The picture printed in connection with this article will give the reader some idea of the conditions at the school now struggling for an existence at Williamsdale, Nova Scotia. You can see at once that it is in no way prepared for the rigorous winter that is soon coming. We have the furnaces set, but the outside is hardly finished, and the plastering is not yet done. But worst of all, our resources are exhausted, and the young are waiting the opportunity the school is to afford them of a preparation for the work of spreading the glad tidings of the soon-coming Lord.
For twenty years the truth has been presented in this field, but up to this time but little has been done for the young people, and many of them have been lost to the truth and to the world to come. Will their blood be on our garments?
We have every prospect for a successful work if only we are able to complete the school before winter. To do this we are in great need of five hundred dollars. Are there not those of our brethren who will come to our help with fifty or one hundred dollars each so that the work may be quickly done? Unless the Lord shall move upon some hearts now, and the money be sent us at once, we shall be forced to leave the building unfinished during the long cold winter, and the young people must wait still another year to begin their training for work in the Master’s cause. I can not believe that God’s people will suffer this long delay, when the sum to be raised is so small.
I shall not make a long plea, but will leave it in the hands of him who knows the needs, and the hearts of all men, to work mightily for his cause just now; and may that love that impelled him to forsake all for us, move us in our treatment of those whom he commands us to teach.
With anguish of soul I await that happy moment when the funds received will enable us to complete the work, or that hour of sorrow when we must say to the young, “You must wait still another year for the school.” It is for you to say which it shall be. May God bless you as you pray for, and help the work here. Contributions may be sent to the treasurer of the General Conference, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
Wm. Guthrie,Pres. Maritime Conference.
The Cumberland Conference Camp-Meeting at Spring City, Tenn.
By Geo. I. Butler
The Cumberland River Conference, embracing the east half of Kentucky and Tennessee, held its main annual camp-meeting at Spring City, August 31 to September 10, and has just closed. It has been a very excellent and profitable meeting. The writer reached the camp-ground Monday, September 4, and found the meeting in progress. He was the only public laborer present outside of the bounds of the conference.
Professor Tenney, Elders Wells, Godsmark, Bird, Woodward, and the president of the conference, Brother W. W. Williams, took a prominent part in the labors of the meeting.
The attendance of our brethren was not quite so large as at the Nashville meeting, but nearly so; but the attendance from the outside far exceeded the number who attended at Nashville. In fact, the pavilion was packed quite full every night, and some sat outside in chairs. They gave the best of attention, and seemed deeply interested.
Years ago Elder Kilgore lectured at19Spring City, and a few came out. This, we think, is one of the places where a number of our brethren who had been arrested for breaking Sunday, had been worked in the chain-gang. This was referred to by Elder Kilgore, who was present one day, having been summoned there on important business. He gave a remarkably interesting discourse on the restoration of the true Sabbath in the last days, many of the citizens desiring to hear him.
The Cumberland Conference does not have its annual election until January, and so there was more time given to religious meetings and spiritual matters.
The wants of the Graysville school in the line of repairs and added facilities were considered. Professor Tenney, Elder Kilgore, and the writer, took an earnest part in the presentation of these matters. We do not know the exact amount of money raised, but think upward of two hundred dollars was subscribed. A camp-meeting and tent fund of about the same amount was also raised.
The religious and spiritual interests of the meeting were strongly represented. On the last Sabbath a good work was accomplished. Nearly one half of the congregation came forward for prayers, and there was a social meeting of interest. There was freedom of spirit and increased interest manifested quite fully in the latter portion of the meeting.
The plan for young people's meetings and work in the cause was presented earnestly by Professor Tenney and others. This is a subject being taken up at all the camp-meetings in this union conference this season. An attempt is being made to have in every church a special interest in encouraging the young people to enter ardently into the labor of circulating the truth among the people and doing good in other ways. It is a work every way worthy of commendation, and we hope it will result in preparing many laborers for work in the cause of Christ.
In the writer's judgment, this was the best meeting he ever attended in the Cumberland Conference. There was a greater spirit of union manifested by those present, and a more general interest to dedicate their hearts to the upbuilding of the cause of God. Doubtless there is still a chance for great improvement in this direction, but there are certainly many good omens of increased interest.
