It is pleasing to note that the churches of our conferences are awakening to the fact that careful attention is required in selecting treasurers for the local churches. Many times persons have been chosen for that office with apparently little consideration. Some have appeared to think that almost any one could act as treasurer of the church. This is a mistaken idea.
In the first place it should be borne in mind that it is a sacred responsibility to have charge of the funds handled by any of our churches for the Lord's work. So far as possible, persons should be chosen for this office who possess the required qualifications. The treasurer should be one who has the confidence of the church. One who is slack in his own business matters, and especially in his obligations to the cause of God in the matter of tithes and offerings, is not qualified to fill an office in which thoroughness and exactness are especially required.
The office of treasurer calls for one who can kindly yet firmly remind the members of the church of their obligations, and help them, by tactful and timely suggestions, to meet their obligations, and to be prompt in paying their tithes and offerings. A wide-awake treasurer will endeavor to see that the financial plans of the conference are recognized and carried out in the local church. A treasurer must have some knowledge of bookkeeping, for it is very important that the accounts be neatly and properly kept. A little slackness in handling money, or in the matter of making out receipts, may cause serious trouble. It is not pleasing to God that any department of his work be dealt with in a slack manner.
While it may be true that a deacon's responsibilities pertain to the temporal matters of the church, placing upon him some measure of the financial burden, it does not seem proper in many of our churches to place the responsibility of caring for all conference funds upon the deacon, or to make the deacon of the church its treasurer as well. There are good deacons who are not well qualified to do all the work of the treasurer. We speak of this matter because some of our people have been perplexed in regard to it. I have seen churches, that were blessed with a faithful, consecrated, wide-awake treasurer, make decided advancement in all the funds, even to the Sabbath-school offerings. A good treasurer is a great blessing to the local church, and a decided help to the cause in general.
E. K. SLADE.
A Good Conscience
A GOOD CONSCIENCE is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions that can possibly befall us.—Addison.
Its Words Were Battles
By J. A. Wylie
It was amazing what activity and vigor of mind Luther at this period displayed. Month after month, rather week by week, he launched treatise on treatise. These productions of his pen, “like sparks from under the hammer, each brighter than that which preceded it,” added fresh force to the conflagration that was blazing on all sides. His enemies attacked him: they but drew upon themselves heavier blows. . . .
It was now, too, that Luther published his famous appeal to the emperor, the princes, and the people of Germany, on the Reformation of Christianity. This was the most graphic, courageous, eloquent, and spirit-stirring production which had yet issued from his pen. It may be truly said of it that its words were battles. The sensation it produced was immense. It was the trumpet that summoned the German nation to the great conflict. “The time for silence,” said Luther, “is past, and the time to speak is come.” And verily he did speak.—J. A. Wylie, “History of Protestantism,” page 305.
The Missionary and Publishing Work
Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature.
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference.
E. R. PALMER — Secretary
N. Z. TOWN — Assistant Secretary
A. J. S. BOURDEAU — Missionary Secretary
Two Foreign Temperance Magazines
By A. J. S. B.
THE July issues of our Swedish and German magazines (Tidens Tecken and Zeichen der Zeit) will be health and temperance numbers. We quote from a letter recently received from the publishers:—
“We shall aim to make the July issues of these magazines of great value to the reader by supplying him with information about the proper care of health, the prevention of sickness, and simple remedies for curing disease. The great gospel principles underlying a healthy and happy life will be emphasized and elucidated, so that any one who desires can learn how to guard against sickness and maintain a healthy and robust existence. The great cause of temperance will also receive its due share of attention. These numbers will be beautifully and appropriately illustrated, the front cover-page of each being an entirely new design, printed in colors. We would be especially pleased if our American periodical workers would supply themselves liberally with these magazines, and push their sale whenever they come in contact with Swedish or German people. With their aid in view we expect to print an edition of 25,000 copies of each.”
Thousands of persons speaking the Swedish and German languages will be sure to give these and other issues of these excellent magazines a cordial reception.
