p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 15. (4/15/1902)

Earlier text: The Proving of Israel, Ancient and Modern

Death of Brother A. M. Fischer

By A. J. Haysmer

FELL asleep in Jesus at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, March 23, 1902, Brother Albert M. Fischer, aged 30 years, 7 months, and 29 days. He leaves a wife, daughter, father, and a mother, six brothers, and four sisters to mourn their loss. Brother Fischer was married in 1894 to Miss Ida Jones, daughter of Elder J. F. Jones. Brother and Sister Fischer had been laboring in Maryland for some time previous to their appointment at the last General Conference to go to Porto Rico to open up the work. The time that they have been here—nearly ten months—has been spent in studying the language, circulating our literature, and visiting with the people. February 16, while trying to deliver some books in the country, he was taken with fever, which proved to be typhoid. Four or five severe hemorrhages soon made his condition beyond human help. When the doctor was called, it was too late, although he did all in his power. The Great Physician gave evidence that his will was being done. The writer arrived from St. Thomas, Friday, March 7, and assisted in caring for him the last sixteen days. During this time he often spoke of the work which he had only begun; and knowing his condition, he plead with me not to neglect the work in this island, for he believed that there were many precious souls here. He seemed to worry, thinking that perhaps his death would keep others from coming to this field; but I assured him that this would affect only the faint hearted; that the true soldiers would be stimulated to press to the front, and fill the ranks, perhaps two or grew three taking the place of one. He was also afraid that many would think that he and his wife had made a mistake in coming to this field. He wished me to express his strong belief that the Lord had sent them, and to state that they did not regret the move they had taken, but that, if the Lord should call him aside to rest awhile, he was glad to be found at his post of duty. Sister Fischer has been troubled with fever much of the time, but she is now somewhat better. The Lord has blessed and strengthened her much in caring for her husband. She knows that the Lord has made no mistake, although she cannot now see why this blow has come. We laid our brother away to rest March 24. The writer was assisted in the services by Pastor Caldwell, Judge Irwin, and Mr. Jarvis, part of the service being in Spanish. The doctor, the missionaries, the teachers, and many others did all they could to help under the circumstances, as the house was buried under strict quarantine for about three weeks. We have the fullest evidence that while our brother is resting, his works still live, and we believe he will be cheered in the near future by being able to meet on the other shore some for whom he has labored. Who will step in and carry on the work begun?

A. J. HAYSMER.

Another Worker Fallen

By J. E. Caldwell

MRS. JULIA FORD CALDWELL, my faithful wife, fell asleep at the Christchurch (N. Z.) Sanitarium, March 1, 1902, and was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Brother Smith conducting the services. She was born in Lewis County, N. Y., 1853. She learned the message by home reading, and was baptized at the Seattle (Wash.) camp meeting, by Elder Charles Boyd in 1887. In 1894 we were chosen to sail to the South Pacific Islands on the “Pitcairn.” October 9 we landed at Raratonga. She at once began teaching a mission school, and for seven years taught there almost continuously. We came to New Zealand in February, 1901, she being broken in health. Having been exposed to fever aboard the steamer, she contracted the disease, and never recovered. She became better at times, but suffered relapse after relapse, gradually failing. In January she was taken to the sanitarium, where she died. She was the mother of two sons, both now in the Avondale School, and we have two adopted daughters. A faithful mother and loving wife, she was unusually successful in teaching and training children. The deceased has for years enjoyed intimate personal acquaintance with the Master of life. She has been a consistent reformer ever since she accepted the message, and her surprisingly accurate intuitions and sound judgment will be sadly missed by her associates. “Yes, thank the Lord,” was the last sentence she spoke, upon hearing one mention the glorious privilege promised those who fall asleep under the message, of rising to see the Lord come and deliver his everlasting covenant to his people. J. E. CALDWELL.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

By O. W. Ruggles; R. N. R. Wheeler

“The Niagara Falls Route.”

Corrected Nov. 8, 1901.

