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Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 49.

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Earlier text: The West Pennsylvania Camp Meeting

Prosperity of Our Solusi Mission

By W. E. Howell

In the same mail with excellent reports on the opening of our American schools, came a letter from Brother W. C. Walston, superintendent of our far-off Solusi Mission, with the good news that their main school is overfull, many having to be turned away, while the ten out-schools are well attended. The Lord’s prospering hand is surely over this mission, not only in its school efforts, but in the increase of basket and store. Brother Walston says:—
“We are all well here on our station, and receiving many blessings. Our school is even overfull, and we are now obliged to turn many away who would like to enter the school. Our ten out-schools are also well attended. The work seems to be growing rapidly on every side.
“Two of our older native teachers are now spending considerable time canvassing for Bibles and literature in the native language, among their people about the towns and mines, where quite a large number of the natives can read. This has stirred up an interest to read and learn more of our truth, and these teachers are having many calls to teach and to preach the message. Often they spend nearly the whole night thus wherever they stop. This is certainly a great and needy field, and we often wonder where the means and workers are to carry on the work until it is finished. I know the Lord has ways we know not of, and in due time the work will be completed.
“Our agricultural work has been quite a success this year, for which we are very thankful. We seem to have been favored far more than others in this part of Southern Rhodesia, for on the whole, the season has been a poor one on account of drought.
“We have made the situation one of earnest prayer, and our prayers have been answered. We have received the rains we needed, and this has been noticed by both white and native people, and many remarks have been made by them, acknowledging a special blessing on our mission.
“We have more than four thousand bushels of corn, and our neighbors are coming to us to buy sufficient for their own consumption. The natives are obliged to come to us for food, as in many sections there is scarcely any.”
W. E. HOWELL.

Rural School Convention

By Lynn H. Wood

THE ninth annual convention of rural schools convened at Madison, Tenn., on Thursday, August 31. Over thirty schools in the various States in the South were represented, and quite a number of speakers from a distance spoke on very timely subjects.
Of special interest were the remarks of Dr. H. W. Foght, the rural school specialist from the United States Bureau of Education. Speaking on Christian education, he expressed himself as follows: “Schools like yours, and schools similar to yours organized by other denominations, have done a work and are doing a work of a kind that the public schools in the United States have failed utterly to do in the past. I feel the time has come for our educators to give a more thorough study to just your kind of schools, because it is the only way out.” Dr. Foght has spent a great deal of time and study on the rural school question, and his advice and counsel were much appreciated.
The students at the school vacated their rooms for the use of the delegates, and did everything they possibly could to make the five days’ institute very pleasant. Over three hundred people were entertained at the school free of charge, and every possible courtesy was shown them.
On Friday the reports of the different schools were heard. On Sabbath the usual religious exercises were conducted, special attention being given to the subject of Christian education. Saturday night, Prof. H. A. Morgan, director of the Experiment Station, College of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, gave a most interesting and instructive talk on the general topic of making agricultural subjects interesting to the rural school student. His lecture contained a great amount of food for earnest thought and study. Many will look back upon it as one of the most pleasing parts of the convention. Sunday the different lines of medical missionary work were considered, and speakers from Nashville and other cities spoke to the delegates. Monday was given over to the detail of school work.
Elder W. E. Videto, having been elected Bible teacher, was present from the North. He has come here to assist in the work of teaching at Madison.
A remarkable spirit of coöperation existed in all the meetings, and the Lord was very near to us. All went home feeling it had been one of the best conventions ever held in Madison.
LYNN H. WOOD.

Educational Department

By Frederick Griggs; W. E. Howell

FREDERICK GRIGGS - - General Secretary W. E. HOWELL - - - Assistant Secretary

Titicaca Indian Schools

By W. E. Howell

OUR readers are familiar with some of the difficulties encountered in the conduct of the Lake Titicaca Indian Mission work in Peru, especially the school work. A recent letter from Elder E. L. Maxwell, superintendent of the Peruvian Mission, brings the good news that Brother J. M. Howell, principal of the Plateria head school, has obtained a government license “to appoint teachers in subschools in the Lake Titicaca region.” The license carries the seals of the educational inspector and of the provincial council, and the letter of transmission closes with the words, “May God guard you.”
Of the importance of having secured this license, Elder Maxwell says:—
“We consider this a great step forward, because, in spite of the opposition of the clergy, the work goes forward with rapid strides. It is our educational work that is waking the people of Peru up to a recognition of the possibilities in the way of enlightenment that are bound up in the advent message.
“Now we have the license to establish the schools, where are the teachers to man them? Is this not an invitation to our colleges in the homeland to stir themselves to prepare teachers who can respond? Brethren, South America’s millions await your answer.”
We are glad to say that Brother and Sister Ellis Howard sailed recently for Peru, to assist in the mission work for the Indians.
W. E. HOWELL.

