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Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 36.

He Watches Over Israel
Earlier text: West Texas Camp-Meeting

Colporteurs’ Summary for July, 1912

Book Sales Magazines
Atlantic Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
Maine 14 1340 $2257.60 3095 $309.50 $2567.10
N. New England 9 647 486.95 1920 192.00 678.95
Massachusetts 10 805 452.60 4015 401.50 854.10
S. New England 9 1123 1138.40 3035 303.50 1441.90
New York 33 3179 4088.42 2624 262.40 4350.82
Western New York 7 1070 1323.25 1285 128.50 1451.75
Greater New York 13 615 556.02 5610 561.00 1117.02
Totals 95 8779 10303.24 21584 2158.40 12461.64
| Columbia Union Conference | | | | | | | | Ohio | 17 | 2414 | 1722.40 | 4384 | 438.40 | 2160.80 | West Virginia | 10 | 1236 | 1768.80 | 1185 | 118.50 | 1887.30 | Virginia | 12 | 710 | 515.50 | 1090 | 109.00 | 624.50 | Chesapeake | 16 | 1583 | 1833.20 | 1145 | 114.50 | 1947.70 | Eastern Pennsylvania | 28 | 2656 | 2589.35 | 4715 | 471.50 | 3060.85 | West Pennsylvania | 20 | 1745 | 1314.76 | 4825 | 482.50 | 1797.26 | New Jersey | 21 | 1424 | 1527.70 | 2663 | 266.30 | 1794.00 | District of Columbia | ... | ... | ... | 560 | 56.00 | 56.00 | Totals | 124 | 11768 | 11271.71 | 20567 | 2056.70 | 13328.41
| Lake Union Conference | | | | | | | | East Michigan | 16 | 1718 | 1647.05 | 5150 | 515.00 | 2162.05 | West Michigan | 7 | 1078 | 881.30 | 1010 | 101.00 | 982.30 | North Michigan | 9 | 461 | 456.10 | 360 | 36.00 | 492.10 | Wisconsin | 27 | 3887 | 3686.85 | 2065 | 206.50 | 3893.35 | Northern Illinois | 24 | 3289 | 2914.85 | 7689 | 768.90 | 3683.75 | Southern Illinois | 21 | 2012 | 1569.60 | 1425 | 142.50 | 1712.10 | Indiana | 13 | 1212 | 1083.10 | 1765 | 176.50 | 1259.60 | Totals | 117 | 13657 | 12238.85 | 19464 | 1946.40 | 14185.25
| Canadian Union Conference | | | | | | | | Ontario | 3 | 361 | 429.00 | 8176 | 817.60 | 1246.60 | Quebec | ... | ... | ... | 810 | 81.00 | 81.00 | Maritime | 10 | 425 | 399.95 | 3640 | 364.00 | 763.95 | Newfoundland | ... | ... | ... | 195 | 19.50 | 19.50 | Totals | 13 | 786 | 828.95 | 12821 | 1282.10 | 2111.05
| Southern Union Conference | | | | | | | | Louisiana | 4 | 318 | 109.25 | 325 | 32.50 | 141.75 | Alabama | 15 | 1923 | 1075.50 | 745 | 74.50 | 1150.00 | Kentucky | 17 | 1681 | 1058.72 | 1035 | 103.50 | 1162.22 | Mississippi | 24 | 1911 | 1585.45 | 805 | 80.50 | 1665.95 | Tennessee River | 24 | 2353 | 1554.00 | 1300 | 130.00 | 1684.00 | Totals | 84 | 8186 | 5382.92 | 4210 | 421.00 | 5803.92
| Southeastern Union Conference | | | | | | | | Cumberland | 13 | 2079 | 1495.97 | 2050 | 205.00 | 1700.97 | Georgia | 20 | 1977 | 1605.85 | 1855 | 185.50 | 1791.35 | North Carolina | 23 | 3200 | 2812.05 | 779 | 77.90 | 2889.95 | South Carolina | 10 | 1242 | 1475.75 | 300 | 30.00 | 1505.75 | Florida | 14 | 1476 | 2129.25 | 815 | 81.50 | 2210.75 | Totals | 80 | 9977 | 9518.87 | 5799 | 579.90 | 10098.77
| Southwestern Union Conference | | | | | | | | Arkansas | 19 | 1284 | 1529.65 | 785 | 78.50 | 1608.15 | Oklahoma | 35 | 4276 | 6931.15 | 1435 | 143.50 | 7074.65 | West Texas | 15 | 1422 | 1343.40 | 75 | 7.50 | 1350.90 | South Texas | 20 | 1896 | 3815.90 | 350 | 35.00 | 3850.90 | North Texas | 39 | 3255 | 5738.25 | 5232 | 523.20 | 6261.45 | New Mexico | 7 | 537 | 509.90 | 690 | 69.00 | 578.90 | Totals | 135 | 12670 | 19868.25 | 8567 | 856.70 | 20724.95
