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Review and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 57.

Left at Athens Alone
Earlier text: The Florida Camp Meeting

What Will the New Year Bring?

By Editor

ANOTHER year is rapidly drawing to a close,—a year of strife and warfare beyond the sea; a year of financial hindrances and hard times in certain sections of our own country. Still, in spite of the conflict in Europe, this country has been signally blessed in not having been engaged in bloody combat in either Europe or Mexico. But as the old year is drawing to a close, the question naturally flashes before us, “What will the new year bring?” What does it hold in store for the fighting nations abroad? What has it in store for our own country? What does it hold in store for God’s people?
What Will Tomorrow Bring?
What Will Tomorrow Bring?
The cover of the December Watchman pictures a sunset scene, the sun representing the year 1915 drawing to a close. One of the leading articles in this issue is entitled “What Will Tomorrow Bring?”.
Never have opportunities been better for selling our literature than now. We know not how much time we may have while there is yet peace and opportunity in this country to scatter our message-filled magazines, so it behooves us to put forth every effort to give our warning while times are favorable.
The Watchman is recognized as being a most easy seller, a magazine easy to get into the hands of the people. And where once it has been placed, the truths it contains will win their way into the hearts of the people. It is a splendid magazine to help break down prejudice.
The December number contains some most interesting and valuable information on a number of subjects. We wish to call particular attention to an article in this issue entitled “The Rush of Mighty Armies Toward Constantinople,” by Elder Carlyle B. Haynes. The writer reviews the recent rapid developments in the southern zone of the European war, and gives a vivid picture of the rush of the mighty Teutonic and Allied powers as they are endeavoring to push their way closer and closer to the City of Mystery, and brings in some new phases on this question that have not yet been mentioned in the Watchman. This article alone will sell the magazine.
A few other articles in the December number are:— Is Man Immortal? The Two Thrones. The Pope and the Powers. Christmas and Sunday. An American Prophetess. Affairs in Portugal.
Order a supply at once from your tract society, and see that all your neighbors and friends receive a copy of this good number. Remember it is the December Watchman. It is now ready.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— On October 19, Russia and Italy declared war on Bulgaria. It is feared that other of the Balkan States may become involved in the general European turmoil.
— Although President Wilson cast his vote in favor of woman suffrage in New Jersey at the special election held October 19, the cause was defeated by a large majority vote. This is the first test of the reception of woman suffrage in an Eastern State.
— According to statistics, there are over 18,000 regularly established libraries in the United States, containing more than 75,000,000 volumes. The number of volumes is an increase of 20,000,000 since 1908. Of the 2,849 libraries containing 5,000 volumes or over, 1,844 are classified as “public and society libraries,” and 1,005 are “school and college libraries.”
— The memorial to be erected in Washington, D. C., in honor of the late Mrs. Ellen Wilson has taken definite form. It is to provide clean and sanitary homes for the poor. The cost of the memorial will be about $350,000. It will consist of two-, three-, four-, five-, and six-room flats renting for from $7.50 each a month to $17.50, and of a number of small stores, operated on a cooperative basis.
— John R. Mott has accepted the position of general secretary of the international committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association. He succeeds the aged leader, Mr. Richard C. Morse, who has served in this position since 1869. This change in general secretaries is accompanied by a complete reorganization of the international committee and its work. Mr. Mott will still continue as chairman of the continuation committee of the Edinburgh Conference, and as leader of the World’s Student Federation.
— Yuan Shi-kai, president of China, a few weeks ago, issued a mandate in which he said that he had received repeated petitions from representative Chinese and the Mongolian and Tibetan nobility expressing the unanimous opinion that the republican reform government is unsuited to the needs and conditions of China, and requesting him to follow the people’s wishes by adopting a constitutional monarchy, so that peace be maintained. It was officially stated that the national assembly will be called early next year, and that whichever form of government is decided upon in the impending expression of the popular will, the government will be a constitutional one.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By E. E. Andross; Claude Conard

Pacific Union Conference Biennial Session

THE eighth biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Loma Linda, Cal., Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, 1915. At that time reports of the various departments will be received, and business pertaining to the conference transacted. The first meeting of the session will convene at 12 M., November 28. E. E. ANDROSS, President; CLAUDE CONARD, Secretary.

