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Review and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 32.

My Assurance
Earlier text: Among the Churches and Missions of South Africa

Correspondence Study

By W. E. HOWELL

Who Else Should Pursue It; Notes of Progress

This study by correspondence is coming to be a really operative thing. We are into it before we know it. We already have some good returns from that introductory lesson printed in the REVIEW of July 29. It is always well, in taking up a new subject, to give careful attention to the preliminary instruction. For this reason it might be profitable to any who have not yet done so, to read over that introductory lesson.
Then, in the REVIEW of August 5 is found, “The First Correspondence Lesson.” If you have already studied that, it would pay you to review it now, for we purpose to do thorough work in this school. There may be something contained in that lesson which you have overlooked or forgotten. If you have not read it at all, you certainly ought to before going further with this third one. If you learn that second lesson well, if you master its “special theme,” the after-effect will be: “No regrets.”
The theme of our third lesson is, “You Ought to Make a Beginning, Too.” Who? You who are a little older and more experienced in life. You who have passed beyond the stage of “know-it-all” and “I’m-it.” You who have begun to see how imperfectly you learned what you did study. You who begin to sense what a great ocean of truth lies all undiscovered before you. You who feel keenly the need of adding to your little modicum of knowledge in order to make the service you are doing more fruitful.
Canvassers, a word to you, please. “The King’s messengers” bear a message so solemn in its import, so cheering in its promises, so trenchant in its denunciation of evil, and so winsome in its solicitude to a sweeter, better life, that its bearers are doing almost the work of the heavenly messengers themselves, the angels; for angel means messenger. Do you not think it highly fitting that the words of the King’s messengers should be not only pure in content, but pure in form and use? You would not want under ordinary circumstances to present your message with a soiled collar on, or with your hair uncombed, or to leaf your book before your patron with untidy fingers. Why? If for no other reason, it would not comport with your message. Do you think it any more consistent to clothe a sweet thought in an unbecoming garb—to tell your story in anything but pure, faultless English? If you have been doing thus, you doubtless have much company in the ranks. But—

There Is a Remedy

In that course of English mentioned in our second lesson (August 5), we shall do our utmost, through the simplest, most effective methods we know, and through such additional capacity and faithfulness as it may please God to give us as teachers, to correct this evil of faulty speech. But when we have done all that lies in our power to provide the instruction, it still rests with you to make diligent and faithful use of those six evenings in the week and those six early mornings and those stormy days and those minutes or hours lost by missing a train or in waiting for some one who is tardy at an appointment. Read “Christ’s Object Lessons,” page 343, last paragraph.
And there are many others—among our ministers, our teachers, our institutional employees—who would find that passage exceedingly interesting and profitable reading. And some of them, too, suffer an equal need of this English work, for they, too, bear the vessels of the Lord. What greater incentive to study could be offered than this close relation to so sacred and so mighty a work, than the matchless prospects within the horizon of the Christian’s future?
The motto of the largest correspondence school in the world reads, “The business of this place is to raise salaries.” The working motto of the youngest correspondence school in the world may read, “The business of this place is to increase capacity for service.”
You who are already engaged in the Lord’s work, are you satisfied with your attainments? Do your present qualifications fully meet the demands of your calling? Are you continuously trading with your talents? Read this from “Christ’s Object Lessons:”—
“The more thoroughly the intellect is cultivated, the more effectively it can be used in the service of God.”
“The Lord desires us to obtain all the education possible, with the object in view of imparting our knowledge to others.”
“We should not let slip even one opportunity to qualify ourselves intellectually to work for God.”
“Far more might be accomplished in the work of self-education if we were awake to our own opportunities and privileges.”
Ponder these things well, dear worker. Weigh the opportunities now brought to your very threshold by the Correspondence School. Review that list of studies once more, and make your choice. And there is no time like to-day to do it.

