On the first of January, at Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, began the workers’ meeting for the Brazilian Union Conference, and continued until the nineteenth. This year (1914) is the twentieth anniversary of our missionary operations in Brazil; and as we look back over the twenty years of effort in this vast country and remember the many struggles in the beginning, when workers were few and the calls from many states were urgent, it is certainly a cause for thankfulness and encouragement to see almost fifty workers present at the meeting, and to remember that fifteen faithful canvassers are yet in the field, thus raising the number of those who are devoting their lives to the promulgation of this message in Brazil to sixty-five.
Then, too, this workers’ meeting was the first of its kind, for never before have so many of the workers of our union been together for so long a time. It is no small expense to get them together from so many far-away fields, but we believe it is money well invested, giving greater efficiency and impetus to our work. A further result of the workers’ meeting will be greater unity in plans and methods of work, which of course also brings greater strength.
Of the forty-eight present, twenty-five are evangelical workers, and twenty-three are canvassers or those who are preparing to enter the work. There is manifest on the part of all a general good will and willingness to gain a better preparation for the work.
In connection with the workers’ meeting, we are conducting a series of public meetings, which are well attended. Last Sunday evening five hundred persons listened to a health talk, and showed the very best attention. Even rainy weather did not hinder. Every evening the tent is full of people to whom we preach the message, and these experiences seem to indicate that there is a great future before us in the tent work in this country.
May the Lord give power from on high to finish the work soon, is our prayer.
F. W. SPIES.
West Caribbean Conference
By H. C. Goodrich
The eighth annual session of the West Caribbean Conference was held May 22-27 with the church at Bocas del Toro, where ample provision had been made for entertaining the delegates and visitors who were in attendance.
The names of thirty-two delegates were read, sixteen of whom were present at the first meeting. Elder A. J. Haysmer, president of the union conference, and Elder W. G. Kneeland, who is expected to labor in this conference, were invited to sit with us in the conference as delegates at large.
Two churches, which had been organized since our last annual meeting, were received into the conference.
Reports from the different churches showing an encouraging growth in nearly every place, were given by their several delegates. Especially was this true of the Bocas, Pearl Lagoon, and Port Limon churches. And in all the reports there was good evidence of the Lord’s blessing which has attended the personal efforts of individuals in the different places.
The need of making Panama City a center for our Spanish work on the Pacific coast was considered at some length, and the need of a suitable building for mission and church work was clearly set forth by Elder Haysmer in a meeting devoted to that purpose. The sum of $436.75 gold was pledged by the delegates and visitors. It was indeed good to see the whole conference standing together as one man to help push the work in the city of Panama and on the west coast.
But the battle cry of the conference from the very first, as expressed in resolution No. 2, which was spoken to by nearly all the delegates, was to make the rest of 1914 a soul-winning campaign, in which the aim of every one shall be, One soul for Jesus in the year 1914.
To the end, the work of the conference was marked with brotherly unity. All the different questions were freely discussed, and most of the resolutions were passed unanimously.
In the personnel of the conference officers several changes were made. Elder W. G. Kneeland was elected president, in place of the writer, who has accepted an invitation to labor on the Isle of Pines. Elder D. E. Wellman was invited to take up work in the West Caribbean Conference, and F. H. Raley, secretary and treasurer of the union, will remove his office from Riversdale to Cristobal, and will also become secretary and treasurer of the West Caribbean Conference. Brother Charles Degering will be the secretary and treasurer of the Jamaica Conference.
We all appreciated very much the help given us in all our meetings by Elders Haysner and Kneeland, and in spite of the heavy rains that continued nearly all the time, there was a good attendance on the part of the citizens of the place.
A vote of thanks was heartily given to the churches of Bocas and its vicinity for their kind and generous hospitality; and then, with our hearts full of gratitude to a kind and merciful Heavenly Father for the feast of good things we had enjoyed, we all prepared to leave for our homes, to put in practice all the plans here laid for the advancement of the great work intrusted to our hands.