Free Use of Stereopticon Slides

By L. A. HANSEN

A SHORT time ago I visited the U. S. Public Health Service to secure information on the use of stereopticon slides. Incidentally I may say I had a very pleasant visit with one of the officers, who showed much interest in hearing of our activities in health work and in other missionary endeavor. A cordial invitation was given to utilize the material offered by the service.
Slides on various topics are shown by illustrated catalogues, which may be secured on request by any physician or health lecturer of responsible standing. The catalogues are sent to the applicant and returned under a United States postal frank, as are also the slides.
The following subjects are at present shown: Diseases of children, tropical diseases, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, smallpox, pellagra, mouth hygiene, malaria, hookworm, leprosy, bubonic plague, milk production, and rural schools.
Here is a good opportunity to secure slides for parlor lectures, class instruction, or other suitable use. Write to the U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., stating first and second choice of subjects desired. Ask for catalogue, and make selection of numbers. Return the catalogue and secure the slides, stating when wanted. Arrange to hold them as short a time as possible. L. A. HANSEN.

Publications Wanted

The following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work:—
N. J. Etheridge, R. F. D. 6, Abilene, Tex. (Mr. Powell’s box).
Mrs. N. L. Huling, Bartlesville, Okla. Papers, tracts, and books.
G. S. Pinkard, 3606 Virginia Ave., Louisville, Ky. Continuous supply.
Bertha T. Goin, 411 Fifth Ave., South, St. Petersburg, Fla. Continuous supply.
Mrs. Addie Carroll, Afton, Okla. Literature, especially twelve copies of “Christ in Song.”
Louis Judkins, R. F. D. 1, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Papers and magazines, especially health literature.
Edward Quinn, Jr., 6 Hickory Ave., Takoma Park, D. C. Signs, weekly and monthly, and Watchman.

Change of Address

Elder E. W. Webster has moved from Mt. Pleasant, Mich., to 2932 Walnut St., Chicago, Ill., and all mail should be sent to him at the latter place.

Addresses Wanted

Mrs. Sarah F. Feutz, Box 8, Loma Linda, Cal., desires information concerning the whereabouts of J. H. Neeley, J. A. Neeley, R. L. Neeley, Benn Lawson, and Joe Coleman.

Requests for Prayer

A SISTER in the West, who is suffering with rheumatism, asks us to pray for her healing.
A Canadian sister requests prayers that she may be able to resist worldly influence which is being exerted to draw her from the truth.
An aged brother in Michigan, who is suffering with dropsy, desires that prayer be offered for his healing, in order that he may engage in self-supporting missionary work.

