p. 23 | Review and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 42. (10/19/1905)

Earlier text: To the Young People of the Central Union Conference

That Rich Field

By G. Phillips

In “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, we are told that we have no time to lose, and that rich fields are awaiting the faithful workers everywhere. We find this the case as we go from place to place. I have been spending a few days with the canvassers in the field in southeast Missouri, and find the harvest truly is ripe. I will give a few figures showing what some of our workers have done, and emphasizing the fact that what the spirit of prophecy has said about this work is true. One of our canvassers worked twenty-four hours, and secured forty-six orders, the value of which was $185.50. Another one worked twenty-five hours, took twenty-three orders; value, $101.75. One worked forty-seven hours, took sixty-six orders; value, $213. Still another worked twenty-five hours, took eighty-five orders; value, $209.50. The book used in this work was “Great Controversy.” Although the territory where this work was done has been canvassed before for our books, and sometimes we would find three or four different books in one home, yet the people were anxious to purchase “Great Controversy.”

It is a great mistake on our part to think for one moment that our books are too high priced to sell. Their value can not be estimated in dollars and cents, and by the help of the Lord we can get the people to see this fact. I earnestly wish that we had one hundred persons in the canvassing work where we have one. We have a great work to do, and only a short time in which to do it, and the people seem anxious to get our books. Recently I closed a canvass for “Great Controversy” with a few remarks concerning the new earth, where the lamb and the lion shall lie down together, and the little child shall lead them. That is a home worth striving for; and when we reach that happy shore, our sorrows will be ended. There will then be no more sickness and death, and sin and the curse will no more pollute us, but life, joy, and beauty will be everywhere, and our lives will measure with the life of God. The lady to whom I was speaking wept most bitterly, and said, “O, I want that home! and I want that book because I believe it will help me to secure that heavenly home.”

Dear reader, what are you doing to place these books so richly laden with truth in the homes of the people? May God help us to improve every moment, and thus hasten the coming of our blessed Saviour.

G. PHILLIPS.

Field Notes

NEW church buildings have been recently dedicated at Muncie and Indianapolis, Ind.

A CHURCH of twelve adult members was organized at Medina, Ohio, September 16.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of twelve members has recently been organized at Kewanee, Ill.

A NEW church building at Oakdale, Neb., is to be dedicated about the middle of October.

A REPORT from Burleson, Tex., states that there is good prospect for the organization of a church at that place.

ELDER J. M. REES reports that a number have recently been baptized and united with the church at Charleston, Ill.

THE meetings in Everett, Mass., have resulted in adding about twenty adults to the attendance at the Sabbath-school there.

RECENT tent-meetings at Chino, Cal., have resulted in the baptism of several new converts to the truth, who will unite with the Ontario church.

BROTHER W. J. KEELE reports from Leach, Tenn.: “Six souls have been added to our company since we came here, besides six that were added at our local camp-meeting last year.”

A REPORT from Chicago states: “The Swedish tent work in Chicago still continues with good interest. Ten dear souls are keeping the Sabbath as a result of the meetings, and others are on the point of decision.”

ELDER G. W. REASER reports the organization of a church of thirty-six members in Vernon, a suburb of Los Angeles, September 24. This church owns its house of worship, and maintains a church-school of thirty members.

SISTER CLARA SILVER, a Bible worker in Moline, Ill., reports that an interest has been created in the Methodist churches of that city in the study of the book of Daniel. A number are already being prepared for baptism as a result of the work there.

IN a report of work for the year in Seattle, Wash., Elder W. J. Boynton says: “As the result of the work in the city, seven have accepted the truth and have been baptized, and one, who had previously been immersed, has been added to the church on profession of faith; also one more is keeping the Sabbath. Total of those who have been added to the North Seattle church the past year is, nine by profession of faith and baptism, and fourteen by letter.”

WORK in the Southern New England Conference has been planned as follows: Elder J. C. Stevens will locate in New Haven, Conn., where he will be assisted for a time by Brother H. L. Shoup. Sister Scribner will locate in Torrington, Conn., where there is a prospect of a church organization; Brother A. J. Clark will locate in Middletown, Conn.; Brother M. J. Fritz will follow up the interest awakened the past summer in Bristol, R. I.; and Brother C. H. Reimers will labor in Meriden, Conn.