| Central Union Conference | | | | | | | | North Missouri | 11 | 727 | 1554.50 | 5070 | 507.00 | 2061.50 | South Missouri | 8 | 420 | 1058.10 | 953 | 95.30 | 1153.40 | East Colorado | 17 | 1709 | 1052.55 | 770 | 77.00 | 1129.55 | West Colorado | 4 | 323 | 329.65 | 445 | 44.50 | 374.15 | Nebraska | 26 | 2301 | 2268.50 | 3859 | 385.90 | 2654.40 | Wyoming | 11 | 1631 | 1694.30 | 210 | 21.00 | 1715.30 | East Kansas | 19 | 1218 | 1250.45 | 1965 | 196.50 | 1446.95 | West Kansas | 7 | 604 | 807.50 | 830 | 83.00 | 890.50 | St. Louis Mission | 1 | 208 | 133.95 | 1572 | 157.20 | 291.15 | Totals | 104 | 9141 | 10149.50 | 15674 | 1567.40 | 11716.90
| Northern Union Conference | | | | | | | | Iowa | 17 | 2240 | 2159.75 | 6922 | 692.20 | 2851.95 | Minnesota | 22 | 2324 | 2896.25 | 7661 | 766.10 | 3662.35 | North Dakota | 20 | 2557 | 3823.95 | 1444 | 144.40 | 3968.35 | South Dakota | 15 | 1873 | 1785.48 | 662 | 66.20 | 1851.68 | Totals | 74 | 8994 | 10665.43 | 16689 | 1668.90 | 12334.33
Book Sales Magazines
Pacific Union Conference AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT’L VAL.
N. California-Nevada 5 520 $1219.99 615 $61.50 $1281.49
Arizona 2 103 555.59 ... ... 555.59
Southern California 8 1177 2015.51 1070 107.00 2122.51
Utah 2 130 169.00 460 46.00 215.00
Central California 3 286 886.70 86 8.60 895.30
California Coast 11 1443 1385.05 6660 666.00 2051.05
Totals 31 3659 6231.84 8891 889.10 7120.94
| North Pacific Union Conference | | | | | | | | Western Washington | 17 | 1895 | 2928.70 | 3110 | 311.00 | 3239.70 | Upper Columbia | 14 | 1581 | 2194.15 | 100 | 10.00 | 2204.15 | Western Oregon | 12 | 1265 | 1171.65 | 2550 | 255.00 | 1426.65 | Southern Idaho | 7 | 571 | 609.95 | 330 | 33.00 | 642.95 | Montana | 5 | 589 | 716.00 | 525 | 52.50 | 768.50 | Southern Oregon | 6 | 762 | 941.45 | 405 | 40.50 | 981.95 | Alaska | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Eastern Oregon Mission | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Totals | 61 | 6663 | 8561.90 | 7020 | 702.00 | 9263.90
| Western Canadian Union Conference | | | | | | | | Alberta | 7 | 345 | 522.50 | 2790 | 279.00 | 801.50 | Manitoba | 6 | 831 | 998.10 | 700 | 70.00 | 1068.10 | British Columbia | 5 | 195 | 685.60 | 2052 | 205.20 | 890.80 | Saskatchewan | 14 | 2677 | 5574.40 | 125 | 12.50 | 5586.90 | Totals | 32 | 4048 | 7780.60 | 5667 | 566.70 | 8347.30 | Subscription lists | ... | ... | ... | 37841 | 3784.10 | 3784.10 | Foreign and Miscellaneous | ... | ... | ... | 7143 | 714.30 | 714.30
| Foreign Union Conferences and Missions | | | | | | | | British | 65 | ... | 4753.40 | 158604 | 3218.33 | 7971.73 | Australasian | 66 | 4590 | 7157.30 | ... | 1856.54 | 9013.84 | South African | 10 | 1162 | 1227.78 | 1267 | 107.10 | 1334.88 | Indian | 4 | 447 | 403.10 | ... | ... | 403.10 | Scandinavian | 115 | 15831 | 7846.48 | 8275 | 606.83 | 8453.31 | German Unions (2) | 519 | 47883 | 12340.90 | 173668 | 5812.80 | 18153.70 | Russian | 34 | 1282 | 1692.29 | ... | ... | 1692.29 | Siberian | 1 | 38 | 55.30 | ... | ... | 55.30 | Latin | 8 | 2446 | 1549.66 | 8738 | 230.41 | 1780.07 | Mexican | 8 | ... | ... | 9144 | 420.49 | 420.49 | Cuban | 13 | 1416 | 2834.50 | ... | 74.44 | 2908.94 | Porto Rico | ... | 211 | 225.00 | ... | ... | 225.00 | West Caribbean | 9 | 196 | 221.90 | 4394 | 276.82 | 498.72 | Philippine Islands | 3 | 217 | 407.61 | ... | ... | 407.61 | Levant | 13 | 935 | 128.25 | ... | ... | 128.25 | Venezuela | ... | ... | 14.00 | ... | ... | 14.00 | Japan | ... | ... | 4.34 | 5808 | 144.29 | 148.63 | Brazil | 13 | 929 | 553.50 | ... | ... | 553.50 | South American | 23 | 1212 | 1949.53 | ... | 26.68 | 1976.21 | Totals, Foreign | 904 | 78795 | 43364.84 | 369898 | 12774.73 | 56139.57 | Totals, North America | 950 | 98328 | 112802.06 | 191937 | 19193.70 | 131995.76 | Grand totals | 1854 | 177123 | $156166.90 | 561835 | $31968.43 | $188135.33

