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Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of Religious Freedom, and the Campaign "to Make America Catholic." Conducted by the Religious Liberty Association. W. W. Prescott - - - - - Secretary WHEN the decree Ne temere, which means, "Let no one dare," was published, we were surprised that so little notice was taken of it in America. Vigorous protests came from other lands. The Wesleyan conference said, in substance: The decree declares null and void marriages contracted between Roman Catholics and persons who are not members of that church, even when such marriages are perfectly valid according to civil law. The decree degrades those who contract these marriages to the level of persons living in open sin, and in consequence affixes the brand of illegitimacy upon their children. The decree incites unworthy persons to repudiate their most sacred obligations, and exposes their wives and children to cruel desertion and destitution. Hence the decree constitutes a serious danger to the public welfare. It asserts that a marriage which the state accepts as valid is nothing simply because it is not in harmony with its ecclesiastical regulations. Of course, this decree can not liberate Roman Catholics from the obligations of legal marriages as established by the state, but we must be blind if we do not see some of its nefarious consequences. It has already inflicted untold misery on hundreds of families, and divided them. In Canada and Ireland there have been some terrible cases of persecution, and several family tragedies. The decree is in direct conflict with the Scriptural obligations of the marriage vow, and with the God-given rights and honor of parents and children in family life. Its manifest object is not simply to prevent mixed marriages, but to make sure that in the future such marriages shall be performed by priests only; not to promote purity, peace, and spiritual life in the home, but to increase the power, prestige, and influence of Rome through her priesthood. The proof of all this comes in the most recent papal decree, Motu proprio, issued Oct. 9, 1911, and published in the official "Acta Sedis Apostolicae":— "Since in these evil times, when so little heed is paid to ecclesiastical immunity that not only the clerics and priests, but bishops, and even their eminences the cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, are brought before the judgment of laymen, the situation absolutely demands of us that by the severity of the punishment we restrain within due bounds those whom the seriousness of the offense does not deter from this sacrilegious crime. Therefore, by this our Motu proprio, we enact and ordain that all private persons, whether of the laity or of the sacred orders, male or female, who without permission of the proper ecclesiastical authority cite before lay tribunals any ecclesiastical person whatsoever, either in criminal or civil cases, and shall publicly compel them to be present in court, shall incur excommunication reserved in a special manner to the Roman pontiff. And what is ordained in these letters we will to be valid and good in law, all things whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding." This is an ancient decree going back into the dim past when Thomas a Becket refused to yield to King Henry II. Is it not intolerable that the Church of Rome, which enjoys equal rights with all other churches, should abuse this freedom by asserting and enforcing an immunity for its clergy which has never had the sanction of civil law? Such an assertion of authority on the part of Rome can only have disastrous effects on the legislative, executive, and judicial functions of civil government. It is impossible to overestimate the pernicious and far-reaching results of such a decree. For Roman Catholics the dread of excommunication is all-powerful; it is to them the most awful fate that can befall a human being. The victim is boycotted, shunned by his fellows, denied church burial, and can only look forward to a hopeless eternity of unmitigated horrors. What does this decree mean? — It means reassertion of dominion by a foreign ecclesiastical authority which clamors for toleration, but intrigues constantly for supremacy. But some one says, "It does not affect us Protestants." What a mistake! It affects the society in which we all must live. Take, for instance, bequests. We have heard, have we not, of priests using undue influence in the making of a will, and depriving the legal heirs of their rights and leaving them absolutely poor? No private person nor judge must dare to cite Mr. Priest to court without incurring ipso facto excommunication. If a priest contracts debts, defrauds, commits an assault, or becomes drunk and disorderly, no Catholic policeman nor judge must dare to bring him to a civil court. Nor can any ecclesiastic be taken to court as a witness except by special permission from Rome. It includes, also, our legislatures and national Congress. All measures must first have the approval of ecclesiastical authority before Roman Catholics can vote for them. This transfers our civil government to Rome. But, some one says, "This decree does not refer to the United States." Why not? It refers to every country where it can be enforced. Germany and some other countries took immediate action, and as a result they were declared to be exempt. Every inch of these United States is covered to-day by these arrogant and insolent decrees. Then, whether they shall apply to this or any other country rests wholly with the Pope. He is the authority. —Extract from an address by Bishop Burt (Methodist) before the Boston Methodist Social Union at its meeting in March, 1912. Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press —A Mexican rebel band attacked a train south bound from Mexico City on the morning of August 12. The detailed guard of thirty-six soldiers and more than twenty passengers were slaughtered. —August 7 the delegates to the first national convention of the new Progressive party acclaimed Col. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, as their candidate for President, and Gov. Hiram W. Johnson, of California, as their choice for Vice-President. —Thirty-five persons were injured when Mobile and Ohio train No. 2, from Mobile to St. Louis, was ditched near St. Louis on the evening of August 9. The train was composed of steel cars, which were making their first trip, and trainmen said these coaches prevented loss of life. —The Panama Canal Bill, as passed by the Senate August 9, grants exemption from tolls to American coastwise vessels and American ships engaged in the foreign trade, and admits to American registry foreign-built ships when owned by Americans and engaged in the foreign trade. It prohibits railroad-owned steamship lines from operating through the canal. —From Managua, Nicaragua, comes the report that on August 11 the combined rebel forces began a bombardment of the capital city. Three hundred marines have been landed to protect American life and property. The insurrection in Nicaragua was started July 29, by Gen. Luis Mena, then minister of war, who was deposed by President Adolfo Díaz after refusing to resign. —A bill limiting the appointments of civil service employees to seven years has finally passed both houses of Congress, and only awaits the signature of President Taft before becoming a law. This bill also provides for the abolition of the commerce court. The President has declared his intention to veto the measure. The leaders of Congress declare that if he does this, an effort will be made to pass the bill over his veto. —On August 8, the national palace at Port au Prince, Haiti, was blown up by a powder explosion and burned to the ground, and the president of the republic of Haiti, Gen. Cincinnatus Leconte, perished. Many palace attendants were killed, and it is estimated that the casualty list will reach four hundred persons, killed or injured. The outbreak of war between Haiti and Santo Domingo is feared as one of the immediate results of this disaster. For some time there have been strained relations between these two countries. —When President Taft vetoed the wool bill on August 9, he stamped with his disapproval the twenty-fifth legislative measure sent to him from Congress during his administration. Although most of his vetoes have been on comparatively unimportant subjects, during the special session of Congress last summer President Taft began to wield his pen against measures regarded by the legislators with great interest. Four of his vetoes have been of tariff bills. His one other veto of importance last year was directed at the joint resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to Statehood. —Special cable from Constantinople reports one thousand persons dead, and between five thousand and six thousand injured, as the result of a severe earthquake on August 10. The center of the disturbance seems to have been in the region of the Dardanelles. The captain of the American steamer "Virginia" reports that the lighthouse at Ganes Hora, in the Sea of Marmora, has disappeared, and that the villages in the surrounding country are in flames. He was unable to anchor, owing to the violent movement of the sea. —The details of a massacre of Bulgarians by Mussulmans at Kotschana, European Turkey, on August 2, have just been made public. The butchery lasted three hours, and 140 were killed. —An explosion of black damp and coal dust on the morning of August 8, in the Lorraine shaft of the coal-field in the village of Gerthe, four miles from Bochum, Germany, cost the lives of 103 miners, according to the official report. Two others were severely injured, and 23 slightly injured. —That the United States has not abandoned, nor changed in any way, its attitude concerning the Monroe doctrine, was made very plain when the resolution was offered in the United States Senate by Senator Lodge relative to the acquisition of property in this hemisphere for military or naval bases by any foreign power. The resolution, which was adopted by a vote of 51 to 4, asserts that the United States can not see, "without grave concern," any harbor or advantageous spot in the western hemisphere taken over by a foreign government, or by a foreign corporation bearing close relation to the government, if such occupancy would threaten the commerce or the safety of the United States. —Near Eastern affairs are reaching a grave crisis, according to reports from Constantinople, which say that the committee of union and progress has resolved to summon the dissolved chamber of deputies to reassemble at Adrianople, to which city the leaders have already gone. The government has proclaimed martial law at Saloniki, Adrianople, and Smyrna. Fighting continues without cessation along the Montenegrin frontier, where a number of guerrilla bands have been in conflict with the Turkish troops. The Montenegrin troops, which came in contact with the Turks recently when they crossed the frontier, have destroyed eleven Turkish blockhouses. That international complications involving the balance of power in Europe might easily result from a declaration of war between Turkey and Montenegro, is feared. Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference
N. Z. Town - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Secretary Work of the Pacific Press
