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SELLING FARMS FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS

Not long ago we wrote a letter to a dear brother whom we had never met or known, but who, we were sure, had a deep interest for our schools. Soon an answer came, accompanied with a draft for one hundred dollars, and with it the following cheering and precious words:—

DEAR BROTHER MAGAN: Your favor of the 14th ult. came duly to hand. I should like to send more than the amount inclosed, one hundred dollars, but I can not see my way clear to do so at this time. I may later. I have been expecting to sell my farm and apply a good part toward the payment for material for the publishing of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” but have not succeeded as yet, and do not know that I shall this season, as it is getting late for farmers to move. I believe the time has come for lands to be sold, and the proceeds used to advance the Lord’s work. I inclose a draft for the material fund for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” May God bless you in the great work you are doing in His cause.

NEWS AND NOTES

—De Wet, the Boer general, is operating in the Orange River Colony.

—Another Canadian contingent of 1,000 men has just sailed for South Africa.

—Dispatches state that “deaths from plague in Bengal, India, numbered 8,000 last week.”

—By a vote of fifteen to twelve, the Senate of Wisconsin killed the anti-cigarette bill, the 4th inst.

—Pope Leo XIII has notified Martinelli, papal delegate to the United States, of his appointment as cardinal.

—The oil operators of Texas are said to be forming a billion-dollar trust, to compete with the Standard Oil Company.

—J. Pierpont Morgan, the American multi-millionaire, has offered to complete the Panama Canal with private capital.

—The Standard Oil Company, with a capitalization of $110,000,000, earns about $40,000,000 a year. It employs 40,000 men.

—The military court of inquiry has exonerated the cadets of West Point from the charge of killing Cadet Booze by hazing.

—Among the army officers arrested in the recent disturbances in Russia, is Colonel Sergieff, chief of the Russian frontier police.

—Of the many students arrested in the recent troubles at St. Petersburg, only forty-one have been released, over 1,000 remaining in jail.

—Several prominent army officers in southern Luzon, Philippine Islands, have been arrested “for stealing and selling government stores.”

—Col. Frederick Funston has been appointed brigadier-general in the regular United States army, for his stroke in the capture of Aguinaldo.

—All automobile records were recently broken at the automobile exhibit in Chicago, by a vehicle which traveled a mile in fifty-eight seconds.

—The Great Western Cereal Company is a new combine, being formed of “ten large cereal mills not in the trust.” Capitalization, $4,500,000.

—The United States Steel Corporation has just filed articles in Trenton, N. J., “amending its charter and increasing its capital stock to $1,100,000,000.”

—In the United States there are each year over 275,000 cases of typhoid fever, resulting in 32,000 deaths. The fever, in each case, is directly attributable to the use of impure water.

—In order to bring discredit upon the new anti-canteen law, the liquor element of the country are using the newspapers to reverse public sentiment. They furnish detailed accounts of all actual troubles with drunken soldiers in saloons, and vividly describe many brawls that never occurred, to show that such things would not occur should the army canteen be re-established at military posts. Just now the papers are full of accounts of a terrible “riot” supposed to have occurred at Highwood, Ill., near Fort Sheridan.

—It is evident that the labor unions of England are as much of a curse as those of the United States. In view of this, it is being strongly urged upon the Parliament of Great Britain “to pass drastic measures protecting workmen who really wish to work, from interference by their less skilled or more lazy fellows.” The limit of output is “fixed by the unions,” and “suggested by the efforts of the most ignorant and incapable workmen: for the sake of the latter, conscientious and capable workmen are held back.”

—Rev. J. W. Hathaway, general secretary of the American Sabbath Union, says he has petitions containing “over 1,000,000 signatures asking that the gates [of the Buffalo Exposition] be closed” on Sunday. At a recent mass meeting at the Delaware Avenue Baptist church, Buffalo, he read a letter from Mr. Cortelyou, President McKinley’s secretary, which contained the following: “It has been the invariable rule of the government board not to open the government building on Sundays. It will be entirely safe to inform persons interested that this rule will not be dropped from the Pan-American Exposition.”

—Herbert Spencer is failing healthwise.

—Lord Salisbury, premier of England, is sick with la grippe.