Notes of Progress

The Correspondence School Announcement is now ready. It contains the detailed information you are waiting for before registering.
A supply of announcements and registration blanks will be in the hands of the secretaries of the young people’s and educational departments of your conference by the time this REVIEW reaches you.
A complete prospectus will be ready somewhat later.
Nine specialists are now at work preparing lessons for use in the Correspondence School.
We now have applications for correspondence study from the following States: Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New York, West Virginia, South Dakota, District of Columbia, and Maryland.
The Correspondence School will begin work October 4. These who are beginning thus early to make definite arrangements for study in the school, are the ones who will certainly pass the first two tests for success,—Purpose and Promptness,—and who stand on vantage-ground to add the third P—Perseverance.
Do not forget to order at once an announcement and a registration blank.
A special word to ministers next week.
W. E. HOWELL, Principal.
Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Christian Education

By Frederick Griggs

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference
FREDERICK GRIGGS     -     -     -     -     Secretary

Current Mention

—In the British House of Commons on August 2, the secretary of war announced that during the present year the government would expend $390,000 in aeronautic work in connection with the army.
—A report from Atlantic City, N. J., dated August 1, states that in a dozen churches in that city on the evening of that day collections were taken up to provide money for the crusade against Sunday baseball.
—A serious agitation is reported in Albania, Turkey, against the supposed design of Greece to annex the island of Crete. The Albanians threaten that unless effective measures are taken to prevent the annexation, they will rise and make war upon Greece independently.
—The Chinese government has signed a contract with a New York firm for the installation of a complete telephone system in the city of Peking, the capital of China, at a cost of $150,000. This is regarded as an indication of China’s changing attitude toward Western civilization and methods.
—W. E. Longfellow, the general superintendent of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps, says in his report that during the month of June there were 1,126 deaths by drowning in the United States, and 106 in Canada. During the month of May there were 621 in the United States and 81 in Canada.
—As a result of the earthquake in south central Mexico reported last week, the inhabitants of Chilpancingo and Acapulco are dwelling in tents or in the open, and many of them are in dire need. A tidal wave added to the destruction along the water front, and the tropic rains are adding to the discomforts of the people. The federal government and the state of Guerrero are contributing to the relief of the sufferers.
—During a motorcycle race in Berlin, Germany, on July 18, one of the machines became unmanageable and dashed into the crowd of spectators, killing eleven persons and injuring twenty.
—An earthquake occurred on July 15 in the province of Elis, southern Greece, in which it is stated that about three hundred persons lost their lives. In several villages the larger portion of the houses have been either demolished or rendered uninhabitable.
—A great temperance parade in Chicago is being planned for September 25 by Mr. Arthur Burrage Farwell, president of the Law and Order League, and Mrs. Emily M. Hill, president of the Cook County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. It is expected that the parade will number 100,000 persons.
—Great suffering is still reported from Osaka, Japan, as a result of the recent conflagration. Thousands of persons are homeless and in need of food. A system of relief has been organized by the municipal authorities, and outside cities and towns are sending in contributions for the suffering people.
—The 6,000 Japanese sugar-plantation laborers in Hawaii, who have been on a strike for two months, have declared the strike off. The strike has caused much loss to the planters; but their attitude in refusing any concessions, and the prosecution of some of the leaders for alleged conspiracy, caused the collapse of the strike.
—A cablegram to the State Department from the American embassy in Constantinople states that there is still great need of outside help for the sufferers in Armenia who have lost homes or means of support as a result of the massacres in that district. Shelter and means of sustenance are needed for 80,000 persons.
