Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 13.
Testimonies for the Church, Volume VIIIPage 2
Earlier text: W. A. SWEANYDonations for the Memorial Church, Washington, D. C.
By James S. Washburn
The dedicatory services will be held in May. The definite date will be announced later. God has wonderfully helped in the work of establishing this first memorial of the third angel's message in the capital city. It has helped the credit of our work in Washington greatly. The amount for necessary alterations is almost made up. We believe this work will be finished, and that when the one hundred thousand dollar list of donations for establishing the Washington sanitarium, school, and General Conference offices is published, there will be a large surplus for that fund. The hour has struck, the time has come, to arise and build free of all debt. Who will help to make this possible now? Donations previously reported, $9,616-40. Received Feb. 16, 1904: Mrs. Margaret Williams, $1; a friend in North Carolina, $150. May 21, 1903: Edward Chronister and family, $1; Jacob Arnold, $5; Maiden Rock (Wis.) church, per F. E. Baker, $1; Norwalk (Ohio) church, $3; J. N. Watros, 50 cents; Edith Ward, 50 cents; Carrie Davis, 50 cents; Emma Davis, 50 cents; Glen Davis, 25 cents; M. J. Eggleston, 25 cents; Streator (Ill.) church, $4; Chicago German church, $1; Onarga, Ill., 50 cents; M. Krauss, $1; Mrs. I. Richmond, $1; Waukegan, Ill., $1; G. M. Hicks, $1; Mrs. Paiga, $5; Kankakee (Ill.) church, $1; Mrs. M. A. Winchell, $1. The forty-four names that follow are from the Industrial Training-school and church of Boggstown, Ind.: Dr. S. L. Strickler, $5; A. E. King, $1; Nora Johnston, $1; T. S. Johnston, $1; William Cushing, $1; William Applegate, $1; Mrs. Wm. Applegate, 50 cents; G. M. Johnston, 15 cents; Mrs. G. M. Johnston, 15 cents; Reba Fay Johnston, 10 cents; John W. Johnston, 50 cents; Robert Strickler, 25 cents; Mrs. Strickler, 25 cents; B. F. Machlan, 25 cents; Mrs. Machlan, 25 cents; Chester Achor, 25 cents; Harry Byers, 25 cents; Edgar Byers, 25 cents; Tella Barlow, $1; Samuel Walls, $2; G. W. Lauffer, $1; Bert Johnston, $1; Carl Strickler, 10 cents; Willie Miller, 10 cents; Ralph and Johnnie Miller, 10 cents; John Miller, 50 cents; Cora Johnston, 10 cents; Thero Johnston, 5 cents; Lena Cushing, 10 cents; Mrs. E. M. Cushing, 25 cents; Lowell Johnston, 10 cents; Paul Johnston, 10 cents; Molly Amos, 5 cents; Mrs. Ella King, 25 cents; Mrs. Nora King, 25 cents; Mrs. S. E. Johnston, 50 cents; Mrs. Lissia Brown, 25 cents; Flora Staples, 25 cents; Cora Strickler, 25 cents; Mrs. A. E. Staples, 25 cents; Mr. Boyd, 50 cents; Mrs. S. B. Kinner, $1.50; Thomas Hubbard, 25 cents. May 22: Mrs. L. Briggs, $1; Harry Ellis, $1; Ellen Huck, 50 cents; B. M. Roberts, $1; Wm. Frost, 50 cents; Mary A. Haysmer, 50 cents; Thomas Bride, 25 cents; Mountain View (Mo.) church, $2.74. May 25: L. S. Johnson, 25 cents; H. W. Oliver, $1; J. R. Carnahan, $5; Kasota (Minn.) Sabbath-school, by Mrs. J. L. Pettis, $1.42; Alfred Whitehead, Treas., $1. May 26: Columbus (Ohio) church, by W. H. Schwartz, $18.50; J. B. Wical, $1; W. A. Wilcox, Treas., $34.90. May 27: Wm. Seiwald, $1; Nebraska Tract Society, $5. The eight names which follow are friends in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands: Mrs. L. B. Kerr, 80 cents; J. E. Bush, 50 cents; Geo. Markham, $2; Mrs. Rose Sanders, $5; Mrs. Zohn, $5; Mrs. Hams, $1; Mertie Hudson, $1.40; N. F. Burgess, $5. May 28: L. H. Wakeman, $2; Mrs. Henry Zimmerman, 50 cents; Mrs. Julia Megant, 25 cents; Mary Pathel, 25 cents; Augusta Biven, $1. May 29: Sister Woods, 35 cents; Sister Estes, 25 cents; N. O. Prescott, 25 cents; Sister Blood, 25 cents; Mrs. G. S. Carwil, 25 cents; Mrs. A. E. McKeek, 25 cents; W. R. Litsey, 25 cents; J. H. Pritchard, 10 cents; Fred R. Eusman, $1; Motts Lilquist, $1.65; Sam Smith, $1; Mrs. L. Lollon, 50 cents; Alonzo Carter, 15 cents; Emma Westover, 17 cents; Lucy Westover, $2; Isadora Harrell, 25 cents; Herbert Castro, 25 cents; M. J. Sailor, 10 cents; Viola F. Sailor, 5 cents; Peter Sailor, 25 cents. May 30: Mrs. Maria Butts, $1; Della Weir, 25 cents; Sarah Hulin, 25 cents; J. M. Wilkinson, 50 cents; Geo. Rolfe, 25 cents. May 31: Sister O. O. Holmes, $6.50; Brother Klopper, $1; Annie Newcomer, $1. June 1: Lillie E. Wagner, $1. June 2: Geo. H. Faris, $1; Tommy Faris, 25 cents; W. H. Armstrong, $1. June 3: S. M. Band, $1; Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Dean, $1; Mrs. Libbie Dean, $1; Mila Dean, $1; Mrs. Carrie Beaumont, $1; Iva Dean, 25 cents; Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Dean, $1; a friend, Gas City, Ind., $1. June 4: Robert Torrance, $1. June 5: Mrs. Mary E. Beck, $1; J. G. Wood, $1; Adaline Wood, $1; H. O. LaFever, $5; Katherine E. Miller, $1; Helen M. Miller, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brown, $1; Alenda Brown, $1; Harriet McClure, 25 cents; Mrs. J. T. Patton, $1; Emma Anderson, $1; Rebecca Rush, 25 cents; R. A. VanMeter, 50 cents; Mary McClelland, 50 cents; Dorcas A. Hill, 50 cents; A. B. McClelland, $1; Florence