It was a very pleasant season. The weather was very favorable, and the camp was situated in a fine grove, with plenty of good water. A large portion of the friends of the cause in the Cumberland Conference were present. We greatly hope that enough money will be raised to help in the repairs upon the school buildings, so that a greater degree of power in the work of God will be manifested.
To the best of the writer's knowledge, the spiritual condition in this conference, really the strongest in the Southern Union, has encouragingly improved. We shall hope for greater advances in the salvation of souls and the upbuilding of the precious cause we love.—Geo. I. Butler, in the Watchman.
The Value of Timely Help
A LITTLE help may be a great help if it comes at the right time.
Oakwood School, Huntsville, Alabama
By G. H. BABER
After long months of sadness the Lord has caused Oakwood school to be glad and to rejoice. For months our school had been subjected to suspicion and evil surmising to such a degree that the enemy seemed to triumph over an institution of the Lord. The report was circulated that the school was broken up, and all the students had returned to their homes. But we are happy to be able to report that, however much mischief may have been wrought by the evil one, God has not forsaken us, nor has he refused to manifest himself to us when we sought him with the whole heart. So at the present time we are rejoicing in the evidence of his presence with us. Up to this writing thirteen of our students have decided to give themselves to the Lord, and were baptized on the 16th inst. This leaves only four or five of our old students who have not yet taken their stand on the Lord’s side. We are praying that these also may surrender, that we may present a solid front to the attacks of the enemy.
Through the missionary efforts of our students some of our neighbors have taken their stand with us, and are keeping the Sabbath. We have hope of others also.
We have five consecrated students from the republic of Panama, some of whom are very anxious to take the nurses’ course, that they may be the more useful to their own people when they return to their homes; but we are not so situated that we can give them the needed instruction, as we have no sanitarium, no treatment rooms, not even a bath-tub, in connection with the ten-year-old Seventh-day Adventist institution known as the Oakwood Manual Training-school. Even if we had such a luxury as a bath-tub, we would not have sufficient water to use it in a dry season. We need a better water-supply, we need our buildings protected by paint, we need a new laundry building, and a milk house where we can teach our students how to care for milk and to make good butter. We have an unfinished shed for farm implements. One of our new cottages needs a wood-house. And, moreover, according to the instructions given us by the spirit of prophecy we need more new buildings in order to accommodate a much larger number of students than we can now accommodate. But we dare not think of more new ones until we can pay for those just erected.
“The Lord calls upon his people to help the Southern field. This call brings with it a solemn, sacred responsibility, which can not be evaded. The field speaks for itself. Neglected, down-trodden, oppressed, ignorant—who need our help more than the colored people of the South? Let this field be helped, without waiting until every other call for help is answered. God calls for a right appropriation of his means, that the work may enlarge and extend where it is a positive necessity that it shall enlarge and extend, where such extension will help other barren and forsaken parts of the vineyard.”
“The deepest humility should be felt by those who have the privileges of enlightenment and education in missionary lines. The Lord God of heaven, by whom all actions are weighed in the golden balances of the sanctuary, looks upon the thousands of colored people, our neighbors, who in their destitution are spreading their cases before the Giver of all mercies and blessings. These people are perishing in their sins. As a people they are ignorant, many knowing nothing of purity and godliness and elevation. But among them are men and women of quick perceptions, excellent talents, and these will be revealed when once the Spirit of God shall turn their attention to the Word. But they need ministry not in the Word alone. Those who would do God’s service in this field must go among the people. . . .
“In his providence, God is saying, as he has been saying for years past: Here is a field for you to work. Those who are wise in agricultural lines, in tilling the soil, those who can construct simple, plain buildings, may help. They can do good work, and at the same time show in their characters the high morality which it is the privilege of this class to attain to. Teach them the truth in simple object-lessons. Make everything upon which they lay their hands a lesson in character building.
“The South is calling to God for spiritual and temporal food, but it has been so long neglected that hearts have become hard as stone. God’s people need now to arouse and redeem their sinful neglect and indifference of the past. These obligations now rest heavily upon the churches, and God will graciously pour out his Spirit upon those who will take up their God-given work.”
Now, brethren, as the time is at hand for the yearly collection to be taken for the colored work in the South, we who are here and know of the crying needs of the field, appeal to you not to forget this long-neglected branch of God’s work. G. H. BABER.
Will They Sell?
