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Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 20.

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The Proposed Institutions Near Washington

A Washington Newspaper Article

[We print herewith nearly all of an article which appeared in the Washington Evening Star of May 5. Much interest has been manifested by the public in the establishment of our work here, and the papers have treated the matter in a friendly spirit. This article will show how our plans are presented to the people.—Ed.]
“The Seventh-day Adventists have just concluded another large and important real estate transaction at Takoma Park, making the second important purchase within less than a year. The property just acquired covers an area of nearly five acres, about one half lying within the District, and the remainder in the corporate limits of Takoma Park, Md., just across the District line.
“The deal was made through Andrew A. Lipscomb and John P. Earnest, trustees, for what is known as the ‘Thornton Tract,’ lying in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
“The purchase was made by the trustees of the Review and Herald Publishing Association of the Seventh-day Adventists and the trustees of the General Conference Corporation of the Seventh-day Adventists. The price paid, it is said, was about $1,700 an acre. A deposit has been made on the property.
“It has developed that the heirs of the Thornton estate have entered objections to the purchasing price of the property, and will endeavor to have the sale set aside. According to the proposition which was put to the two boards of trustees the property was offered at about four cents a foot. The heirs of the estate are of the opinion that the property should bring at least ten cents a foot, and possibly twelve cents. The matter as it stands is left for the trustees to settle, inasmuch as the Seventh-day Adventists look upon the deal as closed, so far as they are concerned. As the trustees were appointed by the court in the interest of the property, it will be left for the court to decide whether the sale shall stand. It is expected that a hearing will be given at an early date in regard to the matter.
“If decision should be rendered in favor of the trustees, the Seventh-day Adventists, according to their present plans, expect to establish the general offices and publishing plant on the property. The plant will be located within the District line, and will occupy the eight lots facing on Willow Avenue, with the pressroom, factory, and stables located on the same property in the rear of the main building. Facing on Laurel Avenue the offices will occupy three of the lots, where the officials and committees will meet to carry out the work of the various departments. The remaining lots will be used for the erection of dwellings and residences for the editors, publishers, and employees of the establishment.
“The papers and magazines which will be published as soon as the plant is in operation will include the REVIEW AND HERALD, with a circulation of 15,000 copies; the Youth’s Instructor, 12,000 copies; and the Sabbath School Worker, 5,000 copies. . . .
“It is the intention of the officers of the association to set aside three of the lots at the corner of Willow and Carroll Avenues to be converted into a park, adorned with shrubbery, flowers, and lawns. In the center of the remaining ground, facing on Carroll and Laurel Avenues, beyond the District line, will be erected a church of the denomination which owns the property, and which will also be surrounded on all sides with green lawns and beautified with flowerbeds, trees, and shrubbery. A small parsonage will adjoin the church edifice.
“The Seventh-day Adventists last fall purchased forty-eight acres in block fifty-one of B. F. Gilbert’s division on the Sligo, at an expenditure, it is said, of nearly $8,000. On this property will be erected the two largest buildings of any owned by the church in the vicinity of Washington. They will consist of the sanitarium, where every modern facilitywill be offered in caring for sick patients, and a training-school for Christian workers. The tract has been entirely cleared of timber and brushwood, and within the next few days the ground will be plowed, preparatory to the erection of several of the smaller outbuildings, such as sheds, stables, and storehouses, where the stock and property used in the construction of the larger buildings can be safely stored.
“The buildings will be built in a semicircle on the crown of the hills overlooking the Sligo. On the crest of the eastern slope will be erected the training-school, while on the opposite hilltop will be the medical sanitarium. Arrangements for the construction of the buildings have been almost completed, and operations will be begun at an early date. Teams have been purchased for developing the work, and as it progresses, a larger force will be employed. . . .
“This being the initial investment in this section, the officers of the association are desirous of putting their present plans into operation in order to ascertain what their future needs will be. It is the intention to put a portion of the ground under intensive cultivation, and preserve the remainder in natural woods, with parks and lawns for the use of the patients and employees of the institutions. A considerable portion of it will remain in its present rural condition, and when the buildings are completed, the grounds will have been improved so as to present an attractive appearance.
“The location of the vast acreage is considered the most beautiful to be found anywhere in this section of the country. It is on the banks of the Sligo, on a high slope, three hundred feet above Washington. Dwellings will be built about the grounds for the accommodation of the physicians, nurses, and others employed about the various buildings.
“The sanitarium, when completed, will accommodate about two hundred and fifty patients, but at the outset not more than twenty-five or fifty will occupy the wards. It is expected that about one hundred and fifty students will avail themselves of the opportunity to take up the studies for service in the missionary fields. Sanitariums of a similar character have been established in China, Australia, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, and Kobe, Japan; Cape Town, South Africa; Calcutta, India, and in Switzerland. When the institution is completed, it is claimed it will be the best equipped sanitarium of its kind in the country, with all of the latest medical and educational facilities, with which to continue the work which the denomination has carried on for the past twenty-five years.”