On the occasion of the annual outing of the employees of the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Brother H. H. Hall was asked to give a short address on the work of that institution. He said in part:— "Our work is to print and to assist in the circulation of gospel and health literature. That this work has ever proved a mighty factor in all moral and religious reforms is recognized by all candid observers and students of history. "Our territory in Canada stretches from Port Arthur, on the northern shores of Lake Superior, to Vancouver Island, on the Pacific. In the United States it includes everything west of the Mississippi, except Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana.22 "The agencies through which we operate in this country consist of twenty-six conference tract societies, employing forty workers, twenty-four field agents, and five union agents. We have three branch offices, located in Kansas City, in Portland, and in Calgary, Canada, all of which now occupy buildings of their own, which serve as supply depots for their respective territories. "Our records show that in 1875 the association supplied to the field literature valued at $10,000. The year that has just closed records a circulation of over $400,000 worth, or forty times as much as in 1875. "Thus far this year our sales show a monthly gain of $2,000 over the same period of 1911. The shipments from our book department have aggregated seventy tons, as compared with fifty-two tons for the same period last year. Our tract sales last year were 22,000,000 pages. This record is being upheld this year, and only last week we had an order for more than a ton of tracts in five-dollar-package form from one of our depositories. "Five years ago we undertook the publication of text-books for use in our church-schools. We have sold 65,000 copies of these, or a little over 1,000 copies a month. "In recent years our institution has been publishing a series of subscription books in German, Danish, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, and French, which bring to us markets limited only by the organization and activities of these foreign countries in their work of extending a knowledge of the third angel's message. "I heard Elder O. A. Olsen say recently: 'To my certain knowledge, the printed page has pioneered this message in every foreign field.' "As an indication of the immense development of this class of business, you will be interested to know that there are now more than twenty tons of books out on the Atlantic and the Pacific, hastening to our gospel colporteurs in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, the West Indies, the Philippines, and other islands."—Pacific Union Recorder. Magazines an Opening Wedge
By D. W. Reavis
ONE of our periodical workers sends in the following very interesting report, which demonstrates the value of our periodicals in opening the way for our large books:— "I called at an elegant house, and a servant came to the door. By her I sent my card, on which my work is explained, and a copy of each of my magazines to the lady of the house. Within a few minutes she came down, bringing the magazines with her. She desired to know more about them. I talked with her at the door, and explained briefly the magazines and our work. She bought two copies. I then showed her 'Great Controversy,' and she gave me an order for the three-dollar binding, which I delivered the next day. "Two weeks later I received a letter from this woman in which she expressed regret that she had not taken the best binding, and spoke of her desire to subscribe for the Protestant Magazine. I replied, offering to send her the Protestant Magazine free for one year, if she would take a full morocco 'Great Controversy' at five dollars, in addition to the three-dollar binding she had purchased of me. She promptly accepted my offer, and requested me to call at once with the book, prepared to answer many questions she desired to ask. I took her a full morocco 'Great Controversy' the next day, and answered her questions from the Bible. "Before I left, I asked her what it was that interested her in the first place, and prompted her to come down-stairs when I called with the magazines. She replied it was the title of Liberty,—the words, 'A Magazine of Religious Freedom,'—that interested her. Being a Christian Scientist and interested in religious matters, she desired to know more about the magazine bearing this striking title. "Our magazines are 'an entering wedge' for the work in cities and towns. My experiences have fully demonstrated this fact. Had I tried to sell this woman my book at first, the effort would have been a failure. I am thankful the Lord goes before his workers, and leads them into the homes of the people, and qualifies them to meet the demands under all circumstances." A Canvasser a Hundred Years Old
By I. A. Ford
THROUGH the kindness of one of our tract society secretaries, we received a clipping from the New York Herald of July 8, 1912, containing announcement of the celebration of the one-hundredth birthday anniversary of Mr. George Clinton Paine, of New York, who for the past twenty-five years has been a book agent. We quote from the article as follows:— "George Clinton Paine will celebrate to-morrow the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth, with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. . . . "Mr. Paine walks five miles a day in the pursuance of his occupation, that of a book agent, in which business he has been engaged for more than twenty-five years. His eyesight is excellent, so that he employs spectacles only when he reads fine type; his appetite requires three meals a day to be satisfied; his digestion is all that can be asked for; and on the whole, his appearance might be envied by many a man thirty years his junior. " 'I attribute my long life to a simple life and to abstemious habits,' said Mr. Paine to a Herald reporter yesterday. 