—Amid scenes of great enthusiasm the bill making prohibition constitutional in Alabama passed the House on August 5. The vote was seventy to twenty-nine, six more than the required three-fifths majority. The bill passed the Senate on the following day, and, the governor being a prohibitionist, there is no question about its becoming a law.
—There was great rejoicing in New York City and Jersey City on the morning of July 19 when the twin tunnels under the Hudson River connecting the two cities were formally opened to public traffic. These tunnels are sixty feet below the bed of the river, and serious obstacles had to be overcome in accomplishing the work. These tunnels will greatly facilitate transportation between the two cities.
—The Turkish government has ordered out 40,000 troops in the vicinity of Smyrna, and has contracted with three steamship companies for the transportation of troops and munitions of war. Turkey is demanding that Greece recall the Greek officers now serving in Crete. Greece replies that the matter is in the hands of the four protecting powers, with whose knowledge and consent the officers in question were sent to the island. At the same time Turkey is intimating to the powers concerned that unless her demand upon Greece is complied with, she will follow it up with more energetic measures.
—Emperor Nicholas of Russia has been visiting the king of England during the past week, and left for Kiel on August 5, in the imperial yacht “Standart,” escorted by British and Russian cruisers.
—The flags of the four protecting nations in the island of Crete have been hauled down, and the troops have embarked for their own countries. But this does not mean Cretan independence, nor does it as yet mean that Turkish control of the island is assured. Each of the powers will still maintain a warship in Cretan waters.
—The French government, feeling the necessity of an increase in the population of the nation, is proposing to adopt a novel method to bring it about. For the second child born in any family it is proposed that the government pay a bonus of $100, and for each subsequent birth a bonus of $200. To obtain money for the payment of these bonuses, it is proposed to place a tax of fifty per cent upon the fortunes of all persons dying with not more than one child. The matter will be brought up in the autumn session of parliament.
—A great strike is now in progress in Sweden. It is stated that one twentieth of the entire population is on strike. Idle workmen and others who can not buy supplies are camping out near the cities and living on what fish they can catch. The government is making ready for any emergency. Additional troops have been ordered to Stockholm because of the growing fear of serious trouble. The ranks of the strikers are growing hour by hour, and it is stated that the temper of both the strikers and the inhabitants is rising.
—Negotiations between China and Japan in reference to the Antung-Mukden Railway have entered upon what is considered a serious stage. These negotiations furnish the principal topic of discussion in the Japanese press, according to a despatch from Tokyo dated August 5. While there is a denial of the statement that Japan has issued an ultimatum to China, it is intimated that there is possibility of one being issued if the negotiations continue unsatisfactory. The hope is expressed, however, that China will propose concessions.
—The tariff bill, reported last week as having been agreed to by the conferees of the House and Senate, passed the Senate on August 5, and was signed by the President. The vote stood forty-seven to thirty-one in favor of the measure. After signing the bill the President made the following statement in reference to it: “The bill is not a perfect tariff bill, or a complete compliance with the promises made, strictly interpreted; but a fulfilment free from criticism in respect to a subject-matter involving many schedules and thousands of articles, could not be expected. It suffices to say that except with regard to whisky, liquors, and wines, and in regard to silks and some high classes of cottons—all of which may be treated as luxuries and proper subjects of a revenue tariff—there have been very few increases in rates. There have been a great number of real decreases in rates, and they constitute a sufficient amount to justify the statement that this bill is a substantial downward revision and a reduction of excessive rates.”