Summer Schools and Conventions

By Frederick Griggs

After leaving Keene, I went directly to Fernando College, Fernando, Cal., en route to the teachers’ convention at San Jose. I was pleased to visit this institution, which has been in operation for three or four years. Its building was formerly occupied by another denomination as a school, but was abandoned by them, and after ten or twelve years was purchased by our people. The main building is most excellently constructed, in some respects, more elaborately than any other of our school buildings. The young men have their dormitory in this building on the upper floors. The young ladies have a dormitory a little distance from this building which is comfortable and commodious. This school is situated in a locality where the weather is so universally agreeable that they can place their young men in tents if they have more than they can comfortably accommodate in the dormitory, which is often the

case. The school is developing various industries, and the outlook for its future is encouraging. Prof. H. G. Lucas, who has been connected with Healdsburg College for some time, has been elected president of the faculty.

The summer school at San Jose was held on the camp-ground immediately following the camp-meeting. One of the large tents was left on the grounds, and gospel meetings were conducted by Elder E. J. Hibbard. Thus the teachers were given the opportunity to assist in a practical way in this gospel effort.

The convention was in charge of the superintendent of church-schools of the California-Nevada Conference, Prof. E. D. Sharpe. There were connected with him a corps of competent teachers. Every effort was put forth during the convention to more thoroughly organize the church-school work in this conference. The instruction that was given was of a very practical and helpful nature, including not only methods of teaching, but advanced lines of study. I think that the manual training work received more attention here than at any other convention I visited, six or eight different kinds of work being taught. The church-school teachers in this portion of the country have a particular advantage over some other portions, in that they are able to carry on agricultural work to an advantage throughout the year. We shall expect valuable reports from these teachers concerning the work which is being done along these lines.

From San Jose I went to our sanitarium at St. Helena, where I met Elder Geo. A. Irwin. With him I visited the Healdsburg school. There we met Prof. W. E. Howell, president of the school, who showed us through the buildings, and called our attention to the industrial features of the school. This school has been very progressive in establishing a large number of industries, which are believed to be conducted in such a way as to rest upon a reasonably secure financial foundation. This is certainly one of the great problems which concern all our schools. Industries are recognized to be of great value, not only furnishing a means of assisting students in attending school, but being educational as well. We hope to have some reports from the industries of this school which may be of help to our other schools.

The summer school at Portland, Ore., as at San Jose, was held on the camp-ground following the camp-meeting. This ground was most beautifully located in a grove, and was, as far as natural surroundings are concerned, all that could be desired. Here, as with our other schools, there was a very earnest spirit manifest on the part of the teachers. The school was in charge of Prof. M. E. Cady. He was assisted by Miss Sarah E. Peck and other teachers of experience. The teachers of the Pacific Union Conference have certainly been working along advanced lines during the past three or four years. There is a spirit of harmony and mutual helpfulness, which is very pleasing to note.

FREDERICK GRIGGS.

One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

By I. H. EVANS

AMOUNT previously reported $109,196 25 Iowa Conference 142 69 New Jersey 86 95 N. B. Emerson, treasurer 72 23 Shattuck (O. T.) church 40 00 Cape Town church (South Africa) 40 01 Central New England 25 60 Henry Rothe 25 00 Southern New England Conf. 22 50 Western Pennsylvania 21 10 Fiji 14 85 George A. Keppler 10 00 J. A. Stuart 10 00 Jacob Arnold 10 00 J. J. and O. L. Budd 10 00 N. B. Emerson, treasurer 10 00 F. A. and E. M. Johnson 10 00 Isaac and Tillie Hague 10 00 P. J. Lathan 10 00 Maritime Conference 9 70 Gottfred Haffner 8 55 Jay J. and Amy D. Evans 7 00 East London church (South Africa) 6 57 G. W. Shone (South Africa) 6 09 M. M. Olsen 5 65 George W. Howard 5 48

FIVE DOLLARS EACH

Clarence T. Redfield, John Van Eman, J. C. Little, J. J. Schiffner, M. Schiffner, Bertha Kraft, Richard F. Kastentuck, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Meiklejohn, P. Brickman, Daniel Martz, George Haffner, Mr. and Mrs. E. Vince.

A. P. Farr (South Africa), $4.87; Greater New York, $2.75; Dave Haffner, $1.50; Jennettie Page, $1.25; Springfield (Ohio) church, $.70; Mary A. Carr, $.25.