Comparative Book Summary

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Jan. $26,325.50 $25,929.06 $40,677.06 $42,532.23 $44,495.65 $53,931.97
Feb. 26,369.61 30,466.40 48,748.21 50,990.34 53,923.57 53,525.18
March 36,233.65 35,757.15 52,703.85 55,711.55 73,015.56 73,374.99
April 35,276.76 43,858.29 55,109.54 64,042.39 73,548.31 73,027.32
May 51,097.51 67,455.44 82,971.94 86,333.58 81,923.78 94,166.15
June 65,317.23 82,878.67 124,412.34 112,606.05 135,888.76 137,838.38
July 75,691.57 120,973.89 95,445.21 103,919.12 127,236.86 156,166.90
Aug. 46,590.68 66,946.38 71,652.97 91,145.11 91,810.46 ...
Sept. 32,503.48 51,148.56 55,625.41 66,523.65 86,001.72 ...
Oct. 40,646.45 62,719.91 52,669.93 62,461.13 81,367.89 ...
Nov. 50,016.77 53,787.31 49,964.99 58,211.68 67,600.00 ...
Dec. 25,361.54 39,873.18 45,759.73 54,663.93 58,386.24 ...
Totals, $491,450.75 $681,794.24 $775,741.18 $849,140.76 $976,218.80 ...

Comparative Summary of American Ten-Cent Magazines

TOTALS 1909 TOTALS 1910 TOTALS 1911 TOTALS 1912 TOTALS 1909 TOTALS 1910 TOTALS 1911 TOTALS 1912
Jan. 71094 89462 122202 121666 Aug. 174136 152520 215773 .....
Feb. 91812 116198 99234 144257 Sept. 102033 120020 135179 .....
March 134206 132165 244003 207529 Oct. 108571 116157 164537 .....
April 120582 183981 192757 189498 Nov. 106860 102795 110326 .....
May 115145 174886 141204 162220 Dec. 90737 99137 98541 .....
June 163545 193727 145025 163120
July 168689 222146 197582 191937 Totals, 1447510 1703187 1866363

A Word From Cuba

By G. A. Sandborn

WHEN we last sent a report to the REVIEW, we could speak only of our hopes and plans for the future. There were but two of us in the field, and we had just started work. That was only five months ago; but now conditions have changed. We still hope and plan for the future, but are glad to report that God has helped us to realize some of our hopes, and that a start has already been made.
During the month of July, instead of two workers in the field, we had thirteen. They put in 1,416 hours, took 999 orders, with a total value (including $74.44 worth of papers and small books sold by the church-members) of $2,908.94. This brings our literature sales in Cuba to $7,308.87 for the first seven months of 1912. With the Lord's help, we shall not only reach our aim of $10,000 worth of orders, but that amount of deliveries also. We give God all the praise for this success.
These are some of the results in dollars and cents. There are far greater results than these. In Cruces, which has been canvassed for both the health book and “Coming King,” there is a company of seven who have been keeping the Sabbath faithfully for over three months as a result of the work of the canvassers there. Last week I visited them, and there were thirteen adults and eleven children at the Sabbath-school. When I left they pleaded that some one besent to teach them more. Also in the small city of Guanabacoa, near Havana, there are three who have taken their stand for the Sabbath as a result of the work of one of our canvassers there. Many others are interested, and we look for greater results in the future.
Such things as these give us courage to press on to greater things in the future. The Lord will surely cut this work short in righteousness. We send this short report of the work here with the prayer that it may interest and encourage others to answer the call, and devote their lives to the millions beyond that lie in darkness. G. A. SANDBORN.

