Earlier text: Jesuits Assault British Bible Society Colporteur in BoliviaThe Third Campaign
By P. T. Magan
We are now about to enter upon the third campaign for the relief of the schools. We must go in to win, with faith and courage firmly grounded in Jesus Christ, the great emancipator from all debt. Looking back over the past, we see much for which to be thankful in this good work. God has wrought wonderfully, and already much more has been accomplished than even the most sanguine had dared to hope. “The sale of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ is the Lord’s own plan, and his blessing is attending the effort being made to carry this plan to completion.” As the last century was drawing to a close, all our leading schools in the United States found themselves almost hopelessly in debt. They were owing in the neighborhood of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Year after year the interest was being added to the principal, and the financial bondage of the institutions designed of God to be well-springs of life for the denomination, was becoming more and more complete. At the Battle Creek College the situation was the worst. Her debt was about eighty-four thousand dollars, without a single available asset from which to pay a dollar. Then it was that the teachers and students met together, day after day, and pleaded with God to send relief. Those hours were dark and sad, yet21blessed. And of them the servant of God has written: “God heard the prayers and saw the tears of a few poor men who struggled with an intolerable burden of debt, and in the night gave to me, his humble servant, the plan of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ for the relief of the schools.” But with the plan there came to God’s chosen servant another thought: “I have depended upon this book to pay my workers, and I must be just before I am generous.” Then she adds, “In the night season I was considering the problem of my finances. I desired to save money to pay my debts, that I might be free from the burden of interest; but I could see no other way for the schools to be relieved than for me to give ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ for this purpose, and I said, ‘It must be done.’ Then the conflict ended; light filled my mind.” Thus, in sacrifice, was laid the foundation stone of this blessed work. Thus was the birth of a movement which has grown until it has become one of the greatest and most successful enterprises ever undertaken among us. The first copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons” were ready for delivery in October, 1900, and at that time the first campaign for the relief of the schools began. It was carried on with varying success, in different conferences, through the winter of 1900–01. Up to the time of the General Conference, in the spring of 1901, there was definite record of 46,553 copies having been sold. Besides this, about twenty-four thousand copies were in the hands of the people, and sales were daily going on. These were great results; every one felt glad for them. Many, however, were of the opinion that the most that could be done in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” had already been accomplished. It was thought that people had given away copies to all their friends who would care to receive them, and had sold to all who could be persuaded to buy, and that, from this on, while a few books would be sold from time to time, the number would be limited, and that there would never be a “boom” again in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The summer of 1901 passed away, and autumn, the time set for the beginning of the second campaign, arrived. It had been voted at the General Conference that during the autumn and winter of 1901–02 a Herculean effort should be made to push the book again. But at the very outset, the writer, to whom had been intrusted the general charge of that work, was taken dangerously ill, so that no aggressive work was done by the Relief of the Schools office. For some reason or other the sale of the book almost entirely stopped. October, November, and December—the best months of all the year for disposing of our literature—rolled away, with a record of only a mere handful of sales. It looked as if the work was dead beyond a possibility of revival. There were those who said, “I told you so; there was a great boom last year, but the thing was overdone, and this is the result. It can never be resurrected.” But God willed otherwise. He had said that “the plan for the sale of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ was heaven-born.” He would not let it thus ignominiously fail. True, the best months for the sale of the book were over; and the most inclement season of the year was at hand. It was even a time described by the giver of the book as “not bright or cheerful, with difficulties standing in the way of rapid advancement.” Nevertheless, the Spirit of God was moving upon the hearts of our leading men to give their influence to this work, to put their shoulders to the wheel, and in the name of the Lord make things move. In the month of January, 1902, Elder