A. J. S. B.
Current Mention
— On June 26 General Porfirio Diaz was again re-elected president of the republic of Mexico, which position he has held since 1877. He will reach the age of 80 years on September 15.
— Harry Burns Hutchins has been elected president of the University of Michigan, to succeed Dr. James B. Angell. Mr. Hutchins has been dean of the law department since 1895.
— The youngest of the surviving soldiers of the Civil War are now nearing 70 years of age. Since Memorial day, 1909, more than 50,000 of the old soldiers have died. In recent years the average number of deaths has been 3,000 a month, but this number is rapidly increasing.
— Imitation furs are now produced in some quantity, and it is hoped that the process can soon be so perfected that the imitation will equal, if not rival, the natural fur in color, gloss, and pliability, besides being much cheaper. Mohair and other long-staple wools are used in the process of manufacture.
— William P. Pittman, the young American who was captured about June 8 by the Madriz forces, near Bluefields, Nicaragua, has been tried by court-martial, and found guilty of a conspiracy against the government. He will be sentenced to a long term in the government penitentiary at Managua.
— On the evening of June 26, during a performance in the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, a bomb was thrown from the gallery toward the orchestra seats. The bomb exploded in mid-air. Twenty persons were injured, 6 of them fatally. The orchestra immediately began to play the national air, thus quieting the spectators, and preventing a panic.
— The Zeppelin air-ship “Deutschland” was caught in a gale while making a trip on June 28, and to avoid a whirlwind rose to a height of 4,000 feet. After the storm had spent its force, it was found that one of the motors refused to work, and as considerable gas had been lost in the high altitude, the ship sank rapidly to the top of a dense forest, landing in the tree-tops about 30 feet from the ground. A rope ladder was thrown out, and all the passengers escaped without injury. The air-ship was wrecked.
— The balance-sheets of the United States Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30 showed a surplus in ordinary receipts over expenditures of $9,402,432. The large increase is due to larger receipts from customs duties, internal revenue taxes, and the addition of the fund from the new corporation tax.
— Richard Parr, who discovered the secret spring in the scales on the docks of the American Sugar Refining Company, and who assisted the government in recovering more than $2,000,000, is to receive a reward of $100,000. Large sums were offered to Parr by agents of the company, and for months he was followed by detectives.
— At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting of Spain, June 24, it was given out by Premier Canalejas that the religious program decided upon by the government, and set forth in an imperial decree on June 11, would be carried out, ignoring the protests of the Vatican. The decree amends the constitution, and authorizes the edifices of non-Catholic religious societies to display their insignia for public worship.
— Dr. Alfred Leffingwell has issued a book on “American Meat,” which is said to be “very disquieting reading.” The book shows that the abuses held up to view by Upton Sinclair in “The Jungle” have not by any means ended. The accusation in the present volume is not especially of a lack of cleanliness in preparing meat for the market, but that much of the meat itself is diseased before the animals are slaughtered. Millions of hogs afflicted with trichinæ, it is asserted, are killed, made up into flitches, hams, sausages, etc., and shipped to all parts of the world, thus spreading disease and death.
— The finding of a fourteen-year-old boy in a condition of intoxication in an abandoned hack on a wharf in Washington, D. C., has led to an investigation of certain conditions relating to the selling or giving of alcoholic drinks to minors in this city. Evidence is accumulating to show that “the boys of Washington, especially in the slums and alleys, are debauched by liquor given to them by men. This practise is widespread. In the face of deliberate effort to corrupt boys of tender age, the laws against selling liquor to minors are futile. Scores of men in this city are said to take delight in fastening the craving for liquor on boys.”
— On June 28 what is known as the new royal oath bill passed its final reading in the House of Commons. The bill was introduced by Prime Minister Asquith, who expressed the hope that it would not become a subject of controversy, in which position he was seconded by Mr. Balfour, leader of the opposition. All phrases objectionable to the 12,000,000 Catholic subjects of King George V have been eliminated in the proposed declaration, which reads as follows: “I do solemnly and sincerely and in the presence of God profess, testify, and declare that I am a faithful member of the Protestant Reformed Church, by law established in England, and I will, according to the true intent of the enactments which secure Protestant succession to the throne of my realm, uphold and maintain said enactments to the best of my power according to law.”
