We came to Weston last week, and pitched our tents on the beautiful park in the center of the town. Meetings commenced Sunday, June 23. The services were well attended during the day. We had about one hundred hearers, although there were three other meetings in the village. A good degree of interest is manifested by quite a number. That faithful servant of God, Eld. Wm. Miller, preached here years ago, and some, from mere hearsay, are prejudiced on account of time-setting. This class of minds find that objection against us as a people removed; for we announced on our hand-bills that “Seventh-day Adventists have no sympathy with time-setting Adventists, because the year, month, and day for the coming of Christ is not revealed.”
We are quite hopeful that good will result from our coming to Weston; but we feel insufficient for these things, and, as a tent company, cry to God in tears for wisdom and help in coming before the people. We solicit prayer in our behalf, that our work in Vermont may be a success, and that souls may be saved through faith in the truths of the third angel’s message.
We like the new tents much. They set well, and shed water as well as shingles. Ours were tested the next day after they were ready for use; the rain fell nearly all day, but we were dry and comfortable. I should never have a tent-top made of lighter material than 12 oz. duck, of which our family tent-top is made. We like the iron guys to the fifty-foot tent, and would recommend them to all. We find Bro. G. W. Page a good, faithful helper in our work. Pray for us. I. SANBORN.
Tent No. 2.
Our sixty-foot tent is pleasantly located midway between the upper and lower villages of Cabot, which are less than a mile apart.
We closed our meetings in Holland, June 9. Eld. Leavitt, the M. E. minister, was considerably aroused on finding that some of his members were embracing the Bible Sabbath. We called on him, and he told us he was going to preach a sermon on the Sabbath question. Said he, “I think I shall be able to report to you that all your converts have given up keeping the seventh day. I am going to the very bottom of the subject.” Many came to hear him, bringing pencil and paper to note down his proof-texts. To their surprise he never read nor even quoted a single text in proof of the change, and finally admitted there was none—said it was so well understood that they did not need any. We reviewed him in the evening. The result was that those who had embraced the truth were more fully established in it, and two more decided to keep the Sabbath. We left six rejoicing in the present truth.
Pitched our tent in Cabot June 18, and held our first meeting Thursday eve, June 20. About sixty attended. Last evening there were about two hundred present. We had several invitations to visit. People show themselves very friendly to us. They have already begun to remember our wants. Bro. and Sr. Whitford are with us. They lead the singing with an organ, which adds much to the interest of the meetings. We hope for success. Pray for us.
R. S. OWEN.
June 22. M. E. KELLOGG.
CANADA
By S. N. Haskell
We met with the friends at Dixville, P. Q., according to appointment. There are about thirty Sabbath-keepers here, mostly those who have embraced the truth since last January under the labors of Eld. Bourdeau. The attendance was not large, owing to the fact that many were detained at home on account of sickness. The outside attendance was also small, as the Methodists were holding a series of revival meetings under a forty by eighty foot tent.
The meeting-house that was dedicated Sunday was originally erected, but not completed, by first-day Adventists. Some of their leading men subsequently embraced the doctrine of trine immersion. Those who taught them this doctrine kept the Sabbath and claimed to be Seventh-day Adventists, but the only point of truth they held in common with us, save that which is held by first-day Adventists, was the Sabbath. The meeting-house was finished by the friends who had embraced the truth, and is now held for believers in the third angel's message.
— Our meeting Monday was one of unusual interest. Systematic benevolence was organized, and money was raised to liquidate the debt on the house, amounting to over two hundred dollars. Others not present will doubtless increase this sum fifty dollars. Eight joined the church, one of whom still holds to his views on trine immersion; but he fully indorses the third angel's message as the present truth, and therefore waives his views on the baptism question. To urge these views while his brethren discard them would make the warning of Rom. 16:17 applicable to himself. Our last meeting continued from half past nine A. M. until four P. M., yet no one complained of weariness. All felt that the Lord was present.
Thursday, June 20, I met with the scattered friends in Sutton, and organized S. B. Sabbath and first-day, June 22, 23, I was at Fulford, where Eld. Bourdeau now resides.
