CLOSELY connected with this confession is the absolution of the priest. Christ says, “Thus it is written, that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” Repentance and remission, therefore, are not administered but preached: there is no sacrament; there is only a preaching. To obtain remission of sins, it is only necessary to have faith in Christ, from whom comes remission, and to ask the forgiveness through Christ, not of a priest. But let us see what the church of Rome says on this point.
“Q. Now to whom has Christ given the power to forgive sins?
“A. Christ gave power to forgive sins to the apostles and to their successors, the bishops and priests of the church.
“Q. By what sacraments are sins forgiven?
“A. Sins are forgiven by baptism and penance.
“Q. What is the sacrament of penance?
“A. The sacrament of penance is a sacrament in which the sins we have committed after baptism are forgiven.
“Q. How are sins forgiven in the sacrament of penance?
“A. Sins are forgiven in the sacrament of penance by the priest’s absolution, joined with contrition, confession and satisfaction.”
In Weninger’s Catechism we read:—
“Q. When does the priest forgive sins?
“A. When he gives absolution to the sinner.
“Q. Can all sins be forgiven by the sacrament of penance?
“A. Yes; if the conditions required for a worthy reception of this sacrament be fulfilled.
“Q. Which are the required conditions?
“A. Contrition, confession, and satisfaction.
“Q. What is satisfaction?
“A. It is the humble performance of the penance imposed by the priest.”
The penance to be performed is fasting, with a certain round of prayers, &c. Of this system of penance and absolution, Kirwan says: “Penance is a sacrament by which the sins committed after baptism are forgiven. Your doctrine is, that original sin is washed away in baptism, and that penance secures the forgiveness of all sins committed after baptism! Where is this distinction taught in the Bible?
“On the part of the penitent, penance consists in contrition, confession, satisfaction. Contrition is a hearty sorrow for sin, with a resolution to sin no more; confession is a full and sincere declaration of all our sins to a priest; satisfaction is a faithful performance of the prayers and good works enjoined by the confessor. So far for the penitent.
“On the part of the priest, it consists in the absolution which he pronounces by the authority of Jesus Christ. The form of absolution is in these words: ‘I absolve thee from thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.’
“The effects of the sacrament are thus stated in the ‘Poor Man’s Catechism:’ It remits all the sins of the penitent without exception—restores him to the grace he had forfeited—replenishes his soul with the greatest peace, tranquillity, and spiritual delights, and reinstates him again in the friendship of God, as the prodigal son after his return was restored to his former honors in the house of his father.’ Wonderful results from such causes! May I ask here, If the parable of the prodigal son is meant to represent the way of return of a sinner to God, where did he stop to make confession and receive absolution? “None but a priest can grant absolution; and the power of the priest to absolve, you draw from John 20:22, 23: ‘And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained,’ and from Matt. 16, 15–19.
“Such, sir, in brief, is your sacrament of penance. Let us now look at it in the light of Scripture and reason. . . . Addressing Peter, and through him the other disciples, he (Christ) says, ‘I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of Heaven.’ Need I tell you, sir, that by ‘the kingdom of Heaven’ here is meant the church of Christ? Can such a master in Israel as you are be ignorant of this? This being so, ‘the keys of the kingdom’ simply mean the power of admitting proper persons to the church and excluding improper persons from it. Keys, you know, were the ancient emblem of authority. How simple and common sense is all this!
“Continuing to address Peter, and through him the other disciples, he says, ‘Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.’ To bind and to loose here are equivalent to bidding and forbidding, to granting and refusing, to declaring lawful or unlawful. The apostles were endued with the Holy Ghost that they might infallibly declare the will of God to mankind, and determine what was, or was not, binding on the conscience—to show what persons ought, or ought not, to be admitted to the church, and to decide on the character of those whose sins were or were not forgiven. And whatever in these, or similar things, they bound or loosed on earth, would be bound or loosed in Heaven. This is also the meaning of John 20:22, 23, already quoted.