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1910
For list of camp-meetings see page 2.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
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WANTED.—At the Acushnet Sanitarium, at once, graduate nurses and an experienced cook. Send written recommendations or good references. Address Joel P. Bradford, M. D., 25 Main St., New Bedford, Mass.
FOR SALE.—500,000 to 600,000 feet timber on stump,—poplar, white and black oak, hickory, chestnut. Fine mill set and water free in one side of timber; all down-hill pull. Railroad two and one-half miles away. Adventist purchaser desired. Address Thomas Johnston, Dickson, Tenn.
WANTED.—Earnest, strong young woman for laundry and housework at sanitarium. Opportunity to learn the work. Also wish to correspond with live, progressive physician, who would consider interest in small sanitarium in city of 600,000 inhabitants. Address Wade Park Hydropathic Institute, 8203 Wade Park Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.23
BIBLE MOTTOES.—Size 12 x 16. 1,000,000 Beauties. Special offer: 100, $5; 200, $9. (Father and mother, 200, $11. These are world winners.) New Spanish mottoes ready June 15. Send stamp to Hampton Art Co., Hampton, Iowa.
WANTED.—Girl or woman to do general housework on a farm. Seventh-day Adventist preferred. In answering, please state experience in housework in general, wages desired, and ability to work. Address Alonzo Dean, Milford, Mich.
FOR SALE.—10 acres near Forest Home Industrial Academy. Land has been slashed, burned, and seeded to grass for pasture. Good new house, outbuildings, and well. Good dairy country. For particulars address O. C. Hollenbeck, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
FOR SALE.—160 acres, 7 cultivated; all good land, black loam with clay subsoil; rolling, some stone; 6-room house, small barn, good well, pasture; two miles from Mercer, N. D. Reason for selling, change of field. Hattie B. Walker, Mercer, N. D.
BOOKKEEPER.—Young man, married, lately from British Guiana, South America, desires position as bookkeeper where he can have Sabbath privileges. Satisfactory references furnished both as to standing and ability. Address S. E. Kellman, Mesick, Mich.
WE sell Malt Honey, B. Gluten Flour, Cooking Oil, Granola and No-Ko Cereal Coffee Substitute. Send for special prices. 110-lb. bag finest Imported German Lentils, $4.50. Maple Sirup, 90c gal. Other bargains. Address New York Food Co., Oxford, N. Y.
WANTED.—A young or middle-aged woman to help care for home and two small children. Experience in care of children essential. All the privileges of a pleasant, refined home. Will pay $4 a week, with board and room. Address R. O. Eastman, Takoma Park, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Twenty-thousand capacity saw- and planing-mill; Tacoma logging engine; five million feet of yellow fir timber. Located within less than a mile of Royal Academy. We solicit your correspondence. A. D. Owens & Sons, Cottage Grove, Ore.
FOR SALE.—New, inspiring Scripture postcards. Beautifully embossed. Lead everything in the market. 200 assorted, post-paid, 90c per 100. Send for sample (5 for 10c). Don’t delay to order, but write at once. Address the Waterbury Specialty Co., Brandon, Wis.
I MAKE a high-pressure Steam Canner for home and market canning. Cans everything so it keeps without preservatives. Surpasses every canner on the market. Supplies a long-looked-for article. Every family should have one. Price within reach of all. Send for circular. Address Jethro Kloss, St. Peter, Minn.
FOR SALE TO ADVENTISTS ONLY.—Two 10-acre tracts across the road from an Adventist academy, in the famous Skagit Valley dairy region in northwest Washington. Each tract is half under cultivation, with balance in pasture. The land is level, and lies 6 or 8 feet above the highest known floods; no dike or ditch taxes. The soil is a rich loam, clay subsoil, no rock or gravel. Healthful climate, no blizzards, cyclones, or electrical storms, seldom above 85° F., or down to freezing. Good markets, cheap lumber. For further information address T. W. Soules, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
Notes From the Field
Five baptisms have been reported from Terre Haute, Ind.
