Probably our people as a whole know as little of Newfoundland as of almost any country in the world. Take, for instance, its geographical position. It is certain that many think that we are in sight of “Greenland’s icy mountains,” and that we are so far north, and the cold is so intense, that we have to dress as do the Esquimos, and go about on snowshoes. But really we are quite a distance from Greenland, and snowshoes would be as much of a curiosity here as anywhere. It will be a great surprise doubtless to some to be told that here in St. John’s we are in a more southern latitude than that of London, or even of Paris. But such is the fact. However, the climate is much colder here than in those cities. Not infrequently in some places in the southern part of this country the thermometer registers from twenty to thirty degrees below zero. Here in St. John’s it is considered very cold if the mercury goes down as low as zero. But what cold we do have is intensified by the fierce winds that prevail at all times. It is this that makes life here so uncomfortable. Then, too, the weather is very changeable. In this connection I speak for St. John’s and its vicinity, and not for the north. As I write, the “Ice King” is gripping the country with a firm hand, and all along the coast it is being shut in with ice, which in some places is already from two to three feet thick. Because of this, coastal navigation is practically closed, and the steamer “Portia,” the principal means of travel, is now on her last trip. But the ice is forming so rapidly that it is doubtful if she will get farther north than to Notre Dame Bay. Brother F. W. Johnston went by the17“Portia” to Twillingate, where it has been decided to make another effort. It is a question, however, whether he will be able to land on account of the ice. We are praying that God will send a wind that will blow the ice out to sea, for only thus can this place be reached now. Until recently the way had not opened for Brother Johnston to go there. The readers of the REVIEW will remember how difficult it was for Elder Tracy to begin work there last winter. Still more unfavorable conditions would have prevailed now had not some of the friends of the cause there decided to purchase a building which last November had been put up for sale. The purchase was not effected until this present month, and then only through a third party, for had it been known that it was intended for us, it would not have been sold at any price. For that reason we dared not make any move toward sending any one there until the deed had been signed and the property made over.
We have felt constrained to make one more effort there, as to stop now would mean the loss of what little had already been accomplished. Besides, of late, circumstances seemed to speak plainly that we should make another effort this winter, and we all felt that it would be wrong to abandon the field at this juncture. The church here, though poor, has taken hold of this new enterprise with considerable zeal, and has given an organ toward the work.
The last Sunday of the old year it was my privilege to baptize three believers, making eight in all for the year. Besides these, two others accepted the truth, and doubtless they, with a few more, will be baptized soon.
With increased spiritual blessings there has been greater faithfulness in the payment of tithes and offerings. This could not be otherwise. The following will indicate our prosperity financially: The increase of tithe for 1906 over that of 1905 was over twenty-nine per cent. The annual offering was increased by more than fifty-four per cent. The donations at our Sunday night services increased over ninety per cent. If we add to this other offerings for local work, the increase is over one hundred and four per cent. Thus all along the line advancements have been made, for which we heartily give thanks to God. Our weekly Bible readings are well attended, and we know of several who are now in the “valley of decision.”
Last November I took a trip to Twillingate and Moreton’s Harbor. Because of terrific gales, and opposition to our using the public halls in these places, I was not able to hold any meetings. While on the steamer en route to Twillingate, it was my privilege to give a few readings on The Coming of the Lord and the Signs of the Times, to a few interested persons, one of whom was formerly a Catholic. Some of these live in the north, on what is known as the “French shore.” They begged me to go with them and teach them more of the Word. They seemed so earnest that I was pained to have to refuse their invitation. I sold them some literature (Thoughts on Daniel), and promised to send them some papers and tracts. This I have done. I also promised them, as soon as the way opened up, to visit them at their home. This again raises the problem, How are the people of this country to be warned? We ought to have at least one permanent worker for the north, east, and west respectively. A good canvasser with a little help, could do an excellent work here. Could not such a worker, together with the necessary support, be provided from among our large conferences?
In closing this report, I would call attention to the fact that in March the sealing fleet will go from this place to what is termed “The Ice.” These voyages are made annually, and last from three to four weeks. In that time they catch from three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand seals. Hundreds of men from all parts of the island congregate in this city to go in these vessels. All the denominations recognize in this a grand opportunity to do missionary work. A great work can be done at that time with our periodicals. We ask our friends in the States from now on to send us clean copies of the REVIEW, Signs of the Times, and the Watchman. (Papers printed in any other than the English language can not be used.) Be sure that sufficient postage is prepaid on all parcels, otherwise to use them would make it very expensive for us here. Donations of tracts would also be acceptable at any time. From St. John’s papers are carried to all parts of the island free of postage. Doubtless there are some local tract societies that could send us tracts. Our courage is good for 1907.
