On charges of Sunday law violation thirty-seven persons were arrested by the Boston, Mass., police in and about that city on Sunday, September 24.
The following is a list of States where the Sunday closing agitation has recently been carried on: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Connecticut, Ohio, New Jersey, and West Virginia.
Elder A. J. Breed, the president of the Upper Columbia Conference, writes that as the result of a series of Bible readings conducted by Brother L. A. Wilson, a barber at Eltopia, Wash., embraced the truth. Because he closed his shop on the Sabbath, one of his patrons was indignant and caused his arrest. Brother Breed reports very bitter opposition against the truth there.
Minnesota seems to be a very fertile field for Sunday closing. While the various young people's societies in Minneapolis have just adopted a resolution condemning the Sunday newspaper and instituting a boycott against it, the news comes from New Ulm that the ministers petitioned the mayor to close the gates of the county fair on Sunday. It was too late to go into effect this season; but, in the future, it is understood that the fair will be closed.
A brother who has just served a sixty-days' sentence in jail at Winston Salem, N. C., says that there were thirteen cell mates in a fourteen-foot cell. To say the least, the sanitary conditions to which one is subjected in such a place are not conducive to health. It is understood that the ministers of that city will speak upon the subject of Sunday observance at an early date. The local editor remarks concerning the prospective sermons: “With the ‘light’ before them, the various ministers will have a fertile subject.”
The Ram's Horn, in speaking of a Sunday closing bill which was recently defeated by the House of Lord's in England, says, “It (the bill) was ‘worked out apparently with much patience, yet21it was rejected by the House of Lords after a debate, which shows that our English friends can fully appreciate what we in this country have to experience when our House of Lords, the United States Senate, stands in the way of a fervent public opinion.”
K. C. RUSSELL.
Christian Education
By F. G.
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman,
C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.
Some Suggestions for Church-School Teachers
FORM a floriculture class in your school. Gather the seeds now which you may wish to plant next year. Make a collection of such plants as may be kept in your schoolroom during the winter.
Give the children something to do in the great missionary campaign which is now being inaugurated. Those who are old enough may do something in the way of canvassing and distributing literature. The younger ones may unite in making articles for the poor, collecting papers and other printed matter which is to be distributed by the older ones, or gathered for shipment to those desiring literature for distribution. It is not so much what, as that something is done, and that this great campaign is kept continually before the pupils.
Begin the collection of a library for the school. This should consist of our own denominational works, and of those books which are of an interesting and instructive nature along lines of science, history, biography, and, in fact, any useful knowledge. These books may be gotten from patrons and friends of the school, many of whom may have one or two books that they can spare from their libraries. Various proper ways may be devised for raising money, from time to time, for the purchase of such books as are needed for the library, which can not be had otherwise. Let librarians be appointed from the pupils for the care of the books. Every child should be taught to begin the acquisition of a good library, and this school library should inspire him to do so. He should be taught not only to collect good books, but to know what is in them.
F. G.
Summer Schools and Conventions
By Frederick Griggs
FROM the summer school at Portland I went to the one at College View, Neb., stopping en route at Walla Walla College, and Boulder, Colo. At Walla Walla I was pleased to meet an old fellow laborer, Brother C. M. Christiansen, with whom I worked for a number of years in Battle Creek College. He showed me through the buildings, and explained to me the particular features of the school. The buildings were undergoing changes in construction to accommodate the sanitarium which is to occupy the dormitory formerly occupied by the young men. I was pleased to have the privilege of visiting the Boulder Sanitarium, and to note its excellent patronage and the signs of prosperity in its work. It is most beautifully situated, and has every advantage in its location for a sanitarium. The summer school of College View was of about the same size as the ones at San Jose and Portland. There were from twenty to twenty-five teachers in attendance. This was under the charge of Mrs. C. C. Lewis, assisted by members of the Union College faculty. Every effort seems to have been put forth to make the instruction of a thorough and practical nature. There was a spirit of progress and courage which was very pleasing.