“This, sir, I believe to be common sense, the fair and just interpretation of a passage on which your church has built up a priestly power that has overshadowed the earth, and enslaved nations. Where now, sir, is your supremacy of Peter—your power of the keys—your power of absolution? Gone, like the morning cloud before the sun. Blessed be God, you have not yet turned your keys upon the common sense of the world.”
Growing out of the doctrine of penance and absolution is the papal doctrine of indulgences. Of these, Butler says:—
“Q. Will the penance enjoined in confession always satisfy for our sins?”
“A. No; but whatever else is wanting may be supplied by indulgences and our own penitential endeavors.
“Q. What is the use of an indulgence?”
“A. It releases from canonical penances, enjoined by the church on penitents for certain sins.
“Q. Has an indulgence any other effect?”
“A. It also remits the temporary punishments, with which God often visits our sins, and which must be suffered in this life, or in the next; unless canceled by indulgences, by acts of penance, and other good works.
“Q. To whom does the church grant indulgences?”
“A. To such only as are in a state of grace; and are sincerely desirous to amend their lives; and to satisfy God’s justice by penitential works.
“Q. An indulgence is not then a pardon for sins to come, nor a license to commit sins?”
“A. No; nor can it remit past sin—for sin must be remitted by penance, as to the guilt of it, and the eternal punishment due to mortal sin, before an indulgence can be gained.”
We see, as carefully stated in their catechisms, they deny that an indulgence is a license to sin, but we will hear in conclusion the words of Kirwan on this subject:—
“Need I revert to the traffic in indulgences so zealously promoted by your foes in past days? Need I point you to their wholesale manufacture by your popes—to their selling them by wholesale to tribes of vagabond monks, who hawked them all over Europe at prices to suit purchasers? The pope drove as good a bargain as he could with the monks and the monks with the people. For the indulgence which a poor peasant could purchase for a few pennies, a prince must pay pounds. The common sense of the world was insulted; the yoke of Rome became too heavy for the nations longer to bear; a poor monk discovered a copy of the Bible, and its truths filled his mind and his soul; strong in the Lord he went out from his dark cell with the lamp of life in his hand; the Reformation follows.
“But, you will say, all this was abuse of the thing. My dear sir, your doctrine of relics and indulgences have no use—they are all abuse. Guard them as you may in your catechisms and books, practically they are all abuse. Millions have prayed at the tombs of your saints who never offered an intelligent prayer to God through his Son. Millions have worshiped your relics who never worshiped God in Spirit and in truth. And millions have sought deliverance from sin by your penance, and extreme unctions, and indulgences, who never sought it through the blood of Christ.
“The frauds which your church has practiced on the world by her relics and indulgences are enormous. If practiced by the merchants of New York in their commercial transactions, they would send every man of them to State prison.”
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
THEY SAY.
By Sel.
They say—ah, well, suppose they do?
But can they prove the story true?
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought;
Why count yourself among the “they,”
Who whisper what they dare not say?
They say—but why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse?
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;
And is it not a noble plan
To speak of all the best you can?
They say—well, if it should be so,
Why need you tell the tale of woe?
Will it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make one pang of sorrow less?
Will it the erring one restore,
Henceforth to “go and sin no more”?
They say—oh, pause and look within!
See how thine heart inclines to sin;
And lest in dark temptation’s hour
Thou, too, shouldst sink beneath its power,
Pity the frail, weep o’er their fall,
But speak of good or not at all.
—Sel.
Frankness: Be Honest and Speak Plainly
FRANKNESS.—Be frank with the world. Frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do what is right. If a friend asks you a favor, you should grant it if it is reasonable; if it is not, tell him plainly why you cannot; you will wrong him and yourself by equivocation of any kind. Never do a wrong thing to make friends or to keep one. The man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased and at a sacrifice. Deal kindly and firmly with all men, and you will find it the policy which wears the best. Above all, do not appear to others what you are not. If you have fault to find with any one, tell him, not others, of what you complain. There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to do one thing to a man's face and another behind his back. We should live and speak out of doors, as the phrase is, and do what we are willing should be known and read by all men. It is not best as a matter of policy, but as a matter of principle.
