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Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 30.

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Earlier text: The Kingston Church Building

The Use of Stimulants a Cause of Physical Degeneracy

By D. H. Kress

FAST rules in diet can never be laid down, for the reason that man is not a machine. Each one has likes and dislikes that must be respected as far as is consistent with true science and good sense. Gradually the appetite may be educated to relish the simplest and most wholesome foods. The one who possesses the same relish for simple foods that the epicure does for his delicacies is the one who is on the highway to real and lasting health.
For those who are ill it is especially important not to make eating mechanical. It would be better for such to eat some things not quite so wholesome, but which are relished,—foods that stimulate the secretion of a good quality of saliva and gastric juice,—than to eat better foods which are unrelished, and therefore poorly digested because of the absence of appetite juice. When the mind rebels against food, the stomach rebels against it also. It is unwise for those who have diseased stomachs to make too sudden changes; for often, owing to the diseased condition of the stomach, almost the only juices formed are those which result from the stimulation of the appetite. For the dyspeptic, nutritious and wholesome foods must therefore be attractively and tastefully prepared, so as to tempt the appetite and lead to real enjoyment of what is eaten.
Mechanical eating creates dyspepsia, even if the food is the best, and the greatest precaution is taken in the combination and mastication. Man must relish and enjoy what he eats in order to derive benefit even from the best food. No one, therefore, can prescribe in detail what another shall eat.
This does not do away with the need of reforms, but it proves that the only successful way of inaugurating reforms is by transformation of the mind. It is just as possible for a person to learn to dislike food that once he relished, and to enjoy foods that once he had no relish for, as it is for a person once addicted to the use of tobacco to become intolerant even of the smell of it. A knowledge of the elements contained in foods and of their purity will enable a person to appreciate them above inferior foods, and to enjoy and assimilate that which would otherwise be unpalatable and indigestible.
Apparent benefit from the use of drugs, patent medicines, and narcotic poisons, as alcohol, tea, coffee, and tobacco, is sometimes experienced by the sick. This is owing to the fact that these poisons stupefy the mind and make it less sensitive, so that business cares and other depressing influences (which always retard digestion) are for the time forgotten. The difficulty is that from any artificial exhilaration there follows a corresponding state of depression which calls for another, and often an increased, dose of the same narcotic. To keep free from worry and other depressing influences by the use of narcotics, it is necessary to remain in a continuous state of mild intoxication. This is ruinous both to health and to morals.
Though these narcotic poisons appear to perform marvels, it will be found, sooner or later, that they are poor substitutes for the real remedy, which consists in an actual and permanent change of mind, leading to a cheerful reformation of all wrong habits of life, and a relish for simple foods. The apostle, in contrasting the false with the true, says, “Be not drunk with wine, . . . but be filled with the Spirit.” Peace and contentment must exist in order to enable the digestive organs to do their best work, for the quality of the impulses sent forth from the mind determines the quality of the work done by the digestive and other organs of the body. Complicated messes and highly seasoned foods should be used sparingly, if at all.
The lower creatures do not require delicacies nor narcotics. They are content with a simple fare, and if left to select their own food, prefer to take it direct from nature. From the simple foods thus obtained, they derive their great energy, and the elements with which to construct strong bones and muscles.
Uncivilized people live in the same simple manner. They do not always have the most suitable foods, it is true, and therefore their example can not be followed by intelligent men and women, but their habits are simple and their wants few. They have none of the complicated mixtures, puddings and pastries, so freely used among civilized races. The peasants of various civilized countries subsist on simple foods, and are content with one or two varieties at a meal. The Irish peasant has his milk and potatoes; the Italian and French have macaroni and chestnuts; and the German has black (rye) bread. In fact, the heartiest, healthiest, and happiest people are to be found among those whose wants are not greater than their needs, and who are content with simple food.
Dr. Pawlow, in his experiments upon dogs, discovered that when meat was fed to an animal, the gastric juice formed was very acid, and especially adapted for the digestion of meat. When bread was substituted in the place of meat, an entirely different gastric juice was formed, containing much less acid, and especially adapted for the digestion of bread. Milk produces a gastric juice different from the others. This shows clearly that the normal stomach should experience no inconvenience or difficulty in digesting one or even two kinds of food at a meal. But when meat, milk, bread, butter, puddings, cabbage, potatoes, jam, and fruit are all taken at the same meal, is it any wonder that the stomach becomes confused, and indigestion, fermentation, auto-intoxication, and disease result? From merely a health standpoint it would be better to eat a simple meal composed of bread and meat, if meat could be obtained from a healthy creature, than to eat so large a variety of these complex messes. I would, however, not recommend either. The simpler the food, the fewer and less complexthe dishes, the better the health. I am convinced that among those who have high ideals, and who are in search of perfect health, there will be much less cooking done in the near future, for they will discover that the simple, non-stimulating products of the earth, which require little or no preparation aside from mouth preparation, are in every way best adapted for man's physical needs.
Men can not keep up on stimulants; for this reason, work now begins late and ends early. Shorter hours for labor is the cry everywhere, presumably to enable young men and women to lead healthier lives, but just the opposite condition results. To cease work early in order that the evening may be spent in a morally and physically unwholesome city atmosphere, in saloons and theaters, is not invigorating either to body or mind. Work cheerfully performed is one of the best safeguards against mental and physical decay. The healthiest and longest lived are to be found, not among those whose hardest work consists in dodging hard work, but among those who put heart and soul into all that they do. There is a blessing in honest toil, when cheerfully done. It imparts new life to the entire system by improving the heart’s action and the general circulation of the blood.
Disinclination to work is found chiefly among users of stimulants. Work is performed by such because of necessity.
D. H. KRESS.

