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Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 27.

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Earlier text: Report of Pennsylvania Camp-meeting

Working With the Tracts

SISTER MAGGIE WARNOCK gives the following report of work done in tract distribution at Blue Springs, Neb.:—
“It is now two months since we began working with the tracts in this place. Our workers have been few, as our company is small, and home cares have stood in the way of some engaging in the work.
“One sister has taken her neighborhood in one corner of the town to work. She is a faithful sister, and is having a good experience. Another sister sends tracts through the mail to several families each week; and one brother, who has recently accepted the truth, has taken some tracts and expects to use them with the men who we believe are interested, and whom I have failed to reach because their wives refuse to take the tracts.
“I have over one hundred families on my list who are reading the tracts. Some have read as far as package No. 5. Some of the best families in the various churches are interested in the truth contained in the tracts, and as I call, sometimes remark: ‘They are worthy of a careful reading;’ ‘They are very good reading indeed;’ ‘They are fine;’ ‘They agree with the Bible;’ ‘They make things very plain,’ etc.
“One lady who had not read her tracts at all the first week, seemed especially friendly when I called the next week. One of her neighbors, who had been reading the tracts had told her that they were the best reading she had ever had, and this caused her to take them up and read them until she became much interested. She was especially interested in the subject of Christ’s coming again to this earth, and the final home prepared for the people of God. I read some scriptures to her describing the new earth state, and she seemed pleased to have the loan of the little pamphlet, ‘The Saints’ Inheritance.’
“Another lady upon whom I called, brought out ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ and ‘Coming King,’ and told me about her friendship with the young girl who sold her the latter book, and expressed herself warmly in favor of the tracts. She also related a remarkable experience of healing she had had, and told how she feared that the enemy was trying to deceive her. I was impressed to loan her ‘Power for Witnessing.’ She was much pleased with the entire book, and begged the privilege of loaning it to a neighbor who was hungering for just the truths it contained. So we see how there are some who help in the work, as well as some who hinder.
“One minister and his wife appear interested. Another is openly opposing our work, and many of the members of his church manifest the same spirit. One old gentleman, however, appears to be honestly seeking for light. I read to him, as his eyesight is very poor, and his wife reads only German.
“One family who were brought up without school privileges, are glad to have me stop and read to them from the tracts. Another poor woman desires to learn to read, so that she may study the Bible more and teach her children. Her husband reads the tracts with her, and they believe them so far as they have read.
“I am glad the Master gives me the privilege of helping these helpless ones for him. It seems so good to be sent with words of hope and cheer to those who shrink from the ‘smartness’ of those about them. Surely the Lord is working upon hearts in this place. I earnestly pray that many more laborers may be raised up to help finish the work speedily.”

Christ’s Joy in Service

CHRIST beheld the suffering of this fallen race; he left his home in glory to rescue all who will accept eternal life; he “became one among us,” suffered every privation and abuse, and gave his life, that we might become joint heirs with him of eternal life. It was Christ’s joy to work for souls. He testified to this in the words, “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
God’s people have a “work to finish,” a most important and solemn work. Will it also be our meat, our joy, to do the will of him that sends us? Have we accepted the wealth of his grace which abounds unto eternal life? If so, we are joint heirs and co-laborers with Jesus Christ. We read in “Christ’s Object Lessons” that “all upon whom God’s blessing has been bestowed are to respond by actual service; every gift is to be employed for the advancement of his kingdom and the glory of his name.” He will give us of his love for the perishing as we speak words of hope and cheer to the hopeless, discouraged, and sin-sick souls. The message of hope and mercy is to be carried to the ends of the world. As we witness the destruction of life and property on every hand, shall we withdraw ourselves from the work until “times are better” because we feel that we can not endure these hardships with those to whom we are sent? or shall we go forward, pointing all in distress to sure salvation in Jesus Christ? This is the only escape from earth’s sorrows and perplexities. Let us learn to walk out in faith. It will take much prayer and faith to “finish the work” that has not been done in times of comparative quiet and peace. Trying times are here; perplexities are increasing. Let us yoke up with our Master, and bravely move onward to victory.
C. W. HARDESTY.

