The North Michigan Conference has organized its forces for a “closing effort in the work with ‘Christ’s Object Lessons.’” Every laborer is in the field, and is pushing the work to the utmost.
The fact that the Michigan State paper is being printed as a daily during the campaign for the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” indicates the vigor with which the work is being prosecuted in that State. The East and West conferences will undoubtedly have their quotas disposed of by the middle of February.
From information just received we learn that New Jersey has conducted a very successful campaign in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” during the past season, and that they expect to continue in the good work until their quota is in the hands of the people. Our correspondent adds, however, that the “work moves slowly.” How would it do to issue “rush orders,” and close up the work by the time of the General Conference?
We note the following in a recent issue of The Central Advance: “Referring to the work with ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ in Kansas, I will say that it is not dead. We will send Union College another thousand dollars this week. We have demonstrated that we have some ministers and workers who are abundantly successful in their efforts. We have instructed these to continue the work, by going from church to church where they have not sold their books, and getting the members to engage in the work.”
Elder W. B. White, president of the Montana Conference, writes as follows: “Our conference is awake to the necessity of finishing the work with ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ at once, and we are trying to do so. We are glad to be so nearly through. Our little conference will, I am sure, spread its victory banner by the time of the General Conference. The original quota for our State was twenty-one hundred books. We have less than three hundred remaining unsold, and an active campaign is now in progress.”
Elder Rupert, president of the South-western Union Conference, writes very hopefully of the work with “Christ’s Object Lessons” in his conference, and then adds, “We have heard of debts until the whole body is sick from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head.” Granted. The symptoms are well-nigh universal. But now that we have learned the nature of our malady, and found debt a hard taskmaster, let us take the specific provided for our disease,--sell “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and then anathematize debt for the future.
Elder Russell exhorts the laborers of the Central Union Conference to close up the work with “Christ’s Object Lessons” in that field, in the following earnest words: “The remaining months of this winter is a good time in which to finish the work of selling ‘Christ’s Object Lessons.’ It should be taken hold of in earnest. Why not between now and April work with all diligence, and dispose of the number allotted to us? As ministers and people let us take hold of the work in earnest, and not rest until it is done. Then our educational institutions can sing the jubilee song, and as conferences and people we can rejoice with them that the work has been accomplished.”
“The Spirit of the Lord has assigned us a task in the sale of the book, ‘Christ’s Object Lessons.’ Some individuals, churches, and conferences have sold more than their quota, while there are others who are not more than half through with their part of this specially assigned work. Of course this must be completed. We must not lay our hands to the gospel plow and turn back. We should remember Lot’s wife. Our faces are set as a flint Zionward. The Christian knows not defeat. All the people in each conference in the Atlantic Union Conference should again take hold of this work with a will to complete this special sale by April 1, 1903. This can be accomplished. The General Conference and all other union and local conferences have a fixed purpose in mind, and are making an effort to finish this work by the time of the next General Conference. Brethren and sisters, let us renew our courage; the work is Spirit-given. Let us as a body arise as one man, and complete our part of the task by April 1. Conference laborers should take hold with a strong hand, and assist the rank and file of the people to complete this work.” The foregoing earnest appeal is from the pen of Elder H. W. Cottrell, in The Atlantic Union Gleaner.21
The last campaign for the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” is gaining momentum every day. Here and there a straggling individual, company, or even a conference may be seen. But even these are gathering courage and pressing forward to the front ranks. The leaders are rapidly taking their places, and are leading their forces to certain and complete victory. The goal is a completed work by the first of April. The reward is the joy of seeing our institutions relieved of a heavy burden of debt, and ultimately of seeing souls saved in the kingdom of God as the result of the efforts put forth, and not only so, but we shall have a far more efficient corps of laborers to carry forward the grand work of giving the last message of mercy to the world.
C. W. FLAIZ.
Field Notes
A SABBATH school has been recently organized at Ferry, Mich.
THE church at Rocklane, Ind., has been strengthened by the recent addition of six converts.
AT Paducah, Ky., three adults have accepted the truth under the labors of Brother W. S. Lowry.
THE little company at Brenham, Tex., recently erected a neat house of worship and dedicated it free from debt.
TWELVE persons recently joined the church at Trinidad, Colo., by baptism, under the labors of Brother M. D. Warfle.