Brother C. H. Miller reports the baptism of six adults at Hartington, Neb.
Six persons have been baptized and joined the church at Grand Island, Neb.
Brother E. L. Neff reports the baptism of four persons at Broken Arrow, Okla.
Five young people, students of the Hastings Intermediate School, were baptized recently.
At Mt. Zion, Ind., four persons have been baptized, uniting with the church at that place.
Three persons were baptized at Portales Springs, N. M., recently, Elder W. A. T. Miller officiating.
As a result of meetings held at Spring Valley, Okla., three members of one family have accepted the truth.
The work among the Germans in Colorado is progressing. Recently ten young people were baptized at Loveland.
Baptismal services were held at La Salle, Colo., on a recent Sunday, twelve persons following their Lord in this rite.
Elder G. W. Berry reports that a church of eleven members was organized at Mitchell, Neb. Six were baptized.
Four persons have taken a firm stand for the truth at Aurora, Ill. They have been baptized, and have united with the church there.
A church has been organized at Marion, Mich., with a membership of twenty-seven, the majority of whom are new converts.
A man and his wife, with their two grown daughters and a number of small children, have recently taken their stand for the truth at Mt. Clare, Neb.
A Swedish church of twelve members was recently organized at Jersey City, N. J. A sister is awaiting baptism, and other Swedish believers living near may join later.
A good report comes from Oswego, Kans. Seven persons have been baptized, and twenty-one have united with the church, a number of whom were baptized a few months ago.
Since last winter, ten believers have been added to the church at North Platte, Neb., seven by baptism and three on confession of faith. One other awaits baptism, and others are keeping the Sabbath.
As the result of meetings recently held at Garden Grove, Cal., twenty-two have joined the church, nineteen by baptism and three on former baptism. Besides these, five more will doubtless take this important step soon.
Cumberland Conference
By P. G. Stanley
THE annual conference and camp-meeting of the Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 25 to Sept. 4, 1910.
P. G. STANLEY, President.
Virginia Conference, Notice!
By H. W. HERRELL
ALL communications for the president of the Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists should be sent to Elder A. C. Neff, Quicksburg, Va. Owing to poor health, I have been compelled to retire from the work. My personal address is R. F. D. 1, Box 28, Faber, Va.
H. W. HERRELL.
Texas Conference Association
By L. W. Terry
THE annual meeting of the Texas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground in connection with the camp-meeting at Fort Worth, Tex., July 21-31. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. L. W. TERRY,
President.
_Alberta Conference_
By C. A. BURMAN
NOTICE is hereby given that the next session of the Alberta Conference Association will be held in connection with the annual conference at Lacombe, Alberta, July 15-24. The first meeting will be called July 18, at 11 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting any other business that may come before the association.
C. A. BURMAN, President.
The Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association
By W. H. THURSTON
THE annual session of the Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held in Forest Park, Ottawa, Kan., in connection with the camp-meeting. The first meeting of the association will be held Monday, Aug. 22, 1910, at 9 A. M. This meeting is called for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting other business pertaining to the association.
W. H. THURSTON, President.
Southern Missouri Conference Association
By D. U. HALE
The annual meeting of the Southern Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation, will be held on the camp-ground in connection with the camp-meeting at Springfield, Mo. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., Monday, Aug. 8, 1910, at which time officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business will be transacted as may pertain to the interests of the association. D. U. HALE,
President.
Kansas Conference
By W. H. THURSTON
THE thirty-sixth annual session of the Kansas Conference will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting in Forest Park, Ottawa, Kan., August 18-28. The first meeting will be held Friday, August 19, at 9 A. M. It is very desirable that a full delegation be present from all the churches. Each church is entitled to one delegate, irrespective of membership, and one additional delegate for each fifteen members or fractional majority. At this time there will be the election of officers for the ensuing year, of an executive committee, and of heads of departments. Such other business will be transacted as should properly come before the conference.
