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Texas Conference Association

By J. I. Taylor; C. E. Smith

THE annual meeting of the Texas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the conference and camp meeting at Keene, Tex., July 30 to Aug. 8, 1914.

The first meeting of the association will be called at ten o’clock Wednesday morning, August 5. Association officers for the coming year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the meeting. Accredited delegates to the conference are delegates to the association.

J. I. TAYLOR, President;

C. E. SMITH, Secretary.

North Michigan Conference Association

By J. J. Irwin; S. E. Kellman

The twelfth annual session of the North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Mount Pleasant, Mich., in connection with the annual conference and camp meeting, Aug. 20-30, 1914. The first meeting will be called August 21, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the North Michigan Conference are delegates to this association.

J. J. IRWIN, President; S. E. KELLMAN, Secretary.

Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent postpaid, for missionary purposes:—

James Harvey, 1729 Grove St., Oakland, Cal. Continuous supply.

S. L. Stafford, Statesville, N. C. Continuous supply of REVIEW, magazines, papers, and tracts.

Mrs. Laura Pearson, 120 N. Second St., Winchester, Ky. Watchman, Signs (can use back numbers), and tracts.

Elizabeth Hickok, R. F. D. 2, Miami, Fla. Continuous supply of Signs, Protestant Magazine, Instructor, Liberty, Watchman, and Life and Health.

J. H. Downes, Y. M. C. A., Cornhill, London, E. C. Large and continuous supply of Signs, Life and Health, Watchman, Little Friend, and miscellaneous Seventh-day Adventist literature.

M. W. Moss, of Gravette, Ark., wishes to inform those who have been so kind as to send him papers and tracts that he has enough for the present.

The Battle Creek College Association

By C. C. LEWIS

THE association has had made a cut of the photograph of Battle Creek College teachers and students taken at the General Conference of 1913. This picture contains the faces of one hundred and fourteen of the former teachers and students and members of the board, with names and numbers for identification. It will be sent free to all members of the association. Former teachers and students may become members by sending the membership fee of fifty cents to the secretary, together with their permanent address, their occupation, the years they attended the college, and the course from which they were graduated, if they finished a course. They will also receive a booklet containing reports of the reunion at the General Conference and of the organization of the association, with addresses of the members and of two hundred and fifty former teachers and students present at the reunion. The picture is 10 x 12 inches, on heavy gray photo mount. It will also be sent, with a copy of the booklet, to those who are not members of the association, for fifty cents. Address the writer at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

THE WORK AND THE WORKERS

By Editor

JULY 9 orders booked for the special “Temperance” Life and Health called for 3,225 copies—forenoon mail only.

UP to July 14, orders had been received for nearly 25,000 of the special August or “Temperance” Life and Health. Selling fast!

WHAT is left of the summer vacation is ample time in which to earn a full year’s college scholarship through the sale of 2,000 to 2,500 copies of either Life and Health, Liberty, or the Protestant Magazine, or of all three. Send $2.00 for 50 copies, separate or mixed. Send to your tract society today.

BROTHER C. V. LEACH, field missionary agent for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, sends us a rush order for 1,000 Life and Health, Liberty, and Signs Magazine, in behalf of a lady agent just starting out in the magazine work. Brother Leach did faithful work for the magazines as well as the subscription books while field missionary agent for the District of Columbia Conference.

A TELEGRAM from Brother S. A. Ruskjer, field missionary secretary of the Minnesota Conference, calls for 1,050 copies of the special “Temperance” or August number of Life and Health. Is your order in? Is your second order in?

HERE is the editor’s own “Suggestive Short Canvass” for the great August or “Temperance” number of Life and Health: “The National Health Magazine! August number devoted to temperance. A strong advocate for nationwide prohibition. Most popular temperance and health magazine published. This article [name, pointing to page] and that one [pointing to another one] are worth many times the price of this one number. Ten cents.”