A CHURCH school was started at Cove Creek, N. C., the first Monday in January, fifteen pupils being present at the opening.
AT Henderson, Ky., eight adults and several children have accepted the truth under the labors of Brethren Walter Jones and G. W. Rich.
BROTHER F. H. ALLEN reports three persons keeping the Sabbath, and others almost decided to obey, at Sherman Heights, Tenn., as the result of missionary work done by him there.
FOUR persons have accepted the truth under the recent labors of Brother W. T. Millman, at Huntsdale, Mo. The church at Tarsney has been strengthened by the recent addition of quite a number of the young people.
THE church at Darby, Mont., has recently had eight accessions to their number, five of whom were convinced of the truth at the close of a debate on the Sabbath question to which a Disciple minister had challenged Brother W. D. Emery.
FOUR persons have united with the company at Hartley, Iowa, under the labors of Brother Chas. A. Schultz. Near Exira, Iowa, Brother N. C. Bergersen has been holding meetings in a Scandinavian settlement, with the result that four accepted the truth and received baptism.
WRITING from St. Augustine, Fla., Sister Lulu Wightman says: “Down among the scrub palmettos and the alligator swamps, we have found a company who have been keeping the Sabbath for years, brought to their knowledge by a single tract which drifted their way.” They are now hearing and accepting the truth of the message in its fullness. In St. Augustine two have recently accepted the Sabbath truth.
Donors to the Relief of the Schools
The total cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to Jan. 19, 1903, is $50,957.97.
NAME
AMOUNT
Mrs. J. Beaver
$ 1 00
John O. Fjarli
5 00
A friend (Philadelphia)
2 00
B. H. Rannells
25 00
Sadie B. Gates
1 00
N. S. Foster
1 00
E. R. & E. T. Glasier
1 00
Milton & Westfort churches
26 00
Mrs. N. A. Whalen
5 00
Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Thompson
2 00
Harvey Cassell
5 00
Mrs. J. W. Gifford
1 00
Mrs. G. E. Pringle
1 25
W. E. Haskell
1 00
Enoch C. Swartz
2 00
Geo. B. Tomkins
1 00
J. M. Weese
1 00
Berrien Springs
4 00
Luther Warren
5 00
Mrs. M. E. Dolsen
2 00
Ellen J. Powers
1 00
Betsy A. Angsbury
2 00
Annie Johnson
1 00
C. Streeter
3 00
E. Hays
1 00
Mr. & Mrs. E. N. Talbot
2 00
M. O. Hallock
1 00
Sister Richardson
50
Brother Myers (Pa.)
1 00
Sister Smeal (Pa.)
50
Sister Lansburg (Pa.)
50
Brother Gesland
50
J. W. Thorn
5 00
Mrs. J. Williams
2 50
Mrs. M. L. Latta
1 00
John Carriel
1 00
Mrs. M. L. Outland
3 00
Clara T. Proctor
1 00
Laura B. Rotand
2 00
Mrs. Josie Nelson
1 00
Current Mention
— Resolutions providing for the election of United States senators by popular vote have been passed by the Kansas Senate and House and by the Nebraska Senate.
— In the year 1901 two hundred and eighty-two passengers were killed in railway wrecks in this country. In England, where more passengers were carried during the same time, not one passenger was killed.
— A fresh revolt has broken out in the Philippine Island of Luzon, which is said to be more serious than any that has occurred since 1899. It is expected, however, that the native troops alone will be able to restore order.
— Leaders in the Protestant Episcopal Church having become dissatisfied with this title for their denomination, the adoption of a new church name has been decided on, and the designation “American Catholic” church is the one which appears to be most favored.
— Thirty-six hours before the passengers on the Atlantic liner “Minneapolis,” which left New York for London, January 31, reached their destination, a summary of the world's news of the week was received by them through the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy.
— An earthquake shock of alarming violence was felt in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky on the evening of February 8. In some places chimneys were shaken down, and the inmates of houses ran, panic-stricken, into the streets. Earthquake shocks in that section of the country are a very unusual phenomenon.
— As the result of a conference at Indianapolis between operators and miners in the bituminous coal industry, February 7, the miners will receive an advance in wages of 12½ per cent. This does not mean that the operators will make less money, but that the public will pay more for their coal.
