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Current Mention

— M. Petkoff, premier of Bulgaria and minister of the interior, was assassinated March 11.

— On March 8, practically all the electricians of Paris went on strike, leaving the city in darkness two nights.

— An American mail-bag, whose contents were valued at approximately $400,000 was stolen while in passage from New York to Havre, France.

— On the trip from Havre to New York, the French Line steamer “La Savoie,” encountered a monster wave fully fifty feet high that broke over the decks and flooded the cabin and state-rooms.

— A five-days’ strike of eight hundred union employees of the Louisville (Ky.) street-railway began March 10, and resulted in the usual mobs, violence, injury, and arrests, before the differences were settled.

— The peasants of northern Rumania are in revolt against the exactions of the farmers, and the new taxes recently voted by Parliament. The peasants have also attacked and plundered the Jews, large numbers of whom have crossed the frontier into Austria.

— The worst flood ever known has recently been experienced in Pittsburg, Pa., and it has extended along the rivers of that system affecting four States. More than a hundred lives are known to have been lost, and the property loss reaches millions of dollars.

— Six vessels were reported ashore in different places on the coast of the British Isles, the eighteenth. Among them was the White Star liner “Suevic” from Sydney, N. S. W. Six hundred persons were on board when she hit the rocks, but all were taken off in safety.

— On March 14 the wireless telegraph operator at the naval station at Point Loma, Cal., accidentally caught a message that was being sent from Washington, D. C. to Pensacola, Fla., and also one from the battle-ship “Connecticut” in New York to the navy-yard at Washington.

— The opening of the Russian douma on March 5 was made the occasion of great socialistic demonstrations in St. Petersburg. The police and gendarmes exercised only such restraint as they could, armed with whips. Feodor Golovin, who was elected president of the douma, is a prominent liberal, but not a radical. He not only has many friends in court circles, but also enjoys the support of the labor and peasant members of the house.

— John Alexander Dowie, founder of Zion City, Ill., died at his home there, March 9. There had been no reconciliation between him and the other members of his family, and only about two hundred of the many thousands of his one-time followers remained loyal to the last.

— An explosion of the magazines of the French warship, “Jena,” while in dry dock at Toulon, on March 12, resulted in the death of about 120 officers and men of the crew and the serious injury of 150, besides the practical destruction of one of the finest ships of the French navy.

— Geo. W. Glover, the only son of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the founder of “Christian Science,” and other “next friends” have filed a bill in equity demanding an accounting of her property from the men who surround her. Some strange revelations are expected at the trial.

— Mrs. Russell Sage has set apart ten million dollars for the endowment of the “Sage Foundation” whose object is the relief of distress and the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States. Miss Helen Gould is one of the seven well-known philanthropists who are named as trustees.

— An explosion occurred in the mixing house of the powder mill near Emporium, Pa., March 20, where one thousand pounds of dynamite were stored. No trace was found of the six men employed, and where the building stood is a hole in the earth twelve feet deep. The shock was felt twenty miles distant.

— Disastrous floods, due to unusually heavy rains, are reported from central California. Owing to the floods and consequent washouts on the railroads, Stockton, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, and many smaller towns are cut off from traffic communication with San Francisco, and the railway service is greatly demoralized.

— The city council of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has passed an ordinance that “all able-bodied persons between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five years, whose mental and physical propensities are normal and who are not now married, shall be required to obtain a license and wed within sixty days or be subject to a fine of from $10 to $100.” Paternalism in government could hardly go beyond this. But as we are in a time when a large portion of the people are turning to legislation as a remedy for all real or fancied social ills, we need not be surprised at such enactments as this.

— The fighting between Honduras and Nicaragua continues, and there is manifest on the part of the other Central American States a disposition to help Honduras, supposedly the weaker power, to prevent Nicaragua’s further aggression in case she is victorious. Already Salvador has joined Honduras, sending troops. For a time victory was with first one army and then with the other, but the latest advices say that a decisive battle of three days and two nights resulted in victory for Nicaragua over the combined armies of Honduras and Salvador numbering six thousand men. The United States has four gunboats patrolling the coasts to protect American interests in the captured Honduran towns.

Religious Liberty Notes

IN an article published in the Chicago Herald on the question of Sunday enforcement the writer says: “Clear away the confusion about religious liberty! It has nothing to do with it.” This illustrates the value that is placed upon this priceless boon by many in this time of wild frenzy for religious legislation.