If the cause in Canada East is properly pushed forward, that mission will hereafter be self-sustaining. The S. B. in this part of Canada now amounts to about five hundred and fifty dollars, and others will increase this sum. The brethren are of good courage, and are determined to push the cause forward. They already talk of holding a camp-meeting, and forming a Conference by themselves. We see no reason why this cannot be brought about soon, if the brethren keep united and humble and follow the example of other young Conferences in the spirit of sacrifice and devotion. It may be well to add that in each case the brethren expressed a desire to have their S. B. subscriptions commence with January, 1878.
Bro. Bourdeau was with me during the time I was in Canada, and assisted in the meeting. A few commenced, for the first time, to serve God by keeping his commandments, and the brethren generally expressed a determination to be more faithful than in the past. May the Lord bless the friends in Canada East. We left with an increased interest in this mission, feeling much attached to many of the friends there.
S. N. Haskell.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES.—
“Husbands love your wives,” is the command in the Holy Writ. And I would like to add, Husbands, confide in your wives! Make them your confidential partners in all your business transactions. You, husband, have taken her from her father's house and placed her by your side in your own home, to direct your household, to be the mother of your children, and the partaker of your toils, your joys, and your sorrows. What is more natural and just, then, than that she should have your entire confidence?
There are some women, perhaps, who do not care to know about their husband's business, whether he is in debt or not, only so he pays their bills and provides what is necessary for their comfort and convenience, without a thought or care as to whether they are living within their means, or far beyond it. There are many men, too, who think that woman's sphere does not extend beyond her household duties. He furnishes the material, and it is her duty to prepare it for use in the most economical way, to see that nothing is lost, and ask no questions.
But the best way, to my mind, is a perfect understanding between husband and wife on all matters. Those cosy little chats in which the affairs of the farm and household, the plans for the future, the transactions of the past, the debts and credits, the profits and losses, are all talked over in a kind and confidential way, giving each an insight into the affairs of the other, these chats will go a great way towards strengthening the bond of union between the two persons whose interests are one. I believe there would be fewer bankrupt husbands and fewer misunderstandings which lead to estrangement and divorce, if wives knew their husbands' financial standing better. No woman with true womanly pride, or the welfare of her husband at heart, would be so reckless as to plunge him in debt if she knew his affairs were already in a crippled condition.
I think the most peaceful and prosperous families are those where the members all work harmoniously together, and consult with each other at all times. *
Look Up: Finding Light in Discouragement
BROTHER, sister, are things going rather hard with you? Are you perplexed, and troubled, and discouraged? Look up! Get into your closet and look up. Look until the steady gaze of your faith penetrates to the throne and lets the light through; and then keep looking until your whole being is flooded with light. Look until you see everything in the light of eternity. Then how small the things of this world will appear; how light the burdens, how insignificant the cares; how sweet the pains, how glorious the labors. How strong you will feel when you see Omnipotence on your side. The devil will keep you looking down at the things of earth if he can; but do not please him in this. Look up, and keep looking up, and God will bless you and give you victory.
Obituary Notices.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died at Lenora, Norton county, Kan., May 28, 1878, Mrs Hannah L. Lansing, wife of Chas. H. Lansing, at the age of 36 years, 1 month, and 10 days. She was taken from us very unexpectedly. She loved the truth, although she never heard it expounded by the living preacher. She embraced present truth about eight years ago, while residing in the State of Missouri, through reading the Bible, and works published at the Review Office. Her death is a severe stroke to her family, as she leaves a husband and four children, the youngest an infant. It is also an affliction to her parents, J. and E. Wilmot, who came from Missouri expecting to spend their remaining days near her. Our loss, we trust, is her gain. We hope to meet her soon, when Christ shall come to raise the righteous and clothe them with immortality. Funeral discourse by Rev. Seville, of the M. E. church. Jesse Wilmot.
Died of pneumonia, in Temple, N. H., May 24, my sister, S. Eliza Heald, aged 42 years and 3 months. My dear sister was an observer of the Sabbath, and gave satisfactory evidence of her love for the truth. Her last words were expressive of her interest in the salvation of her friends. She entered the shadowy vale calmly trusting in her Saviour. Words of comfort suggested by the account of the raising of Lazarus were spoken by Rev. G. Goodyear (Congregationalist). Nellie F. Heald.