By G. Phillips
In Volume VI of the “Testimonies” I read the following: “Let each publisher and general agent work enthusiastically to encourage the agents now in the field.” In my experience I find that the best way to encourage an agent is to go with him into the field, and take the same book he is handling, and show him how to sell it. It is far better to give real, practical help than to give advice.
Some have asked me if our large books will sell; I want to say, Yes, and I wish I could say it in tones that could be heard throughout the length and breadth of the land. Through the spirit of prophecy the Lord has said they should be sold, and “his biddings are our enabling.” The experience of our canvassers in Missouri is demonstrating this fact. One of our canvassers a few days ago sold forty dollars’ worth of “Bible Readings” in one day, another lady canvasser sold over forty dollars’ worth of “Great Controversy” in less than a day. I went to assist one of our canvassers who was selling “Great Controversy” in a town of three thousand inhabitants. He took one street, and I took another, and in six hours I made nineteen exhibitions, and took twenty orders for “Great Controversy;” value, $65.75. I sold a book in every house on that street but one, and sold two in it.
I do not speak of this to exalt any canvasser or myself, but that all may see that when we follow in the path of duty,20we can not fail. Let no one think that our books are too high priced to sell, but let all exalt the value of these books.
While delivering books in the South one time, a subscriber said, “It will take half a bale of cotton to pay for that book.” I said, “I know it; but this book is worth more than your whole crop of cotton; its value can not be estimated in dollars and cents. If you will obey the teachings of this book, it will land you in the kingdom of God, where you will not have to raise cotton for a living.” I believed what I said to him, and looked him square in the eyes when I said it; and he believed it too, and paid me for the book. O, I pray God to help us to see the real value of our books, then the price will not be in our way.
We are pressing the battle and shouting the victory in Missouri. Dear reader, do you want a good, rich experience? If so, get a prospectus for “Great Controversy” and come with us, and we will help you to get it, and you will lay up treasures in heaven.
G. PHILLIPS.
Christian Duty to the Neighborhood
By Rev. H. R. Wakefield.
EVERY Christian must bear his part in the amelioration of the neighborhood in which he lives, and it must cost something.— Rev. H. R. Wakefield.
Dedication of Hinsdale (Ill.) Sanitarium
By Wm. Covert
The formal opening of the new sanitarium at Hinsdale, Ill., a suburb of the city of Chicago, took place September 20, at 3 P. M. Several hundred people gathered on the lawn in front of the building to listen to addresses by lawyers, doctors, ministers, and judges. These were for the most part from the city of Chicago.
Judge Orrin N. Carter, of Cook County, gave the opening address. Dr. J. H. Kellogg spoke for a time with reference to the sanitarium idea. Addresses were also made by Dr. Thomas of Chicago, Representative Wilson, Mr. Hart of the Children’s Home and Aid Society, and others, including Dr. Paulson and W. S. Sadler.
The exercises were presided over by Hon. R. A. Childs, ex-congressman from some district in Illinois.
Before and after the exercises, hundreds of people were shown through the building, where various demonstrations of sanitarium methods of treatment, diet, dress, etc., were given.
I think it was in August, 1904, that Sister White wrote in the REVIEW AND HERALD concerning her visit to Hinsdale. She spoke of the ideal location, and said: “The sight of the trees and flowers, with the sunshine and fresh air, will bring health to mind and body. In anticipation of this I see the Hinsdale Sanitarium established, with hope and faith coming into the hearts of the patients.” Her prediction in this respect is being fulfilled.
Those in charge of the institution are asking that as far as possible the nurses and helpers receive Bible instruction from our ministers. They express themselves as very anxious to have the third angel’s message taught in all its significance to all these helpers, so that they will be in perfect harmony with the message and its work wherever they may go.
Although this sanitarium is not organically connected with the Northern Illinois Conference, it did seek for such connection, but conditions were such at the time the request was made, that it was not thought practical. It is under that the management of what is called the Hinsdale Sanitarium and Benevolent Association. I believe it is possible for those in charge and the conference to make this sanitarium in its teachings and operations what the Lord wants it to be. Since it is in our midst and must have a leading influence in caring for the afflicted people of Chicago, and since in the very nature of things it must come in touch with the Seventh-day Adventist churches of this city, is it not a consistent thing that the conference furnish strong ministerial help to assist it in carrying out the ideas suggested for it in the writings of Sister White?
There is no question but that the citizens of Hinsdale and its vicinity are greatly pleased to have it in their midst. They were present in large numbers to witness and enjoy the dedicatory services, and seemed to give a very hearty welcome to the sanitarium and its promoters.