—Cape Town, South Africa, is still troubled with fresh cases of bubonic plague.

—A mine was recently found under the palace of the czar, near St. Petersburg.

—A South Bend (Ind.) capitalist will furnish means for a $1,000,000 glass factory at Ottawa, Ill.

—During the year ending June 30, 1900, the people of the United States spent $1,172,493,445 for liquors.

—The French Chamber of Deputies passed, by a vote of 303 to 220, the 29th ult., the law of associations bill.

—It is stated by E. A. R. Green that “the better class of Mexicans look for eventual annexation to the United States.”

—March 26 was the date set by Russia for the signing of the Manchurian agreement by China. But China did not sign.

—Dr. Leyds, agent for the Transvaal, states that “a combination of European merchants has formed to boycott British goods till independence is granted the Boers.”

—Aguinaldo showed such a willingness to sign the oath of allegiance to the United States that the government has become suspicious, and will not release him as was at first planned.

—Senator Proctor, who has just returned from Cuba, states that that island “will accept the Platt amendment;” and that the “better class of islanders want peace, and laugh at talk of anti-American uprising.”

—Denmark controls the butter trade in tropical countries, her dairymen shipping it “in small tins hermetically sealed, so that it is practically insured against chemical changes.” Yet the United States feeds the cows of Denmark.

—It is reported that “Denmark has communicated to the United States upon what terms she will sell the Danish West Indies; price, $4,000,000; the people by vote to express wish to remain Danish, or be transferred to America; if vote is favorable to United States, then inhabitants to become American citizens at once; products of the island to be admitted to United States free of duty.”

—Upon China’s appeal to the Powers for aid against the aggressions of Russia upon her territory, the United States government, through Secretary Hay, informed the Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, the 25th ult., that “in accordance with its traditional policy in complications beyond the seas, it must decline to enter a protest against the seizure of Manchuria by Russia.” Of all the Powers, Japan alone protested, threatening to herself declare war upon Russia if the latter persisted in her designs upon Manchuria.

—M. Anatole France, a member of the French Academy, says that “along with the continuous abandonment of the ancient classics, the tendency of the French language appears to be away from Latin usages and traditions, and toward Anglo-Saxon phrases.” Speaking of this, the London Academy says: “We can understand this. To an imaginative Frenchman, the acquisition of a racy English word, which he knows is understood in the East, in the West, on every sea, and in every port, must bring a sense of exaltation. Hence the English ‘hall’ is ousting the French antechambre, and the English ‘lunch’ is eaten, instead of déjeuner. ‘Un vigoureux shake-hands’ occurs in a new French novel, and even such expressions as ‘to boss’ and ‘to give ’em beans’ contribute to the growing anglicization of French.”

—In a recent Lenten sermon, Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, rector of Grace church, New York City, declared that “the form of gambling in New York which is now most pernicious, is not that of the professional gambling establishments, but that which is carried on in fashionable private houses. Hostesses are found in fashionable life who will let young men, whose honesty is their capital, depart impoverished by losses at cards, out of drawing-rooms into which they had been invited as guests. . . . Young society men have lost hundreds and even thousands of dollars at the game provided by hostesses of social distinction. . . . Young women, reputed to be of good family and honest bringing up, exhibit with pride the jewels bought with the profits of the gambling tables. . . . To what avail is a crusade against policy shops and pool rooms, whether by five, fifteen, or fifty, so long as gambling goes on in the gilded homes of the rich?”

—P. C. Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa., will succeed Mr. Griggs as attorney-general of the United States.

—Chili has ordered 16,000 tons of standard steel rails from the Carnegie Company, the same to be delivered within two months.

—It seems that “a modus vivendi respecting the French Shore (Newfoundland) fishing industry has been concluded with France, to remain in force till Dec. 31, 1901.”

—Prinsloo, a Boer commander, and “a convoy of twenty-eight wagons have been captured by the British, who are sweeping the eastern Transvaal clear of everything useful to the Boers.”

—The United States shows its dissatisfaction with Venezuela’s treatment of her minister, by recalling Mr. Loomis. Diplomatic relations are not completely severed, however, the United States legation being left in care of a chargé d’affaires.

