ARRANGEMENTS have been made for holding a meeting of the General Conference Publishing Department at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., Oct. 3-10, 1906. There are many important reasons why such a meeting should be held at this time:—
1. Our publishing work is developing rapidly, and is reaching out into all nations of the earth. As the truth spreads, the urgent demands are constantly being made for literature in additional languages, and for increased facilities for its publication. We need to counsel together and make broad arrangements for this rapidly developing work, in order that our plans may be unified and the needs properly met.
2. After several years of struggle and only partially successful labor in the United States, there seems to be, during the present year, a break in the clouds, and new and better times are now dawning. We need to meet together and study plans of work whereby we may go forward unitedly and build up our publishing interests in harmony with God’s opening providences.
3. During the past few years God has been speaking to us as a people by permitting judgments and calamities to come upon this department of his work. We need to meet together and humble our hearts before God, and inquire the meaning of these things, and the lessons he would have us learn, in order that the destroyer may depart from us, and the protecting hand of God again rest over our institutions.
4. It is necessary that members of the General Conference Committee, the managers of our publishing houses and their branches, and the leaders in our field work meet together for counsel and to study plans by which all may co-operate in building up the publishing department. There was a time in the early history of this message when the publishing work was a most vital and inseparable factor in every evangelistic enterprise. During recent years there has been a tendency to set it aside as an independently working factor of the message. That tendency has been its weakness. We need to come together and study means whereby the publishing work shall again take its rightful place as a leading factor in all evangelistic work.
The Place
Although Takoma Park is not a central point for holding this convention, there were good reasons for the selection:—
1. The last publishers’ convention was held in Omaha, which was perhaps as central as any place that could have been selected. Since that time bookmen’s conventions have been held in Mountain View, Kansas City, and Berrien Springs; and these territories were considerably benefited by the inspiration given to the local work by these meetings. It was thought that the far East and the South should have whatever good might be experienced locally from this meeting, and Takoma Park seemed to be the most central place for the accommodation of these two unions.
2. As it was desirable that we secure a large attendance of the members of the General Conference Committee, and as a meeting of that committee was to be held about that time in Takoma Park, it seemed advisable to appoint the convention so as to accommodate the General Conference Committee, and secure their attendance at this meeting.
The Time
October 3-10 was decided upon, as the camp-meeting season is then practically over, and union conference agents would be as free as at any time during the year from field work. It would be an advantage also to hold the meeting early, so that plans for 1907 might be well laid at an early date.
Who Should Attend
1. The members of the General Conference Publishing Department, particularly those located in North America, should be at this meeting. It is hardly expected that we can have with us representatives from abroad.
2. All the members of the General Conference Committee who will be at the fall council should be present.
3. Managers of publishing houses and their branches, and others closely connected with the publishing work who may not be members of either of the committees mentioned above, should be in attendance. These workers are very urgently invited to be present. We also extend an invitation to State agents and tract society secretaries, hoping that some of these who do not live too far away, and whose work may be such as to make it reasonable for them to attend, will be able to meet with us. We also extend an invitation to canvassers of long experience whose presence might add strength and help to the convention.
Questions to Receive Consideration
The work of the convention will cover a wide range of important subjects. In response to requests that have already been sent out, we hope to receive from the representatives of our publishing21work everywhere a list of the questions which they feel might properly be considered. Efforts will be made to arrange the work of the convention so as to include many important questions from all parts of the field.
We earnestly solicit the prayers of all God’s people to the end that a great blessing may rest upon the work of this convention.
C. H. JONES, Chairman,
E. R. PALMER, Secretary,Gen. Conf. Publishing Dept.
Current Mention
— More earthquakes are reported in Chile, and sharp shocks also have been reported in the island of St. Vincent.
— The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, which closed its fiscal year on September 11, announces the largest receipts in its history, $913,169, a gain over the previous year of $161,020.
— Advices from Hayti state that the Dominican insurgents have captured the city of Dajabon, and that the government troops left there to defend the city have joined the rebels, who are now threatening the port of Monte Christi.
— A “boxer” outbreak occurred in the province of Shansi, China, on August 18. The band got control of the city of Tsoyunhsien, overawing the officials, and threatening the lives of the missionaries. A German army officer succeeded in rallying the Chinese soldiers, and expelled the boxers.
