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Jan 20, 1903

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 20, 1903

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A Burning Message

By Editor

Editorial

A Burning Message

This advent message may be called a burning message. It ought to be a burning message. It ought first to burn in our own hearts as fire shut up in the bones, that cannot be quenched, but that must reveal itself. It ought to be a burning message in that it is a cleansing message; such a revelation of the glory of God, such a revelation of the presence of God in and among his people, that devouring glory, which will remove all the dross of sin and evil, and prepare a people cleansed unto the day of the revelation of his glory when our Lord comes. It ought to be a message of burning, a word of fire; the Lord's word, which he says is a fire, cleansing; a sword, a flaming sword, that cuts and divides; a separating power that will separate from the world, and from those things that are perishable. This advent message is more than a putting together of some statements of the Word concerning an event that is to take place, and yet concerning which, after we have gone over the statements, we have more or less uncertainty. That is not this advent message at all. This advent message is a living thing; it is a living power; it is a living experience; it is that which takes hold of heart and life, and rules it; it is that which becomes all in all to a person, so that he himself, in his own experience, is simply the incarnation of a message to the earth, a living voice to the earth. Now when the advent message becomes that in the hearts of a believing people, there will be a visible power in the earth; there will be a loud voice in the earth. This voice will encircle the earth; and in every nation, kindred, tongue, and people there will be those who will say, The day of the Lord is at hand; prepare to meet thy God. That is the work to which this people are called, in this very hour.

An Emancipation Proclamation

The service of God is perfect freedom. The service of sin and Satan is bondage. “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. . . . Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house forever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” The gospel is the good news of freedom,—freedom from sin and the power of sin,—freedom from the bondage of a hard master, and the privilege of blessed service in the freedom with which Christ has made us free. This is the gospel which Jesus preached. At the very beginning of his ministry he read these words, as descriptive of his mission: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.” Christ died on the cross in order that he might make effective his mission to bring deliverance to the captives. We accept his work in our behalf when we identify ourselves with him in his experience of death and resurrection, accepting him as our sacrifice, our substitute, and our surety. Here is the statement of the Scripture: “Our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin; for he that hath died is released from sin. But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; knowing that Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.” Then follows a conclusion and a promise, which is in itself an emancipation proclamation to every one who is willing to accept the terms: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: . . . for sin shall not have dominion over you.” What a glorious assurance! Let us accept it, and be free men and women in Christ Jesus.