— The first “Christian Science” church edifice outside of America is about to be erected in Manchester, England. Lady Victoria Murray, daughter of Lord Dunmore, introduced the doctrine into that section of England, and now sends an order to the United States for a corner-stone to be used in the building to be erected by her converts.
— A Washington, D. C., dispatch states that a scheme has been made public there for the creation of a “Philanthropic Trust Company,” with a cash capital of $10,000,000, to be subscribed by the wealthy men of the country, the income from which amount will be devoted exclusively to approved philanthropic uses. The institution will, according to the plan, be directed by a committee of one hundred distinguished persons of wealth, learning, or influence, who will serve without compensation.
— Information from the famine-stricken portions of Sweden is difficult to obtain, on account of the isolation of the victims, who are scattered through the forests or isolated upon the desolate plains, in many cases miles away from railway stations or traveled roads, in which case nothing can be learned of their condition save by making a desperate journey on snow shoes. By those most familiar with the situation it is asserted that terrible scenes must come before another harvest time is reached. Most of the cattle and horses in the famine districts have been killed for food.
— The statement is authorized at Washington that the Venezuelan dispute is finally settled, and that the blockade of Venezuelan ports will be raised, the basis of the settlement being that Germany will receive $27,500 at once, and further sums in monthly installments until a total of $340,000 has been paid. Great Britain and Italy will receive $27,500 each. Germany made a further test of the Monroe doctrine by demanding, in lieu of immediate payment of $340,000, the possession of a Venezuelan port; but United States Minister Bowen, acting for Venezuela, promptly gave an emphatic refusal to this demand.
— In an address to Baptist ministers in Chicago recently, Mr. Raymond Robin, of that city, spoke of the menace to the national prosperity arising from the aristocracies of capital and of labor which have arisen in recent years. He pointed out that the aristocracy of capital forbade competition in any important industry to the man who has less than $25,000; and the aristocracy of labor forbids work in all leading industries to the man who cannot pay $25 for a union card. “It is time,” he declared, “that the Christian conscience of the world asserted itself, and took a hand in the settlement of this great problem.” Doubtless the church will at no distant day become mixed up in the controversies of which this problem is the center.
— A bill which had been introduced in the Indiana Legislature authorizing Sunday ball games in cities having a population of 16,000, was defeated by the action of one member who would not vote for the bill because his wife had made him promise not to do so, although favoring the measure himself. In the New York Legislature a bill to permit amateur baseball playing on Sunday was opposed by the “New York Sabbath Committee,” one of whose members, the Rev. I. W. Hathaway, sought to convince the legislators that American civilization depends for protection on the American sabbath, just as Holland depends for protection on the great dike which shuts out the sea. Mr. J. L. Bacon, who does not belong to the committee, pointed out that the Sabbath Committee and the saloon-keepers stood together in opposition to the bill, it being well known that the prohibition of Sunday games and recreation would tend to drive young men and boys to haunts of evil.
Shared Pleasure Is Doubled
“PLEASURE shared is pleasure doubled.”
Sharing Good Things With Friends
“It is a genuine satisfaction to rightly constituted persons, when they have found something good, to put their friends in the way of enjoying it also.”
A Hearty Response From Missouri
By J. M. Rees
The present campaign in the tract work meets with a hearty response in Missouri. Orders are coming in for the tracts by the thousands. The Kansas City church is well organized for the work in this city, and already the tracts are being placed. We have divided the city into districts, placing one person over each district, and giving him as much help as he needs. I trust that before the winter is over, every family in this great metropolis will have been visited with the truth, not once, but many times. J. M. Rees.
Wisconsin Ready for Work
By Wm. Covert
OUR people are quite generally ordering the new tracts. In our meeting in Bethel last Sabbath, five hundred copies of each were planned for. I think Wisconsin is arranging to circulate ten times as many tracts as they have been circulating for some time. Our campaign for the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” has been occupying much of our attention, but we hope to complete it before long. We expect that those who have been selling this book will continue in the good work, selling other publications when the “Christ’s Object Lessons” are disposed of.
WM. COVERT.
The Tract Work in Kansas
By C. McReynolds
OUR forces are organized, and the work is moving on well. Some in the country churches have taken a whole township to carry the tracts to every home, others are going to towns nearest to them; and those who live in villages and small cities are undertaking to place the tracts in every house. The conference is furnishing the literature, and sending workers into towns where none of our people are living.