— Without warning the side of a mountain above the town of Kwareli, in the Caucasus, broke away and swept down upon the town, burying 250 persons alive, besides numerous head of cattle. Many acres of growing crops were also destroyed. Fifty-five bodies had been recovered at the time of sending the dispatch.
— And now Germany is building a battle-ship which is to surpass the great British “Dreadnaught.” It will be a vessel of 19,000 tons’ displacement, and will carry sixteen great guns, each of which will be forty-six feet in length, and will carry projectiles two hundred and eighty pounds heavier than any now used in the German navy.
— A plot to assassinate the emperor of Germany was narrowly frustrated at Breslau, September 11. The three anarchists who were arrested for complicity in the plot savagely resisted the arresting officers. It was their design to strike down the emperor while surrounded by his troops at the great review which was then in progress.
— A peculiar and unexplainable phenomenon occurred at Cincinnati on August 20. The heat was intense and the sky cloudless, when a blinding flash of lightning startled the inhabitants, followed by a deafening report. Trolleys and telegraph lines hummed with the intense electrical vibration, and the fuse of a street-car was burned out. The concussion broke windows, and seemed to shake the buildings.
— The fifteenth Universal Peace Congress was inaugurated at Milan, Italy, on September 15. The hall was crowded with delegates from all parts of the world. After the opening address, the following message from President Roosevelt was read by the American consul: “To the members of the Peace Conference, Milan: ‘Giving utterance to the aspirations of the American people that the great cause of peace among nations shall prevail, and sharing the hopeful desire of my countrymen that the labors of the present international peace conference at Milan will mark a further advance toward realizing the aims of the advocates of universal peace, I congratulate the conference upon its auspicious meeting.’” The reading of the message was greeted with cheers of enthusiasm.
— A decree of the Chinese government has just been published to the effect that “the development of telegraphs and posts in the empire of China has necessitated that a uniform system of Romanization of Chinese city names should be adopted, and for this purpose a special committee has been appointed.” This committee is composed largely of distinguished foreigners.
— A great strike of street-car men is now in progress in Tokyo, Japan, and the troops have had to come to the assistance of the police in maintaining order. There is a decided complaint of the people in general as well as of the street-car men against the company, because of a considerable increase in the fares charged, while it is known that the company is paying large dividends.
— In the Sound off Oyster Bay, on September 3, more than one third of the fighting strength of the American navy was reviewed by President Roosevelt. It was said to be the most imposing pageant the Western hemisphere had ever witnessed, and the report states that it marked the advent of the United States into third rank among the nations of the world as a fighting, but peace-loving power.
— The Pan-American Congress at Rio de Janeiro, on August 22 unanimously adopted the report of the committee on the “Drago Doctrine.” It recommends that the governments concerned consider the idea of inviting The Hague Peace Congress to take up the matter. The sentiment of the congress seemed to be that the forcible collection of debts owing in one nation to citizens of another was inadmissible.
— August 21, through the secretary of the Kongo Reform Association, forty British missionaries addressed an appeal to the British foreign minister, asking that the British government take immediate steps to establish consular jurisdiction in the Kongo Free State in order to protect British subjects there. They claim that it is impossible to obtain independent witnesses in cases which have been brought against British subjects, owing to the facilities of the Kongo officials in intimidating witnesses.
— The emperor of China has published an edict promising China a constitutional government as soon as the people are prepared for it. The edict says: “Since the beginning of our dynasty there have been wise emperors who have made laws suited to the times. Now that China has intercourse with all nations, our laws and political system have become antiquated, and our country is always in trouble. Therefore, it is necessary for us to gather more knowledge and draw up a new code of laws, otherwise we shall be unworthy of the trust of our forefathers and the people.”22
— A few days ago some Japanese sealers who were believed to be poaching on one of the Aleutian Islands were shot by American guards. The matter is now under consideration by the two governments. In the meantime a company of Japanese have been arrested on one of the Pribilof Islands, accused of poaching seals. It has been feared that trouble might arise between these two countries over the recurrence of these matters.
— A strike riot occurred in San Francisco, Cal., on September 10, when 150 men who had been brought to that city to break the street-car men’s strike were being marched across the city to take the ferry across the Bay. Bricks and stones were hurled at the men by the angry mob. The strike-breakers were surrounded by an armed guard in addition to a considerable number of police. The threatening attitude of the mob led some of the guard to use their revolvers. About twelve persons were treated at the hospitals as a result of the disturbance.