MAINE
By Geo. W. Howard
Denmark and Brownfield, June 15.
I met with the Sabbath-keepers in Denmark, June 8, and found them all firm in the truth. I spoke to them on the second coming of Christ and the signs of the times. The Spirit of the Lord was with us. One new convert testified to the truth of the Sabbath.
Sunday morning, June 9, in company with Brn. Jones and Wilson, I came to Brownfield. Here we found the people eager to hear the truth. One family of five have commenced keeping the Sabbath as the result of Bro. Wilson’s missionary labor. After speaking on the law and gospel, and who changed the Sabbath, a request was made for all that believed the seventh-day to be the Bible Sabbath to raise a hand, when a goodly number voted; but not one raised a hand in favor of the first day. One man told me he had believed with us for years, and had been praying to the Lord to send some one to preach the truth here. They want me to hold more meetings with them, which I intend to do soon. GEO. W. HOWARD.
APPOINTMENTS
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Ohio Camp-meeting.
The Ohio camp-meeting will be held at Tiffin, Ohio, as previously announced, beginning on the evening of Aug. 14 and closing Aug. 19. Let all come prepared to stay through the entire meeting. H. A. St. John.
Change of Appointments.
My appointment for Jericho, July 13, 14, is taken up. The State T. and M. quarterly meeting will be held at Jericho, July 20, 21, instead of at Bristol, Vt. as previously appointed. Other duties seem to demand these changes. A. S. Hutchins.
The next State quarterly meeting of the Ohio T. and M. Society will be held at Clyde, O., the third Sabbath and first day in July. Let no director fail to report his district, and if he cannot come himself let him write a letter to the meeting in addition to his secretary’s district report. H. A. St. John, Pres.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 2, at New London, Ind., July 13, 14. Wm. Covert, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 6, at Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio, July 13 and 14. Brethren, come to the rescue. T. F. Emans, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 2, Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, at Lisbon, Ia., July 13, 14. Elds. Pegg and Hart may be expected. Daniel Andre, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 9, at Vassar, Mich., July 13, 14. Every S. D. Adventist in this district who loves the cause is expected to be present. Those wishing to be baptized, please come prepared. Ministerial aid is expected. Wm. Ostrander, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 11, N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society, at Randolph, the third Sabbath and Sunday in July. Eld. B. L. Whitney will be present. S. Thurston, Director.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 7, Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, at Winterset, Ia., July 13 and 14, 1878. A. J. Stiffler, Director.
Dist. No. 5 will hold its T. and M. quarterly meeting at Princeville, Peoria Co., Ill., July 13 and 14. C. Turnipseed, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 2, at Roosevelt, N. Y., July 13, 14. Hope every church will be represented. S. N. Wright, Director.
There will be a quarterly meeting at Estella, Mich., July 6 and 7. Will some minister meet with us? E. D.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 10, Mich., will be held at Holly, Oakland Co., July 13 and 14. We urge the librarians of all the societies in the district to come to this meeting. Come prepared to settle all accounts with the district. Bro. Geo. A. King will be with us. Geo. H. Randall, Director.
Potterville, Mich., Sabbath and first-day, July 6 and 7. L. Bean.
The quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 10, N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society will be held with the Portville church, July 13 and 14. Bro. B. L. Whitney will meet with us. Let there be a general rally of the members of this district. Come and seek the Lord and his blessing. D. C. Phillips, Director.
Quarterly meeting at Allegan, Mich., July 13 and 14. Eld. U. Smith will be present. M. S. Burnham.
No providence preventing, the next State quarterly T. and M. meeting for Maine will be held with the church at Somerset Mills, July 20, 21. J. B. Goodrich.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 8 at Hazelton, Mich., July 13, 14. John McGregor, Director.