H. C. GOODRICH.
River Plate (Argentina) Academy
By H. U. STEVENS
One month and a half of our school year has passed, and I have not yet written you of our opening. I have now found a little leisure time which I can use in writing. The occasion of the leisure is that we have had nearly a week of almost steady rain, and we have been able to do very little in our building operations. This has given me some time in which to catch up with my other work.
Our school opened on the fourth of March, with an enrollment of forty-six the first day, which is more than twice as many as we had the first day of last year. Before the week was over, the enrollment had reached sixty-one, and before the close of the month of March, one hundred and nine. This has taken all the available space we have, and has made it necessary to utilize the room which has generally been reserved for visitors. As it is now, visitors have to be accommodated in the sanitarium.
So far, things have run very smoothly, there having been practically no friction. The pupils have manifested a loyal spirit of cooperation, and have taken hold of the work of the school with a will.
We had good meetings during the week of prayer. All seemed fully to appreciate the times in which we are living, and the nearness of the end. The last Sabbath of the week three of our pupils were baptized. By far the greater part of our students have already taken this step. However, we have some who are not converted, for whom we are working and praying. We are hoping that some of these will take their stand for the truth before the year is over.
We require twelve hours of industrial work each week from each pupil in the school home, and under no consideration is he excused from his obligations in this matter. This I am sure is one of the most powerful factors we can employ to reduce the discipline to a minimum. The students this year have engaged in the work heartily, and many have asked for something to do which will keep them busy all the afternoon. Brother Wheeler, with the help of the students, is making a school garden, and before the year is far gone we hope to provide the tables in the dormitory with all the garden stuff they need. We are also utilizing the students' help as we can in the erection of the new buildings. At times they get tired of work, and need to be reanimated; but I should much rather struggle with them to keep them employed in some kind of useful labor than to struggle with them in disciplinary problems, which their idle hands would be sure to create.
Our building operations are progressing satisfactorily. The new dormitory is now ready for the roof, and we hope it will be ready for occupancy by September at the latest. Besides the dormitory, we are constructing a power plant, which is to provide light, heat, and water for the sanitarium, as well as for the school. We are planning to put in connection with this some industries, such as a wagon shop, laundry, a carpenter shop, and perhaps an ice factory. Our bakery will ultimately be located over the power plant, so as to utilize the power here developed. We hope by this means to provide a way by which young men can help themselves through school, as well as to provide many things which the institutions are continually needing, and for which we can find a ready market in the country and towns around.
H. U. STEVENS.
Does It Pay to Use the Newspapers?
By Frank A. Coffin
Does it pay? So often we hear the discouraged soul say: “I have labored faithfully for the Lord, and have sought to warn those about me of the judgments soon to come upon the world, and to arouse them to sense their need of a Saviour. But my efforts are fruitless; I see no results.” And so we ask, “Does it pay?”
God, who cannot lie, whose word is living and powerful, has said of that word, “It shall not return unto me void.” In giving the parable of the good seed, Christ said some fell on good ground and brought forth fruit. The seed is God’s word; the soil, the minds of men. Though the snow lie deep over the seed for months, yet the warm spring sun will cause it to germinate and bear fruit. The minds of men may be as cold as the frozen field of grain, yet the warmth of God’s love will melt away the ice, and if any good soil is to be found beneath, the seed will grow.
The newspaper is a means of sowing that seed quickly. Editors are always grateful for well-written articles which are right to the point. The message is news. The more of the message our brethren can place before the people through the newspapers, the greater will be their influence for good.
During the camp meeting at Fresno, Cal., both morning and afternoon newspapers gave liberal space to reports of the meetings. Twenty-seven articles were published, amounting to between nineteen and twenty columns. Besides these, newspapers in towns near published items. Short notices of business17proceedings appeared in the San Francisco dailies several times.
The Fresno newspapers, which have a combined circulation of about 23,000 each day, had reports of sermons on the following subjects: “The Sabbath,” “The Judgment,” “Tithing,” “Temperance,” “Sunday Laws,” “Our Relation to the Civil Government,” “Dangers of Theatergoing,” “Health Principles and the Harm of Spices and Condiments,” “Dangers of Church Unity,” and articles on the progress of the young people’s work and the publishing work.