I next visited the summer school at Stuart, Iowa. The attendance at this school was not so large as at College View, being only twelve or fifteen; but when it is considered that the Central Union Conference had three summer schools, the total makes a good showing of the teachers who received instruction for this next year's work. Prof. Floyd Bralliar, the principal of the Iowa Industrial Academy, had charge of this school. He was assisted by Miss Ellen Burrill and others. The school was located in the academy buildings. I was pleased to visit this school and to go over the farm. They are introducing quite a number of new ideas into their work in connection with the farm. We hope that these may be most successful, and that they may furnish many valuable suggestions for our other schools.
My visits at both College View and Stuart were cut short in my endeavor to reach Berrien Springs before the close of their educational council. The session of the summer school, which was followed by an educational council, was shortened somewhat in order to permit those attending to be present on the camp-grounds. I did not get notice of this change in dates so as to arrange my plans to be present the length of time that I had intended. This was the largest summer school that was held in the country. There were from seventy-five to one hundred present in the school and at the council. I was pleased to meet with the brethren who had charge of the school, and to learn from them of its success. I also enjoyed my visit at the college. The president, Elder N. W. Kauble, took me over the farm and around the buildings, and enabled me to gain a good idea of the location of the school and of its opportunities for future work. There is an earnest desire on the part of the faculty of this school to have it occupy the important place which it should in this large union conference, where are more of our young people than in any other union conference in the country. We believe that there are good days ahead for this school.
I was pleased to note the spirit of co-operation and unification which all the teachers at the summer schools, both those who were acting as instructors and those who were attending as students, appeared to have. It seemed to be recognized that for our church-schools to succeed there must be a policy of giving and taking,—giving to others every good idea that we work out, and receiving every helpful suggestion which others had worked out. If this spirit of helpfulness is manifested, it is certain that a solidifying and building up of our school work in all features will result.
There are two crying needs which stand out very prominently; they are for good text-books and a proper means of support for our schools. These and other important questions were considered in every gathering of teachers that I attended, and many helpful suggestions were made. I am sure that the time is not far distant when we shall have a list of text-books which can be used by our teachers, and when our church-schools will be substantially supported, when our church-school teachers22will receive remuneration sufficient to enable them to pursue their studies so that they may become well educated for the important work which they have to do.
Another question which received much consideration in every convention was that of discipline. In all our schools there should be most excellent order and a spirit of work. Order is heaven's first law, and no disorderly school is a Christian school. Thoroughness and advancement in every feature of the school work seemed to be the watchword in every one of our conventions.
These summer school conventions are, it seems to me, an inestimable help to our school work. They ought to be held regularly, and much effort should be put forth to enable every teacher to attend. Nearly all the conferences where schools were held this summer assisted in a financial way. I trust that much good may result from my becoming acquainted with these teachers and their work. I believe that there is a decided advance being made along all lines of our school work, and that this advance has mingled with it enough conservatism to give it permanency.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.
Field Notes
THREE persons received baptism at the Lancaster, Pa., church, Sunday, October 8.
EIGHT persons were baptized at the Chicago Swedish church Sabbath, October 7.
SEVEN persons have recently been baptized at Benton Harbor, Mich., five of whom have united with the church there. Elders R. C. Horton and M. S. Burnham are conducting meetings at that place.
ELDER O. E. REINKE reports encouraging progress in the German work in New York City. He says: “Sabbath, September 30, I had the privilege of baptizing thirteen souls, all adults. During the entire year twenty-one souls have been baptized and added to the church.”
SPEAKING of the work at Poplar Bluff, Mo., Brother Chas. G. Bellah says: “Our little company has been pushing ahead pretty well the past twelve months. The Sabbath-schools and prayer-meetings have about doubled, and the church-school has had a still larger gain. Three have been added to the church, and others are expected.”
ELDER L. D. SANTEE says in a report from Moline, Ill.: “There are ten or twelve that seem deeply interested, largely as the result of Sister Silver’s work. Since coming here we have gone with her to the homes of her readers, and find them deeply in earnest. We expect soon to hold cottage meetings, alternating them so that all can attend.”
FROM Marceline, Mo., Brother W. T. Millman reports: “We baptized three, and four or five others have begun to keep the Sabbath. We organized a Sabbath-school last Sabbath of seventeen members. One preacher and his wife said they had kept their last Sunday. Sabbath-school will be held at their house.” This result follows a course of tent-meetings which were begun August 28.