Two Home Missionaries

By Edith M. Graham

TWO FAITHFUL WORKERS
TWO FAITHFUL WORKERS
ABOUT a year ago two young men came to Jesselton, Borneo, from five or six miles in the country, and heard the truth. They took a good supply of our literature and returned to tell the glad tidings to their friends and neighbors, a number of whom became interested and were baptized. This aroused a good deal of opposition, and for a time our conference workers were shut out of Borneo. The Lord has overruled, and now the door is open again, so that these brethren may be visited and further work done there.
It will be seen from the picture that these two faithful workers are just ordinary natives; but they had received the love of Christ in their hearts, which caused them to seek after other souls. The Lord gave them success, as he will all who have a burden for the lost.
EDITH M. GRAHAM.

Publications Wanted

THE persons named below desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for use in missionary work. In sending publications care should be exercised to select only such as are free from soil and disfigurement. We have been credibly informed that some who oppose this movement and the truths which it represents answer these requests for literature, and are sending to our brethren and sisters in various parts of the country tracts and papers representing their opposition. Our workers should be careful not to confound this literature with our denominational publications, and thus unwittingly become agents in sending out matter not printed in the interests of the cause of truth.
James Harvey, 1729 Grove St., Oakland, Cal.
J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C., England.
A. A. Tucker, 613 North Western, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mrs. J. R. Lloyd, 635 East Fourth St., Alton, Ill.
Linda Womack, 520 East Jones St., Sherman, Tex.
Edward Quinn, Jr., Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., desires names of interested persons, for use in missionary correspondence.

A Missionary Meeting in the Philippines

A LETTER from Brother C. E. Weaks, publishing and home missionary secretary of the Asiatic Division, contains the following interesting account of a missionary meeting in the Philippines:—
“On Wednesday evening of the first week of my stay in Manila, we had a union missionary meeting for the companies in the city of Manila, and a more enthusiastic meeting I never attended. A moving picture hall was rented for the occasion, as we had no place of our own large enough. Three hundred and seven by actual count were present, and nearly all of them were our own people. A well-arranged program had been prepared, and it was well carried out. The chairman was one of our native boys, and the secretary was one of the Filipino girls. I inclose a program. You will notice my name is on it. I endeavored to tell them briefly what our Home Missionary Department means to this cause, and told them some experiences from various parts of the field.
“Nos. 7 and 10 on the program were the most interesting parts. No. 7 was the report of the secretary. While it was given in the Tagalog language, I sat by one of the brethren, who told me what the sister was saying. She was a wide-awake worker, and gave a good, clear-cut report. It showed that she was secretary in more than name.
“No. 10 was very interesting, as it was given in the form of personal testimonies from the members. More ringing testimonies I never heard. I will just give you the gist of a few of the testimonies, so that you may get some idea of the way the believers in the Philippines are working:—
“One brother stated that he had set apart definite times each week for missionary work. A Bible worker told how she had been working with tracts, and that several were rejoicing in the truth as a result of this work. One of the workers in the printing office had handed out literature, and as a result, one man had been baptized and is now attending the institute preparatory to entering the colporteur work. One of the young evangelists stated that he kept two of our leading books to lend to interested people, as he is unable to visit and study with them all. Three are now in the truth through this reading. Another evangelist told how he had presented the home missionary work to a new company, and they had taken five hundred copies of the missionary paper for their church work. Another sent literature into the hill country, where we had no work started. Now an interest has sprung up, and people are pleading that some one be sent to them. Another young evangelist had gone to a town to open up work, where he found three families keeping the Sabbath through reading.
“I might refer to other testimonies, but these will suffice to show you that it was a real missionary meeting. I am more and more convinced that our hope in these great Eastern lands lies in setting the people to work. The work in the Philippines is progressing, nearly three hundred having been baptized thus far this year; and I believe these good results are mainly due to the fact that the brethren there have made a large use of our literature.”