C. H. KESLAKE.
Box 217, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
China
By A. C. Selmon
SIANG-CHENG.—These are surely history-making times. As I read my Literary Digest from week to week, it is a marvel to see how prophecy is fulfilling. We see the old established churches—Methodist, Presbyterian, and others—repudiating the faith of their fathers, and outlining their creeds as different from the Bible as Catholicism is from the truth. And England has told Russia she may take Constantinople when she desires to do so. How can our people see these things happening before their eyes, without being stirred to action? It means the Lord's coming is near at hand.
The summer is now past, and we are having fine fall weather; and we thank our Father that we have had good health all summer. We are doing more work now than we have been able to do at any time since we came to China.
We shall be glad for the day when we can have two families located at each station. It would be a great help in our work. For instance: I am very anxious to make a trip up through the north and northeast of China, and get acquainted with the field, so we can make preparations for carrying the work into that section. But as it is now, I can not leave my station, as Mrs. Selmon can not stay alone for so long; although several times she has had to remain alone here, forty miles from any foreigners, for two and three weeks at a time, when I had to be away. I was compelled to go away last spring for two weeks. It was just before that big scare about the uprising. When I went, I knew nothing of it, but while in Hankow, I heard of it, and I saw the missionaries coming in from their inland stations, and the Chinese people fleeing to the walled cities. Since that experience, I have felt very loath to go and leave her here alone.
I am glad to report a better outlook for the work here than at any time previous. I now have two men, who I am sure have experienced a real conversion, and every day I am teaching them the Bible. I have a regular course of study for them. One is a good preacher, and the other has not been with me long, but he can present the gospel very well. I also have a doorkeeper—an old man of sixty—who is a convert. He is learning to read the Bible at this late date. He never went to school a day in early life; but since he has been with me, he has learned to read a good portion of John's Gospel. Mrs. Selmon has a woman fifty years old, who is also a real believer in the gospel, and as I am writing this, Mrs. Selmon is in the next room, teaching her to read our Chinese “Gospel Primer.”
There is a host of false workers among the native church-members. Our work has been hindered for these two years by such persons. It has only been of late, since we have learned the language better, and know more of the characteristics of the people, that we have been able to rid our camp of these Achans. And since we have done so, we have seen the Lord's blessing in a way we did not see it before. It is quality, not quantity, that counts. When I consider how little we have done in these three years we have been in China, I would surely be discouraged were it not for such texts as Isa. 17:6 and 24:13: There shall be left gleanings, “as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches.” It surely is so in this land.
Our people at home read the reports of the other missions,—how they have hundreds coming into the church at one time,—and they are inclined to think that our work does not show the results that it should. If they could be here on the field, and see what these hundreds of converts are like, they might think differently. It is not the number of names on the church record that counts, but it is the number that will go through these perilous times, and find entrance into the kingdom. A. C. SELMON.
Open Doors
THE following is from Brother Robert Caldwell, who in the past two years has sold our books in Singapore, Malay Peninsula, Siam, Philippine Islands, China, and Formosa, and is now in Japan:—
“It is now about two years since the first contingent of workers left Australia for the great island field. At times it has looked as if the work was too great. Then the scattered nature of the field and the scarcity of workers almost overwhelmed one. It truly is a stupendous task, but praise God, we have a stupendous power behind it all.”
“The need of New Guinea and Celebes speaks volumes in itself. Alone and neglected, at the mercy of the traders, the people are truly waiting for deliverance. The island of Java must be entered soon, not simply to touch it, but to work the whole length and breadth of it. Think of it, only half as large again as Tasmania, yet packed with six times as many people as the whole of Australasia. The Federated Malay States have laborers18of several societies working therein, teaching the people the best they can. The island of Penang, about four hundred miles north of Singapore, is a good place to locate a worker. There are upward of one thousand Europeans in Georgetown. The total population is about two million, including Province Wellesley, which is directly opposite, on the mainland of the peninsula.”