A. G. Daniells, the General Conference president, opened the second campaign for the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The first battle was fought in the Lake Union Conference in behalf of Emmanuel Missionary College. Sister E. G. White addressed a ringing appeal to ministers and people to aid the school, just struggling into life. The Spirit of God filled the hearts of the brethren and sisters everywhere, and men, women, and children engaged in the blessed work. It was not long before everywhere the spirit of working with “Christ’s Object Lessons” for the relief of the schools, caught like tongues of holy fire all over the land. The Pacific Coast States, which, up to that time, had done but little, began to work in earnest. In the territories of Union College (Nebraska) and Keene Academy (Texas) most determined and well-organized efforts were begun. The New York and New England Conferences, in the East, led the van for the freedom of South Lancaster Academy. In Canada plans were laid to begin the warfare, the proceeds of the sales to be used for the erection of an industrial school, in which the youth of Sabbath keepers in the Dominion could be trained for the kingdom of God. A little later Elder George I. Butler and his colleagues began the work in the Southern Union Conference, for the benefit of the Graysville Academy and the Huntsville Industrial School. Up to that time but little had been accomplished in the South. Since then the work has gone with power. Thus all over the land, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Dominion of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, the second campaign with “Christ’s Object Lessons” for the relief of the schools was waged. And its victories brought hope to the hearts of the weary workers who for so long had struggled with “intolerable burdens of debt;” and the hearts of thousands of soldiers of the cross who engaged in the warfare were made glad; the believers were unified, and many souls were added unto the Lord and the church. All this was done in the unfavorable season of the year, when the weather was inclement, and the holiday trade a thing of the past. All these things were accomplished when very many thought that the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” was dead beyond reviving. Figures concerning the actual number of books which were sold during this campaign will be published in another article. Suffice it to say that the number of sales during the second campaign were more than double those of the first campaign. This is evidence of a great work and a great victory. It was contrary to the expectations of almost all. It was unprecedented in a movement of this kind. That many books could be sold by the generality of our people in the first campaign, under the influence of their first love, very few were disposed to deny; but that about double the number of books could be sold in the second campaign, after the first blush was over, and the novelty of the work was worn off, scarcely any had faith to believe. Such, nevertheless, was the result of the second campaign. In the history of the Adventist Church it must go down as marking a bright era in the story of the preparing of the people to meet their God. And now the time has arrived for the opening of the third campaign for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The three months prior to the Christmas holidays are the best for the sale of our literature. When the relief of our schools was undertaken in 1900, three years were set aside, and, as it were, dedicated to this work. Two of these seasons have passed away, and now the third and last struggle is before us. What shall be its record? Everything favors us. Peace, thank God, reigns in the earth. Prosperity, unprecedented, fills the land. Persecution and prejudice against our people burn low. God has given us favor in the eyes of our fellow men. Shall we not take advantage of all these things? Who knows what another year may bring forth? The voices of heaven softly murmur to us, through a thousand different channels: Son, go work to-day in my vineyard; for the night cometh, when no man can work. In every conference, in every church, at every hearth and fireside, let plans be laid for the completion of this work. Let those who have already sold their quotas, and those who have not, join hands once more, for the third and last time, that the work so nobly begun may be gloriously finished. Again we say, The time for the third campaign is here. The hour for the last battle in this work has arrived. The crisis is upon us. Will it be a stepping-stone, or will it be a stumbling-block? We are a spectacle unto God, to angels, and to men. Which way the tide of this work shall set is now for us to decide. The destiny of the schools from which our youth are to go forth to the battle fields of the message waits upon our actions, and what shall those actions be? Once for Self: A Verse on Surrender to Christ
By A. B. Simpson
Once it was my working, His it hence shall be;
Once I tried to use him, now he uses me;
Once the power I wanted, now the Mighty One;
Once for self I labored, now for him alone.