W. H. THURSTON, President.
Ontario Conference
By M. C. Kirkendall
A SPECIAL session of the Ontario Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held July 5, 1910, at 53 Clara Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The purpose of holding this special session is to consider the advisability of selling the lot now owned by the conference in the city of Toronto, and to obtain the consent of the conference thereto. No other business will be enacted at this session.
M. C. KIRKENDALL.
Alabama Conference
By J. R. Bagby
THE Alabama State camp-meeting and conference will be held Aug. 4-14, 1910, at Calera, Ala., at which time there will be an election of officers for the conference, Sabbath-school, and religious liberty work, and for the transaction of such other business as would properly come before that body. It may be necessary to make some changes in the constitution at this session.
The first meeting of the conference will convene Aug. 5, 1910, at 9 A. M., for the transaction of such business as may be called up by the delegates. J. R. BAGBY,
President.
Louisiana Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists
By E. L. MAXWELL
THE regular annual meeting of the constituency of the Louisiana Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground near Alexandria, La., July 24, at 10 A. M., for the election of a board of trustees, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.
All delegates to the Louisiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (unincorporated) are members of this constituency.
E. L. MAXWELL, President.
Obituaries
WYNIGEAR.—Died at her home near Waco, Texas, May 23, 1910, Sister Amanda Lankford Wynigear, in the thirty-ninth year of her age. In 1898 she accepted present truth, and was a member of the Levi church at the time of her death. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn. L. W. TERRY.
LITTLE.—Fannie Marie, daughter of Will and Edna Little, was born June 17, 1905, and died June 20, 1910, aged five years and three days. Fannie was a lovable child and will be deeply missed. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, at Huber, Mich. CHAS. A. MERRIAM.
MELENDY.—Howard Evart Melendy, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Evatt B. Melendy, was born at Academia, Ohio, April 20, 1910, and died quite suddenly June 15, aged six weeks and four days. A large number of sympathizing friends gathered at the home on Thursday, June 16, where a short service was conducted by the writer. O. F. BUTCHER.
DEADMOND.—Nellie Frances Deadmond was born at Townsend, Mont., July 4, 1902, and died June 1, 1910. Nellie was a true-hearted, lovable Christian girl, and though suffering intensely through her last sickness, she bore it patiently. She sleeps in Jesus, peacefully resting till he comes to take her home. MRS. J. H. DEADMOND.
SANDBORN.—Died June 18, 1910, at Alma, Mich., where she was taking the nurses’ course, Sister Jessie M. Sandborn, aged 22 years, 5 months, and 6 days. That she was loved by all who became acquainted with her was shown by the floral offerings and the number present at her funeral. The service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder A. R. Sandborn, uncle of the deceased. L. G. MOORE.
LA SAGE.—Died June 13, 1910, in Menasha, Wis., Sister Asenath A. La Sage, aged 41 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Her marriage to Joseph La Sage occurred at Spring Lake, S. D., May 30, 1886. She fully accepted the truth, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which she was a faithful member. She was very patient and submissive to God’s will. A husband and five children mourn her loss. W. W. STEBBINS.
LEFURGEY.—Isaac S. Lefurgey was born on Prince Edward Island, in April, 1837, and died June 18, 1910, at Moncton, New Brunswick. He had been in ill health for several years, but his recent sickness, causing his death, lasted only two weeks. Less than one year ago Sister Lefurgey was laid to rest. Thus this aged couple, buried in one grave, await the voice of our soon-coming Saviour. J. O. MILLER.
HOWELL.—Died May 23, 1910, at our home in Warren County, Tenn., Mrs. Eliza Howell, in the seventy-second year of her age. Mother accepted the truths for this time in Iowa in 1878. Her interest in the Master’s work has been constant, and now she rests from her labors in the hope of the soon coming of the Life-giver. Being unable to secure a minister, I spoke at the funeral, from the text, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” CLIFFORD G. HOWELL.
