Earlier text: ISAIAH E. MOOREA WONDERFUL spirit of unity, of joy, and of courage seems to have come to our people in every part of the world as a result of the move to Washington. It seems to be regarded as a long day's march nearer home, yes, nearer to the great capital city of the universe. We have met constant difficulties and perplexities, and yet the Lord's providence has always cleared the way in his own good time. These letters bring to the workers in Washington great courage and blessing in the thought that God is going before, leading on to victory, and that his people, shoulder to shoulder, are following unitedly his leadings over into the promised land; and when we cross into the land of Canaan this time, we shall never fall again. Those who are weary with the burdens of cares and of many years seem especially cheered and comforted at the thought that we are almost home. These letters will be read with deep interest, I am certain. “MY DEAR BRETHREN: I well know of your work. I am probably the poorest Adventist in Fresno, and about the oldest. I was born in 1828, April 22. I well remember the falling of the stars in 1833. I was five years old. We are in sympathy indeed with your move to the capital. Yes, there we shall face the enemy; but who will be afraid of man who will soon die and be as though he were not? Have you not a prophet? I say, Yes. Then follow the prophet. A prophet makes no mistakes; and when there is no prophet, the people perish. Yes, keep the law, and press the battle to a speedy finish. We are so proud as we look over the pages of those noble papers. Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret to his servants the prophets. I ask, What more could we wish? My courage is good. All Israel will soon be gathered. When I think of the terrible day just before us, I say, Let us be Christians, and go forward fearing no one but the Lord. Who can doubt that the end is near when he reads our papers? Yes, we know the Captain of our salvation. We see the gleams of the golden morning. Only a little step in the future, and the Lord will say, ‘Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.’” “I have never felt more confidence in any move than I have in this one to Washington, nor more of a burden to lift than on this, which may be termed the closing step on the part of our people. Let me assure you of my prayers, sympathy, and means until the work at Washington is finished. I have had a watch in my possession which I have been telling the Lord that I would give to him for the Washington work. I bought it a little over a year ago. It is a Hamilton, twenty-three jeweled, railroad watch, and adjusted to five positions, and cost me twenty-nine dollars. I do not know that the watch has gained or lost a minute during a month since I got it. I hold this subject to his call. I think it ought to be worth twenty-five dollars. I may not get that much for it, but will do what I can to sell it. Pray with me that the Lord may help me to dispose of it. “Your brother, hoping, with you, to see the cause soon triumph.” “I will say that I have done what I could to help the work in Washington, and have sent a list of names, also money, from this church for the work there. We shall be glad to do more when we can. As a church we all believe it was the right move, and also rejoice to see the work advancing. Soon the work will be over. O, what a day of rejoicing that will be! May the Lord bless all who are at the head of the work. We are ready to sell out and enter the work if it is the Lord's will, or willing to remain here on the farm, according to his will. “Your brother in Christ.” “SARTORIA, NEB., July 18. “Your letter is at hand. When I had read it, I said to myself, ‘This is a call from God, and I will heed it.’ I pledged twenty-five dollars with the church here in Sartoria, to be paid Jan. 1, 1905. I have some land here in Nebraska, which I expect to sell this fall, and as soon as I sell it, I will give some more. . . . I will sell it cheap, because I want this property to be used in the cause of God before it is too late. May the Lord bless you and all the workers connected with the work in Washington is my prayer. “Your brother in the blessed hope.” “DEAR BROTHER: I have recently received the communication sent from your office. I thank you for the same. I have read it with interest, nor does it cease here. I bear the Washington work up before the Father's throne. I love the truth, and am glad to know that the pillar of cloud has arisen and