Field Notes

AMONG items of recent progress by the church at Ash Grove, S. D., reported by Brother M. M. Ruiter, is the reclaiming of one backslider, the addition of one new convert to the truth, and an entire family of new Sabbath-keepers, besides an increasing spirit of liberality in giving for the advancement of the message.
BROTHER S. S. RYLES reports concerning the work in Waco, Tex.: “During a series of meetings at Waco, Tex., in February and March, a church of nine members was organized, and nine more were added—seven by baptism and two awaiting that ordinance. A live Sabbath-school is in progress, and plans are being laid for a summer church-school. Forty-five dollars has been subscribed already.”
BROTHER C. E. RENTFRO reports four new Sabbath-keepers at North English, Iowa.
BROTHER THOMAS DEFREEZE, who is working among the colored people in northeastern Texas, reports: “I went to Mexia, and in company with J. H. Hollis walked twenty-five miles to Fairfield, Tex., where we worked from the fourteenth to the twenty-sixth. We had a good meeting, and at the close there were fifteen Sabbath-keepers, and I think others will join us later.”

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

THE dedicatory services of the Washington, D. C., Memorial church were held on Sabbath, May 7. The principal address was given by Sister White, which was followed on Sunday, at 3 and at 7:30 P. M., by special sermons by Brethren A. G. Daniells and W. W. Prescott. A full report by Elder Daniells will be found on page 19. Not only the church, but the cost of all repairs and furnishings necessary, had been paid, and there was still a balance which was turned over to the fund for building the sanitarium, training-school, and General Conference offices in Washington, D. C. These accounts will be audited by the General Conference auditor, and then a financial report will be published, and the amount of the surplus in hand from this fund will be stated. Thus an era has been marked in the history of the work in Washington; and as in the days of the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness the people brought more than enough, and Moses sent word restraining them from giving; so in this day and in this place is that remarkable example of willing and generous giving repeated, and we now send this request with deepest thankfulness to all who have sacrificed to help build this first memorial in the capital city: “Bring no more for the house of the Lord.” However, the funds that are still coming in for this purpose will be turned over to the $100,000 fund. We praise the Lord for the wonderful providences that have attended this work, and believe it is an excellent omen that the $100,000 fund will also soon be filled to overflowing.
Surely God is in this place, and the Lord is with his people. It has been our earnest prayer each week that large donations might be sent in for the $100,000 fund. A most remarkable answer to our prayers has been given. For four weeks our list of donations has been headed by a single personal donation of $1,000. Last week the first donation did not quite equal that, but was only a few dollars short. This is the hand of God. This is God’s Spirit moving upon the hearts of the people. Surely more than one who reads these lines at this moment is led by the Spirit of God to give a large donation. There are those who will joyfully yield to this divine influence. We believe that before this fund is completed, there will be gifts, not only of $1,000, but larger,—from $5,000 to $20,000. There are many among our people who have money that is not absolutely needed. There must be at least one million and a half dollars that could be turned into the work of the Lord in one day. Who will trust in God for his future needs and the needs of those dependent upon him, and help us to finish this work at once? But remember that the sacrifice is the measure of the gift. Those who can not give large donations may know that the Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed the poor widow who gave to the cause of God two mites, all the living that she had,—the same blessed Christ will reward those who make with him a covenant by sacrifice. The books will soon be opened, and the divine Auditor will give to every man according to his works, according to his gifts. Now is our day and opportunity.
J. S. WASHBURN.