The Times and Hustler, of Farmington, N. M., says: “The Legislative House, after a spirited debate, refused to modify the stringent Sunday closing laws of the Territory, and tabled indefinitely the bills of Representative Beach, which had been introduced for that purpose. A resolution was introduced to ask the governor to enforce the Sunday law more stringently.”

The World, of Webster, S. D., bearing date of Feb. 28, 1907, contains a column and a half article entitled, “Should Religion Be Taught in the Public Schools?” by Sister Anna M. Anderson. The article presents the question in a clear comprehensive manner, and we feel sure that it will be the means of enlightening many of those who read it concerning the question which is so little understood.

The Christian Advocate (Methodist), of Dallas, Tex., speaks concerning the laxity of the Sunday laws in Texas as follows: “It will not be long, at the present rate of progress, until Sunday will be left to the conscience of the individual.” This statement is a tacit admission that the question as to which day one should observe is not a matter to be left to the “individual conscience.” We would commend to the Christian Advocate the following memorable words of George Washington, the father of our country, concerning the legitimate province of the state: “Every man who conducts himself as a good citizen is accountable alone to God for his religious faith, and should be protected in worshiping God according to the dictates of his own conscience.”

A resolution opposing a state church in both England and Wales was adopted Feb. 27, 1907, in the House of Commons, London, England. The vote stood 198 in favor of the resolution, and 99 against it. The City Journal, of Sioux City, Iowa, bearing date of Feb. 28, 1907, says regarding the resolution: “This resolution does not commit the government, but the debate on it was interesting on account of a statement by Augustine Birrell, the chief secretary of Ireland. Mr. Birrell said he failed to see how the continuance of the established church could be justified. The church had done the state no good, and the state had done the church nothing except harm. Personally Mr. Birrell said he believed the establishment, far from harming the church as a spiritual body, would restore it to a position of spiritual authority throughout the land. The government’s hands, however, were already too full to assume any responsibility in the matter. It is the first time in its history that the House of Commons has adopted such a resolution. The only previous time a similar resolution was pressed to a division was in May, 1871, and it was then rejected by a large majority.”

The following resolution which was recently adopted by the Epworth League and Christian Endeavor Societies in the State of Wisconsin, will clearly show their attitude concerning the question of Sunday legislation: “Whereas, Thousands of our neighbors in Wisconsin that are required to work seven days every week, can get no relief by any present Sunday law; therefore, Resolved, That our President and Secretary are hereby instructed in behalf of the many thousands of Wisconsin Endeavorers to petition both houses of our next State Legislature to enact a law compelling all employers to give their employees fifty-two rest days every year, and we urge all Endeavorers to use their influence to arouse public sentiment in behalf of such legislation.” What are you doing to enlighten these noble young people concerning the evils of this feature of work in which they are engaged?

The Baltimore (Md.) Sun, of Dec. 16, 1906, in commenting editorially upon the dispute that arose last winter between President Roosevelt and Ambassador Bellamy Storer, said: “No greater misfortune could befall the American people than the blending of politics and religion. Every man who considers his religion too sacred to be contaminated by the grossness of political strife will regard with horror any attempt to mix politics and religion—the things which are holy with the things which are material and secular. They can not be blended, any more than oil and water can be made into one element. Our statesmen ought to keep their hands off churches, and churchmen of every denomination should repel with all their vigor every effort of the politician to drag religion into the sordid affairs of politics. The attempt to mix politics with spiritual concerns, to make any church an ally of any party, can not be condemned too strongly.”

The Republican Prairie View News, of Logan, Kan., bearing date of Feb. 7, 1907, contains the following paragraph which is taken from an editorial on religious liberty: “Modern religionists are endeavoring with might and main to get religious laws passed—a thing that has led to nine tenths of the world’s persecution. Worldly power is courted and the lobbies of our State Legislatures and Congress are crowded with religious zealots who, by intimidating and bulldozing, attempt to get laws passed upholding religious creeds or days. Anything that is from above needs not to be bolstered or upheld by puny civil power—any commandment which is to be rendered unto God and to God alone, does not need the help of any civil law. Religious freedom is the foundation of this great government and was interwoven into our national life from the beginning. Let us jealously guard this sacred right and see to it that no laws are passed, forcing one to accept or to keep, any religious dogma, creed, or day.” K. C. R.