The public was told that “God’s judgment of the cases of men has begun in heaven and is now going on;” that “the time in which we live means more than any other time in the history of the world;” that Paul preached to Felix of “righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come;” but that now it is not a judgment to come, but a judgment begun.
One of the points on tithing was that the civil government is recognized by the payment of taxes, which is right. In its last analysis, a refusal to pay our taxes would be treason. We recognize God’s government by paying a faithful tithe, which he has required. In its last analysis, a refusal to pay tithe is treason against God’s government. The Lord said, “Ye have robbed me,” but no person can be robbed of that which is not his, therefore the tithe is the Lord’s property.
At the first prayer service in Fresno after the camp meeting closed, several spoke of having conversed with persons who read the newspaper items and were much interested in them. One lady said of the Adventists, “They must every one of them be rich, judging from the amount of money they give to missions.” We know that this people’s love for souls, not financial ability, has prompted the gifts. But our Father is rich, and is able to give us much more than we have yet received; and as we give, we are enriched with an inheritance which “fadeth not away.”
Newspaper men themselves may become interested in the truths preached at our meetings, as a result of articles submitted to them by our ministers. An experience of this kind came to one of our workers in San Jose. Extracts from sermons had been printed from time to time, and one day a synopsis of a sermon on justification by faith was handed to the editor of the leading newspaper. He manifested enough interest in it to request our brother to preach it again when he could attend. They agreed upon a date, the editor inserted in the newspaper a free advertisement, gave considerable space to a news article about it, and attended the service.
One of our young ministers at Barstow Colony, near Fresno, is writing synopses of his sermons for a weekly newspaper, published near the place of his meetings. These items have brought him an increased attendance, he says. He feels confident that, as a result of the meetings, some will fully obey God.
Years ago the Lord told us that as far as practicable the discourses at our camp meetings should be written up and published in the newspapers. Thus the message given in the meetings to comparatively few may reach a great many. Only the great gathering day in the kingdom of God will reveal all the good accomplished in this way.
FRANK A. COFFIN.
Field Notes
Six persons have definitely taken their stand for God at Artesian, S. Dak.
BROTHER CLINTON LEE reports several ready for baptism at Eaton Rapids, Mich.
As a result of recent efforts, seven have begun the observance of the Sabbath of the Lord on the island of Tasmania.
Two new Sabbath schools are reported in the New York Conference for this quarter,—at Saratoga Springs and Brasie Corners.
FIVE additional members have been received into the church at Leatherman, N. C.,—three by baptism, and two upon profession of faith.
Two new churches have recently been dedicated to the cause of God in the Southeastern Union Conference, at Macon, Ga., and Greeneville, Tenn.
ON Sabbath, April 4, fourteen persons were baptized by Elder C. G. Manns, and added to the Charleston (S. C.) church, making a total membership of fifty-one.
FIVE of the children from the church school at Mesick, in the North Michigan Conference, and one young woman from a distance, were baptized Sabbath afternoon, May 23.
AT Austin, Minn., on Sabbath, May 16, three were baptized in Dobbin's Creek, and four others were received into the church, making a total of twenty-three since March 1.
ON May 17, Elder August Anderson met with the members of the Worley (Idaho) church, on the bank of Rock Creek, and four followed the example of Jesus in receiving baptism.
ELDER J. O. MILLER writes: “On Sabbath, June 13, after our Second Sabbath Reading was conducted, seven persons went forward in baptism, after which they were received into the First Seventh-day Adventist English Church of Newark, N. J.”
THE little company at Danville, Ill., have been organized into a church, and two of their number followed the Lord in the ordinance of baptism, Elder Ferris administering the same. A Sabbath school of twelve members has been organized at Cairo.
