ABOUT two years ago the land known as the Owosso camp-ground was bought by one of our brethren, who laid it out in village lots, and invited our people to build upon these lots, and to establish a school for the instruction of our children and youth. This met with a hearty response from the members of the Owosso church, who bought lots and built comfortable homes. A nurse, a graduate of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, who had been sent to Owosso by the Medical Missionary Association, is among this number.
The school is favorably situated, between Corunna and Owosso, having the benefits of country air and surroundings, yet near enough to the city for business purposes. The school building has two apartments, with a seating capacity for sixty pupils. Two teachers are employed. This year forty-two students have been registered, though not all have been in attendance at one time. The school is supported by tuition and contributions, the tuition for the current year being only $1.50 a month.
The church owned a house of worship in the city, which was sold, and a new church building erected on the lot joining the school lot.
Persons wishing to change their place of residence can find no better location for church and school privileges, in Michigan, than this. Those looking for missionary fields will find plenty of work in these two cities. Mechanics receive good wages in both cities. Owosso is a manufacturing town with good shipping facilities over the Grand Trunk, Michigan Central, and Ann Arbor railroads.
Building lots in Middletown, as we call our settlement — the townspeople called it the Advent Addition — are cheap; and electric power for manufacturing purposes can be secured at very low rates. Building lots will be given to brethren wishing to build for business purposes to advance the message in this locality.
Already a few industries have been started, which, with some financial aid, may be made a great help to the school by furnishing employment to parents and older pupils.
Those wishing further information should address John Sheldon or John I. Snow, Owosso, Mich.
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BUSINESS NOTICE
WANTED.— Employment by German brother, aged 45, single. Has worked in woolen and cotton mills, furniture and sewing-machine factories. Light farm work or shop work preferred. Address Louis Riess, Amherst, Mass.
SPECIAL NOTICES
ADDRESS
The present address of G. K. Owen is 39 Hanover St., Battle Creek, Mich.
The Sabbath-School Lessons
for the present quarter, on the subject of the
Sanctuary
contain much food for deep thinkers.
In order to get a good understanding of the lessons, every one should own and study a good HELP. There is no better help than—
“LOOKING
UNTO
JESUS,”
BY ELDER URIAH SMITH.
This volume was prepared after years of study and thought upon this important Biblical question, and the ideas advanced are in full accord with the Scriptures, and will aid in obtaining a better understanding of this most important subject. “Looking Unto Jesus” is issued in three styles of binding:—
Presentation edition....................$1 50
Buckram edition........................1.00
Paper, Berean Library, No. 5.......... .25
Address all orders to your—
State Tract Society; to the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.; or to the Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.
CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK RY.
Taking Effect Dec. 16, 1900.
Trains arrive and leave Battle Creek.
West-Bound.
No. 9, Mail and Express, to Chicago................ 12.15 P. M.
No. 1, Chicago Express, to Chicago................ 5.30 A. M.
No. 3, Lehigh Valley Express, to Chicago............ 3.50 P. M.
No. 5, International Express....................... 2.17 A. M.
No. 75, Mixed, to South Bend........................ 8.30 A. M.
Nos. 9 and 75, daily, except Sunday.
Nos. 1, 3, and 5, daily.
East-Bound.
No. 8, Mail and Express, East and Detroit.......... 8.45 P. M.
No. 4, Lehigh Express, East and Canada.............. 8.22 P. M.
No. 6, Atlantic Express, East and Detroit........... 2.10 A. M.
No. 2, Express, East and Detroit.................... 6.50 A. M.
No. 74, Mixed (starts from Nichols' yard)............ 7.15 A. M.
Nos. 8 and 74, daily, except Sunday.
Nos. 4, 6, and 2, daily.
W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent,
BATTLE CREEK.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected Nov. 25, 1900.
EAST
8
1Night
Express.
12
2Detroit
Accom.
6
Mail &
Express.
10
N. Y. &
Bos. Exp.
14
Eastern
Express.
20
Jackson
Accom’t’n.
36
Atlantic
Express.