ELDER D. E. SCOLES writes from Sedalia, Mo., under date of October 16: “I am just closing a tent effort here, and expect to open up the work in St. Louis in November, and devote my time to that part of the field. Eighteen have signed the covenant here since camp-meeting, and several others have accepted the Sabbath, making about twenty-four in all. I held a meeting in Springfield, Mo., before camp-meeting. Eight persons accepted the truth, among them the pastor of the German Congregationalist church, and his wife. I also held a meeting at Little Beaver, and organized a church. Twelve accepted the truth under my labors at that place. The Lord is blessing us in this conference.”
One Reason for Our Existence
By M. BESSIE DE GRAW
I would like to have you read a little story. I read it in a bulletin issued by the Southern Board of Education, which contains the proceedings of the fifth conference for education in the South. It is written by Mr. Evans, superintendent of the schools of Augusta, Ga. Here is the story:—
“If one child gets my sympathy more than another, it is the one with the pale and old-looking face and stoop shoulders, that indicates work in a hot mill, little food badly cooked, and insufficient sleep in a stuffy room. But of such there are many in the mill districts of the land, and they need our prayers.
“About ten years ago a great big mill was built on the outskirts of our town. It was a ‘hummer.’ About five hundred hands were set to work, and for every hand at the loom there were two extra mouths at the home. Before the mill was in operation, a great big barroom was opened, and many of the little mouths went unfed while the big bar took toll of the hands.
“I saw this would never do, so I set up a school, and the only place I could get for it was the vacant hall above the bar. A house-to-house canvass brought in about fifty children, and the teacher in charge was one of the saints of the profession. While lessons were going on overhead, the clink of the glasses and the shouts of the drinking could be heard below. Several times there was a big row down stairs. But the teacher sat steady, and the school held on. It was barkeeper and beer glass versus school-teacher and reading class. But we started out on top.
“The year following, the school had outgrown the room over the bar, and a schoolhouse of two rooms was built in a field near by. Two teachers were needed, and a hundred children were gathered in. The year after that serious attention was directed to the needs of the community, and the two-room house was turned over to the negro school, and a four-room house was built in a better place for the white children. The school grew to one hundred and fifty children.
“One day a young teacher came to me begging for work. She was willing to do anything at any price. I told her to go out to the factory, look up and down the street, and get thirty pupils to promise to go to school, and when she had them, to let me know. She was of the right sort, and in two days she had collected her school, and I had her a room in the new house. Her thirty pupils grew to fifty. By this time we had two hundred pupils in the school.
“The community was also growing. There were churches, stores, houses to rent, and people were moving in on us fast. But it was not a school-loving crowd—far otherwise. However, we had to keep up with the times, and so we added four rooms to our schoolhouse. We sent four teachers out in the highways, one after another, to seek for the lambs to bring them in, and they brought them in—poor little outcasts, who agreed mainly to try it awhile, and stay as long as they liked it. Thank Heaven, most of them liked it and stuck.”
The reason I wanted you to read this is because it shows some of the conditions which God calls us as Christians to meet. Our young people can gather together the children just as easily as the teachers described, and there should be hundreds of them doing it all through these States. The familiar statement is, “One hundred for every one now here.” Have you ever thought that that means you?
There is a work which Christian teachers can do which the public-school teachers can not. Not only the gospel of work is needed by these children, but the whole gospel of salvation. The mothers in their homes should be taught how to cook. The fathers should be encouraged to raise a garden, that the family may eat the products of the soil.
I head this article, “One Reason for Our Existence.” That “Our” means the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute. The school has been established to bring teachers to just such children. It is to help Christian men and women who love to work with the soil to find places where their farm and their godly lives can be the means of spreading the gospel of a soon-coming Saviour. It is to help the nurse, the teacher, and the canvasser into needy places.
There are hundreds of stories as pathetic as this one. Do these children call you? M. BESSIE DE GRAW.
Madison, Tenn.
October Questions
WHAT birds have gone south?
What birds are still here?
What wild flowers may still be seen?
What fruits is the farmer gathering?
What nuts are ripe?
What trees have shed their leaves?
What colors are seen on the maple leaves?
