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Earlier text: The Work in the Latin Union

Religious Liberty Day

By W. A. COLCORD

Sabbath, February 25

SABBATH, February 25, has been appointed by the General Conference Committee as religious liberty convention and collection day for our churches throughout the United States. We hope that it will be generally observed as such.

Our present Sabbath-school lessons are on the subject of religious liberty. The Sunday bills now pending in Congress indicate that the forces of evil are at work; that the liberty of the church of Christ is endangered; and that the time has come for us to battle with all our might against the spiritual tyranny which is seeking to assert itself through national law, erect the image of the beast in this country, and cause all to fall down and worship it through the compulsory observance of the papal sabbath. The petition work against this wicked thing is going on quite generally throughout the country. The Sabbath tracts and religious liberty leaflets, setting forth the principles of truth which the people so much need at this time, are being scattered. The people, not only in Washington, but all over the land, are having their attention called to the Sabbath truth, and to the movement for the enforcement of the false sabbath, which is in direct fulfilment of the message that we have been presenting for so long a time.

This, therefore, seems a very appropriate time for us to devote a day in all

our churches to the consideration of this effort question, and to make contributions for the prosecution of this special and important part of our work. If we are alive to the situation, a very profitable, encouraging, and enthusiastic time will be had in all our churches throughout the length and breadth of the land.

On Sabbath, February 18, let the announcement be made that the next Sabbath, February 25, will be “Religious Liberty day.” In next week’s REVIEW a suggestive program for this occasion will be published. Look for this.

It has been nearly a year since a call was made for funds for this work. About one thousand dollars came in in response to the call then made. Out of this we have bought some much-needed office furniture; purchased stationery for the sending out of thousands of letters; printed and sent out nine thousand petition blanks, ten thousand of the “Open Letter to Washington Clergy,” tract, twenty thousand “Sunday Bills Now Before Congress” leaflets, and thousands of the new Religious Liberty Leaflets; paid for the hall rent and the advertising of five public meetings in the city of Washington; purchased and sent out three hundred copies of the Washington Post of December 26, and other like work. We have a portion of this fund still on hand, as we have tried to economize and make every dollar go as far as possible; but we shall need to have the fund replenished and considerably increased if we carry on the work vigorously and aggressively this coming year, as we hope to do. Therefore we trust that our people will contribute to this work on the day indicated, according to its importance and needs. Let all plan to give as the Spirit of the Lord directs them.

W. A. COLCORD, Secretary Religious Liberty Bureau.

“Your Labor Is Not in Vain in the Lord”

By K. C. RUSSELL

It will be encouraging to those who have been engaged in the circulation of the petitions against the passage of the Sunday bills now pending in Congress, to know that their labor has not been in vain in the Lord.

Letters are being received almost daily from congressmen to whom petitions and letters have been sent, expressing their gratitude for having their attention called to these bills, for some were not aware of their existence until we had brought the matter to their attention.

We were told by a prominent congressman the other day that he thought there was little chance of this matter’s coming up at this session of Congress, for the “Seventh-day Adventists” were opposing it. I might add that at this point in our interview he did not know that we belonged to the “Seventh-day folks.” He further said that it was generally understood that there was opposition to the measure. He made reference to the opposition to the measure several times during the interview, indicating that a most decided impression had been made upon the minds of congressmen by the “Seventh-day folks.”

Should these bills fail to pass at this session of Congress, we would certainly feel that our labor had not been in vain in the Lord in putting forth the little effort that we have exerted to stem the tide of Sunday legislation now before Congress.

We are pleased to say that it has been demonstrated that good and effective work can still be done in the circulation of petitions, supplying the congressmen with literature, writing them, and in personal interviews.

It is possible that some may not distinguish between the one who is engaged as a lobbyist to secure some religious measure enacted into law, and the one who is there to protest and oppose all such legislation, and also bring to their attention the message of truth for these times. The difference between the mission of these two classes is as great as the difference between light and darkness, heaven and earth, or righteousness and sin.

Our labors will not be over for congressmen and other men who occupy places of great responsibility in the world until every effort has been exhausted to bring them to a knowledge of the third angel’s message.

