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Review and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 30.

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Earlier text: The Answer to a Chinese Convert’s Faith

Statement of the Ten-Cent-a-Week Offering to Missions for Quarter Ending June 30, 1911

CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Atlantic Union Conference
Central New England $413.47 $453.02 .... $31.80 $1128.80 $229.56 $2256.65
Greater New York 919.25 543.83 .... 444.60 909.08 623.87 3440.63
Maine 70.55 43.42 .... 5.50 133.41 55.67 308.55
New York 151.36 133.41 .... 83.89 396.85 212.73 978.24
Northern New England 85.96 138.61 .... 3.61 351.49 87.45 667.12
Southern New England 434.07 217.45 .... 18.35 363.68 308.42 1341.97
Western New York 223.84 149.71 .... 91.00 636.68 112.97 1214.20
Totals 2298.50 1679.45 .... 678.75 3919.99 1630.67 10207.36
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Canadian Union Conference
Maritime 169.11 71.22 .... .... 157.98 112.06 510.37
Ontario 237.70 150.50 .... 158.50 322.00 342.12 1210.82
Quebec 15.12 27.83 .... .... 117.65 86.00 245.60
Newfoundland 123.01 .... .... .... .... 121.34 244.35
Totals 544.94 249.55 .... 158.50 597.63 660.52 2211.14
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Central Union Conference
Colorado 200.41 309.76 .... 451.20 912.89 189.44 2063.70
East Kansas 992.27 114.20 20.60 752.94 1070.61 242.44 3193.06
Nebraska 516.78 80.61 .... 2716.99 1527.00 424.01 5265.39
North Missouri 67.04 33.76 .... 159.80 302.02 50.95 613.57
South Missouri 262.40 86.74 22.25 364.33 579.66 156.53 1471.91
Western Colorado 213.53 92.14 .... 121.51 220.29 174.17 821.64
West Kansas 748.70 171.81 .... 1577.28 1005.01 328.82 3831.62
Wyoming 179.06 33.00 .... 389.95 362.77 92.60 1057.38
St. Louis Mission 3.00 .... .... 115.43 116.05 25.68 260.16
Totals 3183.19 922.02 42.85 6649.43 6096.30 1684.64 18578.43
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Columbia Union Conference
Chesapeake 200.26 119.58 .... 44.10 338.07 180.34 882.35
District of Columbia 1078.90 10.90 101.58 279.44 832.61 398.37 2701.80
Eastern Pennsylvania 440.71 168.98 2.00 325.69 952.02 1492.71 3382.11
New Jersey 491.99 84.04 1.00 198.84 720.80 506.47 2003.14
Ohio 1240.35 348.11 .... 498.61 1245.03 528.49 3860.59
Virginia 165.27 34.81 .... 91.78 157.46 119.61 568.93
West Pennsylvania 261.22 120.54 .... 23.31 367.13 170.42 942.62
West Virginia 54.05 12.65 .... 128.21 92.24 108.90 396.05
Totals 3932.75 899.61 104.58 1589.98 4705.36 3505.31 14737.59
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Lake Union Conference
East Michigan 171.06 61.42 .... 804.17 860.76 112.57 2009.98
Indiana 632.14 462.69 20.24 562.51 1058.47 436.92 3172.97
Northern Illinois 232.77 46.80 .... 351.86 883.03 389.73 1904.19
North Michigan 166.65 51.47 3.00 77.11 269.62 123.05 690.90
Southern Illinois .... .... .... 412.60 560.47 64.08 1037.15
West Michigan 570.65 416.71 5.80 283.16 1421.87 171.92 2870.11
Wisconsin 1466.49 258.79 .... 317.98 1330.90 742.81 4116.97
Totals 3239.76 1297.88 29.04 2809.39 6385.12 2041.08 15802.27
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Northern Union Conference
Iowa 375.49 441.26 .... 612.41 1745.54 338.22 3512.92