FOUR DOLLARS EACH

Mrs. L. H. Stone, a friend, Sarah Jane Switzer and sister, F. W. Bartle.

THREE DOLLARS EACH

R. Weber, Mrs. A. A. Smith, Hartington (Neb.) church, Mrs. James F. Woods.

$2.50 EACH

A. Hopper, B. Voth, Katharina E. Haffner, Peter Schierman.

$2.44 EACH

Miss M. Webb (South Africa), Mrs. D. Thompson (South Africa), Mrs. J. Thompson (South Africa), Mrs. H. H. Butler (South Africa).

TWO DOLLARS EACH

Mr. and Mrs. G. Read, Mrs. Calista Johnson, L. Cooper, Mariah Johnson, Agness Stoll and husband, Mrs. Ella Smith, Gottlieb Klose, Mrs. Palmer Cook.

ONE DOLLAR EACH

Mrs. J. A. Carter, W. J. Heckman, W. J. Read, Miss L. L. Hooke, Dayton (Ohio) church, Mrs. Janie Fish, E. W. Stratton, Mrs. T. M. Bascom, Minerva V. Betz, Emelia Martz, Julia Rothe, Pearl Lathan, Vyrel and Eva Lathan, Mrs. Dora Murphy.

FIFTY CENTS EACH

Amalia Rothe, a friend, Perkins (O. T.) church.

Total reported $109,966 80

I. H. EVANS, Treasurer.

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman, C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

Notes

By Editor

From the reports being received, it would appear that the outlook for our church-schools for the coming year is very encouraging, as there seems to be an increase in the number of schools opening.

Elder M. D. Mattson, who has for the past nine years been connected with the South Lancaster Academy as instructor in Bible and history, has accepted a call to a position on the faculty of Union College, College View, Neb., as teacher in Bible.

The Avondale School for Christian Workers is making advancement in industrial education. One of its latest features is the publication of the Australian Good Health, edited by Dr. D. H. Kress. This will afford a valuable educational feature to this school.

We are in receipt of a very neat little announcement of the Pacific Press Training-school, conducted under the auspices of the board of managers of the Pacific Press Publishing Company. In speaking of the purpose of this school, the announcement says, “The object of the school is to develop true Christian workers,—Christians in business, in deal, in work, in business courtesy, in all things which make for the highest manhood and womanhood,—intelligent workers, having the mastery of themselves and of their work in disciplined minds and skilled hands. The design of the school is to make its education highly practical, the best theories and systems, as far as daily work and environments will permit, reduced to faithful, concrete doing.” The object of this school as thus stated, should be that of every one of our schools, and these words may well be studied by teachers and students. May the blessing of God broaden, deepen, and strengthen this new effort.

Current Mention

— Pope Pius has sent his “special compliments” to President Roosevelt for the latter’s work in making peace between Russia and Japan.

— France has given President Castro of Venezuela one month’s time in which to settle the difficulties between the two countries by diplomacy, before resorting to stronger measures.

— A strike of printers and bakers, which threatens to become general, is causing serious disturbance in Moscow, Russia. The strikers demand an eight-hour day and a large increase in wages.

— A Washington report states that China is collecting information regarding the deportation of Chinese from the United States as a basis for demanding a large indemnity from this government.

— News has been received by steamer that about 10,000 persons who inhabited two islands near the mouth of the Yangtze River, China, lost their lives in a typhoon which swept over that region early in September.

— There is trouble between American fishermen on the west coast of Newfoundland, and the authorities of that country, growing out of the recent abrogation of the privileges granted American fishermen in those parts.

— Germany is endeavoring to form a new triple alliance of herself, Russia, and France, but the French government has not forgotten Germany’s attitude in connection with the Moroccan question, and refuses to be a party to the kaiser’s scheme.

— At one hundred stations in the wheat belt of Kansas great piles of wheat are lying on the ground for lack of sufficient elevators and cars for storage and shipment, and a 280,000,000-bushel corn crop will need to be handled within a short time.

— The national government, through Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, is to co-operate with the American Medical Association, which has 47,000 members, in opposing the sale of fraudulent patent medicines.

— Germany is apparently making little progress in the campaign against the natives in German Southwest Africa. Recently the latter captured a German camp after severe fighting, and the native commanders have sent word to the German general in chief that they are prepared to fight to a finish.

— A violent political storm has been raised in Germany by a statement in the Paris Matin that Great Britain had made an offer of help to France in case of war between the latter and Germany. The London Telegraph’s Paris correspondent says the incident has already created “any amount of mischief.”

— Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has prorogued the Hungarian Parliament in defiance of the Hungarian coalition. Affairs in that country do not appear to be shaping toward peace. The reading of the imperial rescript adjourning the parliament was followed by a tumult of unusual proportions, and great excitement prevails in Budapest.

— A dispatch from Tiflis, the capital of Russian Transcaucasia, states that the Tartars have taken possession of many villages, hoisted the Tartar flag over them, and expelled the Russians. The authority of the latter seems to have disappeared from a region covering over two hundred square miles.

— The Unitarian Church has been debarred from the National Federation of Churches, which is to hold a great convention in New York City next month. The Unitarian Church, acting on the supposition that it would be included with the other Protestant bodies in the convention, elected as its delegates to the same the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the United States Senate, ex-Secretary-of-the-Navy John D. Long, and Rev. S. A. Eliot, son of President Eliot of Harvard University and president of the American Unitarian Association; but the committee in charge of the convention, which will show about 700 delegates, declined to admit these individuals as recognized delegates, and in consequence Unitarians and Trinitarians are, it is said, brought into a sharper clash than ever before.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By J. E. Froom

Vital Statistics Blanks

The co-operation of our ministers which was requested by the General Conference Medical Council, is being realized to an encouraging degree. We know that this requires an effort on the part of the one called to officiate on funeral occasions, as the attention of the bereaved ones is not on statistics.

Part of the data called for must be furnished by the attending physician, whose residence may be distant from the home where the funeral occurs; or the doctor may not be in his office when it is visited. But if the blank, together with a stamped envelope addressed to the editor of the REVIEW AND HERALD, is left with the person in charge of the doctor's office, a request for the physician to fill out his part of the blank, and promptly mail it, will seldom fail of being complied with. When it is impossible to see the doctor, the blank could be mailed to him, or better yet, ask some member of the family of the deceased to carry it to him.

Some may query as to the necessity and advantage of recording these facts. The reasons for collecting such data are apparent to physicians. To illustrate the need of exact vital statistics: We have recently seen a doctor change his views of vegetarianism; he now claims that the diet so generally used by us is a prolific cause of some of the most common diseases among us. He claims to substantiate his statements by conclusions which he draws from the obituary notices published in the REVIEW AND HERALD. Whatever lessons are to be drawn from health statistics certainly ought to be founded on certified reports of attending physicians. If the facts should give evidence that we are not wisely utilizing the grand principles of health, let us have the evidence, and improve our practice, rather than discard divinely appointed truth. Every ray of light is to be cherished. We bespeak for the Medical Council the faithful use of these vital statistics blanks by our ministers.

J. E. FROOM, M. D., Sec. Gen. Conf. Med. Council.

What Has the Child Become?

By J. P. Munroe

THE question to be asked at the end of an educational step is not, "What has the child learned?" but "What has the child become?"— J. P. Munroe.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.

All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.

In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.

WANTED.—An experienced, neat girl or woman to do general housework in S. D. A. family, seven rooms, steam-heated flat, four in family, plain cooking; must be good laundress. Address P. Svenson, 301 Wells St., Chicago, Ill.

WANTED.—A competent school-teacher for private family of five children, and possibly neighboring children. On a farm isolated from any Sabbath-keepers. Excellent opportunity for giving the message in this Southern field. Fair wages. Address J. H. Wheeler, Hildebran, N. C.

For SALE.—A 10-acre lot with good buildings, near one of the strongest churches and church-schools in the State. Price reasonable. Address E. W. Emerson, Clear Lake, Wis.

For SALE.—Five-room house, large barn, acre of ground, one-half mile from Valparaiso, Neb. Seven-room house, two lots, barn, hen-house, coal house; near college. Address Alice Slocum, College View, Neb.

For SALE.—Bargains at $650 each. Fine 160-acre homestead farm near Chesaw, Wash.; 8 acres near Newark, Ohio, only two miles from court-house. Correspondence solicited. Address C. T. Kromer, Chesaw, Wash.

WANTED.—A good, consecrated S. D. A. harness-maker. Will take him in as partner if he has a little money to invest, or will pay wages. For particulars, address Tremonton Harness Co., Tremonton, Utah.