Chicago
pm 9.35
am 6.45
am 10.30
pm 3.00
pm 11.30
Michigan City
11.25
8.45
pm 12.08
4.40
am 1.20
Niles
am 12.40
10.15
1.00
5.07
2.30
Kalamazoo
2.10
7.30
pm 12.10
2.08
6.52
6.00
4.10
Battle Creek
3.00
8.10
1.00
2.42
7.28
6.49
5.05
Marshall
8.08
1.30
3.09
7.61
7.10
5.50
Albion
4.00
9.00
1.40
3.39
8.11
7.30
5.52
Jackson
4.40
10.05
2.05
4.05
8.50
8.15
6.40
Ann Arbor
5.55
11.10
3.47
4.58
9.43
7.45
Detroit
7.15
pm 12.25
5.30
6.00
10.45
9.15
Falls View
am 5.02
4.18
Susp. Bridge
5.17
4.33
Niagara Falls
5.50
4.40
Buffalo
am 12.20
6.14
5.30
Rochester
3.19
10.00
8.40
Syracuse
5.15
12.15
10.45
Albany
9.05
4.50
am 2.50
New York
pm 1.30
8.45
7.00
Springfield
12.15
6.15
7.40
Boston
8.00
9.00
10.34
WEST
7
1Night
Express.
17–21
2N. Y., Bos.
& Chi. Exp.
3
Mail &
Express.
5
1New
Express.
23
1Western
Express.
13
Kalam.
Accom.
37
1Pacific
Express.
Boston
pm 2.00
pm 3.30
pm 6.00
New York
4.00
6.00
am 12.10
Syracuse
11.30
am 2.00
pm 12.25
Rochester
am 1.20
4.05
pm 2.25
Buffalo
2.20
5.20
pm 3.50
Niagara Falls
6.02
4.32
Falls View
6.34
5.05
Detroit
pm 8.20
8.25
am 7.15
pm 12.40
4.55
1.25
Ann Arbor
9.43
9.30
8.40
1.38
5.45
am 12.30
Jackson
11.15
10.20
11.05
am 3.30
2.40
7.50
1.35
Battle Creek
am 12.40
11.34
pm 12.25
am 4.35
5.50
9.08
3.00
Kalamazoo
1.40
pm 12.15
1.20
5.15
4.28
10.00
8.58
Niles
3.15
1.21
3.25
6.05
5.05
Michigan City
4.26
2.20
4.45
6.04
6.01
Chicago
6.30
4.00
6.40
8.55
7.50
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.10 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.15 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. RUGGLES.
General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
R. N. R. WHEELER.
Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.
The GREAT NATIONS of TO-DAY.
"THE GREAT NATIONS OF TO-DAY"
By Alonzo T. Jones
Berean Library, No. 7.
By ALONZO T. JONES.
Treats the now existing nations from a prophetical and historical standpoint. The author clearly shows that the great nations of to-day are mentioned in the Bible, and that their destiny is also foretold.
All who would know the outcome of the many perplexing international problems—problems, the solution of which is causing men's hearts to fail them for fear of the disastrous consequences—should obtain and study "Great Nations of To-day." It is the Third Angel's Message, and each church should regard it a duty and privilege to give "The Great Nations of To-day" a wide circulation in their vicinity.
The book is entertaining and instructive. It contains 257 pages; twenty-three chapters; nine full-page illustrations; one five-color map, and five maps showing the territory covered by the various world-powers. All the maps and illustrations were made expressly for this publication. The author cites more than twenty-five different historical authorities.
Price, 25 Cents.
Address your State Tract Society; the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.; or the Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.
British Fiscal Deficit
THE British deficit for the fiscal year ending last month is $270,000,000.
Cape-to-Cairo Railroad
The Cape-to-Cairo railroad is at present in operation “to a point one hundred miles beyond the southern line of Lake Tanganyika.” Great Britain wishes to make sure of her control over Africa before undertaking to interfere to any great extent in the partition of China.
Hungary Restricts Hypnotism
THE New York Observer is authority for the statement that “in consequence of the number of crimes committed of late in Hungary, which have been attributed to hypnotic influence, the Hungarian government has forbidden the practice of hypnotism, except by medical men, and under special permission.”
Religious Populations in English-Speaking Lands
Among English-speaking lands Ireland alone has a Roman Catholic majority of inhabitants. The proportion of Roman Catholics in the English-speaking countries is as follows: England, 4 per cent; Scotland, 8; Ireland, 78; Canada, 40; United States, 14; and Australia, 22. In Europe there are 167,500,000 Romanists, 91,900,000 Protestants, and 89,500,000 Greeks. The number of Protestants in the United States is 62,300,00; of Roman Catholics, 9,900,000.