What colors are seen on the oak leaves?
What trees have not changed in color?
What is the squirrel doing?
What is the bee doing?
What name is given to the moon in October?
Where are most of the fish?
— Selected.
Current Mention
— It is reported that France will deliver an ultimatum to Venezuela shortly, and that if Venezuela disregards the same, France will bombard the Venezuelan coast.
— A great many mishaps to prominent people from automobile collisions are being reported. Among those who have narrowly escaped injury from this source of late being Emperor William of Germany.
— A report from Panama states that it has been decided to build a lock canal instead of a sea-level canal. The United States will fortify both terminals of the canal, at an estimated cost of about $5,000,000.
— The affairs of the government printing-office are being overhauled by a committee appointed at the last session of Congress, and the statement is made, based on evidence already collected, that “in every department of the government, as well as in both Houses of Congress, there is extravagance, reckless and shameful waste, in the matter of public printing.”
— The question whether Norway shall be a republic or a monarchy is making some stir in Europe. A Copenhagen dispatch says: “The Swedish court is making efforts to secure Prince Charles’s acceptance of the Norwegian throne, fearing the establishment of a republic, which would stimulate republican sentiment in Sweden, where the subject is already being agitated by the Radicals and Socialists.” It seems likely that Prince Charles (who is of the Swedish royal house) will secure the throne.
— The latest bank-wrecking sensation is furnished by the Enterprise National bank of Allegheny, Pa., which was considered one of the most reliable banks in Allegheny County. It appears that the bank carried $780,000 of State funds, and had been looted by a band of Pennsylvania politicians, who had obtained loans to the amount of $500,000, using their influence with the State treasurer to compel the bank to loan them the money, they giving as security worthless stocks. The failure of the institution was attended by the suicide of the cashier.
— The cause of the explosion on the United States steamship “Bennington” recently, which resulted in the death of many of the crew, is found to be “graft,” or something akin to it. The head of the engineering department of the Mare Island Navy Yard, Commander George B. Ranson, who is an expert witness for the defense at a court martial of an officer charged with responsibility for the disaster, says: “It is a matter of record that the ‘Bennington’ was a contract-built ship. The work in connection with the riveting around the furnaces was badly done. The holes were punched, not drilled. They were not properly countersunk. For an expenditure of fifty dollars additional on the work in riveting on the furnace, the disaster to the ‘Bennington’ would never have occurred.”
Obituaries
RUSH.—Died about eight miles from Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 5, 1905, Florence, one of the twin daughters of Brother and Sister Rush, aged 1 month.
C. S. LONGACRE.
GUTHRIE.—Died at Washington, Pa., Oct. 3, 1905, of pneumonia, Sara Marguerite, the youngest daughter of Wm. L. and Tillie Guthrie, aged 1 year, 10 months, and 20 days. She is greatly missed in the family circle. On the funeral occasion, words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Jer. 31: 15-17.
C. S. LONGACRE.
GRAHAM.—Died in Sedalia, Mo., Oct. 2, 1905, of consumption, Brother Isaac Graham, aged 74 years. He passed away peacefully, trusting fully in God, expecting a part in the first resurrection. He leaves a wife and daughter, but they have a hope which cheers even in sorrow. A large number of friends were present at the funeral.
D. E. SCOLES.
SHEPLER.—Died near Wheeler, Mich., Sept. 15, 1905, of cholera infantum, Fern Marie, only child of Sister Mamie Shepler, aged 1 year, 2 months, and 15 days. Little Fern was loved by all who knew her. It is hard for the parents to part with her, but the mother’s hope of meeting her darling in the resurrection is a cheering solace the world can not give. An appropriate service was held by a local minister, James Rosia.
AMY A. TURRILL.
WALKER.—Died at Popple Creek, Minn., Aug. 30, 1905, little Bulah Catharine, aged 2 years and 1 day. Her sickness began with stomach trouble and convulsions, resulting in hemorrhage of the brain. She was plucked as a flower from our family circle. Her death is mourned by her father, mother, five brothers, and two sisters. She was laid to rest in the Sauk Rapids Cemetery, till the glad morn of awakening.
MR. AND MRS. G. A. WALKER.