— The reports of the week indicate no improvement in affairs in Cuba. The government has withdrawn its offer of amnesty to the rebels, and is actively preparing to put down the revolt by force. The insurgents are blowing up railroad bridges and threatening important towns. Four American cruisers have been ordered to Cuban waters to protect American interests there. The rebel leader Guerra has suffered defeat at the hands of the government forces; but the reports from the different provinces indicate that the forces of the insurgents are increasing in numbers. Plans are being carried out for the defense of Havana, and martial law has been proclaimed in that city.
— Another terrible slaughter of Jews is reported from the town of Siedlce, Russia. The massacre was believed to have been carried on with the connivance of the officials of the city, as no effort was made to check the outrages. Persons not belonging to the Jewish faith had been warned to hang icons (holy pictures) outside their windows. Houses not so marked were given over to the fury of the Jew-haters. By actual count 140 dead bodies were picked up in the streets, and it is stated that a great many more were hidden in cellars. No one was allowed to minister to the wounded, doctors were not permitted to enter the city, and the dead and wounded were left in the streets together. The murderous work went on for three days, September 8, 9, and 10. The work of destroying estates by the peasants continues in spite of the punitive expeditions sent out by the government, and the wholesale arrests made. A London correspondent at Warsaw reports that the condition there is a veritable reign of terror. As many as twenty policemen have been killed by terrorists in a single day. The police themselves patrol the streets guarded by soldiers. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that terrorism is expected to increase as a result of the government’s determination to suppress it by violence. A renewal of the revolutionary agitation at Cronstadt has necessitated the disarming of all sailors in the fortress.
Field Notes
AT the recent West Michigan camp-meeting a company of about fifty persons followed their Lord in baptism.
A CHURCH of eight members has just been organized at Dale, N. D., to be known as the Glanavon church. It is hoped that others there will join this new company.
BRETHREN CLEMENS and Burke report that six have taken their stand as a result of the meetings at Humboldt, Iowa. This effort will be followed by personal work among those interested.
FOUR have accepted the truth at Egeland, N. D., following a series of meetings there. There are a few others there who are expected soon to take their stand with this little company.
A NEW sanitarium has been established just outside the city limits of Toronto, Ontario. The buildings and site seem ideal for the purpose. We trust the promoters of the undertaking may have the blessing and guidance of God in making it an institution upon which his blessing shall rest.
ON September 2 a church of eleven members was organized at Bath, N. Y. These were brought into the truth through the labors of Elder John S. Wightman and his wife. Seven others who took their stand for the truth at the same time will join churches of our people in other localities.
ON August 19 thirteen converts to the faith were baptized by Elder E. E. Franke at Irvington, N. J., and three others united with the church, being satisfied with their baptism in the Baptist Church. Others in that place are keeping the Sabbath, and expect to go forward soon in baptism.
THERE is prospect of a harvest of souls in the German district of Philadelphia, where Elder H. Meyer is holding a series of tent-meetings. This is the work which is being supported by the North Dakota Conference. Several have already determined to keep the Sabbath, and others are in a fair way toward the same decision.
A BUILDING committee consisting of Elder Eugene Leland, Charles Smith, and Herbert L. Knister, was appointed at the recent Ontario camp-meeting to take immediate steps for the erection of the proposed buildings of the Lornedale Academy. The brethren hope by the time of another camp-meeting the buildings will be ready for dedication.
Business Notices
BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.
In the case of poor persons who wish employment the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.
WANTED.—Stenographer (man); must be Seventh-day Adventist. Address Hartman and Marsh, Montrose, Colo.
WANTED.—Good Christian people of both sexes to take the nurses' course at the Garden City Sanitarium, San Jose, Cal. Write for literature.
FOR SALE.—Fruit farm near Ellendale, Del.; 55 acres; 700 peach, 100 pear trees, one acre dewberries; apples, plums, and grapes for family use. Price, $1,500; $500 cash, rest on easy terms. Address D. E. Davis, Mt. Rainier, Md.