settled over Washington. I am sure it is time our people should arise too, and follow the leading of our light. . . . I hope to be able to give a material manifestation of my interest in the movement later on. . . . However, my children and I have a small garden from which we hope to realize something for the cause we love. My husband, a physician of four years' experience, and I hold ourselves ready for service in whatever way God can best use us. . . . The booklets you have sent, I have passed on to others. I know the truth will soon triumph, and I pray to so hold myself in relation to it that I may triumph with it. “Yours in the hope of soon seeing the work finished.” We have greatly appreciated the many donations that have come to the work from our friends in Battle Creek. While from a human standpoint the removal to Washington might seem a loss in numbers and finances, yet God's will is always good, and great blessing will come to the work, not only in Washington and in the whole field, which is the world, but even in Battle Creek. This blessing is being realized by many of the loyal friends there, who are giving to support the work. Following is one of the many letters received from the old headquarters of the work:— “DEAR BROTHER: Enclosed please find draft for ten dollars to apply on the $100,000 fund to establish our institutions in Washington. I am very glad to have a part in this work. I have been connected with the Review and20Herald for seventeen years. I have all along systematically put my wages into the cause; consequently I can not make very large donations. I am satisfied that our people everywhere will sense the situation, and come forward in this crisis. I am satisfied that the Lord has indeed set his hand to close up the work, and all these recent developments are but the consequence of the Lord's word to us that there shall be delay no longer. I praise the Lord that it is so, and that no longer shall our lack of zeal and consecration trig the wheels of the work. When the Lord said through his servant that he had a better place for the publishing house, I felt that he would indicate where that place is. We are sorry that the whole plant can not be moved to Takoma Park at once, but wait patiently. In the office and at the family altar the brethren and the work at Washington are daily remembered as we come before the Lord in prayer. My wife joins me in prayer that you may be of good courage and rest in the good promises of our God.” “MY DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST: O, how I wish I had means to donate to the blessed cause in Christ! but I am a poor widow without means. I make my home with a married invalid daughter. I do not receive wages. My health is not good; consequently I can not do the work which I would like to do. I am over sixty years of age, but do all I can to lighten the burdens of my sick daughter. I feel such a thrill of pleasure when I think of the work which is being done at Washington, D. C. I firmly believe that the Lord is leading his people in this move, and that his blessing will attend their faithful labors as they walk in the light which he is giving them. I hope and pray that we shall soon meet in a better and brighter land. I will enclose twenty-five cents, the widow's mite, toward the help of the cause there. I wish it were twenty-five dollars. May the Lord abundantly bless you in your labors of love for him.” “CORINTH, MISS., July 21. “I am here as a pioneer, self-supporting medical missionary, and it is a new field where nothing has been done to proclaim the message; so I am pressed beyond my means to do a small part of what must be done soon. My wife and three children and I are the only Seventh-day Adventists in this county. I have boarded two canvassers two months and a half free of charge, to encourage workers to labor here. Then I have spent two hundred and ninety-five dollars' worth of my time in treating the poor since last October. My dear brother, I need help to fit out treatment rooms here, but I hold my pen from writing for help because on every hand there are calls for help financially. I am a poor man with no money ahead; but I am interested in the work in Washington. We do not cease praying for the work there. “Yours sincerely in the work and truth.” “PIPESTONE, MINN., July 13. “I pray that he who has all power will bless the work and the workers mightily. You may be glad to hear that at the time of the removal from Battle Creek a few in our little company were filled with