Annual Report of the Pacific Press Publishing Company

THE following paragraphs, gleaned from the annual report of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, as given by C. H. Jones, general manager, will be of interest to our readers:—
The past year has been an eventful one. Two of our largest institutions have been burned to the ground, and the elements seem to have conspired to destroy life and property. But in the providence of God the Pacific Press has been spared, and as stockholders and laborers in this institution, we feel that we have great reason to express our gratitude to God for his protecting care, and for the degree of prosperity that has attended the work.
We have had during the year a good run of a most excellent class of work, at good prices, and you will be glad to learn that financially the past year has been one of the most prosperous in the history of the institution.
The net gain at the home office, including donations, amounts to over $22,000, against $12,000 last year.
Our donations to our educational institutions on “Christ’s Object Lessons” and other missionary enterprises the past year amount to $8,591, against $3,469.84 in 1902.
We are glad that we were able to do so much, and wish it might have been more. But it must be remembered that while we were manufacturing “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and donating the labor on the same, we were obliged to refuse good-paying commercial work; for our facilities were not adequate to handle both. Had it not been for this, we might have made even a better showing financially.
The volume of business at the home office for the past fiscal year has been as follows:—
Manufacturing department . . . $140,622.40 Book department . . . . . . . . 68,748.71 Check book department . . . . 111,103.68 Signs of the Times . . . . . . 22,993.34 Our Little Friend . . . . . . 7,540.42 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $351,008.55
This shows a gain in the volume of business this year over last of $32,783.94.
About two hundred persons are employed in the various departments of the office, and the pay-roll amounts to nearly $1,700 a week, or over $7,000 a month.
As a publishing house, our only hope lies in the circulation of our literature. During the past year we have made special efforts to keep in touch with our tract societies and field workers. The manager of our book and periodical department has spent considerable time in the field, with excellent results, and he expects to continue that work during the coming year.
We have also secured the services of Brother A. D. Gilbert, who has had such remarkable success in handling our paper, The Present Truth, in England. He will spend six or eight months in this country, visiting our larger cities and conferences, giving practical instruction, and trying to awaken an interest in the circulation of our periodicals, especially The Signs of the Times. He has already visited the northern conferences, and is now in Minnesota.
Other persons connected with the office have been in the field more or less, and we hope the time will soon come when all can have the privilege of doing some field work.
We are glad to say that already there seems to be a revival of interest in the canvassing work, and the outlook for the coming year is very encouraging.
The degree of prosperity that has attended the work during the past year is due to the blessing of God, and to the faithful labors of our employees, both in the office and in the field. Some, we know, have received very tempting offers, in a financial way, to leave the office and take up other lines of work; but they have declined these offers, and decided to remain with the office at quite a sacrifice financially. Due credit should be given to such faithful and loyal persons.
In closing this report, we desire again to express our gratitude to God for his protecting care and for blessings so bountifully bestowed, also for the union and harmony that have prevailed throughout the various departments of the institution, and for the hearty support and co-operation of the directors and employees. This we have fully appreciated, and we trust that the incoming board of directors may have the same hearty support and co-operation.

Book Department

BOOKS CIRCULATED

Following is a record of the sales of our principal books:—
Christ’s Object Lessons . . . . . . . . . 52,728 Volumes Testimonies . . . . . . . . . . . 5,627 Great Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,124 Best Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,908 Bible Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,290 Coming King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,018 Gospel Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,767 House We Live In . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806 Things Foretold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,802 Heralds of the Morning . . . . . . . . . 2,378 Patriarchs and Prophets . . . . . . . . 1,575 Marvel of Nations . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504 Desire of Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,165 Home Hand-Book . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 Friend in the Kitchen . . . . . . . . . . 574 Ladies’ Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 Yosemite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Daniel and the Revelation . . . . . . . 370 Prophecies of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . 331 Land and Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Story of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . 199 Man the Masterpiece . . . . . . . . . . 142

VALUE OF SALES

Subscription books . . . . . . . . . $52,024.02 Trade books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,368.31 Tracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,385.69 Total retail value . . . . . . . . . $77,778.02 Christ’s Object Lessons . . . . . . . 65,910.00 Grand Total . . . . . . . . . . . . $143,688.02