Schuster, 50 cents; E. R. Hunter, 50 cents; Mrs. B. McDermott, 10 cents; Sister Slocum's book, $5. June 6: Alice E. Pierce, $2.50; Henry Obermeyer, $1. June 8: John E. Meredith, $1. June 10: A. C. Brown, 50 cents; Earn Tift, 50 cents; William Callaghan, 25 cents; Mrs. Brown, 25 cents; Frances Brown, 5 cents; Mrs. Nelson, 10 cents. June 13: J. C. Blackiston, 25 cents; S. E. Dawson, 25 cents; W. R. Wilson, 25 cents; a friend, 25 cents; Ella Satterfield, 50 cents; Chas. L. Ashby, 25 cents; O. P. Leary, 25 cents; Mary L. Judefind, 15 cents; George Thomas Sewell, 50 cents; Martha C. Gale, 10 cents; Wm. F. Gale, 10 cents; Chas. Hynson, 25 cents; Robert Jewell, 50 cents; D. W. Crosby, 25 cents; Josie Van Zandt, 25 cents; South Auburn (Neb.) Sabbath-school, by Miss Daisy Hubbard, $3.07. June 15: Hamilton (Mont.) church, by C. F. Kulwig, $3.70; James S. Houseman, $1; Christena Hendrickson, 25 cents. June 16: Veteran Soldiers' Home, Washington, $1. June 17: M. A. Green (75 years of age), 50 cents; C. E. White, Treas. W. Va. Conf., $2.25; Mrs. M. G. Mason, $1; John Night, $1; H. D. Jacob, $1. June 18: Carrollton (Wash.) church, by Mrs. Ida Barber, $1.75; L. D. James, $1; Lenora Gibson, $1; Mary Jones, $2; Mrs. J. H. Gibson, $1; Mrs. Sara Drew, 50 cents. June 19: A. A. Lander and wife, $2. June 23: Columbus (Ohio) church, by W. H. Schwartz, $3.50; M. T. McCadder, 50 cents. June 25: Mrs. S. C. Botsford, $1. June 27: Mrs. Annie Tucker, 50 cents; R. T. Dowsett, Treas. Wis. Conf., $3.75; Mrs. Isaac Masier, $1; Emil Anderson, $1; Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Durham, $1.50; Hjalmar Carlson, 50 cents; Mariam Johnson, 20 cents; Mrs. Eva Brooks, $1; Pomona (Kan.) church, by O. D. Nichols, Treas., $2; Mrs. Margaret Shepherd, $1; W. A. Wilcox, Treas., $2. June 30: Veteran Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., 25 cents; Willis (Mich.) church, by Edward C. Lohr, $1.75. Total reported, $10,037.25. Magnolia Ave., Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. Note change of address. Fernando (Cal.) College
By H. E. Giddings
Fernando College opened very satisfactorily this year; and while we have had difficulties to meet, we are much pleased with the prospect. A spirit of devotion to the great work that we have in hand seems to be taking possession of our young people, and we hope it will continue until an army of young recruits shall enter the ranks to do valiant service for the Master.22 Our entire enrolment is 140,—in the church school, 30; in the intermediate, or model school, department, 30; and in the high school, 80. Our young men hold a prayer-meeting at 5 A. M., and we have the regular morning worship in each home at 6 A. M., and breakfast at 6:30. Our chapel exercises are from 8:45 to 9 A. M. The school session continues from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. In the afternoon attention is given to the industrial work. Our plan is to have teachers and students work together at industrial as well as intellectual and spiritual work. We make the Bible study prominent and the basis of all study and work; whether setting plants, planting seed, or hoeing, all should be performed with that real devotion to the Creator, that desire to please him, that is generally expected in the performance of religious duties. Of course we do not fully succeed in our efforts, but we are encouraged by seeing advancement and growth. Our motto is, “Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” Our young people have organized a Young People’s Society, and they are doing active work in the immediate neighborhood, and in more remote fields by mailing literature, writing letters, etc. We are much encouraged. Making Thinkers
By E. A. Sutherland
“As he [man] thinketh . . . so is he.” During the Dark Ages men were not allowed to think. This is what kept the world in darkness. When men think, they find God reaching after them, and the darkness vanishes before the light. Luther taught men to think. That brought the Reformation of the sixteenth century. It was thought that made men throw off the shackles of European government, and seek a home of freer thought in America. Men have risked everything for the right to think, and yet to-day, in this year 1904, there are people who will not think. They do not know how to think. If they and their children continue thus, we shall again have a dark age. It is time for a change. For years our schools turned out students, so called, who did very little thinking, and so God, through the spirit of prophecy, called for a new order of things. He told us to take the Battle Creek College out of Battle Creek, and locate where the students would have a better opportunity to think. We had but little idea in those days what the change would bring. Even yet we have not begun to see, so the spirit of prophecy tells us, the possibilities before us. But one thing we do see, and that is that the planting of a school in the country; the erection of buildings by students; the teaching of cooking in an actual kitchen in an institution that is