A BEAUTIFUL baptismal scene was witnessed on a recent Sabbath by about fifty members of the Rockford and Freeport churches in the Northern Illinois Conference, when seven new believers were buried with their Lord in baptism by Elder Wm. Lewsadder. They will become members of the Rockford church.
SEVEN students of the Maplewood Academy were recently baptized in Lake Independence by Elder Geo. M. Brown. At Blackberry, Minn., May 16, during a visit of Elder G. W. Wells, five took part in the ordinance of baptism; and on a recent Sabbath four were buried in baptism by Elder O. O. Bernstein at the Lake Street church in Minneapolis.
DURING the past two years there has been a gain of fifty-two in the membership of the Bendigo (Victoria, Australia) church. At Cunninghame, Gippsland, Victoria, a large number have taken a firm hold of the truth, and many others are deeply interested.
ON Sabbath afternoon, May 2, the believers in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, met in their new church building, and the Bay Roberts church of Seventh-day Adventists was organized. The following Sunday evening three of their number were buried in baptism.
OUR three workers in Finland baptized eighty-nine persons the past year. The Scandinavian Union Conference has taken in 1,354 new members in the last four years. They have one hundred and forty colporteurs in the field, whose sales last year amounted to over $97,000.
AT a recent baptismal service at the North Seattle church, five precious souls were received into the fold. At North Yakima the same number were baptized and taken into the church, and the report says that others are ready for baptism who could not be present at the service.
SEVEN presented themselves for baptism during the visit of Elder E. E. Farnsworth at Enyard, Mo., and on Sunday, May 31, this rite was administered. At Kansas City two new Sabbath keepers are reported. A company of twelve has been organized as a result of Brother Limerick's effort near Fulton.
THE new church building at Kelly, Colo., has been dedicated to God, and five persons have united with the church by baptism. As a result of the labors of Elder G. M. Alway near Yuma, two were buried with their Lord in baptism, and a church of nine members has been organized, which will be known as the Lincoln Valley church.
As the result of the labors of Brother Howard Hicks, with the blessing of God, twelve members have been added to the church at St. Charles, Mich., by baptism, which was administered by Elder French. Sunday, May 24, six persons were baptized at Breckenridge by Elder O. M. Kittle, as the result of an effort by Brethren Post and Boylan. A house of worship has been purchased, and a church organized.
A REPORT from the Wisconsin Conference states that in one community ten persons have accepted the truth, and applied for baptism and admission into the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as the result of the faithful efforts of a colporteur (O. O. Porter) a year ago in placing “Great Controversy” in their homes. Arrangements were made for Brother P. M. Hanson, of Chippewa Falls, to meet with them Sabbath, June 6, and administer the rite of baptism. Six young people were recently baptized at Milton Junction. At Beldenville five were buried with their Saviour in baptism on Sabbath, May 9. Four were recently baptized at Oxford; and at Merrill five young people are ready to have this rite administered. These are busy days in the Wisconsin Conference.
Medical Missionary Department
By W. A. RUBLE, M. D.
W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - General Secretary
L. A. HANSEN - - Assistant Secretary
H. W. MILLER, M. D. - N. Am. Div. Secretary
College of Medical Evangelists
THE first commencement exercises of the College of Medical Evangelists were held in the chapel at Loma Linda, Cal., Thursday, June 11, 1914. It was a very pleasant and appropriate closing of the most profitable and satisfactory year in the history of the college, and was so expressed by nearly every member of the school.
The exercises were of a very simple nature, including a half day devoted to an exhibit of the various departments of the institution, in a systematic way, under the direction of a score of guides chosen from the students.
The commencement address was delivered by Elder Roderick S. Owen, and was a very practical discourse on persevering unto success. This was much appreciated by all, but more especially by the graduates from the medical course. Some of these young people had joined the school two years before it was chartered, and had faithfully stood by it during five years of the course. Such faith, loyalty, and perseverance surely will not be unrewarded.
Four courses were represented. The medical course has six graduates: two young women—Miss Lavina Baxter and Miss Zenobia Nightingale—and four young men—Mr. Robert I. Hall, Mr. Fred Herzer, Mr. J. J. Weir, and Mr. L. M. White. These will all present themselves as soon as possible before the State board for examination.
