p. 23 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 33. (8/18/1904)

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NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By Editor

Camp-Meetings for 1904

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central New England, Melrose, Mass. ............ Aug. 25 to Sept. 5

Southern New England, Middletown, Conn. .................... Sept. 1-10

Eastern Pennsylvania, Williamsburg, .................... Aug. 23-27

Maine, Caribou, Aroostook Co. .................... Aug. 25 to Sept. 5

New York, Lacona (State) ..... Sept. 8-18

New York, Hadley (local) ..... Sept. 18-28

Vermont, Hardwick ............ Aug. 18-28

West Virginia, Clarksburg ..... Sept. 8-18

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec, Knowlton ............ Sept. 1-12

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, Plant City ............ Oct. 13-23

Tennessee River, Hazel, Ky. .... August 19-28

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

East Michigan, Flint ........ Sept. 15-25

Indiana, Martinsville ............ Aug. 18-29

Northern Illinois, Streator ............ Sept. 1-11

Southern Illinois, Decatur ........ Aug. 17-28

North Michigan, Mancelona ...... Sept. 1-12

West Michigan, Allegan ........ Aug. 18-29

Wisconsin, Oshkosh ...... Aug. 30 to Sept. 12

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Colorado, Longmont ........ Aug. 18-28

Iowa, Burt (local) ............ Sept. 13-18

Kansas, Wichita ........ Aug. 25 to Sept. 4

Nebraska, Omaha (State) ..... Sept. 1-11

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Oklahoma, Guthrie..... Aug. 25 to Sept. 4

Texas, Hughes Springs (local) .... Aug. 16-26

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

British Columbia, Vancouver .... Sept. 15-25

Western Oregon, Myrtle Point .... Aug. 18-28

Western Oregon, Ashland ........ Sept. 8-18

Southern California, Los Angeles .... Sept. 1-11

UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE

British Columbia, Vancouver .... Sept. 15-25

Southern Idaho ............ Sept. 12-18

Oregon, La Grande .... Aug. 30 to Sept. 4

Western Washington, Ridgefield .. Aug. 25-31

Western Washington, Sedro Woolley (local) .................... Sept. 9-18

Washington, North Yakima ........ October

The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.

Current Mention

— A formidable insurrection is reported to be in progress in Kwang province of China.

— A severe drought is reported in Germany. All crops are suffering, and navigation on the Elbe has been suspended.

— Eight men lost their lives in the Barringer gold mine, in Rowan County, N. C., August 11, by the sudden flooding of the mine with water. A broken dam is given as the cause of the accident.

— The sultan of Turkey has promised United States Minister Leishman that he will grant the demand for recognition of the rights of American citizens in Turkish territory, made by the United States government.

— The heart of Tibet has been pierced by the British military expedition to that country, the Tibetan capital, Lhassa, being now occupied by the British troops, which entered the place on August 3. The dalai-lama fled to a monastery some miles distant, where he keeps himself in strict seclusion, which, according to report, he intends to maintain for three years.

— A report from Rome states that the papal secretary of state, Cardinal Merry del Val, is communicating with Don Carlos, the pretender to the Spanish throne, with a view to giving him assistance in his efforts to secure the crown, in return for a pledge on his part to restore the former privileges enjoyed by the Catholic Church in Spain. Don Carlos is said to be a personal friend of Pope Pius.

— While the attention of the world has been directed to the war in the far East, affairs in Armenia have reached another crisis, and the inhabitants are subjected to all the horrors of the most barbarous warfare. Frequent fighting has occurred between the Armenian revolutionary bands and the Turkish forces, in which hundreds of the combatants have been killed or wounded. Armenia is making another appeal to the powers.

— An effort is being made by the striking employees of the meat-packing houses to force President Roosevelt to order the attorney-general of the United States to proceed against the packing companies under the perpetual injunction held by the government against the meat trust. The step is said to have been taken with legal advice, and an action will be begun by a striker who holds stock in one of the large packing concerns, who will allege that an illegal combination exists which is detrimental to the shareholders, and by this means compel the packers to produce their books and contracts in open court. This the strikers believe would bring the packers to terms.