Religious Liberty Notes

By W. A. C.

THE Northern Union Reaper says: “We understand that the new Lord’s Day Act is made obsolete in British Columbia by the refusal of the attorney-general to give his consent for any prosecutions. The same act is practically a dead letter so far in the province of Manitoba.”
The Young People’s Society at Clearfield, Pa., has been at work. Mrs. R. H. Wiper writes as follows: “We ordered ten thousand copies of a special number of Liberty, which we hope to sell within the next two months, with God’s help.” This same Society has already sold ten thousand copies of Liberty during the past four months.
In a convention of the Missouri Retail Merchants’ Association, just held at Sedalia, Mo., at which nearly three hundred delegates were in attendance, a resolution was introduced by the Master Butchers’ Association requesting the members of the next general assembly to enact a law requiring all retailers in the State to keep their places of business closed on Sunday.
One of our aged but earnest conference religious liberty secretaries here in the East informs us that he has notified the officers of his conference that if they will give him a free hand throughout the State, he will “sow it with religious liberty literature, and raise all the money necessary to pay for it.” A president of one of the Western union conferences writes us: “We are going to try to reach every man in the union conference with some of our literature on religious liberty.” This is the kind of work that needs to be done everywhere.
In his message to the legislature July 9, Governor Comer, of Alabama, complained about the holding up of the State railroad laws by injunction in the federal court, and indorsed the observance of Sunday in the following words, as reported in the New York Times of July 10: “If we could but rest the machinery of our State for one day in the week, this rest given to the great army of railroad employees would, I have no doubt, prevent many a destructive collision and loss of life. You need not put this in operation at once, but put it in process of accomplishment.”
At the Southern New England Conference, held in connection with the camp-meeting at New London, Conn., June 6-16, the following recommendations were adopted: “We earnestly recommend that all our people do their utmost to enlighten the citizens of their localities on the principles of religious liberty, and we suggest as an excellent means for doing this a wide circulation of the Liberty magazine, and the tracts published by the Religious Liberty Bureau. We suggest that when advisable a local religious liberty secretary be appointed, who shall keep in touch with the conference religious liberty secretary.” W. A. C.