IN my pursuits of whatever kind, let this come to mind, “How much shall I value this on my death-bed?”
Obituary Notices.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
DIED, April 29, 1874, on steamer City Point, five hours before reaching Savannah, Ga., of consumption, sister Nettie Salisbury, wife of Bro. Burleigh Salisbury of this city, aged 28 years. Sister S. had been spending the winter with friends in St. Augustine, Florida, with the hope of benefitting her health; but failing rapidly as the warm weather came on, her husband received a summons to come and accompany her home. The homeward passage was commenced, but between St. Augustine and Savannah, as above stated, the disease accomplished its fatal work. She felt reconciled to her lot, having a good hope in Christ, and remarked before starting that if she should fall asleep there the Archangel’s trump would sound as loud in Florida as anywhere else. She anticipated much pleasure, if she should be spared to meet her friends here again. The meeting was delayed, but the time will seem shorter to her than if she had been permitted to finish the journey; and the meeting when it comes will be more joyous than the one she was anticipating. Bro. S. came on with the remains, and the funeral was held here, Sunday, May 3, the friends and neighbors filling our house of worship to its utmost capacity. U. S.
DIED, in Olivet, Mich., May 15, 1874, of quick consumption, sister Alice S. Patten, formerly Tiffany. Sister P. was a member of the Battle Creek church, but resided most of the time after her marriage, some over two years since, at Olivet. She patiently endured the ravages of disease, but longed to be at rest. U. S.
DIED, at Bordoville, Vt., May 16, 1874, of heart disease, Bro. Andrew Lamonday, aged sixty-six years, two months, and twenty-three days. After a discourse from Rev. 21:4, by the writer, we laid him away by the side of two sons and a daughter to rest until the Life-giver shall come. L. BEAN.
DIED, in Battle Creek, Mich., June 13, 1874, of fever induced by falling from a building, our esteemed Bro. Cyrenius Smith, aged 70 years. He was the son of Capt. Asahel Smith, of Windsor, Vt. He experienced religion at about the age of 15, and united with the Christian church. In 1849, when the Sabbath was first introduced into Michigan by S. D. Adventists, he immediately embraced it. He removed from Jackson, Mich., to Battle Creek, in 1855, and has in various ways served the cause here since that time, as the readers of the REVIEW are aware, who have frequently seen his name in the paper. From 1855 to 1861, he acted as one of the Publishing Committee of the REVIEW AND HERALD.
By the fall above mentioned he received internal injuries which rendered recovery impossible. In three weeks from that time he was prostrated with fever, and died after a sickness of three weeks and three days. He died in the triumphs of faith, feeling ready and willing to go. Often during his sickness he requested that the hymn be sung, commencing, “Let me go where saints are going.” He sacrificed for the cause in its infancy, and when means were of inestimable value in carrying forward the work; and his alms, we believe, are had in remembrance in the sight of God. His aged companion and seven surviving children have the sympathy of the brethren and sisters. U. S.
Appointments and Quarterly Meeting Notices
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand
Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 269 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend.
JULY 11 and 12, 1874, I will meet with the church at Chisago Lake. I intend to have a general gathering of our Swedish friends. Hope that all the brethren that can leave their homes will meet with us. CHARLES LEE.
MONTHLY meeting at Cornville, Me., July 11, 12, 1874, commencing Friday evening, at 6½ P. M. Let all make an effort to attend this meeting and the Lord will bless. Some minister may be expected to attend. J. B. GOODRICH.
QUARTERLY meeting for Convis and Partello, at Partello, Mich., July 4 and 5. We would like to have some minister come, if possible. THOMAS LANE.
The next monthly meeting for the Jackson church will be held at Jackson, near the west end of Gonson Street, the first Sabbath in July. E. P. GILES.
QUARTERLY meeting of the T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 7, Iowa, July 11, 12, at Peru, Iowa. A. J. STIFFLER, Director.