We trust that the idea will not be obtained from this article that there is any certainty that these bills may not be passed before Congress closes; for pressure may be brought to bear upon the lawmakers by the promoters of Sunday legislation in the great rush that is always incident just before Congress closes, and it will be especially so this session in view of the approaching inauguration.

K. C. RUSSELL.

Thoughts From “Christ’s Object Lessons”

By Frank F. Fry

Those who handle the bars of gold and silver at the mint in the process of coining money, are liable to become indifferent to the full value of the metal which they are handling. As I stood and watched the men guiding the long plates of gold through the machine that coined and stamped upon it its value, their manner did not seem to differ in any way from those who guided the plates of steel through the great rollers that made the steel rails in the large steel mills. There is a possibility of handling a precious article without realizing its worth.

I have many times wondered if we have not come short in our appreciation of the book “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Have we searched out the precious gems of truth that are within its lids, and applied them to our own individual lives? Are we enthusiastic in the matter of presenting this precious book to others unless we realize its worth ourselves? Perhaps it would not be amiss to suggest a thorough reading of this book before we attempt to sell it to others. If we have read it through once, it will bear reading again. If we have learned the lessons it contains once, they will bear a review.

Success in selling this book, as in selling all others, depends largely on whether or not we can prove to the people that the book has been a help and a benefit to us. We should call attention to particular paragraphs that have had an uplifting influence upon our own lives, and read the beautiful thoughts that have been an inspiration to us.

In my work in canvassing for the book I have made use of the following thoughts as particularly helpful to me: —

Why Speak in Parables?

“Leading thus from the natural to the spiritual kingdom, Christ’s parables are links in the chain of truth that unites man with God, and earth with heaven. In his teaching from nature, Christ was speaking of the things which his own hands had made, and which had qualities and powers that he himself had imparted.” — “Christ’s Object Lessons,” pages 17, 18.

Christ’s mission to this world was to reconcile man with God. He could not do this without removing the veil that obscured the truth. The blight that was cast over the face of nature by sin, had for many years hidden from men’s minds the precious truths that were to acquaint them fully with their Creator. None was more capable of drawing out these truths than Christ the Creator. “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.” Matt. 13: 13-15.

The Sower

“That with which the parable of the sower chiefly deals is the effect produced on the growth of the seed by the soil into which it is cast. By this parable Christ was virtually saying to his hearers, It is not safe for you to stand as critics of my work, or to indulge disappointment because it does not meet your ideas. The question of greatest importance to you is, How do you treat my message? Upon your reception or rejection of it your eternal destiny depends.” — “Christ’s Object Lessons,” pages 43, 44.

The Saviour’s words in presenting the parable of the sower are familiar to us, so familiar, perhaps, that they really may seem commonplace in our estimation. Let us not consider them so. If we have really learned the lesson of the parable perfectly, we shall never be found criticizing the minister in the particular way and manner in which he presents the truth; but, on the other hand, if he gives truth, we shall be examining our own heart to see what kind of soil it will furnish for the germination and growth of seeds of truth that may have been sown. There were three grades of poor soil, as well as three grades of good soil, but only one grade that brought forth a hundredfold.

Prayer

“Christ’s lessons in regard to prayer should be carefully considered. There is a divine science in prayer, and his illustration brings to view principles that all need to understand. . . . Our prayers are not to be a selfish asking, merely for our own benefit. We are to ask that we may give.” — Id., page 142.

When the Lord said to his disciples, “Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?” he was teaching them how to pray, and was fully granting their request when they said, “Lord, teach us to pray.”

Talents

“However small your talent, God has a place for it. That one talent, wisely used, will accomplish its appointed work.

By faithfulness in little duties, we are to work on the plan of addition, and God will work for us on the plan of multiplication.” — Id., page 360.

There is a wide range in which we can be endowed with talents, and none of us has less than one talent. The mental faculties, speech, influence, time, health, strength, and the means that the Lord has entrusted to our care, are all talents. The Lord desires us to trade with his goods, and not join the great army of his creatures that hide their talent in the earth.