The Protestant Magazine and How It Is Being Received

Three cheers for the Protestant! The best magazine I ever saw.—U. G. Adkins, United States Commissioner.
Without the Protestant Magazine for December, you will hardly be able to explain the good that Rome is now claiming to be doing for this country.
Please send me your valuable Protestant Magazine. I bought a copy the other day and found it the best of the kind I ever saw.—C. A. Ennis.
I have heard much about the Protestant Magazine, and have read some articles that were taken from it. I have never seen a copy of the magazine myself, but from what I have heard about it, I believe I should like to subscribe for it. Please send me your subscription rates.—C. R. Sutton.
I have just finished reading the last Protestant. It is an exhibition of the cleanest, clearest demonstration of the fundamental truth of the gospel that I have ever read, and I am satisfied that there are but few of our people, much less other people, that ever get hold of the truth on this great subject.—J. H. Morrison.
Of course the Protestant Magazine needs no reference in this office, as it is one of the magazines we read with deep interest and implicit confidence in the accuracy of its articles. We should like to see every member of the organization reading it regularly.—Secretary of the National Court Guardians of Liberty, New York City.
We in this State well appreciate the value of the Protestant Magazine to the cause of Americanism, and know that it is one of the best magazines published to combat Romanism, not because of any sensational statements contained therein, but because of its conservatism and accuracy.—State Recorder for Illinois of the Guardians of Liberty.
I want to express my sincere appreciation, as I have done before, of the spirit in which the Protestant Magazine is edited. With an admirable candor and directness, yet withal in a kindly and gentlemanly way, the Protestant Magazine sets forth the anti-Christian and un-American character of the Roman Catholic organization, particularly of its hierarchy. For this very reason I always pass on to others my copy of the magazine.—Rev. O. F. Engelbrecht.
I do not see how I have been able to do without the Protestant Magazine as long as I have. The dignified way in which you expound the tenets and teachings of evangelical Protestant Christianity and also oppose the political aims and ambitions of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States, meets with my humble yet hearty approval. The Protestant Magazine is worthy of approval for its service in the cause of Protestant truth and morality, and I take great pleasure in recommending it to the reverend Protestant clergy and laity as well as to Orangemen. Every Protestant family should receive and read the Protestant Magazine.—Supreme Grand Deputy of Iowa, Loyal Orange Institution.
I am taking fifty Protestant Magazines every month, and am also selling and giving away a great many tracts on Romanism. The Protestant Magazine is surely the best publication of its kind in existence, and I am selling it and giving it to business men and others in this city who are interested.—H. H. Harmon.
I think the Protestant Magazine is a very important magazine to circulate among our people, as well as among those not of our faith. Surely the time is ripe to put forth every effort to enlighten our people concerning the inevitable in reference to the Catholic movement in America, so we shall pledge ourselves to do all we can for the circulation of this magazine.—Conference President.
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I find quite a number of men working in Philadelphia in the interest of the Menace and American Citizen, but I can’t find any who are pushing the Protestant Magazine. With your permission I should be glad to do so. I have gone so far as to give a certain worker sixty cents for a subscription, and he sent it back. I hunted him up and offered him the difference, if there was any, and he then said that he would not take my money as he did not know where to send the subscription. It was only yesterday that I found out that your magazine is published in Washington.—Extract from a letter.
While handling that excellent June Protestant one day at the State Capitol, during a session of the State legislature, I sold a legislator one copy, and he immediately began to read “Why We Are Protestants,” and was so impressed with the first paragraph that he got busy and sold twelve more copies for me to fellow legislators as they filed into the assembly room. A priest (Roman Catholic) also purchased a copy of the April number, saying that of course our editor was a fool to fight the mother church, but was so well-informed and fair-minded that he could read his writings.—Mrs. R. O. Terry, Atlanta, Ga.
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Your magazine is a gem to be prized, and should be read and studied by all Christians and Protestants. It certainly has been a great help to me, and I thank the dear Lord very, very much and often for bringing your magazine into my hands; for by his help and the valuable articles and proofs in your magazine, I was able to convert my wife, who was a devout Catholic. . . . I am sure your magazine can aid others as it has aided me, and I will speak a good word for it wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself.—R. H. Behrendt.

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Health and Temperance

FOR DECEMBER
The Front Cover Page Is Captivating
If you have never made a business of selling “Health and Temperance,” this is just the number with which to begin. If you are now selling it, your sales of this number should be greatly increased.
This issue is beautified by many charming views of Florida scenes, including the picture on the last cover page of the Florida Sanitarium. Drs. R. S. and Olive P. Ingersoll contribute articles to this number, the one on Fomentations being illustrated from practical demonstrations.
The contents of the December number is furnished mostly by doctors, and is therefore of value in every home.
Use and Abuse of Fire, by Dr. J. F. Rogers. Florida as a Resort, by Dr. R. S. Ingersoll. Diet for the Aged, by Dr. A. R. Satterlee. How to Use Fomentations, by Dr. Olive P. Ingersoll. The Hygienic Home, by Dr. J. B. Todd. Teach Them Early, by Dr. Ira S. Wile. The Old-Age Disease, Editorial.
AN ATTRACTIVE AND INSTRUCTIVE NUMBER
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President Wilson and Catholicism

A Baltimore Catholic-Political Letter
Perhaps more vindictive threats have never been made against the President of the United States than are now being made by Roman Catholics against President Wilson for his acknowledgment of Carranza as first chief of Mexico. He is warned that 16,000,000 Catholics will show him at the next election that he cannot “insult” the Catholic Church.
A facsimile of a letter sent out by Catholic politicians in Baltimore will show how Catholics are urged for office on account of “long service in the interests of Catholics.”