I will meet with the church at Buck’s Bridge, N. Y., July 6. Shall expect all members to be present or report, otherwise they will be subjects of labor, and should be looked after. A. H. Hall.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 1 at Jefferson, Mich., July 13 and 14. We hope that the brethren generally will make an effort to meet their pledges on the added one-third fund for the past quarter. The district is considerably in arrears for the present year, besides the original debt. We invite Eld. M. B. Miller to attend, if convenient. F. D. Snyder, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 4, at Norwalk, Ohio, July 13 and 14. We hope to see a general gathering in this district at this meeting. The librarian and clerk of the Troy church are especially requested to be present. Let all the members of the T. and M. society be prompt in sending in their reports. Wm. Beebe, Director.
The next State Quarterly meeting of the Illinois T. and M. Society will be held in connection with our forthcoming Conference. Send your district reports to the State secretary. G. W. Colcord.
Providence permitting, I will meet with the brethren in Chicago, Ill., Sabbath, July 6. We hope to see all the scattered brethren in that vicinity at that time. S. N. Haskell.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 3, N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society at Mannsville, N. Y., July 13 and 14. Wm. H. Brown, Director.
Quarterly meeting of the S. D. Adventist church of Fremont, Dodge Co., Neb., at Bro. C. S. Anderson’s house, July 6 and 7, 1878. All are invited to attend, and members that cannot do so will please report by letter, especially those that have been delinquent. Cannot some Danish or American preacher meet with us? Andrew P. Peterson, Church Clerk.
T. and M. quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 7 will be held at Carson City, Mich., July 13 and 14. Franklin Squire, Director.
Quarterly meeting at Silver Hill, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July 13 and 14. Don’t fail to come, with your reports. S. Cobb, Director.
Quarterly meeting of the Jackson church will be held at Springport, Mich. E. P. Giles.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 2 at Spring Arbor, Mich. E. P. Giles, Director.
Quarterly meeting at Brookfield, N. Y., July 6. Henry Main.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 1, Iowa and Neb. T. and M. Society, at West Union, Iowa, July 13, 14. Hope for a general rally. F. H. Chapman, Director.
Quarterly meeting at Bunker Hill, Mich., July 13, 14, for T. and M. Dist. No. 11. Hope all will attend, as we have business of importance to attend to. Can a minister meet with us? Alex Carpenter.
Church quarterly meeting at Wright, Mich., July 6. We have adopted the plan set forth in Review Vol. 51, No. 12; therefore we shall expect an oral or written report from every member. J. S. Wicks, Clerk.
Quarterly meeting of the Ligonier, (Ind.) church July 6, 1878. H. C. Winebrenner
The P. O. address of Eld. E. B. Lane and wife, and B. F. Richards and wife, is, for the present, Romeo, Macomb Co., Mich.
The address of Eld. J. B. Goodrich, for the present, is Caribou, Aroostook county, Maine.
Will Sr. Evans, of Vermont, please give her present P. O. address. Address, Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.
A Request.
Somewhere in my travels I have left Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 1. Any one who can inform me of its whereabouts would confer a favor by doing so. J. H. Cook.
RECEIPTS
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Mich. Conf. Fund. Gaines per W J Hardy $20.00.
European Mission. Eld Geo J Butler per L McCoy $100.00, S N Bradford per Mrs F Peabody 5.00, Peter Savage 10.00, J Laughead 2.00, Mary C Bowers 20.00, B Salisbury & wife for Italian Mission 5.00, Andrew Olsen & wife Italian 5.00, Margaret Phillis 10.00, Margaret Phillis Italian 2.50, E A Church 6.00, S A Halleck 5.00, Calvin Kelsey 5.00, A B Brant 1.00, A friend Italian 50c, Nettie Johnson 1.00, M B Cyphers & wife per J Fargo 25.00, L P A 5.00, E Zytoskee 8.00.
Danish Mission. Lars Hanson $5.50, Peter Johnson 15.00.
Gen. T. & M. Society. Bell Carver $2.00, A friend 2.00, Margaret Phillis 45.00.
The Prayer of Faith.
By James White
THE holy Scriptures of both Testaments speak in terms not to be misunderstood relative to the prayer of faith, especially for the worn servants of God, who are needed at the present time and who feel loth to lay the armor by. God has promised to hear the prayers of his people for all such.