'I smoked, or attempted to smoke, a cigar in 1820, but it made me deathly ill, and I never tried the experiment again. I never drank a drop of liquor unless it was mixed in medicine for fever and ague, which attacked me when I was a young man; and I never chewed tobacco. I am fond of bread and milk, and I consider this a most wholesome diet. I lived in the open, and do so now whenever I can; so that when you ask me for my recipe for longevity, I reply, Temperate habits and the simple life.'" Evidently Mr. Paine's work as book agent has been a physical blessing to him, as it has given him the opportunity of spending considerable time in the open air. He has continued in this line of work for twenty-five years. His example is worthy of emulation. NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern New England, Manchester, N. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21 to Sept. 1
New York, Utica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 23 to Sept. 1
Maine, Norridgewock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Maritime, Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 3-10 Colorado, Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15-25
Nebraska, College View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
South Missouri, Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
North Missouri, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
West Kansas, Salina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 5-15
West Colorado, Delta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Ohio, Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15-25
West Pennsylvania, Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Virginia, Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 North Michigan, Traverse City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 26 to Sept. 1
West Michigan, Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 3-11
Wisconsin, Baraboo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 5-11 NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Utah, Salt Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 3-8
Arizona, Phœnix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 17-27 Georgia, Savannah (colored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15-25
North Carolina, Gastonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15-25
Cumberland Conference, Sweetwater, Tenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Florida, Ocala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 3-14 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Tennessee River, Camden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15-25
Mississippi, Brookhaven (colored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 30 to Sept. 8
Alabama (colored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 27 to Oct. 5 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
New Mexico, Fort Sumner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 15-25
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 South Missouri Conference Association
THE regular meeting of the South Missouri Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of the South Missouri Conference, at Clinton, Mo., Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9 A. M., Monday, September 2, for the transaction of such business as should come before the members. All accredited delegates to the South Missouri Conference are delegates to this association. L. W. TERRY, President;
RALPH RHODES, Secretary. Maine Conference Association
The first meeting of the regular annual session of the Maine Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground in Norridgewock, Maine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1912, at 10 A. M., in connection with the Maine camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists. Members of the board of trustees will be elected to fill vacancies on the board, also such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All the accredited delegates to the regular session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, unincorporated, are members of the corporation. J. F. Piper, President;
W. O. Howe, Clerk. GWIN.—Enos Miles Gwin was born in Ohio in 1848, and died in Kettle Falls, Wash., July 30, 1912. For years he was a conference worker in Kansas and Arizona, but about ten years ago settled in Washington. A few days before his death he expressed his gratification that changed conditions promised greater leisure, and remarked, "Now we must serve God better than ever before." The funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church at Kettle Falls, words of consolation being spoken by the writer from Job 14:14.
ORIN BELKNAP. VEIT.—Mrs. Ruth Alice Veit was born in North Andover, Mass., April 22, 1854, and died in Flagstaff, Ariz., June 19, 1912, where she had resided for a number of years. About twelve years ago she accepted present truth under the labors of Elder Geo. States. Those who knew her best say that she was a consistent Christian, respected and loved by all. We trust that she will have a part in the first resurrection. The funeral service was conducted by the Methodist minister of Flagstaff.
F. W. WHEELER. POTTS.—William Potts was born in Miami County, Ohio, June 30, 1829, and died in Saint Marys, Ohio, July 30, 1912. Sixty years ago he was married to Nancy Ralston. Eleven children were born to this union, but the mother and three of the children died a number of years ago. Later Brother Potts married Mrs. Eliza Maxwell, who, with one brother and eight children, is left to mourn. Twenty-nine years ago the deceased accepted the third angel's message, and till the time of his death was a consistent Christian. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral service from Ps. 116:15.