Many thousands of the new tracts are being sent out from our office each week. We have confidence that much will be accomplished by this movement. Let us keep it going till these tracts have been placed in every home in the land. Why not? C. McREYNOLDS.
Go Ere the Lost Ones Perish
By F. G. Crosby
Go ere the lost ones perish,
Go in the Master's name,
Go with a fervent spirit,
Life through his word proclaim;
Cling to the sacred promise,
Still on its truth depend;
He with his eye will guide you
Safe till your work shall end.
— F. G. Crosby.
Silent Messengers
By Editor
Our Books, Tracts, and Periodicals
E. R. PALMER : : : : Editor
The Love of Power and the Power of Love
By Editor
THIS is a facsimile reduction of a full-page illustration which will help to emphasize the truths in the article entitled, “The Love of Power and the Power of Love,” which will appear in The Sentinel of Christian Liberty dated March 12, 1903.
This article is strong and convincing, showing the real difference between the Christian religion and the papacy.
In these days when the trend of the different religious bodies is Romeward, it devolves upon those who see the true condition of affairs to warn them of the danger of their course. This special issue of The Sentinel will be a great factor in helping to do this.
Prices on this issue will be as follows:—
5 copies .................... $ 07
10 copies ................... 14
25 copies ................... 35
50 copies ................... 70
100 copies ................. 1 25
1,000 copies .............. 12 00
Send orders to your conference tract society, or to the Pacific Press Publishing Company, 11 W. 20th St., New York City.
What One Small Church Is Doing
In a recent letter, Elder Wm. Covert mentions the experience of a little church of but fifteen members, which is doing work equal to that of experienced canvassers, and work marked with the approval of the Master:—
“Besides maintaining a small church school, the brethren and sisters are doing a large work in selling our books and papers. They have set out to canvass the city of over thirty thousand people for all our books and many of our periodicals. They take five hundred copies of The Life Boat, which the little folks sell, the proceeds being used very largely in the support of the church school. They took six hundred copies of the special Danish paper, and have a club of the Signs. A short time before I visited them, they had ordered fifty copies of ‘The House We Live In,’ and a like number of ‘Best Stories,’ and had sold fully half of them before I arrived. While I was there, they ordered twenty copies of ‘Story of Redemption,’ eighteen copies of ‘Ladies’ Guide,’ and twelve copies of ‘Man, the Masterpiece.’ The commission on all these books is to go into a building fund which is being raised for the purpose of either purchasing or erecting a church building. The work they are doing keeps the church in splendid spiritual condition, while it places before the people the best reading-matter in the world; and in addition to all this, is providing funds which will enable the church to possess a building of its own. Could not many other churches do a similar work?”
Donations for the Washington (D. C.) Church
MRS. M. J. PFAU, $1; Mrs. Elizabeth Ladd, $1; Mrs. L. M. Stuller, $1; Mrs. L. J. Wilson, .75; Mrs. S. E. Plummer, .50; George Ketchum, $1; Fannie Ketchum, .50; Esther M. Merritt, $5; M. L. Poole, $2; Sister Trobridge, .10; Sister Call, .10; Sister Divoll, .25; Maud Wait, .10; Mrs. Mary A. Terrell, $5; Mrs. Addie Burt, $1.50; Cecil Burt, $1; Myrtie E. Irwin, .50; Piqua (Ohio) church, $11.25; Mary Ayers, $1; Mina Hildreth, $1; Mable Varcoe, .50; Bertie Fountain, .50; Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Lee, .50; Miss F. A. Howe, $1; Charles W. Carriker, $1; Mrs. C. P. Adamson, .50; Ivy Meador, .50; Guy Craig, $1.25; Olin Craig, $1.25; Ella Craig, $1.25; J. A. Craig, $1.25; Alexandria (S. D.) church, $3.17; a Missouri friend, $5; Phebe Hamp, $1; L. Egan, $2; Mrs. Laura Kittle, $5; Peter Jensen, $1; A. R., L. S., & S. B. Barlow, $1; J. H. Morse, $10; Geo. Wallace, $5; Mr. & Mrs. John Bergquist, $2; Mrs. Elizabeth Pirtle, $1; John E. Kingsbury, $1; Mrs. R. M. Rockey, $2; Mary A. Washburn, $1; a sister, .25; a