FOR SALE.—700 acres in Cleburne County, Alabama; four houses, three orchards, one gristmill, one gin; over 100 acres in cultivation; good timber; healthful climate. $4,000. For particulars, address Day Conklin, R. F. D., Borden Springs, Ala.
WANTED.—A gentleman instructor in high-school branches in boarding-school for boys; if necessary, at times to take classes in lower branches. $30 a month and board. Apply immediately, as school opens September 15. Also a man to care for furnace and do cleaning, etc. Address Caswell Academy, Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.23
FOR SALE.—Cozy eight-room house and ten acres of good land in village of Olivet. Good place for some one who wishes to do missionary work among an educated class of people. Address Mrs. Alice McPherson, Olivet, Mich.
FOR SALE.—Ten acres good land; in alfalfa, orchard, and berries; fenced; five-room house; windmill and tank; good water; barn; four chicken houses; hydrants. All new. A variety of fruits and berries. Address Samuel Zin, Modesto, Cal.
FOR SALE.—Nearly water-white, good-keeping cooking oil; 1 gal., $0.90; 5 gal., $4. Pure corn oil at same price. Ripe olives: 1-gal. can, 70 cents; qt. can, 19 cents. English walnuts. Tiny samples of oil sent if desired. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
EVERY reader should try our rancid-proof peanut butter, at 10 cents a pound. Purest cocoanut oil, 15 cents in 5-pound, 14 cents in 25-pound, and 13 cents in 50-pound lots. Samples, 10 cents. Agents wanted everywhere. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful, best vegetable oil for cooking or salads; no odor; keeps indefinitely. Gal. can, $1; 5-gal., $4. Also olive-oil of the purest grade; gal., $2.75; half-gal., $1.40; quart can, 85 cents. Send for samples. Also write for prices on California ripe olives and honey. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.
STENOGRAPHER WANTED.—There is opportunity for a good stenographer who desires to secure further educational advantages to connect with the Walla Walla College. Enough work will be given to enable one to pay at least one half of his school expenses. The undersigned would be glad to hear from any one who is desirous of going to school who can do the stenographic work connected with the president's office. Please write at once. Address M. E. Cady, College Place, Wash., in care of the Walla Walla College.
Greater New York Conference
By C. H. Edwards
THE fifth annual session of the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and for transacting any further business that the delegates may see fit to consider, at the Beacon Light Gospel Tabernacle, 535 West 110th St., New York City, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1906, at 10 A. M.
It will be noticed that the date given above is not the one previously published, notice having before been given as September 27. Owing to the plans of the General Conference brethren, we have selected this date. Beginning with Thursday, September 20, the meetings will continue till Sunday, September 30, inclusive.
Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate irrespective of numbers, and one delegate for every ten members besides.
We have the promise of efficient help from the General Conference, and we trust this gathering of the Lord's people may be but the beginning of better days for New York City. C. H. EDWARDS,
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1906
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE:
Greater New York, New York City
(Conference), 535 West 110th St.
..........................Sept. 20-30
THERE is a demand for teachers throughout the South far beyond our ability to supply. Our people are becoming aroused to the importance of giving their children such an education as can be obtained only in a school conducted on right principles by a Christian teacher. Are there not those who by training and experience are prepared to unite with us in the educational work of this field?
I shall be glad to correspond with any upon whom God has placed a burden to take up this important work. Such should not delay, but write at once, giving references, and receive an appointment. Address the writer at Graysville, Tenn.
J. E. TENNEY,
Ed. Sec. S. U. C.
Montana, Notice!
By W. F. MARTIN
It has been decided by the conference to hold a local camp-meeting in the Bitter Root Valley for the eastern section of Montana, beginning October 4 and continuing ten days. After carefully looking the field over Darby was chosen as the best location for this meeting. Meetings have been held at most of the other points in the Valley, and it was the opinion of nearly all in the Valley that Darby should have the meeting this year. We expect good help, in addition to our own conference laborers. We hope for a repetition of the experience at Basin, and that no one who can attend will stay away.
W. F. MARTIN, President.
Change of Address
The permanent address of the Utah Conference office and that of Elder S. G. Huntington is now 553 East Third South St., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Publications Wanted
[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and we urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth.—Ed.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
M. Wright, 323 West Morris St., Bath, N. Y., papers and tracts.
De Ette Payne, R. F. D. 2, Ashland City, Tenn., periodicals and tracts.