THE Constitutional amendment for national prohibition is now hanging in the balance in Congress. Congressmen dread to go on record because they must either antagonize the liquor interests with their strong money backing or else antagonize the strong temperance sentiment of the country. The liquor interests are using the press, lying pamphlets, books, etc., to arouse public sentiment against prohibition. NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO WORK ALSO. Circulate the August or “Temperance” number of Life and Health—a great molder of public opinion. Send $2.00 for 50 or $1.00 for 20 copies today.

JUST a taste of the leading articles in the August or “Temperance” Life and Health. Note the titles: “Alcohol and the Mind,” “Alcohol and Racial Degeneracy,” “Truth About the Demon Rum,” “The Still,” “Alcohol and Accidents,” “Do Beer and Wine Make for Temperance?” “Back With the Saloon as a ‘Safety First’ Measure,” “Nation-Wide Prohibition,” “The Handwriting on the Wall,” “Fifty Doctors Against Alcohol,” “American Court Decisions and the Liquor Traffic,” “Uncle Sam’s Navy Dry.” These articles are all by experts and well-known authorities. Convincing pictures and cartoons also abound in this great number. Order today. Second large edition the next thing in order. EARN YOUR SCHOLARSHIP BY SELLING 2,000 to 2,500 OF THIS NUMBER. AN EASY TASK!

Help to Make It All “Dry” By Circulating the August or Temperance “Life and Health”

Telegraph and other “RUSH” orders are still pouring in for the great “Temperance” number of Life and Health. IS YOUR ORDER IN? IS YOUR SECOND ORDER IN? It sells almost at sight. To every one ordering a bundle of 5 or more copies we will mail a photographic reproduction of a “confidential” letter sent out May 6, 1914, by the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association of America “to the bankers of the United States,” threatening a “boycott” of whisky deposits unless these bankers join them in opposition to the Hobson amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages throughout the land. This letter will help to make sales for you. NOW IS THE TIME TO STRIKE FOR NATION-WIDE PROHIBITION. THIS NUMBER WILL SELL FOR MONTHS TO COME. ORDER 50 COPIES ($2.00), 500 ($20.00), or 1,000 ($40.00) TODAY. You will need to sell only 20, 200, or 400 to get your money back. You can then GIVE THE OTHERS AWAY if you prefer. INTEREST YOUR CHURCH OR YOUNG PEOPLE’S SOCIETY IN THIS PROPOSITION. Order through your conference tract society. Your work will help to swing hesitating votes!

NEWS FROM THE HOME MISSIONARIES

Sunday, July 12, the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, Prof. W. W. Prescott, editor of the Protestant Magazine, addressed the Orangemen of Wilmington, Del.

Photo by Buck
THE MILITARY MASS ON THE MONUMENT GROUNDS, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 17, 1914 — Photo by Buck THE MILITARY MASS ON THE MONUMENT GROUNDS, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 17, 1914

Have you read the “Blue Laws,” “Church and State,” and “Prohibition” number of Liberty, just off the press? Send $1.00 for 20 copies. If desired, we will send 10 of this number and 10 of the “Pilgrim Fathers” number, for this amount. Splendid, effective ammunition for all religious liberty and missionary workers! Warranted to put to flight the advocates of the union of church and state every time!

Rev. Lewis E. Carter, pastor of the Albany Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Schenectady, N. Y., writes thus enthusiastically: “Let the good work go on in the Protestant Magazine. It is time loyal American citizens were awake to the danger that threatens our civil as well as religious liberties from the direction of the Vatican. Please send me 50 copies of the June issue, for which find inclosed check for $2.00. A copy of the June issue came to me while I was preparing to preach a sermon on the relation of church and state. I used the article about Governor Sulzer. It has caused much discussion, and my telephone is ringing to inquire where the magazine can be secured.” P. S.—A few days later: “So great has been the demand for the June issue that the 50 copies I bought have been taken. I inclose 50 cents more, for which please send me as many copies more as you can for that amount. Yours for truth.”