— A. B. Simpson. Honor of Being Used in God's Closing Work
“To be used by God in his closing work is the greatest honor that can be bestowed upon any individual. It matters not where or what the work is, to be used, to become an instrument in his hands, the result of which brings salvation to souls, is the most glorious thing on earth.” —Twenty thousand Navajo Indians in Arizona are reported to be on the verge of starvation. —Crops in England are reported to be almost a complete failure, except in the northern districts, this result being due to heavy and continuous rains. —In 1896 the importation of diamonds and other precious stones into this country represented the sum of $5,000,000. At the present time the yearly figures for the like purpose are $23,000,000. —Another glimpse into the corruption that characterizes municipal politics in the large cities of this country is afforded by the arrest, on September 8, of eighteen members and ex-members of the house of delegates in St. Louis, Mo., on information given by an ex-member who has turned State’s evidence. The arrests are for receiving bribes in connection with the granting of street railway franchises in that city.22 —Stockton, Cal., was visited by a $500,000 fire, September 28. —Emile Zola, the French novelist, was found dead in his room at his Paris residence, September 29, asphyxiation being regarded as the probable cause. —Secretary-of-War Root has announced that he will retire at an early date from President Roosevelt’s cabinet, as he feels obliged for financial reasons to resume the practice of law. —By vote of the Danish Parliament, September 19, it was decided to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States. It is expected that the sale will be concluded before the end of November. —Young women of the clerks’ union in St. Paul, Minn., have organized a league, every member of which is pledged not to marry, nor to receive attentions from, any man not belonging to one of the labor unions. —A Bombay, India, dispatch states that a wealthy Parsee of that country offers the sum of $5,000,000, to be placed in the hands of a trust for charitable purposes, the income to be devoted to the relief of persons in any country who have become the victims of sudden calamity. —Secretary Hay’s note of protest to the powers of Europe regarding Rumania has elicited this comment from Prince Ghika, of Rumania, which shows how imperialism has robbed the United States of its “world power” in behalf of just government: “Supposing that Europe accepts Mr. Hay’s interference, and consents to act in behalf of the Rumanian Jews, what will Mr. Hay say if Rumania requests the powers to intervene and stop the persecution of negroes in the United States, and demand explanations in regard to the treatment of Filipino prisoners?” —The war cloud which is always more or less visible in Asia Minor, is at this time assuming formidable dimensions, according to reports which come from that country. Albania and Macedonia are in almost open revolt against Turkish authority, and in Bulgaria the government is unable to maintain order. In Rumania the persecution of the Jews has drawn the attention of the powers of Europe, and a note of protest from Secretary Hay. “It is quite possible,” remarks the Chicago Tribune, “that Secretary Hay’s note marks the reopening of the Balkan question.” —The pressing problem of finding a way to end the anthracite coal strike has finally been taken up by President Roosevelt, who has invited the coal magnates and President Mitchell of the miners’ union to confer with him on the subject, October 3. It is said that he will try moral suasion first, and coercion afterward if necessary. Meanwhile the mayor of Detroit has sent invitations to the mayors of other cities, and to State governors, asking them to send delegates to a convention to be held in Detroit, October 9, to protest against the continuance of the strike. The National Association of Manufacturers will also use its power and influence to bring the strike to an end. A strong sentiment has sprung up in some sections in favor of federal ownership of the mines. In Partnership
By J. C. Rogers
Sowing and Planting for God