JOHN FRANCIS OLMSTED. RILEY.—Mary A. Riley was born near Harrisburg, Pa., in 1829, and died July 19, 1912, at the home of her daughter in Webster City, Iowa. She was married at the age of seventeen to W. H. Riley, in Janesville, Wis. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are left to mourn. Father and mother accepted the third angel's message in the early sixties, and their home was always a resting-place for our tired and worn laborers. A Methodist minister conducted the funeral services, speaking words of comfort to those who sorrowed. We hope to meet our loved one soon where there will be no more sad partings.
MRS. L. H. WOLFsen. DAVIS.—Dr. J. W. Davis, of Port Fairfield, Maine, died July 21, 1912, in Melrose, Mass. He took the dental course in Washington, D. C., and had been in successful practice for more than thirty years. For many years the deceased had been a believer in present truth, but after the death of his wife seemed to take an even deeper interest in spiritual things. He fell asleep on the anniversary of her burial, aged 60 years, 11 months, and 11 days. His sudden death was a great shock to his bride of only a few weeks, Mrs. Alice (Smith) Davis; also to his three children and three sisters. The funeral was held on July 24, Pastor T. N. Kewley (Methodist) assisting in the service.
ELMER E. OSBORNE. BAKER.—Elizabeth Baker was born Feb. 4, 1835, and fell asleep Nov. 10, 1911. She embraced present truth about forty-seven years ago while living near Mauston, Wis. At the close of the war of the rebellion she, with her husband and five little children, settled on a homestead in Clark County, Wisconsin, and there for nine years they kept the Sabbath all alone. Mother never lost faith in the message, although hers was a life of toil and hardship. About four years ago father sold the old home, and they moved to Bethel, Wis., where she died. She was the mother of twenty-seven children, twelve of whom survive. Words of comfort were spoken by Prof. C. L. Stone, of Bethel Academy.
C. E. BAKER. SLADE.—J. W. Slade was born in the village of Lyons, Ionia Co., Mich., April 6, 1863, and died at his temporary home in Clinton County, Michigan, July 26, 1912. When a young boy, he enjoyed a bright Christian experience and possessed a strong love for the truth. His father and mother died when he was but a youth, and upon him fell the responsibility of looking after the farm, and caring for six brothers and a sister younger than himself. About sixteen years ago he was married to Miss Eva Reeder, who joined him in self-supporting missionary work in Tennessee, to which it was their purpose to return this fall. His sudden death came as a crushing blow, yet it is comforting to know that he seemed ready for the call. His wife, five children, five brothers, and many friends mourn the loss of a dear one. The funeral services were conducted by Elder Eugene Leland.
E. K. SLADE. REEDER.—J. B. Reeder died July 23, 1912, at his home, near Danbury, Tex., aged 62 years and 27 days. He was married to Dora Berry in 1871. There were born to this union nine children, seven of whom, together with their mother, are left to mourn. Brother Reeder accepted present truth in 1904, and held to this faith until his death. Brother E. M. Lacey presented some of the comforting promises of God.
MRS. WILL REEDER. CHAPMAN.—William E. Chapman died July 31, 1912, at his home in Enyart, Mo., after an illness of seven weeks. He was born near Enyart, March 19, 1855, accepted present truth in 1888, and was a leading member of the Enyart church until his death. His exemplary life won for him many friends, and the funeral services were largely attended. His companion, two sons, and two daughters are left to mourn, but they "sorrow not, even as others which have no hope."
E. A. MERRELL. BURK.—John S. Burk was born in Cumby, Tex., Nov. 26, 1890, and died July 15, 1912. He was a faithful son and loving brother. His parents, four brothers, three sisters, and many friends are left to mourn. When seventeen years of age, John united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which he remained a faithful member till the day of his death. Words of comfort were spoken to the bereaved from Rom. 8:18, by Pastor W. L. McGuire (Methodist).
J. W. WINN. BRIGGS.—Frank W. Briggs was born March 10, 1872, and died July 26, 1911. He heard present truth from his mother some years ago, but business interests were so strong that he did not accept the third angel's message until a few months before his death. During his last sickness the deceased spent some time in our sanitariums located in Florida and Iowa. He fell asleep at his home in St. Paul, Minn., in the hope of a part in the first resurrection. His mother, wife, and one son survive.