These Articles Deserve Wide Circulation

PRIESTHOOD IN THE HEAVENS—NOT ON EARTH.
GOSPEL IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.
THE GREAT COUNTERFEIT OF CHRISTIANITY.
ERRORS AND CONTRADICTIONS OF THE POPES.
EDITORIAL NOTES, EXTRACTS, ETC.
INDEX TO VOL. VII, 1915.
All This in the “Protestant Magazine” for December
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Contents

Note and Comment ........................................ 2

Editorials

As a Burning Fire — The Power of Prayer — At “Old Solusi” — The Notes From the Field, No. 2 — The Law of God ................................ 3-6

General Articles

Fear No Evil, Mrs. Luella L. Harmon ................................ 6
The Awful Responsibility, J. S. Washburn ............................ 6
Consider Your Ways, D. Alonso Briggs ............................... 7
What Is the Penalty of Sin? C. P. Bollman .......................... 7
Tithing — No. 2, H. Louis Mignot ................................... 8
Shall We Listen to Opposers? Allen Walker ........................... 8
The Motives of Service — No. 3, W. E. Hancock ...................... 9

The World-Wide Field ........................................... 10-12

Our Homes ....................................................... 12-14

The Field Work ................................................. 15-18

Publishing Department ........................................... 19

Educational Department .......................................... 19, 20

Missionary Volunteer Department ................................ 20, 21

News and Miscellany ............................................. 21

Miscellaneous ................................................... 21

Progress of the Message in Burma

BROTHER R. B. THURBER, in charge of the work in Burma, writes that the message has made greater progress the past year in that field than ever before. The courage of the workers is good. He promises a report for the REVIEW soon.

Move the School to a Better Environment

THE principal of Claremont Union College, South Africa, Brother W. E. Straw, writes that the educational work there is passing through something of a crisis just now, as it has been voted to move the school to a better environment, upcountry from Cape Town; but the present property has not yet been disposed of.

A Hawaiian Welcome

L. T. HEATON, leaving Alberta, Canada, to lead in the colporteur work in Hawaii, sends back this word from Honolulu, October 13: “We left Vancouver September 29, and got into Honolulu the morning of October 6. Brother and Sister Conway and Sister Robinson met us at the wharf, and gave us a real Hawaiian welcome. They were glad to see us, and we are glad to be here to help in carrying the message to the people scattered throughout these islands.”

South America’s Union Conference Meetings

The brethren in South America are looking forward to their union conference meetings in Brazil and Argentina, when it is expected that Brother Daniells will be with them. They have been disappointed so many times that they are praying that nothing may interfere this time to prevent his visit. South America is truly a needy field. One worker, in speaking of his section, says: “Our work moves slowly down here where people have been long under the bondage of Romanism, and now the majority have passed to a worse state — infidelity. The raw heathen can be reached much easier than those who have cast away their faith in what was supposed to be Christianity.” Let us not forget to pray for our workers in such fields, laboring as they are under difficult and unpromising conditions.

Chinese Converts in North Borneo

A COMMUNITY of Chinese immigrants in north Borneo recently made a request that a worker be sent them, as they were dissatisfied with the religious teaching they were receiving. They asked us to build a church among them, and place a minister in charge of it. So our brethren decided to build a bamboo house of worship. It was not long until a number accepted present truth, some of whom have been baptized.

Louise Scholz Returns to Red Cross Work

Miss LOUISE SCHOLZ, a German sister who went to India from the States in December, 1908, has gone to Germany to nurse among the wounded soldiers. Being somewhat restricted in India because of her nationality, this arrangement was entered into, the German government paying her transportation. Miss Scholz was connected with the Red Cross work before coming to America, and is glad once more to connect with that good work. She hopes to return later to her missionary work in India.