unspeakable joy, and we all thanked and praised God. Our prayers ascend to God each day for the prosperity of the work there. . . . I rejoice to see the work advance, and feel that I must tell you so. May God give you power and strength to go forward. “DEAR BROTHER: I will send you — as soon as I get my pension in September. I can do nothing until that time. I am past seventy-four years old, and in very poor health, and am living by myself. I lost my wife four years ago. Since that time I have not been able to earn anything toward a living. I assure you I would be glad to help more. . . . I do hope and pray that success may attend every effort put forth for the raising of the money required. “Yours in the love of God.” “WILLIAMS, NEB., July 19. “Your letter concerning the work of building at Takoma Park, and soliciting means for the work, is at hand. I trust to be able to send — dollars soon, and some more later. I am thankful to be privileged to have a part in the work of God. I know it will go forward without my aid, but I desire to have a part in all the work of God going on now. Surely the shout of a king is among us.” “MY DEAR BRETHREN: God will surely bless you as you go forward to build. How we do long to see these buildings go up! God is in the midst of his people. As I remember the work in Washington, my heart is full of joy, and faith is growing stronger and stronger; for I know, if faithful, we shall soon be home. I praise my Heavenly Father for his goodness and mercy to us.” The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
A DONATION of $2, credited to A. L. Carey in the REVIEW of August 11, should have been credited to B. A. Rogers. The $4 credited to Mrs. A. E. Gurney, in the list published June 7, should have been reported as follows: Mrs. A. E. Gurney, $1; Eliza Semos, $.50; C. Lester, $.50; John Neal, $1; and Gardner Glaspie, $1. Further partial list of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—
Amount previously reported ..... $32,600 80
A friend ....................... 100 00
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stahl ...... 75 00
Atlantic Union Conference ..... 67 50
Pacific Union Conference ....... 51 65
New England Sanitarium church.. 43 00
A friend ....................... 25 00
B. Stahl ....................... 25 00
Baker City church .............. 20 10
G. M. Hillier .................. 20 00
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Hersum ...... 20 00
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Wilson ...... 15 00
Fargo (N. D.) church ........... 14 41
H. C. Carmichael ............... 12 29
Shawnee Sabbath-school ........ 11 23
Mrs. M. Lytle .................. 10 00
Carl Christiansen .............. 10 00
A friend ....................... 10 00
John Bauer ..................... 10 00
Esther M. Merritt .............. 10 00
Duke Center Sabbath-school ..... 9 00
Frances M. Kennedy ............. 8 50
Henry Baldwin (England) ........ 7 31
Mrs. M. Thomas ................. 7 25
Arizona Conference ............. 6 50
J. A. Stuart ................... 6 25
A friend ....................... 6 00
Springfield (Ill.) church ...... 5 35
Alexander Marshall ............. 5 00
J. A. Sampson .................. 5 00
W. H. Shoemaker ............... 5 00
Mrs. Belle S. Witt ............. 5 00
Mr. and Mrs. Frelon A. Mott .... 5 00
Annie L. Good .................. 5 00
Mrs. A. J. Moore ............... 5 00
George M. Powell ............... 5 00
Mrs. Carrie Steffy ............. 5 00
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Buel ........ 5 00
Mrs. L. Lunger ................. 5 00
S. W. Fellers .................. 5 00
Mrs. P. C. Bramhall ............ 5 00
P. Leibold ..................... 5 00
J. F. Archibald ................ 5 00
A friend, B. L. ................. 5 00
F. S. Good ..................... 5 00
Margaret B. Wilson ............. 5 00
Ann Beans ...................... 5 00
R. B. Thomas ................... 5 00
Lizzie Milley .................. 5 00
Mrs. B. E. Cole ................ 5 00
Martha Stites .................. 5 00
Ellen Pritchard ............... 5 00
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. VanVoorhis .. 4 00
E. G. Farnsworth ............... 4 00
Mary Milley .................... 4 00
Riverton church, per F. J. Dunn.. 3 75
Alden church ................... 3 30
Mrs. A. Schramm ................ 3 25
Minnewaukon church ............. 3 05
H. P. Gordon ................... 3 00
M. E. Hill ..................... 3 00
J. N. Calender ................. 3 00
Eliza Taylor ................... 3 00