Where the July “Life and Health” Went

The following list shows the circulation, by States and countries, of the July number of Life and Health. The circulation for May and June are also given, as also the comparative standings of the States for June.
The entire May edition (forty thousand copies) was exhausted May 6. The June edition (sixty thousand copies) was sold by June 6. The July edition (eighty thousand copies) was disposed of by July 15. What share did your State have in the sale of this excellent magazine during the three months indicated?
It is gratifying to note that the July circulation shows a substantial gain in twenty-six of the States, over the splendid showing for June. The other twenty-five States either held their own or showed a slight loss. The twenty-six States that showed a gain circulated 47,620 copies of the July number as compared with 30,087 copies of the June issue, a gain of 17,533 copies, or an average gain of 675 copies for each State.
In these lists are included the regular subscribers and the number of copies sold by agents in each State. Agents from one State often sell thousands of copies in an adjoining State.
STATES JULY SALES JUNE SALES MAY SALES
1. California 6,875 (1) 6,136 5,247
2. New York 4,793 (5) 3,073 1,144
3. Washington 4,108 (7) 2,902 1,118
4. Massachusetts 3,589 (4) 3,274 1,117
5. Illinois 3,512 (2) 4,345 2,498
6. Minnesota 3,507 (24) 867 703
7. Ohio 3,289 (10) 1,996 464
8. Michigan 2,975 (11) 1,952 775
9. New Jersey 2,698 (16) 1,548 125
10. Nebraska 2,431 (6) 3,032 925
11. Indiana 2,393 (28) 687 4,437
12. Dist. of Colum. 2,206 (17) 1,405 285
13. Georgia 2,014 (9) 2,404 3,889
14. Iowa 1,912 (13) 1,702 1,677
15. Virginia 1,794 (23) 883 96
16. Montana 1,639 (44) 66 57
17. Canada 1,470 (22) 887 535
18. Vermont 1,417 (31) 414 36
19. Wisconsin 1,372 (14) 1,659 377
20. Pennsylvania 1,237 (3) 3,952 676
21. Texas 1,090 (15) 1,619 213
22. Kentucky 926 (19) 1,021 571
23. Tennessee 819 (12) 1,855 1,349
24. Colorado 763 (21) 938 254
25. Maine 693 (29) 655 328
26. Oklahoma 642 (26) 737 866
27. Oregon 590 (20) 942 558
28. Idaho 577 (18) 1,371 264
29. Connecticut 520 (32) 411 81
30. Kansas 503 (33) 398 479
31. Missouri 383 (25) 830 160
32. Maryland 347 (8) 2,574 2,171
33. Louisiana 331 (30) 515 505
34. Florida 251 (45) 61 79
35. New Mexico 216 (38) 143 16
36. New Hampshire 205 (36) 152 129
37. Arkansas 182 (35) 168 78
38. West Virginia 166 (27) 690 67
39. Arizona 143 (39) 142 111
40. North Carolina 125 (37) 151 25
41. South Dakota 123 (41) 104 45
42. North Dakota 92 (34) 392 152
43. Alabama 88 (43) 92 172
44. Mississippi 71 (40) 127 27
45. Rhode Island 61 (51) 10 210
46. South Carolina 58 (47) 51 6
47. Delaware 27 (42) 102 2
48. Utah 24 (48) 50 58
49. Wyoming 16 (49) 48 8
50. Nevada 7 (46) 57 63
51. Panama 6 (52) 6 53
52. Mexico .. (53) 5 54
53. Cuba .. (54) 5 ..
Which States will lead in the circulation of the August number? We anticipate a sale of one hundred thousand copies of this beautiful midsummer number.
Send one dollar for twenty-five copies to sell to your neighbors and friends.
If you are just beginning this work, send for leaflet, “How to Sell Our Magazines,” also for leaflet “How to Earn a Scholarship.” Address your tract society, or Life and Health, Washington, D. C.

Business Notices

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
WANTED.—To secure the services of a practical gardener. Address L. M. Bowen, Takoma Park, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Cretors Steam Nut Roaster and Pop-corn Wagon, with outfit for making crisp bars, etc. In good condition. If sold at once, price, $150; cost, $250. Address G. W. Mann, Rath Parlors, Palo Alto, Cal.
WANTED.—Young man to work on farm in southwestern Nebraska. Will pay $25 a month. Must be young, a Sabbath-keeper, and willing to do all kinds of farm work. Call on or address C. G. Cogilzer, McCook, Neb.
FOR SALE.—Ten acres land; partly cleared; all seeded to meadow and pasture. Small fruit. Good eight-room house; twenty rods from Forest Home Industrial Academy. For particulars inquire of O. C. Hollenbeck, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
WANTED.—A widowed brother desires a position among Sabbath-keepers, with the privilege of keeping one child. Has experience in farming. Willing to go any place if suited. Address Olver Anunson, Nevada, Story Co., Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 62 cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
LEARN GUITAR.—Play for pleasure. Teach for profit. I will teach you by mail; only 25 cents a lesson, music included. New method quickly learned. Sample piece music, plans, and prices, 10 cents. Address H. W. Keck, Myrtle and Thirty-second Sts., San Diego, Cal.
WANTED.—Ten young men and women of good education and physical strength, to take a course in scientific cooking and baking. Course of one year opens September 30. Opportunity offered to earn expenses. Write for particulars to College of Evangelists, Loma Linda, Cal.
HYGIENIC VEGETABLE COOKING OIL.—Used by our institutions, government inspected and guaranteed. Send stamp for circulars. 5 gal., $3.50; 10 gal., $6.75. Cans crated. ½ bbl. (about 32 gal.), 60 cents a gal. By freight from Louisville, Ky. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—50 nice white envelopes with your name and address neatly printed in the corner, only 15 cents, postage 5 cents. 25 Visiting Cards (name only), 10 cents; 50 Cards (name and address), 20 cents; 100 Business Cards, 35 cents; cards post-paid. Samples sent for the asking. Address King Printing Co., Cordova Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
MOTTOES, MOTTOES, MOTTOES.—Our second new Father and Mother motto, size 12 x 16, has just reached us, and it has eleven of the finest roses you ever looked at. We ship you thirty-four other designs and an equal number of Father and Mother mottoes, 200 for $9. All Father and Mother mottoes, 200 for $12, express prepaid. Secure your territory while the Father and Mother motto is new. Address Hampton Art Company, Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp-Meetings for 1909