The Publishing Work

Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference
N. Z. Town   -   -   -   -   -   Secretary

Perfect in Weakness

A STAMMERING word for the Master, Blundering, timid, and slow, But the best he could do, for his purpose was true, But his heart was a-thumping so;
Yet the angels seized it and bore it On pinions happy and strong, And made it a sword in the war of the Lord, The struggle of right against wrong. — Selected.

Selling "Daniel and the Revelation" to Chinamen

By Walter Harper

WHILE canvassing recently in northern California, I was able to sell some copies of the good book "Daniel and the Revelation" to Chinamen, notably to young Chinese, who, of course, were educated and able to read English. They seemed pleased to get this most timely book. Though the sales were limited to this class, and the class is not large, yet the orders ranged from cloth at $3 to full morocco at $5 a copy. The delivery reached one hundred per cent, as I did not lose a single order. Later, in Arizona I sold a copy of the same book to an educated Chinaman who was the manager of the commissariat of a large mine. May the Master bless the reading of it to the salvation of dear souls, and may waves of influence be started by such sales that will reach the shores of eternity. WALTER HARPER.

Wanted: A Worker

God never goes to the lazy or the idle when he needs men for his service. When God wants a worker, he calls a worker. Scripture and history attest this truth.
Moses was busy with his flocks at Horeb. Gideon was busy thrashing wheat by the wine-press. David was busy caring for his father's sheep. Elisha was busy plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Nehemiah was busy bearing the king's wine cup. Amos was busy following the flock. Peter and Andrew were casting a net into the sea. James and John were busy mending their nets. William Carey was busy mending and making shoes.—Selected.

Field Notes

THREE persons have taken their stand for the truth at Oak Grove, Mo.
THREE persons were baptized a few weeks ago at Washougal, Wash.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL of forty members has been organized at Elmhurst, Cal.
FOURTEEN new believers recently united with our people in Detroit, Mich.
ELDER R. B. CLAPP reports the baptism of six persons near Brattleboro, Vt.
ELDER J. W. CHRISTIAN reports the baptism of two persons at Oconto, Nebr.
A BAPTISMAL service was held some time ago at Cedar Falls, Iowa, in which six persons participated.
ELDER J. F. OLMSTED reports that ten candidates were baptized and taken into the Columbus, Ohio, church on Sabbath, August 10.
ELDER C. M. GARDNER, of the Northern California-Nevada Conference, reports the baptism of twelve new Sabbath-keepers at Turlock, Cal.
Six persons have recently begun to observe the Sabbath in Vernon, Vt., and on August 3 a church was organized at that place, with seventeen charter members.
A NEW Sabbath-school, with a membership of sixteen, is reported at Minatare, Nebr. Six persons were baptized by Elder J. W. Christian at Julian several weeks ago, and at Williams a church of fourteen members has been organized. Elder A. T. Robinson recently baptized six persons at Edison.