OUR soil being in the best possible state of tillage, the next thing to consider is the seed to be put into it. A recognized principle of agriculture is the selection of the best seed of its variety. One of the heads of departments in our State Agricultural College said to me, the other day: “We are learning more and more to appreciate the importance of selecting the largest and best quality of the seed we wish to sow.” If farmers would make this their practice, they could generally save the excessive prices which they are obliged to pay for new varieties. Besides this we should see to it that we secure the best variety of the class we are dealing with. If, for example, you decide to grow corn, then it is your business to find the best known varieties of corn. More than that, you ought to get the particular variety best adapted to your soil and climate. Seed that produces abundantly in Texas or Georgia could hardly be depended upon for Michigan or Illinois. When you sow your seed, reckon that you are sowing it for God. Ask him to care for it, and to give abundant increase. But while you do this, do not forget to count on giving the Lord the share he claims. The very fact of casting your seed into the ground to die shows that you have confidence in God that he will multiply it for you in time of harvest. Let God have confidence in you, from the day that your seed is put into the ground, that you will give back to him his own. Thus God and you will have a partnership interest in that piece of grain. This will be greatly to your advantage. In Michigan last fall I was teaching a class in agriculture, and desired them to sow an acre of wheat for trial and observation. The only field available was one where late potatoes were planted. The class took hold with a will to dig the potatoes, and prepare the ground. It was pine land, sandy soil, and new, rough ground. October 11 came before it was ready for sowing. We selected the best seed to be found in the neighborhood, of the “golden chaff” variety. The seed was thoroughly cleaned, spread on the barn floor, and carefully sprinkled with a solution of formalin (one ounce to three gallons of water) to kill any smut germs. After drying, it was sown October 11. A little less than one bushel and a half was put on the acre, and as we had no drill, it was sown broadcast. The fall was cold, and the wheat made little start, but it was committed to God, and he had it in keeping. At the time of sowing, the air was swarming with Hessian flies. But frosts destroyed these insects before our wheat was out of the ground to receive their eggs. The winter seemed unfavorable, but still God cared for his seed. From that acre twenty-two bushels of the finest quality of wheat was harvested. I do not know how much was lost in handling and in other ways. Did you sow and plant for God last season? If not, do it this year. If you did, return him his own, and do it again. All the tithe of the seed is the Lord’s. Appear not before the Lord empty. Lev. 27:30; Deut. 16:16, 17. Sow for your Lord, and remember that the word, “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap,” is true literally and spiritually. Be a fair and faithful partner. List of Missionary Acre Pledges
J. A. Burkey, $5.
Peter Krickman, $3.
J. VanDyke, $1.
F. L. Griffin, $1.
Mr. & Mrs. H. Bonde, $2.
A. R. Meeks, $5.
Enoch Baker, $10.
J. F. Holden, $10.
J. D. McKay, $2.
J. J. Fancher, $3.
Kate Marshall, $1.
H. H. Martin, $5.
R. J. Martins, $2.
E. R. McFall, $1.
Birdie Watson, $1.
T. J. Hickman, $1.
Etta Nicholas, $3.
C. B. Willson, $2.
Peter Arnbrecht, 50 cts.
August Korgan, $1.
A. R. Hill, $2.
Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Jobe, $1.
C. Sorenson, $2.
Marion E. Carr, what I can.
E. M. Lacy, proceeds of 5 dozen brooms.
Annie R. Phillips, eggs laid on Sabbath until December, 1902.
Josephine Klostermyer, proceeds from eggs for 1 month. NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By John G. Walker
THERE will be a general meeting at Bismarck, N. D., October 11, 12, and we hope to meet with the members of that church, and with as many others of our brethren as can conveniently come. JOHN G. WALKER, President. THE Tennessee River Conference desires to secure an experienced lady Bible worker to engage in Bible work among the whites in Nashville, Tenn. One is desired who has some burden for the South, and is willing to be taught the best methods of labor in this peculiar field. It is a good field in which to labor. Address the president of the Tennessee River Conference, W. J. Stone, Franklin, Ky. The Advocate of Christian Education
By Editor