The Removal From Battle Creek

By Editor

[THE movement to secure a Sunday law for the District of Columbia called forth some discussion in the Battle Creek papers, and the opinion was expressed that in removing to this city we had not bettered our situation. The following letter, which appeared in the Morning Enquirer, puts the matter in a clear light. —ED.]
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., April 20, 1904. Editor of Morning Enquirer.
DEAR SIR: I read an article in the Enquirer on the experience of Seventh-day Adventists in the removing of their organ, THE ADVENT REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD, to Washington, D. C. To those not fully acquainted with the circumstances, the matter may seem as suggested in said article, “Jumping from the frying-pan into the fire.” I would, however, call the attention of your kind readers to the fact that the whole body of Seventh-day Adventists claims rightfully to have a solemn, supreme warning of love to the whole world from our Lord Jesus, declaring the judgment of the living and of the dead to be almost finished, describing the people who shall stand in the judgment as having repented of every sin, and having accepted, instead of sin, our Saviour’s righteousness, keeping the commandments of God (the Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day of the week), and having the faith of Jesus Christ.
Such tremendous task is to be finished before the death of the last ones of the old people’s generation, those who saw the last special sign (the falling of the stars in 1833) of his coming, mentioned by our Lord. Such task requires of us a most determined, persevering effort in God’s strength. Yet we had become so ease-loving and slack, especially in this city, that God’s visitation, by fire, was permitted to arouse us to a sense of our sacred duty. What we have to fear, in view of the great and precious light confided to us, is not Sunday laws, prison cells, or fines, and they are sure to be our lot, but above all things, we dread the loss of our Heavenly Father’s blessing, through unfaithfulness in telling our fellow citizens and all others of God’s love and great salvation in Jesus Christ. In view of this, is it not fitting and right that we should willingly consent to the removal of our printing office to our capital city, and by that means work successfully among our leading men, who have a willing heart, and through them, among those whom they may reach with the last message of mercy to a loved and lost world, from Him who made us and all things, and yet died that we might have eternal life at his near coming?
Will not our work be more quickly done thus than in keeping our plant in Battle Creek, where we would rather it would remain, so far as our choice goes? Can we not in Washington reach representatives, not only of our whole nation, but also of all other nations, and thus secure the blessing of him who says, “I am with you alway”?
Yours kindly, PAUL E. GROS.

Our Garden

By Naomi L. Worthen

THE building used as a schoolhouse during the first year of the church-school at Taftsville, Vt., had not a foot of ground connected with it for school use.
It was spring when we moved on to the new place, but the work had been begun before this. Its beginning was the study and agitation of the subject which led to a real interest on the part of the school board and others of the patrons of the school, so that they were committed to the task of carrying it forward.
In the schoolroom selections from the Testimonies were studied; and with this subject in mind, it seemed as if the Psalms and other parts of the Word which were read at the opening exercises of school each morning were running over with thoughts regarding God’s co-operation with man in bringing blessing to those who till the ground for and to his glory.
Taking pattern from the Model Gardener, who planted things “pleasant to the sight” as well as “good for food,” we planned for flowers, and began the work with them. For a drawing lesson, the children put on paper their ideas as to the shape and arrangement of a flower-bed, and then at recess or other spare time, measured the ground, spaded it up, prepared for seed, and planted flowers. The vegetable garden was plowed and prepared for seed by the donor of the ground, and all along there have been donations of work or seed or other help by those not in the school. The children wrote out their choice of crops, and then were assigned a part of the ground where they should plant. Potatoes, squashes, pop-corn, and beans were the crops raised. The potatoes did well, and the squashes better, and formed the principal source of profit that year. About three hundred strawberry plants which were set out, gave promise of benefit at a later time. The few berries which were picked that season were sent to a sick woman who lived near by, as the first fruits of the soil.
“Harvest Ingathering” that year was a good time to the church and Sabbath-school, of which the church-school is a large part, and with the beautiful display from the gardens and fields of the adjoining farms, were samples of the school garden produce which showed results of the efforts put forth.
A paper entitled “Our School Garden” was read by one of the older pupils, while the younger ones had Bible verses, etc., appropriate for the occasion. Nearly all the senior members told some lessons they had learned from nature that year, and young and old brought an offering to God. One fourth of the profit of each garden was set apart for missions, one fourth for the school fund, one fourth to go toward the tuition of the pupil, and the remainder for his own personal use.
The next spring a larger and more profitable garden was planted, and flowers more bright and thrifty were grown. In the fall about five hundred more strawberry plants were set out, and that number will doubtless be doubled this spring.
The gardening seems to be a permanent part of the school work at Taftsville, and a very helpful and important part. It is something in which parents and friends can work together with teacher and pupils, and it brings blessing by drawing them together, and drawing all nearer to the Lord. And it is true that God speaks to the soul that is quietly listening to his voice while out among his works, and teaches precious lessons through the things that he has made.
Financially, too, this work has been made a success, and will doubtless prove much more so as the work is carried on still further with the blessing of God.
In the school here at Cliff Island (Maine) preparations for work of this kind have been made, though in a different way. Instead of confining missionary gardening to the church-school, it has been planned for the whole Sabbath-school to have a part in it. Each teacher with his class is to cultivate a piece of ground, and under the supervision of an experienced farmer, who is also chairman of the school board, we hope for good results from the work here. A report may be given later of the agricultural work in this place.
NAOMI L. WORTHEN.