Loma Linda College Communications

Notice!

Those desiring information concerning the Loma Linda College of Evangelists should address all communications to College of Evangelists, Loma Linda, Cal., as Prof. W. E. Howell, who has been in charge has recently resigned to accept a call to a foreign field.

St. Helena Sanitarium Training-School

THE next class for training missionary nurses begins April 1, 1907, and offers a very thorough course in this line of work, and extraordinary advantages in the way of practical experience. We shall be pleased to correspond with all interested persons who desire to devote their lives to this branch of the Master's work. For circulars and full information, address St. Helena Sanitarium, or Dr. H. F. Rand, Sanitarium (Napa Co.), Cal.

Saskatchewan, Notice!

By Paul Curtis

A TWO-WEEKS’ institute for our missionary canvassers will be held at Regina, April 10-24, 1907. We are making arrangements to accommodate all who avail themselves of this opportunity to better prepare to carry on the Lord’s work, at a very reasonable expense. If you expect to enter this branch of the Lord’s work you can not afford to miss this important gathering. If you have no desire for this line of work, attend and become enthused.

We expect Brother W. L. Manfull and Elder H. S. Shaw to be present, to render valuable help at this time.

Write to Sister Birdie Conway, Box 666, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, that we may plan accommodations for you. Bring bedding, towels, etc.

PAUL CURTIS, Field Secretary.

An Easy Way to Help

By L. A. Hansen

THE Graysville Sanitarium is in need of flower and vegetable seeds, bulbs, plants, shrubs, ornamental and fruit-trees, vines, etc. This sanitarium is a new institution, located on the side of a mountain where a building site had to be made amid the underbrush and wild growth. Natural surroundings, with hills, ravines, and terraces, with such improvements as we have been able to make, present a most promising outlook for a beautiful place.

A lack of means, this being a new work with unusual pioneer struggles, prevents us from making the outdoor improvements that ought to be made at once. Those who have such things to spare as are called for in this notice can give us quite material assistance just at a time when it is much needed. Address shipments, prepaid if possible, to Graysville Sanitarium, Graysville, Tenn.

We can also make very good use of canned and dried foods, bedding, etc. We shall be glad to give further information.

L. A. HANSEN.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

General Meetings in Europe

Gen. Conf. Com. with British Com., England ........ April 16–22 Gen. Conf. Com. with Scand. Com., and Danish Conference, Aalborg ........ April 24–30 Gen. Conf. Com. with German Union Committee ........ May 3–7 Gen. Conf. Com. with Latin Union, Gland ........ May 10–25 Norway ........ June 5–9 Finland ........ June 14–18 Sweden, Södertelje, near Stockholm ........ June 19–24 German-Swiss ........ July 3–7 French Swiss ........ July 10–14 German Union, Friedensau ........ July 18–28 British Union ........ August 2–11 Holland ........ August 15–18

Christian Liberty

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience

Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau

K. C. RUSSELL, - - - - Chairman W. A. COLCORD, - - - - Secretary

Obituaries

CLAYSON.—Died at his home in Sparta, Neb., Feb. 4, 1907, Brother John Clayson, aged 81 years and 5 months. The deceased accepted the faith held by the Seventh-day Adventists, thirty years ago. Some of our older ministers will remember him, for he used to drive thirty and forty miles to fill their appointments. He enlisted in Company K. 51, Wisconsin Infantry in 1862 and served till the close of the Civil War. Two sons survive him. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. SWIN SWINSON.

CHABOT.—Died in Walla Walla, Wash., Oct. 26, 1906, of the effects of a stroke of paralysis, Tonsant Chabot, aged 76 years. Brother Chabot came to the Walla Walla Valley about fifty years ago, and was one of the early pioneers of that region. He embraced present truth when it was first proclaimed in eastern Washington, and was a faithful and true Seventh-day Adventist till his death. He was as firm as a rock for the right, and died in full hope of an inheritance beyond the grave. He left some property, which he willed to the General Conference. The writer preached the funeral sermon from words found in Rev. 3:10. W. B. WHITE.

FORD.—Died at her home at Highland, Mich., Feb. 12, 1907, Sister Amanda Ford, aged 77 years. She has lived in this place for a number of years, and for twenty-four years has been a member of the little company at White Lake, where she attended meetings until too feeble to do so. She is survived by four sons and five daughters. She died with the bright hope of a part in the reward that awaits the faithful. The funeral service was held at the Congregational church of Highland. E. K. SLADE.