—Experiments prove that, under ordinary circumstances, twelve pounds of feed enables a cow to produce one pound of butter.

—The Russian government has notified China that “failure to immediately sign the Manchurian convention will result in a rupture of present relations.”

—The United States is finding out that “it costs money to be a world Power;” for, according to statistics, “the expenditures of the United States for the current year were never before exceeded except in 1863, ’64, ’65, during the Civil War.”

—Through the efforts of Father Phillips, a Catholic priest of Hazelton, Pa., the coal miners’ union has decided not to order a strike in the anthracite fields now, as such a move would throw 143,000 men out of employment. The operators having made “partial concessions to the miners,” the latter will continue work for a year.

The Relief of the Schools

We earnestly request all our kind friends to remember that FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS is needed to pay for the material in “Christ’s Object Lessons.” We ask for large contributions from the rich and small gifts from the poor. Money for this purpose should be sent to the treasurer of the General Conference Association, care of Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.; and be sure to state that it is for THE RELIEF OF THE SCHOOLS.

S. B. Horton............................$ 5 00 Mrs. Rosa M. Morris......................50 00 Mrs. Alma Allen..........................2 00 Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Froom..................2. 50 Mrs. A. McCloy............................5 00 J. P. Larson..............................5 71 Dr. W. H. Riley..........................25 00 Two friends of the cause..................1 00 Mrs. L. E. Taylor.........................10 00 Mrs. E. S. Lane...........................1 00 E. B. Gaskill.............................25 46 Mrs. Shafer...............................1 00 Mrs. J. A. Froom..........................1 75 A friend..................................10 00 Mr. and Mrs. John Heald..................100 00 Hofenmayer...............................10 00 Jno. Fishel.................................5 00 A friend.....................................50 Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Berry..................50 00 Mrs. M. C. Fry...........................101 00 A friend...................................7 10 Vermont Tract Society.....................50 00 N. Y. Tract Society........................43 77 Mrs. L. M. Cratford........................5 00 Mrs. L. P. Brown..........................10 00 Mrs. S. G. Wetsel..........................1 00 G. W. Mann..................................75 Elizabeth Sanders..........................3 00 Catherine Hearn............................1 00 Isaac Parks..................................1 00 Chas. and Mary Ellison.....................2 00 James R. Smith.............................1 00 J. A. Ford..................................5 00 W. D. Boller................................5 00 Mary Covert................................5 00 H. Rust......................................1 00 Mrs. W. B. Howerton..........................25 Mary E. Foster..............................1 00 Mata L. Hodgen..............................1 00 Alice I. Carman..............................25 Mary E. Whitsell............................50 A donator..................................10 35 Minnie Whetsell.............................50 Harvey Sassell..............................2 00 Mrs. E. Camp Brown..........................1 00 Robt. Braird................................5 00 Baker Bradley................................80 Carl Conzelman..............................1 00 Samuel A. Bretz..............................25 Mrs. Carrie Megines..........................1 00 Mrs. N. R. Bolles............................1 00 Mrs. Mary Lewis............................30 00 A friend...................................25 00 E. B. Freeman...............................2 00 Isaiah Rhiner...............................1 00 Lewis Philipson.............................2 25 Jessie Werfeld..............................1 00 D. W. Albert................................5 00 Ella Cornish..................................25 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wells....................4 00 Geo. F. Weller...............................1 00 Margaret and Susannah Wilson................4 00 Mrs. V. Tasker................................75 Lucy F. Harrison............................1 00 C. Gordon Allen...............................50 Kan. Tract Society..........................39 60 “ ” (Ger. edition)..............112 75 Mrs. F. D. Green...........................10 00 A friend....................................5 00 L. F. Spaulding.............................2 00 H. P. Christiansen..........................2 00 Dr. L. A. Reed.............................25 00 C. R. Bush................................10 00 Thos. F. Keener.............................1 00 C. A. Morel................................10 00 Henri Morel..................................4 00 C. J. Herrmann.............................10 00 A friend....................................1 00 Ella Averhultz..............................1 00 John Arnold..................................1 00 R. A. and Martha E. Craig...................2 00 J. and A. Buckley...........................1 50 Peter Lindahl................................1 00 A friend....................................2 00 A friend....................................2 00 Friends....................................13 00 Mrs. Nancy A. Goodwin......................10 00 Anthony Beans..............................10 00 Lenire Bean................................10 00 Archie Christiansen..........................5 00 Mrs. Naomi Anderson..........................1 00 Geo. Block..................................25 00