There are many beautiful thoughts presented in the book “Christ’s Object Lessons” that seem to bring to the surface the underlying principles of the gospel of the kingdom, which the world and professed Christians seem to have almost lost sight of. The thoughts presented above are just a few of the many to which attention can be called when presenting the book to the public. The book will win its own way into the homes of the people if it is given a chance. It has blessed many a home, and it will be only when we all fully realize what a good book it really is that it will be circulated as it deserves.

Let us allow our hearts to be kindled afresh with a love for this blessed work of selling “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and soon this people will be free from the reproach that is still in a measure resting upon it, and many thousand more homes will rejoice in the help and courage that the book brings to them. If all will do what they can just now in the promotion of this work, it will not be long before the jubilee song of freedom will be heard throughout our borders.

FRANK F. FRY.

The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund

AMOUNT previously reported . . $55,091 90 Central Union Conference . . 56 70 A. P. Ruiter . . 25 00 Mrs. M. J. Kay . . 25 00 Mrs. David Warren . . 25 00 North Michigan Conference . . 13 50 John Sheldon . . 10 00 L. B. Goodwyn . . 10 00 Mrs. Edna J. Vine . . 10 00 C. J. Lauterbach . . 10 00 F. E. Kreiley . . 9 00 Ada and Nora Brackney . . 8 50 Mrs. M. J. Wilson . . 7 00 Otto Schlief (Ruatan) . . 6 00

FIVE DOLLARS EACH

Maria N. Rogers, Mrs. Anna Hulett, Clyde L. Balkwill, J. W. Stull, James Lee, Charles G. Rice, Samuel Booth, Fred Burkhard, Leonard J. Grietel, Mrs. Maria Dietel, G. W. Henderson, Hildebran (N. C.) church (monthly collection), Mrs. Tom Abbey, Mrs. L. C. Harlan.

FOUR DOLLARS EACH

Mrs. Fisher (Ruatan), Mary Ann Jones (Ruatan), Elmer Hamilton. “Dusseldorf” (Germany), $4.64; Alburga Jones (Ruatan), $4.20; Swedish S. D. A. church (Chicago), $3.56; Dr. E. O. Dickson, $2.50; H. R. Kay, $2.50; George W. Berry, $2.25; Manuel Jones (Ruatan), $2.10; Ellen Jones (Ruatan), $2.10; O. Nelson (Sweden), $1.71; Mary Oleta Dye, $1.37; William C. Carrer, $1.25; Mrs. Mary Roberts, $1.25; Une Soeur (Switzerland), $1.14; Malvina Rivers (Ruatan), $1.10.

THREE DOLLARS EACH

John G. Williams, Matilda Pettit, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Corwin, Mrs. Fannia A. Bickle.

TWO DOLLARS EACH

Sarah R. Matthews, Martin Hansen, E. C. Buckland, Ed. Nelson, Jacob and Electa L. Horn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rowe, Eliza L. Richmond, Joe Self, W. H. Armstrong, A. Prewitt, J. G. and L. F. Bradley, Eugene A. Brown, Mrs. Cassie Johnson, Mrs. M. D. Cook, P. M. Partridge.

ONE DOLLAR EACH

J. M. Fisher, Mrs. William Dancer, S. P. Winslow, Mrs. Olie Caldwell, Helen Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Steen Jensen, Chr. Sandnes, C. T. Williams, Mrs. Annette Rowe, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. Anna M. Park, a friend in Wilkinsburg (Pa.), a patron (Signs of the Times), Eva L. Maddy, H. G. Miller, A. D. Ogden, Mrs. A. D. Ogden, E. G. Batten, Mrs. Fannie Lovejoy, Mrs. D. A. Eddy, Amy Rawlinson, Ellen Harris, Mrs. L. Reynolds, A. J. Turvaville, Mrs. May Pyle, Mrs. H. H. Luckcock, Mrs. W. W. Roberts, Mrs. T. L. Story, Mrs. Alice Smith, Mrs. Margaret Wade, Ruth and Hortance McDaniel, Lena Bent, Mrs. N. E. Haladay.