James Harvey, 719 Eleventh St., Oakland, Cal., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, and tracts.
R. W. Clarke, Palmetto, Fla., Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life Boat, and tracts and leaflets.
A. L. Manous, 25 Hawthorne St., Dalton, Ga., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, Bible Training School, and Life Boat.
R. A. Lovell wishes all papers discontinued to his Asheville address and sent to R. F. D. 8, Knoxville, Tenn.
J. F. McIntyre, Trumbull, Neb., sends thanks for the large supply of literature received, and says he wishes no more sent to that place.
Obituaries
GRIMES.—Died at Paradox Valley, Colo., Feb. 27, 1906, of scarlet fever, Hazel Ruth, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. George Grimes, aged 11 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Hazel and her mother, two brothers, and two sisters were Sabbath-keepers. She had been taught the truth of the third angel's message, and was a genuine little missionary among her playmates. We believe she will have a part in the first resurrection.
Estella E. Scovel.
AULTMAN.—Died at Dunseith, N. D., Sept. 3, 1906, Harry Allen Aultman, son of Charles and Hattie Aultman, aged 7 years, 9 months, and 4 weeks. A peanut shell being forced into the windpipe while he was laughing, caused him to strangle to death. He leaves two brothers, one sister, his parents, grandparents, and other relatives to mourn his absence. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Jer. 31: 16, 17.
E. H. Huntly.
WILKINSON.—Died at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., Aug. 24, 1906, William Russell Wilkinson, infant son of Prof. B. G. and Maude M. Wilkinson, aged 4 months and 18 days. The little one suffered an illness of five weeks. The parents and friends had many precious experiences in seeking the Lord in behalf of this only child, and the nurse in attendance said that truly, the presence of the angels of God could be felt in the sick-room. Some days before its death, when suffering was most acute, a special season of prayer was definitely answered by immediate relief from further pain. In their deep affliction the parents were enabled to surrender fully to the Lord, and to say that his will, not theirs, might be done; and as the little one fell peacefully fully to sleep at last, their hearts found comfort in assurance of the speedy coming of the Lord and the glorious truth of the resurrection of the dead. At this, the first funeral service among us at Takoma Park, words of comfort were spoken from Luke 1: 78, 79, and this one of the Lord's little ones was laid in Rock Creek Cemetery to await the Master's call.
W. A. Spicer.
ENEVOLDSEN AND TRIMBLE.—Died at Genesee, Idaho, Aug. 23, 1906, of spinal meningitis, Anna Alberta Enevoldsen, daughter of Brother and Sister A. P. Enevoldsen, aged 4 years, 3 months, and 21 days. On the same morning Glenn Trimble, infant son of Brother and Sister W. A. Trimble, fell asleep in death. Both were buried at the same time. The hope of meeting these little ones in the morning of the first resurrection was presented at the funeral service by the writer.
Daniel Starrett.
SHENEMAN.—Died at his home in Elbridge Township, Oceana Co., Mich., July 27, 1906, of paralysis, George Sheneman, aged 78 years, 6 months, and 16 days. Brother Sheneman gave himself to Jesus a few weeks before his death, and was baptized. As he arose from the baptismal waters, the peace of God filled his heart and remained with him until the last. He leaves a wife, three brothers, and five stepchildren to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken to a large congregation, from Rev. 14: 13.
W. C. Hebner.
WILLESS.—Died at Keene, Tex., Sept. 3, 1906, Mrs. Lulu Willess, wife of Elder N. V. Willess, aged 28 years. Before coming to Texas, Sister Willess was a member of the congregation presided over by D. M. Canright, being a Baptist. Five years ago she heard present truth, and accepted it gladly. Although in poor health, and having two little children, she encouraged her husband to remain in the field, teaching present truth, until less than a week before her death. The funeral was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder A. W. Jenson, Job 23: 3-10 being selected as a basis for comforting remarks.
Clarence Santee.