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

By B. L. Howe

To-Day we received No. 8 of the General Conference Bulletin, Vol. 5. On page 199 we notice our own beloved field in the list with several others. Our report evidently did not reach the editor of the Bulletin in time. We do not want to talk about what we have done, but God has greatly blessed us, and we wish all the brethren to know it and rejoice with us.

There are two organized churches in our field. One is at Hilo, on the island of Hawaii, and the other is at Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. These have a combined membership of thirty-one. We have three Sabbath-schools, with a total membership of seventy-one. The third Sabbath-school is made up of the boys and teachers in the Chinese boarding-school.

During the year 1900 we have paid $1,286.71 tithe. One hundred dollars of this came from Hilo, and the balance from Honolulu. The librarian of our local tract and missionary society has received $217.03. Besides these two amounts we have been able to return to the Lord in offerings, by the Sabbath-school, annual offering, and the India fund, $160.16. One of our readers gave us $15, and to this we may now add the annual offering from Hilo, which is $34.25. This gives a total of $1,496.12 in tithe and offerings. This has come in through the evangelistic work, and is separate from the school work. This gives a gain of over six hundred dollars above the actual expense of this branch of the work. If we add to the $1,496.12 the amount taken in for local missionary work, we have a grand total of $1,713.15. We are conscious of our Father's rich blessing upon us, and we thank God that He has made us partners with Him in the work of saving the lost.

Since the beginning of 1901 we have heard, through Brother Buchanan, at Hilo, that a woman formerly of Honolulu, to whom Mrs. Howe gave Bible readings, is keeping the Sabbath, and that she and her children are attending the Sabbath-school. The Sabbath-school at Hilo was organized during my visit there last August, and is prospering.

We are not a very large people here, but we love God and His truth. Pray for the precious cause of truth here.

In behalf of the Hawaiian mission field, B. L. HOWE.

QUEBEC

By H. E. Rickard; E. Farnsworth

DURING the past tent season we held two tent efforts. The first was at Barnston, where we continued services about six weeks. Although the weather was exceedingly stormy, and Satan hindered all he could, yet by the blessing of God there were several families deeply interested in the message. The testing truths, however, have developed only one faithful Sabbath-keeper; but the message has gained friends, and others are deeply interested.

From Barnston we moved our tent four miles to Baldwin’s Mills, a small country town, where we stayed another six weeks. From the first, we felt impressed that the Lord had a work to be done there. As the meetings increased in interest, the enemy of the truth began the work of opposition. Both the Baptist and Methodist ministers spoke against the Sabbath. These sermons were answered from the tent, the majority of the people admitting the fallacies of their arguments, even before we had replied. A special effort was made during all the meetings to present Christ as the central theme, and to lead the unconverted to accept Him. Social meetings were often held, and Sabbath meetings were begun as soon as practicable, the brethren from the Dixville church helping nobly in this work.

Since the tent has been continued by Elder Rickard, and as a result ten heads of families and several youth have begun to keep the Sabbath. A capable leader has been chosen, and regular Sabbath meetings and Sabbath-school are held. The Sabbath-school numbers eighteen. Others are interested. It is cheering to note the spiritual growth of this company from week to week, and their appreciation of the precious truth as it unfolds itself in its vastness and simplicity. Every point of truth has been accepted as fast as presented.

Personally, we have greatly enjoyed the work of the past season, and our courage is good to press the battle till victory is complete and we stand with the redeemed on the sea of glass.