Minnesota 486.71 .... .... 444.03 1735.37 723.03 3389.14
North Dakota 600.00 6.50 .... 136.65 600.00 223.81 1566.96
South Dakota 386.83 28.09 2.00 881.41 1305.37 804.45 3408.15
Totals 1849.03 475.85 2.00 2074.50 5386.28 2089.51 11877.17
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
North Pacific Union Conference
Montana 368.89 297.39 .... 98.90 502.93 403.33 1671.44
Southern Idaho 560.71 90.70 .... 236.87 533.59 229.80 1651.67
Southern Oregon 449.17 62.86 .... 216.49 539.90 164.70 1433.12
Upper Columbia 2184.80 265.84 22.42 369.94 2146.69 845.43 5835.12
Western Oregon 1587.44 102.50 2.70 948.12 1423.77 412.03 4476.56
Western Washington 1087.44 345.85 .... 402.12 1199.35 477.09 3511.85
Alaska .... .... .... .... 11.00 .... 11.00
Eastern Oregon 14.75 2.50 .... 7.85 38.80 46.75 110.65
Totals 6253.20 1167.64 25.12 2280.29 6396.03 2579.13 18701.41
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Pacific Union Conference
Arizona 282.49 .... .... 62.02 296.77 93.75 735.03
California 3574.86 .... 29.00 2084.61 3821.30 1512.91 11022.68
Southern California 3125.61 .... .... 1637.13 2257.90 1012.45 8033.09
Utah 96.47 .... .... 22.60 151.56 44.73 315.36
North Cal.-Nevada .... .... .... 97.17 255.94 .... 353.11
Central California .... .... .... 191.85 185.34 .... 377.19
Totals 7079.43 .... 29.00 4095.38 6968.81 2663.84 20836.46
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Southeastern Union Conference
Cumberland $450.20 $59.52 .... $249.24 $392.70 $132.21 $1283.87
Florida 728.95 44.90 $.60 298.36 667.43 102.42 1842.66
Georgia 137.38 19.96 .... 150.04 422.72 195.91 926.01
North Carolina 132.32 24.61 .... 164.21 189.76 50.76 561.66
South Carolina 76.14 23.00 .... 64.88 154.64 88.80 407.46
Bahama Mission .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
Asheville 76.05 16.81 .... .... 32.72 1.15 126.73
Totals 1601.04 188.80 .60 926.73 1859.97 571.25 5148.39
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Southern Union Conference
Alabama 56.60 120.61 .... 19.51 145.15 21.05 362.92
Kentucky 37.45 .... 1.50 56.79 124.31 161.11 381.16
Louisiana 234.72 69.87 .... .... 148.03 117.79 570.41
Mississippi 105.99 40.09 .... 21.00 101.99 48.75 317.82
Tennessee River 196.99 48.54 17.13 62.28 216.19 83.31 624.44
Southern Union Mission.. 163.11 10.88 .... 14.31 162.31 78.86 429.47
Totals 794.86 289.99 18.63 173.89 897.98 510.87 2686.22
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas 110.11 73.34 .... 73.89 263.76 59.87 580.97
New Mexico 173.24 20.18 .... 66.30 125.62 134.06 519.40
North Texas 476.25 .... .... 269.38 1074.70 252.15 2072.48
Oklahoma 708.17 24.95 2.90 1452.87 1888.28 258.38 4335.55
South Texas 44.27 17.26 1.00 44.51 298.25 47.05 452.34
West Texas 100.03 .... 5.00 17.99 55.13 101.78 279.93
Southwestern Union Miss. 21.76 2.26 .... 11.45 103.29 2.04 140.80
Totals 1633.83 137.99 8.90 1936.39 3809.03 855.33 8381.47
CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta 488.65 6.50 .... 71.10 675.45 63.45 1305.15
British Columbia 233.33 .... .... 246.36 291.98 298.05 1069.72
Manitoba 97.70 .... .... 70.00 246.52 47.10 461.32
Saskatchewan 193.95 .... .... 101.90 320.98 93.45 710.28
Totals 1013.63 6.50 .... 489.36 1534.93 502.05 3546.47