Roman Catholic Marriage Jurisdiction in Canada
The Roman Catholic Church in Canada claims that “under the treaty ceding Canada to the British, the powers of the old Roman Catholic ecclesiastical courts were continued in full force.” A certain Mr. and Mrs. Delpit, both Roman Catholics, had been married and had lived together as man and wife for several years. Having become tired of his wife, Mr. Delpit “obtained from the ecclesiastical courts a decree annulling the marriage, and thereupon applied to the civil courts for a recognition of the validity of that decree. In the decision rendered by Judge Archibald it is settled that the claim of the Church to exercise civil jurisdiction in questions of marriage, is absolutely without foundation; that the decree of the ecclesiastical court in Delpit’s case is legally null; and that Delpit’s marriage stands.” Good!
TRAINING CLASS FOR NURSES
By F. M. Wilcox
A TRAINING class for missionary nurses will begin in the Colorado Sanitarium about May 15. There will be opportunity for ten or fifteen young men and women to enter upon this course. Requirements for membership: Christian experience; membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church; a purpose to enter the work as a missionary; good health; and the required age, from twenty to thirty-five years. Address, with particulars and references, the undersigned, care Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich., till May 1; after May 1, at Boulder, Colo. F. M. WILCOX.
GENERAL CONFERENCE NOTES
THE Thirty-fourth session (seventh biennial session) of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was opened in the Tabernacle, in this city, Tuesday, April 2, 1901, at 9 A. M.
The daily program of the General Conference is as follows:—
5:30– 6:30 A. M., Social meeting.
7:00– A. M., Breakfast.
9:00–10:00 A. M., Bible study.
10:30–12:20 A. M., Business proceedings.
1:00 P. M., Dinner.
3:00– 5:00 P. M., General business.
6:00– 6:50 P. M., Divisional prayer-meeting.
7:00– 8:15 P. M., Preaching.
The number of accredited delegates at the Conference is 216; the number of non-delegate visitors, 1,500.
The interest in the paper Present Truth (London, Eng.) is increasing, the average weekly circulation of the same during the past year being over fifteen thousand.
The amount of tithe paid by the denomination during the past two years aggregates $1,000,915.13, which is $205,341.89 more than the amount received during 1897 and ’98.
The Conferences admitted to the General Conference the first day of the Conference were the two Australasian Conferences—Queensland and South Australia; the Cumberland Conference, of District 2; and the Ontario Conference.
The present membership of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination throughout the world is 75,763; the number of members added in the past two years being 12,504, or nearly twice as many as during the two preceding years.
During the year 1900 over 207,000 copies of the Religious Liberty Library were printed, the number of pages actually circulated amounting to 4,000,000. Besides this, over 1,220,000 pages of the old series of the Religious Liberty Library were distributed.
Among some of the recent efforts of the International Religious Liberty Association is the sending of the Sentinel to more than four thousand lawmakers, State and national, and presenting to the members of the New York Legislature two hundred copies of “Legal Sunday,” and sixty-three copies of “Two Republics.”
Since the General Conference of 1899 nine sanitariums have been established,—one in Germany, two in Australia, one in New Zealand, and five in the United States,—thus making the total number of such institutions twenty-four. Also, many bath- and treatment-rooms, rescue missions, industrial homes, and hygienic restaurants have been established in various parts of the world.
On May 1, 1900, the American Sentinel was transferred from the Pacific Press Publishing Company to the International Religious Liberty Association. The average circulation of the thirty-three issues published during the remainder of the year was about 9,000 copies a week, making a total of over 290,000 copies, or 4,700,000 pages. The name of the paper was changed to Sentinel of Liberty.
Sister E. G. White preached in the Tabernacle, Sabbath, March 30. She also spoke at the same place, Sabbath, April 6, on which occasion fully thirty-five hundred persons were present to hear the sermon on tithe-paying. Overflow meetings were held at the same hour, in the College chapel, the Sanitarium chapel, and the Review and Herald chapel, the audiences being addressed by W. W. Prescott, J. O. Corliss, and E. J. Waggoner, respectively.