“About five days’ sail from Singapore lies Siam, unentered. This country has over six million souls. The Siamese are not at all an unlikely people to receive the gospel. Naturally they strike me as being more favorable to work with than either the Malays or Filipinos. The American Presbyterian Mission has several schools there, also a printing-press. These are located in Bankok. They have also penetrated into the interior.”
“There are over six hundred miles of railroad in this great foreign land. Four days’ journey from Singapore the Philippines are found. This is a field that demands the best we can do. It is not very long since the Protestant societies first entered it. The people here are very anxious to learn. There are over three hundred thousand in attendance at the public schools, learning English. Night-schools are conducted for those who work during the day. The Filipinos are a bright people, and can be readily influenced, as they are not so stern and cold as their Mohammedan relatives in Malaysia.”
“One of the most urgent needs is some one of experience to open up the health food work. Among the Americans are many who are waiting for these products. We need to advance rapidly in the Philippines, as America, the fatherland of religious liberty, under whose hand these islands lie, is to be the parent of persecution also, which will be felt in the Philippines before other parts of our mission territory are affected. It would be wise to ascertain what language of the group has the most literature, and is the most widely spoken; then let some workers go ahead and learn it so that in the near future some other point of this group could be stationed with strong outposts.”
“In closing, I may state my conviction that one of the best methods of sowing the truth among these numerous islands, is by means of the printed page, perhaps not so much by the subscription books as by smaller literature. Tracts and pamphlets should be put out as soon as possible in the principal dialects. In circulating English literature the native population is almost wholly unreached, as few can read English; also, these can not afford to pay the price of this literature.”
Portugal
By C. E. RENTIERO
LISBON.—The new converts—first-fruits in Portugal—are paying a tithe and taking up service for others. This stirs up the opposition in this new field. The Protestants have printed a four-page leaflet against us, somewhat as follows:— “Beware! It is the duty of believers to attend to Christ’s words in Matt. 24: 4, 24 [the warning against false prophets]. This peril arises among us. It is a movement founded essentially on false prophecies, and maintains itself by means of a persistency extraordinary.” Thus it goes on, announcing that opposition literature is soon to be published in Portugal to meet our work, and saying that we are not to be compared with unbelievers or Mormons or spiritualists, for our lives are rigidly strict and pure, and we believe in conversion and other things common to all the churches. It is, they warn, an example of sincerity and pureness of life allied to a pernicious doctrine, and they give some of the points of our teaching.
With the enunciation of the majority of our doctrines, no doubt some persons will be desirous of searching further. In anticipation of this we are printing a four-page sheet, giving the testimony of Protestants and Catholics on the law and the Sabbath, with a few Bible texts, and an invitation to study with us in our meetings.
Not long ago the editor of a large daily paper, being also correspondent of a Catholic paper, wrote me, asking for an outline of our belief, as he desired to write some articles on the religious beliefs in Portugal. I complied, giving the main principles and outlining the organization. Some day it will be published in some form.
Last night I had an interesting visit with a professor. He is in accord with us on the Sabbath question, having arrived at a conclusion before he saw us or read any of our literature. He had read the writings of others and knew their teaching. He sees that there has been a change from the original Sabbath, but does not know how nor why. I hope to be able to study with him more.
C. E. RENTIERO.
Pacific Press Notes
By C. H. JONES
WORK on our new factory has been delayed on account of our not being able to secure material as fast as needed, but the building is now all enclosed, and the inside finishing and painting is nearly done. We hope to be able to move in the first of next month. All who have seen the factory pronounce it a model, both for convenience and for economy. In many respects it will be better than the old building, but will not cost half as much. We are studying how to economize in every way we possibly can.
For the past few weeks we have had very cold, stormy weather, and this has hindered the work more or less. The hills and mountains on either side of us have been covered with snow,—a thing very unusual for this part of the country. It has been impossible to keep the temporary sheds in which our work is now being carried on warm enough to be comfortable, but all seem to be cheerful, and are trying to make the best of the situation, hoping soon to be more comfortably housed.
Thursday, the tenth, steam was turned on the new factory for the first time, and this will help dry out the cement floor.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Press Publishing Company and members of the Pacific Press Publishing Association will be held here at Mountain View on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1907. At this meeting directors will be elected for another term, and plans will be laid for carrying on the work during the year.