NEW BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS PUBLISHED

Following are titles of books and pamphlets issued during the year:—
Boy Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75 Things Foretold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Outlines Modern Christianity . . . . . . 75 Place of Bible in Education, cloth . . . 75Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25 Testimony, Vol. 7, cloth 75c., leather 1.25 Chinese Stenography . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Two Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sunday in History . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Is Sunday the True Sabbath of God? . . . 15 Place of the Bible in Education . . . . . 25

TRACTS

Special attention has been given to the revision, publication, and circulation of our tracts.
Seventeen numbers have been discontinued, and a large number are now being examined. The sales have averaged 58,388 pages daily for the year. This is nearly double the report of any previous year. Following are titles of the new numbers:—
Catholic Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . 1c We Would See Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . 1c Signs of Our Times . . . . . . . . . . . . 1c Remedy for Present Day “Isms” . . . . . . 1c Perpetuity of the Law . . . . . . . . . . . 1c The World’s Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1c The Spirits in Prison . . . . . . . . . . 5c The True Seventh Day . . . . . . . . . . 1½c

Something Done

“I love to feel when sinks the sun, That there is something I have done For which the world is better; However small the deed may be, If something good has gone from me, The world remains my debtor.”

Silent Messengers

Our Books, Tracts, and Periodicals

E. R. PALMER 3 3 3 Editor

Business Notices

Brief business notices will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
For Sale.—Farm of 70 acres; 50 under cultivation; well watered. Good house and barn. Apple orchard and other fruits. 1½ mi. from R. R. station; ½ mi. from S. D. A. church and church school. Price, $1,000, easy terms. Address W. J. Stone, Franklin, Ky.
Wanted.—Girl to do general housework. Adventist preferred. Address Mrs. Lillie Partridge, Tiosa, Ind.
Wanted.—Three experienced food salesmen to travel on the road for the Dixie Pure Food Company. Good salary to competent persons. Address the Dixie Pure Food Co., Edgefield Junction, Tenn.
Wanted.—By a Sabbath-keeping sister, who has two children aged 10 and 12 years, a position as housekeeper in an Adventist family where there are no children, and where the privileges of a good church school are available. References given. Address M. J. White, Talbot, Ind.
For Sale.—One 2-story house in Hildebran, N. C.; 1 a. ground; a spring and good well; barn and other outhouses. Price, $600. Also a 4-room 1-story building; well and lot. Price, $200. These buildings are within a few hundred yards of schoolhouse, church, and sanitarium. Address D. T. Shireman, Hildebran, N. C.
For Sale.—Farm of 120 a., or exchange for property near a S. D. A. college. $25 per a.; $1,000 cash; balance long time at 5 per cent. 7 mi. from Sedalia, Mo. Apple, peach, pear, plum, cherry trees, also grapes, blackberries, in abundance. About 70 a. in corn, oats, and wheat, and a small meadow; balance in pasture; plenty of wood. Two mi. from R. R. station. Send stamp for particulars to C. W. M. Reed, Beaman, Pettis Co., Mo.

The Kansas Camp-Meeting

THE annual camp-meeting and conference in Kansas will be held August 27 to September 7. Owing to the great floods in our State, we are late in locating the camp-ground, but we hope to be able to announce the location in the next issue of the REVIEW.
The annual meetings of the conference, the Sabbath-school department, the missionary department, and the first regular meeting of the Kansas Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be held in connection with this camp-meeting. All business meetings for the election of officers for these departments, as well as for the regular conference officers, will be held during the first four days of the camp-meeting, leaving the remainder of the time to be devoted exclusively to the spiritual interests of the meeting.
C. McREYNOLDS, President Kan. Conf.

Missouri Conference

The Missouri Conference will hold its annual session in connection with the camp-meeting, at Windsor, Mo., August 13-23.
R. C. PORTER.

Notice!

We are anxious to hear at once from all the non-resident members of the Ann Arbor, Mich., Seventh-day Adventist church. Address Mrs. Emma Huber, church clerk, 1333 Voland St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
L. G. MOORE, Pastor.

R. W. PARMELE

Notice!