Annual Meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By George E. Judd

The nineteenth annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will be held in the chapel of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, on North Washington Avenue, Battle Creek, Mich., at 3 P. M., standard time, Thursday, Nov. 9, 1916, for the election of trustees and the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting.
By order of the board of trustees.
GEORGE E. JUDD, Secretary.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp Meetings

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Arizona........................Oct. 12 to 22

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Florida, St. Petersburg....Sept. 28 to Oct. 8.
Florida, St. Petersburg (colored).........................Sept. 28 to Oct. 8.

Home Missionary Department

By E. M. Graham; F. W. Paap

E. M. GRAHAM - - - General Secretary F. W. PAAP - - - N. Am. Div. Secretary

The Eastern Question

By Editor

Present Truth Series No. 22

The Eastern Question

Our people are quick to respond to announcements like the one made in last week's Review about the October number of the Present Truth Series, "The Eastern Question," by Elder A. G. Daniells. Orders marked "Rush" began to come in at once. West Michigan Tract Society was the first society to send an order for five thousand copies. Before October 1, the earliest date copies of this issue can be mailed at pound rates, orders will be piling up in large numbers.
While the first Eastern Question Extra, issued in November, 1914, had a circulation of 1,300,000 copies, the present issue will doubtless greatly exceed that number, for it surpasses it in every particular, and recent developments in the European war give the question added interest to the general public. This issue will, therefore, be in demand far more than the first issue.
In addition to the strong, stirring, general subject matter, the illustrations, including the impressive map showing "the cross on which the peace of the world has been crucified," the four pages of the issue are broken up with nine striking paneled quotations set in bold type, of which the two following panels are illustrations:—

Present Truth Series

By Editor

September List

On account of the great number of names of relatives and friends sent in during the last week of August for this special P. T. S. September list, the time for closing the list was extended to October 1, at which time the list for this special effort will be definitely closed, with provision for another list to be opened Jan. 1, 1917, when a new series will begin.
The name of the paper in which this new series will be run will be changed from REVIEW Extra, or Present Truth Series, to the very appropriate and historic name of “The Present Truth.”
The new series will cover practically the same fundamentals of the message as presented in the old series, rewritten, and brought up to date,—a series of twenty-four lectures on as many leading points of the gospel message to the world at this time,—a course of lectures to be given by the laity through the mails to the thousands who could be reached in no other way,—a plan through which all believers may become strong factors in the giving of the message.
The special September list for relatives and friends, to close October 1, will result, we believe, in a great awakening, not only among those to whom the series is sent, but within the ranks of our own people. The blessing of this effort will be reciprocative. Between twenty-five and thirty thousand individual names have been furnished for this list. These, with more than double their number, will be reading during the winter the solemn message given in this series, and with the prayers of the churches constantly following this literature week by week, there can be no failure in a rich harvest of souls.

Address Wanted

MRS. CLARA M. WORLEY, 806 West Stone St., Fairfield, Iowa, desires to communicate with some Seventh-day Adventist in or near Keokuk, Iowa.

Obituaries

RICHARDS.—Died Sept. 5, 1916, in Findlay, Ohio, Franklin P. Richards, in his sixty-fifth year. Some years ago he was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church. He was laid to rest beside his companion, who preceded him in death. D. E. LINDSAY.
PRENTISS.—Celia M. Prentiss died July 25, 1916, in Denver, Colo., in her sixty-ninth year. She united with the First Seventh-day Adventist Church of Denver about ten years ago, and was a faithful member to the last. We laid her to rest in the blessed hope. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.
BARRON.—George A. Barron was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1835, and died in Idaho Springs, Colo., Feb. 22, 1916. For about eight years Brother Barron had served as elder of the Idaho Springs church, and he died strong in the faith. We believe he sleeps in Jesus. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.
BROWN.—Mary E. Dunbar-Brown was born in Andover, Conn., Aug. 3, 1849, and died Sept. 3, 1916, in Janesville, Wis. Twenty years ago she embraced this truth, and was a member of the Janesville church at the time of her death. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. H. H. HICKS.
QUACKENBUSH.—Albert Augustus Quackenbush was born Nov. 13, 1847, in New York State. His boyhood was spent in Monroe County, Michigan. At the age of twenty-one he was married to Miss Maria Allen, of Charlotte, Mich., who has been a Sabbath keeper for years. Eight children were born to them, of whom five survive their father, who died May 29, 1916, at Grand Rapids, Mich. J. M. WILBUR.
THORNTON.—Annie Naylor was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Oct. 18, 1829, and died at her home, in Ironton, Wis., Sept. 5, 1916. Feb. 4, 1863, she was united in marriage with Richard Thornton, and to them were born six children, four of whom survive. In 1866 she embraced the doctrines taught by Seventh-day Adventists, and to the time of her death never doubted the final triumph of the message. H. H. HICKS.
JONES.—LeRoy A. Jones was born in New York, Jan. 27, 1853, and died in Forest Grove, Oregon, Aug. 27, 1916. In 1886 he accepted present truth. His wife and several children are left to mourn the loss of a faithful husband and father. One of his daughters, Mrs. R. H. Leech, has spent eight years as a missionary in India. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder R. D. Benham. L. E. FOLKENBERG.
BERGGREN.—Mrs. Carrie Berggren was born in Hvittensten, Eda Socken, Värmland, Sweden, Feb. 3, 1875, and died in Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 31, 1916. She leaves to mourn their loss her husband, four small children, her parents (in Sweden), two brothers, two sisters, and many other relatives. Her father, Elder O. Johnson, is well known as one of the pioneers in our work in Sweden. Though we sorrow, we do not mourn as do others who have no hope. D. NORDENMALM.