The building is now well filled with patients. Besides this, a number of tents have been pitched in order that the overflow may be accommodated. It seems to be doing the same kind of good work that other sanitariums are doing, and we hope that it may be conducted in such a way that it will be a material help in advancing the cause of the third angel’s message in this field.
Wm. Covert.
Young People’s Day in the Central Union Conference
By E. T. Russell; M. E. Kern
That “much has been lost to the cause of God by lack of attention to the young” is a fact which is becoming more and more evident. It stands us in hand, therefore, to go to the root of the matter and learn how to perform our neglected duties.
The messages that have been sent us are full of instruction concerning this important line of work. To create a deeper interest in this work, and to study the Lord’s plan for the organization of our young people and the lines of work to which he has called them, is the purpose of Young People’s day, to be observed by all the churches in the Central Union Conference, Sabbath, Nov. 4, 1905.
Readings are in preparation to be given at the forenoon service, and it is expected that each church will have a convention for the consideration of the Young People’s work in the afternoon. A suggestive program will be sent out to each church with reference to literature to be used in preparation for this occasion. The elder, Sabbath-school superintendent, and officers of the Young People’s Society (or some one selected from among the young people, where no organization exists) should constitute a committee to make arrangements for the observance of Young People’s day in each church. Let the following statement in “Education,” page 271, be an inspiration to faithfulness in this work: “With such an army of workers as our youth rightly trained might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be given to the whole world!”
E. T. RUSSELL, Pres. C. U. C.,
M. E. KERN, Sec. Y. P. W., C. U. C.
The Southern Fund
By I. H. EVANS
AMOUNT previously reported....$343 78
Frank Yoeman .................. 25 00
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Nelson ........ 9 50
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Little ....... 5 00
Robert Cowan ................... 5 00
D. W. C. McNett ................. 5 00
Mrs. S. A. Curtis ............... 3 00
Mrs. William Martin ............ 2 00
Mrs. George Hanson ............. 1 50
Mrs. W. H. and Minnie Falconer .. 1 00
W. B. Payne .................... 1 00
Mrs. H. W. Tolbert ............. 1 00
William Chilson ................ 1 00
Lena Larson ..................... 50
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Total reported ................$404 28
I. H. EVANS, Treasurer.
Religious Liberty Notes
By K. C. RUSSELL.
THE Lincoln (Ill.) Courier wisely says: “Observance of the Sabbath is a question of conscience.”
The New York Conference, at its recent session, unanimously elected Brother J. S. Wightman as their religious liberty secretary, after the adoption of the following resolution: “We recommend that the conference add to its list of officers a secretary of the Religious Liberty Department who shall act in co-operation with the Religious Liberty Bureau of Washington, D. C.”
In making reference to the Sunday agitation in India, the Christian Work and Evangelist (N. Y.) says: “The Sabbath question seems to girdle the globe.” The same paper also states concerning the question of Sunday observance: “As this is chiefly a religious question, it is evident that it is much better settled by the churches, appealing as it does to the religious nature of man, rather than resort to the courts of law.”
“Some of the old friends of Governor Folk, of Missouri, in various parts of the country are turning against him for what they call his meddlesomeness in interfering in the local affairs of the cities of his State, especially in his enforcement of the Sunday closing law.” So states the September number of The World To-day, and the same magazine further adds: “In Springfield and other places in Illinois, an attempt has been made to put in operation a Sunday closing law, which had previously been a dead letter.”
The following resolutions were adopted at the recent session of the East Michigan Conference: “Whereas, There is an increasing demand for religious legislation throughout the country, and, Whereas, All such legislation is a menace to religious freedom, resulting in a union of church and state, therefore, Resolved, That we urge upon all our people the necessity of engaging enthusiastically in the work of disseminating literature upon the principles of religious liberty, that all the people in our conference may be enlightened on this subject. Further, Resolved, That this conference select a competent person who shall be known as Religious Liberty Secretary, and shall devote such time as may be necessary to the religious liberty work.” Prof. J. G. Lamson was unanimously elected as their religious liberty secretary.
K. C. RUSSELL.
Current Mention
—France and Germany have arrived at an understanding regarding Morocco.
—The great majority of the people of Japan, says a leading Tokyo journal, are dissatisfied with the peace treaty.