We are glad to say that the subscription list of our pioneer missionary paper, the Signs of the Times, has been increasing quite rapidly during the past few weeks. The first of November we were printing only about fourteen thousand copies, but we hope that before the close of the year the list will call for one hundred thousand copies. This can easily be accomplished if we can have the hearty co-operation of our brethren and sisters, and this we have been promised.
We have just issued a little booklet setting forth what the next volume of the Signs will contain, and we would like to place one of these in the hands of every Seventh-day Adventist. They can be had free, either from the Pacific Press or from your tract society.
We are bringing out a series of church-school readers to be called the “True Education Reader Series,” a full description of which appeared on the second page of the Signs under date of January 16. Book No. 2 is now ready, and others will follow immediately. This series was adopted by the General Conference at its educational convention held in College View, Neb., June 29 to July 10, 1906. The books are intended not only for use in our church-schools and colleges, but in every family where there are children.
Volumes VI, VII, and VIII of the “Testimonies” are just off the press, and orders can now be filled. The other volumes will be pushed to completion as soon as possible.
It must be remembered that we have only two cylinder presses in operation at the present time, and the Signs and Our Little Friend have to be printed on these, as well as all the book work. For several weeks—yes, nearly all the time since the fire—we have kept these presses running night and day, but have been unable to meet the demand. Soon we shall have more presses in operation (those being restored from the effects of the fire), and then we can get out work more promptly.
Brethren H. H. Hall and E. R. Palmer have just left for Walla Walla, Wash., to attend a canvassers' institute and bookmen's convention to be held at the college, January 15-22. After this convention Brother Hall will go East, attending meetings in Montana, Nebraska, and Minnesota. He will return by way of Alberta and the Canadian Pacific Railway, stopping at points of interest on the way. This northern territory is becoming quite an important center for our book work.
C. H. JONES.
Astir in the West Indies
By J. A. Strickland
THERE is an awakening throughout all our territory. Never in my experience have I seen the public manifesting so much interest in the cause that we represent as they are doing at present. The Sabbath and the coming of Christ are being discussed among all classes and in all places. In the drawing-room where select and social gatherings are held, and in the busy offices of the great manufacturing concerns, and along the marts of trade we find busy men and women stopping to exchange a word with one another, asking a question about Adventism, or making some remark about the progress of the work that we represent.
J. A. STRICKLAND.
Notes of Progress
By E. R. Palmer
This is the last summary for the year 1906. It has been a good year for our publishing interests all over the world. In the United States, December is very distinctly a month for deliveries; therefore the record for orders taken is small; but Australia, Great Britain, Germany, and South Africa appear with a strong report, and have helped us to make up a summary which is very encouraging for the last month in the year.
Book Sales for 1906
It is too early to forecast with any degree of definiteness what the reports from our publishing houses will show the sales of literature to have been during 1906. Sufficient has come to hand to indicate that the year was a very prosperous one. The sales for 1905 amounted to $548,067.03, a gain of $111,456.35 over 1904.
We have received reports from six of the union conferences in the United States, and in these unions there is shown an advance of thirty-three and one third per cent over 1905. If this increase should hold good as an average all over the world, the sales for 1906 would come very close to the record made in 1891, when the sales amounted to $819,749. The prospects for 1907 are very encouraging. Without an exception our workers are reporting excellent prospects. May the Lord greatly bless in the institutes being held in the various States, and particularly in our schools. Let us all unite in the good work of rebuilding and strengthening every feature of our field and office work, so that it may be carried forward efficiently and successfully, and let us unite in praying and working to the end that at least a million dollars' worth of our publications shall be placed in the homes of the people during 1907.
Another Bookmen's Convention
According to appointment, another bookmen's convention was held in the college building at College Place, Wash., December 15-22. This convention was designed primarily for the field missionary agents and other laborers particularly interested in the tract and missionary work in the North Pacific Union Conference. An invitation, however, was sent out to others in the Pacific Press territory, and we were glad to meet Brother Cochran, manager of the Kansas City branch of the Pacific Press, Brother Bellah, who has recently been appointed general agent of the Central Union Conference, and Brother Hebbard, the field missionary agent of Nebraska. Although the number attending this convention was not large, yet the character of the work done bids fair to have a wide and powerful influence in the publishing work during 1907 in the territory west of the Mississippi River.
The brethren united in a close study of the fundamental principles of field work, the selection, training, and management of canvassers, keeping of proper records, and the proper conducting of business features. While pursuing this close study of details, the Spirit of God came into all the meetings and gave that mold and strength to our work which is so vital to its success.