THE VITAL ISSUE

Briefly and simply stated, the Eastern Question is, What power shall control the territory along that natural waterway connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean?
“Access to, free passage through, or control of, the Mediterranean is the permanent objective behind the foreign policy of all the greater European powers. . . . It is an objective, however, that lies at the very industrial and commercial life of Great Britain and Russia; that is bound up with all the ambitions of Germany, and that underlies the industrial and financial aspirations of Italy and the Balkan States. For the Mediterranean is the greatest trade route in the world. It is the gateway from the Occident to the Orient.”—Frederic C. Howe.

Our Oldest Readers

By Editor

FROM far-away Norfolk Island, in the bosom of the Pacific, Mrs. S. T. Belden writes us that she has read the REVIEW for over sixty years. She also says: “I know all its excellencies, and do not feel that I could get along without it. As long as I live, I expect to take it.”
Perhaps not many of our subscribers have been readers of the REVIEW as long as Sister Belden has been, but we believe there are many who have been readers as long as forty years. From time to time we will publish a list of those who have read the REVIEW for forty years or more. Let us hear from you.

Efficiency

By Editor

THE nations of Europe are studying in every way possible to bring their men and women up to the highest point of physical efficiency. The needs of the hour demand it. In the November Life and Health, A. B. Olsen, M. D., D. P. H., tells what English people are doing to accomplish this. What is good for Britain would be valuable for her neighbor across the sea, who is desirous of having physically fit citizens.
The infantile paralysis problem is still unsolved. The November Life and Health contains four short articles on this question. There was such a demand for the October issue, one of the leading features of which was a study of infantile paralysis, that we were forced to print a second edition. Since that number was published, a whole month's earnest research was given to this problem, so the information in November Life and Health is better than it was possible to give in the October issue.
These are but two topics of a magazine brimful of practical suggestions for better health. Agents are wanted in every community, because people everywhere need the principles taught in our health magazine.
Why not begin now to distribute this issue? Send orders to your conference tract society.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

“Writers who can tell a stupefied world what this fearful portent means, who can throw light on the great fundamental problems of the race, and give some hint as to its destiny, will have an attentive and even anxious audience.”—Springfield Republican.
Unquestionably this great war belongs to a series of epoch-making events which lead toward one great culminating event in the history and destiny of the human race.
“It is not in reality one event that has changed the world. It is a world-change that has culminated in a great event.”—Dr. Hobhouse.