—Greenland is to be explored by an expedition which is fitting up for the undertaking at Copenhagen, Denmark.
—The recent cotton report scandals, coupled with the life insurance disclosures, are said to have seriously injured American credit in Europe.
—A statement comes from Tokyo that Japan's real reason for making peace at this time was fear of a financial breakdown, the war having proved more costly than was anticipated, and the rice and cereal crops in Japan not promising well this year.
—Dispatches from the Philippines report immense damage to shipping and other property in a number of the islands, with considerable loss of life, from a typhoon which swept over a portion of the group, September 26. The damage to the hemp plantations is estimated at $1,000,000.
—The new Anglo-Japanese treaty is being hailed as an agreement which insures peace in Europe for at least ten years to come. By it England is made secure in Asia, and Japan is guaranteed the full fruits of her victory over Russia. The open door in China is also said to be assured.
—Commanding officers of the Catholic Knights of America and of the Knights of St. John took steps recently toward amalgamating all Catholic military orders in the country under the general name of Catholic Military Federation of America. The federation was organized by a committee from each order at a secret meeting held in Chicago.
—A collective note from the six powers has been handed to the sultan, declaring that their decision to assume international control of the finances of Macedonia is unalterable. The note informed the Ottoman government that the foreign delegates appointed as controllers would arrive at Saloniki October 1, and requests that the necessary instructions be sent to the provincial authorities so that the delegates may enter on their functions without delay.
—A severe earthquake was experienced at Lundby, Hisingen Island, Sweden, September 26. It cracked the walls of houses, and fissured the surface of the ground. Subterranean rumblings were quickly followed by the violent rocking of houses and the splitting of inner and outer walls, driving the inmates to seek safety in the open air. In many places fissures a foot wide were opened up, while the level of the ground in the eastern part of the island sank appreciably. The disturbance lasted a minute.
—A volume recently issued by the Bureau of Labor on the subject of regulation and restriction of labor in this country, makes the sensational statement that for two years past the unions have been restricting the daily amount of labor performed by skilled workmen in the slaughtering and meat-packing industry by regulations imposed on the men amounting to over thirty per cent reduction in the day's labor. In a study of thirty different trades or industries, summarized in this volume, it was found that such restrictions are enforced in a large proportion, generally by the rules of unions, and in at least one case—that of the glass industry—by agreement of the manufacturers and unions.
—After all that has been done of late years by the European powers to put an end to massacres in Macedonia, these barbarities still continue, and the situation is no better apparently than it was before the “Christian” powers intervened between the ruler of the Mohammedan kingdom and his Christian subjects in Asia Minor. According to recent reports, there is even less safety now for life and property in that district than was the case two years ago, when the powers authorized Russia and Austria to reform the country. A London dispatch states that “James Bryce, M. P., president of the Balkan committee, is now touring Macedonia and observing conditions there, preparatory to laying the results of his tour before the British Parliament.”
—The representatives of the zemstvos assembled in Moscow the last week in September, and decided on a political program, as follows: Complete responsibility in the eyes of the law for all private individuals and officials alike; recognition of complete equality in the personal rights of all citizens of the empire; equality of the rights of peasants with those of other classes of society; liberation of the village populations from administrative guardianship; abolition of the Zemski Natchalnik; immediate recognition of the inviolability of person and domiciles; guarantees of the freedom of conscience, faith, speech, meeting and association, and of the press; abolition of the passport system; formation of a national assembly which shall participate in legislation, institute a regular budgetary system, and have control over the legality of the acts of the higher and the lower administration. If this program is not opposed by the czar, a great reform will certainly have been accomplished.
Field Notes
ELDER O. S. HADLEY reports eight new Sabbath-keepers, in Indianapolis, Ind. There is prospect of a third church being organized there soon.
BROTHER F. J. HARRIS reports from Aledo, Ill.: “We have had a splendid interest here all along, and there are several who are just beginning to keep the Sabbath, and quite a number more of whom we are very hopeful.”
BRETHREN L. H. CHRISTIAN and Carl F. HANSON, who are holding tent-meetings for the Scandinavians in Chicago, report: “We are very busy visiting and selling papers. The people are taking their stand one by one. The prospects are that a good many will accept the Lord.”