friend, $10; W. W. church, $1; Anna B. Durrie, .25; Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Cardy, $1; Mrs. Nancy Short, .25; a friend, .50; Mr. & Mrs. U. L. Kirkpatrick, $2.50; Mrs. Ella Blackburn, $1; Adolph Schent, .25; a friend, .25; a friend, .25; Mrs. B. A. Jeffries, .25; C. L. Hathaway, $1; Mrs. Eliza Graham, .25; A. L. Graham, .25; D. Knickerbocker, $1; Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Williams, $10; a friend, .25; Ethel Benson, .50; Emma Benson, .50; Mr. & Mrs. Fishback, $2; Mrs. S. Marshort, $1; a friend, .50; L. S. Shear, $2; Quincy (Mich.) church, $5.31; Samuel & Viola Dick, $2; Mrs. A. O. Carmichael, $1; N. U. C., $1; Jessie L. Boardman, .50; Eliza Blackburn, $2; Leon W. Smith, $2; Mrs. H. G. Buck, $1; Mr. & Mrs. H. O. Baird, .50; Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Rumery, $1; Mrs. Mary Pickell, $1; a friend, $5; A. Bergfeldt, $2.50; Cygnet (Ohio) S. S., $1; L. L. Palmer, $1; Amos Palmer, $1; Hans Sens, $5; John Reeves, $1; D. & E. Isaac, $1; Mrs. W. M. Clement, .50; Hattie Weller, $500; Mr. & Mrs. Archie Hilliard, $1; Mary D. Horner, $1; John McConnell, $2; Mollie E. Long, $1; Mrs. M. K. Oxley & daughters, $3; Mary J. Olmstead, $1.50; Mrs. Harris, .50; Sallie Harris, .50; Byron Post, .50; Mrs. S. E. Campbell, .25; Mrs. A. Templeton, .25; E. O. Anderson, .50; Mrs. W. J. Snowden, $5; Mr. & Mrs. John Harris, $2; Johnnie Harris, .25; a friend, .50; J. P. Connell, $5; Mary E. Woodworth, $1; Mrs. S. F. Soden, $5; Mrs. S. J. Beam, $3; E. L. Castle, $1; Mrs. E. R. Curren, .75; Mary Garland, $1; Mary Rowe, .25; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Goodrich, $1; Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Gravelle, $4; Mary E. Gunn, $50; C. W. Noyes, $1; Mrs. Mary Hauck, $1.50; M. Stephenson, $1.01; N. W. Rumions, $1.25; Mrs. H. E. Hire, $1; E. Hire, .50; P. C. Hall, $1; Francis Wheaton, $2; Mumewaukan Society, $8.50; Mrs. Jennie Dixon, .25; Belle Dixon, .25; Mr. and Mrs. C. D. McComas, .50; Mrs. J. M. Eager, $3; a friend, $1; a friend, .25; Mrs. L. K., $3; R. O. & Viola Johnson, $2.
The credit January 27 to Mrs. H. C. Mitchell ought to have been to the Nevada (Iowa) church, $6.25.
“Getting up Wood Piles”
In one of our union conference papers we have noticed an interesting article from the secretary of a State tract society, in which he explains why there has been no canvassers’ report from his State during the past two weeks. He says, “Our canvassers have been getting up wood piles.” Too many, we fear, are making “wood piles” and haystacks instead of building upon the true foundation with eternal materials, such as “gold, silver, and precious stones,”—a building not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
The day is just at hand when “every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.” Our wood piles and haystacks will not stand in the burning day.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Central Union Conference in Line
By E. T. Russell
The States of the Central Union Conference are becoming aroused to the importance of the tract work, and are falling into line for an active campaign. At College View, Neb., the church has been organized for service. The city of Lincoln has been districted, and just as soon as the tracts are received, the people will take up the work in earnest.
As the tract work has begun so successfully, I hope it may be carried forward until the leaflets containing present truth are scattered throughout the United States like the leaves of autumn.
It was by means of the printed page that the work was carried on in the days of the Reformation. The writings of Wyclif, Luther, Zwingli, and others were scattered by colporteurs, canvassers, and all who received the reform truth. We should take up the work which was begun in the sixteenth century, and which prepared a people to stand at that time when terrible persecutions were waged against them, and should carry it forward until the world is enlightened in regard to the doctrine of the soon coming of Christ, and a people are prepared to stand amid the trials which precede that event. The Lord is calling for volunteers to engage in the work which was begun by his people living in the days of the Reformation. Are you ready to enlist?