NINETY-FIVE CENTS EACH

Humbert Guymet (Switzerland), Sister E. Guymet (Switzerland), Anonyme (Switzerland). Mary Jones (Ruatan), $.84; Robert Forcke, $.84; I. D. Guymet (Switzerland), $.76; Taquier (Switzerland), $.76; L. A. Robinson, $.60; M. L. (Switzerland), $.57; Sister L. Str. (Switzerland), $.38; Adelaide Jones (Ruatan), $.21; Florence Dietel, $.20; Lora Dietel, $.15.

FIFTY CENTS EACH

Mary J. Rees, Mrs. Emilie Wilson, W. J. and Sallie Stoops.

FORTY-TWO CENTS EACH

George Fentado (Ruatan), James Jones (Ruatan), William Jeffries (Ruatan).

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH

Walter Jensen, Orville Painter, Lois Painter, Myrtle Painter, Mrs. O. J. Paul, Mrs. Levy, Winstead (N. C.) church, F. E. Booth, a friend, Amanda E. Koons, Hulda Dietel, Edna Kilcher, Martha Wilson, a humble friend.

NINETEEN CENTS EACH

X. Muhour (Switzerland), A. M. Conad (Switzerland), Sister C. (Switzerland), Sister Clere (Switzerland).

TEN CENTS EACH

S. H. Lawrance, J. H. Pites, J. M. Brown, R. L. Smyre, Mrs. Jane Hass, Mrs. Carrie Hathaway, R. C. Howe, J. B. Bridges, H. L. Sitzer, Alva Hogan, Walter Hogan, Gussey Hogan, Iva Jones (Ruatan).

FIVE CENTS EACH

J. R. Cline, J. D. Little, Oscar Sherrill, C. B. Rufty, J. R. Stuart, N. M. Reid, a friend, T. F. Shuford, V. G. Long, W. N. Hale, J. C. Yount, P. H. Setzer, J. F. Herman, E. G. Robinson, D. M. Furr, Annie Robinson, W. A. Setzer.

Mrs. Maggie Dye .......... $ 8 63 Mrs. C. J. Lauterbach ...... 10 00 Mrs. S. J. Merrell ........ 10 00 Elder R. A. Underwood and wife ........ 25 00

Total reported .......... $55,567 23 A further list will follow. Send all donations to W. T. Bland, 222 North Capitol St. Washington, D. C.

Field Notes

BROTHER D. U. HALE reports three new Sabbath-keepers at Spain's Mill, Tex.

SIX adults were added to the company at Cotton, Mo., at the close of the week of prayer.

THE Alto church of eastern Texas, has recently had an increase of three in its membership.

AN increase of six in the membership of the church at Madge, Tex., is reported by Brother W. L. Adams.

BROTHER G. L. EDGERTON reports the baptism of three persons at Appleton City, Mo., on a recent Sabbath.

FIVE young people, ranging from thirteen to twenty-one years of age, received baptism recently at St. Peter, Minn.

THERE are now five families of Sabbath-keepers at Nacogdoches, Tex., among whom is the Baptist church clerk. The latter's acceptance of the truth has caused no small stir in that place.

THE work at Coudersport, Pa., is reported to be in a prosperous condition. Three have accepted the truth there since the week of prayer, and the annual offering of the church was double the amount given last year.

ELDER T. H. PAINTER writes us from West Virginia, under date of January 23: "I am holding meetings in the large school building in Hinton. The house was full last night with hearts eager to hear the message for our day. I have more calls to visit the people in their homes than I can fill. I hope to see some obey soon."

REPORTING from Senjen, Minn., Brother Geo. L. Budd says of his meetings there: "The dragon spirit is now manifest and has spoken, as they have closed the schoolhouse against us. But we shall go right on with our work in a store building that will be fitted up for us. The Lord has given us nine souls besides some young people. We have organized a Sabbath-school of twenty-two members, and our courage is good in the work."

