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Earlier text: The Proposed Institutions Near Washington

Obituaries

WARD.—Orlando H. Ward was born Aug. 15, 1858, and died March 19, 1904. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken from 1 Peter 1:24, 25, by the writer. E. J. DRYER.

CHAPMAN.—Anna Chapman died March 19, 1904, aged 27 years. For a year or more Sister Chapman had been failing in health. She departed this life with a triumphant faith in Jesus. She leaves a husband, mother, and many dear friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. E. J. DRYER.

MORRIS.—Died near Zebra, Madera Co., Cal., April 15, 1904, after an illness of only six days, Samuel C. Morris, aged 67 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Brother Morris died in full expectation of having a part in the first resurrection. He leaves a wife and two sons to mourn his death. Remarks were made at the funeral by the writer, from Job 14:14. M. D. CHURCH.

GEE.—Died at Ragan, Neb., April 23, 1904, Mrs. Myra Gee, wife of John Gee, aged 35 years. Our sister was blind from her birth; yet by faith she saw the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. Like our father Abraham, she saw the “Son of man,” and was glad. She received her education at the Vinton, Iowa, school for the blind. She was a kind, patient, Christian woman. She loved God, and rests in hope. We believe she will see the King in his beauty. Funeral services were held at Border chapel, the sermon being given by the writer. DANIEL NETTLETON.

EMERY.—Died at her home near Agnew, Mich., May 2, 1904, of cancer of the kidney, Sister Ethel Emery, aged 14 years, 2 months, and 2 days. She accepted the truth about three years ago, under the labors of W. E. Videto and O. F. Butcher, and during the two years of her illness was very patient and trustful. The morning before her death she requested her family to pray that the Lord would give her rest; God heard her prayer, and she fell asleep in Jesus at 5:45 in the evening. She leaves father, mother, five sisters, and one brother to mourn her absence from the family circle, but they are looking forward to a happy reunion in the near future, when Jesus comes. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Job 19:25-27. W. D. PASKHURST.

BONE.—Died April 12, 1904, Brother Claude Bone, aged 27 years, 1 month, and 16 days. He united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the camp-meeting held in Wabash in 1884, and was a faithful Christian. He was patient during the five years of his illness, and died in the triumph of living faith. A wife, one child, a father and mother, three brothers, and two sisters mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to an attentive audience, from Rev. 14:13. F. M. ROBERTS.

MOORE.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Emporia, Kan., April 4, 1904, Sister Avis M. Moore, aged 57 years, 1 month, and 9 days. She was converted at an early age, and united with the M. E. Church; later she accepted the truths of the third angel’s message, to which she remained faithful, living a consistent Christian life till the day of her death. She leaves a husband and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Matt. 13:28, to a large congregation of sympathizing relatives and friends. N. B. EMERSON.

KINNEY.—Died at Flint, Mich., Jan. 20, 1904, of the infirmities of old age, Sister Charlotte C. Kinney, aged 85 years. Sister Kinney accepted present truth forty-one years ago, under the labors of Brethren Cornell and Lawrence. She was a devoted wife and mother, a kind neighbor and friend, and was respected by all who knew her. An aged companion, four daughters, and many friends are left to mourn their loss; but they sorrow not as those who have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Rom. 5:12, 13, assisted by Elder Whitney (Methodist). J. L. EDGAR.

Another Pioneer Fallen

GRANT.—Sister Chloe S. Grant, wife of Elder H. Grant, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nettie G. White, at Bozeman, Mont., March 4, 1904, aged 82 years, 6 months, and 4 days. Her death was caused by a complication of difficulties peculiar to old age. Sister Grant, nee Pierson, was the grand-niece of General Israel Putnam, of the Revolutionary War. Her parents were early pioneers of Vermont. Sixty years ago this June, she was married to Harrison Grant, whom she survived three years. Three children were born to them. Those surviving are Mrs. Nettie G. White, of Bozeman, Mont., and Mrs. Cora G. Smith, of Minnesota. Elder Grant, husband of the deceased, was called to preach in what was then the far West; and in 1861 moved his family to Minnesota. He led out in the work of the third angel’s message in that State, first as a missionary, and after the work became strong, he served as president of the State conference for sixteen consecutive years. Sister Grant shared with him the labors and hardships of pioneer work in a new State, traveling with him much of the time by private conveyance. Her health was always delicate, and during the last eight years she was confined to her bed most of the time. Her sufferings were most intense, and for more than twenty-five years she was unable to lie down. She was converted at the age of thirty-seven; and the Master, whom she loved and trusted, and who had been the strength of her earlier years, failed not to be the Comforter of her age. Days and nights and months and years were spent in suffering; but in it all was patient endurance and unfaltering trust to the end. Her Bible, always beside her on the bed, was her constant companion, and for five years she read it without the aid of glasses. Though she has departed, her works of patient endurance still live to bless her family. She rests in hope of immortality at the resurrection of the just. She was laid to rest by the side of her husband. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, based on John 11:25 and Rev. 14:13. W. A. GOSMER.

Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.

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

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—

J. D. Row, Pruitt, Ark., periodicals and tracts.

Miss Birdie Cruzan, 1213 West 9th St., Joplin, Mo., REVIEW, Signs, tracts.

Mrs. E. A. Goss, 1723 West Maple St., Enid, O. T., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend.

C. W. Bennett, Chunchula, Ala., REVIEW, the Life Boat, Southern Watchman, Instructor, and tracts.

Frank Jeffers, 923 4th St., Santa Rosa, Cal., Southern Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend, Life Boat; also Nos. 1, 14, 17, 28, 29, 42, 50, 51, 65, 67, 69, 70, 75, 76, 78, 81, of the Apples of Gold Library; Nos. 1, 16, 26, 58, 86, 95, 97, 122, 137, 163, 172, 178 of the Bible Students’ Library; and Nos. 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 20, 23, 29 of the Words of Truth Series.

Annual Meeting of the Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By C. H. Parsons

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual business meeting of the Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will be held at Des Moines, Iowa, immediately following the annual camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists, on Monday, June 13, 1904, at 2 P. M., in the Seventh-day Adventist church, Cor. East Twelfth and Des Moines Streets.

C. H. PARSONS, President.

Notice!

By W. H. THURSTON

THE second annual session of the Maritime Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 2-12, 1904. The conference committee will meet a few days earlier, and the business of the conference will be attended to during the first part of the meeting, leaving the larger part of the time for Bible study and instruction in different branches of missionary work. This will be an important meeting, and a good attendance is expected.

W. H. THURSTON, President.

Montana Conference and Camp-Meeting

By J. A. Holbrook

THE next annual session of the Montana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Townsend, Mont., June 16-26, 1904. We trust that our people will make a special effort to attend this meeting, as it will be the only camp-meeting in the conference during this season. We expect good help from the General Conference, also from the Pacific Union Conference, so that all branches of our work will be fully represented by efficient workers. Begin to pray and plan for this meeting now, so that nothing may hinder your attending it.

J. A. HOLBROOK, President.

Addresses Wanted

THE church clerk of the Hemingford (Neb.) church would like to learn the addresses of the following persons: Samuel Anderson, Mary Anderson, Jacob Sauerwein, Mary A. Hymer, and Aurelia Cox. Any one who can give the information is requested to write to Virginia Church, Hemingford, Neb.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

WANTED.—To correspond with S. D. A. miners, in view of giving them employment. Address L. W. Scovel, Telluride, Colo.

FOR SALE.—One-hundred-fifty-dollar Wing organ for church or hall or tent. Will sell for $50. Address L. Klebahn, 1747 Amsterdam Ave., New York City, N. Y.

WANTED AT ONCE.—Strong woman to work in boarding-house in Alberta. Good home offered to suitable person; must be Sabbath-keeper. Wages at first $15 a month. References given and required. Address Mr. Kitto, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

How a Little Girl Went to Africa

By Editor

On our advertising page we give notice of the new book “How a Little Girl Went to Africa.” How this book came to be written is interesting.

The editor of a New England paper opened his columns once a week to stories written by children. This little Seventh-day Adventist girl decided to tell about her trip to Africa with her parents, who went as missionaries. So interesting were her articles, that the editor thought that they were worth being paid for, and sent her a check accordingly. He suggested that they be published in a book, and upon their being offered to a large New England publishing firm, they decided to publish them at once, in advance of all the other manuscripts on hand.

The story is told by a child, in a child’s language, and is true, and the illustrations are from photographs. It can not fail to interest the children, and many old people have not wished to lay it down until they had read the entire volume. It will create in the children a new interest in foreign lands, and the thousands of miles traveled will give new life to the study of geography.

Adventist Work and Washington Headquarters

IN the Washington Post of Monday, May 9, there was quite a full abstract of an address given by Elder A. G. Daniells at the M Street church in connection with the dedicatory services, which are reported elsewhere in this issue. The subject of the address was “The Work of the Seventh-day Adventists, and the Reasons for Choosing Washington, D. C., as Denominational Headquarters.” We quote the closing paragraphs of the abstract as they appeared in the Post:—

“The great object in coming to the capital of the nation with our general headquarters is that we may the more easily and successfully come into contact with the great world, and proclaim the truths of our faith. We did not come here to lobby at the seat of Congress. We ask nothing of any legislature in the world save to be left alone. We ask no government to favor us, but we wish all governments to keep their hands off of religious matters.”