Obituaries

By John F. Jones; J. C. Harris; Roderick S. Owen; C. H. Keslake; M. S. Burnham; A. J. Breed; W. R. Andrews; Wm. Covert

GREENAGE.—Died in Cheswold, Del., Sept. 18, 1905, of consumption, Benjamin Greenage, aged 25 years. Brother Greenage accepted the truth about five years ago. After having run well for a little season, he fell away. But he made a fresh start within the last year, and died in hope, deeply regretting that he had not studied the Word of God more faithfully. Words of comfort were spoken to a large audience from Hosea 13:14. JOHN F. JONES.

WARNER.—Died Oct. 4, 1905, Charles E. Warner, aged 64 years, 3 months, and 24 days. Brother Warner accepted the truths of the third angel's message in Dayton, Ohio, about ten years ago. He will be greatly missed in the home, in the church, and in the neighborhood. He leaves a wife, two sons, and one stepson to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken to a large gathering of sympathizing friends and neighbors at the M. E. church at Windfall, Ind., by the writer. J. C. HARRIS.

PHILLIPS.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 28, 1905, Esta E. Phillips, daughter of A. M. and M. P. Way, in the twenty-fifth year of her age. The immediate cause of her death was lockjaw. She was brought up in the Adventist faith. She had recently shown an especial interest in the message by making donations to aid in some branches of the work. A husband, mother, two brothers, and two sisters now mourn the loss of a loved one, but they are looking forward to the soon coming of Jesus, when there will be a glorious reunion. The church at Pomona was filled with sympathizing friends and relatives. RODERICK S. OWEN.

HAYNES.—Died in Plainfield, N. J., Aug. 11, 1905, of dysentery, Theresa K. Haynes, aged 17 years and 6 months. Tess, as she was familiarly known by all her friends, was converted four years ago under the labors of Elder E. E. Franke in Trenton, N. J., and was baptized by him. Although she was too young to take the course, she had a strong desire to become a nurse, and so have an active part in the work of the third angel's message. Always striving to live a consistent Christian life, in the last few weeks of her short earthly pilgrimage she gave the clearest evidence of her acceptance with God. A father, mother, and four brothers are left to mourn their loss. Words of comfort from Rev. 14:13 were spoken by the writer. C. H. KESLAKE.

HOLMDEN.—Died at Benton Harbor, Mich., Sept. 10, 1905, of tuberculosis, Frederick Holmden, aged 55 years, 2 months, and 25 days. Brother Holmden was born in Boyner, England, and came to this country when eighteen years of age. He first heard present truth preached by Elders Kenyon and Lamson at Greenville, Mich., in 1878, and took his stand with Seventh-day Adventists, uniting with the church at Greenville. He was an active worker for the truth, and with his family labored for a while in the Bay Islands, where he contracted the disease which caused his death. He rests in hope. A wife and two children remain to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from John 11:25, after which the remains were taken to Greenville, Mich., for burial. M. S. BURNHAM.

STEEN.—Died at Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 24, 1905, of typhoid fever, Raymond Milton, son of F. B. and Cora Steen, aged 1 year, 8 months, and 25 days. He was sick only a short time; all that loving parents and medical skill could do was done, but he was taken away. We have laid him to rest until the morning of the resurrection, when he will come again from the land of the enemy. The parents and three brothers are left to mourn, but not without hope. The funeral was held at Milton, Ore. A. J. BREED.

FREEZE.—Died at Summerfield, New Brunswick, Sept. 24, 1905, Jane Freeze, in the seventy-second year of her age. Eight years ago Elder Farman called at the home of Sister Freeze's daughter, and there found two true Christians, walking in all the light they had received. He spent the entire afternoon studying the Bible with them, and as a result they both decided to accept the third angel's message; and from that afternoon until the day of her death, Sister Freeze rejoiced in present truth. She gave freely to the cause she loved, and left her all to it at death. She was of a retiring nature, and in harmony with her wish the funeral service was of a very simple character. On the morning of September 26 we laid her to rest, beside her husband, in Forest Hill Cemetery, to await the voice of the Life-giver. W. R. ANDREWS.

ACMOODY.—Died at Madison, Wis., Sept. 24, 1905, Henrietta Beatrice AcMoody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parfitt, aged 22 years, 9 months, and 10 days. At the age of eleven years Sister AcMoody was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at New London, Wis. After her marriage she assisted her husband what she could in his evangelistic work. But cruel death has in this event taken from the family to which she belonged, and from the Lord's cause, one who was beloved and useful, yet in the depth of the sorrow there is bright hope expressed in the promise that she will rise again. She leaves a husband, a daughter four months old, a father, a mother, three brothers, six sisters, and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. A lesson embodying thought on the Christian's hope was given by the writer in the Seventh-day Adventist church at New London, September 28, to a large number who attended the funeral service. WM. COVERT.