BROWN.—Died June 9, 1910, at Auburn, N. Y., Mrs. Mary Brown, in the seventy-sixth year of her age. She was born in Auburn, N. Y., May 10, 1835. When a girl, she was converted, and united with the Presbyterian Church. She accepted the Adventist faith in Auburn in 1884, and has ever been a faithful Christian. One son and three daughters are left to mourn. L. H. PROCTOR.
MILLER.—Charles David, son of David and Minnie Miller, was born Dec. 3, 1893, near Alanson, Mich., and was drowned in a lake near his home, June 11, 1910, aged 16 years, 6 months, and 8 days. Baptized at the Bay View camp-meeting, Sept. 9, 1908, he became a member of the Wildwood church, where the funeral services were held. He sleeps until the Life-giver shall call him. JOHN H. NIEHAUS.
SNYDER.—George Snyder was born in Pennsylvania, May 7, 1836, and died June 1, 1910, at Thomson, Ill. He accepted present truth in 1884. From Dakota he moved to Welsh, La., and then to Alpine, Tex., where he lived seven years. Here he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and his wife sought a home in the North, where for three years she watched over him constantly. His death was peaceful and full of hope. The funeral service was conducted at the home by Rev. David Loynd (Baptist).
HARLESS.—Mrs. Esther Harless, wife of Brother John Harless, of Molalla, Ore., was stricken with paralysis, and died on her fifty-seventh birthday. Sister Harless was born in Hancock County, Indiana, May 21, 1853. Her maiden name was Esther Dunn. A few years ago she came to Vancouver, Wash. Here she soon received the truth of the third angel’s message, was baptized, and joined the Vancouver church. A large number of friends attended the funeral services, which were conducted by Elder T. E. Thumler, who spoke from 1 Sam. 20: 3. R. D. BENHAM.
KELLOGG.—Charles W. Kellogg was born in New York, June 9, 1830, and died June 8, 1910, being eighty years of age. He lived in Michigan, Nebraska, and New Mexico. In 1891 he accepted the Seventh-day Adventist faith; he held the office of deacon for several years, and was local elder of the church at Farmington, N. M., at the time of his death. He was very earnest in his Christian life, and was a true missionary, using his time and means to further the cause he loved. He was brought to Grand Island, Neb., and buried beside his wife. One son and two daughters survive him. B. M. GARTON.
HOLLEY.—Anna Holley was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5, 1826, and died at Patricksburg, Ind., June 10, 1910, aged 83 years, 9 months, and 5 days. Dec. 30, 1848, she was married to David Holley; to them were born two children, both of whom survive. Her husband preceded her in death forty-eight years ago. Mrs. Holley was a sister to Elder D. H. Oberholtzer. Her first Christian experience was in connection with the Mennonites; but when the third angel’s message came to her, she gladly accepted it, and ever afterward rejoiced in the truth. A. L. MILLER.
KNIGHT.—Died at Tampa, Fla., May 31, 1910, of a complication of diseases, Mrs. Flossie Wall Knight, aged 48 years, 11 months, and 23 days. The deceased was the wife of A. J. Knight, one of Tampa’s most prominent business men. Married Dec. 17, 1879, nine children were born to them, of whom seven survive, and were present at the time of her death. Fifteen years ago she, with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Clarke, who lived with her, and several other members of her family, accepted present truth, uniting with the Tampa church. She remained a faithful and loyal member until called upon to lay down the armor. Many substantial gifts to the cause of God bore testimony to her devotion. Her mother, husband, seven children, two children-in-law, and two grandchildren are left to mourn. R. W. PARMELE.
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Address
UNTIL further notice the address of Elder W. S. Hyatt, also of the Maranatha Mission, will be as follows: P. O. Martindale, via Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa.
Missionaries to Alaska and South Africa
If the great majority of our missionaries must labor in countries where the intense heat a greater portion of the year taxes their vitality to its utmost, it is refreshing to know we have a few at least scattered among the northern regions, where icebergs are common, and no inconvenience comes from the oppressive rays of the sun. Two brethren in Alaska write that a person can stand by the side of a glacier of freezing ice, and with one hand resting upon it, with the other can easily grasp the twigs of growing trees.