PROVIDENCE permitting I will be with the church at Union Town, Kan., July 11 and 12; at Mound City, July 18 and 19. These meetings are for the purpose of completing the organization of the T. and M. Society. Hope all the scattered brethren in Linn and Bourbon Counties will attend one of these meetings. Can Bro. Rogers, be with us? Brethren, come prepared to work for the Lord. Don't leave your pocket-books at home. Read 2 Cor. 9: 6, 7. Come, praying that the Lord will meet with us. J. N. AYERS, Director.
A GENERAL gathering of the friends of the cause is expected at the tent in Dryden, Lapeer Co., Mich., July 4 and 5. Will the churches contiguous make some sacrifice to attend and come prepared to care for themselves as far as possible. Provision will be made for teams, &c. D. H. LAMSON, J. O. CORLISS.
JOS. CLARKE
By Jos. Clarke
Discouraged.
WHAT about? Is it because you have met with temptations, and Satan has got the advantage of you? Does not Jesus stand pleading for you? Is this a time for discouragement, when all Heaven is inviting you to come? “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye.” Isa. 55:1.
Soon it will be too late to pray. Then will be a sufficient cause of discouragement when Jesus has left the sanctuary, and puts on his robe of kingly power; but now you have no time to lag behind; you have no time to talk of darkness and gloom. Have you sinned? Hasten to the dear Fountain of salvation. Have you sinned repeatedly? Do not give up; repair again to the Fountain for a more thorough cleansing; bewail your sin and folly; cling to the cross of Christ; plead for purity; plead for a clean heart.
Said a preacher, “The cause of all our trouble is that our hearts are so hard.” Yes; that is it. We are all covered over with selfishness, and the Spirit of God does not get a sufficient hold upon us; the direct influence of God and angels is unheeded by us, or quickly forgotten. O God, forgive our hardness of heart.
How shall we attain to that point of the life of Christianity in which our hearts will be all the time tender, and open to conviction, and to the sweet influence of heavenly messengers? You say it will be when we love God with all the heart, and all the mind, and all the soul. Yes, truly; then will be the fortunate period in our Christian life when our peace shall be as a river (see Isa. 48:18), when we hearken to God’s commandments.
Holy love to God and to our fellow-men is the Christian’s wealth. It is his stock in the bank of Heaven; it is the fine gold, for it is always mixed with faith; without this we fail in spiritual matters and become bankrupt. As cash is to the merchant, so is holy love to the Christian. But you say, “I have so little, alas! what shall I do?” But stay, do not stop here; think what the dear Saviour says: “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich.”
Is not that a magnificent offer? Can you be discouraged with such counsel from that eminent banker, the Lord Jesus Christ? The fine gold of faith and love—all for the asking by the poor, repentant sinner. “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy. When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.”
JOS. CLARKE
The Constitutional Amendment.
KEEPING a watchful eye upon the movement which aims at the religious amendment of the Constitution, and discerning the influences which are at work toward such a consummation, the Index says:—
“The central ideas of the Church and of the Republic are locked in deadly combat,—none the less so because the battle ground to-day is the invisible field of thought. To-morrow the struggle will be in the arena of politics, and then no eye will be so blind as not to see it. Verily the Index has its mission! it tightens its belt and stands by its guns.” U. S.
The Eastern Question.
By C. S.
ONE of the most striking fulfillments of prophecy we believe is to be furnished in the destiny of the Turkish Empire. This is involved in what is called the Eastern Question. This question occasionally subsides into an apparent calm, but it is not at rest. Below the surface the agitation is constantly working, and with increasing frequency is making itself seen and felt. In February last, the London Times published the following telegram:—
“PARIS, Feb. 17.—Much sensation has been caused here by an article in the ‘Augsberger Allgemeine Zeitung,’ declaring that the preservation of the Turkish Empire is not a dogma with Germany, and that if Germany and Russia should desire to transform the whole map of Eastern Europe, no one would prevent them. Most of this evening’s newspapers comment upon this article and regard the eastern question as again opened.”