SHEARER.—Died at her home at Farmersburg, Ind., Dec. 24, 1906, after several months’ suffering, Mrs. Sarah M. Shearer, aged 65 years, 9 months, and 2 days. In early life she united with the Methodist Church, but after hearing the truths of the third angel’s message proclaimed about twenty-six years ago, by Elders Shank and Willoughby, at Allendale, Ill., she accepted present truth and remained a firm believer until her death. She was the mother of six children, three of whom survive her. We laid her to rest near her old home in the Armstrong Cemetery, at Allendale, Ill. MRS. IDA M. HIGBEE.

JOHNSON.—Died at Richland, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1907, of tuberculosis, Brother Johnson, aged 30 years, 4 months, and 4 days. He was born at Rogersville, Ontario, Canada, and in 1901, was united in marriage to Maude C. Lumley. Brother Johnson united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1895, of which he was a faithful member to his death. His wife and a little boy are left to mourn, but not in despair, hoping in God, and looking forward to the resurrection. He was willing and ready to go to rest to await the coming of his Saviour. The funeral was held at the home of his wife’s mother, at Richland, words of comfort being spoken by the writer to a very large and attentive audience. C. C. JENSEN.

MORANVILLE.—Died at the home of her son, Dr. C. F. Moranville of Guid Rock, Neb., Feb. 11, 1907, of paralysis, Mrs. Lucey Moranville, aged 85 years. Mother Moranville was born in Dearly Center, Vt. She was married at the age of eighteen, and she and her husband encountered the vicissitudes of life for sixty-seven years. She was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom, with her husband, are left to mourn their loss. Early in life she was converted under the proclamation of the advent message before the light shone upon the Sabbath truth. Therefore the coming of the Lord was her comfort in life and her hope at death. A large circle of relatives and friends were present at the funeral which was conducted by the writer. All are comforted with the thought that she sleeps with a bright prospect of a part in the first resurrection. CHAS. THOMPSON.

MIDDAUGH.—Died at his home, near Ames, Neb., Dec. 26, 1906, of apoplexy, John C. Middaugh, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. Brother Middaugh was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Illinois in 1858. He had known of the great Advent movement in 1844, and when the sanctuary question was explained to him he could understand the disappointment, and gladly accepted present truth during a series of meetings conducted by the writer in 1869. He moved to Nebraska in 1873 and for years his home was the depository for the literature of Seventh-day Adventists in that State. He was librarian during most of the time Nebraska was under the control of the Iowa Conference. After the organization of the Nebraska Conference Brother Middaugh became its treasurer, and filled this office acceptably. His life was a witness to the power of the gospel of Christ, and his greatest joy was to see persons accept pardon through Christ. The church at Freemont loses a faithful member, the neighborhood an influential and respected citizen, and the home is bereft of a kind loving husband and father. An aged wife, four sons, and one daughter, while mourning their loss, expect to meet their loved one when Jesus comes. At the funeral, the writer spoke on the subject of the resurrection. R. F. ANDREWS.

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WANTED.—A good blacksmith; must understand shoeing. Address Geo. E. Henton, Mountain View, Cal.

WANTED AT ONCE.—A man for general farm work. Wages $26 a month for eight months. None but good man need apply. Address F. J. Nesmith, Florence, Codington Co., S. D.

WE offer a pleasant home to an elderly Christian woman (Seventh-day Adventist preferred) who is able to get meals and care for two small children. R. G. Lovell, 510 Walnut St., Knoxville, Tenn.

WANTED.—A blacksmith. Must be a good horseshoer and able to work at general repairing. Must be a Sabbath-keeper. Will pay good wages. Write at once to John M. Bramer, Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa.

FOR SALE.—Commodious four-room house and half-acre lot with several kinds of fruit-trees, a large tent and chicken house. Desirable locality. Half block from Fernando College. Address Miss A. Griffith, Santa Monica, Cal.

WANTED.—To correspond with Seventh-day Adventist man or boy to do chores, care for horses, garden, etc. Desire to fill place by April 15. Give references, and state wages required. Address W. H. Walters, M. D., Shawmut, Maine.