SPEAKING of the fruits of the missionary campaign, has been a blessing to the H. S. Shaw says: "The special effort in November and December, in the missionary campaign, has been a blessing to the people in the Minnesota Conference. There are interests springing up in different parts of the State, and thus far we are not able to answer all the calls where there seems to be a real interest to hear the truth. Some good people are already beginning to keep the Sabbath. Three are reported at one place, five at another, one at another, six at another, nine at another, and at other places there are those who seem to be on the point of deciding for the truth. It looks as if a goodly number are going to make a start this winter in Minnesota, and of course this is encouraging to the laborers as well as to the brethren in the churches throughout the conference."

Church-School Discipline

By DAN E. HUFFMAN

It is not for lack of room in the public schools that we need our church-schools. When we take our children out of the public school and establish a church-school, we virtually say to the world, “We can conduct a better school than the public-school system provides for us.” If we do not maintain a better school, we have failed in our undertaking, and given the lie to our profession.

The recognized elements of any good school are:—

Purity of moral influence.
Harmony of operation in all its departments.
Practicability, adaptability, and completeness of the course of study.
Thoroughness in work.

Men of strong mental powers and deep research have made the public-school system a life study. In every department and every branch specialists have devoted their best thought to the interests of all the departments. Shall we hope to outstrip all former efforts, and teach the same things in a better way? or shall we begin on a new foundation, and build a system of our own? Shall our church-school be a reform public school or a new creation? For my part I see no light in a reform of the old system: we are not working toward the same end. The public schools are established for the training of citizens for the government of the United States; our schools for the government of God. As the heavens are higher than the earth, by so much should our purpose be higher than the world's purpose; and so must needs be our methods and our standard above those of their school system. A better and different course of study, and better and different methods of instruction, are indispensable to our purpose. And above all, we must not neglect the first essential element of every good school,—purity of moral influence.

I am sorry to see that so many of our schools seem content to place the standard of morals where the public schools have placed it. I believe this is due largely to false conception of proper discipline. Rather than apply the degree of severity necessary to maintain the authority of the teacher, and suppress and prevent corruption, the teacher has often sacrificed principle to the extent, in many cases, of even allowing pupils to dispute her word, defy her authority, and to tell her falsehoods. The teacher has thought it her religious duty to remain quiet, and take the abuse and defiance the pupil may be bold enough to offer, rather than use such force as may be necessary to subdue the rebellious heart. And this is called “ruling by love,” when, in fact, the reins of government have been surrendered.

Other pupils who have learned obedience at home, are not slow to observe, and soon the evil leaven has permeated the whole school. The seeds are sown in many little hearts, and Satan gains victories that he never could have gained on this point in a well-conducted public school. Every one knows that perfect discipline is not maintained in every home, even among Seventh-day Adventists. The evil dispositions and bad traits of character which children form at home they carry with them to school. One pupil may sow evil seed secretly, and before the teacher is aware of the fact, the harvest begins to appear in a large per cent of her pupils.

Many church-school teachers have felt a need of authority in matters of discipline; and have labored under the impression that teachers in the public schools are clothed with authority which they do not have. They have felt handicapped because certain individuals have assumed to forbid punishment. Public-school teachers have abundant authority. The law of the government for which they are teaching stands between them and every hindrance of proper discipline; but, is the State law above the authority of God? Surely no teacher holds credentials of higher authority than the following: “God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers.” 1 Cor. 12:28. All the authority of heaven is back of the teacher in every right act. Apostles and prophets do not get their authority from individual members; they do not sacrifice principle to please individuals; neither should teachers.

Our pupils naturally are not much different from other children. As teachers, we have the same problems to deal with as public-school teachers have—the same evil tendencies to restrain. If we are to have a higher standard of moral influence than they, we must have better discipline. Better discipline is not less firm. Except our restraint of evil be more effectual than theirs, our standard will be no higher, our morals no better. Dear fellow teacher, dare we allow evil, corrupting influences to multiply in our schools, thus lowering our standard of purity and order, because some individual patrons “don’t believe in using force”?