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern New England, Bridgeport, Conn. .................... Sept. 2-12 Vermont, Richmond ................ Aug. 19-29 New York, Fultonville ............ Sept. 2-12 Western New York, Buffalo, Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Ohio, Lima ........................ Aug. 19-29 West Virginia, Parkersburg ........ Aug. 5-15
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE Northern Missouri, Chillicothe...... Aug. 5-15 Southern Missouri, Springfield..... Aug. 12-22 Kansas, Council Grove ............. Aug. 19-29 Nebraska, Hastings ................. Sept. 2-12 West. Colorado, Grand Junction..... Sept. 16-26 East. Colorado, Boulder............ Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Indiana, Bluffton ................ Aug. 5-15 Southern Illinois, Centralia ...... Aug. 12-22 East Michigan, Jackson ............ Aug. 19-29 North Michigan, Petoskey, Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 Wisconsin, Milwaukee...... Sept. 20 to Oct. 4
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Nevada ...................... Aug. 19-29
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Alabama, Birmingham ............... Aug. 5-15 Mississippi, Greenwood ............ Aug. 20-29 Tennessee River, Dickson .......... Aug. 12-22 Kentucky .......................... Aug. 19-29
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE South Carolina, Anderson .......... Aug. 5-15 North Carolina, Cleveland ......... Aug. 12-22 Cumberland, Athens, Tenn., Aug. 24 to Sept. 5 Florida, Orlando .................. Oct. 21-31
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Upper Columbia, Spokane or vicinity ................................. Aug. 5-15 Western Washington, Tacoma ........ Aug. 12-22 Western Oregon, Portland .......... Aug. 19-29 Montana, Missoula ................. Aug. 26 to Sept. 5
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern California, South Hollywood, Los Angeles ....................... Aug. 5-15
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE West Texas, Abilene ............... Aug. 12-22 New Mexico, Alamogordo ............ Aug. 19-29 Oklahoma, Enid .................... Aug. 26 to Sept. 6

Iowa Sanitarium Association

By M. N. CAMPBELL

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Nevada, Iowa, Aug. 25-31, 1909, for the purpose of electing officers and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting is called for August 25, at 10 A. M. M. N. CAMPBELL, President.

Iowa Seventh-day Adventist Association

By M. N. Campbell

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Iowa Seventh-day Adventist Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Nevada, Iowa, Aug. 25-31, 1909, for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting is called for August 25, at 10:30 A. M., M. N. CAMPBELL, President.

Iowa Academy Corporation

By M. N. CAMPBELL

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Iowa Industrial Academy Corporation will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Nevada, Iowa, Aug. 25-31, 1909, for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting is called for August 25, at 11 A. M. M. N. CAMPBELL, President.

Berean Industrial School

The Lord has blessed and prospered this school during the past year, and it will open for its second year's work September 13. The new calendar will be sent to all requesting it. If board and room is desired, it should be engaged as soon as possible. Write for information to L. I. Stiles, Malaga, Wash.