Former Things. Isa. 46: 9

By Uriah Smith

“Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.” Deut. 8: 2. The same duty is enjoined upon us in the New Testament, in this language: “But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; partly, whilst ye were made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.” Heb. 10: 32, 33. It has ever been the design of God that his people should remember the manifestations of his providence and power in their behalf; and his object in this is to prove them, to know whether or not they will keep his commandments and serve him.
The tenth day of the seventh month, the day fixed in the ancient typical service for the cleansing of the sanctuary, and which in the antitype reached the day of its fulfillment Oct. 22, 1844, brought us to the sounding of the seventh trumpet. The prophet thus describes this event: “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever.” Rev. 11: 15. Then the twenty-three hundred days of Dan. 8: 14 ended, the time came for the cleansing of the sanctuary, and our great High Priest entered into the most holy place of the temple in heaven, to finish the work of atonement for the world. In this temple there was seen the ark of his testament. Rev. 11: 19. And there began the third angel’s message; for “in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God [the gospel] should be finished.” Rev. 10: 7. Thus all the prophecies match and dovetail together.
In the first article of this series it was shown that the last of the great terrestrial signs given to foretoken the soon coming of Christ, come within the present generation, thus bringing the closing remnants of this generation within the scope of the declaration: “This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” And why may not all be fulfilled in the present generation? The most weightyevidence on this point is what those who love his appearing, led by the Holy Spirit, are now working out before the world: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Matt. 24: 14. Running back on the world’s great dial but a few years, we find the “falling away,” the great apostasy, which the mystery of iniquity had sprung upon the professed Christian church, burying the people up in darkness and superstition and sin. But the Spirit of God had not left the earth. Light began to spring up with the Reformers, and was cherished till it had permeated a great portion of Christendom. One country did not learn the truth from another, but men were led out and enlightened without being acquainted with one another, and without knowing the sentiments of one another, but moved directly by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the truth for which the world was waiting. We ask the reader to take in the full significance of this fact; for it indicates a movement inaugurated by heaven, which no power on earth can hinder.
The doctrine of the second coming of Christ arose and spread in the same way. Heaven knew the time had come for the gospel of the kingdom to be preached in all the world. There were hearts that would love the “blessed hope,” and they were moved upon to proclaim it.
In the year 1831 Joseph Wolff, D. D., was sent out by a missionary society in Great Britain to labor in the East. He labored in twenty-two different countries around the Mediterranean Sea and in Western Asia, and in some of the countries of Europe. He spoke to fourteen different classes of people, heralding the coming of the Lord over a vast extent of territory, some of the people being in high official positions, kings and rulers. Among the Arabs he found a book, anticipating his own work, treating of “the second coming of Christ, and his reign in glory.”
In the United States, William Miller, who had then but recently become a lover of the Bible, began to write and publish on the advent doctrine in the year 1831. This was before the display of the great sign appeared, already spoken of, marking the beginning of the last generation, in 1833. With William Miller and his co-laborers may be dated the first of the threefold messages of Revelation 14, the beginning of the modern phase of the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom as a witness to all nations, which brings the end. But this gospel could not be preached in all the world, till all the world had opened its doors to the feet of the explorer. But all this has now been done. The way is now open for the completion of the prophecy. And how much more remains to round out the generation, and to finish the preaching?
The advent doctrine has been proclaimed more extensively than many are aware, and quite sufficiently to fulfill the predictions of the Scriptures concerning it. It was symbolized by an angel flying through heaven. Answering to the symbol, men, on the earth, were impelled by the Lord to go forth and proclaim the coming of his kingdom. This completed the figure. This message was to go to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. A new awakening, a great revival, followed the proclamation of the advent doctrine wherever it went, which called upon men to repent and prepare to meet their God. Statistics inform us that to every station where missionaries were laboring, the message was sent; so the sound thereof was heard the world around, directing the thoughts of men to the truth that the hour of God’s judgment had come. These facts are among the important former things to be remembered. They are full of significance. When the time is ripe for a new movement in the development of God’s work, a new epoch to be introduced, and the agents appear, and the work of the Spirit is manifest among them, men ought to know the time sufficiently to give due attention to the work in which heaven is enlisted. In the annals of him who is not slack concerning his promises, in whose methods one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day, these events will all have their place. More on this point hereafter.
One hundred and five years have already passed since the “time of the end” began; seventy years since the stars fell, and the last generation began; fifty-nine years since the seventh angel sounded, the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the cleansing of the sanctuary was entered upon. We are living in the most solemn and important time the world has ever seen. “It is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Rom. 13: 11.
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A Proving of Character

“Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stone, wood, hay, stubble; each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it [the day] is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.”
The foundation, the different kinds of material for building, the proving of the work, and the means through which the work is to be proved, are all set forth in this scripture. The foundation is Jesus Christ; the material is according to each man’s choosing. It may be the gold, the silver, the precious stone; it may be the wood, the hay, the stubble. But whatever material one uses in the building, the day of God will set it forth, because the day of God is ushered in, is revealed, in fire, and the fire itself shall prove every man’s work.
This advent message is a message of proving. The day of the Lord is a day of testing, and the whole question with us is whether the testing and the proving shall come before the day of mercy closes, or whether we shall wait until after that day before this proving process takes place.
The foundation has been tested and tried, and will endure. The material that is offered us for the building will stand; it is proved material. But if we refuse the way of God and his instruction, we can take such material and build upon this foundation, as may appear outwardly good, as though it would endure the test, yet it may fail when the time of proving comes. The whole question, then, is a question of character-building,—the material that we choose to put into this building.
Note this scripture in 1 Peter 4: 12: “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” This might with perfect propriety be read this way: Beloved, think it not strange concerning “the burning” among you. This is exactly the same word that we have in the eighteenth chapter of Revelation, in that account of the overthrow of Babylon, when it is said that they stood afar off at the smoke of her “burning.” Now there is a burning that is to come upon Babylon, and there is a burning that is to come upon God’s people. The only question about it is, When shall it come? and what shall the result be? Shall it come in that time when everything that is not of God may be purged out, may be removed from the building, and right material may be built into it? or shall we have a building that we shall hold intact, as it were, until the final day, and then be consumed?
The burning, or the cleansing process, is simply the glory of God among the people, just as when the children of Israel looked afar off, on the mountain where Moses was in the presence of God, and the sight of the glory of the Lord, on the top of the mountain, was as devouring fire in their eyes: yet Moses was up there in the mountain with God. Face to face he talked with him in the presence of that burning; in the presence of that devouring fire Moses stood, and he partook so much of the shining of that glory that when he came down from the mount, his face shone so that the people of Israel could not look upon his face.
Now the fiery trial, the burning, which is among us, which is to prove us, is the partaking of the glory of our Lord, as revealed in his sufferings,the cleansing process; this is the burning. It is the revelation of God’s glory among his people for cleansing and purging, that every bit of character material which will not stand the fires of the last day may be removed, no inflammable material built in, until there shall be a building that will endure the revelation of his glory; not in suffering and in purging and in cleansing now, but in the full revelation of that glory of God in Jesus Christ when he comes the second time without sin unto salvation.