Again under date of June 10, 1874, another dispatch appears in the Times as follows:—
“LONDON, June 10.—A special dispatch from Berlin to the ‘Times’ says the Governments of Germany, Servia, and Roumania have confidentially concluded an arrangement to mutually protect their interests and position against the designs of Turkey.
“Dispatches to the Daily Telegraph from Berlin assert that the difference between the Khedive of Egypt and the Sublime Porte are serious, and intimates that grave complications in the East are probable.”
Thus we may any day hear of the opening of a revolution which will fulfill Dan. 11 : 45, and be the signal for the standing up of Michael according to Dan. 12 : 1.
C. S.
The Largest Order.
By C. S.
The S. D. A. P. Association filled, last week, an order for books in one lot amounting, at retail, to eleven hundred and two dollars, and sixty-five cents ($1102.65).
This is the largest single order ever sent out from this Office. The books were for the Tract and Missionary Society of the State of New York. Such orders as this put steam into our engine and new speed into our presses. God prosper the workings of the tract societies and bless the dissemination of reading matter. C. S.
Place the Books in the Public Libraries.
By Wm. Penniman
We lately had the pleasure of depositing a dozen of our best publications (bound works sent to me by Bro. L. Winston, from the district in which he is director) in the Bloomfield (Ill.) Public Library and Reading Room. The librarian very willingly received them. We told her they were presented by the S. D. A. T. & M. Society of the State, and that all we require is to have them well circulated and read. She seemed much pleased, said she would have them covered (of course they will be covered so that the titles can be seen) and see that they were well circulated. Said the Library Association would tender thanks to our Society for them.
It seems that the people are becoming tired of the old literature of the age, and many are reaching out after something higher, as they are dissatisfied with the theology of the day. Hence, they will read our publications.
A great work can be done by putting our books in all the public libraries in the land. It is impossible to estimate the amount of good which may be done in this channel. Let us all be awake to this work, and be united in all our efforts that all branches of the cause may move on. WM. PENNIMAN.
Will There Be a Religious War in Europe?
THE complications in the politics of Europe are becoming very grave. France, burning to avenge her humiliation, seeks for the aid of the church. The church has been humbled with her by the destruction of the temporal power of the papacy. It is natural for the two heads to join hands, and they have joined hands already.
The pilgrimages of Frenchmen to sacred shrines have a political as well as a religious meaning; Rome and France are inseparably connected in their devotions. But the France thus bound to Rome is France with a republic destroyed and a monarchy restored. The religious revival means a political reaction. Already French pilgrims have appealed to the Pope to direct them in the path traced by the Syllabus. France seems to turn back on her history since 1830, and to assume, under a Bourbon monarch, the championship of the church.
The taking of such a position by France implies the taking of a position equally grave by Italy. The pope and Italian king are irreconcilable. Assured by the moral support of the faithful, and by the abundant contributions poured into his treasury, Pius becomes daily more defiant. Excommunication of the king and his ministry follows upon excommunication. In every brief or allocution, the pope pours out the story of his griefs. He studies to keep up the irritation between the government and himself, and succeeds. There cannot forever be two hostile powers in the same city. If these cannot be reconciled, one of them must go; that is inevitable. Nor is Germany all this while asleep. Her position is one of watchfulness. The conflict now going on between the empire and the church grows continually more bitter. Bishops defy the law, and are mulcted by the courts; priestly seminaries are closing, but still the church will not yield. The claim of the old Catholics to the possession of church benefices must soon come up for adjudication. The parties grapple each other even more closely, and soon the struggle must be one of life or death.
Does all this mean war? If France should be so insane as to restore the Bourbon monarchy, there is no telling what may come. One thing is certain, that if the church stirs up the war that it may recover its lost prestige, it will itself meet a speedy doom. Having then declared its undying hostility to the age, it must take the consequences.—Methodist.
No Compromise.
By Rev. J. W. Alexander, D. D.