Western Colorado Conference Association

By W. F. Kennedy

THE first annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Western Colorado will be held on the camp-ground at Grand Junction, Colo., at 9:15 A. M., Sept. 20, 1909. This meeting is called for the election of officers and the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.
W. F. KENNEDY, President.

North Michigan Conference

By J. J. IRWIN

THE first meeting of the seventh annual session of the North Michigan Conference will be held on the Petoskey camp-ground, Friday, Aug. 27, 1909, at 9 A. M. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one for each ten members or fraction thereof. In coming to the camp-ground purchase tickets and check baggage to Bay View. Able ministerial help is promised. Let all come praying that the blessing of the Lord will be with us.
J. J. IRWIN, President.

North Michigan Conference Association

By J. J. IRWIN; E. A. BRISTOL

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground at Petoskey, Mich., Friday, Aug. 27, 1909, at 10 A. M. This meeting is called for the election of officers, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association. All accredited delegates of the North Michigan Conference are delegates to the association.
J. J. IRWIN, President, E. A. BRISTOL, Secretary.

Western Colorado Conference

By W. F. KENNEDY

THE first annual conference and camp-meeting of the Western Colorado Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Grand Junction, Colo., Sept. 16-26, 1909. At this meeting officers will be elected for the ensuing year, reports from the various departments will be heard, and plans will be laid for the future. We are expecting good help from both the Central Union Conference and the General Conference, and the outlook is good for a most excellent meeting. Details will be announced in our conference paper, the Gleaner. We hope that good delegations may be present from all the churches, and that the general attendance will be large. W. F. KENNEDY, President.

The Ontario Camp-Meeting

By Eugene Leland

THE next annual camp-meeting of the Ontario Conference will be held at Simcoe, August 26 to September 5. We have secured a very pleasant grove, with ample shade, in which to hold the meeting. The grounds are some distance from the station, but accommodations will be furnished for all to reach the grounds at very reasonable rates. The conference will not be held in connection with the camp-meeting this year. A general invitation is extended to all the brethren and sisters throughout the Ontario Conference to be present at this meeting.
EUGENE LELAND, President.

Address

THE address of Elder Wm. Guthrie is Fitch Bay, Quebec, Canada. All mail for the president of the Canadian Union Conference should be sent to this address.

Obituaries

By Mrs. W. H. Saxby; C. H. Edwards; W. W. Stebbins; Mrs. Alfred Cooper; G. G. Lowry; F. H. Hahn; James W. Handy