Brother C. N. Keiser, secretary of the East Michigan Tract Society, reports that the Holly (Mich.) church has contributed 20 copies ($1.00) toward the 862 copies of the Protestant Magazine which Mr. O. P. De Ford, proprietor of the Pierce Hotel, Denver, Colo. (where Rev. O. L. Spurgeon was kidnapped), requested us to mail to “all the county officials of the State of Colorado.” Other churches or individuals desiring to assist should instruct their tract society secretary to place an order with the publishers at once for 20 copies ($1.00), 50 ($2.00), or 100 ($4.00), which will be mailed immediately to these officials whose names and addresses were furnished us by Mr. De Ford.

One year ago the Catholic official in charge of the “field mass” celebrated on the Washington Monument grounds made the following announcement: “Upon the elevation of the host and the pronouncing of the papal benediction by the papal delegate, Archbishop Bonzano, ALL WILL PLEASE KNEEL.” A representative of the Protestant Magazine and a policeman were the only citizens who neither bowed nor doffed their hats. All others, reporters included, dropped to their knees. May 17, this year, however, Rome did not venture to be so bold. Read about this year’s “field mass” in the July Protestant. Twenty other strong features also. Sells readily!

A lady agent for the Protestant Magazine in one of our large Eastern cities writes: “Inclosed find $4.00 for 100 copies. I sold 100 copies in the — Building here. It is a sixteen-story building, and just the place for the magazine. I also sold 27 on the public square, going into the arcades and selling to the people as they passed through. I have had some splendid experiences, and enjoy the work. A priest has been through this — Building, getting the names of Protestants and Catholics. To protect myself I got the names of those who are willing to have me come to their office every month. They gladly gave me their names, with only one exception. There are two other large buildings close by that I intend to canvass. Shall get the names of the Protestant judges, and visit them. I never tried canvassing until last December. I have not very much time, as I have my home and two children to look after. If my health permits, I expect to put out 100 each week; so kindly fill my order quickly. One Mason told me to go to the Masonic Temple, where I could sell a large number.” For obvious reasons we do not give this lady’s name and address.

The “Review” at the Camp Meetings

By Editor

WE appreciate the efforts which are being put forth by our brethren in the field in extending the circulation of the REVIEW AND HERALD.

Elder W. H. Thurston, president of the Wisconsin Conference, writes: “The matter of the REVIEW AND HERALD was given attention, and forty subscriptions were received. Undoubtedly the majority of the people who attended the camp meeting are readers of the REVIEW. In view of this, we of course did not obtain as many subscribers as we should otherwise; but I gave a public talk relative to this matter, and urged all the church members, as they returned home, to make a personal effort to place the REVIEW in every Sabbath-keeping home in their community. In view of this, we have no doubt that the subscription list to our church paper in Wisconsin will be materially increased this year.”

Elder L. H. Christian, president of the Lake Union Conference, says: “We talked up the circulation of the REVIEW at every camp meeting in the union, and will continue to do so. We certainly ought to have the REVIEW in every Adventist home in the Lake Union Conference. I am glad you have opened a Questions and Answers department in the paper. This will be interesting and helpful to our people I am sure.”

Elder H. W. Carr, president of the Western New York Conference, sends this word: “We talked the matter of REVIEW subscriptions up at camp meeting, and encouraged all our people to take it. We have just received seven dollars, with a note asking that we send the REVIEW to as many poor families in our field as possible with this amount.”

A recent letter from Elder E. E. Andross, president of the Pacific Union Conference, says regarding the REVIEW: “I am always glad to do all I can to encourage a larger circulation for the REVIEW. I feel that every family among us ought to have this paper in their home. We have done something at our camp meetings thus far, and I shall be glad to keep it before our people.”

Elder D. U. Hale, president of the Wyoming Conference, reports: “I assure you that something was done for the REVIEW on the camp ground. The grounds were not only canvassed personally, but we had it up before the whole camp. We always feel that if we can get the REVIEW into the home of a person we have him settled for the truth. In our work among the churches we always place the REVIEW first.”

We appreciate these words from our brethren in the field. It is only by hearty cooperation on the part of all that this work can be pressed forward. Let us stand together in the promotion of every cause and enterprise in connection with the work of God.