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— Appropriations aggregating $1,019,000,000 were made during the second session of the Sixty-second Congress, which adjourned August 26.
— Under a provision of the post-office appropriation bill recently passed, after September 1 no mail will be delivered on Sunday at any first- or second-class post-offices in the United States.
— A permanent organization to fight against the supply of impure milk is being effected in Chicago. The board of health and many prominent physicians and citizens are interesting themselves in the effort to secure pure milk for the city.
— New Jersey has voted $500,000 for a survey for a ship-canal across the State, from South Amboy to Bordentown on the Delaware. The survey is made with the hope that the national government will construct a ship-canal over the line for the passage of war-ships from New York Bay to the Delaware, by an inland route.
— It has been discovered that about half the immigrants arriving at San Francisco from the Orient are afflicted with hookworm. The Journal of the American Medical Association notes the fact that a number of laborers engaged in market gardening on a tract of land within the corporate limits of San Francisco, have been quarantined because of the discovery of hookworm among them. The sale of their vegetables has been forbidden until such time as the disease has been eliminated.
— Liberals in the northwest of Nicaragua are joining the revolt against the government, and the insurrectionary movement is daily becoming stronger. Bands of liberals are attacking towns in the department of Chinandega, and others are wandering about the country like bandits, subsisting on cattle and provisions taken from the plantations. Foreigners in that section are very apprehensive, and have appealed to the government and the American minister and American consuls for protection, which can not be given. They have been advised to flee to Managua, but in many cases that is impossible. The liberals are antagonistic to Americans and other foreigners.
— Although $2,000,000 has been raised in various funds for relief of the sufferers from the wreck of the “Titanic,” this sum will not be sufficient. It will all be required to meet the demands already allowed, and many claims are as yet unadjusted. Applications have been made from wives and children of the crew as follows: 239 widows, 533 children under sixteen years of age, and 213 other dependents. Applications have also been made for the relief of the dependents of 461 of the passengers lost in the wreck. These represent thirteen different nationalities. Half wages are now being paid to the dependents of the drowned crew, with additional help where the families are large. This will be done until proper actuarial estimates are made as to the amount required for relief of all sufferers.
— Last year American travelers left $350,000,000 in Europe, spent for their own pleasure and gratification.
— The town of Ronan, Mont., on what formerly was a part of the Flathead Indian reservation, was practically destroyed by fire on August 24. The loss is estimated at $500,000. Only two stores and a few residences were saved.
— Statistics of the first six months’ fire losses in this country and Canada, have been gathered by the New York Journal of Commerce, and they reveal a total of $134,417,750 for the half-year. In 1911 it was $129,691,750; year before last it was $99,228,850.
— Moscow’s richest merchant, a German named Hinkel, who died recently, left his $2,500,000 fortune to his employees under the terms of his will recently filed. Every man who had been with Hinkel for as long as five years received a comfortable fortune. They decided to continue the business as a stock company, to found an asylum in honor of their benefactor, and to continue to contribute to his favorite charities.
— Josef Baier, a Bavarian glass-cutter, after many years of patient toil, has succeeded in putting together a watch whose every wheel and screw, with the frame and each of the three covers, is made of glass. No other material has been used in its construction, except for the springs, which are of the ordinary make. As a timekeeper Baier’s masterpiece is absolutely accurate. Its dimensions are twenty inches by eight and a half.
— A serious flood situation exists in England. The city of Norwich, on the Wensum, 98 miles northeast of London, is almost isolated. All train service between London and Norwich and Cromer has been suspended, and many local services are affected. The entire county of Norfolk is a swamp, and Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the other eastern counties are in an alarming condition. Everywhere crops are being destroyed.
— Munich has the finest public market in Europe, but Leipzig is to have the grandest railway station. Only a fortnight ago the greater part of the new “Bahnhof” was opened to traffic. It is the work of ten years, and neither thought nor cost has been spared to make it a model of elegance and convenience. It has a frontage of 350 yards, and 400 trains daily will run over its twenty-six tracks. It will be finished in 1915, having cost £7,000,000.
— Not much has been heard about Persian affairs since the sensational career of the young American minister of finance ended. It was conceded that under his direction and control the fiscal affairs of the nation were rapidly emerging from a chaotic state, and that the administration was honest and economical. It appears that since Russia forced the retirement of Mr. Shuster, things have been going from bad to worse. A well-informed correspondent of a London journal states that the government can only be saved from swiftly going to ruin, if it can be saved at all, by the extinction of sovereignty and partition between Russia and Great Britain. In finance, native resources are exhausted and a large foreign loan is necessary, but it can not be had because of the disorderly condition of the country.