H. E. RICKARD, E. E. FARNSWORTH.

GEORGIA

By M. W. LEWIS

COVINGTON.—My wife and I came here late last fall to engage in house-to-house work, and thus prepare the way for a course of lectures. We had been offered a good hall in which to hold a series of meetings, but we thought it best first to awaken an interest and get the people to reading. On account of prejudice, we had to urge our way to their firesides. But while doing Bible work, praying with and for the families, they have learned that we are their friends. Some of the best families are reading our literature. We feared that when we came to the Sabbath question, many would refuse to read; but most of them have taken the second package, some remarking: “That is a strong argument in favor of the seventh day.” Nearly all are studying the “Test of the Ages” now. We have also reached the same question in our Bible work. Quite a number are deeply interested.

Much has been done to remove prejudice, and to prepare the way for a course of lectures, by holding Bible readings, distributing the Signs of the Times, visiting the sick and ministering to their needs, suggesting simple remedies for la grippe, etc. This brings us in close contact with the people, and opens the way for us to call their attention to the precious promises of Jesus. Such work not only impresses parents, but the children also. To illustrate: A little girl seven years old who had heard us give a few Bible studies, on hearing us pray in our family prayer service, said to her mother one day: “Mama, papa never prays. I think we ought to have family worship. Mama, you ought to pray and teach us to; for we do not know how to pray. I think it is your duty. Suppose, mama, some one should ask me, saying, ‘Sister Ruth, lead us in prayer,’ I should not know what to say.” This was spoken with all the earnestness a child of her age could command. These parents belong to the Baptist church, but do not hold family prayer. And it seemed to us that the Lord was reproving them through their child. Their oldest daughter, who is eleven years old, having read one of our books, “Best Stories from the Best Book,” called the attention of her father to the sleep of the dead, and quoted so much scripture that he was not able to meet the argument. So he ordered her not to come around him any more with such stuff; for he did not wish to hear it. But his wife suggested that they all come into my room, and get me to settle the difficulty. All agreed to leave it to me, but I informed them that the Bible must settle all such difficulties. And sure enough, we found that the girl was in advance of her father on the subject, simply because she took the Bible as it reads. At the close of the study the father admitted that the girl was right.

Let us get the books before the people, plant the seeds, and the Lord will water them, and in His own good time will give the increase. “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” Many parents will be reached by their children. If the Lord used children in the promulgation of the First Message, He is just as able to use them in the last message. And no doubt He will! My mind was impressed with these words, found in Mal. 4: 5, 6: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” The fifth verse tells the time when a special work in this respect is to be done, just before the coming of Christ. The sixth verse shows the nature of the work to be done by the parents and their children in their relation to each other. In many instances, parents have been led into the truth by their children, while in other cases children have been brought into this closing message by their parents. The greater responsibility, of course, rests upon the parents.

We find it rather hard, on account of much prejudice, and a lack of money among the common people, to sell “Christ’s Object Lessons.” However, we have taken nineteen or twenty orders, sold a few other books, and have taken a few orders for the Signs of the Times.

Elder Drummond, who has charge of the work in Macon, Ga., reports success in selling “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The prospect in the State concerning the work in general is rather quiet, and yet we see omens of prosperity. We are planting seeds, and we believe that the Lord will give the increase by and by. It takes time for things to mature in this part of the country, but when developed, the quality is almost unsurpassed. Things that mature slowly endure better when grown. May the Lord bless the work not only in this State, but in all the world, until the message shall have finished its work. Please remember the work here in your prayers.

M. W. LEWIS.

NOTES FROM THE ANGLO-CHINESE ACADEMY OF HONOLULU

By William E. Howell

Just this evening, while talking with one of our boys about fourteen years old, concerning the importance of overcoming a habit he has fallen into of sitting and walking with his shoulders drawn forward and compressing his chest, he raised his small black eyes to mine, and said, earnestly, “I hope God will help me.”

As a rule, the boys are quite faithful in keeping up a correspondence with us when we are separated. Some of these letters are good indexes to the experiences of their writers. Last evening I received a letter from a boy who was in our boarding-school two years and a half, but who went back to China last year to marry, and has not returned. In it he says:—

“I am delighted to know that you are charging our new school, and fondly hope the Lord may restore you to us once more, to help us by your prayers in these glorious times. I would like to have seen you once more. I am sorry for that I did not make up my mind to study the Bible lessons before in the school; but now I must content myself on the Lord side in my life. I know God is truth because He answered my prayer while I was seasick on the boat for China. I thanked God very much. I hope God will bless you as me; and be kind to you.