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference
W. A. George, M. D.,    Chairman
W. A. Ruble, M. D.,    Secretary

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1907

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Eastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (?) ............ Aug. 27 to Sept. 1 Maine, Milo ........................ Aug. 23 to Sept. 2 New York, Herkimer ................ Sept. 5-16 Vermont, Waterbury ................. Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 Virginia, Hampton .................. Aug. 13-20 Western New York, Rochester ........................ Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 West Virginia, Pennsboro ........... Sept. 5-15

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec, Knowlton ................... Sept. 5-15 Maritime, St. John, New Brunswick ........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Ontario, Niagara Falls ............. Aug. 15-25

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Alabama, Birmingham ................ Oct. 3-13 Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn. ........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Florida, Tampa ..................... Oct. 10-20 Georgia, Atlanta ................... (postponed) Mississippi, Aberdeen .............. Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 North Carolina, Lexington .......... Aug. 15-25 South Carolina, Spartanburg ........ Aug. 8-18 Tennessee River Conference, Waverly, Tenn. .............................. Aug. 2-10

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

East Michigan, Pontiac ............. Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 Indiana ............................ Sept. 5-15 Northern Illinois, Aurora .......... Sept. 5-15 Northern Indiana, Lafayette ........................ July 25 to Aug. 4 West Michigan, Allegan ............. Aug. 15-26 North Mich., East Jordan, .......... Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 Ohio, Marion ....................... Aug. 9-19 Southern Illinois, Pana ............ Aug. 1-11 Wisconsin, Grand Rapids (State) ........................ Aug. 21 to Sept. 2

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Colorado, Denver ................... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Kansas, Wichita (State) ........... Aug. 15-25 Missouri, Eldon .................... Aug. 8-18 Nebraska, Hastings (Prospect Park) .............................. Sept. 5-15

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Oklahoma, El Reno (State) ........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 Texas, Fort Worth (State) .......... Aug. 1-11 Texas, Coleman (local) ............. Aug. 22 to Sept. 2

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Southern California, Los Angeles ........................ Aug. 15 to Sept. 2 Utah, Salt Lake City ............... Oct.

MEETINGS IN EUROPE

British Union, Coventry, England, Aug. 2-11 Holland ............................ Aug. 15-18
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Kansas Camp-Meeting

By R. C. Porter

The Kansas camp-meeting will be held at Wichita, Kan., in place of Herington, Kan., as previously advertised. The date will remain the same. We regret that this change of location is necessary, but it is unavoidable. The park board withdrew their offer of the use of the park on account of so much rain softening the ground. They feared that a ten-days' meeting would kill out the grass. This is their only city park, and while they disliked to withdraw from their arrangement with us, the majority of the board decided that for the reason already mentioned they should do so. They kindly offered us another ground, but there was no shade, and the committee feared to risk camping in the hot sun in the middle of August. Let all interested make a note of this change of location, and arrange accordingly.
R. C. Porter, President.

Virginia Camp-Meeting

By R. D. Hottel; A. M. Neff

The annual conference and camp-meeting for this conference will be held at Hampton, Va., Aug. 13-20, 1907. Hampton is located on the Hampton Roads, just across from the Exposition grounds, and is a station on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
All who come by way of Washington, D. C., and the boat, will get off at Old Point. All who come from Richmond and landings on the James River will also get off at Old Point. Those who come over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad will get off at Hampton. Those coming by other roads will have to arrange to reach Hampton from Norfolk or other points. One street-car fare is sufficient from Newport News and Old Point to the grounds. Ask conductor to let you off at camp-meeting grounds.

Accommodations

We have rented rooms this year for the accommodation of our people, instead of erecting tents. These rooms will cost four dollars for the time of the meeting. You can occupy your room at noon, Tuesday, August 13, and will have to vacate at noon, Wednesday, August 21. These rooms are furnished as follows: one electric light, one cot with bedding, and one chair. There is no other furnishing in the rooms. They are clean and neat, however. Extra cots can be rented for forty cents for the time of the meeting. Double bed springs will rent for sixty cents, and chairs for ten cents a piece. If our people will notify us, we will be glad to get other furnishings for them if they can be obtained.
Rooms should be ordered at once, so that we may know if we shall need to secure more rooms than we have at present arranged for. Do not come on the grounds expecting to be accommodated unless you have sent in your order. Send all orders to O. F. Dart, 1300 North Twenty-eighth St., Richmond, Va.

Dining-Room

Arrangements are being made whereby meals will be served twice a day. Prices will range according to the order of the customer, and will be as cheap as possible. Health foods will be kept on hand. Accommodations for those who do not wish to board will bemade, as cooking can not be done in the rooms.