C. A. PEDICORD. BURTNETT.—Georgia Estella Burtnett, née Byland, was born Dec. 26, 1876, in East Liverpool, Ohio, and fell peacefully asleep in Jesus on July 30, 1912, at her home near Glenfield, Pa. Three years ago Sister Burtnett gave her heart to the Lord, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Alliance. At the time of her death she was a member of the Allegheny church. Her husband, four children, a brother, and a sister, besides many other relatives and friends, are left to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken from Job 19: 25, 26. The body was taken to East Liverpool for burial.
JOHN P. GAEDE. The eleventh annual session of the West Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, unincorporated, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Oakwood Park, Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 3-11, 1912. The first meeting of the conference will be held Tuesday, September 3, at 9 A. M., at which time officers will be elected for the ensuing year, also board of trustees for the West Michigan Conference Association, incorporated. Each church is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and to one additional delegate for each full twenty-five members. C. F. McVAGH, President;
H. H. TODD, Secretary. Any person knowing the address of Mr. C. M. Willson, recently of Avinger, Tex., is requested to send the same to Tegarden, Okla., Box 38. THE fourteenth annual meeting of the Benevolent Association of Seventh-day Adventists of Maine will be held at the Adventist church in Norridgewock, Aug. 27, 1912, at 5 P. M., for the purpose of electing officers, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Publications Wanted
By Editor
THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications sent postpaid:— Mrs. C. F. Campbell, Perth, Ontario, desires a continuous supply of literature for use in missionary work. Copies of Liberty, Protestant, Signs of the Times Magazine, Watchman, Life and Health, etc., will be appreciated by S. L. Stafford, R. F. D. 3, Statesville, N. C., for use in reading-racks. S. H. Carnahan, Colegio, Estrada Palma, Cabanas, Cuba, writes: "I am in a Catholic country of both Spanish- and English-speaking people, and could use to advantage copies of Liberty, Protestant, and also Spanish tracts. Should any one be able to send us Spanish books appropriate for our school library, they would be greatly appreciated. Postage to Cuba same as in the States." Business Notices
By Editor
WANTED.—At the Cumberland Industrial School, young men who wish to work their way at school. Address Clifford G. Howell, Earleyville, Warren Co., Tenn. WANTED.—To correspond with an experienced hygienic cook, for the Iowa Sanitarium. References required. State amount of experience and salary desired in your first letter. None but Seventh-day Adventists need apply. Iowa Sanitarium, Nevada, Iowa. COOKING OIL.—Best quality. Delicate flavor. Purely vegetable. Guaranteed. Extensively used by best cooks. Five gal., $4.15; 10 gal., $7.90; 8 1-gal. cans, $7.36; 6 5-gal. cans, $22.50; 30-gal. bbl., $21.90; 50-gal. bbl., $36. Purity Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. Elder Horton Enters Evangelistic Work
By Editor
ELDER S. B. HORTON, who for the last year and three months has been connected with the Religious Liberty Department of the General Conference as assistant secretary, left Washington with his wife a few days ago to take up church and evangelistic work in Grand Rapids, Mich. Brother Horton's years of association with congressmen while an employee of the government, have been of great advantage to him and to the religious liberty work, not only in Washington, but in the general field. He has done good work in behalf of the religious liberty cause in his work as assistant secretary of the department. His efforts have been greatly appreciated. Previous to Brother and Sister Horton's departure for Grand Rapids, their friends tendered them a farewell reception, at which a very interesting program was rendered. We trust that the blessing of the Lord will attend Brother Horton's ministrations in the field to which he has been called. C. M. SNOW, of our editorial staff, is attending a convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies in Louisville, Ky., this week, and I. A. Ford has left the office to attend the camp-meeting in Ohio. Dr. H. C. Menkel of the Foreign Mission Seminary, is also attending the Ohio camp-meeting. The Spirit of Our Youth
By Editor
ONE can not stand before the young men and women to be found in our various training-schools without feeling truly thankful to God for what he is doing for the youth of this denomination. How changed the situation to-day from what it was a few years ago! Then scores of our young people were attending worldly schools, and many who were attending our own schools were fitting themselves for worldly callings. But now we find hundreds of our young men and women who have dedicated themselves to God for service, and are seeking in our denominational schools a preparation for their life-work. These boys and girls of to-day will be the men and women of to-morrow, the burden-bearers upon whom the grand finishing of this great movement will largely rest. For these devoted youth we are indeed thankful. But what shall we say of the hundreds of young men and women to be found in every section of the country who are still contentedly attending worldly schools, and holding in their minds earthly ambitions? or of others who perhaps are content not to attend