Summary

CONFERENCES ANNUAL OFFERING FIRST-DAY OFFERING MIDSUMMER OFFERING MISSIONS SABBATH-SCHOOL OFFERING HARVEST INGATHERING TOTALS
Atlantic Union $2298.50 $1679.45 .... $678.75 $3919.99 $1630.67 $10207.36
Canadian Union 544.94 249.55 .... 158.50 597.63 660.52 2211.14
Central Union 3183.19 922.02 $42.85 6649.43 6096.30 1684.64 18578.43
Columbia Union 3932.75 899.61 104.58 1589.98 4705.36 3505.31 14737.59
Lake Union 3239.76 1297.88 29.04 2809.39 6385.12 2041.08 15802.27
Northern Union 1849.03 475.85 2.00 2074.50 5386.28 2089.51 11877.17
North Pacific Union 6253.20 1167.64 25.12 2280.29 6396.03 2579.13 18701.41
Pacific Union 7079.43 .... 29.00 4095.38 6968.81 2663.84 20836.46
Southeastern Union 1601.04 188.80 .60 926.73 1859.97 571.25 5148.39
Southern Union 794.86 289.99 18.63 173.89 897.98 510.87 2686.22
Southwestern Union 1633.83 137.99 8.90 1936.39 3809.03 855.33 8381.47
Western Canadian Union 1013.63 6.50 .... 489.36 1534.93 502.05 3546.47
Miscellaneous 131.15 6.00 5.00 2857.44 13.00 61.33 3073.92
Totals $33555.31 $7321.28 $265.72 $26720.03 $48570.43 $19355.53 $135788.30

The Foreign Mission Seminary

By T. E. Bowen

MORE and more does it become apparent that those who go out to difficult foreign fields must be thoroughly equipped with a special, all-round training, that they may know what to do when emergencies arise. They should be acquainted with the special diseases of their field, as well as other features which will confront them as soon as they begin work among the people. In short, they need to specialize on missions before going to a foreign land. Enough will still remain to be learned on the field to try the mettle of the very best.
The most discouraging feature of mission conquest is the return of our workers. To minimize the causes for their return is the work of the Foreign Mission Seminary. To ground every candidate thoroughly in the principles of the message, to train him to care for his own health, to fortify him against the many snares of the enemy, resulting in discouragement and failure, is to minimize the causes leading up to the abandonment of the field, after great expense in time and means has been incurred in his being sent out. This is the work the Seminary aims to do, and so far the Lord has greatly blessed its efforts. With the experience gained during the past two or three years, and the strong work planned for the coming year, we feel sure that the young men and women with eyes on a foreign field, who are accepted as students, can count themselves fortunate in being associated with the Foreign Mission Seminary in its work the coming winter.
We hope a strong force of young people who have already had some experience in the work of God may be connected with the Seminary this year, to prepare for answering the urgent calls coming in from many lands for faithful servants to be sent out to help the overburdened missionaries who are already in the fields, and are struggling almost to the breaking point.
T. E. BOWEN.

Adventist Work in Mayaguez

IN a letter recently received from Porto Rico, Elder William Steele says:—
We are holding meetings in Mayaguez. Brother Montanez does most of the preaching. Many are interested. Our meeting-place is too small, and we hope soon to find a larger one. I believe we shall soon have a company here, as those who attend the meeting seem to be earnest. About twenty-five have already manifested a desire to join us, but we shall study with them for several months before baptizing them. The tithes and offerings for five months are more than for last year.