Agricultural Education

By H. A. WASHBURN

Changes in Plans and Methods

As we have presented in these articles the instruction which the Lord has given us regarding our school work, it must have been often felt by the reader that in many respects we have not carried out this instruction in a practical way. It has seemed impossible to put the work into operation as our school work is now conducted. To do this necessitates changes in our work in various ways. This is not surprising, however, for our whole work as a people is reformatory, requiring continual advancement.

Change in the School Year

In one of our former articles, some queries were mentioned, which could only be answered by suggesting that the school year coincide with the agricultural season. In no other way can “study in agricultural lines be the A, B, and C of the education given in our schools.” We need not repeat the various statements which can only be conformed to by having our schools in session, and the students in attendance, in the spring, summer, and fall. An educational campaign is needed for our people, to enable them to see the necessity of having their children in school during these months of the year, when alone they can receive the lessons which the Lord says they should be taught. Many objections are raised, inasmuch as this is different from customs of the past. There has long been a feeling on the part of many that the school year should be thus changed, but the movement has not been generally undertaken, for lack of support from the patrons of the school. In the school with which the writer is connected, this subject has been studied and discussed for the past three years, with the result that the people of theconference have given their approval to the change suggested, and the school is now running on this basis. Our present year began March 30, and the blessings we have already received as the direct result of the change have exceeded our expectations. The Lord has moved upon the hearts of the brethren, and a goodly attendance marks the first year of this new order. Nearly all the students now in school will remain through the summer and fall. There is a winter term for those who can not attend at other times, but this is separate from the school year proper; and class work which can be accomplished in one term, and suited to the needs of those in attendance, is provided. A large number of pupils have heretofore come in the winter and left in the spring, causing many classes to become small and weak, so that the changes in other respects at this season of the year have taken much of the enthusiasm out of the work. Now, with new, full classes beginning at this time, and with school work closely related to the opening season of growth, with some necessary changes in the daily program, we find a life and inspiration never before experienced. Our farm is a delightful lesson book, and the consecutive nature study of spring, summer, and fall enables us to make the school work not only more profitable, but far more delightful. We now have an opportunity to open before our students’ minds the treasures of knowledge and pleasure associated with country life. Our Saviour seems much nearer when study and recitation can be conducted amid surroundings of trees, birds, and flowers than in a poorly ventilated class room in the winter season. School discipline is entirely different. Christ and his redeeming love can be brought more vividly and constantly before the minds of the students, and thus the great end of all our work is more readily reached.