BOOSE.—Died at a hospital in Iowa, Oct. 3, 1905, Sister Johanne E. Boose, nee Jensen, aged 56 years, 1 month, and 9 days. Sister Boose was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and came to the United States in 1877. She was converted in her twenty-second year, and joined the Baptist Church. In 1882 both she and her husband accepted the views held by the Seventh-day Adventists, and she remained a faithful follower of Jesus until her death, which was the result of an operation. Sister Boose was a humble, God-fearing woman, who labored to the utmost of her strength for the good of others. Her hospitality was widely known. She was the mother of eleven children, one son and seven daughters of whom are still living. Her aged mother, one brother, her husband, and the children were present at the funeral. She also had one sister living in Denmark. The funeral took place in a church three miles from her home, which was about seven miles from Exira. The building was too small to accommodate the large audience which assembled on the funeral occasion, and many stood on the outside near the open windows. A procession one mile and a half in length, and containing one hundred and fifty teams, followed the remains to their last resting-place. L. JOHNSON.

Atlantic Union Conference Association

By Mills D. Mattson; Albert E. Place; J. Edward Jayne; Hampton W. Cottrell; George W. Palmer; William A. Wilcox; Preston F. Bicknell

THE first meeting of the third biennial session of the Atlantic Union Conference Association will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist church, South Lancaster, Mass., at 9 A. M., Nov. 9, 1905. This meeting is called for the purpose of electing officers, and transacting such other business as may legally come before the association.

MILLS D. MATTSON, ALBERT E. PLACE, J. EDWARD JAYNE, HAMPTON W. COTTRELL, GEORGE W. PALMER, WILLIAM A. WILCOX, PRESTON F. BICKNELL, Trustees.

Conference Secretaries, Notice!

SECRETARIES of conferences, organizations, and institutions, to whom requests have been sent for revised directories for the 1906 Year-book, should at once complete their reports, that they may be forwarded so as to reach this office not later than the first day of November. Address H. E. Rogers, Statistical Secretary, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Notice!

By G. W. Reaser

A LOCAL camp-meeting will be held at San Diego, Cal., November 3-12.

G. W. REASER, President.

Publications Wanted

[SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—ED.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—

Mrs. S. A. Williams, 48 156 St., Harvey, Ill., periodicals and tracts.

Herbert Crippen, Box 320, Alamogordo, N. M., periodicals and tracts.

Mrs. Minnie Drown, R. F. D. 2, Onawa, Iowa, Signs, Watchman, Life Boat, Instructor, and health literature.

Address

THE address of Elder C. W. Olds is now 205 Bethesda Ave., Waukesha, Wis.

The Coming King

By Editor

The general theme of the first special number of the Watchman is “The Coming King,” and the following titles of leading articles will show how fully the subject is presented: “This Same Jesus Shall So Come,” “The Time of the End,” “Signs in the Natural World,” “Men’s Hearts Failing Them,” “The Coming of Christ the Hope of the Church,” “Why Is Christ Coming?” “The Close of Prophetic Periods,” “He Comes as King,” “Christ’s Coming and the Resurrection.” There are many people who are interested in the question of the coming of the Lord, and they will be glad to read upon this subject. Others can be interested with a little effort, and a paper which treats the theme in a number of short articles ought to find entrance into many homes. We hope there will be a call for a large edition of this number of the Watchman.

Why Articles Are Rejected

By Editor

SOME of our good contributors may wonder why their articles do not appear in the REVIEW, and a word of explanation may be helpful. In the first place, it is impossible to publish all articles submitted, as our space will not permit this, and some must necessarily be rejected. Many considerations determine the decision concerning an article: it may be too long and not of sufficient merit to justify the effort to condense it, or the subject may be good, but the treatment of it may be too commonplace, or the subject may have been recently presented in the paper, or the writer may be given to fanciful ideas or interpretations of Scripture, or an article that might pass the test at one time might for special reasons be rejected at another time, and so on to the end of the list. Well-written articles upon vital subjects, and short articles upon specific phases of Christian experience, are always welcomed. The editor can do no more than to use his best judgment in deciding whether to use a contribution, and he often regrets being compelled to decline that which has evidently cost a writer much effort. He hopes, however, that those whose experience and ability enable them to instruct the people to their profit will continue to furnish articles for the REVIEW.