“We want to be good citizens, good neighbors, and a social help. The world needs not only positive teaching, but positive living and example. We may be misunderstood, but we can be clean, upright, and helpful. This is what we hope to accomplish here, and from here to reach out to the rest of the world.”

Referring to the work and creed of the Seventh-day Adventists, Elder Daniells discussed at length and lucidly the prophecies and their relation to history. He told of the reform movements instituted by Wycliffe, Luther, Calvin, and Wesley, each a step in advance of the other, but none complete in itself. No other church, he said, keeps all the commandments in the decalogue, as do the Seventh-day Adventists, for they alone respect the fourth commandment to rest upon the seventh day and keep it holy.

“We teach all that the others do, and a little more,” he said. “This is true not only of keeping the seventh day as the Sabbath, but in all the relations of our church.”

Ground Broken at Takoma Park

GROUND was broken on the Sanitarium property at Takoma Park on Tuesday of last week, and the work of erecting buildings will now be carried forward as rapidly as the funds in hand will permit.

A Colorado Scene Near Boulder

OUR first-page picture suggests a quiet hour by the murmuring stream, “far from the city’s madding crowd,” where mind and body may find rest and recreation. This particular scene is in Colorado, near Boulder.

Andersons Return from Matabeleland

BROTHER W. H. ANDERSON and wife, who have just returned from Matabeleland, Central Africa, spent a day in Washington last week on their way to Indiana. It has been over nine years since Brother and Sister Anderson went to Matabeleland, and they are certainly entitled to the furlough which they are now taking. They will remain six or eight months in this country, and they will do all they can to arouse the interest of our people in the work in Africa, and to secure additional helpers. They hope to be back on the mission station not later than next March.

Lake Union Conference Session

THE Lake Union Conference is now holding its second biennial session at Berrien Springs, Mich., and the following persons from Washington are in attendance: A. G. Daniells, W. C. White, Mrs. E. G. White, S. N. Curtiss, W. T. Bland, W. W. Prescott, C. C. Crisler, and Sisters Sara McEnterfer and Maggie Hare. It is expected that Sister White will visit Nashville, Tenn., at the close of this conference. On his way to Berrien Springs Brother A. G. Daniells stopped at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he delivered the annual address at the closing exercises of Mount Vernon Academy.

The Value of Testimonies, Volume VIII

ON every hand the evidence is multiplying to show that these are times of special peril, and it is certain that we need to avail ourselves of all the help within our reach that we may not be ensnared by the enemy. The instruction contained in “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VIII, is of the greatest value in enabling us to understand our peculiar situation just now, and in helping us to discern the trend of much of the present interpretation of nature teaching. We are confident that every one who is induced to purchase a copy of this book will be more than satisfied. Order at once, if you have not already done so.

New Mission Station in German East Africa

By Elder Conrad

ELDER CONRAD writes from our new mission station, German East Africa, April 5:—

We reached our new station all hale and sound. We had a good rest here in the mountains, at an altitude of four thousand feet. The station is well chosen—a fine, fruitful little valley. About twenty-five acres of corn has already been grown here by the natives this season. They have gathered their harvest, and moved farther up the hillside, so this land will be ours in the future.

We did not get away from Tanga till Friday, April 2, on account of our freight. Sunday at 4 P. M. we started on our worst trip, thirty-five miles through a high plain covered with brier-trees, brush, etc. A good thunder-storm overtook us, and it became very dark; but by 9 P. M. it cleared, and we reached Kihuird at 1 A. M., where the government has another shanty for travelers. Here is the real base of our mission field—eight villages, with about two thousand people. The subchief called on us, and we on him. I had a little present for him, and he gave us a goat. From here we climbed the mountains. A good road-path has been cleared. It takes nearly four hours, and the ascent is seven hundred meters (about 2,275 feet). While the lower mountains are full of stones and briers, those higher are well-watered land.

We have a fine creek, near enough so we could water our land. We also have a good irrigating ditch. We bought two small horses for the two women, and I was fortunate enough to secure a good donkey for two dollars, to bring me up. The rest marched. We all praised God when we arrived safely.

The Lover’s Love

IN the Journal and Messenger (Baptist) of April 21 we find the following appreciative words concerning one of our latest books, “The Lover’s Love — John Three Sixteen:”—

The author of this book has got a great deal out of it [the text]. He has done his work well. He has found in it hidden manna, and he has so dealt with it as to make it food for hungry souls. He takes up the successive elements of the sentence, and expands, unfolds, and illustrates them in such a way as to interest and hold the reader. There is in it an exhibition of genius, and he who can do what has been done here can do more. It is a book for comfort to the believer, and of persuasion to the unbeliever. It says to the Christian that it is well with him, and to the non-Christian that it pays to give heart and mind and soul and strength to Christ. It makes clear the way to eternal life—the strait road in which the honest-hearted, earnest Christian can not get astray. We commend the book as one of great value.