The visiting brethren were entertained in the college home, and appreciated very much, indeed, the privilege of meeting such a large company of enthusiastic20students. There are fifty-one more students in the school up to date than the entire enrolment last year. This seems to be about the general record in all our schools, which in itself is a great omen of good. The faculty of the school gave the visitors every possible opportunity for meeting the students in private and in public. One study hour of forty minutes, and sometimes two such periods, were given in the chapel each morning for general instruction and practical talks with the young people.
Sabbath, January 19, was a good day both for the school and for the church. In the morning the writer spoke on the subject of Individual Responsibility and Personal Service. In the afternoon there was an experience and consecration meeting. The entire congregation of over three hundred persons expressed by rising to their feet a determination to have some part during this year in circulating our publications. Fifty-four persons consecrated themselves wholly for service in the field, and many testimonies gave the true ring of a burden for souls. The possibilities for good work are almost unlimited in the Northwest. We earnestly pray that the power of God's presence may make efficient the efforts of our brethren who are putting their shoulders to the wheel.
Atlantic Union | 73 | 2,655 | 1,294 | $2,504.02
Canadian Union | 3 | .... | 5 | 67.45
Lake Union | 21 | 685 | 218 | 601.90
Southern Union | 59 | 2,401 | .... | 1,670.48
Northern Union | 4 | 157 | 130 | 144.05
Central Union | 28 | 726 | 614 | 2,019.91
Southwestern Union | 35 | 1,269 | 258 | 1,166.55
North Pacific Union | 3 | 60 | 87 | 625.10
Pacific Union | 10 | 441 | 1,381 | 602.67
Australasian Union (October) | 81 | 4,857 | 1,532 | 6,741.79
British Union | 64 | 4,376 | 3,012 | 3,067.03
German Union (October) | 206 | 15,760 | .... | 6,168.88
South African Union | 26 | 1,285 | 655 | 4,376.64
Grand Totals | 613 | 34,672 | 9,186 | $29,756.47
Atlantic Union Conference
By I. H. EVANS
Received on the $150,000 Fund up to Feb. 5, 1907
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England Conf. ........$480.42
Chesapeake Conference ........... 114.50
Eastern Pennsylvania Conf. ..... 280.66
Greater New York Conference ..... 81.50
Maine Conference ............... 160.97
New Jersey Conference .......... 164.45
New York Conference ............ 585.50
Southern New England Conf. ..... 516.73
Vermont Conference ............. 527.83
Virginia Conference ............ 202.12
Western Pennsylvania Conf. ..... 304.73
West Virginia Conference ....... 136.11
Western New York Conf. .......... 16.00
Total ......................... $3,571.52
East Michigan Conference .......$ 384.17
Indiana Conference ............. 1,580.71
North Michigan Conference ...... 76.25
Northern Illinois Conference .. 686.15
Ohio Conference ............... 289.62
Southern Illinois Conference .. 444.46
West Michigan Conference ...... 441.25
Wisconsin Conference .......... 1,192.30
Total ........................ $5,094.91
North Pacific Union Conference
Conference not specified .......$248.35
British Columbia Conference ... 10.00
Montana Conference ............. 59.45
Upper Columbia Conference ...... 24.75
Western Washington Conference . 186.00
Idaho Conference ............... 33.65
Western Oregon Conference ...... 82.13
Total .......................... $644.33
Northern Union Conference
Alberta Conference ..............$ 58.80
Manitoba Conference ............ 64.00
Saskatchewan Mission Field ...... 5.85
Minnesota Conference .......... 1,696.58
South Dakota Conference ....... 503.22
North Dakota Conference ........ 665.88
Total ........................ $2,994.33
Pacific Union Conference
Arizona Conference .............$ 10.00
California-Nevada Conference .. 170.09
Southern California Conference . 45.05
Utah Conference ................ 10.00
Total .......................... $235.14
Arkansas Conference .............$ 85.50
Oklahoma Conference ............ 306.29
Texas Conference ............... 321.42
Indian Territory ................ 3.00
Total .......................... $716.21
Unknown
Unknown ........................$143.20
Foreign
Australia ......................$122.45
China ........................... 3.00
South Africa ................... 128.16
Jamaica ......................... 3.17
Yukon Territory ................. 10.00
England ........................ 249.65
Gold Coast, West Africa ........ 10.00
Mexico .......................... 1.50
Costa Rica ...................... 1.00
India ........................... 9.60
South America ................... 23.35
Switzerland ..................... 5.81
Panama .......................... 1.00
Total .......................... $568.69
Grand total ................... $17,552.72
All remittances should be made to the treasurer of the State conference wherein the remitter resides. If for any reason this is not possible, then remittance should be made to I. H. Evans, Treasurer, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., and not to the Review and Herald Publishing Association.
