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Business Notices

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WANTED.—Male nurse and treatment hand, Seventh-day Adventist of good Christian experience; no other need apply. Would not object to wife being nurse. Address Garden City Sanitarium, San Jose, Cal.

FOR SALE.—Two new five-room cottages with bath; quarter-acre ground with each; beautifully located; five minutes' walk from Loma Linda Sanitarium and Southern Pacific depot. Inquire of L. C. Nelson, Loma Linda, Cal.

FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely; 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 62 cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.

WANTED AT ONCE.—Man and his wife to manage sanitarium and treatment-rooms. Must be qualified for surgical nursing, to give satisfaction to city physicians. Please furnish recommendations from conference president. Address J. M. Kinzer, Box 403, Fayetteville, Ark.

FOR SALE.—“The best-lying quarter in this country.” Three miles from Chamberlain, S. D. Well fenced, 105 acres cultivated, balance good grass; all can be farmed. Granary, well, about 200 good posts. Price, $6,000. Address C. A. Dorcas, Lisbon, Iowa.

FREE.—To any address, sample of “Easy-wash,” if you will enclose three cents to pay postage. Fifteen cents buys a full package. Makes washing easy and ironing a pleasure. You will never be sorry you sent for it. Address Adolph Schmitt, Meriden, Conn.

FOR SALE.—Peanut Butter, 10 cents a pound. Write for special low prices on Cocoanut Oil, Olive Oil, Vegetable Cooking Oil, Cereal Coffee, and other health foods. All guaranteed absolutely pure. Low transportation rates. Address Vegetarian Meat Co., Washington, D. C.

WANTED.—A good, experienced stenographer and bookkeeper,—a man preferred,—who also has good ability as salesman in retail lumber yard. A permanent position for right party; must be Seventh-day Adventist in good standing. References required and given. Address E. A. Mesick, Mesick, Mich.

FOR SALE.—Farm in Manitoba. Plenty of timber and water. One mile from market. New ten-room brick house, with basement and cistern; and other buildings. Small church of Seventh-day Adventists near. Good missionary field. Price, $5,000. For particulars write to Elder E. L. Stewart, Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada.

FOR SALE.—1,000,000 Bible Mottoes. Over 100 texts and designs now in stock, consisting of post-cards, Bible cards, Bible mottoes, etc. We also have a few of the ten commandment charts left, at only 20 cents apiece. Our new Father and Mother mottoes are particularly true, being adorned with beautiful wreaths of roses. They are companion pieces, and are sent to any address for 50 cents a pair. 100, of all designs, sent for $6. The more you buy, the cheaper they are. The demand for Father and Mother mottoes is so great we have just had to order more plates. For further particulars, address Hampton Art Company, Hampton, Iowa.

Obituaries

By JENNIE GASKELL; F. H. HICKS; Wm. GUTHRIE; S. G. HUNTINGTON; EVA G. THOMAS

Gaskell.— E. B. Gaskell was born near Niagara Falls, N. Y., in 1833. He died at Hildebran, N. C., March 8, 1909, aged 73 years, 10 months, and 4 days. Born of godly parents, he early took an active interest in religious things. In 1861 he was married to Mary Lindsay, whose parents were among the pioneers of the message in New York State. From that time forward he took an active part in the different branches of the work. Being called by the General Conference to Battle Creek, Mich., nearly forty years ago, he cheerfully gave up bright worldly prospects of gain to work for the Master, from which time on he held himself subject to any call from the Lord. In 1891 his second marriage was to Jennie England. In 1893 he was called to labor in South Africa, where he did faithful missionary work for ten years, returning in 1903 to this country, broken in health, leaving behind him there his youngest child sleeping in Jesus. His Bible was his daily companion. He often said there was nothing in this life worth living for but to help get the truth before the people, in the progress of which he took the keenest interest till the day of his death. His was a beautiful death. Just before he breathed his last, he was asked if the Lord seemed near to him. Being unable to speak, he bowed his head, then looked up so earnestly, with such a bright, happy look, his face fairly shining, and reaching his arm out as if to take something. That happy look never left him till he calmly closed his eyes in death. It is the firm belief of those who saw him that the Lord gave him a view of something heavenly to cheer his dying moments. He was a devoted husband, a loving father, and a kind friend, beloved by all who knew him. A wife, two daughters, and a little adopted girl, also three sisters and one brother, are left to mourn. He was taken to Olcott, N. Y., where he was tenderly and lovingly laid to rest in the old family burying-ground, there to await the Life-giver when he comes. The funeral service at Hildebran was conducted by Brother J. W. Beach. JENNIE GASKELL.

