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Donation for Colored Work

WE acknowledge the receipt from “one of the household of faith” of one dollar to be applied on the recent collection for the benefit of the work among the colored people.

Wilcox Visits Washington

ELDER M. C. WILCOX, of Mountain View, Cal., editor of the Signs of the Times, arrived in Washington from London on Tuesday of last week. On account of the limited time granted on his ticket, Brother Wilcox was able to spend only one day with us, but while here responded to an invitation to speak to the students of the Foreign Mission Seminary. He and his son, who accompanied him, left Washington on Wednesday for California.

The Columbian Received

By Editor

WE acknowledge receipt of Vol. 1, No. 1, of The Columbian, the very creditable organ of the Educational Department of the Columbia Union Conference, and wish it well in the high mission it has undertaken.

Central New England Conference Meeting

THE annual meeting of the Central New England Conference convened at South Lancaster, Mass., last week, and Elder E. R. Palmer, secretary of the Publishing department, left Washington on Thursday to be in attendance at this meeting over Sabbath and Sunday.

Revised Outline of Mission Fields

THE revised "Outline of Mission Fields" can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Mission Board, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. Students of missions in our schools, also Young People's Societies, will find this brief history a great help to them in the study of our work.

Investigate Business Investments Carefully

WE again urge our people not to invest their means in enterprises which promise flattering returns until they have made the most careful investigation. The mere fact that the promoters of a business lay special stress upon the claim that they are Seventh-day Adventists does not guarantee success.

Workers Leaving Europe for Mission Fields

Last month eleven workers left Europe for African and Asiatic fields. Several we have already mentioned. Others were H. Drangemeister and wife, M. Poenig and W. Koelling to German East Africa; W. Scholz, of Berlin, and Miss L. Brefin, a nurse, of Switzerland, to Syria; and two young women from Scandinavia, Sisters Larson and Rhode, who are going out to the Abyssinian mission.

Thanksgiving Review Solicitation Materials

It is important that all our churches at once inform their State tract societies how many of the Thanksgiving special REVIEW solicitors' cards, and suggestive canvasses they will need. There should be on an average about ten copies of the REVIEW for each adult member, with one solicitor's card and one suggestive canvass for each individual who is to be authorized by the church to solicit for donations.

Workers Leaving England for America

On account of the continued ill health of their wives, Elder W. D. MacLay, who has labored in England for several years, and Brother S. S. Barnard, the secretary of the British Union Conference and manager of the food business in that field, have been compelled to seek a dryer climate. These brethren and their wives arrived in Washington last week and remained over Sabbath and Sunday.

European General Conference Committee Meetings

MEETINGS of the General Conference Committee in Europe were held in Denmark, in September, and many important measures were passed upon, relating to the distribution of laborers, the financial estimates for 1909, and plans for new work. Another mission station in German East Africa was approved of, very likely on the southwest shore of the Victoria Nyanza, near the Kongo Free State.

School Catalogues and Announcements

THE receipt of the following school catalogues and announcements is hereby acknowledged: Sheyenne River Academy, Harvey, N. D., N. W. Lawrence, principal; Portage Plains Academy, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, M. E. Anderson, principal; Gravel Ford Academy, Gravel Ford, Ore., F. S. Bunch, principal; and the Central California Intermediate School, Armona, Cal., B. L. Howe, principal. Those in charge of any of these schools will gladly furnish to prospective students all information desired respecting the institutions, the work planned, and the requirements for entrance.

Preparing the Thanksgiving Review Special

By Editor

The special number of the REVIEW, to be distributed Thanksgiving week as a means of calling the attention of the people generally to our work, and securing financial help therefor, has been prepared, and is now being printed. Two of our large presses are running twenty-two hours out of the twenty-four each day on this paper, and will continue to do so until a sufficient number has been printed. The present outlook is that the edition will be at least five hundred thousand. Some idea of the amount of work involved in supplying such a large number of copies of the REVIEW will, perhaps, be better appreciated when it is stated that in order to do this, each separate paper has to be handled four times in feeding the paper through the presses, the folders, and the stitcher. This is in addition to all handling in bulk. Such large editions are more commonly printed on rotary presses, which print from a continuous roll of paper at a very rapid rate; but as this Office is not equipped with such a press, the separate sheets must be handled in feeding the presses. Those who have examined copies of this special number express themselves as much pleased with it, and we hope it will meet the expectations of all the workers in the field.

Notice!

By R. D. Hottel

The annual meeting of the constituency of the Virginia Conference Agency of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated, will be held at Richmond, Va., Nov. 4-6, 1908. The first meeting will be on Wednesday, November 4, at 4 P. M. The delegates of the Virginia Conference in session, compose the constituency of the agency.

R. D. Hottel, President.

GROUP OF THE FIRST WORKERS AND BELIEVERS IN CHINA
In the back row at the left are Elder J. N. Anderson and Brother A. La Rue — GROUP OF THE FIRST WORKERS AND BELIEVERS IN CHINA In the back row at the left are Elder J. N. Anderson and Brother A. La Rue