To students who have had at least two years of regular literary college work the college has granted up to the present a Bachelor of Arts degree when they have completed at least three years of the medical course in this college. This is a part of what is known as the combined course. Three young men were granted the degree of Bachelor of Arts. These were Mr. Edgar R. Brigham, Mr. Arthur N. Donaldson, and Mr. Fred Herzer.
Mr. Roger Williams Paul was graduated from the medical evangelistic course. It is regretted that there were not more graduates from this course. It has been much strengthened for next year, and many are applying for it.
Following the exercises, the company repaired to the well-lighted lawn at the rear of the sanitarium, where the graduates received congratulations.
The baccalaureate sermon was preached on Sabbath, June 13, by Elder G. A. Snyder. This was a most inspiring discourse.
There is a feeling of deep gratitude and satisfaction at such a pleasant completion of a long and difficult effort to establish the medical college; but the students and faculty feel that now we have seen the fruition of our hopes, and it is worth while. The many calls that have come for these young people indicate the confidence felt in their ability and in their devotion to the work. All the graduates in medicine and surgery go immediately into our own denominational work, also several of the nurses. All are ready and anxious to do this were there openings.
Our sincere thanks are due our Heavenly Father for his blessings, and to our people for the hearty support that they have given the college, which has made it possible to thus successfully accomplish this great task of establishing the College of Medical Evangelists.
W. A. RUBLE, M. D.
Health Suggestions for Camp Meeting
By L. A. H.
THIS is the time of camp meetings, and also the time for a few reminders on what to do and what not to do from a health standpoint. The camp meeting season need not be one of danger to health. Most of our conferences observe great care in providing the best health conditions at these gatherings.
We shall take it for granted that the camp officials are making general provision for camp sanitation. A suitable location is secured, high and dry, away from river bottoms, marshes, dumping grounds, manufacturing establishments, or objectionable living sections. The important matter of proper water supply receives attention, and either we are assured that the water is pure and safe, or provision is made for boiling all that is used for drinking purposes, taking care that it is not made unsafe by the use of impure ice in cooling it. The disposal of garbage is arranged for by placing covered receptacles to receive it, and appointing a man to see that the receptacles are used and that they are duly emptied. Sanitary toilets are also provided, made fly proof, and supplied with disinfectants. A health officer or a sanitary committee is appointed to look after the things that make for health.
After all has been done that can be done by those in charge of the camp to safeguard the health of the campers, there are precautions to be observed by individuals. Instead of being the occasion of sickness, the camp meeting may be one of physical benefit and recreation, as well as a spiritual uplift and blessing.
Plan for the meeting beforehand. Count it a vacation if you wish, and arrange definitely for it, planning to stay through the whole meeting. Think of it as an essential part of the annual program. Look forward to it gladly, expectantly. Prepare to receive a spiritual blessing. Prepare to get physical benefit. Prepare to enjoy the meeting in general.
Take with you a good supply of bedding. Plan for a bed raised from the ground. Have a floor in the tent. Two or three small rugs will be desirable.
Clothing should be ample to provide against any kind of weather that may come. Have warm underwear and sufficient outer garments for cool evenings and mornings. Don't forget rubbers to use in case of rain. Umbrellas should be taken.
Probably all our camps have dining tents or provision for supplying cooked food. The bill of fare is usually planned for health. Where it can be afforded, it is better to use the camp cooking facilities than to cook in the living tents; it will save time and labor.
If food is taken from home, let it be of the strictly healthful kind. Leave at home the things that are at all questionable. Canned fruits are in place; rich jams, pickles, and preserves are not. Do not make camp meeting a picnic affair. At least one warm meal a day should be provided. Be very careful about using left-over foods. Dry foods make good camp meeting food; they do not easily spoil, are quite digestible, require thorough chewing, and prevent hasty eating.