Railroad Rates

The best rates obtainable will be round-trip tickets to the Jamestown Exposition. Buy a ten- or fifteen-day ticket, and this will give you time to remain during the entire time of the meeting. A fifteen-day ticket will allow you to visit the Exposition for a day or two if you so desire, and will no doubt give time to lay over at Washington or Richmond on the return trip. Try to get tickets so as to land at Old Point or Hampton if possible. Bring checks to camp-ground, and baggage will be taken to the encampment at cost to us.
Each person should bring sufficient bedding and other articles that he may need during the meeting, as we do not furnish these. We may be able to accommodate transients with cots, but they should bring bedding with them.
Any other information will be gladly given on request to the undersigned, at New Market, Va.
R. D. HOTTEL, President, A. M. NEFF, Secretary.

Openings in the South for Medical Missionaries

By L. A. Hansen

VERY urgent calls are being made for the establishment of treatment rooms in several places in the South. Some very favorable conditions give promise of success to well-directed efforts.
At Spartanburg, S. C., our brethren are anxious to see treatment rooms established; and general conditions there are good for an immediate beginning of such an enterprise. Living expenses are very reasonable. The citizens are favorable to this work. There is abundant opportunity also for church work.
Charlotte, N. C., is another place that offers a favorable opening. Other places are making calls as well. We solicit correspondence with persons of ability and consecration who are in a position to consider these openings. Address the writer at Graysville, Tenn.
· L. A. HANSEN.

Kansas Conference Association

By R. C. Porter

I HEREBY call a legal meeting of the Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association to hold its regular annual session at Wichita, Kan., beginning Aug. 19, 1907, at 4:30 P. M. Officers will be elected, and such other business will be transacted as may properly come before the meeting.
R. C. PORTER, President.

Kansas Conference

By R. C. Porter

THE thirty-third annual session of the Kansas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene August 15-25 at Wichita, Kan., for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. All churches should elect delegates at once. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the church organization, and one for each fifteen members.
R. C. PORTER, President.

Québec Conference

By W. H. Libby

THE twenty-eighth annual session of the Quebec Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Knowlton, Quebec, Sept. 5-15, 1907. The regular business of the conference, such as electing officers and laying plans for labor, will receive attention, also some important matters concerning the Knowlton Sanitarium. Church elders are requested to see to electing delegates in time, and to send the names of the same to the conference secretary, W. H. Libby, Box 88, Knowlton, Quebec. Let all begin to plan to come at the first of the camp-meeting and stay till the end. W. H. Libby, Secretary.

Findings

Mr. J. W. Hopkins, who has been pursuing medical studies in the George Washington University the past year, assists in the Pennsylvania Sanitarium this summer.
W. C. Walston writes from No. 3, Edward St., Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, South Africa: “I reached home March 27 after an absence of eleven months at the mission in Matabeleland. The children were all well, and were very glad to see me, and to note the great change in me healthwise. I am conducting meetings here in Port Elizabeth at present. I have been asked to connect permanently with the Somabula Mission, which I shall probably do.”

MRS. LAURA E. STRAHM

Obituaries

STRAHM.—Died near Dayton, Wash., April 16, 1907, our baby, Louise Elizabeth Strahm, aged 6 months and 21 days.
“Though cast down, we're not forsaken; Though afflicted, not alone; Thou didst give, and thou hast taken; Blessed Lord, thy will be done.”