EAST

Station	8 ¹	12 ²	6	10 ¹	14 ¹	4 ¹	36
	*Night Express	†Detroit Accom.	Mail & Express	*N.Y. & Bos. Exp.	*N.Y. & Fast Express	*N.Y., St. Sp.	*Atlantic Express
Chicago	am 8.35	—	—	—	—	—	—
Michigan City	11.25	—	8.45	pm 12.08	4.39	7.00	am 1.20
Niles	am 12.40	—	10.15	1.00	6.35	7.55	2.30
Kalamazoo	1.40	am 7.30	12.10	2.08	6.45	9.00	4.10
Battle Creek	3.00	8.10	1.00	2.42	7.17	9.37	5.00
Marshall	3.33	8.36	1.50	3.09	7.43	—	5.30
Albion	3.55	9.00	1.50	3.30	8.03	—	5.52
Jackson	4.50	10.05	2.35	4.05	8.40	10.50	6.40
Ann Arbor	6.35	11.10	3.47	4.48	9.50	11.40	7.45
Detroit	7.15	pm 12.25	5.50	6.00	10.00	am 11.50	9.15
Falls View	—	—	—	—	—	—	pm 5.09
Suspension Bridge	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.32
Niagara Falls	—	—	—	pm 12.20	am 7.00	7.50	6.30
Buffalo	—	—	—	1.00	9.00	10.00	8.40
Syracuse	—	—	—	5.15	11.55	am 12.15	10.45
Albany	—	—	—	9.05	2.80	4.50	2.50
New York	—	—	—	pm 1.80	6.00	6.45	5.00
Springfield	—	—	—	12.16	6.10	6.22	6.05
Boston	—	—	—	3.00	9.00	11.30	6.46

WEST

Station	7 ¹	17 ¹	6	3 ¹	28 ¹	13 ¹	37
	*Night Express	*N.Y. & Bos. Exp.	Mail & Express	*Fast Mail	*N.Y. & Express	*N.Y. & Kan. Accom.	*Pacific Express
Boston	—	am 2.00	—	—	—	—	pm 6.00
New York	—	4.00	—	am 8.45	—	—	am 3.15
Syracuse	—	11.30	—	2.00	—	—	10.20
Rochester	—	am 1.20	—	4.05	—	—	pm 12.10
Buffalo	—	8.20	—	8.20	—	—	3.50
Niagara Falls	—	—	—	6.02	—	—	4.32
Suspension Bridge	—	—	—	6.81	—	—	—
Falls View	pm 6.20	6.25	7.15	am 12.30	6.81	pm 3	5.07
Detroit	6.20	6.25	7.15	12.30	12.40	4.35	11.15
Ann Arbor	8.38	9.23	8.40	1.20	1.38	5.45	12.20
Jackson	11.20	10.20	11.05	2.20	2.40	7.25	1.35
Battle Creek	am 12.40	11.04	12.25	3.30	3.50	8.00	3.00
Kalamazoo	1.40	pm 12.10	12.20	3.05	4.28	10.00	3.40
Niles	4.25	1.20	8.25	5.26	6.05	—	5.08
Michigan City	4.47	2.20	4.45	6.22	7.05	—	6.06
Chicago	6.30	4.00	6.40	7.55	8.55	—	7.50

Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 8.10 p. m. Daily except Sunday.

O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.

R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

GRAND TRUNK R’Y SYSTEM.