E. T. RUSSELL.
Business Notices
FOR RENT.—To Adventist, farm of 160 acres, all in cultivation, ¼ mi. from Appleton, Minn.; low rental; easy terms. Address C. Pelmulder & Sons, Nurserymen, Grant City, Iowa. Also wanted, man, with small family, to work in nursery at Grant City.
WANTED.—S. D. A. man with small family to work on farm. Must be experienced in all kinds of farm work. Good wages, by month or year. Address at once, D. C. Horlacher, R. R. 3, Frankfort, Ind.
WANTED.—To correspond with brethren who would take job of sawing with portable sawmill, and with any who want to buy homes in northern Wisconsin, and pay for them with work or cash. Address A. C. Woodbury, Darlington, Wis.
FOR SALE, AT ONCE.—Farm of 160 acres, 11 mi. from Dauphin, Manitoba. Good place for mixed farming, 2 mi. from lake; good soil, and run for cattle; 25 acres under cultivation; small buildings. Terms, $700, half cash; balance in payments. Good place for those wishing country home. Selling so as to enter work. Address Robt. S. Greaves, Dauphin, Manitoba.
Obituaries
INGALLS.—Died at Castleton, N. Y., June 10, 1902, of rheumatism of the heart, Sally M. Ingalls, aged 81 years. She was deeply interested in all the work of the third angel's message.
H. H. G. INGALLS.
DAVIS.—Fell asleep in the blessed hope of a soon-coming Saviour, at Pomona, Mo., R. I. Davis, aged 79 years, 6 months, and 21 days. For twenty-five years he had been a sufferer with kidney trouble. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn their loss.
GEORGE DAVIS.
CURTIS.—Died in Monica, Ill., Nov. 28, 1902, Josephine E. Curtis, aged 55 years, 3 months, and 5 days. Early in life she joined the Christian Church, later uniting with the Seventh-day Adventists, within whose fellowship she died after many years of faithful testimony to God's saving grace.
WM. CURTIS.
BOYCE.—Died at Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 18, 1902, of dropsy of the heart, Cornelius Henry Boyce, aged 64 years and 3 months. He was born in the State of New York, and moved from St. Clair County, Mich., to Battle Creek in 1899. He passed peacefully away in a full belief of a coming resurrection. Funeral service was held at his late home, December 19, and the next day the remains were taken to his former home in St. Clair County, for burial in the Memphis Cemetery.
I. D. VAN HORN.
SNYDER.—Died Dec. 15, 1902, in Kalamazoo, Mich., of apoplexy, James Warren Snyder, aged 75 years, 6 months, and 19 days. For about sixty years he lived near Chelsea, Mich. Death entered his home in April, 1899, and took away his beloved wife. For nearly thirty years he had lived a Christian life. He leaves two sons and two daughters, one brother, and one sister, to mourn their loss. Their consolation and comfort is found in the promise of God.