MRS. LAURA E. STRAHM

CAMPBELL.—Died at Minneapolis, Minn., June 27, 1907, Sister Chloe Campbell, aged 65 years, 10 months, and 26 days. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church nearly thirty years ago. She was resigned to the will of the Lord, and fell asleep in the blessed hope of a part in the first resurrection. She was faithful and devoted to her family and home, and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves a husband, four daughters, and three sons to mourn their loss. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. According to her request to be laid beside her children, she was buried at Union Grove, Minn.
A. W. KUEHL.
HOLDEN.—Died at his home in Potsdam, N. Y., June 26, 1907, of a catarrhal affection, Brother Orson Holden, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Brother Holden embraced the truths of the third angel's message about thirty years ago, and always stood firmly for its principles, putting them in practise in his daily life. The last few years of his life were attended with great suffering, which was borne with patience and Christian fortitude. He leaves a wife, one daughter, and three sons, one being Elder W. H. Holden, of Butte, Mont. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. E. M. Wilson (Baptist); text, Job 13: 15.
PAUL M. WILCOX.
LANGSTON.—Died at the home of his son, in Oakland, Mo., April 17, 1907, of Bright's disease, Brother W. A. Langston, aged 81 years. He gave his heart to the Saviour in his youth, and united with the Presbyterian Church. He was a minister of that denomination for forty years. Eight years ago he, with his aged companion, accepted present truth in the State of Texas under the labors of Elder Drommand, and has been very devoted to the message ever since. He leaves a companion, three sons, and a daughter to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from John 14: 1-6; 1 Cor. 15: 51-54; 1 Thess. 4: 16, 17.
BIRDIE CRUZAN.
LAWRENCE.—Died May 31, 1907, Mrs. Beala Lawrence, née Brandon. She was born near Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 10, 1882. She attended the Oakwood Training-school, and embraced the doctrines held dear to every Seventh-day Adventist. She was graduated in 1901, and engaged in school work for several years. In 1905 she was married to Mr. J. H. Lawrence, a missionary from the West Indies. From that time her life was a continual sacrifice for souls. They labored together in Mississippi and Alabama. She leaves her husband, mother, four brothers, and three sisters to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
F. W. HALLADAY.
ADAMS.—Died at St. John's, Newfoundland, May 28, 1907, of consumption, Bessie Adams, aged 8 years and 10 months. Although Bessie was taken away at a very tender age, she gave abundant evidence that she knew Jesus as her personal Saviour. She ever loved to read her Bible. In her last illness she was most wonderfully patient, but on account of her sufferings longed for death. Her last request was that the money she had saved, amounting to two dollars, be given to the missionaries. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to the sorrowing parents and other relatives.
Almost ere it had begun, God decreed thy life-work done; Rest, dear child, in Jesus rest; Gentle one, for thee 'tis best.
C. H. KESLAKE.
PLUMB.—Died at Shelton, Neb., May 23, 1907, of pulmonary consumption, Mrs. Mary A. Plumb. She was born in Wooster, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1860. For about twenty years she had been a loyal member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She leaves an aged mother and four children to mourn their loss, but not as those that have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
WM. BATTERSON.
WIARD.—Died at Montague, Mich., June 13, 1907, of internal cancer, Mrs. Eunice M. Wiard, née Burnham, aged 55 years, 11 months, and 21 days. In early life Sister Wiard accepted the message of her soon-coming Lord. She was a consistent Christian, and now sleeps in Jesus. She leaves five sons and two daughters to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Titus 2: 13 to a large congregation of relatives, neighbors, and friends.
W. C. HENNER.
McDEARMON.—Died in Boulder, Colo., May 30, 1907, Melinda Boyden McDearmon, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 2 days. She was born in Weston, N. Y., and her early life was spent near the scenes of her childhood home. Among the rugged hills of the Empire State she grew from childhood into womanhood, developing those sterling qualities of character which marked her life of integrity and faithfulness throughout its entire course. At the age of twenty-one she united her life's interests with those of Hiram C. McDearmon. The same year she and her husband removed to Michigan, seeking their fortunes in that then young and promising State. She lived here until the year 1876, when, her health failing, she went with her husband to Texas, remaining there for three years. They then moved to Boulder, where she has since resided. Six children came to bless her home and mother life. From three of these she was called to part by death; and in the year 1884, five years after coming to Boulder, her earthly staff and support, the one with whom she had traveled life's pathway for so many years, was taken from her, and she was left to pursue life's journey alone. Brother and Sister McDearmon accepted the belief held by Seventh-day Adventists in the year 1853. For more than fifty years she lived a consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist church, and all who have known her can testify to her devotion and consecration to the principles she loved, and to the faithfulness of her Christian experience. Her nature was a quiet and unassuming one. Show and ostentation had no place in her life. Her emotions ran in even lines. What she did for God and for her fellow men she did quietly, gently; she lived in the hearts of her neighbors, and was loved and respected by all. But her retiring, gentle disposition gave no evidence of weakness. On the contrary, with it was combined great strength of character. Her life was a life of principle, of unswerving integrity to the right as she saw the right. Fear of criticism, or lack of worldly popularity, did not deter her from espousing an unpopular cause, and from standing true to it for more than half a century. Her last few days were days of pain, as though the wise Master would perfect through suffering the long life of faithful service. She desired to live—who does not?—but she did not fear to die. She expressed calm resignation to the divine fiat, whether life or death. Who can doubt that she is one of the true and tried ones whose death is precious in the sight of the Lord? While but a mortal, a finite woman, whose life at best must fall short of the divine standard, as every life in this world must, we see much to emulate, and many beauties of character to copy. May her loyalty, her devotion to God, her humble, trusting confidence, her childlike faith and love, prove an inspiration to us. If faithful, we shall meet her again in the resurrection morning. May this confidence and hope rob this present hour of gloom and dumb sorrow, and make us more faithful to the principles which governed her life and experience.
F. M. WILCOX.