It is a part of healthful living that the food be palatable and relished. Do not go through a camp meeting season on a fare that is too restricted in quantity, variety, or preparation. Two weeks of living out of paper bags cannot be for the best.
Bear in mind that attending meetings all day, sitting most of the time, is quite different from working at hard labor in either the house or the field. The quantity of food required is different, and one should eat accordingly. It is easy to overeat at almost any time. At camp meeting it may be more so, and the results are especially bad.
Try to get some exercise every day. Watch the bowels, guarding against either looseness or constipation. Observe regularity in eating and in all daily habits. Do not eat between meals. Do not let ice cream take the place of regular food. Remember that a combination of milk and sugar is not good. The changes in the manner of living while at camp meeting must be guarded at the best. Indulgence or dissipation will be especially liable to cause harm.
The fresh air and sunlight of a camp ground should be beneficial to all. Arrange tents so they may be opened for daily airings and sunnings. Avoid the gathering of dampness under floors or in the contents of tents. See that water does not collect under or around the tent.
Do not put things under the tent floor that will decay or cause bad odors. It does not take much of this, or many days, to create a source of possible serious illness to those of your own tent and to others. Those who take down the tents sometimes find pretty bad testimonials of their occupants. A few steps to the garbage barrel should not stand in the way of the proper disposal of things that should not be in the camp.
Children should have consideration as children. They cannot be expected to attend meetings as constantly as the older people. Wholesome play and recreation are as good at this time as at other times; but, of course, they should be under suitable conditions, and with proper supervision. It would be good for both parents and children to take a little walk together after meals before going to meeting. Children should have their usual amount of sleep.
L. A. H.
Work Calmly and Without Hurry
By Elizabeth Prentiss
If you could once make up your mind in the fear of God never to undertake more work of any kind than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry, and the instant you feel yourself growing nervous, and like one out of breath, would stop and take breath, you would find this simple common sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish.—Elizabeth Prentiss.
THE WORK AND THE WORKERS
By Editor
West Virginia went dry July 1. The liquor question is becoming tense. Place your orders early for the August or “Temperance” number of Life and Health. NOW READY.
REV. WALLACE RADCLIFFE, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church (Lincoln’s old church), Washington, D. C., writes thus: “I like your Protestant Magazine; it is doing good. More power to your elbow.”
An enthusiastic worker for the Protestant Magazine in one of the Western States, writes: “I believe I can see a wave of anti-Catholicism coming in this country that will make a monthly issue of 100,000 of the Protestant a small matter.” We hope this prophecy may be speedily fulfilled.
A PRESBYTERIAN pastor writes from Charlotte, N. C., concerning the Protestant Magazine: “I wish to express my appreciation of your publication, to which I subscribe.” This pastor in the same letter forwarded the names and addresses of the other pastors in Charlotte, suggesting that we forward sample copies of the Protestant Magazine to them. If we had a fund from which to draw for such work, we should be glad to send out a large number of sample copies.
WRITING under date of June 21, Elder W. J. Stone, president of the Virginia Conference, sends us the following encouraging message: “I am sure you are sounding the keynote of the message, and that the Protestant Magazine is giving the pith of the message of Rev. 14:12. To my mind we have no exponent of this question that is presenting it more directly and in a more tactful manner than the Protestant. May God continue to bless you in the work.”
REV. WALLING CLARK, superintendent of the Rome district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, writes thus from Rome, Italy: “Protestant Magazine: Please send me a copy of the April number of your magazine. I should be glad to receive the magazine regularly if you have any arrangement by which you can send it to missionaries in Roman Catholic countries. Shall hope to send you occasional articles and items of interest. Wishing you great success.” Every Protestant clergyman should be supplied with this magazine for six months or a year. Ten six months’ subscriptions, only $3.00, or five for $1.50.
A BIRMINGHAM (Ala.) patriot writes: “About three weeks ago I received the twenty copies of the February Protestant Magazine, and have distributed them, by mail, among some of the leading pastors of this city and State, but I find that such a limited number will not begin to ‘go round.’ Please send me 20 copies more for the inclosed money. The patriotic forces of the country ought not to stop short of placing a million copies of this February issue in the hands of the American people. This number in particular is just simply superexcellent. I hope you will continue to push the ‘Great Protestant Mass Meeting’ number.”