WHITE.—Died on the camp-ground at Kingfisher, O. T., Aug. 28, 1906, Mary F. White, aged 51 years, 11 months, and 15 days. She had suffered for some time from an internal malady, and the fatal termination was not unexpected. Sister White was the first Sabbath-keeper baptized in Oklahoma. She was an earnest Christian, and we confidently expect her to come forth in the partial resurrection when all who have died in the third angel's message, and have been faithful, are called from their graves. The funeral service, which was conducted by the writer, was held in the large pavilion at 6 A. M., August 29, to give time for the relatives and a few friends to accompany the body to their former home twenty miles distant, where interment took place.
Clarence Santee.
VINCE.—Died at her home in Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 9, 1906, of cerebral hemorrhage, Sister E. D. Vince, aged 48 years. Sister Vince was born in Carroll County, Ohio, her maiden name being Emma Rebecca Miller. At the age of sixteen Miss Miller began to fit herself for usefulness in the educational field, and for a number of years prior to her marriage to Dr. E. D. Vince in 1894, she was a very successful teacher in both the public and denominational schools. Her daily life spoke constantly of Christian training, but the true nobility of her character and her sterling qualities were comprehended best by those who were in closest association with her. She fell asleep after a severe illness lasting six weeks. The funeral service was conducted by Elder A. T. Jones at the Tabernacle, Sabbath, August 11. She was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery beside her brother Eli, a close associate of her earlier life and a colaborer in the Master's vineyard.
R. O. Eastman.
HARP.—Killed in a lumber mill at Dumas, Miss., Aug. 27, 1906, Lether C. Harp, eldest son of John and Eliza Harp, aged 20 years, 8 months, and 18 days. He had but recently begun the work of sawing. In attempting to adjust the log; his lever slipped, and he fell backward upon the saw which was at full speed. It was the work of an instant when the top of his head and one arm were severed from his body. Lether was a faithful son and loving brother. He had been a regular student in one church-school and in the Sabbath-school, and was much esteemed by all. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 2 Cor. 4: 17, 18.
R. S. Owen.
HAMILTON.—Died at Greensboro, Ind., July 22, 1906, James A. Hamilton, aged 57 years, 1 month and 23 days. He was converted and joined the Baptist Church in 1871. In 1879 he heard the Adventist faith presented by Elders Shrock, Thompson, and Rees, and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. During the last five years he was elder of the Kennard church. He was an excellent nurse, and was so quiet, loving, and kind that his presence in the sick-room was comforting and cheering. He loved his Bible, which was indeed a lamp to his feet and a light to his path. He leaves a wife, three sons, and one daughter to mourn the loss of an affectionate companion and loving father. We laid him away with bright hope of meeting him when the Life-giver comes.
Esther J. Hamilton.
THROCKMORTEN.—Died at the sanitarium in Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 26, 1906, Miss Nellie Throckmorten, in the twentieth year of her age. Sister Nellie accepted present truth at the State camp-meeting held in this city four years ago, and was baptized and joined the Little Rock church. She took the nurses' course, and has been a nurse in the Little Rock Sanitarium. Her kind and gentle manners won the love of all her patients. She leaves a mother, four brothers, and two sisters. Her death was sudden and unexpected, caused by heart failure two days after a successful operation for appendicitis. Her sufferings were intense, but faith in a soon-coming Saviour gave her a joyous triumph. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, using Rev. 14: 13.
A. P. Heacock.
BIGELOW.—Died at our home near Indiana, Pa., Aug. 30, 1906, of cancer of the stomach, Isaac K. Bigelow, aged 68 years, 5 months, and 25 days. Father Bigelow was for fifty-two years a resident of Indianapolis, Ind., and had recently come to western Pennsylvania. Although a great sufferer for several months, he bore it all with patience. His early Christian experience was in the Christian, or Disciple Church, but before his death he accepted the views held so dear by us as a people, and fell asleep rejoicing in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. He leaves a wife, two sons and their families, one brother, a sister, and many friends, but we can rejoice as he rejoiced in the hope of soon beholding the Life-giver. The funeral discourse was delivered by the writer from John 6: 40.
J. W. Watt.
FROHMADER.—Died Aug. 8, 1906, Catherine Miller Frohmader, aged 57 years, 2 months, and 15 days. She was born in Germany, and when five years old, came to America with her parents. She lived at Elroy, Wis., until four years ago, when she came to Michigan. At an early age she professed faith in Christ and united with the German Evangelical Church. In 1884 she with her family heard and accepted the truths taught by Seventh-day Adventists, and has since been a consistent and faithful member of that church. Her life was an exemplary one, and she died trusting in the merits of a crucified and risen Saviour. Three children, two sons and one daughter, mourn the loss of a devoted and loving mother. Words of comfort were spoken from Ps. 116: 15 and Rev. 14: 13, by the writer.