The Chang-sha Meeting

By I. H. Evans

I. H. EVANS
In company with Dr. A. C. Selmon I left Shanghai, April 10, for Chang-sha, in the province of Hunan. It took seven days and eight nights of constant traveling to reach this famous city, which boasts of having furnished at one time eight of the ten viceroys in China. A general meeting for the workers and Sabbath-keepers in the province had been in session four days on our arrival, under the charge of Brother and Sister R. F. Cottrell, who are the only Seventh-day Adventists in Chang-sha.
We were greatly surprised to find about eighty commandment-keepers assembled, and in regular attendance at the meeting. These believers had come from their homes, some of which were more than 250 miles distant, for the purpose of attending the meetings. They had come, too, at a time of year when they were greatly needed at home, as it was spring, and work was pressing. They provided themselves with food, paid their own transportation both ways, and lost their time. One man who attended the meetings, but who has not fully identified himself with us, said he had never known the Chinese to do such a thing before; and surely there must be a power in our work when it will induce men to make such sacrifices.
A full camp-meeting program was carried out, and the meetings were well attended. The people studied their Bibles with a strong desire to understand the Word of God. On the Sabbath, fully one hundred Sabbath-keepers were assembled, and the Lord spoke to all our hearts.
Requests had come in that two new chapels might be opened where no meetings had yet been held. Brother Cottrell put two hundred squares, or blocks, on the blackboard, each representing fifty cents. Then he laid before the people the necessity of raising the funds to open these chapels. They began to take squares, and with the help of the foreigners, all but twenty were taken. Later in the meeting the brethren invited Elder Cottrell to come in and see the blackboard, and lo! every square was taken. In their morning meeting they had taken these remaining squares when no foreigner was near. To some one hundred dollars may seem a small sum to raise. But one poor woman took three squares, which meant a whole month's work at hard labor. Others gave more than a month's earnings; and truly when they have nothing left for themselves, there is sacrifice in the gift. When these Chinese find Christ, he is precious to them. They esteem it a pleasure to give for his sake. They love him, and there is nothing they will not cheerfully give up for his name. During the meeting, twenty-three precious souls were baptized.
After Dr. Selmon, Brother C. Sparks, and myself left, another company of about ten persons came about three hundred miles to attend the meeting. Of them Brother Cottrell writes: “The company from Yungchau arrived about a week after you left. They all stayed about ten days; then, as we felt it was not best to keep them any longer, we told them that three or four might possibly stay and enter the school as regular students. Four of the brightest stayed, and the others, as they had no money, started for home on foot. They will have over a thousand li [about 350 miles] to walk. We had special Bible studies for them while they stayed. When they left, they said they were very anxious to earn money, and come back to the general meeting, and possibly some of them would attend the fall term of school. Our people felt there was excellent material in some of these men.”
A great work is begun in Hunan; but there is only one family of Seventh-day Adventists for the twenty-two million people. In the province, seven companies of Sabbath-keepers have sprung up, and each one is pleading for help. Our hearts were full of sadness as we left the meeting. It was to continue another two weeks, with not a foreigner to help Brother Cottrell, and his wife, too, was ill. Truly here is a whitened harvest-field; here people are accepting the truth, when there is no one to follow up the work. I asked Brother Cottrell how he explained the fact that so many are accepting the truth when there is no teacher, and he said, “It can only be the fruits of the Spirit of God.” I sometimes wonder if the Holy Spirit is to be compelled to work without the cooperation of the remnant church? And what will be the effect upon a people who, blessed with goods and prospered beyond their expectations, are still so slow in following up the leadings of the Spirit of God? These are times when the church, aroused from its Laodicean state, may expect mighty things to be wrought by the Spirit of God. Shall 2 Kings 7:2 be our experience at this time?
Another appointment, in Honan, compelled us to leave before the Chang-sha meeting closed. In six days we made the journey from Chang-sha, Hunan, to Cheo Chia K’o, Honan. Brother Sparks stopped at Hankow, while at the same place Dr. A. G. Larson, Sister Selmon and children, Sister Osborne, who had just arrived from Australia, and three of the Chinese workers in Hankow joined our party for Cheo Chia K’o.
Shanghai.