— One hundred sixty cases of infantile paralysis were reported to exist in Buffalo, N. Y., up to August 27.
— A disastrous fire occurred at Petersburg, Va., on August 27. The property loss is estimated at $150,000.
— About one tenth of the electric lamps made in the United States every year are used for advertising signs.
— During the coming winter the White Star Line steamship “Olympic” will undergo a renovation costing close to $1,000,000.
— Strange as the statement may at first seem, it is conservative to place the damage done yearly by rodents in the United States at $150,000,000.
— Items of interest to our prohibition friends are that at the recent election Texas went “dry,” and that the Lackawanna road will hereafter insist that its employees shall keep out of saloons when off duty as well as when at work, its officials being convinced that the only safety for a railway man is to avoid the use of intoxicants altogether.
— The Hindus may become nearer neighbors to us than they are at present. At the estimated cost of $600,000,000, France is considering the gigantic task of extending a railway from Tangier to Juba, across the continent of Africa, to the shore of the Indian Ocean. The motive power will be electricity, and this will be generated by waterfalls near Lake Tchad. This route would enable Londoners to go to the Indian Ocean in five days. The trip from New York to India could then be made in about two weeks.
— The British Board of Trade has closed its inquiry into the cause of the sinking of the “Titanic” last April, a disaster resulting in the loss of 1,517 lives. The findings of the court are that excessive speed, an inadequate watch, and insufficient provision for the manning of the life-boats were among the main reasons for such a serious loss of life; that the Leyland liner “California” might have reached the “Titanic” if it had really attempted to do so. The track followed by the great ship was considered reasonably safe if proper vigilance had been exercised. More life-boats, more water-tight compartments, more efficient drilling of the crew, and a better lookout constitute the recommendations of the court.
— Although one of the most inaccessible cities on earth, Mecca each year has visitors in such numbers that it must be ranked in this particular with London and New York. Even the world’s metropolis on the Thames can boast no such cosmopolitan character as is imparted to this mysterious city in the wilderness of Arabia by the myriads of pilgrims who, at the cost of incredible pains, annually crowd into its confines. This city is the oldest place of resort in existence; yet of all the millions who have visited it, not a score of Christians are known to have come out alive. No flag of citizenship would save a man’s life were he known to be a Christian within the sacred precincts of the city where the prophet himself decreed that no unbeliever should set foot. “Mecca,” says Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer, of Arabia, “has become the religious capital and the center of universal pilgrimage for one seventh of the human race.”
— The executive committee of the Presbyterian General Assembly recently took steps toward raising an endowment fund of $10,000,000 for the support of aged and infirm ministers of that denomination.
— A school for teaching women to be carpenters, builders, and bricklayers is to be started in Winfield, Long Island, in the fall. It is reported that nearly forty women have already been enrolled in the two years’ course of the school. There are at present three women master builders in business in New York City.
— In a number of skin-grafting operations he has recently carried out, a Philadelphia physician has used the lining of egg-shells instead of human skin. One of the patients he is reported to have successfully treated in this way was a woman who had the skin burned off her back. The physician declares that the suffering which has been imposed on human donors of skin for such operations is unnecessary.
— Serious outbreaks of infantile paralysis, most feared of all infant diseases, have occurred in two sections of the United States public health and marine-hospital service. At Los Angeles 128 cases, most of them fatal, were reported to the service up to August 12; while at Buffalo 86 cases were reported up to the same time. It is only within the past four years that the disease, which is peculiar to the Scandinavian countries, has become epidemic in this country. It has not been general, but has appeared in first one section and then another.
— For the first time in the history of the United States the Secretary of State has been designated as a special ambassador to a foreign power. President Taft assigned Mr. Knox as a special United States representative to Japan to attend the funeral of the late Emperor Mutashito on September 12, with the statement that the mission was given to the premier of the cabinet as an evidence of the American friendship for Japan. When Viscount Chinda, Japanese ambassador to Washington, heard of the mission, he asserted that it would be taken by the Japanese people and government as an act of the greatest courtesy, and one calculated to make even warmer and more cordial the existing relations between the two governments.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Camp-Meetings for 1912