THE Congregationalist, of Boston, Mass., for June 11, 1914, contains almost a column of matter contributed by a Washington correspondent, entitled “The Sunday Question in Washington.” The last paragraph will be of special interest: “Strangely enough, one of the greatest obstacles to such observance is furnished by the Seventh-day Adventists. The headquarters for the denomination are just on the Maryland and District line. They worship in Maryland, and conduct their business in the District. The result is that with the looser laws in the District [there are none as yet] their printing establishment runs all Sunday and until 10 P. M., to the great discomfort of the people who live in its vicinity. Every effort to secure better Sunday laws is opposed by these people, and they are so large, and in some parts of the country so militant, a community that Congressional vote seekers are cautious about offending them.”

Neither the size nor the political militancy of Seventh-day Adventists has made effective their opposition to Sunday laws. The mighty principles of truth contained in our literature which has been so widely circulated have had much to do in molding public thought and in leading our lawmakers to take right positions relative to these questions. This aggressive labor we should earnestly continue. The current issue of Liberty should be circulated by the thousands. Read pages 22 and 23 of this number. These contain many valuable and interesting items, showing what others are doing in the circulation of our literature and suggesting ways and means whereby all may work to advantage.

Mission Workers’ Health and Return

WE regret to learn that Elder R. A. Underwood, president of the Central Union Conference, has been quite seriously sick within the last month, suffering from what was feared to be a slight stroke of apoplexy. At last reports, Brother Underwood was so far recovered as to be able again to be about, and we earnestly hope that he may be strengthened for the heavy responsibilities which rest upon him. For many years Brother Underwood has been a faithful standard bearer in this movement. He has carried heavy and taxing burdens. Let our readers pray that he may be spared many years to continue with the work to which he has so faithfully given his life.

ACTING on the counsel of the Mission Board, Elder J. J. Westrup, of China, has returned to the United States to join his family, landing in this country the last of June. He had continued in the field alone nearly three years, hoping that Mrs. Westrup's health might enable her to enter the field as she desired, but for the present at least her condition is such as to deny them the privilege of working in the field of their first choice.

New Bible Instructor at Washington College

Elder S. M. Butler, the Bible instructor in the Washington Missionary College for the next school year, reached Washington with his family last week.

Elder Enoch Returns to Oregon

We learn of the arrival in Oregon of Elder Geo. F. Enoch and family, who will spend a year in America on furlough from India. The furlough time will, however, be a year of active service.

Revolutionary Violence in Haiti

In a letter to the Mission Board Elder A. F. Prieger, of the Haitien Mission, tells of sad sights and scenes of violence in Haiti in connection with the revolutionary movement. Our workers also in the Republic of Santo Domingo, at the other end of the island, find themselves amid revolution.

Dr. Hare Recovers from Illness

DRS. G. A. and Jessie F. Hare, of Fresno, Cal., are spending a few days at the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium. Dr. Hare is just recovering from a serious illness, which came upon him while attending the American Medical Association meeting at Atlantic City recently. Mrs. Hare was called East on account of her husband's sickness. We are glad to report, however, that he has quite fully recovered, and expects soon to return to his work on the Pacific Coast.

Educational Day

By J. L. Shaw

SABBATH, August 8, has been appointed Educational Day. Readings have been prepared, and will appear in the magazine Christian Education, a copy of which will be sent to the church elders in time to be read in all the churches. Our young people and their education are the important themes under consideration.

This day may well be used in working for the young people, and in placing before them the opportunities and possibilities offered in our colleges and academies. The need of educated men and women in all parts of the work, both at home and abroad, is growing. The heads of colleges and academies, union conference educational secretaries and State superintendents, and teachers, should extend this notice, and plan to make the day one of profit in the cause of Christian education. J. L. SHAW.

Fire Damages Albany Church

A LETTER from Elder K. C. Russell, of Albany, N. Y., reports that our church building in that city was badly damaged by fire on Sabbath morning, July 11. Brother Russell says: “The fire evidently started in the large church organ. The organ was completely destroyed, and the corner of the church where it was located badly burned. The entire interior of the main auditorium, including furnishings, was badly damaged by fire, smoke, and water. The cause of the fire is unknown. We are glad to report that the church carried an insurance that will probably entirely cover the loss.”