“My dear Professor Howell, I think I will go to Shanghai next year; but with my best regards to Mrs. Kinner and all our schoolmates. Accept yourselves my kindest love. I will meet you again on the earth or in the heaven.”

Here is his picture.

Another young man, who spent two years in our boarding-school, and who, like the one just mentioned, returned to China, wrote thus:—

“Now I bid you good-by, and your family, hoping earnestly that God will defend you and I, and bestow us with good health always. If I could not come back to see you again, I hope God will prepare the place for you and I, when Jesus’ second coming. He will save us from death; then I can meet you in heaven.”

W. E. HOWELL.

ONTARIO

By P. M. Howe

The Holy Spirit is needed among the workers and believers here. The task of breaking down the conservative spirit is growing harder and harder. Some of the churches are trying to do a little to warn the people about them. Everywhere the world seems anxious to read papers, tracts, and even books. Some of our canvassers are doing good work, but as a people we are not awake to the times in Ontario. Ontario is the home of the Lord’s Day Alliance. This organization works to retain all present Sunday laws and secure more. The rehearing of the “slated case,” the decision of which will settle the case of Brother Shirk, of the Albuna church, will take place in a few days. This means much to our cause here, as Brother Shirk is a farmer. I thank God for the interest shown by the Religious Liberty Association in this matter. Every member in Ontario ought to be deeply interested in helping the association by payment of dues, and also in using the Sentinel and other reading-matter to enlighten the people on the question of true religious liberty.

The Alliance has all their Sunday-law forces well organized. Every element, even to the Catholic Church, is enlisted to prosecute the work of lecturing, spreading reading-matter, and praying lawmakers to amend the Lord’s-day act. In this work Catholic priests and laymen are invited to take part. This bond of union between Protestants and Catholics has been greatly strengthened in all Canada by the recent action of Parliament to amend the coronation oath, striking out the part so offensive to Roman Catholics. If this recommendation by the Canadian Parliament is accepted by the English Parliament, the last barrier to a complete restoration of the Beast to its old-time power is broken down, and soon the cry in Great Britain will be, “I sit a queen, and am no widow.” This move of the Canadian Parliament met with great favor. Members who opposed it were “jeered” from the floor. It passed at 1:50 A. M.; by a vote of one hundred and twenty-five to nineteen. It was stated by the premier, who is a devout Catholic, that forty-three per cent of British subjects in Canada are Catholics.

Now, dear brethren in Canada, what are we doing to enlighten these men, both in the Dominion Parliament and in the provincial legislatures? Do they know the truth? Are we not asleep? Why not awake, and put all our energy into the work of sowing the seeds of gospel truth? The clouds that are gathering will soon break over our heads, and what then? It will then be very hard to prosecute the work. Dear brethren in Ontario, let us awake out of sleep. The Sentinel can be had at easy club rates. This paper should be read by every one of us, and all our lawmakers. The Lord of the harvest will help us. Let us be live missionaries indeed. Christ says, “Lo, I am with you,” “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

Let us organize, and work while the day lasts; for the night will soon come when no man can work.

P. M. HOWE.

Obituaries

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.

PALMER.—Died at Martinsville, Mich., Feb. 27, 1901, of bronchial pneumonia, the infant son of Jeremiah G. and Catherine Palmer. Brother and Sister Palmer feel their loss deeply, yet they “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope;” for they expect soon to have their little one restored to their arms at the coming of Jesus. Discourse was given by the writer. W. D. PARKHURST.

BAKER.—Fell asleep in Jesus at her home, in Sheridan, Wyo., March 5, 1901, Sister Mary Baker, wife of Brother Amos Baker, aged thirty-five years. Sister Baker was converted in 1888, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church in Nebraska. Later they moved to Wyoming, and united with the Sheridan church. Her death being sudden and unexpected, it is a heavy blow upon the father and six children left to mourn their loss. Words of comfort and consolation were spoken by the writer. O. S. FERREN.

JONES.—Died at Batavia, Minn., March 14, 1901, Sister Linna Jones, wife of Brother Arthur Jones. I can truly say that she was a true-hearted Christian. What more could be said of any one? C. L. EMMERSON.