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Maine, Norridgewock . . . . . Aug. 29 to Sept. 8

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Maritime, Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia . . Sept. 3–10

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

South Missouri, Clinton . . . . Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
North Missouri, Hamilton . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
West Kansas, Salina . . . . . . Sept. 5–15
East Kansas, Lawrence (colored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
West Colorado, Delta . . . . Sept. 26 to Oct. 6

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

West Michigan, Kalamazoo . . . Sept. 3–11
Wisconsin, Baraboo . . . . . . . . Sept. 5–11

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Utah, Salt Lake City . . . . . . . Sept. 3–8
Arizona, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 17–27

SOUTHEASTERN UNION

Florida, Ocala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 3–14

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Mississippi, Brookhaven (colored) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 30 to Sept. 8
Alabama (colored) . . . . . . . . Sept. 27 to Oct. 5

Obituaries

NORTH.— Helen North was born in Denver, Colo., July 21, 1907, and died in Hutchinson, Kans., Aug. 18, 1912. Little Helen was an obedient child, and loved the Saviour. The Sabbath-school was one of her greatest pleasures. Her parents and little brother are left to mourn. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. N. T. SUTTON.
STECH.— Roscoe Floyd Stech was born at Hagerman, N. Mex., Oct. 18, 1899, and was drowned in the Willamette River, near Salem, Oregon, Aug. 9, 1912. He had crossed the river in a rowboat, and in stepping out at the landing slipped into the water. Roscoe was a faithful boy, happy and cheerful. He had always attended church-school, and could repeat many Bible verses. We believe he will come forth in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken to a large circle of friends and relatives by the writer. C. F. FOLKENBERG.
LAWHEAD.— In Hillsdale, Mich., Aug. 5, 1912, Mrs. Cora W. Lawhead, aged 52 years, 2 months, and 26 days, fell asleep in Jesus. Cora Wright was born near Hillsdale, Mich., May 9, 1860. Her parents, John D. and Mattie Wright, were believers in the third angel's message, and the daughter was brought up in the faith. At the age of twelve years she was baptized and united with the church in Battle Creek, Mich. She completed her education at Battle Creek College and at the State normal school at Ypsilanti, Mich., from which she was graduated in 1879. After teaching five or six years in the public schools of Battle Creek, she became a member of the faculty of Battle Creek College in the winter of 1885-86. She was married to James W. Lawhead June 27, 1886, but continued her class work in the college until her husband was called to be principal of Union College, College View, Nebr. While he held that position, and later during the term of his presidency, Mrs. Lawhead was an efficient helper, both in the class-room and in administrative work. From 1896 to 1904 Professor Lawhead was the principal of Mount Vernon (Ohio) Academy, and from 1904 to 1907 he was president of the Washington Training College at Takoma Park, D. C., and during both periods Mrs. Lawhead shared her husband's labors and responsibilities. In 1908 Mrs. Lawhead suffered from a severe illness, which caused her friends considerable anxiety for some months; but her recovery seemed to be complete, and she continued in usual health until the fall of 1911, when some indications of cancer appeared. During the winter, this dread disease developed further, and in the early spring of the present year, an operation was performed by a skilful surgeon, which brought temporary relief, but the best medical skill was unable to effect a permanent cure. A few weeks before her death, she was taken to Hillsdale, Mich., where she could have the benefit of her mother's association and care. She made all preparations for the final change, knowing that it was near, and fell asleep with full trust in the Saviour, whom she had loved and served during all the years of her active life. She leaves a husband, two sons (Cecil aged 18 and Harold aged 13), a mother, and a sister (Mrs. S. N. Curtiss), besides many intimate friends in various places, all of whom hold her in affectionate remembrance. The funeral services were held on August 7, and she was laid to rest in the family lot near Hillsdale. Mrs. Lawhead's winning disposition endeared her to all who became acquainted with her, and through her sincere and consistent Christian life she exerted a helpful influence. Many a former student will remember her acts of kindness and her encouraging words. She rests in hope, and will awaken on the morning of the resurrection to greet again those who have here shared her joys and sorrows. Blessed sleep! W. W. PRESCOTT.

Florida Conference Association

By R. W. Parmele; B. W. Spire

The sixth annual session of the Florida Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp-ground at Ocala, Fla., at 10 A. M. Friday, Oct. 4, 1912, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association.
R. W. PARMELE, President; B. W. SPIRE, Secretary.

Florida Sanitarium and Benevolent Association

By R. W. Parmelee; W. L. Bird

THE fifth annual session of the Florida Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will convene on the Seventh-day Adventist campground at Ocala, Fla., on Monday, Oct. 7, 1912, at 10 A. M., to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The voters of this association are the regularly accredited delegates to the Florida conference. R. W. PARMELEE, President; W. L. BIRD, Secretary.

Publications Wanted

THE following-named person desires late, clean copies of our publications sent post-paid:— Mrs. S. A. Winterton, “Cypress Grove,” Newellton, La., will appreciate a continuous supply of the Youth’s Instructor and Our Little Friend for use in a mission Sabbath-school.

Business Notices

SPECIAL BIBLE MOTTOES; more new beauties just out: 50, $2.50; 100, $4.50; 300, $10. Post-Cards: 40, 20c. Also Vegetable Cooking Oil: 5 gal., $4.25; 10 gal., $8.15. Hampton Art Co., Nevada, Iowa.
A PERSECUTED sister who is at present unable to earn her living in public, greatly desires a temporary home. A dressmaker and school-teacher; musical; thirty-seven years old. References. Write soon. Mrs. Jennie M. Grogan, R. F. D. 1, Stanley, N. Dak.