E. C. Silsbee and wife, née Lawry, sailed from New York, July 2, for South Africa. These young people are responding to an earnest plea made by Elder W. H. Anderson, while here on furlough this spring, for help in extending the work at the Barotseland Mission. Brother and Sister Silsbee are from Southern California, having been connected with institutions there in preparatory work. They stopped over a few days in Washington.
Something for You to Do
THE issue of Liberty for the second quarter of the present year was one of the most striking issues of that magazine ever brought out, both as to matter and illustrations. It contained no fewer than twenty-six half-tone illustrations of the rulers of this world, a feature which no other magazine has in any way, ever attempted, and which should open for it every door in the country. Every reader of the REVIEW could sell among his neighbors a quantity of that issue of Liberty on that feature alone. Every person to whom it is shown will wish to have at least one copy for the galaxy of kings and queens and presidents which it contains. But that is not all. The report of the hearing before the Congressional Committee on the Johnston Sunday bill, in that issue, ought to make every Seventh-day Adventist eager to give the magazine the widest possible circulation. The article “Do You Wish Congress to Prescribe Your Religion?” should be in the hands of every thinking person in the country. And these are only two of the important articles which it contains. There is a number of that excellent issue that can be had. Let the orders roll in for this number, and let the people have the magazine—your neighbors, who, perhaps, have never had the principles of religious liberty brought to their attention. Specify that you desire the number for the second quarter of 1910.
Special Notice
The Summer Campaign number of the magazine Christian Education is filled with short but strong articles on themes of vital interest to students, schools, and parents at this season of the year. Decisions are being made by young men and women, and by parents, whether or not the sacrifice and the effort required to attend school the coming year are worth while. In this number is given the cream of experience passed through in days gone by in this same struggle for education by many who have now become veterans in service. This matter is inspiring to every reader, but especially useful for placing in the hands of young people and parents by the earnest army of workers who are seeking during these summer months to fill our schools with students. Orders are being placed for this number for use at camp-meetings, to send out with the school calendar, to use in Missionary Volunteer societies, to send by mail to friends, etc. The president of Union College has just sent in an order for twelve hundred copies. Other heads of schools are planning to use from five hundred to one thousand copies. This number of Christian Education has a special cover, and is well illustrated. It appears early in July, but will be useful far into the autumn.
Prices: 1-4 copies, ten cents each; 5-40 copies, one order, one address, five cents a copy; 50 or more copies, one order, one address, four cents a copy.
Let all who can use this number send in their orders as promptly as possible.
My Lodge Experience
ALL will remember the series of articles recently published in the REVIEW on secret orders, entitled, “My Lodge Experience,” by Elder George O. States. Recently Brother States has written a pamphlet of sixty-four pages on the same subject. This contains much additional matter over what was presented in his series of articles, and is calculated to do much good in warning Christians of the dangers of allying themselves with secret organizations. This pamphlet sells for fifteen cents, and may be obtained by addressing the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn.
Sanitarium Work at Mussoorie
WRITING concerning the sanitarium work at Mussoorie, India, Dr. H. C. Menkel says that their rooms are full. Among the patients is a native prince who has sought help elsewhere without obtaining relief, but is now making a splendid recovery.
Richard Sisley Goes to Java
Brother Richard C. Sisley sailed from Australia for Java on the “Van Heemskerk,” May 4, to engage in self-supporting work in that field. Brother Sisley expects to spend a portion of his time in teaching Chinese the English language.
Camp-Meeting List
THE list of camp-meetings for this number is printed on page 2.
Courage and Progress in Colorado
From every quarter the note of courage and progress in this grand movement is sounding to-day. In a recent letter from Elder H. M. J. Richards, of Colorado, he says: “The work here is going nicely and with a good spirit. We are all of good courage in the truth. There have been fifty baptisms of new converts to the faith in this conference in the last ninety days. For this we thank God and take courage.” And this testimony which Brother Richards bears is the almost universal testimony borne by our brethren in every field.