— New statistics of the different religions of the world are furnished by a Jesuit authority, Father Krose, and are printed in the London Tablet. According to this authority, the total number of Christians in the world is 549,017,341; of Jews, 11,037,000; of Mohammedans, 202,048,240; of Brahmans or Hindus, 210,100,000; of old Indian religions, 12,113,756; of Buddhists, 120,250,000; of Confucians and ancestor worshipers, 253,000,000; of Taoists, 52,000,000; of Shintoists, 17,000,000; of fetish worshipers and other pagans, 144,700,000; of other religionists, 2,844,482. Out of the total population of the world (estimated at 1,539,600,000) 762,102,000 are monotheists, against 776,000,000 who are polytheists. That is, “nearly half the population of the world believe in one God.”

— The worst railway accident in point of loss of life that ever occurred in this country took place on the Denver & Rio Grande Railway near Eden, Colo., the evening of August 7. The “World’s Fair Flyer” fell through a bridge which spans an “arroyo,” or gulch, which communicates a short distance below with Mountain Creek. The “arroyo” had been filled with water by a cloudburst, which had weakened the bridge, and the train fell into a deep and swift torrent, which swept the cars away, and drowned all but a few of their occupants before any could make their escape. Many bodies were recovered a long distance from the scene of the wreck. The latest reports from the scene stated that seventy-three bodies had been recovered, and that about forty were missing. It is stated that the train was running across the trestle at a much higher rate of speed than conditions of safety would warrant.

— A movement for Sunday closing of grocery and meat stores has been started in Alexandria, Va., growing out of a resolution passed July 11 by the Retail Merchants’ Association requesting the mayor to enforce Sunday closing in those lines of trade. The activity of the “International Reform Bureau,” conducted in Washington by Rev. W. F. Crafts, in promoting Sunday enforcement, is shown by the following, which appeared in the Washington Post of August 12: “President A. J. Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in reply to a letter recently sent to him by the International Reform Bureau, 206 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, requesting that Sunday work on the new union station be stopped, has stated that if the employees or contractors have been engaged in Sunday work in connection with the new station building at Washington, directions will be given to have this immediately stopped.” An appeal has been made by the bureau to have the War Department stop Sunday work on the filtration plant.

— Important if not decisive battles have occurred the past week between the Russian and Japanese forces in the far East. The Russian army under General Kouropatkin has retreated before the Japanese armies under Generals Kuroki and Oku, near Liao Yang, after severe fighting, in which the advantage has been with the Japanese. The most important battle, however, was a naval engagement which occurred August 10, caused by a sortie of the Russian fleet from Port Arthur, with the evident intention of escaping to some other port. The battle between the Russian and Japanese fleets continued for several hours, and was terminated by the return of the Russian ships to Port Arthur, but a number of Russian cruisers escaped, the Japanese fleet concentrating the most of its attack on the Russian battle-ships. The reason for the sortie from Port Arthur appears to be that the Japanese land forces which are forcing the siege of Port Arthur have advanced so near that the Russian ships are now under the fire of the siege guns, and must either escape or be destroyed. An incident which has assumed great international importance occurred at the Chinese port of Cheefoo, where a Russian torpedo-boat which had entered and been disarmed and dismantled according to international rules of neutrality, was seized and towed out of the port by Japanese ships, the act being apparently in plain violation of Chinese neutrality, which all the powers are trying to preserve. Russia is doing all possible, aided by France, to involve Japan in trouble with the powers through this affair.

Camp-Meeting for the Southern New England Conference

By G. E. Langdon

THE first annual conference and camp-meeting will be held at Middletown, Conn., September 1-10. The ground is high and dry. We are promised help from the General Conference, with Elder H. W. Cottrell, Professor Griggs, Dr. Nicola, and Brother F. E. Painter, of the Union Conference, and Elder A. E. Place, of the Central New England Conference, and Elder C. H. Edwards, of New York. Let all our churches elect delegates at once,—one delegate for the church organization, and one delegate for every fifteen members. We trust there will be a full representation from every church. Begin now to lay plans to come. Youth's and children's meetings will be held each day. Do not leave them behind; let them come too.