The following quotation from an unpublished Testimony explains itself: “If, as teachers in the home, the father and mother allow children to take the lines of control into their own hands, they are held responsible for what the children might otherwise have been. From babyhood, the child should be taught that the mother is master. Never should the mother allow Satan to arouse or strengthen the disagreeable passions of her child. She should not use the rod if it be possible to avoid doing so. But if milder measures prove insufficient, punishment which will bring the child to its senses, should, in love, be administered. Frequently one correction will be enough for a lifetime to show a child that he does not hold the lines of control. “This question of discipline should be understood in the school as well as in the home. We should hope that in the schoolroom, there would never be occasion to use the rod. But if, in a school, there are those who stubbornly resist all counsel and entreaty, all prayer and burden of soul in their behalf, then it is necessary to make them understand that they must obey. “Some teachers do not think it is best to urge or enforce obedience. They say that it is their duty merely to educate. But what does the education of children amount to if, when they disregard the principles placed before them, the teacher does not feel that he has a right to exercise authority?”—Talk to church-school teachers, Sept. 8, 1901, by Mrs. E. G. White.

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” “Not with eye-service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.” Eph. 6:10, 6.

DAN E. HUFFMAN. Thayer, Kan.

Current Mention

— Fire in the business section of Omaha, Neb., January 29, caused a loss of $750,000.

— The city of Schenectady, N. Y., suffered a loss of $200,000 by fire, February 1.

— A test of the Baldwin air-ship, at Los Angeles, Cal., January 29, was attended by the best success yet attained in efforts at navigating the air. The operator steered the ship at will, and maneuvered in the air for about forty minutes with perfect ease, bringing the ship to the ground again at the starting-point. The atmospheric conditions were highly favorable for the experiment.

— Ten of a party of thirteen women who were returning in a sleigh from a meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Universalist church at Hornellsville, N. Y., February 1, were killed at a grade crossing of the Pittsburg and Northern Railway, the sleigh being struck and demolished by a train. The three who were not killed were seriously injured. All the women were socially prominent in Hornellsville. The accident is attributed to the carelessness of the driver.

— Order appears to have been restored in most of the centers of the recent disturbances in Russia, but in Russian Poland the outlook continued serious long after the disturbances had practically ceased elsewhere, and as late as January 31 it was reported that Russian merchants were apprehensive of a general strike in the industrial towns of Poland. A press dispatch from Lodz, the greatest manufacturing center of western Russia, stated that the town looked like a besieged fortress. Soldiers in detachments of fifty were patrolling the streets to preserve order. All the stores were closed, and their windows boarded up, and hundreds of people were waiting before the bakeries for bread. At Warsaw a state of practical anarchy prevailed for several days, marked by rioting, pillage, and collisions between the strikers and the troops, in which about one hundred and sixty persons were killed or wounded. On one occasion the British consul-general at Warsaw, and the proconsul, were attacked by soldiers, and the proconsul was wounded by a sword thrust. This incident stirred up popular feeling in England, and the British government has demanded of Russia a strict inquiry into the affair.

Christian Education

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

J. A. HOOPES, Chairman; FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Information Wanted

JUDSON J. SCOTT, about eighteen years of age, was canvassing at Pontiac, Mich., last November, but left there to go, as he stated, to Oakland, Cal. He has not been heard from since that time. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received. Address T. G. Scott, R. F. D., No. 5, Oswego, N. Y.

Obituaries

ROLKE.—Died at Ramah, Colo., Jan 23, 1905, of pneumonia, Clifford W. Rolke, aged 9 months and 23 days. Words of comfort were spoken from John 11. R. B. R.

VAN DOLAH.—Died at Thomas, O. T., Jan. 7, 1905, our darling, Ruth Lenora Marie, aged 4 months and 13 days. We hope to meet her in the glad morning of the resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Rafferty. P. C. and CORDY VAN DOLAH.

McGREW.—Died at Bird City, Kan., Jan. 8, 1905, of membranous croup, Frankie, the only child of Mrs. Sarah McGrew, aged 6 years and 5 days. He was laid to rest beside his father and two little brothers in Bird City Cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Mickey. J. EDWARD PEGG.

IRVIN.—Died at Jersey Shore, Pa., Dec. 31, 1904, of Bright’s disease, Daisy Irvin, only daughter of Sister Ida Irvin, aged 5 years, 5 months, and 28 days. We mourn not as those without hope. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Pickinger, remarks being based on Mark 10:13, 14. MRS. JOHN HILL.