“WHERE no wood is, there the fire goeth out.” Some people attempt to keep alive their interest in Christian education without feeding their minds with mental food on that subject. The gospel of education should be understood by every Christian. It is Mandell Creighton who says: “People in general must be really interested in what their children are taught, and must take the trouble to understand what they should be taught, and how that teaching shall be given.” The October issue of The Advocate is a special issue. It contains a report of the proceedings of the Educational Conference of Christian Teachers held at Berrien Springs, Mich., in August, 1902. This matter is alive and up-to-date. It tells how children should be educated, and the duty of the church toward the children. If you are not a regular reader of The Advocate, send for this special issue. Subscription price, 50 cents a year, 5 cents per copy. Address The Advocate, Berrien Springs, Mich. “I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus
THATCHER.—Brother Michael Thatcher, of Cohoctah, Mich., fell asleep in Jesus, Sept. 10, 1902, at the age of seventy-three years. Words of comfort were spoken from Isa. 25:8. S. E. WIGHT. MORSE.—Died in Glenville, Cal., Aug. 20, 1902, of heart failure, our mother, Isabella F. Morse, aged 56 years, 4 months. Mother was born in Canada, but most of her life was spent in Minnesota, where she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1887. A husband, two daughters, and one son are left to mourn their loss. MIRA MANN. MORRISON.—Died in Canon City, Colo., June 9, 1902, Judith Morrison, aged 75 years, 10 months, 8 days. She was converted when twenty-eight years of age, and joined the Methodist Church, and eighteen years later she joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was a faithful Christian and devoted mother. Eight children survive her. CARRIE RANDOLPH. PETERSON.—Died at Munger, O. T., Sept. 9, 1902, Georgie R. L. Peterson, aged 9 years, 9 months, 6 days. Georgie was sick three weeks with typhoid, and afterward was attacked with hemorrhage of the bowels, from which he died. We expect to meet him in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, using as a text 1 Thess. 4:13, 14. E. L. MAXWELL. ROBINSON.—Died at Mulhall, O. T., Aug. 21, 1902, of heart failure, Phebe I. Robinson. Sister Robinson was converted in early life and united with the Methodist Church. About five years ago, under the labors of Elder O. S. Ferren, she accepted the truths of the message at Sheridan, Wyo. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Ps. 34:7, assisted by the Methodist pastor. C. SORENSON. FIELD.—Died at his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 13, 1902, William Vincent Field, aged 69 years and 5 days. In 1860 he accepted the third angel’s message under the labors of Elder M. E. Cornell, and ever after was faithfully devoted to it. Mother and three children, two sons and the writer, are left to mourn; but we all look forward to the time when “the mossy old graves where the pilgrims sleep shall be open as wide as before.” The funeral sermon was preached by Elder J. H. Kraft. Mrs. FLORA V. DORCAS. DORSEY.—Miss Ella Dorsey, of Allegheny, Pa., was drowned in Goguac Lake, near Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 27, 1902. The deceased was 21 years of age. She accepted the truth four years ago, and about three months ago left her home to take the nurses’ course at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. She was a good musician, and often rendered valuable service in large public gatherings addressed by the writer. The last few months of her life were the happiest and most spiritual in all her Christian experience. She leaves a mother, five sisters, and a brother. The funeral services were conducted by the writer before a large company of sympathizing friends in her home residence. Ps. 116:15 and Rev. 14:13 were presented as a token of love and comfort. C. S. LONGACRE. SAXBY.—Died in Battle Creek, Mich., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Bordo, of infirmities of old age, Sept. 23, 1902, Sister Euphemie H. Saxby, having completed her seventy-sixth year the day before her death. She was the mother of Elder W. H. Saxby. In the days of her childhood she was converted and joined the Baptist Church. Later she accepted the Bible doctrine of the second advent of Christ, and thus became a pioneer in the great advent movement. Under the labors of Elder Joseph Bates she, with her husband, accepted the third angel’s message and was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church till the day of her death. She leaves three sons, one daughter, and other relatives to mourn their loss. Her strong faith in the soon coming of her Redeemer, and in his power and promise to raise the dead, took away the terrors of death, and she looked beyond the grave with a bright hope of a place in the glorious home of the redeemed. She was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery till the morn of the resurrection. I. D. VAN HORN. HILL.