I. D. VAN HORN.
PLACE.—Died at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1902, of dropsy and heart disease, Henrietta A. Place, wife of John Place, aged 73 years, 9 months, and 3 days. Mother was born at Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 11, 1829. She was the daughter of Elder George Blossom. She was converted when quite young, and remained true to her Lord till the close of life. In 1850 she married John Place, of Oswego, N. Y. About that time they both accepted the third angel's message, and their home was blessed more than once with the presence of Brother and Sister White, and other pioneers of the truth. For several years they lived at Southwest Oswego, N. Y. In 1860 they moved to Battle Creek, Mich., to be with their son, O. G. Place, M. D. Later on they followed him to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where two years ago they celebrated their golden wedding. For about forty years mother has suffered with heart trouble, at times very severe. Last May dropsy began to manifest itself, and since last June she was unable to lie down even for a moment. These were days and nights of trying experience, but the grace of God did not fail this dear old soul who had, like her Saviour, been made perfect through suffering; and without murmuring she gasped for breath hour after hour. Occasionally she would exclaim, “O my Saviour, if it pleases thee, let me rest; but if I must still suffer on, ‘thy will be done.’” During the month of October the writer spent two weeks by her side, almost daily and at times hourly expecting the end to come. During that time I was permitted to get a new view of the terms “mother” and “Christian.” In her death a life of devotion to God, family, and fellow man closed in beautiful triumph. The “valley of the shadow of death” was bright with hope, and she was comforted by the “rod and staff” of the One she had loved and served so long. When I left her, I knew I should not see her again in this world, but I said, “Good-by, mother, I will see you again soon;” and between her gasps, she replied, “Yes, Albert my boy, it will be but a little while, and what a meeting that will be!” My sister, Mrs. M. M. Hubbard, nursed her faithfully for months. Dr. Place came from Boulder, Colo., twice to help her, and was with her at the time of her death. This is the first time in fifty years that death has come to our family circle, and now father, in his seventy-ninth year, and two sons, and two daughters remain to mourn the loss, and sacredly to cherish the memory, of wife and mother. For years we have been a united family in this precious truth, and our sorrow is brightened with the expectation of the union in the eternal kingdom, where “there shall be no pain and no death.” The funeral was held at father and mother’s home on the afternoon of December 17. Remarks were made from Prov. 16: 31, by J. O. Miller, assisted by W. W. Miller. Many were the friends who came and lingered as they beheld her lovely face for the last time.
A. E. PLACE.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By A. J. Bourdeau
To California and Nevada
ALL parties residing in either California or Nevada should send their orders for papers, tracts, books, or other S. D. A. publications, to the California Tract Society, 301 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, Cal. The reason we insert this notice is that some have been sending their orders direct to the publishing houses, which creates confusion in getting out our reports at the end of the year.
The California Tract Society desires to know exactly how many publications have been purchased by our people in their territory through the year. Please take notice.
A. J. BOURDEAU,
Sec. and Treas.
The March Advocate
By Editor
THERE is but one more opportunity to call your attention to the fact that the March Advocate is prepared especially for public-school teachers, and that our people everywhere are planning to place this issue in the hands of this class of people. You will be glad to know that this effort to reach the secular teachers as a class has met with a wonderful response. One State Sabbath-school superintendent writes: “I have asked each of our one hundred and forty-four Sabbath schools to send us a special donation for this enterprise, and I believe that they will do it. I expect also to receive special help from some of our brethren who have means.”
Orders have already been received for clubs varying from a few copies to four hundred.
There may be among the readers of the Review some who have not yet taken an active interest in this matter. Remember that this is the beginning of a movement to bring the truths of the third angel’s message to one of the most responsible classes of people in the United States. We have long trusted them with our children. Is it not time that we should reach their souls? Teachers will read educational literature when they might not find time for other periodicals. For this reason the Advocate may be to them an avenue for receiving the truth.
In small clubs, the price is four cents a copy; in clubs of fifty or more, three dollars a hundred. Address all checks and orders for clubs to The Advocate, Berrien Springs, Mich.
Publications Wanted
THE following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Chas. Queen, Greeley, Kan.
Mrs. Laura Ditto, Tokio, O. T.
Mrs. S. C. Rose, Rosebower, Tenn.
J. M. Parker, Mexico, Pa., Signs of January 7 and 14.
Mrs. Izora E. Young, Harrington, Me., Care of J. N. Mitchell.
Bert Cool, Murdocksville, Pa., REVIEW, Sentinel, Instructor, Life Boat.
Miss Birdie Cruzan, 1213 W. 9th St., Joplin, Mo., REVIEW, Signs, tracts.
Wm. Robinson, 2233 S. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa., tracts and periodicals.
Mrs. Sarah Baker, 1718 Ohio St., West Superior, Wis., periodicals and tracts.
Annie Bee, Rutherford, W. Va., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, Good Health, tracts.
Mrs. Fannie Cartwright, Mondovi, Wis., publications, especially Instructor and Little Friend.
SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE
Michigan Central“The Niagara Falls Route.”
SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE
In both directions, in connection with Boston & Albany and New York Central, between CHICAGO and DETROIT, and NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, BOSTON, and Eastern points, with finest equipment of Through Sleeping, Dining and Buffet-Library Cars.
All day trains stop five minutes at Falls View, directly overlooking Niagara Falls. Send 4 cents postage for NIAGARA FALLS ILLUSTRATED.
O. W. RUGGLES,
Gen'l Pass'r and Ticket Agent,
CHICAGO