All who wish tents should write immediately to D. K. Boyer, 61 Whitmore St., Hartford, Conn.: 10 x 12 ft. tents with fly, $3; 12 x 15 ft. tents with fly, $3.50, for the entire time. Bring bedding. Meals will be served on the grounds (two meals a day),—six meals for one dollar; single meals, twenty cents. There will be a grocery stand for all who board themselves. A few furnished rooms may be had, the price varying from three to four dollars. Any who desire rooms should write without delay to A. J. Clark, 16 Main St., Middletown, Conn.

Take any street-car at the depot, and call for transfer to “West Side” line: fare, five cents, entire trip one way. When traveling on the railroad, the best way is to buy a mileage book; several from different stations can use it on the same train. 500-mile books (for Connecticut) can be purchased for ten dollars; 1,000-mile books for both Rhode Island and Connecticut, for twenty dollars.

The usual conference business will be transacted at this meeting,—auditing, electing officers, and laying of plans for future work. Come, brethren, to this first meeting of our new conference, and enjoy God's blessings together at this time.

G. E. LANGDON, Conference President.

Annual Conference for Wisconsin

By Wm. Covert

THE next annual conference for Wisconsin is appointed to be held at Oshkosh in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 30 to Sept. 12, 1904. Conference officers are to be elected to serve for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may be necessary for the progress of the Lord’s cause in the conference. All church-members in good standing, who may be present, will constitute the delegates of the session.

WM. COVERT, Conference President.

Notice !

By P. F. Bicknell; E. C. Taylor

THE sixth annual meeting of the Benevolent Association of Seventh-day Adventists of Maine will be held at Caribou, Maine, August 29, 1904, at 5 P. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

P. F. BICKNELL, President, E. C. TAYLOR, Clerk.

Notice!

By N. W. Kauble

THE second annual session of the Northern Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Streator, Ill., September 1-11. The first regular meeting of this conference will be held at 2:30 P. M., September 2.

N. W. KAUBLE, President.

Central New England Camp-Meeting

By A. E. Place

THE camp-meeting for the Central New England Conference will be held at Melrose, Mass., August 25 to September 5. We would hereby give notice that a special session of the conference is called to convene in connection with the camp-meeting, for the transaction of any business which any of our churches or brethren and sisters may desire to have considered. A. E. PLACE.

Local Camp-Meeting for Western Washington

By E. L. Stewart

THIS meeting will be held at Sedro Woolley, September 9-18. A fine location has been secured on the corner of Jameson Street and 3d Avenue, only five blocks from the two railroad depots. The Great Northern and the North Pacific Railroads run trains to this place. Those coming from either the north or the south over the Great Northern should change cars at Burlington.

We expect this to be a grand meeting. It will, doubtless, be nearly as large as our State meeting. A dining tent and a small provision store will be on the ground, and all possible will be done for the instruction and comfort of the brethren. Good help will be provided. Besides the local workers, Elders W. B. White and G. A. Snyder will be present. We are living in a solemn time. May all come to this meeting with a full purpose of drawing near to God. Let each bring some soul who needs help.

Those who are expecting to attend the Mt. Vernon Industrial School should plan to go directly from the camp-meeting to the school, which is only ten miles from Sedro Woolley.

E. L. STEWART, Pres. W. Wash. Conference.

Mechanics, Attention!

By W. E. Howell

HEALDSBURG College has been making an earnest effort to develop industrial education. Many students have already received benefit from learning the science and practising the art of useful trades. To make this phase of our work the most successful, we need skilful mechanics who believe that the training of the hand for usefulness is a vital part of Christian education, who see the true relation between industrial and academic work in the school, who understand the scientific principles underlying the art of their particular trade, who make the Bible their guide-book in instructing the youth, and who are apt to teach.

Just now we are in urgent need of a blacksmith and a plumber who will meet these qualifications as fully as possible. Are there not those whose hearts stir them up and whose spirits make them willing to consecrate their skill and understanding to the cause of teaching and training young men and women for the Lord's service? Of the mechanics who took part in the building of the tabernacle it is said not only that they were filled with the Spirit of God in all manner of workmanship, but that the Lord put it into their hearts to teach. We want a blacksmith and a plumber who are both skilful in work and apt to teach.

Will any in whom this request wakes a response, please communicate with the undersigned? W. E. HOWELL, President.

Healdsburg, Cal.