Boldness in the Day of Judgment

No. 2

In John 12: 44-48 we read as follows: “And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.” Because God, who at sundry times and in divers manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us in his Son, if we reject him, and receive not his sayings, these words will be our condemnation. While God sent his Son into the world to save the world, the very sending of his Son judges the world. When light shines, it is that we may not be in darkness, yet the darkness deepens if we do not give heed to the light. Light rejected, deepens our darkness. “If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness?” The revelation of the will of God in Jesus Christ in the gift that he has made for us, made in order to save the world, judges the world, when it does not receive it. The grace of God given in Jesus Christ for salvation, becomes the wrath of the Lamb to those who reject divine grace and mercy. Mercies piled mountain high, favors not acknowledged, and light not walked in, become so much the greater condemnation in the judgment. In this very movement for a greater revelation of light and truth, a movement which will not stop until the latter rain is poured out upon God’s people, a movement which means an equipment for service to go to the ends of the earth,—in this very movement there is danger to every one who turns away from the light that has shone out to us.
This is an hour of privilege, and an hour of danger. To refuse what God is holding out to his people now means greater darkness; and we are now, as it were, at the parting of the ways. God has reached the time when he says, “There shall be delay no longer.” God has reached the time when he has set his hand to do a great work in this generation. After these years of delay, after these recent years,—years of more or less uncertainty and confusion, until many hearts have become sad over the situation, and many minds have become confused, and have questioned whether this is the work that we have believed it to be, and whether the times are really so momentous, and, after all, whether this is the people of God,—God has spoken a word to this people, and called them for the last time, and says, “There shall be delay no longer.” And he now is inviting this people, this very people, to rise and receive power for service. This is an hour of great privilege to this people, and let us not by our attitude toward it make it an hour of condemnation.
Let us remember that in the day of judgment we are condemned as sinners, and yet the real basis of our condemnation, in view of the provision that God has made, is not simply the fact that we are sinners, but because we refuse to be anything else. God has made provision so that there is no sin under high heaven that cannot be pardoned, except the sin that refuses to be pardoned, and that is the unpardonable sin. Not because God is not willing and able to pardon any sin, but because some sinners rise up in rebellion before God, and refuse to be pardoned; and even in dispensing his divine grace, God does not override the will that he has given to us. He says, “Choose you this day whom ye will serve.” Let this thought stay in our minds. We are not condemned in the day of judgment because we are sinners, but because we refused to be anything else than sinners.
Passing from that, let us read another scripture: “Father, glorify thy name.” That prayer meant the cross. That prayer meant his death for us. “There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes. Now is a judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all unto myself. But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.” This was just before his crucifixion. He is talking about his death on the cross. And in view of the revelation that was to be made that day on the cross of Calvary, he calls it a judgment of the world. “Now is a judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” The whole plan of salvation finds its climax in that one day, that one experience on Calvary. When we take out of gospel history and gospel fact that one day on Calvary when the Son of man was lifted up in behalf of humanity, we have no more the gospel of Jesus Christ. The climax of all that God has done or can do for mankind, was seen that day.
That day on Calvary demonstrated both to fallen and unfallen worlds that God is love, and that God’s love for man was such that rather than see him left under the sin which he brought on himself, He would put Himself under the load, and He would put Himself under the penalty, and He would die for man whom He loved, the Creator for the creature, the just for the unjust. And when those words were spoken that day, “It is done,” they echoed through all space, and reached all worlds, and unfallen beings were bound unto God in heaven by that day’s display of love. God had said that he was love, and humanity had not believed it. But when God put that saying into action so that human eyes could see, and human ears could hear, and human hearts could feel that truth, it was demonstrated that God is love. But when God demonstrated that day that he is love, he gave such a demonstration as in itself is a judgment of the world. And on that day Satan’s fall was assured; the death of the destroyer was made certain; and that day which looked like a day of defeat, that day when they all forsook him and fled, that day when there was only one man, and he a malefactor, who recognized him as God and prayed to him, only one who recognized him as King,—that day was a day of glory and triumph for the universe. That was the day when it was demonstrated to the universe that God is love. But such a demonstration demonstrated some other things. That day demonstrated what the service of the devil means. That day demonstrated that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son to die for the world; that day demonstrated that the devil so hated the Son of God that he put him to death upon the cross. We are to-day under the shadow of the same cross, and it is judging us, and we are being judged by the attitude that we take toward that gift of God on the cross.
Now the time has come for us to decide our attitude toward this cross of Jesus Christ. The time has come for us to take our position positively on the side of Jesus Christ and his cross. The hour of his judgment is come. The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment. We may have boldness in the day of judgment because of the provision that God has made in the gift of his Son to humanity. Whatshall we say, as we face the cross? Shall we say, as they did of old, “Not this man, but Barabbas”? Will any one this day say, “Not this man”? Will any heart steel itself against the offer of divine mercy which is now made to us? “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation?”. May the Lord impress upon his people a sense of the solemnity of this hour of judgment, and grant them such an experience as will give them boldness now and when our blessed Saviour shall appear.