D. Reynolds .................... 2 50
Mattie Reed .................... 2 50
A friend ....................... 2 50
C. B. and Addie Hawpe .......... 2 50
C. J. Clark .................... 2 48
T. H. and L. A. Burt (England).. 2 45
M. M. Ward ..................... 2 00
Mrs. Hattie J. Graves .......... 2 00
D. B. Webber ................... 2 00
Francis Lizar .................. 2 00
P. F. and C. C. Chase .......... 2 00
H. A. Niergarth ................ 2 00
A. J. Cole ..................... 2 00
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Small ....... 2 0021
Mrs. W. F. Kilmer .............. 2 00
Mary M. Ellis .................. 2 00
Anna Hendrickson ............... 2 00
George W. Howard ............... 2 00
Mary E. Peckham ................ 2 00
Mrs. L. M. Thompson ............ 2 00
Mrs. W. W. Curtin .............. 2 00
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Gowdy ....... 2 00
J. H. Farley ................... 2 00
H. J. Oehler ................... 2 00
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bennett ..... 2 00
Kate Calender .................. 2 00
Laura Davis .................... 2 00
Mrs. E. R. ..................... 2 00
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Pfeiffer .... 2 00
Samuel and Katy Coombs ........ 2 00
A friend ....................... 2 00
Mancen Earley .................. 2 00
Anna Earley .................... 2 00
John Dustin .................... 2 00
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hirlinger ... 2 00
Lowe (Kan.) Sabbath-school .... 1 62
M. J. McLean ................... 1 50
Lydia Eldred ................... 1 50
Mr. W. H. Parker ............... 1 50
Mrs. W. H. Parker .............. 1 50
Emma Newcomer ................. 1 50
Mrs. Henry Perry ............... 1 50
J. M. Daniels .................. 1 25
Osawkee church ................. 1 25
A. Ritchie (England) ........... 1 23
Mrs. S. H. Pound ............... 1 05
E. L. Sanford .................. 1 00
Mrs. S. E. Daigneau ............ 1 00
Julia A. Garrett ............... 1 00
Bert Standish .................. 1 00
Mrs. Mary Schoonard ............ 1 00
Leon Corbeille ................ 1 00
M. F. Smith .................... 1 00
Kate Smith ..................... 1 00
E. Chinn ....................... 1 00
E. C. Noah ..................... 1 00
M. F. Noah ..................... 1 00
Mrs. E. Chinnery ............... 1 00
Mrs. M. H. Bell ................ 1 00
C. O. Rockwell ................. 1 00
Mary J. Rockwell ............... 1 00
Marshall T. Rockwell ........... 1 00
Sarah L. Channell .............. 1 00
Myra L. Eldred ................. 1 00
J. H. Steck .................... 1 00
C. Knudson ..................... 1 00
Cora E. Howard ................. 1 00
Eunice Crane ................... 1 00
Mrs. M. L. Stevens ............. 1 00
E. Mackin ...................... 1 00
Bessie Mackin .................. 1 00
F. A. Thomas ................... 1 00
Morris Fabler .................. 1 00
Gertrude Fabler ................ 1 00
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carey ...... 1 00
Mrs. Harlan .................... 1 00
D. T. Shireman ................. 1 00
Mrs. E. B. Gaskell ............. 1 00
A friend ....................... 1 00
N. H. Farley ................... 1 00
Mrs. N. H. Farley .............. 1 00
F. W. Farley ................... 1 00
G. H. Farley ................... 1 00
Blanch Sharp ................... 1 00
A. M. Gravelle ................. 1 00
Mrs. William H. Goodrich ....... 1 00
Minna L. Waldron ............... 1 00
Mate E. Hickler ................ 1 00
Mrs. Ida Canary ................ 1 00
Mrs. H. Craig .................. 1 00
J. C. Brohn .................... 1 00
E. M. Cox ...................... 1 00
John Emmens .................... 1 00
J. M. Dahl ..................... 1 00
Samuel Dick .................... 1 00
H. Couly ....................... 1 00
M. M. Couly .................... 1 00
Gladys Couly ................... 1 00
Lydia Sherwood ................ 1 00
Mrs. Margaret Frost ............ 1 00
Lettie Brock ................... 1 00
Mrs. Norvick ................... 1 00
Mrs. Mary E. Jeffers ........... 1 00
Alta Eddy ...................... 1 00
Ellen Ramsey ................... 1 00
Alice Dessain .................. 1 00
Lou Green ...................... 1 00
Isaac Morrison ................. 1 00
Addie J. Morrison .............. 1 00
Foster Morrison ................ 1 00
Oro Morrison ................... 1 00
Ella Morrison .................. 1 00
Cecil Morrison ................. 1 00
Nellie E. Hill ................. 1 00