As I grow older as a parent, my views are changing fast as to the degree of conformity to the world which we should allow to our children. I am horror-struck to count up the profligate children of pious persons and even ministers. The door at which those influences enter, which countervail parental instruction and example, I am persuaded, is yielding to the ways of good society; by dress, books, and amusements, an atmosphere is formed which is not that of Christianity. More than ever do I feel that our families must stand in a kind but determined opposition to the fashions of the world, breasting the waves like the Eddystone lighthouse. And I have found nothing yet which requires more courage and independence than to rise, even a little, but decidedly, above the par of the religious world around us. Surely, the way in which we commonly go on is not that way of self-denial, and sacrifice, and cross-bearing which the New Testament talks of. —Rev. J. W. Alexander, D. D.
B. F. MERRITT
By B. F. Merritt
Notice.
I wish to say to the church treasurers in the Ill. Conference that if you want your account with the Conference kept properly, you must faithfully report every dollar you pay on your pledge to the Conf. Sec. His address is Adam Rudd, Wedron, La Salle Co. Pay all your pledges to the Conf. treasurer, I. Colcord, Whiteside Co., and report at the time of payment to the secretary.
B. F. MERRITT
Notice to Missouri and Kansas Conference Treasurers
By J. N. Ayers
Notice.
To the church treasurers and scattered brethren of the Mo. and Kan. Conference. My P. O. address is Farlinville, Linn Co., Kansas. I hope you will be prompt in sending your S. B. at the close of each quarter. Send by Post Office Order (on Mound City, Linn Co., Kan.), by Draft or Registered Letter. I will give a receipt for all money received. If you do not receive the receipt in proper time, notify me of the fact.
J. N. AYERS, Conf. Treas.
The Peace of Europe.
In regard to the elements of war that are now at work in Europe, especially affecting France and Germany, the London News remarks:—
“No one can doubt that the situation itself is full of uncertainty. The two determining elements in it are the temperament of the French people and the character of Prince Bismarck,—the former excitable and impulsive, and the other swift and eager, and disposed to anticipate by a prompt blow even that quick movement of events to which Lord Derby the other night ominously referred. The German Empire is now wielded by and impersonated in one man far more conclusively than the French Empire in the days of Napoleon III. Prince Bismarck’s ascendancy over his master is complete; and one by one his rivals, Von Usedom, Manteuffel, and now at last Von Arnim, have been swept aside. If he is convinced that France has simply adjourned the renewal of the struggle until she feels her forces equal to it, he certainly will not wait for the recovery of her strength. He will strike his adversary as she is rising from the ground. This we presume, was the meaning of Count Moltke’s celebrated speech, and is the drift of Prince Bismarck’s statecraft. The real path of safety lies in the pursuit by France of a policy of peace and not simply of adjourned war.”
OUR OWN.
If I had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind
I said when you went away,
I had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex “our own”
With look and tone
We may never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for me
The pain of the heart should cease.
How many go forth in the morning,
That never come home at night!
And hearts have broken
For harsh words spoken
That sorrow can ne’er set right.
We have careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for “our own”
The bitter tone,
Though we love “our own” the best.
Ah, lips with the curve impatient!
Ah, brow with that look of scorn;
’Twere a cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn. —Sel.
Doing Good Through Making True Christians
To do good to men, is the great work of life; to make them true Christians is the greatest good we can do to them. Every investigation brings us round to this point. Begin here, and you are like one who strikes water from a rock on the summit of the mountains; it flows down over all the intervening tracts to the very base. If we could make each man love his neighbor, we should make a happy world. The true method is to begin with ourselves, and so to extend the circle to all around us. It should be perpetually in our minds.
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Miscellaneous.
Wm Chappel 50c 45-1, Isaac Clifton 50c 45-1, Marilla Perry 50c 45-1, Tenna Chapman 50c 45-1, M H Brown $2.25 44-9, A Pierson 50c 45-1, Wm Darling 50c 45-1, Harriet E Stowell 50c 44-14, Geo Jeys 50c 45-1, Mrs Bedgood 3.00 45-1, Mrs Chas Green 50c 45-1, James Vile 4.00 45-1, Orson Wilcox 50c 45-6, Phebe Cash 1.50 45-20, M L Watson 50c 45-1, Louisa S Good 50c 44-8, Mrs Geo Gates 50c 45-1, A Caldwell 50c, F Weller 50c 45-1, T H Moore 50c 45-1, Wm Andrews 50c 45-1, P D Lawrence 50c 45-9, Ann E Hanson 50c 45-1.