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WANTED.—Woman to do cooking and general kitchen work for from seven to ten persons. Good place. Address Prospect Sanitarium, 5411 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
WANTED AT ONCE.—Thoroughly qualified young physician, single, to be resident physician in United States Reclamation Camps, 500 to 700 men. Sixty-five dollars a month, board and room. A very practical experience. Write or telegraph, and give references. Dr. F. M. Rossiter, North Yakima, Wash.
WANTED.—To correspond with Seventh-day Adventist, married or single, who has had some experience with machinery and blacksmithing, with a view of coming here to work, to learn tool sharpening, polishing granite, and looking after gasoline engine. Must be bright and quick. Address E. B. Thatcher, Marine City, Mich.

Addresses

The address of J. J. Nethery is Maison Korabi, Chareh El Kobesi, Cairo, Egypt.
The address of C. C. Webster has been changed from 909 Third Ave., to 1125 North Seventeenth St., Birmingham, Ala.

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTICE.— We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth.— Ed.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
H. W. Reed, Gillstop, N. D., periodicals.
Mrs. Kate A. Guerrier, Bridgewater, Maine, Life and Health and Liberty.
Hazel Foster, Newcastle, Colo., Signs, Liberty, Instructor, Little Friend.

Union College Calendar

THE Union College Calendar has just come to our table. There was some delay in getting it out on account of its size. It makes a book of two hundred and thirty pages, and is the most complete description of the work of Union College ever published. It has been almost entirely rewritten. The historical sketch contains new, and valuable information. Full descriptions with courses of study are given of the departments of the college, the academy, the ministerial course, the preparatory medical course, the business course, the shorthand course, the German department, the Swedish department, the Danish-Norwegian department, the normal school, and the school of music. All who are inter ested in any of these departments will surely want a copy of the calendar. Address the president, C. C. Lewis, College View, Neb.

Elder Evans on Kingston's Present Situation

Do not overlook Elder Evans' article on page 17, relative to the present situation in Kingston, Jamaica.

Utah Completes Its Portion of the Fund

By Editor

.UTAH has joined the company of those who are singing the jubilee song over the completion of their portion of the $150,000 fund. Shall we not hear soon from the larger conferences?

Good Tidings of the Messiah

By Editor

The July number of our Jewish missionary paper, Good Tidings of the Messiah, is an exceptionally good number. If not a subscriber, send for a copy; and if desirous of helping in a good cause, send a liberal contribution to Good Tidings of the Messiah Mission, 105-107 Staniford St., Boston, Mass.

Bright Prospects for the Welsh Mission

EDITH CHAPMAN, secretary of the Welsh Mission, writes that the prospects before their little mission are bright. Two tent efforts are being conducted. Of them, she adds: “We are anxiously waiting the harvest of precious fruit.” This is the right note of faith, and will help, too, in bringing the much-desired “precious fruit.”

Circulating Life and Health

By Editor

If our readers desire to do their neighbors a kindness, and to perform in their behalf an easy and a reasonable service that will be productive of soul-fruit, we recommend that they sell them a copy of the August number of Life and Health, which contains much of the entering-wedge gospel necessary to the reception of the third angel’s message. Circulating Life and Health brings many blessings to the people, the worker, and the cause.