A Sanitarium for Great Britain

By Arthur G. Daniells

In this number of the Review we place before our brethren and sisters in America information regarding the purchase of a medical sanitarium for Great Britain. We believe this information will be of great interest to our people.
For many years our brethren in the British field have been endeavoring to place the medical work on a broad gospel basis. From the first, and all along, the people generally have manifested a lively interest in the principles of healthful living. Public addresses and schools of health have been well attended, and health literature has met with a ready and extensive sale. The Good Health for England has a circulation of about thirty-five thousand copies monthly.
For more than two years Dr. A. B. Olsen has been located in that field, making the preparation required to practice as a physician and surgeon in the kingdom of Great Britain. The blessing of God has attended his efforts. Besides finishing the necessary work in this line, he has done much to extend a knowledge of this phase of our message.
As might naturally be expected, the work that has been done has raised and kept before our people the question of establishing and operating a sanitarium in England. During the visit of the American brethren to Europe last year, this question received careful consideration. At a meeting of the European General Conference attended by the American delegates, the following recommendations were passed:—
“Whereas, Our brethren in Great Britain feel assured that a sanitarium should be established in that field; and,—
“Whereas, They are not financially able to do this without assistance from others; therefore,—
“We Recommend, That the following plan be adopted for securing the funds with which to establish a sanitarium in the British field:—
“1. That our brethren in Great Britain be recommended to raise in donations $10,000.
“2. That the Mission Board be requested to raise by special contributions $20,000, or two dollars for each dollar raised by the British brethren, and that the money raised in America be advanced as fast as the British brethren raise their proportion.
“3. That the efforts required to raise this money be begun at once, so that there shall be as little delay as possible in getting the institution started.
“4. That no property be purchased until it can be done without contracting a debt, and that the investment shall not exceed the amount raised.”
These recommendations were presented to the brethren in England a few weeks later, at a meeting of the British Conference held at Leeds, and were adopted by the conference as their request to the Mission Board.
At the council of the General Conference Committee held in Battle Creek, November, 1902, these recommendations were duly considered, and, in response, the committee passed the following resolutions:—
“Voted, That an earnest and persevering effort be put forth by the General Conference Committee to raise—
“1. Two thousand dollars remaining on the appropriation voted one year ago, for the London and Belfast treatment rooms.
“2. Twenty thousand dollars recommended by the Friedensau council for the establishment of a sanitarium in England, this sum to be expended under the direction of the British Union Conference Committee.”
Since taking this action, the General Conference Committee has received word from our brethren in England, telling of an excellent property they have found for a sanitarium. This property has been inspected by a committee appointed by the British Union Conference Committee. We have not received minutes of the committee’s report, but Brother Sisley, Dr. Waggoner, and Dr. Olsen have written us very favorably regarding the place. Dr. Olsen writes as follows:—
“We have found a hydropathic institution in Surrey, which apparently meets our needs. At the last meeting of the British Union Council a committee of the members went to see the place, and brought back a unanimously favorable report, stating that in their opinion steps should be taken at once to raise the necessary money for securing the property. Others have been there at different times, and the general opinion is that this hydropathic institution would serve the purpose of a sanitarium very well indeed. Surrey is one of the most beautiful of the counties in England. The climate is mild and pleasant. It is rolling country, with many hills, and beautiful valleys and brooks, also small lakes scattered here and there. This institution is located in a suburb of Caterham, a town of 9,128 inhabitants, and is situated seventeen miles from Westminster Bridge, London; so that while it is outside the smoke and fog of the city, it is near enough to the metropolis to have the advantage of free delivery of groceries, dry-goods, and other things from London. As you can see, this will be a great advantage.