Canton, China

By E. H. Wilbur

E. H. WILBUR
AFTER about one year's absence in America, my family and I arrived in Canton, China, March 22, 1911. On our return trip we visited the Stuart (Iowa) Academy, Union College, and the Loma Linda (Cal.) Sanitarium. We were very kindly received at all these institutions, and rejoiced to see so many young people preparing for the Lord's work. Union College already has several efficient workers in China, and still others will no doubt come to this field. It was China's great need that led us to take up work here about nine years ago, and it was China's need that caused us to return.
Although the past year has been a trying one for our European workers in this field, we can see that the message has advanced. One year ago we had but one church organization in this province (Kwang-tung), but now we have four. The new church recently organized by Elder George Harlow at Pakhoi has forty-one members. Two months ago Elders W. C. Hankins and N. P. Keh organized a new church at Swatow (in this province), with twenty-one charter members. Our church at Fatshan has twelve members, the Canton church about forty. This makes a total Chinese membership in this province of about one hundred fourteen.
On May 14 the writer had the privilege of baptizing two dear souls at Canton. One, who recently accepted the truth, is an intelligent man about thirty years of age, a school-teacher, and a graduate of the Chinese Normal School. The other is the wife of our evangelist, Brother Cheung. She practically accepted the truth about four years ago, but at that time had very little knowledge of the gospel. Neither of these persons was ever a member of any other church.
In a recent visit to Kongmoon, where we formerly labored, I was much impressed by the change in public sentiment there in favor of the gospel. One of our young women from that place, who has been a student in the girls' school at Canton the past two years, remained in Kongmoon this year, and at her own expense opened an Adventist mission school for girls. In talking to us she said she felt that the coming of the Lord is so near that she could no longer delay to do something for her own people. She has a fine class of young women, most of whom have never before been permitted either to attend school or to hear the gospel. She has no school on Sabbath, but conducts a Sabbath service in the schoolroom; often the neighbors crowd around just outside the school door to listen to the message.