ON behalf of the workers and Sabbath-keepers of Ft. Scott, Kan., I wish to extend an invitation to all our brethren living accessible, to spend Sabbath and Sunday, July 11 and 12, with us. This will be the closing of our first series of tent meetings in the city, and we wish your help and influence. We regret the circumstances, but all that we can promise in the way of accommodations is unfurnished rooms, so come prepared.

R. W. PARMELE

Oklahoma Conference

THE Oklahoma Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at El Reno. Let all the churches elect their delegates,—one for each church regardless of numbers, and one for every fifteen members. Let us all be present at the first session, which will be held Friday, August 14. We shall endeavor to finish the conference business during the first few meetings, so we can spend the rest of the time in seeking the Lord and working for souls.
G. F. Haffner, Conf. Pres.

General Meetings in California

Young People's Convention, Healdsburg, ............ July 9-14 Young People's Convention, Hanford................. July 16-21 Camp-meeting, Eureka........ July 23 to Aug. 3 Sebastopol........................ Aug. 8, 9 St. Helena........................ Aug. 15, 16 Santa Cruz........................ Aug. 22, 23 Armona........................ Aug. 29, 30 Fresno........................ Sept. 5, 6 Stockton....................... Sept. 12, 13 Woodland....................... Sept. 19, 20
Elder A. T. Jones and other laborers will attend these meetings, and a special effort should be made by all our people to be present, and avail themselves of the means of grace there afforded.                                                                                 M. H. BROWN.

A Teacher Wanted

I WISH to correspond with any person who wishes to teach a school in a county in this State where there is not a Seventh-day Adventist. The people were anxious for me to build a schoolhouse, and by their kind assistance we have put up a school building, 20 x 40 ft., divided into two rooms, 12 ft. story. In connection, and under the same roof, is a four-room house with a chamber room 12 x 28. The house is finished—painted and plastered. When seated we expect to have it free from debt. This would be a good place for a man and his wife to come and run the school. Their choice would be a male teacher. We should be glad to see the school opened by the last of July. Let any interested write me at once at Hildebran, N. C. Give reference. D. T. SHIREMAN.

Oklahoma Camp-Meeting

THE Oklahoma camp-meeting will be held in El Reno this year, August 13-23. This is about the most central place in the conference, and is easily reached on the railroad from any point in both Indian and Oklahoma Territories. It is quite a large place, in which scarcely any work has ever been done. Brethren, let us come with the missionary spirit, to do what we can for that city. The people there need to hear the message, and let us give it to them. We will try to have a tent company there a few weeks before the camp-meeting begins, and if necessary will leave one after the camp-meeting. We should not only seek a blessing for ourselves at these gatherings, but be a blessing to some one else; for this is the best way to receive a blessing.
We hope to get the usual cheap rates from the railroad association, and when we hear from them, we will give notice concerning the same. We also expect good help from the General Conference, besides our own ministers. But let us all pray that the Lord will meet with us, and give us his Spirit and blessing, which we so much need.
G. F. HAFFNER.

Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mrs. M. A. Neale, Johnson, Ore., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, etc.
J. J. Jobe, Hartshorne, I. T., periodicals and a good supply of tracts.
Bert Cool, Murdocksville, Pa., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Life Boat.
W. B. Randolph, Lockesburg, Ark., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, Good Health, etc.
Miss Birdie Cruzan, 1213 West 9th St., Joplin, Mo., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, and tracts.
Cora M. Allen, 12 Dewey St., Chattanooga, Tenn., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Life Boat, Little Friend.
S. R. Numbers, 61 Greymont St., Cleveland, Ohio, Signs, Sentinel, Instructor, Good Health, tracts, etc.
Mrs. W. A. Clough, 4512 Homer Boulevard, Denver, Colo., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, etc.
S. A. Williams, 15600 Loomis Ave., Harvey, Ill., REVIEW, Signs, Good Health, Life Boat, Instructor, Little Friend, and tracts.