Laborer Planned for the Cayman Islands

THE Jamaica Conference is planning to send a laborer to the Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, west of Jamaica.

Elder Snyder Sails for Cuba

ELDER E. W. SNYDER sailed from New York for Cuba on the twelfth. Having already a knowledge of the Spanish, he will be able to work among the Cuban people without delay.

Schilling Family Sails for Germany

ELDER J. H. SCHILLING and his family, of Pennsylvania, sailed from New York for Hamburg, Germany, October 5. They will labor under the direction of the German Union Conference.

East Caribbean Gleaner Added

To the list of conference papers is now added the East Caribbean Gleaner, published monthly at Port of Spain, Trinidad. The first number contains a full report of the third annual session of the conference held at Georgetown, British Guiana.

Workers Sail for South America

Four workers for South America were to sail from San Francisco October 7. Elder F. L. Perry and his wife go to Peru, South Dakota continuing their support, while Elder George Casebeer and his wife are bound for Ecuador, the Upper Columbia Conference continuing his salary.

Australasian Signs Circulation

THE average number of copies of the Australasian Signs of the Times circulated in that field is almost exactly three copies for each member enrolled in the several conferences. This shows a faithfulness on the part of the brethren and sisters in the churches which is worthy of imitation.

Sabbath-School Lessons on Esther

The Sabbath-school lessons for this quarter are based upon the book of Esther, and the parallel between the experience of God's people in those days and the experience of his people just before the coming of the Lord is clearly pointed out. We hope a special effort will be made to increase the attendance at our Sabbath-schools while these lessons are being studied.

M. E. Olsen Visits Washington

BROTHER M. E. OLSEN, the associate editor of the London Good Health, stopped two or three days in Washington last week, on his way to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he will spend the winter in further study. Brother Olsen brings an encouraging report of the work in England, and says that the large circulation of the health magazine (between forty and fifty thousand copies a month) is an astonishment to the publishers of the vegetarian publications of long standing, who find it a hard struggle to keep them alive.

Elder Sheafe Takes a Vacation

AFTER a long season of very hard labor, Elder Lewis C. Sheafe is taking a well-deserved vacation of a month. His congregation generously provided the money necessary to meet the extra expenses of spending a few weeks in some quiet place where he could secure needed rest. Another payment of two thousand dollars must be made on the purchase price of the building recently purchased by the church of which Brother Sheafe is pastor, and any further help in meeting this obligation will be greatly appreciated.

Special Signs Number on Prophecy

By Editor

HAVE you seen the first special number of The Signs of the Times? The keynote of the message in this issue is “Prophecy and Christ’s Coming,” and the subject is treated in eight leading articles. In a note to their fellow workers concerning this special number the publishers say:—

We have tried so to fill this number with “God’s message for to-day” that you and your “brethren would gladly “pass it on” to those who are perishing for the message it contains. Instead of putting expense into a four-page cover, we have made attractive the inside of the paper by the use of meaning-filled article headings. With the Lord’s help, we have tried so to plan these headings that even though the one receiving the paper has little desire to read, he will be compelled by the power of the emphasized word to pause, study, consider.

The cover page is a chart of prophecy in itself, and will attract favorable attention wherever it is shown, while the contents will deepen any interest which may be thus aroused. This issue of the Signs deserves, and we hope it will have, a large circulation.

The Special Numbers of Our Foreign Papers

The International Publishing Association of College View, Neb., will concentrate their whole effort on one number of the German, Danish-Norwegian, and Swedish papers, instead of four numbers, for the missionary campaign this fall. They are planning to get them out about the time of the second number of the series of The Signs of the Times. The foreign papers will have a choice collection of articles from our best writers on the Second Coming of Christ, Saints’ Inheritance, Last Message, State of the Dead, the Sabbath, Sunday Laws, Characteristics of the Last Church, etc. These special numbers will be finely illustrated, containing the twenty-four pages and cover, which will make them valuable papers for circulation, and good sellers. All our readers should order a supply of these papers for their friends and neighbors who read any of these languages. Price, five cents each; ten or more, three cents each. Order of your tract society or of the publishers.