HALLOCK.—Died at College View, Neb., Dec. 23, 1904, Flora Hallock, aged 21 years. Last October Sister Hallock was graduated from the nurses’ training class for medical missionaries, at the Nebraska Sanitarium. She was a devoted Christian, seeking to help and make others happy. A father, mother, three brothers, and three sisters mourn her decease. Interment took place at Agra, Kan. The funeral service was held at the M. E. church, the writer delivering the sermon; text, Luke 8:52. DANIEL NETTLETON.

SEENEY.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Cheswold, Del., Jan. 12, 1905, Rennie R. Seeney, aged 18 years, 4 months, and 3 days. She received present truth over seven years ago under the labors of the writer. She was strong in the faith till the very last. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:13, 14. FRED H. SEENEY.

BEANS.—Died in Barron, Wis., Jan. 1, 1905, Anthony Beans. Brother Beans was a patient sufferer in his last illness, and fell asleep in the blessed hope. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14:13 by Elder J. B. Locken. The remains were taken to Pickett, Wis., and laid beside his brothers and other relatives. W. R. WHITE.

WARDEN.—Died at his home in Stone County, Mo., Brother J. H. Warden, in his fortieth year. He was an earnest worker and an efficient canvasser. His last efforts among the members of his home church at Reno, Mo., were in behalf of the REVIEW. He first joined the company at Hamilton, Mo., about thirteen years ago. WM. J. COLE.

BENIDICT.—Died at Stromsburg, Neb., Jan. 6, 1905, Mrs. Elizabeth Benidict, aged 73 years, 9 months, and 18 days. She was converted in 1863, and united with the Christian Church. In 1877 she united with the Seventh-day Adventists. She lived an exemplary life, and died in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. A husband and four children are left to mourn her death. ALBERT ANDERSON.

HANSON.—Died at the home of his son, Peter Lauretson, in College View, Neb., Dec. 21, 1904, Brother Hanson, aged 85 years. The deceased came to America from Denmark in 1886. He heard and accepted the message of present truth at Swan Lake, S. D., and died trusting in Jesus. Four sons are left to mourn their loss. The funeral sermon was delivered by the writer. DANIEL NETTLETON.

HARRIS.—Died in Cambridge, Md., Dec. 15, 1904, of dropsy, Brother Andrew Harris, aged 71 years. Brother Harris accepted the truth about three years ago, under the labors of Elder V. H. Lucas and the writer. He rejoiced in the blessed hope as long as reason remained, and his companion and relatives mourn not as those who have no hope. The writer spoke words to the bereaved relatives. JOHN F. JONES.

HOLLENBECK.—Died at the home of her son, Jacob Hollenbeck, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1904, Charlotte Hollenbeck, aged 83 years, 2 months, and 22 days. She had been a Sabbath-keeper nearly thirty years. The last twelve years of her life she was unable to walk, but in her affliction she found pleasure in the study of her Bible. Her beautiful Christian life endeared her to all. The remains were taken to Kansas, and laid to rest beside those of her husband. The funeral service was conducted by Elder Miller. G. W. STAHL.

TAYLOR.—Died at Winthrop, Maine, Jan. 11, 1905, Mrs. Mabel Woodward Taylor, aged 34 years, 11 months, and 18 days. During a visit to her parents in 1903-04, Sister Taylor accepted the third angel’s message, and united with the Boston church, of which she remained a devoted, faithful member until her death. She leaves a husband, a son three years of age, a father, and a mother to mourn their loss, but her loved ones can rest in the blessed assurance that she is sweetly sleeping in Jesus. The remains were laid to rest at Buckport, Maine. The funeral service was conducted by the Congregational minister at Winthrop. K. C. RUSSELL.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

WANTED.—A Seventh-day Adventist brother with a wife and one child desires employment with a Seventh-day Adventist farmer. Good references given. Address H. W. Kinney, Hartford City, Ind.

We wish to place our Rapid Steam Cooker in every State and county where it is not introduced, and upon receipt of 3-cent stamp we will mail you circular, with liberal discount. Remember our cooker is rust proof. Address Rapid Steam Cooker Co., Laura, Ohio.