George McDowell ............... 1 00
C. E. Perry .................... 1 00
C. A. Emerson .................. 1 00
A. C. Wintermute ............... 1 00
O. H. Lawrence ................. 1 00
C. L. Good ..................... 1 00
Amos H. Hall ................... 1 00
J. W. Hall ..................... 1 00
C. J. Scott .................... 1 00
Moeg et Scott .................. 1 00
Ben Good ....................... 1 00
Mrs. Ben Good .................. 1 00
Mrs. N. Collett ................ 1 00
A friend ....................... 1 00
Fred A. Meeker ................. 1 00
J. J. Davis .................... 1 00
Mrs. C. C. Bowers .............. 1 00
T. J. Frost .................... 1 00
Claude Holmes .................. 1 00
L. C. Boyd ..................... 1 00
L. and D. Gossage .............. 1 00
E. A. Curtis ................... 1 00
F. E. Nettleingham ............. 1 00
Percy E. Winslow ............... 1 00
Mrs. M. Louise Richmond ........ 1 00
Martha Lewis ................... 1 00
Mrs. Nellie Henning ............ 1 00
S. Radcliffe (England) ......... .97
O. V. Metcalf .................. .75
Abbie T. Richmond .............. .75
Mrs. Fred Stebbeds ............. .50
S. T. Shadel ................... .50
Sarah Holmes ................... .50
Sevelon C. Rockwell ............ .50
C. Edwin Howard ................ .50
Earl A. Howard ................. .50
J. C. Roberts .................. .50
Mrs. J. C. Roberts ............. .50
A friend ....................... .50
L. G. Spaulding ................. .50
Waldo Farnsworth ............... .50
George Chilton ................. .50
Ray Davis ...................... .50
A friend ....................... .50
A friend ....................... .50
E. C. Rogers ................... .50
Clara T. Proctor ............... .50
Two children ................... .50
J. F. Callender ................ .50
Lura Collins Moore (Cuba) ..... .50
Eva F. Dickson ................. .50
Thomas Eagan ................... .50
George Tatro ................... .50
E. F. Johnstone ................ .50
Charles Graham ................ .50
Dick Howard .................... .50
W. W. Thombrough ............... .50
A. G. Walley ................... .50
E. P. Hawkins .................. .50
Roy Bigley ..................... .50
T. W. Paschall ................. .50
C. P. Catron ................... .50
E. W. DeForest ................. .50
Edith A. Pound ................. .50
Mrs. J. A. Craik ............... .50
W. S. Craik .................... .50
Ira Hensley .................... .50
John Ammer ..................... .50
Mrs. Maybee .................... .50
Mrs. N. Luce ................... .50
Mrs. C. Hollenbeck ............. .50
Mrs. Mima Curtis ............... .50
E. Houghslafler ................. .50
R. O. Moore .................... .50
J. C. Stinson .................. .50
Berta Early .................... .50
Matilda Henning ............... .50
Mrs. N. B. Cash ................. .50
W. Till (England) .............. .49
H. S. Pevill (England) ......... .49
A. Clark (England) ............. .49
Mrs. Mary Brugger .............. .40
Mrs. Theo Schmid ............... .35
Hazel McLean ................... .30
W. Vandenburg .................. .30
Mrs. Regina Trautfeldter ....... .25
Mrs. J. M. Fudd ................ .25
Frederick Shepfel .............. .25
W. W. Thompson ................ .25
Ethel M. Libby ................. .25
Carroll Farnsworth ............. .25
Mrs. Watts ..................... .25
Mary Knowles ................... .25
Beloin Haines .................. .25
Imogene M. Roseborrk ........... .25
Claud W. Proctor ............... .25
Helen L. Seal .................. .25
Mr. Henry King ................. .25
Mrs. Willie Sayers ............. .25
Emma Hanson .................... .25
Ella I. Ross ................... .25
Minnie Hill .................... .25
Estella Baxter ................. .25
Henry Perry .................... .25
Ralph H. Perry ................. .25
A. D. Atkins ................... .25
Roy Good ....................... .25
Dick Good ...................... .25
Mrs. E. Butler ................ .25
Amy Hebben ..................... .25
Hattie M. Brown ................ .25
Fannie A. Brown ............... .25
G. E. Clarke ................... .25
Joe Early ...................... .25
E. Baldwin (England) ........... .24
J. Gunn (England) .............. .24
Sister Penill (England) ........ .24
M. Radcliffe (England) ......... .24
Sister H. L. (England) ......... .24
Gracie Knight .................. .20
Ida Olson ...................... .20
Clarence Sayers ................ .15
Tilda Larson ................... .15