Camp-Meetings for 1903

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE

Maine...............................Sept. 3-13
New England.........................Aug. 27 to Sept. 7
New York............................Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Vermont.............................Aug. 20-30
Virginia, Wellington................July 31 to Aug. 10

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE

Quebec................................August
Newfoundland..........................September

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE

Wisconsin, Oshkosh....................Aug. 12-24
North Michigan, Mancelona............Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Indiana, Peru........................July 30 to Aug. 9
Ohio, Mt. Vernon......................Aug. 6-17
Southern Illinois, Newton.............Aug. 27 to Sept. 6

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Manitoba..............................July 5-13

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE

Nebraska, Grand Island................Sept. 3-13
Kansas...............................Aug. 27 to Sept. 7
Missouri, Windsor.....................Aug. 13-23

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE

Tennessee River Conference, Hazel, Ky........................July 16-27
Louisiana, Hope Villa.................July 23 to Aug. 3

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE

Arkansas, Van Buren...................July 17-27
Texas, Waco..........................July 29 to Aug. 9
Oklahoma, El Reno.....................Aug. 13-23

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

Central Montana, Bozeman. Aug. 25 to Sept. 2
Eastern Montana, Billings............July 17-25
California, Eureka....................July 23 to Aug. 3

EUROPEAN GENERAL CONFERENCE

German Switzerland....................July 15-19
French Switzerland....................July 21-26
North England.........................July 31 to Aug. 9
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.

An Aged Pioneer Fallen

Brother Abram La Rue, who ended this life April 26, 1903, at the advanced age of 80 years, 5 months, and 1 day, was by report well known to the great majority of our people, although few of those who thus knew him ever had the privilege of seeing his face. He was born in the State of New Jersey in the year 1822, and hence he was ten or eleven years old at the time of the notable meteoric shower of 1833, which he witnessed, and to which he so often referred as a sure token of the near coming of the Lord. So far as earthly relations are concerned, he was practically alone in the world, since he had but one cousin, and the whereabouts of even that one was unknown to him. He was the only surviving member of a rather large family.
The early part of his manhood was spent in California and Idaho, where, after having amassed a considerable fortune through gold mining, he lost by fire and bad investment all he had gained. Baffled and sadly disappointed in his financial affairs, he next set his face toward the Hawaiian Islands, urged on by an old friend who had preceded him to those parts. He went, and found, not his friend, nor even earthly goods, but as he so often put it, “the pearl of great price.”
Some time after, he returned to California, where he heard and accepted the advent message, by which means he found fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters, of whom he often spoke in terms of praise and endearment. To him California was quite the best country in this world, and not less so because he had brethren and sisters there who held a warm place in his otherwise lonely heart. It was here also that he offered himself as a worker for the message; and being given his choice of all the islands of the broad Pacific, he almost transcended his commission by choosing the island of Hongkong, which, though an island, and withal in the Pacific, belongs more properly to the mainland of Asia. Hongkong is indeed a small island, being only about eight miles long by three miles wide; but, containing as it does the great commercial and shipping center, Victoria (almost universally called Hongkong), which in point of tonnage is said to rank second in the world, it becomes by that fact one of the most important ports in the Orient, a fact which Brother La Rue never failed to recognize.
Here for the last thirteen or fourteen years he has acted as a colporteur, doing ship-missionary work mainly in the Hongkong harbor, although during that time he has made extended trips to the Holy Land, Sarawak (North Borneo), Singapore, Shanghai, and Japan, selling books and other literature on board vessels, and in the harbors where his vessel chanced to stop. He was a man of great energy and ceaseless activity, to which was added a rare gift in meeting people and making sales. Hundreds of our books have thus been scattered in these parts.
His work was for the Europeans. He made no attempt to acquire the Chinese language. However, in the translation and distribution of two of our tracts, he put forth at least one earnest effort to bring the truth before this people. Nor was this effort barren of results.
Although a man of solitary habits and experience, yet he was sociable and affectionate; and despite his extreme age he possessed a warm, genial, enthusiastic spirit. To those of us who were so much younger, he was not merely a tender father, but a sympathetic, congenial brother and fellow worker. He was a man of deep and pronounced convictions. His love for, and his loyalty to, the cause he represented were unquestioned. His belief in the soon coming of Christ was strong, and to the last he cherished the hope that he might live until Jesus comes.
His last sickness, an attack of pneumonia with malaria and typhoid complications, was neither severe nor prolonged. His vital forces seemed to be spent, and gradually he sank lower and lower until he breathed his last almost as in natural slumber. He was laid to rest in the beautiful Hongkong cemetery, where he awaits the call of the great Life-giver who brought life and immortality to light.
Thus another pioneer has fallen; he rests from his labors. He began the work which now falls upon us who remain. Let us then in the name of our God and by his grace renew our consecration to this glorious message, and so speedily bring that glad day when our Lord shall come and take to himself his own.
J. N. Anderson.