Batak Convert Preaches the Truth

Good news comes of the full acceptance of the message by a young man, twenty-five years old, son of the first Christian convert among the Bataks of north Sumatra, East Indies. He has been preaching the truth for some little time, and a deep interest is already created among his people.

Rogers Arrive at Nyassaland Mission

We are glad to report the safe arrival of Brother Joel C. Rogers and wife at Nyassaland, where is located our Plainfield Mission station. It is a long, tedious journey from the Cape; but, although weary, they are in good health, and are pleased with the prospects before them at the mission.

Williamsdale Academy Calendar

The Williamsdale Academy, situated at Williamsdale, Nova Scotia, issues a neat calendar as its third annual announcement. We bespeak for this school the hearty support and liberal patronage of our people in the Maritime Provinces. For copy of this calendar, address the principal, E. E. Gardner, at the above address.

Tracts Translated into Malay

An opium tract, a tobacco tract, one on the coming of Christ, a Sabbath tract, also one adapted from one written by Elder James White upon the seventh chapter of Daniel, have been translated by Brother R. W. Munson into the Singapore Baba Malay language. And these same tracts are now being translated by him into the Java Malay.

Mount Vernon Convention Report

THE brethren report excellent meetings at the Mount Vernon Sabbath-school and young people's convention. A report of this convention is being published, giving briefs of the addresses presented, and stenographic reports of the discussions upon the important subjects considered. This pamphlet should have a wide circulation. To receive same promptly, order of your State tract society. Price, ten cents a copy.

A Native Helper at Dehra Dun

IN direct answer to earnest prayer that God would send some native help to assist the workers at Dehra Dun, India, to be trained to take the message to the Hindustani people, a very intelligent missionary in attendance at a conference being held at that place came to study the truth with our workers, and joyfully drank in the precious truths of the third angel’s message. He is now keeping the Sabbath, and is located at Dehra.

Opening for a Lady Dentist in Rangoon

ELDER H. H. VOTAW writes that there is an excellent opening in Rangoon, Burma, for a lady dentist. The law forbids any man except the husband to see the face of his wife. A lady dentist not only could find access to the very best families, and earn a good livelihood; but excellent opportunities would also be afforded her for giving the truth to this class, so hard to reach. Any one desiring to answer this call will please correspond with the Mission Board.

Dr. W. A. Ruble Visits Sanitariums

DR. W. A. RUBLE started last week on a tour of the sanitariums throughout the Central and Western States. After a short stop at the Sabbath-school and young people's meeting at Mount Vernon, Ohio, he proceeded to Portland, Ore., to attend a medical missionary council to be held July 21-24. He will then visit the other health institutions in Oregon, Washington, and California. On his return he will visit the institutions in other Western and Central States.

A Solemn Duty and a Blessed Privilege

By J. S. Washburn

How brief the time before the close of this great work no man may know. He only to whom the future is an open book has his eye upon the date. Doubtless, if for a moment we could look forward through the eyes of him who sees the future as clearly as the past, we would be startled to know how near that event is.
Is there anything that has brought our work to the favorable attention of the people more than the sanitariums and the sending out of our literature? When help is given to the publishing houses and sanitariums, the gospel is being thus proclaimed. Note the following solemn words sent to us through the spirit of prophecy:—
The end of all things is at hand. The signs foretold by Christ are fast fulfilling. The nations are angry, and the time of the dead has come, that they should be judged. There are stormy times before us, but let us not utter one word of unbelief or discouragement. Let us remember that we bear a message of healing to a world filled with sin-sick souls.
May the Lord increase our faith, and help us to see that he desires us all to become acquainted with his ministry of healing and with the mercy-seat. He desires the light of his grace to shine forth from many places. We are living in the last days. Troublous times are before us. He who understands the necessities of the situation arranges that advantages should be brought to the workers in various places, to enable them more effectually to arouse the attention of the people. He knows the needs and the necessities of the feeblest of his flock, and he sends his own message into the highways and the byways. He loves us with an everlasting love.
J. S. WASHBURN.

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Review and Herald · Jul 25, 1907