WANTED.—S. D. A. single man to work on farm and help in missionary work in Blue Ridge Mts. of Va. Good climate, pure water, plenty of fruit. Good home; wages, $10 a month. Address Fred Nydell, R. F. D. 1, Faber, Nelson Co., Va.

WANTED.—Situation in food factory and bakery, by father and son. The former has had six years' experience in nut foods, and the latter several years' experience in a sanitarium bakery. Would like a situation in food factory in California or some mild climate. Good references can be given. Address Box 294, Cerro Gordo, Ill.

PURELY vegetable oil. Keeps good in any climate. Price, with freight prepaid, between the Rockies and the Wabash River, 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal., $6.50; 3 5-gal. cans, $9; east of Wabash River, 1 5-gal. can, $4; 2 5-gal. cans, $7.50; 3 5-gal. cans, $11; west of the Rockies, 3 5-gal. cans, $12. Remember I pay the freight. Address R. H. Brock, 404 North 2d St., Arkansas City, Kan.

An Institute at Nashville, Tennessee

An Institute at Nashville, Tennessee

WE are planning on having a canvassers' institute at Nashville, Tenn., in March, and are very anxious to come in touch with those who desire to join us in this branch of the work in this field.

Special power seems to accompany the faithful canvasser here, and we expect the coming year to be in advance of any previous year in book sales and in the success of the work in general.

We shall be glad to hear from all who desire to help in this needy yet fruitful field. Address H. H. Johnson, 1229 Kentucky St., Bowling Green, Ky.

South Lancaster Academy Corporation

By Hampton W. Cottrell; William A. Wilcox; Albert E. Place; John W. Watt; Preston F. Bicknell; Charles H. Edwards; George E. Langdon; J. Edward Jayne

NOTICE is hereby given that the twenty-second annual session of the South Lancaster Academy Corporation will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist church at South Lancaster, Mass., beginning Wednesday, March 15, 1905, at 10 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers and a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

It will be remembered that a recess was taken, at the last annual meeting of the corporation, until Oct. 1, 1904, for the purpose of securing the transfer of stock, looking toward the closing out of the stock corporation and the organization and incorporation of a new educational corporation to carry on the educational work of the Atlantic Union Conference; and that a further recess was taken for the same purpose from Oct. 11, 1904, until March 14, 1905.

[Signed] Hampton W. Cottrell, William A. Wilcox, Albert E. Place, John W. Watt, Preston F. Bicknell, Charles H. Edwards, George E. Langdon, J. Edward Jayne, Edward J. Dryer, William J. Fitzgerald, Sands H. Lane, Orville O. Farnsworth, Trustees.

_Publications Wanted_

[SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—Ed.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—

F. M. Gourley, Neoga, Ill., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Watchman.

Miss Ruth Phillips, Eau Claire, Wis., periodicals, especially the Instructor and Little Friend.

E. J. Harvey, 14 Pine St., E. Santa Cruz, Cal., any of our denominational periodicals and tracts.

Miss Jessie Robbins, 501 S. Welhite, Cleburne, Tex., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, etc., and tracts.

R. A. East, 1341 State St., Chicago, Ill., a continual supply of periodicals.—REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, Life and Health, etc.—and tracts.

Mrs. E. A. Himebaugh, 15 Clinton Ave., Fredonia, N. Y., REVIEW of the last three numbers of January, 1904, and all of February and March, 1904.

Life and Health Canvassing Success

By Editor

Five hundred new subscriptions were added to the Life and Health list during January, and large numbers of single copies were sold. The public recognize in this little health messenger a simplicity and a rational application of the fundamental principles of health, and they want it. Our agents enjoy their work of introducing it. One lady in San Francisco writes: “There is no nicer, sweeter work than selling and canvassing for our Life and Health. It is a work that I like to do.” An elderly lady started out recently to make a visit five squares distant, and took with her ten copies of Life and Health. She did not enter the houses having high front steps. She had disposed of the ten copies, and taken one yearly subscription before she had covered two squares of the distance.

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