CLEMENSEN.—Died in New Orleans, La., June 22, 1909, Mrs. Margaret Clemensen, aged sixty-two years. She joined the Lutheran Church early in youth, where she served the Lord until she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church ten years ago. During the long weeks of intense suffering she was patiently and tenderly cared for by her kind husband. She made arrangements for the cause of God to receive a large gift of her means. We will meet her in the resurrection morning. The church will miss her presence and many acts of helpfulness. She leaves a husband, an aged mother, and one brother to mourn their loss. Elder E. L. Maxwell conducted the funeral services, which were held at her home and at the grave. She was laid away in the cement vault to rest until Jesus comes to claim his own.
MRS. W. H. SAXBY.
LOVELAND.—Brother Charles G. Loveland was born at Hebron, Conn., April 13, 1837, and was drowned off Cape Cod, Mass., Dec. 28, 1908. He accepted present truth about twenty-three years ago under the labors of Elder J. E. Robinson, and became one of the charter members of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) church. Later, he united with the Hebron (Conn.) church. In 1890 he was united in marriage to Sister Lavina P. Mason, of Inland, Ohio, sister of the late Elder Oliver J. Mason, of Ohio. Having been a mariner for years, he sailed from New York on the ship “Myra W. Spear” for Boston, but in attempting to round Cape Cod the ship was struck by a fearful gale and capsized, and after clinging to the rigging for several hours, during the most intense cold, he was washed from the wreck, and nothing has been seen or heard from him since. The captain and others were rescued later. They declare he went down to his watery grave with a firm hold upon God and a hope for the future. A wife and two children are left to mourn their loss.
C. H. EDWARDS.
HOLMES.—Died at the home of her daughter in Monroe, Wis., June 27, 1909, Sister Sarah A. Holmes, aged 83 years, 10 months, and 27 days. In the year 1846 she and her husband moved from Vermont to Wisconsin to make them a home. In this they were successful. Four children are left to miss a mother’s gentle voice and Christian influence. She was greatly beloved by eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Her husband died about eight years ago. Sister Holmes embraced the truth nearly fifty years ago, when Elders Isaac Sanborn and William S. Ingraham were laboring in Wisconsin, and remained loyal to the last. She was blessed with a good mind, a meek and quiet spirit. With much patience and without a murmur she bore her last sickness, retaining her mental faculties till she closed her eyes in death, repeating Ps. 23:1, which the writer used as the basis of his remarks. And “when the Chief Shepherd shall appear,” she will not lack her “crown of glory that fadeth not away.”
W. W. STEBBINS.
MACBRIDE.—Mrs. Mary Jamison MacBride died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Cooper, in Mexico City, June 17, 1909, of typhoid fever. Sister MacBride was born sixty-three years ago in Monaghan County, Ireland, and was raised a Presbyterian. She was married to Robert W. MacBride at the age of twenty-one years, and a few years later came to America, and was among the pioneer homesteaders of Nebraska. It was there she and her husband accepted present truth some thirty years ago, under the labors of Elders George B. Starr and Daniel Nettleton, and joined the little band of Sabbath-keepers in Greeley County, Neb. Twenty years ago the family moved to Omaha, and she became a member of that church, where her membership remained, although six years ago she with her husband moved to Lenox, Mo. April 28, Sister MacBride went to Mexico City to visit her daughter. After four short weeks of a very pleasant visit she was taken ill and died. She was conscious until the last. There was no suffering until the last three hours. We laid her to rest in Dolores Cemetery, Mexico City, until that glad day when Christ shall call the faithful forth. Blessed are they that have part in the first resurrection.
MRS. ALFRED COOPER.
GIDEON.—Mrs. Lela A. Gideon was born Oct. 11, 1881. She died at her home near Amory, Miss., July 17, 1909, aged 27 years, 9 months, and 6 days. At an early age Sister Gideon became a Christian, and united with the Methodist Church, living up to all the light she had. About five years ago she, with her husband, heard and embraced the third angel’s message, since which time she has lived a consistent Christian life. She was a patient sufferer, and met death with a full assurance that her sins were forgiven, and that she would come up in the first resurrection. She leaves a father, three sisters, five brothers, a husband, and four small children, also many friends and relatives to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:13-17.
G. G. LOWRY.
WAKENIGHT.—Sister Anna Wakenight was born Dec. 27, 1886, at Dannebrog, Neb., and died at Sulphur Springs, Ark., May 9, 1909, aged 22 years, 4 months, 13 days. At the age of twelve, with her parents (Brother and Sister Christenson), she accepted the third angel’s message. At the age of sixteen she began Bible work in Omaha, Neb., in which she did noble service. Later she spent some time at Union College in fitting herself for church-school work. After teaching one term of school at Gentry, Ark., she went to Little Rock, Ark., to take the nurses’ course, but on account of failing health was obliged to give up her work. On June 21, 1908, she was married to Orval C. Wakenight at Gentry, Ark. They soon moved to Sulphur Springs, Ark., and at this place Sister Wakenight was taken sick. She passed away peacefully in the hope of having a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother Oppy. Comforting words were spoken to a sympathizing audience from 1 Thess. 4:14-18.
F. H. HAHN.
WOODRUFF.—Elder Henry Woodruff was born near Kingsbury, Va., Sept. 30, 1840, and died Feb. 11, 1909, at the age of 69 years, 4 months, and 12 days. During his youth and early manhood he was given a liberal education, and after teaching school a few years near Wheeling, W. Va., he moved to Missouri in 1858, and at the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army and was made captain of his company, the Twenty-first Missouri Infantry Volunteers, in which capacity he served until near the end of the war, when he was incapacitated for further service, and was given an honorable discharge. On Nov. 4, 1864, he was married to Miss Julia A. Lindsey. Of this union was born nine children, five boys and four girls, seven of whom are still living. Father was brought up a Methodist, but upon hearing the third angel’s message in 1874, he and his wife accepted it, and began ministerial labors two years after, in which service he remained until his death. Although the last five years he had to retire from active labor on account of failing health, his efforts while engaged in the ministry, were greatly blessed by many accepting the message he loved, giving God the praise in all things. The day before father died, he said he was ready to go, and just a few moments before his death, he said, “If we are faithful, we shall meet when Jesus comes.” May God strengthen and comfort mother during the remaining hours of her life. Father’s sickness was only for one week, when the end came, and his body was taken to Tioga, Tex., for burial, where one of his daughters, Mrs. Eva Handy, now lives. The funeral services were conducted by a Baptist minister, and the body was placed in the city cemetery to await the call of Christ, who has power over death.
JAMES W. HANDY.