W. C. Hebner.
Camp-Meeting at Takoma Park
A CAMP-MEETING is in progress at Takoma Park, Washington, as we go to press. It was arranged for by the Chesapeake Conference and the District of Columbia. By the Sabbath, about one hundred believers were in attendance from the Chesapeake field, besides some from Virginia, in addition to the Washington friends. The Lord greatly blessed the people. It was realized that if any needed the reviving from the Lord that he is now visiting upon his people everywhere, we here, at the headquarters about Washington, needed it. And it came as we sought it. On the Sabbath as the call was made, not merely for a new consecration, but specifically for the surrender of wrong and the breaking of definite bands that bound the soul, and fully one hundred and fifty in the little camp made the surrender, and all others were refreshed and revived. We thank God for his tender mercies. The interest among the citizens has been good. We hope for a full report of this union camp-meeting later.
The Worldwide Spread of the Bible
THAT God has indeed set his hand to the work is evidenced by the mighty flood of Bibles that is pouring out into the world at the present time. During the past year the British and Foreign Bible Society alone has published and sent out nearly six million copies of the Scriptures. This is thirty-three thousand copies more than were circulated for any previous like period. This is the more remarkable when we take into consideration the disturbed conditions existing during the past year in Russia, Japan, and China, where this Bible Society's heaviest sales are made. As an indication of the fact that God is preparing “every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people” to hear and understand the third angel's message, there were added to the Society's list of versions during the past year eleven new languages. At Winnipeg the Bible is sold in forty-three different languages, and at Johannesburg, South Africa, in fifty-two. No other book in this world is having such a sale, no other book has been translated into so many tongues, and all this in spite of the abuse and criticism that has been heaped upon it by the enemies of the cause of Christ. God is preparing his great harvest-field for a quick and mighty work.
Adelphian Academy Calendar
PERSONS desiring to attend the Adelphian Academy, at Holly, Mich., should send for calendar to J. G. Lamson, at the above-named place.
Miss Edie Returning to Nyassaland
Miss E. Edie was to sail from England, August 30, for South Africa, ultimately to join the Nyassaland Mission. Sister Edie was formerly a missionary with a Scottish society in Nyassaland. While on furlough in Scotland several years ago she received this message, and has been engaged in Bible work in Scotland and England.
Irwin Attends Pacific Coast Council
INSTEAD of returning East after the Colorado camp-meeting as he had planned, Elder G. A. Irwin went to California to join the brethren there in council concerning matters of importance on the Pacific Coast, and to attend the special meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Press Publishing Co., which was appointed to be held September 10.
The Best Camp-Meeting
It will be noticed in reading the reports of our camp-meetings from week to week that an expression like this is frequently used: “This was the best camp-meeting ever held in this State.” This is an evidence that God is visiting his people, and that his Spirit is doing its office work upon the hearts of those who seek him. Let each succeeding meeting be the best.
Russian General Meetings
Our Russian general meetings—five of them—begin this month. Elder Conradi wrote: “The news from Russia is anything but assuring, but unless the state of things becomes decidedly worse, I shall leave for Russia September 16.”
Missionaries Sail for East Africa
ON September 1 a party sailed from Hamburg for East Africa. Brother G. Sander, of the Friedensau school, goes out to join the German East African Mission, where they expect soon to open a third station. With him go Brethren A. A. Carscallen and Peter Nyambo, of the London school. These latter brethren, after a little time with the German Mission, will go to Uganda. Brother Nyambo is a native African, from our Nyassaland Mission.
Loma Linda College of Evangelists
By Editor
We have received a prospectus and calendar of the Loma Linda College of Evangelists, situated at Loma Linda, Cal. The purpose of this college is the development and training of evangelists, to the end that the carrying of the gospel to the ends of the earth may be facilitated. This college is closely affiliated with the Loma Linda Sanitarium, and has a strong faculty of earnest Christian workers. For further particulars and calendar, address Prof. W. E. Howell, president, Loma Linda, Cal.