BRETHREN B. F. STUREMAN and E. R. LAUDA make the following report from East Michigan: “July 25 we pitched our tent at Sanilac Center, and remained there six weeks with a very good interest; and against all opposition by one of the ministers of the town, twelve began to keep the Sabbath. From here we went to Elmer City, and remained there a little more than three weeks. Here also the same minister opposed us very hard, but notwithstanding, four accepted the truth. These will join with the company at Sanilac Center. We have now a Sabbath-school of thirty-five members at this place.”
Business Notices
BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.
In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.
WANTED.—A hand to harvest beets and husk corn this fall; will pay good wages. A Sabbath-keeper preferred. For particulars, address W. M. Woolsey, Cortland, Neb.
WANTED.—A good, competent hygienic cook for the North Yakima Sanitarium, Wash. Give references and state experience. Apply to F. M. Rossiter, M. D., North Yakima, Wash.23
FOR SALE.—Ripe olives in 5-gal. packages, mountain honey, pure olive-oil, other vegetable oils. Tiny samples (except olives), 1 cent each. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Riverside Co., Cal.
FOR SALE.—Kiefer pears, excellent for both table and canning. One dollar a barrel (2½ bushels). Six barrels for five dollars. Will stand shipping three hundred miles. Address Occoquan Fruit Farm, Occoquan, Va.
WANTED AT ONCE.—Man for general farm work by the year, in family of three. Must be Sabbath-keeper. Wages, $20 a month. German preferred, but others not excluded. Address Wm. Neumann, R. F. D. 1, McCook, Neb.
The Iowa Sanitarium Bakery is prepared to fill all orders for the different health foods, also a number of new nut products. Liberal discount allowed. Write for price-list. Address Iowa Sanitarium Bakery, Des Moines, Iowa.
All those wishing to join the November class of the Michigan Sanitarium of Kalamazoo (Mich.) Training-school for Nurses, will find it best to correspond with us at once. Students can pay their way if they wish. Address T. H. Midgley, Superintendent.
FOR SALE.—Fruit farm of 27 acres, all under cultivation; 4½ acres in grape-vines, one acre in raspberries, one acre in strawberries; 8-room house, big barn; one horse, fifty chickens, farming tools; price, $1,700. Address T. Sharffenberg, Paw Paw, Mich.
WANTED.—A good, consecrated S. D. A. doctor for small sanitarium; one whose wife is a trained nurse preferred, and one who has the interest of the third angel's message at heart. Address the Walnut Hills Hygienic Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio.
WANTED.—Four thoroughly trained, competent lady nurses are wanted for the North Yakima Sanitarium, Wash. None but graduated nurses and those trained in surgical technique need apply. Good wages offered. Give references. Apply to F. M. Rossiter, M. D., North Yakima, Wash.
FOR SALE.—5½ acres, all fenced. Pears, apples, grapes, strawberries, garden, spring, little timber in pasture; electric-car line handy. About one mile from church-school and Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich. Address C. J. Buhalts, Connersville, Ind.
FOR SALE.—Eight-room house, good barn; cellar and well; located two blocks from Southern Training-school. One of the most desirable locations in Graysville. Healthful climate, excellent school and church privileges. Easy terms. Address Mrs. Minnie Light, Graysville, Tenn.
WANTED.—To correspond with a motherly Christian woman (not under 35 years of age), in harmony with every phase of the third angel's message, and with more interest in souls than money, concerning the position of house matron in the Michigan Home for Girls. Address Mrs. W. H. McKee, R. F. D. 64, Byron Center, Mich.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By WM. GUTHRIE
Notice!
THE third annual session of the Maritime Conference will convene at Williamsdale East, Nova Scotia, Nov. 2-12, 1905. The first business meeting will be held at 9 A. M., November 5. All Seventh-day Adventists in this conference are delegates, and we trust each will come prepared to bear his part in the business of the conference. Elder Thurston will be with us, and we also hope to have other help from the General Conference. Besides this we have Elder Gardner, who has just come to us from Iowa.
Let all prepare to come at the very beginning of the meeting and stay till the close. We are living in a time when none can afford to miss these gatherings of the Lord's people. Paul says we should not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, and so much the more as we see the day approaching. God has rich stores of blessing for us if we are willing to receive them. Let nothing hinder us at this time. There will be no tents pitched, but all will be provided for under wooden covers, so the coolness of the weather will only add to the pleasantness of the occasion. Information about railroad rates will be given later. We hope to secure the one-way rate from all intercolonial points.