The Medical Council

By W. A. Ruble

Realizing that a long time had elapsed since a medical council had been held for our physicians, it was decided some months ago to hold such a council at Loma Linda, Cal., in connection with the meeting of the American Medical Association, June 26-30, 1911.
Steps were taken to bring about such a council, and our physicians throughout the United States were invited to attend. It was thought that many would be coming West at the time of the American Medical Association meeting, and would be glad to avail themselves of the opportunity of attending the council at Loma Linda. We were happily surprised at the result of this effort. Forty-five physicians and others were present, as follows: Dr. and Mrs. David Paulson and Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Sadler, of Chicago, Ill.; Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Rand, Sanitarium, Cal.; Dr. B. E. Fullmer, Los Angeles, Cal.; Dr. T. S. Whitelock, San Diego, Cal.; Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Bliss, Melrose, Mass.; Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Dunn, Wichita, Kan.; Dr. C. E. Eddy, Fresno, Cal.; Dr. B. N. MacLafferty, Aberdeen, Wash.; Dr. J. M. Bond, Phoenix, Ariz.; Dr. W. H. Warner, College Place, Wash.; Dr. L. H. Wolfsen, Merced, Cal.; Dr. C. A. Burrows, Loma Linda, Cal.; Dr. H. J. Hoare, Los Angeles, Cal.; Dr. F. F. Abbott, National City, Cal.; Dr. L. Wood-Starr, Fernando, Cal.; Dr. A. W. Simpson, Long Beach, Cal.; Dr. A. J. Sanderson, Berkeley, Cal.; Dr. A. N. Loper, Fresno, Cal.; Dr. F. M. Rossiter, North Yakima, Wash.; and Drs. E. H. Risley, A. Shryock, W. A. Ruble, J. A. Vernier, D. T. Harbaugh, and G. K. Abbott, of Loma Linda, Cal. Others present were Elders E. E. Andross, W. C. White, R. S. Owen, C. Santee, J. A. Burden, H. G. Thurston, and J. M. Price, and V. H. Lucas and W. D. Salisbury.
Sunday morning at 6:30 the first regular session was held. The subject under discussion was “The Elimination of Poisonous Drugs From Our Sanitariums.” This was led by a paper from Dr. D. H. Kress. At 9:30 the council met again, continuing the discussion of the morning on drug medication, Drs. Paulson and Abbott leading. This was followed by an interesting and extended discussion on the subject of surgery in our sanitariums. The session lasted until 1:30 P. M.
Consideration of the College of Medical Evangelists, its history, development, and plans, occupied the afternoon meeting from three thirty until six o’clock. This was followed by a continuation of the same subject in a round-table discussion and question box from 7:30 to 9:30 P. M.
Monday morning at 6:30 Dr. Paulson led in the discussion of the city problem, and our relation as medical missionaries to it. Dr. Sadler, Dr. Bliss, and others followed in the discussion. This was a very important and instructive meeting. At nine o’clock Dr. Fullmer read a paper on “A New Worker in the Old Field,” being a new version of the combination of the medical and evangelistic work. It naturally merged into the question of the morning pertaining to city work, so that the entire forenoon, until one o’clock, was occupied in the consideration of this important subject.
Two strictly medical sessions had been planned for the council, but so much interest centered about the matters pertaining to our medical missionary and sanitarium work that time could be found for but one such meeting. This was held from three to six o’clock on Monday afternoon. Several interesting clinical subjects were brought before the council, two being cases of pellagra and one of dermatitis exfoliativa. This was followed by a further discussion of some medical cases, especially that of exophthalmic goiter. Other interesting questions which have perplexed our physicians were brought before the council, and the experience of the physicians present contributed to the interest of the occasion. At seven thirty in the evening the last meeting of the session was held, and lasted until ten o’clock. “Sectarian Medicine and Exclusive Specialties” was the subject presented by Dr.W. A. Ruble. A lively discussion, in which certain specialties, such as osteopathy, chiropractic, and others, were considered, as compared with our sanitarium methods.
Some profitable resolutions were formulated, which are appended. A number of papers were prepared for the occasion, but it was thought best to leave these, and give our time to the discussion of subjects which are perplexing our medical people all over the country. An excellent spirit prevailed throughout the meeting. Both sanitarium workers and physicians in private practise were associated together. The sentiment prevailed that it is time for Seventh-day Adventist physicians, in whatever capacity they may be laboring, to work together for the advancement of the third angel’s message.
A great deal of interest was manifested by the visiting physicians in the medical school which has been established here. This is shown by the fact that they voted to recommend that our physicians throughout the world accept the responsibility of building the new laboratory, which is now in the process of construction. To add emphasis to this resolution those in attendance subscribed nearly twenty-five hundred dollars to the enterprise.
Already our laboratory is well under way. It will accommodate five large laboratory rooms 24 x 54 feet, for physiology, pathology and bacteriology, histology and embryology, chemistry, and a clinical laboratory for the work of the institution. In addition to this there will be several offices, a hydrotherapy room for teaching this subject, and storerooms. The cost of the laboratory will be in the neighborhood of twenty thousand dollars, including equipment. Already sixty-five hundred dollars has been donated to the enterprise.

Resolutions Adopted at the Council

“Believing that the work of our medical institutions is fundamentally evangelistic and educational,—
“We recommend, That our medical superintendents and board of management, so shape their work and organization that they can more effectually carry on the medical-evangelistic work in the field as well as in the institution.
“In view of the large responsibility of the surgeon’s work,—
“We advise, That great care be exercised in encouraging young physicians to enter upon a surgical career, and that we discountenance their doing so without suitable previous experience in general medical practise, and proper experience and adequate training in practical surgery.
“In view of the large responsibility and educational mission of our sanitariums,—
“We urge, That we recognize the importance of a larger development and application of those natural remedial agencies commonly known as physiologic therapeutics; and, further,—
“We recommend, That a positive and definite movement be made away from the employment of the more commonly used strong and poisonous drugs; and that special efforts be put forth looking toward the successful and practical demonstration of the superiority of these physiological therapeutic agencies as compared with drug therapy.
“Resolved, That it is our sincere judgment and conviction, from the teachings of the Bible for the time in which we are now living, from the positive evidence that has accumulated in recent years from scientific sources, and from our personal experience in dealing with our patients, that a decisive and aggressive effort should be made to lead the people with whom we come in contact to take their stand firmly and decidedly in favor of total abstinence from the use of flesh food as an article of diet.
“Resolved, That we invite our Seventh-day Adventist physicians throughout the world to take the burden of raising the fifteen thousand dollars required to complete the building and equipping of the medical laboratory.
“Whereas, There are a few of our most worthy students who are in need of financial assistance to meet their school expenses; therefore,—
“Resolved, That our physicians everywhere be invited to lead out in the raising of a fund to be used for that purpose, the same to be held in trust by, and administered at the discretion of, the executive committee of the College of Medical Evangelists.”
W. A. RUBLE, M. D., President.