The July number of the Protestant Magazine contains some important articles which ought to be brought to the attention of the people. The connection of the Roman Catholic hierarchy with the Mexican situation, and their plans for the good of the church in case the United States should intervene, are plainly set forth; the article on “Scripture and Tradition” discusses fundamental principles, and lays a sure foundation for the whole truth; the way in which the doctrine of the second advent has been set aside by the work of Antichrist is made clear in the article by Elder L. S. Wheeler. The circulation of this number of the Protestant Magazine is good missionary work.
ELDER B. L. HOUSE, of the Nebraska Conference, writes thus of his work at Valentine: “Through the kindness of Mr. Milton Latta, one of the townsmen and a zealous Protestant, the large city auditorium was secured for the Sunday night service, and the writer had the privilege of addressing a good audience on the subject of ‘The Roman Peril and Aims for America.’ Elder Porter assisted in the service, and the Methodist and Presbyterian pastors dismissed their own congregations and came to the auditorium to hear.”
Liberty Third-Quarter Number
By Editor
HEAVEN REJOICED WHEN LIBERTY BELL SPOKE FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA IN MATTERS OF FAITH AND WORSHIP
The issue for the third quarter, or “Church and State,” “Blue Laws,” and “Temperance” number, of Liberty NOW READY. The following are a few of the articles in this number: “Religious Proclamations by the Nation’s Executive;” “True Principles of the Reformation;” “Is This Truly a Free Country?” “Religion and the State;” “The American System of Government as Conceived by Its Founders;” “Shall Ecclesiastical Laws or Civil Laws Be Enforced in Washington, D. C.?” “Blaming Deity for Blue Laws;” “Baltimore and Sunday Ball;” “Does Prohibition Prohibit? Is Prohibition Right?” “The Liquor Business and the Government;” “The Nation’s Greatest Burden.” Get your church to order 1,000 copies for only $40.00, by inducing your members to take 50 for $2.00 or 20 for $1.00. Send in lists of ten yearly subscriptions for only $2.00—regular price, $3.50. Let many pick out several lists of ten prominent people who should receive Liberty one year,—clergymen, teachers, lawyers, sheriffs, judges, etc. ORDER TODAY. Address all orders to your tract society.
Publishing Department
By W. W. E.
N. Z. TOWN — General SecretaryW. W. EASTMAN — N. Am. Div. Secretary
An Unusual Demand for Our Literature
NOT long ago we received a letter from the librarian of a large city in the State of Michigan. Pinned to the corner of the letter was a clipping taken from the newspaper containing a short report of a talk given by the writer at the Lake Union Conference at Battle Creek. The letter read as follows:—
“The library, as part of its regular work, is building up a collection of Michigan material which illustrates the activities of all sorts of institutions and organizations in this State. We should be very glad if you could put this institution on your mailing list so that we may receive for this collection all publications issued by your organization. We should like to preserve them here for future generations in this fireproof building, and at the same time have them available for any persons who wish to consult them. In this way we should like to receive not only all future publications, but also those that have already been printed, so far as possible.”
Thinking that the writer desired only literature produced in Michigan, we wrote him that our publishing house that had formerly been located in Battle Creek had been removed, and that at present we were producing no literature in Michigan that he would be likely to care for. We thought that this would be the end of the matter, but in reply to our letter we received the following:—
“Replying to your note of May 18, permit me to say that we shall be very glad to get samples of all the literature of your organization which you issue, not only the current things, but things that have been published in the past.
“For so many years your organization has been so actively identified with the history of the State that both the earlier and the present things would be of interest to our historical collection.”
Thus it is plain that this librarian knows something of our work, and although the institution pertains especially to Michigan, yet he is anxious to get our literature in any form, not only for current reading, but to file away for future generations. No doubt in the future we shall have many similar requests.