YOUR KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT

Has the Kindergarten Department of your Sabbath-school supplied with the material necessary to teach the little folks Scripture lessons in a manner to make the lesson interesting to them, so that the study period will be one of joy, which will be looked forward to eagerly from one Sabbath to the next, and at the same time help in making the Scripture lesson practical? ¶ If not, you should send at once for the full kindergarten outfit. This outfit consists of the lesson book, “Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones,” on the life of Christ, and a round table with little red chairs, as shown in the illustration above, and three boxes of material. Read the following description: The book contains illustrative material for mothers and teachers.
It has fifty-two lessons, one for each Sabbath in the year. It contains thirty-nine songs and hymns, written especially for these lessons. It has thirty-six full-page pictures, size 6 x 9 inches. It has fifty-two pen drawings, showing how to use the illustrative material. The book contains 160 large pages, beautifully printed. ¶ Once bought, this is permanent, being designed for use year after year. Your school should have one copy of this book for each teacher in the Kindergarten Department. Let the first lessons for every child be on the life and words of Jesus. No child lessons can equal those by and about the Master. It pays to make religious instruction delightsome instead of irksome.
THE ROUND TABLE has a beautiful hard top, folding legs, and inside cabinet with lock for material. Seats seven children and the teacher. Advantages of these are: First, each child can reach center of table to help build the lessons. Second, teacher can reach every child. Third, table is heavy, so material is not easily shaken down. Fourth, can be folded and rolled away, so that any room may be used if none is permanently devoted to the kindergarten work. Fifth, table is varnished, easily cleaned, and lasts a lifetime.
EIGHT LITTLE RED CHAIRS for the class and the teacher are a delight to the children, and add to the convenience of the round table. The THREE BOXES OF MATERIAL make teaching easy. Boxes 1 and 2 contain hard maple blocks cut into cubes, halves, quarters, squares, and oblongs. Boxes are of cherry, dove-tailed corners, sliding top, durable. Box 3 contains 10 miniature sheep, 30 mounted sticks to represent people (10 of them children), green French tissue-paper for Sea of Galilee, cones and domes, and green splints for river outline and tree-building. If the three boxes are ordered with book, purchaser receives free a “Portfolio of Blackboard Sketches on the Life of Christ,” to aid in drawing.
THE PRICES.— The book is issued in two styles of binding, board cover, $1.50; blue cloth, $2.00. The little red chairs, 60 cents each, freight or express extra. The table (weight 40 pounds), $5.50, freight or express extra. Three boxes of material, $2.00, mail 40 cents extra. If the book and material are ordered with the table, they are put into the drawer, thus saving postage.
The blocks, table, and chairs being practically indestructible, very little expense is necessary in the running of the Kindergarten Department after the first fitting up. The children take great delight in helping to build these lessons, and the impressions thus made remain with them as long as they live. This kindergarten outfit will be a great blessing to your Sabbath-school.

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The Ellen G. White Memorial Hospital

By William T. Knox

WE are rapidly coming to the time appointed, Sabbath, October 14, for the special consideration of the work being conducted at Loma Linda. A number of articles concerning our medical college have recently appeared in the REVIEW AND HERALD and the various conference papers, and in addition to this a program has been prepared for the special services of the day. In these the writers have set forth the many reasons why the denomination needs such a college for the medical training of its young men and women who desire to qualify themselves for the great medical missionary effort, both at home and abroad, made possible and imperative by the proclamation of the third angel's message.
They have also presented some of the most urgent needs of the college to enable it properly to train its students and qualify them satisfactorily to meet the demands of the medical profession and the requirements of the fields to which they may be sent. The imperative need is the hospital building in Los Angeles, for which we are now appealing. In order that this additional facility may be made sure, and the work begun at once, we are now calling for an offering out of the ordinary, even a dollar offering. It is most earnestly desired that the presentation of this work and its needs, in the program that has been arranged for October 14, will so appeal to our people that we may have a hearty response to our request for a dollar offering. W. T. KNOX.

Greater Self-Government for the Philippines

“THE agreement between the House and Senate conferees on the bill giving a greater measure of self-government to the Philippine Islands was approved by the Senate by a vote of thirty-seven to twenty-two. In lieu of the present Philippine commission, which is abolished by the bill, it is provided that the Filipinos shall elect a senate, the first election to take place next month. The house is already elected by the people. With the election of the senate the electorate is to be increased by about 600,000. About 200,000 Filipinos vote now, and the new law will grant voting rights to about 800,000. The amendment of Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, providing for the independence of the Philippines after two and within four years has been eliminated from the measure, but the preamble recites that it is and always has been the intention of the United States to grant independence when a stable government has been established.”

Favorable Publicity for Lake Titicaca Mission

THERE has come to hand a copy of La Cronica, a weekly illustrated paper published in Lima, Peru, containing a full-page illustrated article dealing with our mission work at Lake Titicaca. In this article it is made clear that this mission work is being carried forward by Seventh-day Adventists, and the general tone of the article is favorable. It mentions, among other things, that under the influence of the mission the Indians have abandoned the use of coca and alcohol. This means much to the Indians, who are generally held in bondage to the use of these objectionable stimulants, and it is only the power of the gospel which has brought deliverance to them. We judge that the publication of this article will bring our mission work around Lake Titicaca to the favorable attention of a wide circle of readers in Peru.