S. W. CARR

By S. W. CARR

British New Guinea—No. 1

S. W. CARR

We feel it a privilege to be called to work in New Guinea for a people who have never heard the gospel, and who have never had any missionaries among them. Mission work is being carried forward on a large part of the coast of British New Guinea by various missionary societies; but inland little has been attempted, and nothing at all where we are working.
Our station is twenty-seven miles inland from Port Moresby, the capital, and we are laboring from there further inland to the main range of mountains, about six days’ journey distant. When we enter a village, the women and children often run into the forest; but as we make ourselves known, they gradually reappear, and a spoonful of salt given to each quickly makes many friends. Our mission is explained, and all are told to come to guriguri (church or worship). What a motley crowd gathers around, all talking at once, wondering what is going to happen. It has to be explained to them what guriguri is, as they do not worship anything, but live in constant dread of sorcerers and evil spirits.
When service begins, all talking stops, so that all may listen. The missionary has come to tell them of the true God, who dwells above; he who made the rivers and trees and great mountains, and who loves them, and desires them to listen to his word. The missionary speaks of Jesus, who left his Father to come to this evil world, that we, through believing on him, might receive his gift of eternal life. The story of his life and cruel death is related amid deep silence; when the facts of the resurrection are told, exclamations of surprise and incredulity are heard. His ascension is described, and the promises of his soon coming are read. It is explained that when he comes, he will take all who love and obey him to a place where there are no tears, no sickness, no death, and where there is abundance of food, clothing, and houses for all. The people are exhorted to listen to the words of the missionary, so that they may know more of the good news he has for them.
All are then shown how to kneel, so we can speak to the Great Spirit above. A few words of prayer for God’s blessing upon the poor, ignorant hearers closes the meeting. Then what a commotion there is! Every one tries to speak at once; some shout, and others laugh. It all seems very strange to them.
This is a description of the usual first effort in a village. The later meetings are followed with less noise and confusion, and gradually the people begin to understand the meaning of it all.
We work with apparently little results, but we are under a Master to whom all power in heaven and earth is given, and we leave ourselves and our work with him.
S. W. CARR.
Port Moresby.

I Need Thee

By Samuel J. Wright

SAMUEL J. WRIGHT
I need thee, Father. Each hour I want my hand in thine; The way is dark; I can not see The path that thou hast left for me, Except thou leadest me.
I need thee, Father. Each day I need thy hand to guide Me through the furnace and the fire; For there I can not walk alone. Thou art my heart’s desire.
I need thee, Father. Through the night I e’en would dream of thee; For then the hours would span, it seems, The loneliness of sleep, if thou wouldst be The golden heart of all my dreams.
I need thee, Saviour. Every year I need thy love and care. Each tender thought of thine will be The rarest gem that I could ask; for thou Art God’s best gift to me.
I need thee, Father. All through life I need thy tender care. Be thou my comforter and friend; For thou art all the meaning of the day, And wilt be till the end.
Bozeman, Mont.