COLLINS.—Died at Battle Creek, Mich., Oct. 6, 1905, of typhoid fever, Villa Dell Collins, nee Tefft, beloved wife of Brother Walter A. Collins, aged 46 years, 4 months, and 19 days. Sister Collins was a believer in the truths of the advent message, having been brought up in that faith. She was a faithful, consistent Christian, a loving and exemplary wife and mother. Her constant study and endeavor was to render helpful service to those around her, not only in temporal affairs, but likewise in those things that pertain to the higher life—the true spiritual experience. By her first husband she was the mother of ten children, nine of whom are living, five being of a tender age who greatly need a mother’s care. She is also survived by her second husband, her father, three brothers, and one sister. The twenty-third Psalm was the basis of the funeral discourse, given by the writer.
G. W. MORSE.
MATHEWS.—Died at Bay View Farm, her home in Virginia, Oct. 7, 1905, Mrs. Sarah Mathews, aged 65 years. Sister Mathews was born in London, England. At the age of eight years she came with her parents to Meridian, Mich. In 1869 she, with her husband, the late M. D. Mathews, embraced present truth under the labors of Elder John Matteson, and became charter members of the Alaiedon, Mich., church, to which they remained faithful until death. Sister Mathews was laid to rest beside her husband and daughter, in the Clairmont Cemetery, to await the call of our Lord at the resurrection morning.
SUSIE OSBORNE.
THOMPSON.—Died at Omro, Wis., Oct. 13, 1905, Abner Thompson, aged 86 years, 4 months, and 13 days. He first gave his heart to God under the influence of the Seventh-day Baptists, but in after-years drifted away from the Lord, and was reclaimed by the Seventh-day Adventists at the Neenah, Wis., camp-meeting. Elder James White baptized him. Brother Thompson was a witness to the falling of the stars in 1833. His wife is sustained by the sweet assurance of meeting him again in the first resurrection. Words of hope and comfort were based upon Isa. 49: 24, 25, by the writer.
J. S. SHROCK.
PHILLIPS.—Died at Knoxville, Iowa, Oct. 15, 1905, Sarah Elizabeth Phillips. She had suffered from heart trouble for some time, but the immediate cause of her death was a stroke of paralysis. About twelve years ago she heard and accepted present truth under the labors of Elders G. F. Watson and Matthew Larson, and ever lived an upright Christian life. She was an esteemed and much loved member of the church of her choice. She leaves five children, an aged mother, four brothers, and one sister to mourn. We believe she sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14: 13 to a large and sympathizing audience.
J. W. DORCAS.
REAMES.—Died at Pool’s Siding, Va., Oct. 8, 1905, of typhoid fever, E. H. Reames, aged 28 years, 11 months, and 6 days. Brother Reames was beloved of all who knew him. With other members of the family he had been for several years a faithful adherent to the Seventh-day Adventist church at Ford, Va. Although a young man and full of business activities, he had won the respect of all with whom he was associated, and greatly honored his Saviour by a well-ordered life and a godly conversation. He leaves a father, four brothers, and two sisters to mourn their loss. He was laid to rest beside his mother, in the home yard, to await the first resurrection.
H. J. FARMAN.
GOWDY.—Died in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 7, 1905, Benjamin F. Gowdy, aged 39 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Early in life he was converted, and became a member of the Baptist Church in Illinois. From the time of his conversion until his death he was an earnest student of the Bible. Through the study of the Word he became convinced in 1893 that the Seventh-day Adventists had advanced light, and cast his lot with that people, being baptized in April, 1894, in Minnesota by Elder N. W. Allee. Later he received a license to preach, when he and his companion went to the Southern States, where they labored earnestly as missionaries until failing health compelled him to retire. His wife still lives to mourn his loss. The text used at the funeral service was John 11: 11, chosen by Sister Gowdy.
F. I. RICHARDSON.
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.
For Sale.—120 acres of good land in the great wheat belt of Kansas. Church and church-school on the place. Owner wishes to go South. Address Sam F. Reeder, Kinsley, Kan. (Fellsburg R. R.)