Haskins.— Sister Matilda Haskins died at her home near Randolph, N. Y., March 11, 1909, in the eightieth year of her age. Sister Haskins has believed in the Christian faith all her life. In her later years, through the influence of her grandson, Brother A. E. Manry, she fully accepted the truths held by this people, and did all she could to pass them on to her relatives and friends. The funeral was conducted at her home by the writer. Many friends and relatives were present, and listened attentively to the truths which had become the hope of our sister who now awaits the appearing of the Life-giver. F. H. HICKS.

Rickard.— Elder Herman E. Rickard was born in the vicinity of Fitch Bay, Quebec, Nov. 5, 1849. He died at his home, at Fitch Bay, Quebec, March 18, 1909, after an illness of almost three years' duration. He leaves a wife and one daughter, besides many relatives, to mourn their loss. He had been a faithful laborer in the cause of truth in Quebec for a number of years; and many who had listened to his earnest words, and had been brought into the message by the same, weep as children for a loved parent. But they all await with hope and patience that day when we shall be called forth from the grave to meet the Life-giver. Words of comfort were spoken to a large and attentive audience from Job 23:10-13. Elder G. H. Skinner assisted in the service. Wm. GUTHRIE.

Robertson.— Died of paralysis of the brain, at Alpine, Utah, James L. Robertson, aged 73 years, 11 months, and 10 days. The deceased, with his mother and three brothers, came to Utah across the plains from Illinois in the early days of the State. The family were all Mormons, but about four years ago Brother Robertson began studying the truths of the third angel's message. Two years ago he was baptized and united with the Provo church of Seventh-day Adventists. He loved the truth dearly, and died strong in the faith he had so recently espoused. At the time of his separation from the Mormon Church, he held the rank of high priest; and his letters of “excommunication” from that organization for “unchristian conduct” are now in the hands of the writer. Services were conducted by the undersigned in the Mormon meeting-house at Alpine, the attendance being very large. S. G. HUNTINGTON.

Thomas.— Died Feb. 26, 1909, of pneumonia, at his residence in North Kingston, R. I., Robert B. Thomas, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. He accepted present truth over thirty-five years ago, and has been a faithful, consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ever since. It was his daily prayer that his children, of whom there are seven, might accept the same truths, and choose Christ for their all. He often talked seriously to them of religious things, and no day passed until he was taken sick, that he did not conduct family prayers. Those who knew him will remember him as an honest, sympathetic, generous-hearted man, of kindly nature and serious turn of mind. After life's fitful fever, he sleeps peacefully in his ancestral burial-place. Besides his children, he leaves a wife, two brothers, and one sister. Elder Smith, of the Advent Christian Church at La Fayette, R. I., preached the funeral sermon from the text chosen by the wife of the deceased, 2 Tim. 4:7, 8. “On Jordan's Stormy Banks,” his favorite hymn, was sung at the beginning of the service, and “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” at the close. EVA G. THOMAS.

Kentucky, Notice!

By C. F. Dart

Kentucky, Notice!

THERE will be a two-weeks' institute for canvassers at Milledgeville, Ky., one mile from Moreland Station, on the Q. & C. R. R., beginning April 15, 1909. Address the writer at Milledgeville, Ky. C. F. DART.

Books Needed

The Pine Grove Industrial Academy is in great need of a library for its students. Just starting in its work, and possessing limited resources, it is unable to provide this much-needed equipment without assistance. It appeals for books for its library. Denominational literature, books of history, travel, and missionary biography will be appreciated. Any having books which they would be willing to donate for this purpose should correspond with the principal, G. G. Lowry, Amory, Miss.