Carroll Hill ................... .15
Pear Early ..................... .15
L. Bailey (England) ............ .12
Mrs. J. E. Lee ................. .10
Ray Bell ....................... .10
Freddie Bell ................... .10
Paul and Gains Carey ........... .10
Mrs. J. H. Wheeler ............. .10
Ida E. Pierce .................. .10
Mrs. Christina Sherwood ....... .10
Eunice Hill .................... .10
Willie Early ................... .10
Janette Grantz ................. .05
Willie Lee ..................... .05
Bernice Bell ................... .05
Jennie Bell .................... .05
Leonard Wheeler ................ .05
Lane Wheeler ................... .05
Jetur Wheeler .................. .05
N. B. Cash ..................... 1 00
A. M. and Hattie Baxter ........ 5 00
S. F. Davis .................... 5 00
George H. Skinner ............. 10 00
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kendall .... 100 00
Total .......................... $33,708 97
A further list will follow.
Send all donations to the General Conference Treasurer, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C. TEN persons have recently been added by baptism to the church at Grant's Pass, Ore. FOUR years ago the yearly tithe in Southern California was $8,000. Now it is $16,000. The membership has increased in like proportion. SEVEN persons have recently begun the observance of the Sabbath at Oakland, Iowa. A prosperous Sabbath-school has been organized there. At the recent camp-meeting at Rockwood, Tenn., eleven persons offered themselves for baptism, and a number decided to enter the canvassing work. A CHURCH of fourteen members was organized at Lakeville, N. Y., August 20. It will be called the Avon church. Four others have since joined the church by baptism. A SERIES of meetings in San Pasqual, Cal., lasting one month, conducted by Elder F. I. Richardson, has resulted in bringing twenty-six persons to a covenant to keep all the commandments. Nineteen united by baptism with the San Pasqual church. The Work in Washington a Help to Foreign Mission Fields
By Joseph Clark
The work of the message is one. Whatever helps one place helps the whole cause. The truth will be brought to the attention of governments. It will be reasonable to expect that they will inquire of their official representatives at Washington about our work in the United States. If a report can be sent out that we are doing the work that Jesus left for us to do in preaching, teaching, and healing, may not such a report do more good than much labor without it? The Salvation Army were even sent for to enter Russia because some high officials investigated their work in London, and gave a favorable report to the czar. May we all, at home and abroad, unite in doing quickly what the Lord has told us to do at Washington, and then get ready for the week of prayer; then have a part in obeying the22last words of Jesus. Certainly there should be delay no longer, and, thank the Lord, he has helped us to double our former offering. — Nine persons were killed and twenty-three injured in a collision on the Grand Trunk Railway near Richmond, Quebec, August 31. — Six persons were burned to death and three others fatally injured by an explosion of natural gas at an oil well in Calhoun County, W. Va., September 2. — The business portion of Gem, Idaho, was destroyed by fire, September 2, about one hundred houses being burned. The financial loss is $150,000. — Inhabitants of the island of Crete are reported to be dissatisfied with the rule of Prince George of Greece, and are threatening a revolution. — A report from London says that the problem of aerial navigation has “probably” been solved by Sir Hiram Maxim, who has invented a flying-machine which resembles a gigantic swallow. — The British expedition to Tibet appears to have fully attained its object. A dispatch from Simla says: “It is understood that Tibet has yielded terms that are considered satisfactory, and that the British mission will leave Lhasa earlier than was expected.” — The strike of dock laborers in France has assumed serious proportions. A Marseilles dispatch dated September 1 says: “The strike of the dock laborers and marine workers threatens to spread to all the seaports of France, and even to the river ports, and to paralyze commerce. The outlook is the gravest of its kind with which the authorities have ever been confronted.” — Cardinal Satolli has had a recent interview with Pope Pius, at which the cardinal, says a dispatch dated at Rome, presented