Mrs. White, who has taken the tedious journey to the North Pacific mission by steamer, reports that she was very sick on the passage, and is now afflicted with dizziness of the head and pain in the heart. She states that her symptoms seem to threaten paralysis, and she expresses fears that she will never meet the members of our family who are now in Michigan. We have written to her that we fully believe that God will sustain her and return her to us again, and that to this end we shall unite with her in prayer at the commencement of each and every Sabbath until we shall meet her here; and we ask all who feel interested, and who have faith in the promises of God, to unite with us in special seasons of prayer that God will give us health to finish our course with joy, and cheer on the waiting people of God until the race shall be run, the battles fought, and the victory gained.
JAMES WHITE.
BAPTISM
By James White
SABBATH AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1878,
We had the pleasure of burying four precious souls by baptism in the Kalamazoo River, at Battle Creek. A large audience gathered at the riverside, where we have probably, during the last thirty years, baptized more than one thousand persons. Not that the Battle Creek church numbers that, but as our General Conference in times past has almost always been held here, and as at such annual meetings there are more or less to be baptized, and as the brethren have usually given us the pleasure of being administrator, we think we have not stated the number too high. Solemn indeed was the occasion, as we could look back to the period of our strength in middle age, when we have baptized so many in this river. It has sometimes been our privilege to unite with fellow-laborers when the number was very large. Of those we will mention Eld. Andrews, now in the Old World, Eld. Loughborough in California, and our beloved brother, Eld. Butler. We rejoiced in God; and although time and disease had made their mark upon us, yet we had strength to go into the water once more and to baptize these four with the greatest ease.
At the revival meetings, held at Battle Creek by Eld. Canright last spring, in which so many took their stand upon the Lord's side, little Addie Walling, daughter of Mrs. White's niece, one of the little girls who have for several years been under our care, found a place, and gave her heart to the Lord, and requested baptism; but before the baptism took place she declined, stating that she would wait till Uncle White should return. And when this item of touching news was communicated to us by letter, we felt that God would give us strength to return and comply with the request of the child. For this we prayed daily for a period of nearly two months. God has heard our prayers, and the prayers of his people, and on this good Sabbath little Addie and three others, grown to manhood and womanhood, have been planted in the likeness of Christ's death. God grant that they may follow the Lord faithfully until the Master shall appear and the reward be given.
JAMES WHITE.
Review and General Conference Committee Action Report
Those who do not receive this number of the paper will lose the rare treat of reading what appears from the pen of Bro. White, the record of the action of the General Conference Committee, and the reports from Brn. Andrews and Ribton, which, with the other good matter presented this week, makes up a number of unusual interest.
D. M. CANRIGHT
By Dudley Marvin Canright
Notice.
It will be seen by last week’s REVIEW that the price of the “Bible from Heaven” is 80 cts., while the brethren West will remember that I sold copies of the work for 90 cts. Lest they shall think that I asked more than the real price, I wish to say that 90 cts. was the price first put on the book, and it was billed to me at that rate. Later it was decided to put the price at 80 cts.
D. M. CANRIGHT
College Catalogue.
THE new College Catalogue of Battle Creek College for the College year 1877-8, is now ready. It is the most full and complete of anything of the kind we have ever seen. A full history of the institution is given, and all necessary information is imparted in regard to all kinds and classes of expenses, tuition, books, courses of study, &c. Seventy-two pages. Printed on nice tinted paper, and just the thing to put into the hands of those who may be inclined to attend, and well calculated to create an interest in behalf of the College. Send stamps for a copy.
To the S. B. Treasurers of the New England Conference.
By D. A. Robinson
You will receive two blanks this week, which you are requested to fill out, both just alike, and send one of them to the Conference treasurer, Josiah Webber, New Ipswich, N. H., and the other to D. A. Robinson, So. Lancaster, Mass., Conference secretary. Please do not fail to report. Any treasurer who has not received blanks will please write immediately and give me his address.
D. A. ROBINSON., Conf. Sec.
Grove Meeting Transportation from Quarry Station
Notice.
Those coming by railroad to the grove meeting east of Marshalltown will get off at Quarry station. Teams will be there Friday to take them to the grounds. Quarry is the first station east of Marshalltown, Iowa. Com.