Other Changes

Many other changes suggest themselves, but we will notice only a few of them. As already mentioned, a change in the daily program may be advisable. Advice has been given that “students should perform physical labor in the early morning and in the cool of the day, using the hours during the heat of the day for study.” We have in the past had our classes in the forenoon, with the latter part of the afternoon for labor. We now have half the class work in the latter part of the forenoon, with the remainder in the early part of the afternoon, and so arranged that certain students are free to work our teams during the entire day.
Another change will be in the studies pursued by the pupils, more of nature study, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, etc., being introduced, and less of other studies at one time. We must make the book of nature stand next to the Bible. Mental and physical exertion must be balanced in the students’ daily life.
All the work of the school farm should be done by the school, and made educational. Students should be brought into contact with everything that is being done, and should be directed to study not alone the best methods, but also the science, and above all the gospel lessons involved.
The instruction is to be given by the regular teachers of the school, and not left to some farm manager of practical ability, but without experience or ability in teaching, with all other members of the faculty occupied merely with literary work. If the students are to get the education that is called for, it must be given by the same teachers who conduct the literary classes. Every member of the faculty must come into close daily contact with the work, or he will be unable to draw upon the daily work for the object-lessons of spiritual truth, and apply them effectively. This suggestion calls for much change and adaptation, and demands careful consideration. The greatest demands of this phase of educational reform are upon the teachers themselves. Further consideration of this will be given later.
H. A. WASHBURN.

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

By W. T. Bland

FURTHER partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—
Previously reported .................... $7,534 69 An old friend .......................... 1,000 00 Atlantic Union Conf. Treas. ........... 441 35 J. P. Connell .......................... 30 00 Mrs. M. A. Baker ........................ 25 00 Mr. and Mrs. E. Erickson ................ 25 00 John MacMillan .......................... 20 00 W. G. Bartlett (church Treas.) .......... 16 00 John and Louisa M. Downs ............... 15 00 Northern Union Conference .............. 10 10 Dr. A. L. Bond .......................... 10 00 Mrs. Fannie Skirving .................... 10 00 A friend, Escondido, Cal. ............... 10 00 S. J. Hersum ............................ 11 00 Mrs. Susannah Warrick .................... 5 00 Youngston (Ohio) church .................. 5 00 Mrs. J. Pearson .......................... 1 00 Mrs. W. F. Kilmer ........................ 2 00 Mrs. Viola Scott ......................... 1 00 James W. Gage ............................ 2 15 Mrs. Mary Gibson .......................... 2 00 T. B. Adams ............................... 4 00 Mrs. Alice Lawson ......................... 1 00 Livia Larson .............................. 1 00 Mary Anderson ............................ 23 00 O. R. Steed ............................... 25 Sarah Craig ............................... 50 J. W. Blake ............................... 1 00 C. H. Clintsman ........................... 1 00 Isabell Reith ............................. 2 00 Carl Colzelman ............................ 3 00 P. M. Patridge ............................ 3 00 Mrs. Lizzie Smith ......................... 2 00 Mrs. W. P. Allen .......................... 1 00 Mrs. C. W. Crowell ........................ 2 00 Margaret Watson ........................... 25 Wm. Guthrie ............................... 1 00 G. W. Hickey .............................. 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. Garrett ...................... 35 John F. Clostermyer ....................... 1 00 Mrs. Southworth ........................... 2 00 Delbert L. Henkes .......................... 1 00 Mrs. Wm. H. Goodrich ...................... 1 00 Francis H. Tripp ........................... 1 00 Annie Carter ............................... 1 00 J. H. Ocker ............................... 2 00 Mrs. Fannie McCormick ..................... 5 00 Eleanor McKelvey .......................... 2 00 Mrs. Lillian McPherron .................... 2 50 Mrs. Anna Hamilton ........................ 40 Deverie Wilber ............................ 1 40 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brown .................. 50 R. Leitzmann .............................. 1 00 Mary C. Wilson ............................ 2 00 Miss Minnie E. Halberg .................... 1 00 A friend, Spokane (Wash.) Sanitarium ..... 1 00 M. E. and E. C. Boutelle ................ 100 00
Total reported .......................... $9,349 44
The donation of $1 in last week’s REVIEW should have been credited to Mrs. W. Scott, instead of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Scott. A further list will follow.
W. T. BLAND, Assistant Treasurer.