Sabbath, September 28

By MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER

A GREAT privilege is given to the Sabbath-schools in the home land on September 28. It is the privilege of providing mission homes for our workers in China. It is estimated that these homes will cost, on an average, one thousand dollars apiece. How many homes can we build with this one day's offering? The Sabbath-schools will answer this question.
Four cottages have already been erected in China, and one in Korea. Of these Elder I. H. Evans writes:—
“We are indeed grateful that we have been able to make a beginning in providing homes for our workers in the East. To be sure, it is only a beginning, but it gives promise of better days for our workers, and longer service in the cause of God. The price of these homes will soon be more than saved in the extra time the laborers can remain at their work each year. Other homes will be provided as soon as funds are available. Our workers are pleased with their homes, and are most grateful to our brethren and sisters in the home land, who by their self-sacrifice have supplied means with which to erect the buildings.”
Remember the date.
Remember to plan to give liberally.
Remember to report correctly the amount and the purpose for which it is given.
MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER, Cor. Sec. Gen. Conf. S. S. Dept.

Brother and Sister Hills Sail for China

BROTHER E. J. HILLS and wife, of Penn Grove, Cal., sailed August 31 for China. Brother and Sister Hills, on their own responsibility, go to China to join their son, W. F. Hills, who is in charge of our mission at Swatow.

Bible Worker Responds to Mexico Call

MISS ENIE V. MARTIN, a Bible worker in Texas, responded recently to a call from Mexico to connect with that field. She reached Tacubaya, Mexico, August 18, and writes that she is very glad to be there where the need is so great.

Death of Mrs. J. O. Corliss

We deeply regret to learn of the death of Mrs. J. O. Corliss, which occurred at Glendale, Cal., August 16. Our readers are acquainted with Elder J. O. Corliss through the excellent articles which he has furnished the REVIEW from time to time. They will remember him in prayer in his great bereavement.

Virginia Sanitarium

RECENTLY while in Richmond, it was our privilege to visit Drs. R. S. and Olive Ingersoll, who are conducting what is known as the Virginia Sanitarium. This institution is privately conducted, but maintains a close and harmonious affiliation with the conference work. These physicians have found a wide field in this large and growing city, and the Lord is abundantly blessing their efforts. We were very sorry to find Sister Olney, mother of Dr. Olive Ingersoll, in very poor health.

School Opening Dates Announced

In order that the teachers may have opportunity to attend the next General Conference, most of our denominational schools will begin the coming school year earlier than usual. The Foreign Mission Seminary opens September 4; Emmanuel Missionary College, at Berrien Springs, Mich., begins its work September 10; Walla Walla College, at College Place, Wash., opens September 11, according to announcements which have been sent to this office.

Professor Stevens Called to Argentina

PROF. H. U. STEVENS and wife, of College View, passed through Washington last week on their way to Argentina, South America. Professor Stevens goes out to answer the call for a principal for the River Plate Academy at Diamante, Entre Rios, the training-school for South America. After finishing work at Union College, he spent some time in the University of Chicago, preparatory to accepting this call. The earnest prayers of many friends will follow them as they enter upon their work in this needy field. They sail by way of England, spending nearly three weeks there en route.

Korean Mission Headquarters Building

C. L. Butterfield, of the Korean Mission field, writes while seated under a tree on the site of their new headquarters in the suburbs of Seoul, July 25, that the first shovel of earth was turned that morning in their long-contemplated building enterprise. A printing-office and three dwelling-houses, two stories high, are included in their building contracts, all of which are to be furnished and ready for use November 15. Thus another field is provided with actual necessities as the result of the $300,000 Fund. All the above is to be provided at an outlay of $6,725.

Progress in Virginia Evangelism

It afforded us much pleasure to spend several days last week at the Virginia camp-meeting in Richmond. An excellent interest was shown by the citizens, the attendance from the outside at some meetings running up to nearly one thousand. This interest has been developed largely through the labors of Elder J. H. N. Tindall and his company of workers, who have been making a special effort in Richmond during the last few months. Here has been demonstrated the value of uniting medical and evangelistic effort. Elder W. J. Stone, the president of the Virginia Conference, believes firmly that the health work should be made an entering wedge to evangelistic labor. The excellent class of people who have come into the truth in this conference during the last few months attests the wisdom of this plan. As a result of this work during the last year in the city of Richmond, thirty or more accessions have been made to that church. A deep interest exists throughout the city, which will be followed up by earnest efforts during the coming winter. It was encouraging to see a new spirit of power attending the message in the Old Dominion, and it is a source of satisfaction to some of our faithful workers, to Elder R. D. Hottel, Brother A. M. Neff, and others, who have long borne the burden of the work, to witness the impetus which is now attending the cause in that conference. A more complete report of the camp-meeting and conference will be furnished later.
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