WANTED.—About April 1, competent Seventh-day Adventist man and wife to take charge of treatment rooms. Must be experienced, capable of giving massage and other sanitarium treatments. References exchanged. Address, H. Boram, M. D., 414 Mich. Ave., South Bend, Ind.

FOR SALE.—Strawberry plants, also Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching. Send the names and addresses of five or more persons interested in the above, and we will give 25 Warfield strawberry plants (not prepaid). Price-list free. Address Geo. Jørgensen & Son, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.

WANTED.—Young men and women, for our missionary nurses' training-school, (October class). Domestic help is wanted now. Also a man, who understands canning vegetables and fruit, to install and run a small plant. Address Nebraska Sanitarium, College View, Neb.

COOKING OIL.—Freight prepaid. Straight $4 for 5-gal. can to Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas; $4.50 a can to Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Other States please write for prices. R. H. Brock, Arkansas City, Kan.

FOR SALE.—Clock repairing and selling business. Well established. From 50 cents to $25 each for repairing clocks. Plenty of work; clean city; Seventh-day Adventist church. Call to enter missionary work—reason. Small capital; good returns. Address J. W. Hirlinger, 45 West King St., Lancaster, Pa.

A BARGAIN.—A new house with half-acre lot in Takoma Park; seven rooms and bath; hot and cold water; furnace; ten to fifteen minutes' walk from College, Sanitarium, Review and Herald, and General Conference offices, street-car, and railroad station. Price, $2,475. Address B. H. Welch, Takoma Park, D. C.

FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful vegetable oil for cooking and salads; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 1 gal. can, $1; 5 gal. can, $4.50. Also pure virgin olive-oil: gal., $2.75; half gal., $1.40; quart, 85 cents. Lunch Nutrena, a hygienic fat and blood producer: 1-lb. box, 35 cents; send for samples. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.

THE E. J. Murphy Co., Inc., wholesale and retail paint, oil, and gas house, formerly of 1108 G St., N. W., have moved into their new place of business at 710 Twelfth St., N. W. They have built this building especially for a paint business and are now in a position to execute their orders more promptly and satisfactorily than in the past, and they wish to extend to the public a most cordial invitation to visit their new place of business and inspect their facilities for the proper handling of future orders.

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:—

Mrs. N. J. Mickelsen, Wheelock, N. D., REVIEW, Signs, Life and Health.

Mrs. Katy Taylor, Scheley Court, Cleveland, Ohio, Signs, Watchman, Instructor, and Life and Health.

James Harvey, 763 Jackson St., Oakland, Cal., periodicals and tracts for distribution in a large needy field.

Lula May Henry, Tiawah, I. T., and La V. Beulah Henry, Prague, Okla., thank those who have been sending literature to their addresses. They have a sufficient supply at present.

Addresses

THE address of Elder F. L. Perry is Casilla 421, Lima, Peru, South America.

The address of Elder F. J. Harris is Lock Box 5, Holcomb, Ogle Co., Ill., instead of that given in the Year-book.

Missionary Review and German Union Tithe

THE Missionary Review of the World for March is a most interesting number. Among the most important articles in this number is one on “The Liberal Movement in Persia,” by the Rev. S. M. Jordan, of Teheran. Mr. Jordan discusses the progress toward reform, and the various political and religious factors, which are changing the policy of the government and the characters of the people. It is an illuminating article. The editor-in-chief describes “Gipsy Smith and His Successful Evangelism” in a way which shows the sources of strength and secrets of power in this remarkable man who is doing such a wonderful work in England and America. Two illustrated articles on Cuba deal with its religious conditions and present need. One discusses the Indians of Central America, and two relate to serious problems in the United States. The Rev. MacLain W. Davis, of Utah, describes “The Practical Results of Mormonism” as he has seen them. Rev. Frederick H. Wright takes up the question of “The Italian in America,” showing the characteristics of this people and the opportunities for work among them. Two remarkable articles tell of the “Awakenings among the Chinese Aborigines.” Published monthly by Funk & Wagnalls Co., 44-60 East Twenty-third Street, New York; $2.50 a year.

WE learn that the tithe of the German Union Conference for the first three quarters of 1906 was fifty-eight thousand dollars, or four thousand dollars more than for the entire year of 1905.