EAST	8	4	6	2	10	76
Chicago	AM 11.05	PM 3.02	PM 8.15		AM 7.32
Valparaiso	AM 12.49	4.53	10.25	10.25	10.05
South Bend	2.08	6.18	11.52	11.25	11.35	AM 7.10
Battle Creek	4.14	8.15	AM 2.00	AM 7.00	PM 2.00	PM 5.00
Lansing	5.20	9.28	3.28	8.30	5.25
Durand	6.00	10.15	4.25	9.30	0.30
Saginaw	8.10			11.05	8.10
Bay City	8.45			11.40	8.45
Detroit	8.00		7.30	11.50	9.20
Flint		10.40	4.54	4.00	7.26
Port Huron	9.40	AM 12.32	7.00	PM 12.20	9.30
London	AM 12.32	8.27	10.10
Hamilton	2.10	5.24	PM 12.25
Suspension Bridge	3.40	7.06	1.55	8.50	AM 3.40
Buffalo		8.20	4.03	10.00	6.15
Philadelphia	PM 3.47	PM 7.20	AM 6.55	AM 8.56	PM 3.47
New York	4.33	8.23	8.23	9.33	4.33
Toronto	4.47	PM 7.40	PM 1.30	PM 7.40
Montreal		PM 7.00		PM 7.30
Boston		AM 8.15
Portland		8.00		PM 6.30

WEST	3	5	7	9	11	75
Portland	AM 8.15	PM 6.00	AM 10.30
Boston	11.30	7.39
Montreal	PM 10.40	AM 9.00			AM 2.00
Toronto	AM 7.40	PM 1.00	PM 5.25	AM 8.30
New York	PM 6.10	8.09	AM 10.00
Philadelphia	7.00	AM 8.45
Buffalo	AM 6.15	AM 8.09	9.30
Suspension Bridge	7.00	PM 2.00	11.15
Hamilton	8.45
London	11.05
Port Huron	PM 1.00	9.00	AM 3.20	AM 6.50	PM 3.50
Flint	PM 1.35	11.07	4.54	8.45	5.54
Bay City				7.20	4.00
Saginaw				8.00	4.25
Detroit	AM 11.30	10.00	8.54	4.10	4.10
Durand	PM 2.02	AM 12.05	5.22	9.30	6.30
Lansing	2.46	12.57	6.25	10.50	7.50
Battle Creek	3.50	2.17	PM 12.15	2.15	9.10	AM 7.30
South Bend	5.35	4.08	8.56	2.39	7.50	PM 5.20
Valparaiso	6.51	6.25	10.05	3.57	9.10
Chicago	8.45	7.20	11.55	6.18

Nos. 2—4—6—8—Daily Nos. 10—76—Daily ex’t Sunday Nos. 3—5—7—Daily Nos. 9—11—75—Daily ex’t Sunday

G. W. VAUX, A. G. P. & T. A., Chicago.

W. C. CUNLIFFE. Agent, Battle Creek.

The Power of Christianity

By L. A. S.

Everything good in life is positive. There is no virtue in a mere negation. There is no inspiration, no life, to be drawn from doubting or denying anything. Life is a process of building up, not of tearing down. A system of belief which merely opposes itself to something else, and gives forth only doubt, denial, and ridicule of some other system, contains no life, and hence can impart no sustaining power to anything. Such a system is atheism, which exists only by denying and opposing Christianity. Atheism points continually to that which is false and bad, or which it asserts to be such, and therefore it cannot lead its adherents to anything good. It cannot impart any real comfort or satisfaction. The literature of atheism is tiresome to the atheist himself, for no person, of whatever religious belief, can experience satisfaction in feeding on moral chaff. It is the wheat alone—that which can impart life, build up the body, and furnish material for growth—that satisfies. And this is done by Christianity. There is chaff mixed with the wheat, but this fact does not affect the character of the wheat. Christianity does not stand condemned because of the fraudulent and counterfeit things which associate themselves with it. Rather does the existence of the counterfeit testify to the worth of that which it pretends to be. There would be no counterfeit dollars if there was not a genuine dollar worth counterfeiting.