to the pope “the devotion of the bishops and the American clergy, and an expression of the American Catholics for the pope, and told of the feeling of deference shown by the non-Catholics. His holiness said he was greatly moved by such manifestations, and highly appreciated such a general disposition toward loyalty on the part of the people of the United States.” — Attempts to enforce the Sunday law which has survived on the statute-books of Pennsylvania from the times when church and state were united led to serious results in Allegheny city, Tuesday, August 30. Three detectives in the employ of the Sunday-enforcement association, which is strong in Pennsylvania, were attacked in the streets by a mob of citizens who had become enraged at their zeal in making arrests wherever they found people engaged in secular pursuits, and in defending themselves one of them drew a revolver and fired several shots into the crowd, with the result that one man was fatally injured, and died on his way to the hospital. It is probable that the Sunday-law cause has received a back-set in that city. — The great battle which has been so long anticipated between the Russian and Japanese armies in Manchuria began Tuesday, August 30, in the vicinity of Liao Yang, on the banks of the Taitse River, and raged with great fury for several days, continuing practically day and night. The combined armies numbered about 500,000 men, and the battle will rank as one of the greatest in military warfare. A conspicuous part in the great contest was played by the artillery, with which both armies were well supplied. The first reports of the battle were favorable to the Russians, but later reports announced that the Russian commander had been obliged to abandon Liao Yang and retreat across the river, to meet a flanking movement by the Japanese General Kuroki. Reports of the losses on either side have not yet been obtained. Emmanuel Missionary College
By H. A. Washburn
THE attention of those interested is called to the fact that the fall term at Emmanuel Missionary College opens October 5. The fall announcement is printed, and will be sent to all who apply. We would be glad to see a large number of students in attendance from the first, as the calls for workers are already more numerous than we can fill. We hope that the cry of lost and perishing millions will awaken in the hearts of our young men and women a determination to fit themselves speedily for the Master's service. There is great need of workers who have more than an elementary education. The work at Emmanuel Missionary College is adapted for mature minds, ready for advanced work, and can not meet the needs of those who should be in the intermediate schools. We would be pleased to hear from all those who are planning to attend the college the coming year. H. A. WASHBURN, President. The Missionary Acre Fund
By Alonzo T. Jones
By the regular monthly reading in the churches for the month of April last, the call was made for all to take part in contributing to the Missionary Acre Fund by setting apart a portion of ground or orchard or vineyard, the whole proceeds from which should be devoted to that fund. As it is now in the midst of harvest time, we call the attention of all to this matter. The proceeds of the Missionary Acre Fund have been devoted especially to the paying off of the debts of the old Battle Creek College property. About sixteen thousand dollars of this debt is due to the Review and Herald Association in Washington. About twice this amount is due to individuals of our own people, who loaned their money to the college when it was in need. That which is due to the Review and Herald is now greatly needed in establishing the work in Washington. Many of the individuals to whom money is due from the college debt now desire to have their money, that they may help establish the work in Washington. Others desire to have their money because they personally need it very much. The Training School Association was organized as an intermediary corporation, solely for the purpose of raising the money and paying off these debts on the college property, and of transferring the property to the designated corporation for the designated purpose. This association has no enterprise of its own; it has rightly no will of its own; it is confined to the one matter of raising the money and paying off these debts and transferring the property. The Acre Fund was assigned to this association as its principal resource—and indeed its only regular source—of income