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Rochester, Ind., Sept. 11, 1902. Sister Sarah Levenia Hill, wife of Dr. William Hill, aged 60 years, 5 months, and 17 days. In 1874 Brother and Sister Hill listened to the presentation of the views held by Seventh-day Adventists, in a tent effort at Rochester, Ind., conducted by Elder J. H. Waggoner and the writer. Sister Hill was a thorough Christian of many virtues,—kind, loving, tender, and true. Her every-day actions were examples of fortitude in the Christian faith. Heart failure was the immediate cause of her death. She leaves a loving husband, two brothers, one sister, and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. The funeral was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder P. G. Stanley. S. H. LANE. Boston Church Secures Gilbert Hall for Sabbath Services
By K. C. Russell
OUR church in Boston, Mass., has secured Gilbert Hall in Tremont Temple on Tremont Street, where their regular Sabbath services will be held as follows: Sabbath school at 4:30 P. M. and preaching at 3 P. M. 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. FREE RENT to any man who understands broom making, and is able to start himself in the business. Address George W. Laughlin, Seattle, Wash. WANTED.—To buy or rent a small farm near church school. A fruit farm where there is plenty of timber, preferred. Address S. L. Stafford, Willow Lake, S. D. WANTED.—To correspond with some one, married or single, wishing a steady place on a farm. A good chance for the right person. Must be Sabbath keeper. Address G. W. Masters, Flint, Mich. WANTED AT ONCE.—Twenty-five robust men as laborers on the new Sanitarium building in Battle Creek, Mich. Wages, 17½ cents an hour. Address John I. Gibson, Secretary Building Committee. WANTED.—Three practical, Sabbath-keeping, married coal miners to work in the mines in the winter and in the stone quarry in summer, at good wages. Coal is good thickness, and has good roof. Apply at once to G. C. Quillin, Killbuck, Ohio. WANTED.—An all-round bookbinder—one who can make a blank book from start to finish. Permanent position at good wages. Must be thorough workman and sober. Married Adventist preferred. Address W. E. Lawrence, 1269 Union St., San Francisco, Cal. WANTED.—The name and address of every adult person in your church or company who is not a subscriber to the REVIEW. Also your name and address if you are willing to distribute sample copies of the REVIEW among those who should be readers of our church paper. Address the editor. FOR SALE.—Fine apple orchard of 45 acres, in full bearing, situated in the beautiful Burrow Valley, in the foothills of Fresno County, Cal. Excellent climate, good school, and P. O. within ¼ mile. S. D. A. church building adjoining farm. A good home for any one, especially for family with children. Would exchange for good property in Battle Creek, Mich. For particulars address Wm. Dunlap, Burrough, Cal. 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:— Adelia Wolfe, Decatur, Iowa, periodicals and tracts. Mrs. Amanda Camp, Farmington, N. M., REVIEW, Signs, Sentinel, Instructor, Life Boat. T. J. Stowe, Davidson, N. C., REVIEW. Signs, Good Health, Youth’s Instructor, Life Boat, Little Friend, tracts. | Station |
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6.52 |
7.00 |
|
6.01 |
| Chicago |
6.55 |
3.15 |
6.40 |
8.05 |
8.55 |
|
7.60 |
*Daily. †Daily except Sunday. ‡Stops on signal. §Stops to let off passengers. Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.10 p. m. daily except Sunday. O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago. R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek. | EAST |
8 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
10 |
76 |
|---|
| Chicago |
AM11.00 |
PM3.02 |
PM8.15 |
|
†AM9.00 |
|
| Valparaiso |
PM2.42 |
4.41 |
10.10 |
|
11.25 |
|
| South Bend |
1.58 |
6.00 |
11.40 |
|
PM1.06 |
AM7.50 |
| Battle Creek |
4.00 |
8.00 |
AM2.03 |
†AM7.00 |
3.40 |
PM6.30 |
| Lansing |
5.20 |
9.21 |
3.31 |
8.30 |
5.20 |