The charge is persistently made by Romanists that Protestantism is a merely negative system, which finds expression only in denying and protesting against the papal religion. If this were true, their point against Protestantism would be well taken. But the Reformation was not wrought by any system of mere disbelief. Protestantism based itself on the Word of God. The Word of God was the weapon of its warfare. It asserted the word which was from the beginning, before the system against which it protested came into existence. Protestantism was a power which moved men, only the strongest and most positive power in the world could move them. It was a force which broke the strong control of the carnal nature, transformed the heart, and wrought a revolution in the whole life of the one accepting it. It accomplished that which could be done only by the Word of God, the mightiest and most positive power in existence. It protested against Rome, because it was the truth, and the system of Rome was error. Truth protests against error because error is a denial of the truth. But the truth was before all error, and antagonizes all negative systems that have ever existed. It did not lose its positive character when it stood opposed to error which had sprung up in its path. And so Protestantism, while it was a protest against Rome, no more depended on Rome for its existence and its force than truth depends upon error. Protestantism spoke to the people the word which was from the beginning and is to endure through all time, and the mighty reformation which it wrought in a world seemingly given over to papal errors and transgressions, testified that its power was from the highest heaven. Every genuine reformation comes through the Word of God, which points men, not to existing errors primarily, but to the ever-living truth, which was before all error, and which is filled with the light and power of its eternal Author.

L. A. S.

The Call for Consecrated Workers

By Editor

OUR obituary column tells the sad story this week of the death of three laborers, two of whom were sounding the message “in the regions beyond.” only These faithful workers have been taken from us while on duty, and their vacant places emphasize the call for consecrated men and women who are prepared to press the battle both in the regions that are nigh and in those that are afar off. While our hearts go out in sympathy for those who are left to mourn, let us also take up with renewed zeal the work of those who have fallen at their posts. The period of separation from our loved ones may be shortened by a redoubled earnestness in pushing the work which will prepare the way for the coming of the Lord.

Donations for Special Needs

In some of the reports from the different fields the special needs of the work are stated, and an appeal is made for donations. Any who feel impressed to respond to these appeals may do so with the fullest confidence that the money will be conscientiously applied to the specific work for which it is donated.

Extend the Review’s Circulation

By Editor

THE subscription list of the REVIEW is steadily increasing, but we shall not be satisfied until it is found in every Sabbath-keeping family in the United States. We hope to make the paper both attractive and inspiring, and we ask for the co-operation of its friends in extending its circulation. Sample copies may be had for the asking.

Diphtheria: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

At the request of a subscriber, who stated that diphtheria was very prevalent in his neighborhood, the lesson in practical hydrotherapy this week deals with the cause, symptoms, and treatment of diphtheria. We suggest to our readers that they preserve these lessons for future use, as they give valuable instruction in a most practical way.

The Life Boat Prisoners' Number

THE Life Boat for April, the fourth annual prisoners' number, will inspire fresh hope and courage in the heart of many a man behind the bars who differs from thousands of his fellow men only in the fact that his crime has been discovered, and the court inflicted the penalty of the law. Any who may desire to assist in the circulation of this special number may forward their donations to Dr. David Paulson, 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago, Ill.

The Mission Funds

By William Ambrose Spicer

With people perishing for lack of knowledge, we must press the workers forward and send the means into the fields without delay. The advanced line is now pushed outward to the utmost extent of the mission funds. On this account, State and union treasuries will find it necessary to remit the missionary offering to the Mission Board treasury with the least possible delay. Although last year's offering showed a large increase, the additional work taken up abroad, and the help given the great and needy work of Southern and Canadian fields have taken every cent of the increase. An immediate and continuous inflow of means is needed to meet the calls that cannot be denied without turning away from some that are looking to us in confidence for help. Openings, of the most cheerful and inspiring character, demand just now a strong advance. The church, if true, will surely take hold of the systematic plan and make weekly offerings enthusiastically. The average of ten cents a week for each member might be reached at once, and it alone would keep a stream of a thousand dollars a day flowing out upon the earth's desert places. Why not have it so at once? And will not those who can do so remember the mission fields with large gifts just now? W. A. SPICER

We Shall See Him Face to Face

“‘THINE eyes shall see the King in his beauty,’ has been the sweet and endearing hope of many a wayworn traveler as the years of care and toil and travail have sped on. We shall see him face to face. The hand pierced for us will yet hold our own in its palm, and we shall hear the wonderful voice that could still Gennesaret. These are real experiences waiting before us, and we can well train our hearts to patience.”