Wanted.—First-class bread baker. Steady employment and good salary for a capable and energetic man. Adventist preferred. Address Julius Paulson, Care American Bakery, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
For Sale.—Fine farm, 160 acres, 5 miles from Gage, O. T., peach and apple orchard, 125 acres in cultivation, all fenced; good 16-ft. wind power grist-mill; 2 miles to S. D. A. church and school, ½ mile to public school, R. F. D. Price, $3,500. Also 35-acre farm at Brayton, Tenn.; about 6 acres peach and apple orchard, beginning to bear; 7-room house, barn, granary; 6 miles to Graysville S. D. A. college; for sale cheap; would rent for $60 cash one year, F. M. D. Address G. E. Bartholomew, Brayton, Tenn.
There is an opening for a limited number of young men to enter our nurses' training class which begins November 15. Those who desire to enter should write at once. Address Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.
Wanted.—Work, by a middle-aged man, by the month or year, in Colorado or State of Washington. Has a wife and one child. Address, stating wages and what kind of work, J. H. Harding, R. F. D. 3, Loveland, Colo.
For a short time we will fill your orders for strictly first-class peanut butter at 10 cents a pound in 50-pound cans, or 12 cents in neat one-pound packages. Cash with order. Vegetarian Meat Co., Bond Bldg., Washington, D. C.
Wanted.—To exchange fine property in Graysville, Tenn., for farm or city property in Indiana or Michigan. Property consists of 8-room house, 3½ acres land; close to church, college, and sanitarium. Correspondence solicited. Address A. E. Rideout.
For Sale.—20-acre farm, convenient to school, 3½ miles from S. D. A. church; 4-room house, outbuildings; fruit, water, timber, healthful location, congenial neighborhood, productive soil, perfect title. Easy time payments; only $450. Address R. Boram, Monteer, Mo.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
“Save the Boys”
THE November issue of this journal (sixteen pages, illustrated) will be of more than ordinary value as a temperance document. It should be placed in every home. To this end it is offered at the very low price of $1.50 per 100. Order at once. Address Save the Boys, Washburn Park, Minneapolis, Minn.
Notice!
By W. L. McNEELY
THE Alabama Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Chunchula, Ala., in Dec. 27-31, 1905. The first meeting is called for 3 P. M., Wednesday, December 27. Let all the churches see that they are represented. The representation is one for the organization and one for each fifteen members. Brethren, this is your work; come and attend to it.
W. L. McNEELY, President.
Atlantic Union Conference Association
By Miles D. Mattson; Albert E. Place; J. Edward Jayne; Hampton W. Cottrell; George W. Palmer; William A. Wilcox; Preston F. Bucknell
The first meeting of the third biennial session of the Atlantic Union Conference Association will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist church, South Lancaster, Mass., at 9 A. M., Nov. 9, 1905. This meeting is called for the purpose of electing officers, and transacting such other business as may legally come before the association.
MILES D. MATTSON,
ALBERT E. PLACE,
J. EDWARD JAYNE,
HAMPTON W. COTTRELL,
GEORGE W. PALMER,
WILLIAM A. WILCOX,
PRESTON F. BUCKNELL,
Trustees.
The Anniversary of October 22, 1844
THE return of another anniversary of the tenth day of the seventh month, 1844 (October 22), reminds us that “this generation” is now more than threescore years old, and that all things must soon be fulfilled. Years of patient and prayerful study of the prophecies have only served to strengthen confidence in the interpretation which has made the year 1844 a notable one in this advent movement—a landmark on the journey to the kingdom. Every passing year brings us so much the nearer to the consummation of all our hopes. “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. . . . Stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”
Sunday Law Advocate Sells Books on Sunday
THE following is a letter received by the editor of a Buffalo, N. Y., paper, which speaks for itself concerning the work of Wilbur F. Crafts in the sale of his book, “Patriotic Studies:”—
DEAR SIR: This day [September 3] a minister who boasts of being the author of eight Sunday laws (which prohibit ordinary labor or business on the first day of the week for cash consideration), stood before a select audience (men only) and canvassed them to purchase books at one dollar per copy, stating that there would be a profit of fifty per cent. Four men were selected to take subscriptions and advance payments.
But you can’t run your machinery to earn that one dollar, nor can I pound nails, on Sunday, to make the price. Then why does this man sell his wares on Sunday? Why does he pose as a Sunday law advocate, and travel from city to city breaking his own laws?