A Visit to Hamburg and England

By George B. Thompson

AFTER the meeting in Denmark I spent Sabbath and Sunday, June 10 and 11, in the large and beautiful city of Hamburg, speaking to both churches on the Sabbath and to a large congregation of young people on Sunday. I was glad of the opportunity to visit this important center of our work, where the message is printed and sent out in so many languages. It was encouraging to see so many together on the Sabbath, most of whom are engaged in the work in some way.
From here I returned to England to spend the remaining time in the British Union Conference till the council. I met Elder W. J. Fitzgerald, the union conference president, in the ancient Roman city of Bath, and spoke to the church there in the evening. From this place we went to Cardiff, where, in company with Elder H. E. Armstrong, the president of the Welsh Conference, I met with the churches at Cardiff, Newport, Abergavenny, and Porth. I also spoke twice in a portable tabernacle in Yaysybrook. Here Elder C. E. Penrose is beginning a series of meetings in a new field, and hopes to establish a church. A good spirit pervades the work in this conference, and believers are being raised up.
The Sabbath following my visit to Abergavenny about fourteen, I understand, were baptized. Like other places in Great Britain, Wales has a large population, and needs more workers to respond to the many openings for labor which are found everywhere. I greatly enjoyed meeting with the workers and believers in this conference.
From here, after spending a few days during the coronation in the great city of London, where there are more than seven million souls to be reached with the message, and also visiting for a short time at Watford, I went to the North England Conference. With Elder S. G. Haughey, the conference president, I met with the churches in the cities of Birmingham, Worcester, Manchester, and Leeds. There are about seven hundred Sabbath-keepers in this conference, and aggressive work is being carried forward in as many of the large cities as possible with the laborers and resources at hand. Consecrated labor put forth in this field gathers out souls. The church at Worcester, of more than forty members, has been raised up during the past year.
My visit to this union conference served to impress me more deeply than ever before with the opportunities and needs of this great empire so far as our own message and work is concerned. Here is a great nation of more than forty million people speaking the English tongue. No strange language is to be acquired to labor here. No nation has done so much, in the opinion of the writer, to extend the gospel in all parts of the world as has Great Britain, and the Word of God is perhaps more highly regarded by this people than by any other nation. Her flag stands for freedom; here you can preach and worship God as your conscience may dictate.
A great population is here crowded together in a comparatively small territory. Aside from London, we find cities like Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow, each with its suburbs containing more than a million inhabitants. Birmingham, Leeds, and Sheffield each has half a million or more population. There are many other large cities. Lancashire alone has a population of between four and five millions, or as many as one of our most populous States. The North England Conference has a population of at least eighteen million, a number equal to the population of the largest union conference in the United States. To carry the message to these millions, there are about seven hundred Sabbath-keepers.
The question which came to me over and over was, Are we doing all we should for the work here? The Sabbath-keepers of this union are as faithful as any in the world. They are a sacrificing people. The circulation of Present Truth and the health journal is marvelous, when we consider the number of Sabbath-keepers. But should they be left to work this tremendous population alone?
I do not think they should. I am unable to believe that the instruction which has come to us from the Spirit of God to work the great cities of the United States applies to these cities alone. The principle applies equally to Great Britain. In the United States we have some sixty thousand Sabbath-keepers for ninety million population. In the British Union Conference we have about half this population, and only about two thousand Sabbath-keepers, and these do not have the proportionate wealth that is found in the United States. I feel sure that conferences with a large tithe and a comparatively small population should share their workers and funds with this field as well as other fields.
I was glad of the privilege of witnessing one of the processions at the coronation of the king. It was perhaps one of the greatest national displays seen since the confusion of tongues at the tower of Babel. The nation did her best; it was indeed an imposing spectacle, worthy of a great empire. But as I viewed the scene, I thought of all the kings and queens and great men of the past. Where are they?—They, with their unnumbered millions of subjects, are slumbering in the dust. Their pomp and pageantry have passed away forever. It was a sobering thought that all the millions there gathered in the metropolis of the world,—the largest number of human beings perhaps ever gathered in one city since time began,—would, if time continued, pass off the earth forever in a few brief years. I felt glad that the great coronation scenes, and the resplendent glory which will attend the crowning of the King of kings, are drawing near, when the kingdom which can not be moved will be given to the saints of the Most High for an everlasting possession, and death and mourning will pass away forever. May this glad day hasten on!
G. B. THOMPSON.
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