Christian Education

By L. A. Hoopes; Frederick Griggs

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. HOOPES, Chairman; FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1904
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Eastern Pennsylvania........................
Maine....................................
New York..................................
Southern New England......................
Vermont, Hardwick........................
Virginia..................................
West Virginia............................
Western Pennsylvania, Titusville, June 16-26
Central New England, Melrose, Mass....June
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Maritime..................................
Ontario, London..........................June 16-26
Quebec....................................
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Alabama, Mobile........July 28 to Aug. 8
North Carolina, Statesville........July 1-10
Cumberland...............................
Florida, Plant City..............Oct. 13-23
Georgia...................................
Louisiana.................................
Mississippi...............................
Tennessee River...........................
South Carolina............................
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
East Michigan............................
Indiana...................................
Northern Illinois........................
Northern Michigan.........................
Ohio......................................
Southern Illinois................Aug. 17-28
West Michigan............................
Wisconsin................................
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Manitoba, Portage la Prairie........June 28 to July 10
Minnesota, Stillwater........May 27 to June 5
North Dakota, Harvey..............June 20-27
South Dakota, Canton..............June 13-19
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado........................Aug. 18-28
Iowa, Colfax......................June 2-12
Kansas........................Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Kansas (local), Oakley...........June 9-19
Missouri........................Aug. 11-21
Nebraska........................Sept. 1-11
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Arkansas, Russellville, Pope Co......Aug. 11-23
Oklahoma, Guthrie..............Aug. 25 to Sept. 4
Texas, Keene...................July 27 to Aug. 7
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Arizona...................................
British Columbia................Last of September
California, Bushrod Park, Oakland....June 1-12
Montana, near Helena.............June 16-26
Southern California................Sept. 1-11
Upper Columbia...........................
Utah, Provo........................Aug. 10-17
Western Oregon, Corvallis.......May 26 to June 5
Western Washington, S. Tacoma....May 19-20
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Notice!

THE Lone Star Pure Food Co., Ltd., of Keene, Tex., has gone into voluntary bankruptcy, and the undersigned has been appointed trustee to close out all its business.The plant, consisting of a good three-story frame building, with two ovens and all the necessary machinery to manufacture a full line of health foods, is for sale, at a bargain. It is known all over the Southwest, and has a good reputation, and was building up a profitable trade. Reasons for the assignment, terms of sale, etc., will be given upon application to S. D. Mobley, Trustee, Keene, Tex.

The Value of Manual Education

THE Philistine gives President Eliot, of Harvard, credit for saying, “One half of the education of the child should be manual education—learning by doing; and the time will soon come when no school or college will approximate right methods that does not have its manual training department. The soul-center of many a young man can be reached by having him work with his hands.”

***Summary of the Canvassing Work

Reported for March***
AGENTS ORDERS VALUE
_Atlantic Union Conference_
New York 2 8 $ 36 72
Central New England 2 98 119 15
Southern New England 3 29 270 80
Eastern Pennsylvania 6 367 539 70
Western Pennsylvania 7 242 658 15
West Virginia 5 189 274 50
Vermont 3 72 144 40
Maine 2 168 363 95
_Southern Union_
Georgia 3 329 90
Tennessee River 3 120 40
Alabama 4 275 00
Cumberland 4 460 15
Carolinas 4 539 40
Louisiana 1 84 00
Florida 2 530 10
_Lake Union_
Northern Michigan 3 210 00
Wisconsin 3 75 254 55
Southern Illinois 6 97 287 10
Ohio 675 00
Northern Illinois 2 63 99 15
Western Michigan 7 43 119 05
_Central Union_
Iowa 4 69 164 55
Colorado 2 76 203 55
Kansas 5 109 81 15
Missouri 3 61 193 00
_Southwestern Union_
Texas 2 113 184 45
Oklahoma 10 67 189 38
_European General_
Germany 860 3,031 25
Finland 7 101 63 20
_Australasian Union_
Australia 67 1,086 4,562 96
Tasmania 2 30 92 54
New Zealand 13 312 1,017 40
_South America_
Brazil 5 148 131 00
_Summary_
A. U. C. 30 1,073 2,407 37
S. U. C. 21 2,338 95
L. U. C. 21 278 1,644 85
C. U. C. 14 315 642 25
S. W. U. C. 12 180 373 83
E. G. C. 7 961 3,094 45
Australasian U. C. 82 1,428 5,672 90
South America 5 148 131 00
Totals 192 4,383 $16,305 60

Notice!

By P. F. Bicknell

WHAT is known in Maine as the June meeting will be held in Cornville, May 26-29. It is expected that Elder A. E. Place and all the Maine laborers will be present.
P. F. BICKNELL.
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