The Value of Sample Copies

The evolution of an order is often very interesting. For instance, some months ago the secretary of the Pacific Religious Liberty Association wrote to a man in Iowa, not of our faith, regarding the merits of Liberty magazine, sending sample copies. This man became deeply interested. One month ago he sent in a list of forty-five names and addresses of his friends, requesting us to mail them sample copies and a letter. This we did. Last week we received from him a letter enclosing money-order for six dollars, ordering one hundred fifty copies of Liberty for the first quarter. He says: “I will start with this number, and may be able to order more soon. Rush them forward.” It pays to mail sample copies. What are you doing with your back 'numbers? Order five to twenty copies of each issue of Liberty, Life and Health, the Signs of the Times, or the Watchman magazine, and mail them to your friends, sending by the same post a letter calling their attention to the exceptional merits of the magazine. Fifty cents will buy ten copies of any of these magazines.

General Conference Arrangements

PARTICULAR attention is called to the important notice on page 22 regarding arrangements for the General Conference. By careful heed to the instruction there given, much annoyance and disappointment may be saved.

Camp-Meeting in British Honduras

The Mission Board have asked Elder G. B. Thompson to attend the annual camp-meeting in British Honduras, which will be held the present month. Brother Thompson left Washington the first of last week, and will be absent until about the first of May.

Christian Liberty Number

By Editor

This issue of the Review might almost be regarded as a special Christian Liberty number. The reader will note with interest the reports of hearings on proposed religious legislation before committees of the Iowa, New Jersey, New York, and Wisconsin legislatures as found in our Christian Liberty and Field departments.

Japan and Christianity

THOSE interested in the study of Japan will find information of value in a thirty-two-page pamphlet, “Japan and Christianity,” by Yoshio Tanimoto, a student in the Foreign Mission Seminary. Price, fifteen cents, post-paid. Address the author, care Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Cook Wanted for General Conference

The General Conference Committee desires to secure the services of a first-class cook (man preferred) during the coming session of the General Conference. The work will be heavy. From three hundred to six hundred boarders are expected. All applicants should send recommendations. Address General Conference Committee, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Hereafter

HEREAFTER, please do not send less than 50 cents when subscribing for the Review, the Youth's Instructor, or Life and Health. According to a recent action of the Review and Herald Board, subscriptions for these three periodicals must be accompanied by not less than 50 cents. This, of course, does not apply to subscriptions sent in for Liberty, the Protestant Magazine, or the Sabbath School Worker, the yearly subscription prices of these being less than 50 cents.

Largest Order for Liberty

By Editor

The largest order ever placed for Liberty magazine, in clubs, has just been received from the California Tract Society. It contains a list of thirty-one persons, who subscribed for ten copies each,—a total of three hundred ten copies for one year. We confidently look for other good orders of this kind to follow the several camp-meetings announced for Northern California this season. Remember that when ten or more copies are ordered at one time for one year, to one address or to separate addresses, the charge is only fifteen cents a copy a year.

Literature Sales Increase in 1908

FROM the secretary of the publishing department, we learn that the total retail value of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and tracts sold by this denomination during 1908 was, in round numbers, $1,278,000 as against $1,028,000 sold in 1907. This gain of almost exactly twenty-five per cent is the more remarkable in view of financial conditions in this country, which have caused a marked depression in very many lines of business. The retail value of literature furnished by the Review and Herald Publishing Association showed a gain of one hundred thirty thousand dollars as compared with the returns of 1907. The facts here submitted speak in no uncertain tone of the progress made in giving the closing message to the world. It is also very encouraging to note that the reports received thus far during 1909 show a very marked increase over the records for 1908.

The General Conference Bulletin

As the time of the next General Conference draws near, it becomes more and more clear that this will be the largest and most important gathering of this kind since the organization of the denomination. Delegates will be present from nearly all the countries of the world; reports will be made by those actually engaged in the work in the great mission fields; urgent appeals will be presented by those who have been brought face to face with the millions who are waiting for the message; plans and policies of the broadest character will be considered; and measures of far-reaching influence will be adopted. In order that all our people may be brought into the closest touch possible with the spirit and work of the Conference, a daily Bulletin will be issued, which will give a comprehensive report of the proceedings. This will make it possible for the many thousands who can not attend the meeting to learn from day to day just what is being done, and to partake as far as possible of the spirit of the Conference. It is to be hoped that all our people will make a hearty response to this effort on the part of the management to provide full reports of the General Conference, and that they will send in their subscriptions promptly either to their State tract society or direct to the General Conference Office. The Bulletin will be issued daily, excepting Sabbaths, during the Conference, and the price is fifty cents for the session. Order promptly, and save possible delay and disappointment.

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