for the purpose for which the association exists. We want to pay all. But we simply can not possibly pay any, without money; and the Acre Fund is practically our only source of means. Donations to the Acre Fund can not really interfere with donations to any other enterprise; because practically the Acre Fund is23the proceeds of a certain portion of ground or orchard or vineyard that is set apart for that purpose; and after the portion of ground or orchard or vineyard is so set apart, the amount which shall be given is decided solely by what that portion produces, whether it be little or much; and even only a little from each one of our people, devoted for this fund, will be all-sufficient to effect in a short time the purpose which the Training School Association was organized to accomplish. Indeed, in the matter of the sixteen thousand dollars due the Review and Herald, and much that is due to individuals, it is the truth that every dollar paid to the Training School Association pays double; each dollar counts the same as two dollars; for it pays those debts, and at the same time helps the work in Washington. And we can fully assure all people that the officers of the Training School Board could take no more pleasure in anything than in putting into the hands of our brethren in Washington that sixteen thousand dollars, and in paying to the individuals what is due to them so that they can put the money into the hands of the brethren in Washington. Therefore, the officers of the Training School Board earnestly request that all our people will remember the Acre Fund, throughout the harvest time of the abundant crops that the Lord has so graciously given this year. Please send in promptly the proceeds of the portion of field, orchard, vineyard, or garden that you have or will set apart, that it may be passed on to the cause and the persons that so much need it. We believe that it is safe to say that if the debt of the college property were all to be paid now, the greater part of all the money would go directly into the hands of the brethren of Washington to aid in establishing the work there. All money to the Acre Fund and all other money to help pay the debts on the college property should be sent to the Treasurer of the Training School Association, 267 West Main St., Battle Creek, Mich. President of Training School Board. Notices and Appointments
By Editor
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
New York, Lacona (State) ..... Sept. 8-18 West Virginia, Clarksburg ..... Sept. 8-18 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Florida, Plant City ............ Oct. 13-23 East Michigan, Flint .......... Sept. 15-25 Iowa, Burt (local) ........ Sept. 13-18 Iowa, Independence (local)..... Sept. 20-25 Iowa, Albia (local).......... Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 Kansas, Manhattan (local)..... Oct. 5-12 British Columbia, Vancouver .... Sept. 15-25 Western Oregon, Ashland ........ Sept. 8-18 UPPER COLUMBIA CONFERENCE
Southern Idaho ................. Sept. 12-18 Western Washington, Sedro Woolley (local) .................... Sept. 9-18 Washington, North Yakima......... October The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report. Oakwood Industrial School Donation Request
A CALL comes from Brother E. B. Melendy, business manager of the Oakwood Industrial School, Huntsville, Ala., for a donation to the school of a set of double harness suitable for use on a spring wagon; also for a safe suitable for keeping the business books of the institution. He requests correspondence with any would-be donors before sending. Mail Address for Oakwood School
By F. R. Rogers
ALL mail for the Colored Training School at Huntsville, Ala., should be addressed to the OAKWOOD SCHOOL, to save conflict in mail-matter with the Huntsville Training School for whites, which is not one of our institutions. F. R. ROGERS. THERE is an opportunity for a good stenographer to obtain a position with Dr. David Paulson. The opportunities for usefulness and improvement are excellent, but the salary is not large. This is an opportunity for a missionary stenographer. Address Dr. David Paulson, Hinsdale, Ill. Union College Students, Notice!
By Milton E. Kern
We would be very much pleased to have students bring standard varieties of ornamental shrubs or trees to set out on the campus. Keep the roots moist. Addresses Wanted
By Alta Brooks
THE church at Ft. Collins, Colo., would like the address of the following persons: J. D. Pegg, Pierson Fulmer, and Ellen Erickson.