Floods in Lucknow, India

From a recent letter sent by Brother S. A. Wellman, of Lucknow, India, we quote the following: “We have had serious floods here in Lucknow, and there are 800,000 homeless in the city. The water came up three inches above the floor in Professor Salisbury’s home. Some parts of the residential section were five feet under water, and the whole of this part of the province is badly flooded. The river is still very high. Our office suffered several hundred rupees’ worth of damage, but we were more fortunate than the Isabella Thoburn College for women. This institution lost an entire wing costing 60,000 rupees. The work here is onward, and we are of good courage.”

Encouraging Prospects in Jamaica

By E. C. Rogers

E. C. ROGER writes from Jamaica: “Our tent in the suburbs of Kingston will seat about three hundred and fifty persons, and it has been crowded to the limit at times, with hundreds standing on the outside. The people have given very good attention. Elder Aalborg had charge of the meetings, and I have assisted him what I could. I returned from a trip in the country recently, where I baptized eleven young people. The prospects for gathering souls into the truth were never brighter since I have been in this conference. Our financial outlook is not so good, however. The war is affecting us greatly. Just now a troop of soldiers went by. This is the first of the Jamaica contingent to go to the war.”

Workers Sail from Australia to Asia

On October 1, Brother and Sister C. T. Everett left Australia for Singapore. Brother Everett will canvass for our literature in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, later taking the oversight of the circulation of literature in these mission fields. Four days later, on October 5, another company of workers sailed from Melbourne, Australia, for India. The party is composed of Brother and Sister C. Stafford and child; Brethren H. A. Skinner and R. A. Thrist, who will engage in the sale of English literature in India; and Brother and Sister Eric B. Hare, under appointment for mission work in Burma. Thus Australia is helping to answer some of the pressing calls, and this help is greatly appreciated.

Pray for Us in Dark Africa

One of our brethren, a Belgian reservist who was called from mission work in British East Africa to duty in the army, writes that he finds many opportunities to witness for the truth of God in his work of assistant district commissioner, and adds this plea: “Dear brethren of America, pray for us in dark Africa. There are here also many souls for whom Jesus shed his precious blood, and they long to know the happiness of a complete redemption. Kneeling before the throne of the Almighty, let us join in beseeching him to finish soon his work in righteousness, that we may enter with him into the beautiful mansions of rest, and live forever.”

Scripture Text Calendar

THE Instructor has had made for its subscribers a small edition of a very beautiful Scripture Text Calendar and Thoughts for Daily Meditation, nine and one-quarter by sixteen and one-half inches in size, and printed in colors,—a beautiful wall ornament with an appropriate Scripture text for daily meditation for each day of the year. The illustrations are the best of the well-known Bible scenes, printed in striking colors. This calendar will be furnished as long as the edition lasts, free with every full-year Instructor subscription, and sent for fifteen cents extra for every calendar ordered with any six months’ Instructor clubs. All orders should be sent through the conference tract societies.

Sad News From Persia

The sad news of the death of Brother and Sister F. F. Oster’s baby appeared in the REVIEW several weeks ago; but we know that Sister Oster’s friends will appreciate reading a letter which she wrote August 5, just after the death of the little one. We quote in part:—
“Last Sunday morning our little darling Winona died. She was so sweet and dear; every one who saw her loved her. She was just eight months old to the very hour. She had never been sick, seemed like such a strong, well baby; but she must have taken cold. The first week of her illness seemed to be just fever and a little disturbance of the stomach. We worked hard, and she seemed to be about over both when she began having pains. She bent her head away back, clinched her little fists so tightly we could not pry them open, and suffered so that sweat stood on her face in drops. She looked so pleadingly at us, as if begging for help. We did all we could, but after five days of that terrible suffering she fell asleep. We helped each other dress her for the last time, and laid her in a rude little coffin which a kind friend made, and I draped it with soft cheesecloth. They took her away to the Armenian cemetery—just a bare hillside covered with piles of stone, each pile marking the resting place of some loved one.
“It seems so hard; we cannot understand it. But God knows best, and we humbly bow to his will. Though our hearts are broken, for our greatest blessing here has been taken from us, yet we look up to God and he comforts us. We are determined to work harder for the people. We are more anxious for Jesus to come than ever before, and at times it seems I can hardly wait until he comes and awakes our little one and gives her back to us.”

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