“I am inclosing with this an illustration of the house, which will give you a general idea of its size and appearance. In the basement, which is level with the garden behind, are the baths, which consist of two Turkish bath-rooms, shampoo and massage room containing two marble slabs, two porcelain tubs, hot and cold spray, sitz baths, etc. The rooms are about ten feet high, the floor is inlaid with stonework, and the walls are of glazed brick, making it very neat in appearance, and insuring thorough sanitation. There is a small brick addition which is built out from the wall, and contains the boiler, which is heated by coke, and run night and day at little expense. The bath-rooms are all well lighted, and cheerful in appearance. There are five or six dressing-rooms, with a large hall containing seven first-class couches with linen covers, which are washable. The bath-room equipment is in perfect condition, and was established only about four years ago, finished in natural wood, and would cost to duplicate it several hundred pounds. The kitchen is also in the basement, as well as a large scullery, a servant’s hall, pantries, and cold storage department; also another large room which was at one time used for sulphur baths, but is now empty. As one enters the front door, he finds himself in a large hall, 8x20 feet. To the left of the hall is a drawing-room, which extends through the house; this room is well furnished, and contains a splendid piano. On the right is an office 13x13 feet. Then there is a reading-room 13x17 feet, well furnished; a pantry 7x11 feet, with a gas-stove, and a dining-room 27x42 feet. Besides these, there is a large billiard room 18x28 feet. On the second floor is a private bathroom, and nine bedrooms, which average about fifteen feet square in size. There is also a large house-maid’s pantry, and linen closets. On the third, or top, floor are twelve bedrooms, varying in size from 10x16 to 16x18 feet.
“There is also a villa connected with the main building [shown on the right in the picture on the first page]. It contains eight rooms, besides the kitchen, bath-room, scullery, closets, and pantries, but has no furniture. It is in direct communication with the main building, and can be used to splendid advantage in connection with it. The house stands on an acre and a half of freehold property, and faces east and west. A meadow consisting of about twenty-two acres, and adjoining the grounds,goes with the property. This is a leasehold, fifteen pounds a year, and has still seventeen years to run. It can be rented for forty or fifty pounds a year just for grazing land. It would be possible to fence off three or four acres of this ground for a garden in connection with the premises.
“I secured the services of a practical architect and builder here in London to examine the place, and he reports that the sanitation is perfect, and that the building is in a good state of repair. He estimates that the building and the freehold property are worth £4,000 ($20,000). It could not possibly be duplicated for that amount. He also examined the furniture, which he says is worth £900 ($4,500), and could not be duplicated for less than twelve or fourteen hundred pounds. Property in Caterham is steadily increasing in value. It is a pleasant and ideal summer resort, and has a large number of visitors, especially in summer.
“We can get this property freehold, with the good will of the institution, bath-rooms fully equipped, completely furnished throughout, as indicated in the inventory, which I inclose, for the sum of £2,800 ($14,000). What an advantage to step into such an institution without any additional expense, and throw open the doors for a sanitarium and medical missionary work!”
Since Dr. Olsen’s letter came to hand, we have received word from England, stating that if they take this property, they must do so by the last of February. After careful counsel, we have advised our brethren that we will send them ten thousand dollars by the end of February, with the understanding that our people in England will raise their share, which would be five thousand dollars.
In order to raise this money, we have decided to call for a Sabbath offering to be taken in all our churches in America, Sabbath, February 7. It is most earnestly hoped that this offering will bring to the treasury the amount required. This is only about half the sum which the conference committee voted to raise. We are exceedingly grateful that God has placed within our reach an institution so admirably adapted to our work at a cost so reasonable. More will appear in the future regarding this good providence of our God.
Brethren and sisters, shall we not all take hold of this work and speedily and cheerfully raise this money, and thus aid our brethren in Great Britain in securing a good sanitarium free from debt?
A. G. Daniells.
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