is that many years ago this work should have been done. The call for help that is being made now should have been made long ago. . . . God will surely bless those who will aid in carrying out the command, ‘Arise, and build for me a memorial in Washington!’”
May the Lord fulfil his promise to restore the years that the canker-worm hath eaten. The King’s business requires haste. After the many years’ delay, we pray that this work may be quickly finished and cut short in righteousness. J. S. WASHBURN.
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