Obituaries

WILLIAMS.—Died at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 12, 1903, Rebecca Williams, aged 73 years. She accepted the Sabbath fifteen years ago, in Hutchinson, Kan., and died with the blessed hope of soon seeing Jesus face to face. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. W. W. Hills. K. J.
CALDON.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Campton Village, N. H., May 22, 1903, Mrs. H. J. Caldon, aged 83 years and 8 months. She was a consistent Christian, and had kept the Sabbath for over thirty years. She was loved by all who knew her. Three children are left to mourn the loss of a loving mother. The funeral text was of her own choosing, Rev. 20:6. IDA M. CALDON.
GARRISON.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at her home in Kalamazoo, Mich., June 8, 1903, Sister Sarah O. Garrison, aged 43 years, 7 months, 27 days. Her illness was of short duration, but her suffering was severe. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, one daughter, an aged father, and other relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, at Alamo Center, Mich. R. C. HORTON.
HUGHES.—Died at Pierson, Fla., May 13, 1903, Brother I. C. Hughes, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. He was conscious until the last, and expressed entire confidence in the truths of the third angel’s message. He was a member of the Barberville church. There being no minister of our faith available at the time of his death, the funeral sermon was not preached until June 28, when the writer spoke words of comfort to a well-filled house of sympathizing relatives and friends. Text, Mark 11:22. N. W. ALLEE.
CONE.—Died at Houston, Tex., June 21, 1903, Sister M. A. Cone, of heart-disease. Sister Cone had seen fifty years of the changing experiences of this life, several of which had been spent in searching for that which can satisfy the soul longing for a sure foundation. When the truths of the message came to her, she readily grasped them, and greatly rejoiced therein, doing what she could to spread a knowledge of them. She experienced victory in death, leaving every evidence that she sleeps in Jesus. L. W. FELTER.
EDGCOMB.—Fell asleep in Jesus at her home in Kalamazoo, Mich., June 16, 1903, Sister Francis Edgcomb, aged 44 years, 9 months, and 20 days. She was a faithful and devout Christian, and much loved and respected by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, three children, one sister, one brother, and other relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. R. C. HORTON.
SATTERLEE.—Died at her home in Verona Mills, N. Y., June 8, 1903, in the seventy-third year of her age, Electa Satterlee. Two years ago last March, Sister Satterlee sustained a severe fracture of the hip, since which time she has been a great sufferer. About three weeks before her death she was taken sick with la grippe, which was followed with pneumonia, from which, on account of a naturally weak heart, she was unable to rally. She sank peacefully to sleep, fully resigned to rest until the coming of the Life-giver. In 1858 she united with the Seventh-day Baptist church at Southampton, Ill., remaining a member of that denomination until about 1877, when she accepted the third angel’s message, uniting with the church at Rome, N. Y., and remaining a faithful member of this church until the time of her death. She leaves a husband and one sister, besides other relatives and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were held from the Seventh-day Baptist church at that place, conducted by L. D. Burdick, the pastor. MRS. J. M. KOLB.

Bolton

Bolton, the Metropolis of New England, is commodiously situated on the Sea Shoar. ’Tis a large and well ordered Town, and hath been chosen as the meeting place of the National Educational Association in July. The Excursion Rate over the Michigan Central, The Niagara Falls Route, is open to the Publick. Delightful Side Trips. Send 2c for Bolton Booklet.
For Information apply to
L. D. HEUSNER, General Western Passenger Agent, 119 Adams Street, CHICAGO.

Addresses

THE address of Elder E. L. Sanford is Box 118, Lexington, Ky.
The address of Elder E. W. Webster is now 133 W. Tenth St., Eugene, Ore.
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