Crager Family Sails for South America

This week Prof. C. P. and Mrs. Crager, with their two children, are sailing from New York for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor Crager was for years principal of the South African Union College. He returned to America for a very much-needed furlough last year, but now, with health restored, he goes to join the forces in South America, taking up field work as educational and young people's secretary in the Austral Union Conference, which includes Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile.

Gospel Progress in the Inca Union

BROTHER E. L. MAXWELL, superintendent of the Inca Union Mission, in South America, writes: “During September, 1915, I took a trip up the north coast, and before returning to Lima I had baptized sixty persons,—carpenters, tailors, shoemakers, and artisans of nearly every class. In the mountains, at an elevation of 13,000 feet, in sight of the eternal snows, I baptized three Quichua Indians, our first fruits among this great tribe numbering many thousands. On the plains of Junin, three miles above the sea, I celebrated the first Protestant baptism, in sight of the famous battle field where Bolivar and Sucre wrested the Southern Continent from the dominion of Spain one hundred years ago. At the end of our first two years in the field we have added 303 baptized believers, bringing our membership up to 490, with more than seventy-five to be baptized in the next three weeks.”

Brother Siregar’s Arrest in Battakland

Recently Brother Immanuel Siregar, our teacher in Battakland, Sumatra, was apprehended by the authorities for holding meetings on the Sabbath, and compelled to appear at Siboga, a place some distance from his home, for trial. All this came about through the influence of enemies of our work complaining to the Dutch officials concerning the presence of this new mission. There are about one hundred pupils attending the school conducted by Brother Siregar; and in his absence the school work went on as usual, in charge of other teachers.
Brother F. A. Detamore visited Battakland about this time. He had several talks with the officials, and learned from them that they would be pleased were we to open other schools in Battakland. One of the couples leaving San Francisco August 1, went to answer a long-standing plea from Battakland for help.

Chinese Signs of the Times Leads to Sabbath Keeping

THAT our truth-filled periodicals are being used of the Lord to accomplish a great work is very clearly demonstrated the world over. Brother James E. Shultz writes from Shanghai, citing another interesting instance: “There is a company of about forty in this province who have been keeping the Sabbath for several months as the result of reading the Chinese Signs of the Times magazine. We also have our first Sabbath keeper in the province of Chi-li, as the result of the influence of the magazine.”

Berger Johnson to Central America

This week from New Orleans, Elder and Sister Berger Johnson, with their two little ones, are sailing for the Canal Zone, en route to Central America, having responded to a call from the West Caribbean Conference for an evangelist in Bocas del Toro, Panama. While the first work will be the shepherding of six or eight English-speaking companies in this region, it is expected that their labors will extend to the Spanish-speaking peoples of Central America.

Central California Conference Gains 158 Members

A LETTER from Elder N. P. Neilsen, president of the Central California Conference, states that during this year, up to September 9, 134 have been baptized in that conference. These, with twenty-four received into the church on profession of faith, made an addition of 158 to that conference membership. Brother Neilsen adds: “The Lord has been good to us, for which we bless his name. Truly he is going before his people in a wonderful way. There is a God in heaven who does things on earth.”

Missionary Activity in Rosario

SPEAKING of the missionary activity of the believers in one of the newest churches in Argentina, in the city of Rosario, Brother A. R. Dennis writes: “One sister who can neither read nor write sells from three to five hundred copies of our Spanish magazine a month.” We venture to say that, like many others in Catholic lands whom this truth has found illiterate, this sister will very soon be reading the printed page that she is so earnestly passing on to others.

Loma Linda Graduates

By Newton Evans, M. D.

ALL our people will be interested to know that the present year the graduates of the College of Medical Evangelists have again made excellent records in their examinations before the State boards of examiners.
In the month of June eight of the graduates in medicine took State board examinations. Seven of these were in California, and one was in the State of Oregon. All these graduates passed their examinations with excellent grades.
At the same time, in the month of June, eight of our graduates from the Nurses’ Training School took the State board examinations for nurses, and all passed with excellent grades.
Among the one hundred and ninety-seven who took this nurses’ examination in California, graduates of sixty-three different training schools, there was only one school whose graduates made a better showing than the Loma Linda graduates. This was the training school at St. Helena Sanitarium. Nine of their graduates took the examination without any failures. No other school in the State reached so good an average.
NEWTON EVANS, M. D.
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