SHEARS.—Died Dec. 18, 1900, of paralysis, Sister Harriet Shears, aged 67 years, 3 months, 28 days. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Round Grove, Minn., about twenty-five years ago. She spent the last few years of her busy life in her pleasant home in Mt. Vernon, Wash. She leaves a husband, two sons, and a large number of friends. We hope to meet her in the glorious first resurrection. A. L. HOLLENBECK.

MANNING.—Died at his home near Medford, Ore., of a complication of diseases, Jan. 10, 1901, J. D. Manning, aged 52 years, 4 months, 24 days. He was born in Missouri, and came to Oregon when only three years old. He accepted present truth fifteen years ago, at Vancouver, Wash. He leaves a wife, six sons, and four daughters. Funeral services were conducted at the Seventh-day Adventist church by the Presbyterian minister. *

THOMPSON.—Died March 1, 1901, after one-day’s illness of neuralgia of the heart, Dr. James Porter Thompson, the faithful elder of the Johnstown (Pa.) church, aged 77 years, 4 months, 15 days. For seven years Brother and Sister Thompson have rejoiced in the truth of the Third Angel’s Message. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to the bereaved widow and a large gathering of friends. Funeral service was held March 4. S. S. SHROCK.

SKINNER.—Died at Fairfield, Mich., Feb. 15, 1901, of heart-disease as a result of overexertion, Calvin B. Skinner, aged 70 years, 6 months, 23 days. He was fully prepared to go, and was only waiting for the Master’s call. Mr. Skinner was a very earnest, conscientious worker, always anxious that others should accept the Word. The funeral was held at the Fairfield M. E. church, Monday morning at 11 o’clock. Services were conducted by Rev. Horace Palmer. MRS. C. B. SKINNER.

LEWIS.—Died at the home of her daughter, at Shongo, N. Y., March 4, 1901, Sister Emily Lewis, wife of Harrison Lewis, in the fifty-fifth year of her age. She was baptized, and united with the (Raymond, Pa.) church about fifteen years ago; but at the time of her death she was a member of the church at Richburg, N. Y. Although a great sufferer, she was patient. She leaves a husband, daughter, and one son to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Job 14:14. WM. SIMKIN.

MEAD.—Jessie L. Mead, daughter of Miner and Marilla Mead, a resident of Michigan, died Oct. 9, 1900, of tuberculosis of the brain, aged 21 years, 8 months, 4 days. She was baptized and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church when very young, and at the age of thirteen or fourteen years was re-baptized. During her sickness she made a preparation to meet her Lord. Those who cared for her say that she gave evidence of true repentance. We hope to see her in the first resurrection. R. S. OWEN.

REESE.—Anna C. Sizelove was born March 17, 1872, in Neosho Co., Kan. She moved to Washington, near Spokane, with her parents, in 1880. She was united in marriage to John Reese, who died in March, 1897. Sister Reese at an early age united with the Christian Church, but in 1891 she accepted present truth, and became an earnest worker in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her life has been one of devotion to the Saviour, and she died Jan. 3, 1901, at peace with God and in expectation of soon beholding Him whom she loved. Two children, ten and seven years old, have lost a mother’s care. W. T. KNOX.

PERRY.—Sister Roana Perry was born in Oswego Co., N. Y., Nov. 30, 1827, died of la grippe, at her home, in Eaton Co., Mich., Feb. 11, 1901, being 73 years, 2 months, 12 days old. In her childhood she, with her parents, moved to Michigan, where she remained till womanhood, when she went to Rockford, Ill., to live with an older sister. At the age of nineteen she was married to Mr. H. Perry, of Milwaukee, Wis. After a stay of two years in Milwaukee, they came to Michigan, finally settling in Eaton County. Sister Perry accepted Christ in 1860, uniting with the Christian Church, of which she remained a member until the church was broken up by deaths and removals. When the Adventists came to their neighborhood, she accepted their faith. She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn their loss. She sleeps in Jesus, and when Christ, who is her life, shall appear, then will she appear with Him in glory. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. W. C. HEBNER.

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