Books Sent by Mail.
Evan D Jones 30c, N C Messenger $1.00, Mary Eby 1.25, D D Stewart 50c, David Peffley 25c, Sarah Veazey 40c, J H Keck 25c, M H Gaylord 40c, M A Olwin 50c, Martin Shepherd 1.00, S Zollinger 3.25, Mrs E Bometty 50c, O F Olmstead 1.50, Frank Holman 1.00, Thos H Moore 25c, R M Dickson 35c, C F Churchill 25c, M E Goodwin 1.00, G W Rathbun 50c, Rev E Butt 25c, James O Carlson 85c, E G Trask 25c, R Stephens 25c, Mrs E Kimpton 50c, Levi Spradling 1.00, C M Rhyder 20c, A Holland 20c, W J Cross 25c, Flavel Simonson 1.00, John T Hovet 25c, Mrs Susie A Loomis 1.00, L M Bartlett 50c, Edwin Goodall 1.00, Turney Jones 30c, Benj Armitage 35c, Donald Warren 1.00, Mrs A M Smith 1.00, W R Jackson 1.00, Amos Sanford 1.25, Mrs M Brace 25c, N Outwater 1.50, Joseph H Ransom 40c, Wm Miller 35c, John Trotman 1.00, Clarence Hamilton 25c, S E Daigneau 35c, M A Hathaway 80c, J H Waggoner 2.00, B F Winkler 1.00, Ellen M Morse 25c, P W Baker 35c.
Cash Received on Account.
R M Kilgore $18.39, Geo I Butler per R M Kilgore 15.50, J S Wicks 5.25, D T Bourdeau 25.00, Jefferson Bartlett 75c, S N Haskell 817.35, Ill. T & M Society 131.00, N Y T & M Society 589.00, G S Honeywell 5.44, A Holland 1.70.
Michigan T. & M. Society.
J S Wicks $60.00, E H Root 25.00, Dist. No. 6, 5.50, Dist. No. 2, 5.15, L H Bramhall 10.00, D R Palmer & wife 50.00, Betsey Landon 20.00, E D Scott 2.00, Hannah Sawyer 50.00, Dist. No. 7, 11.25.
Danish Monthly.
August Rasmussen $10.00, Anna Rasmussen 1.50c, Mrs Rasmussen 50c, P C Truman 4.50.
Michigan Conference Fund.
Church at Newton $30.00.
General Conference Fund.
Iowa Conf. $300.00, Illinois 150.00.
Foreign Mission.
P C Truman $4.50.
Donation to Health Institute
H G Washburn $10.00.
Donations to S. D. A. A. Association
J W Marsh $5.00.
Books Sent by Express.
O F Guilford, Castalia, O., $16.25, Eld S N Haskell, Medford, Minn., 25.32, Robert Sawyer, Potterville, Mich., 6.60, Susan H Vedder, Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis., 3.60, A B Edwards, Vicksburg, Mich. 7.20.
Books Sent by Freight.
J H Cook, Ft. Scott, Kan., care of M Patterson & Co. $40.00, P Z Kinne, Manlius Station, N Y 366.70, M B Martin, Columbia, Cal. 60.00.
S. D. A. Educational Society.
$100.00 EACH. J S Wicks & wife, August Rasmussen. $87.00. Alfred Hobbs. $50.00 EACH. Friend in Ohio, Jane Hobbs, J Lewis & wife, Betsey Landon. $25.00 EACH. James McKernon, M W McKernon, John H Bates, Lillie Welch. $20.00 EACH. W E Stillman, Alice Hobbs, L Winston. $10.00 EACH. Mrs Wm Morton, H H Bramhall, L A Bramhall. $5.00 EACH. M C Dukes, Alice C Merril.