school at all, who are passing by opportunities which, if improved, might under God's guidance make them strong men and women in connection with this closing work. Some, we know, are kept at home by influences that they can not control. Upon some the burden of the family rests. Some are the support and staff of a widowed mother or feeble father. Some are laboring to provide others of the family with privileges which they themselves greatly desire. But we believe that even these young men and women are privileged to make a beginning right where they are. If unable to attend school during the year to come, they can establish a school in their own home. The history of this cause and of the world's work through the centuries proves that not those alone who had the greatest advantages achieved the highest results in life. The men and women whom God has used most mightily have been those who humbly dedicated their lives to his service, and made the most of their advantages, whatever they might be. How much might be accomplished by the young men and women who must remain at home during the year to come if they would devote their leisure moments to the prosecution of some study! In such effort an excellent help has been provided by this denomination in the Fireside Correspondence School. Scores of young men and women who have been kept at home during the last two or three years, have taken up the study of history, of language, or of science, and have made in their work a splendid beginning. If the way opens in the future for them to connect with some institutional school, that school will give them credit for what they have accomplished. Why should not every young man and woman in our ranks who can not attend one of our educational institutions, enroll himself as a member of this excellent school? You will miss much if you pass by the opportunities which may be offered you. You will gain much if you will resolve that the year to come shall bring to you an increase in knowledge, and if, with God's help, you will take advantage of the facilities that have been provided. First and best, if you can arrange to attend one of our institutional schools, do that; but if this is impossible, avail yourself of the help which you may secure through the Fireside Correspondence School, of a systematic course of study, under the supervision of experienced teachers. Do not be kept down. Resolve that by God's help you will make something of yourself for him. These years through which you are now passing afford the golden opportunity of your life. Resolve that you will acquire the very best education that you can. God will honor this resolution on your part, and will open before you ways and means by which it may be accomplished. Another Worker Fallen
By T. E. Bowen
LAST week the sad message was cabled from China announcing the death of Miss Gertrude Thompson, from typhoid. Sister Gertrude went out to China in September, 1910, and with her sister Ida has been conducting a girls' school near Canton. Her death will come as a severe stroke to the self-sacrificing parents in Wisconsin, who, when they dedicated Gertrude to China, had placed three of their children upon the altar of service in that land. Mrs. J. N. Anderson was the first to go; Ida followed, then Gertrude. On receiving the cable at the Mission Board office, Mrs. Anderson immediately left Washington to break the news to the parents in Wisconsin. The cause in China suffers great loss in the death of this faithful, devoted sister. T. E. BOWEN. Missionary Volunteer Articles Forthcoming
By Editor
THE Missionary Volunteer department in the Youth's Instructor of August 27, announces the publication in this number of the REVIEW of two articles,—"Opening Doors" and "Growth in Catholic Countries." These will be printed in our next number. Seventh-day Adventist Church Principles
By Editor
In answer to several requests received of late, we are publishing in this number a statement of the principles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This statement was prepared by Elder Uriah Smith, for many years the able editor of this journal. Representative to India and Europe
WHEN the brethren in India learned that Brother A. G. Daniells could not attend their general meeting in November, Brother J. L. Shaw cabled earnestly requesting that some representative from the General Conference be present. Last week the committee recommended Prof. H. R. Salisbury to go, and to visit schools in Europe on his way. Northern Illinois and Utah Meetings
By Editor
On account of the interest attending several tent-meetings being held in the Northern Illinois Conference, it has been decided to postpone indefinitely the camp-meeting, which had been appointed for August 19-26. Definite announcement will be made later. The Utah brethren announce a meeting for that field at Salt Lake City, September 3-8. The True Ideal for Our Youth
By H. R. Salisbury
The article by Sister E. G. White, "The True Ideal for Our Youth," in this issue, was written for the educational department; but because it is so full of helpful instruction for all, it has been given a place with the general articles. Let it be read with great care by those who are deciding which schools they are to attend. If you wish to become a worker in this cause, go where workers are being trained. The controversy between good and evil wages nowhere more unceasingly than in institutions where the youth receive those impressions which are to determine their life's work. H. R. SALISBURY,
Sec. Dept. of Education.