I. H. EVANS, Treasurer.
The Nebraska Sanitarium
By D. R. Callahan
THE Nebraska Sanitarium, situated at College View, Neb., a suburb of Lincoln, was started in the year 1894 by Dr. A. N. Loper, in a cottage of about eight or ten rooms, and has steadily increased until now it occupies not only the first cottage enlarged to twenty-five rooms, but the building shown in the accompanying picture, with one hundred and twenty rooms. It has a valuation of over fifty thousand dollars. There are four physicians and sixty-eight helpers and nurses connected with the institution. Diseases of nearly every type are treated (except tuberculosis).
Many discouraged souls have gained new hope and life by the aid received here. Surgery comes prominently to the front, with less than one per cent loss in major work. Over five hundred patients were treated last year.
A food factory is connected with the institution, where all the foods in common use for the sick can be obtained.
NEBRASKA SANITARIUM, COLLEGE VIEW, NEB.
No dividends are paid, as all earnings above expenses are used in charitable and benevolent work. Below we give a list of the employees:—
W. A. George, M. D., Superintendent; Orville Rockwell, M. D.; Lyra H. George, M. D.; Amy Humphery, M. D.; Mrs. A. T. Robinson, Bible teacher; Lena Newman, Matron; D. R. Callahan, Business Manager; Josephine Nelson, Secretary; Bert Glasscock, Manager Food Company.
Nurses: Hilda Ackerman, Jensena Anderson, Mary H. Anderson, Jessica Backus, Mary Black, Elizabeth Bloss, Grace Cady, Opal Carner, Celia Christiansen, Katie French, Carrie George, Hattie Garton, Lena Grave, Marie Hough, Ruth Jacobson, Nellie Jenkins, Anna Johnson, J. E. Johnson, Ethel Jones, Edna Kitchell, Hannah Larson, Lauritz Larson, Emily Lull, Florence Marrs, Cora Morgan, H. E. Mickelson, Alice Mosser, Wm. McCabe, Mabel McMoran, Pearl Parker, Laura Swegles, Martha Segebartt, Chas. Skinner, Naomi Small, Frankie Stout, Nellie Streeter, Maud Stevens, Lottie Talmage, Nina Teeple, Lou Trease, Rodger Warner, Rose Wise.
D. R. CALLAHAN.
Findings
NINA M. PARKHURST is engaged in private nursing at 545 West Allen St., Springfield, Ill.
Mrs. Edith E. Bruce is at present acting as medical secretary of the Southern Illinois Conference. Her address is No. 300 West Allen St., Springfield, Ill.
Mr. James Irwin has made his nurses' training a stepping-stone to a broader sphere of usefulness in the gospel ministry. He and his wife are located in Lowell, Mich., where he is engaged in ministerial work.
Mrs. Andrew Speedie writes from Conconully, Wash.: “For some years I have been laboring in the medical missionary work in various places, but of late I have had to give it up on account of failing health. I do what I can among my neighbors, and try to spread health principles wherever opportunities present themselves. What we need is a physician to locate here. This is a new country. There are small towns, of from three to five hundred inhabitants, about fifteen miles apart. There are but five physicians in the county. If one of our physicians who could perform simple surgery could locate here, great good would be accomplished for the cause of truth.”
We are in receipt of a number of letters containing expressions similar to the following, which is quoted from a letter by G. C. Emory, M. D., of Preston, Idaho: “I do not know whether I come under the classification of ‘medical missionaries,’ as I am engaged in private practise here.” We desire to assure all such that every Seventh-day Adventist physician or nurse who is trying to hold up the principles of health reform together with the truths of the third angel’s message has our sympathy, and that we desire to do all we can to help him in the work he is doing. Our interest is in seeing the truths which we love given to the world as soon as possible, and we hope always to be in a position to help in every way possible those who are working to this same end.