Maine, Camp-Meeting

By P. F. Bicknell

THE annual conference and camp-meeting will be held at Caribou, Maine, August 25 to September 5. The railroads have made lower rates this year than formerly, which will be appreciated by our brethren, many of whom have to travel a great distance to reach Caribou. We trust that a strong effort will be made by all to attend. This will be the first annual camp-meeting ever held in Aroostook County, and it will be real missionary work to attend this gathering. Our annual camp-meetings should continually increase in interest and power.

We profess to believe that our Saviour is soon coming, and that we have a special message to give. This being true, we must have power which only God can give to proclaim this truth in our life. Our camp-meetings are appointed for a definite purpose, and the seeking of God should be made the one object of these gatherings. The question is not, What will it cost to attend? but, Can we afford to be absent? An abundance of good help has been promised. Many important changes are taking place among us as a people. Men of experience will be present to tell us of these things. Before making a decision in regard to the matter, let every one earnestly seek God.

Each church should elect and send the proper number of delegates,—one for organization and one for every fifteen members. Surely in this generation the Lord will come; therefore there can not be many more annual gatherings. Let there be a determination to improve this one.

P. F. BICKNELL.

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.—Nurses, at Mt. Vernon Sanitarium, for bath room and case work. Write at once to E. T. Secor, Mgr. Sanitarium, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

WANTED AT ONCE.—A good farm and dairy hand. Will give $45 for the first month. I have for sale 480 acres of good dairy farm for $30 an acre, within two miles of a good creamery. Address Jennie Talcott, Winfred, S. D., R. F. D. No. 1.

WANTED.—A gentleman and a lady to take charge of sanitarium treatment rooms in a well-equipped sanitarium. Must be good, sound S. D. A. trained nurses, and have business ability. Would also like to correspond with any who desire to take a thorough nurses' course. Address Newark Sanitarium, Newark, Ohio.

Address

THE address of Elder Allen Moon is now Room 20, Unity Block, Indianapolis, Ind.

Publications Wanted

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

J. B. Robinson, Mountain View, Ark., any of our periodicals.

Mrs. B. W. Garner, R. F. D., Valley, Neb., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, etc.

Miss Birdie Cruzan, 1213 West Ninth St., Joplin, Mo., Signs, REVIEW, and tracts.

Mrs. Almon Alderman, Gen. Delivery, Youngstown, Ohio, tracts for use in rack.

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

Mrs. Nancy W. Goth, Red Lodge, Mont., denominational papers, Life Boat, tracts bearing on the question of immortality of the soul, sleep of the dead, destruction of the wicked, and “Nahum’s Chariots.”

After One Year

By Editor

THE first issue of the REVIEW printed in Washington was dated Aug. 20, 1903. This paper is dated Aug. 18, 1904. This might therefore be called the first anniversary of the removal of the paper from Battle Creek to Washington. It has been a year of earnest work and interesting experiences, and during these twelve months substantial progress has been made in the efforts to follow the instruction relating to the Lord's work at this time. As we have gone forward in the way indicated for us, we have seen repeated and marked evidences of the Lord's guiding hand in all this experience, and we have many times thanked God and taken courage. The developments of this year have clearly demonstrated the necessity for the removal of our denominational headquarters to a new location. The Lord has inspired in the hearts of his people an increasing confidence in his own leadership through the spirit of prophecy, which has directed this movement, and the hope has been revived that "there shall be delay no longer." There are now clear indications of the Lord's purpose to deliver his cause from those influences which have been bringing confusion into it, and that the long-looked-for time is just at hand when a new power will be realized in the rapid advancement of this advent message. For this we are thankful, and we are confidently expecting that the coming year will witness decided progress in the Lord's work.

General Notices and Missionary Work

ELDER A. G. DANIELLS is now attending the Ohio camp-meeting. He will attend various meetings in other places, and will be absent from Washington until after the autumn council of the General Conference Committee. Mrs. E. G. White and her workers have gone to New England, and do not expect to return to Washington before going to California. Sister White may be present at some of the camp-meetings and at the General Conference Committee council on her way to California. Elder W. C. White will join his mother in New England very soon. The editor will be absent from the city for the next five or six weeks, attending camp-meetings in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and the meeting of the General Conference Committee in Nebraska.