These same books, “Patriotic Studies,” are printed at public expense, and the “franking privilege” of certain public officials is abused in their distribution. Yet this man, C—s, poses as a leader for law and order. The “reformer” needs some reformation himself.
Help for Newfoundland
LAST week Elder C. H. Keslake and his family, of New Jersey, sailed from New York for Newfoundland. This help for that needy field would have been impossible at this time had not a special gift of five hundred dollars been made by a friend of the cause living in Newfoundland, as a practical appeal for another laborer.
Nurses’ Training-School Commencement
THE second annual commencement exercises of the Madison (Wis.) Sanitarium Missionary Nurses’ Training-school were held on Thursday evening of last week. Diplomas were presented to ten graduates by Dr. C. P. Farnsworth, the medical superintendent of the institution. The class motto was, “Duty Done Is Honor Won.”
Medical Missions in Mexico
IN the last issue of the Christian Advocate (New York) Dr. Levi B. Salmans writes of medical missionary work and the Medical Missionary Association of Mexico. A picture of the physicians present at the July meeting accompanies the article, and in the group are Dr. Swazey, Dr. Paul Gaston, Dr. W. J. Erkenbeck, and Dr. A. Allen John.
A View in Switzerland
By Editor
ON our first page this week we present a typical view among the mountains of Switzerland. The snow-capped peaks in the distance, the rugged cliff in the foreground, and the stream rushing down the rocky bed among the trees, combine to make a beautiful and impressive scene. “Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?”
Return to West Indies Work
Elder George F. Enoch and family, of the West Indies, spent a few days in Washington last week. After eight years in the island work, Brother Enoch has been taking a few weeks' furlough, visiting his home in Oregon. They return now to the West Indies, much improved in health, and encouraged by the interest in missions which they found among their old home churches in the Northwest.
Caution in Distributing Publications
It seems to be necessary to emphasize the note of caution which is printed in connection with the calls for publications for distribution, as we learn that some who claim to be Seventh-day Adventists, but who are not in harmony with the body, are sending to the addresses given such literature as will injure rather than help the cause of present truth. Those who receive publications for free distribution should exercise proper care in examining what is sent to them, so that they may not inadvertently circulate literature which does not correctly represent this advent movement.
Public Education
THE annual circular on Public Education, issued by the National Reform Association, contains the following paragraph:—
The past year has witnessed several important local conflict. One of these was in Washington, D. C., where the ministers of one important section of the Protestant church took sides against all religious exercises or instruction in the schoolroom, employing arguments which, pressed to their logical conclusion, would sweep away every Christian feature of our civil institutions.
It is plain enough that the campaign over the question of religious instruction in the public schools of this city was one of the “important local conflicts” of the year, and it is probable that the same battle will need to be fought again and again. There is a determined effort to reverse the principles upon which this government was founded.
Adelphian Academy Prospectus
THOSE who examine the “Second Prospectus of the Adelphian Academy, Holly, Mich.,” a copy of which has come to our desk, will find that it differs in several ways from the traditional school announcement. There is a decided flavor of originality and individuality, both in the subject-matter and in its arrangement. The final word reads thus:—
‘If you seek an education, if you really mean to get training, if you are willing to work, and are willing to have your brain sweat, if you are willing to undergo discouragements and perplexities, if you are willing to endure some hardships for the sake of becoming a more competent man or woman, we know of no better place for you to come than to the Adelphian Academy. If you put in an appearance, we shall take it that you accept the situation. You will be welcome, and we will do all we can to aid you to accomplish your hopes.’
The principal of the academy is J. Grant Lamson, from whom copies of the announcement can be obtained.
Missionary Review of the World
JAPAN, China, Africa, New York, Portland (Ore.), Assam, are among the places dealt with in special articles in the October number of The Missionary Review of the World. Dr. William Ashmore opens with a thoughtful and intelligent consideration of the “Probable Effects of Japan’s Success on Missions in Asia.” He throws on the subject the light of fifty years’ experience and study. “The Summer Gospel Campaign in New York” is described by Dr. Charles L. Goodell, who was in the midst of this work. Another article is on the “Missionary Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Oregon.”