New Mission Papers in Singapore and Belize

ANOTHER new paper devoted to the interests of this message is announced from Singapore, Elder G. F. Jones editor. The name of this paper is Zaman Pughabisan (The Time of the End). It is an eight-page monthly, one edition in the Singapore-Malay spelling, alternating with one in the Dutch-Malay spelling. By the publication of this paper this message is now being issued in periodical form in twenty different languages.

WE have received the first number of the Central American Herald, E. L. Cardey, editor, published in Belize, British Honduras, as a monthly medium of reporting and instruction among the churches in the Central American mission.

Progress in the Cumberland Conference

As indications of progress in the Cumberland Conference, we would mention the addition of one hundred and thirteen new Sabbath-keepers and the increase of fifteen hundred dollars in tithe over the total of last year.

Walter Mead Visits Washington

WE have been glad to greet Brother Walter Mead, of Cape Town, South Africa, son of the late Elder F. L. Mead, of the Matabeleland mission. He spent a few days in Washington before going on to the old New England homestead, where Elder Mead's mother still resides.

New York Branch Opening

BROTHER L. W. GRAHAM, who will have charge of the New York Branch at 32 Union Square East, is spending a few days in Washington, arranging for stock and supplies. He will be in New York before this paper reaches its readers. The New York Branch will be ready for business early in April.

Sabbath School Lesson Quarterly

By Editor

We have received copies of the new Sabbath-school Lesson Quarterly, for the second quarter of the present year. The topics for study during this quarter are “Bible Election” and “Effectual Service,” the latter dealing with the gifts of the Spirit in their relation to the work of God. The price is five cents, and the Quarterly may be obtained either through the tract societies or from any of our publishing houses.

April Life and Health

THE April number of Life and Health is an exceptionally good one, filled with timely matter of great importance. If you are not a subscriber, send for a sample copy. If you are, introduce it to your neighbors, and thus be doing real helpful missionary work.

Te Maramarama Received

The first numbers of Te Maramarama have just been received by the Mission Board. This is an eight-page monthly paper in the Tahitian, edited by Mrs. I. F. Cady and Mrs. F. N. Waugh, of Papeete, Tahiti, and printed by the Avondale Press, at Cooranbong, N. S. W., Australia.

Tent Meetings in Freetown

WE have received a poster, printed in other colors announcing the tent-meetings being held by Elder D. C. Babcock in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The Weekly Times, of that city, says editorially: “The services continue to draw crowds every evening. There are already indications of success in the cause.”

Union College Scholarship Plan

If interested in securing an education in one of our good colleges, write to the president of Union College, College View, Neb., asking for the Board Meeting Number of the Central Union Conference Bulletin, and study pages 19 and 20—the scholarship plan.

Brother and Sister Cobban Sail for Jamaica

ON the sixteenth, Brother Harold H. Cobban and wife sailed for Jamaica, West Indies. Brother Cobban has been connected with the General Conference treasury department for nearly four years. He goes to the West Indies to take the treasuryship of that new union conference.

A Good Work Going

By Editor

WE are glad to be able to announce that the plans recently laid for an extensive circulation of the symposium numbers of the Signs of the Times are meeting with a hearty response from all parts of the field. The managers of the Signs report that the presidents and conference committees of more than twenty conferences have already responded most heartily, pledging themselves to use the facilities of their conferences to the utmost to give this series of twenty-six numbers of the Signs of the Times the great circulation which its importance demands.

This appeals to us as being a wonderful opportunity for God's people to carry the light to their neighbors and friends. There is no time for delay. The end of all things is right upon us. Now is the time while there is peace and prosperity, while the four winds are being held, to publish the good news of the soon-coming kingdom.

In many cases this matter will already have been laid before the church before this note is read. If the reader has not already subscribed for a club of these special numbers, now is the time to do so, that your friends may have the papers from the first, and thus learn the truth thoroughly and systematically from the beginning. The sacrifice and the labor on the part of each will be small, the results will be great. Five copies a week will cost only ten cents. Who can not take that number? Some can devote several hours or days to this work each week and thus be able to handle a large club. We feel greatly interested in this movement for we at least catch some glimpses of its wonderful possibilities. We trust that every reader of the REVIEW will have a part in the good work.

January Issue of Fuh in Hsuen Pao

THE January number of our Chinese paper, Fuh in Hsuen Pao (Gospel Herald), printed by the Honan press, has a well-printed colored frontispiece, illustrating the star shower of 1833.