p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 30. (7/27/1911)

Northern Illinois Conference

By Wm. Covert; H. E. Moon

THE eighth annual session of the Northern Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is hereby appointed to be held in the city park, Aurora, Ill., Aug. 22-24, 1911, and longer if more time is needed. This conference is for the purpose of electing the officers of the conference, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The opening meeting of the session is called for Tuesday, August 22, at 7:30 P. M.

Delegates should be elected by all churches in the conference, one for the church organization, and one for each fifteen members belonging to the church. All certified conference laborers are delegates at large.

Churches should elect delegates immediately, and send certificates of election to the conference secretary.

Wm. Covert, President; H. E. Moon, Secretary.

Obituaries

PHELPS.—F. W. Phelps was born May 11, 1856, and died in Guthrie, Okla., July 3, 1911. He was married to Anna Butterfield, Nov. 15, 1893. Two children were born to them, one of whom, with her mother, is left to mourn. Brother Phelps accepted the truth about twenty years ago, and was a faithful and loyal member up to the time of his death. We believe he died in faith, and that he will have part in the resurrection of the saints. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. David Voth.

WILLS.—Richard Wills was born in Cornwall, England, July 5, 1815, and died at the home of his daughter near Flint, Mich., June 24, 1911, lacking a trifle over four years of being one hundred years old. He moved to Ontario in 1842, and in 1846 was married to Sarah Ann Johnston, to which union twelve children were born, ten of whom survive their father. Brother Wills accepted the third angel's message about twenty years ago, and became a member of the Fentonville Seventh-day Adventist church. The children, with other relatives and a large circle of friends, are left to mourn. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. E. K. Slade.

CLARK.—Died at Trego, Wis., May 30, 1911, Mrs. Laura Clark, aged 59 years, 5 months, and 8 days. She had been blind about nine years. She became convinced through personal experience that the seventh day is the Sabbath, and began to observe it. About seven years ago a family of Seventh-day Adventists heard of her, visited and read to her, and she and her only daughter accepted present truth, and lived faithful until their death, the daughter dying about two years ago. Although blind, she endeavored always to be helpful, and she was beloved by all who knew her. One sister, two brothers, and many friends are left to mourn. She was brought to Menominee, and laid in the Sherman Cemetery beside her two daughters to await the glad reunion. Mrs. Minnie Ranney.

Encouraging Camp-Meeting Reports

THE camp-meeting season this year has opened most encouragingly. From every quarter come reports of excellent meetings. Unity of spirit and an earnest reaching out after a greater fulness of God’s blessing have characterized the gatherings. This sounds a hopeful note of courage. In proportion as the people of God sense their own personal need of a living Christ and their own weakness and foolishness without the power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit, power will come into their lives, and will accompany the presentation of the message.

A BUSINESS man of Detroit, Mich., was so impressed by the article entitled “A Remarkable Document,” on page 104 of the last issue of the Protestant Magazine that he ordered one hundred copies to distribute among his friends. Have you read this number and this article?

Correction of Attribution for Turkey Article

By Editor

By mistake, the article on the work in Turkey, appearing in the REVIEW of June 15, page 15, was credited to Z. G. Baharian instead of to E. Frauchiger.

Brother T. J. Gibson Returns to Mission

Brother T. J. Gibson, of South Africa, who lost his arm by the accidental discharge of his gun, has so far recovered that he has returned to the mission from the hospital.

Young People Provide Organ for Philippine Mission

THE young people in the Western Washington Conference have generously provided the means to procure an organ for the mission work in the Philippine Islands. This will be greatly appreciated by the workers in that needy field.

Farman to Pastor Kingston Church

H. J. FARMAN and wife, of Vermont, sailed from Boston, July 5, for Kingston, Jamaica. Brother Farman goes to that Kingston to answer the call for a pastor for the church at that place, which has a large membership, with a fruitful field in the city for further aggressive work for souls.

Harvest Ingathering Campaign Begins October 30

By Editor

The fall camp-meetings are soon to begin. We hope that in each one the great importance of all taking a lively interest in the Harvest Ingathering of mission funds the coming autumn will not be overlooked. The first official minutes received from the European Council show that an earnest discussion took place there concerning this important feature of our mission work. All our brethren and sisters, we feel sure, will be anxious to cooperate with union and conference officials in conducting a strong campaign, beginning October 30.

Edgar Brooks Goes to Peru

We learn that Brother Edgar Brooks, of England, sailed for South America in June. He will engage as a private tutor in a Peruvian family; but he goes with the missionary motive, and his work in Peru will, we are sure, be a blessing to that needy mission field.

Liberty Magazine Gains Subscribers

Brother Clarence Lawry, secretary of the New Jersey Tract Society, has just forwarded an order for one hundred and sixty-one copies of Liberty to be sent to State officers, judges, and other leading persons in that State. This excellent magazine is now being sent to more subscribers than ever before in its history.

Forty Believers Added in Fiji

At the close of the yearly council recently held in Fiji, eighteen persons were baptized, the service being witnessed by a large congregation. This makes forty believers added during the past year. Two students go out into new provinces partially to answer the many calls that come in for help.

Reply to the Appeal for India Canvassers

IN response to the appeal made in the REVIEW of June 22 for canvassers for India and for funds to pay their fares, we have received the following reply from one sister:—

Contributions for Canvassers

I have read the article, “Repeated Calls for Canvassers,” in the Review, and want to respond to the extent of my ability. I can give thirty dollars, and possibly forty. May the Lord raise up others, that the work may go on.

Are there not others who would like to add to this sister’s contribution?

Go or Give for India

EMPHASIS was given the prayer that God would raise up laborers for the harvest, by a draft being enclosed for seventy dollars toward sending some one to India. This came in a recent letter to the Mission Board from a northern State. If we really want this prayer Christ put into our lips answered, we must either “go” or “give.” It is thus that the Lord must answer; and to the extent we are willing to “go” or “give,” to that extent we are used by him in answering this petition.

European Council at Friedensau

THE report from Elder W. A. Spicer of the General Conference European Council held at Friedensau, Germany, will be read with interest. Such a large gathering as this a decade ago in our work, would have been an impossibility, and at that time its realization seemed many years away. This serves to illustrate how God is carrying this message to all kindreds of the earth. Let us take courage from the experiences of the past for all the future conflicts. A great work remains to be done, but there are great resources, the resources of heaven itself, pledged to its accomplishment.

Elder Hennig Resigns and Moves West

RESIGNING as president of the District Conference, Elder W. A. Hennig, with his wife, left Washington last week. After visiting several camp-meetings in the Central West, they will proceed to California, where both will connect with the Pacific Union College at St. Helena. Elder Hennig will have charge of the Bible department of the school, while Mrs. Hennig will teach hygiene and hydrotherapy. Brother Hennig has labored earnestly in connection with the District work and with the Foreign Mission Seminary during the last two years. He and his wife have made many warm friends, whose earnest prayers will follow them as they take up their work in the Pacific Union College.

Increase the Review’s Circulation

By Editor

We are gratified at the response which is being made in different parts of the field for a wider circulation of this paper. The Review has stood as the herald of every department of the work, and has sought to advance the interests of all our other denominational periodicals; but little direct effort has been made for some years in the way of increasing its circulation. It should be in the home of every Seventh-day Adventist, and we earnestly hope that its readers will cooperate in speedily securing this desirable result. In enlisting the interest of our people in the general church paper, we are enlisting their interest in the various departments of work represented in this journal, besides placing in their hands the general medium of communication of the world-wide field. Shall we not see to it that every Seventh-day Adventist family subscribes regularly to the Review and Herald?