Progress of the Work in Mexico and Peru

THE truth is finding its way into many homes in Mexico, through the printed page. Brother J. A. P. Green, the canvassing leader in that field, writes that they have sufficiently mastered the Spanish, so that they pass none by, offering the books alike to governors and peons. The governors of two states have purchased books, one taking “Coming King,” the other “Heralds of the Morning.” This is accomplished by young men who have been in the country only about twelve months, and who had no previous knowledge of the Spanish language. Our canvassers in Mexico are making a splendid record, illustrating what can be accomplished by earnest, persevering effort. This needy field affords opportunities for scores of young men to do a noble work for God and for their fellow men.
BROTHER A. N. ALLEN writes that nearly every week word comes of some new Sabbath-keepers in Peru. A family of nine, the oldest child twenty-two years of age, has just begun the observance of the Sabbath in Lima.

Encouraging Reports from the Field

By Editor

NEVER have the articles from the pen of Mrs. E. G. White contained more precious instruction and encouragement than have those of the past few weeks, including the one in this number. Others of equal interest and value are to follow. They should be carefully read by every believer.
THE members of one of our companies of magazine agents now at work send word that they intend to sell not less than 30,000 of our ten-cent magazines during the next few weeks.

Loan the Review to Others

By Editor

AFTER reading the REVIEW, do not throw it aside as of no further value. Loan it to your friends and neighbors. They will be interested to learn of our church work, and will read with interest many of the excellent articles and reports to be found in each number.

Convention for Self-Supporting Missionaries

A convention for self-supporting missionaries will be held at the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute, Madison, Tenn., August 27-30. Interested persons should correspond with Prof. E. A. Sutherland at this address. An extended notice will appear next week.

Missionaries Waiting for Funds

ALTHOUGH several missionaries are under appointment, and the fields anxiously wait, no workers sailed last week in response to the calls for help in the regions beyond. It is to be hoped that this time of waiting for funds will be short, so that these missionaries may be sent out soon.

Opportunity in the Correspondence School

THERE are many young men and women, who, for various reasons, can not attend a regular institution of learning during the coming school year. These should consider well the opportunity afforded them in the Correspondence School to increase their power for usefulness and efficiency. God will be pleased to have them make the most of themselves for him. A more worthy object could not possess their lives.

Verdict in Greenville Sunday Trial

Word received from Elder K. C. Russell, who attended the trial of the brethren and sisters at Greenville, S. C., for picking strawberries on Sunday, says that the court rendered a verdict of not guilty, and that this decision seemed to meet with general favor. Elders Russell and Jeys were afforded a good opportunity to present before the court the principles of religious liberty. Further particulars will be given later.

New Sheet Music

The sweetness and power of music are aptly illustrated in eight beautiful songs, in sheet-music form, recently received from Brother Chas. P. Whitford. Their titles are as follows: “Mercy’s Final Call,” “Joyful News,” “O Where Are the Sowers?” “The Same Old Story,” “Footsteps That Never Come,” “Homeward,” “Memorial of His Power,” and “Sing the Songs of Zion.” Lovers of music will find in these that which will interest and please. Price for the entire set, thirty cents, post-paid. Address the publisher, C. P. Whitford, Daytona, Fla.
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