THE brethren at Nashville, Tenn., have issued a leaflet which gives a report of an address relating to their medical missionary work, delivered by Brother L. A. Hansen in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Mich. It is full of interesting facts and experiences, and can be had for the asking. Send for it at once. Address L. A. Hansen, Corner of Church and Vine Sts., Nashville, Tenn.

Grove Meeting at Takoma Park

THE recent grove meeting at Takoma Park was an interesting and profitable occasion. A full report will be found on page 18.

General Conference Committee Council

It has been decided to hold a council of the General Conference Committee at College View, Neb., September 15-26. A full statement concerning this meeting will be found on page 5.

Workers Added to Review Office

THE force of workers in the Review Office in this city has been increased by the arrival of Brother D. W. Reavis and Sister Hattie E. Allee. Brother Reavis has had charge of the Department of Circulation at Battle Creek for several years, and he will take up the same work at Washington.

Warning Against Unauthorized Solicitation

WE are requested to warn our brethren and sisters “to beware of a young man of medium height and sandy complexion who is trying to solicit funds for a building for the Seventh-day Adventist church of Youngstown, Ohio.” This man has no authority to solicit funds in behalf of the church.

Union College Messenger Convention Number

THE July issue of the Union College Messenger is a double number, of over eighty pages, and all the space is devoted to a “report of the Young People’s convention of the Central Union Conference, held in College View, May 31 to June 5, 1904.” The price of this number is ten cents, and the price of the Messenger for a full year, including this special issue, is 35 cents. Address Union College Messenger, College View, Neb.

Report of the Statistical Secretary

By Editor

WE have been compelled to omit some of our usual departments this week in order to make room for the report of the statistical secretary. Much labor has been bestowed upon the preparation of this report, and special pains has been taken to make it reliable. The statistics relating to medical missionary work, however, are not included in this report, as these have heretofore been gathered and presented by the International Medical Missionary Association.

Washington, D. C.

By J. S. Washburn

On Sunday, August 7, a meeting of some most unusual interest was held on the sanitarium grounds. This is quite fully reported on page 18.

This list of donations on page 20 this week is a very encouraging one. The total amount is $27,984.40. The publication of the letters spoken of last week is unavoidably crowded out. They will appear in next week's issue. We quote the following letter:—

HILDEBRAN, N. C., July 25, 1904.

Prof. W. T. Bland,

Washington, D. C.

DEAR BROTHER: The article from Sister White in the REVIEW AND HERALD of two weeks ago was read at our meeting yesterday, and the time was wholly given up to that work. The enclosed amount ($11.52) was offered at once, and it was voted by the entire church to keep this matter before us at least once a month until we are told to stop.

Of course we feel very poor under our circumstances, but in His light shall we see light. And when he says our first concern now should be for Washington, that is where we want it to be. We felt much of the Spirit of God in our meeting yesterday.

Yours in faith and hope,

ALBERT CAREY.

P. S.—Send us another subscription paper for next month. A. C.

When the great need of the Southern work is considered, and the fact that the sanitarium in Hildebran, N. C., was recently burned, it is surely the Spirit of him who gave all that he was and all that he possessed for others that leads our dear brethren in Hildebran to make this systematic and determined effort to send help to the work in Washington. If this spirit should take possession of all our dear brethren and sisters, we should have abundant means, and the remainder needed to complete the work in Washington would be supplied within a week.

J. S. WASHBURN.

Oakwood Manual Training School Announcement

WE have received the tenth annual announcement of the Oakwood Manual Training School located at Huntsville, Ala. This announcement gives full information concerning the general plans and purposes of the institution, including the courses of study for the preparatory department and the training-school. Brother O. R. Staines, recently connected with the Emmanuel Missionary College at Berrien Springs, Mich., is now the business manager of the Huntsville school.

Professor Griggs Visits Washington

Prof. Frederick Griggs, the secretary of the Department of Education of the General Conference, spent two days in Washington last week in counsel with other members of the General Conference Committee. Professor Griggs is now attending the camp-meetings in the Atlantic Union Conference.

THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON
From the “Four Track News.” — THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON From the “Four Track News.”