|
| Durand |
6.00 |
10.06 |
4.25 |
9.30 |
6.30 |
|
| Saginaw |
†8.10 |
|
|
†11.50 |
8.10 |
|
| Bay City |
†8.45 |
|
|
†11.40 |
8.45 |
|
| Detroit |
6.00 |
|
7.15 |
11.50 |
9.20 |
|
| Flint |
|
10.30 |
4.55 |
10.21 |
7.28 |
|
| Port Huron |
9.40 |
AM12.30 |
7.00 |
PM12.20 |
9.30 |
|
| London |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hamilton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Suspension Bridge |
AM3.40 |
7.05 |
PM1.55 |
PM8.35 |
AM3.40 |
|
| Buffalo |
|
8.20 |
3.05 |
9.50 |
|
|
| Philadelphia |
PM8.47 |
PM7.23 |
AM7.28 |
AM8.56 |
PM8.47 |
|
| New York |
4.94 |
8.23 |
8.23 |
9.33 |
4.33 |
|
| Toronto |
|
AM7.40 |
|
PM7.40 |
|
|
| Montreal |
|
PM6.00 |
7.00 |
AM7.00 |
|
|
| Boston |
|
AM8.10 |
†PM7.05 |
†PM7.05 |
|
|
| Portland |
|
6.40 |
†5.45 |
6.45 |
|
|
| WEST |
3 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
75 |
|---|
| Portland |
†AM8.15 |
PM8.30 |
PM8.30 |
|
|
|
| Boston |
†11.30 |
7.00 |
8.30 |
|
|
|
| Montreal |
PM6.30 |
AM9.00 |
AM9.00 |
|
|
|
| Toronto |
AM7.35 |
PM4.50 |
PM11.20 |
|
|
|
| New York |
PM5.45 |
8.00 |
AM9.30 |
|
|
|
| Philadelphia |
5.30 |
8.45 |
|
|
|
|
| Buffalo |
AM5.55 |
1.00 |
PM10.05 |
|
|
|
| Suspension Bridge |
7.00 |
2.00 |
11.15 |
|
|
|
| Hamilton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| London |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Port Huron |
PM12.00 |
9.00 |
AM4.05 |
†AM6.50 |
†PM3.50 |
|
| Flint |
PM1.25 |
11.07 |
5.31 |
8.51 |
5.54 |
|
| Bay City |
†AM11.40 |
9.00 |
|
|
|
|
| Saginaw |
†PM12.15 |
9.30 |
|
|
|
|
| Detroit |
†AM1.30 |
10.00 |
7.00 |
4.00 |
|
|
| Durand |
PM1.52 |
AM12.05 |
6.00 |
9.30 |
6.30 |
|
| Lansing |
2.33 |
12.54 |
6.44 |
10.42 |
7.53 |
|
| Battle Creek |
5.55 |
2.18 |
8.19 |
PM12.20 |
PM9.30 |
†AM8.10 |
| South Bend |
5.40 |
4.12 |
10.00 |
2.35 |
|
PM5.35 |
| Valparaiso |
7.00 |
5.29 |
11.12 |
4.00 |
|
|
| Chicago |
8.45 |
7.20 |
PM12.50 |
†6.18 |
|
|
Nos. 2-4-6-Daily Nos. 3-5-7-Daily
Nos. 10-76-Daily ex’t Sunday Nos. 9-11-75-Daily ex’t Sunday G. W. VAUX, † Daily except Sunday. W. C. CUNLIFFE,
A. G. P. & T. A., Chicago. Agent, Battle Creek. Labor Unrest in the Pennsylvania Coal Fields
“The indications now are that the labor riot records will be broken this year,” reports the Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph, speaking of the conditions in the Pennsylvania coal fields. There is something wrong with the “prosperity” which breeds or is marked by such disturbances. Christianity alone is able to prevent them, and the progress of Christianity represents true prosperity in any land. To Workers in Other Lands
By W. A. Spicer
DURING the camp-meeting season, just closed, all hearts have been stirred anew by the calls from the fields abroad. The brethren pledge greater faithfulness in the regular weekly offerings. We believe we are on the eve of seeing a greater proportion of the energies of the denomination devoted to the vast fields abroad. Our hope depends upon hastening through every land with the warning cry, and our hearts are with you in the fields where the closing work is to be done. Now, at the year’s end, with the season of special prayer approaching, we should have the needs set afresh before us by you who are facing the multitudes. The cry continually rings in your soul. Please give us at once, in a short article, the call of this very hour in your part of the field. Crowd into a few paragraphs the actual situation that you face, and the evidence that grace saves sinners where you are. Send this to the Mission Board. The brethren and sisters at home never tire of hearing how the battle goes at the front. Let every worker respond. W. A. SPICER,
Secretary Mission Board. The Offerings Increasing
By Mission Board
THE following letter, from the elder of one of the largest churches in Ohio, shows what may be accomplished with the weekly offering envelopes if they are used faithfully:— As I read of the urgent need of means to be used in sending out laborers to the needy fields, my own soul is burdened. I am sure that this burden must rest with all its intensity upon those who are receiving these earnest appeals from our lonely brethren who are practically without help in the dark continents and islands of the regions beyond. I am glad to say by way of encouragement that the envelope plan is being pushed in our church. We are making a strong effort to have every one remember this work each week, with the result that our weekly offerings have increased many fold. The first week the offering was many times what we had been in the habit of receiving, and since that time it has steadily increased. With God’s help we plan to follow it carefully until all are doing something. If you have not tried these little reminders, the weekly offering envelopes, send to the Mission Board for a package, and see what they will do for your offerings. We shall be glad to furnish, free, a supply sufficient to provide every member of your church with one every Sabbath during the quarter; and when this supply is exhausted, we have more for you. Let us hear from every church elder who has not already received the envelopes. THROUGH the courtesy of the publishers, we have received a copy of the new book by Col. H. H. Hadley, entitled “The Blue Badge of Courage.” Many of our readers are acquainted with the author of this book, and are more or less familiar with the work of rescue to which he has devoted his life, in behalf of those who have fallen into sin and misfortune; all of which is here told in a very fascinating and interesting way. But it is not so much for the entertaining and readable style of the work that we recommend it as it is for the useful lessons that may be learned from it by all those who are anxious to labor for the Master, in behalf of those who need help, and who may be helped. Colonel Hadley points to the right Source of help and strength for those who would “rescue the perishing.” The temperance reform in England seems to have lacked greatly in this respect, in not incorporating into its foundation work dependence on divine power for the salvation of men. Colonel Hadley, in his Introduction, says that he “has endeavored to show in ‘The Blue Badge of Courage,’ what young men, without money or education, whose lives are blasted by drink and kindred sins, may do, or rather, what a higher Power can do with and for them.” The suggestions of this book can but be very helpful, and its influence good. We would be glad to see it circulated everywhere. Published by the Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio; also published in New York and Chicago. 468 pages; neatly bound in cloth. Price, $1.25. U. S. A Brighter Pathway: Growing Old in Christ
THAT life is a failure, from the Christian standpoint (and this is the true standpoint), which does not show a brighter pathway before it than that which it leaves behind. Growing old brings no regrets to the Christian; there is always something better before him than anything he has known in the past. This is one of the beauties of the Christian life, in contrast with the life of worldliness. “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Prov. 4:18. Shansi Memorial University United With Native University
The foreign university in Shansi, China, which was erected as a memorial of the missionaries who sacrificed their lives in the Boxer uprising, and whose societies refused to accept any indemnity for their murder, has been united with the native university, which is a part of the new educational system now being promulgated in that land. The foreign university is under the control of the missionaries, and this union is taken as an indication of a great change for the better in the prospect for the dissemination of Christianity in the Chinese empire. The Third Campaign for Relief of Our Schools
DURING the month of October, and the early part of November, the third campaign for the relief of our schools should open all over the land. The work of the first and second campaigns was blessed of God, and accomplished great good. It is designed that the campaign to be waged during the coming winter shall bring to a close the drama of debt upon our schools, witness their freedom, and usher in the jubilee. Be sure to read the article on page 20 of this number of the REVIEW, entitled “The Third Campaign.” What the Sale of Christ's Object Lessons Will Accomplish
Recently an article was published in the Review, from Sister White, entitled “What the Sale of ‘Christ’s Object Lessons’ Will Accomplish.” This has been reprinted in tract form, for the benefit of laborers and others working among our churches in behalf of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” We believe that this little leaflet will be of great assistance in the circulation of this good book. Workers may obtain these from their State tract society offices. Tract societies may order from the Financial Secretary of the General Conference, P. T. Magan, Berrien Springs, Mich.