struggling for the right of existence; the serving of meals to hungry students; the teaching of sewing in a class, the members of which make their own garments; the union of students and teachers to discipline, finance, and manage a school and a farm,—these things we have found make students think. If any one doubts it, he has only to attend one of the union meetings at Emmanuel Missionary College on Friday morning. He who does will find that manual labor does “encourage close observation and independent thought.” One phase of the work alone will serve as a concrete illustration of the principle I have given. Day by day for a number of weeks the divine principles of government have been the subject of study. In God's sight all men are equal. Position does not elevate; it makes a man a servant. The right to lead must come because of advance knowledge, a power that comes from experience in doing; it can not be legislated to a man. All men are to be dealt with according to Christ's instruction in Matt. 18: 15-17. There was a time when, as a member of a faculty, I used to help make laws for my students. I no longer do this. I have been a member of a faculty which spent much time in disciplining unruly students. I am no longer called to act this part. When students help to make the regulations by which they are governed, when teachers and students submit to the same ruling, then students will bear a burden of discipline equal to, if not greater than, that carried by any teacher. We have found it so. It does not foster carelessness. It creates painstaking effort, which makes thinking students. This is the growth of democracy and true Protestantism. But students to-day will be the men of action in the church to-morrow. If they are thinkers to-day, they will be strong thinkers, capable, self-supporting workers to-morrow. Is not this the province of our schools? Is not this the duty laid upon our educational system? Agricultural Education
By H. A. Washburn
As mentioned in our last article, the effects of debt upon our school work have been such as to cause us to feel that it must be shunned like the leprosy. This necessitates the management of our school work in such a way as to make it self-supporting. In providing for the expenses of the school, it is found that the principal items are the salaries and the food supplies. If these can be lessened, or new resources developed to meet them, a great burden will be lifted in the financial management. It is the experience of families who have lived both in the city, where all food supplies must be purchased, and in the country, where a large portion of the food could be grown in the garden, that there is a great difference in the financial maintenance of the family. The same is true of our schools. Large sums of money are paid out for supplies of food when it is purchased, and a vast saving is effected when most of the food is produced on the school farm. Just such a means of support has been pointed out in the instruction from the Lord: “Our schools should not depend upon imported produce, for grain and vegetables, and the fruits so essential to health.” It is in this connection that we are told that study in agricultural lines should be the “very first work entered upon.” From the first our schools should raise, as far as possible, the food required for the students. As the work develops, all the possibilities of the soil should be illustrated. “The young men should learn to cultivate the soil, and to raise whatever the land will produce. No one can tell what can be done with the soil until he has studied, planned, and experimented.” “There should be orchards, and every kind of produce should be cultivated that is adapted to the soil.” If all the food supplies of the school were provided in this way, not only would much money be saved, but possibly the rates charged to the students could be decreased. But not alone should all the food required by the school be raised, but the garden and farm should be made a source of income. “There should be sufficient land for the raising of the fruit and vegetables required by the school, and also some for sale. Agriculture should be made a financial benefit to the school.” Such an additional source of income would be a great blessing to our schools, in providing needed facilities and improvements. Some gratifying results have been seen from work of this kind in the school with which the writer is connected. We had no improved land to begin with, but every acre had to be cleared out of the forest. We are still working amid the stumps. Among other things, we early planted some of the small fruits, from which we have derived an important revenue. The strawberries of course produced a crop the next season after planting, and from the small amount of land set to this fruit, we have received several hundred dollars annually, as well as canning at times nearly one thousand quarts for use in the school. A goodly sum has been realized from the sale of plants as well as fruit. As the work of digging, sorting, trimming, and packing the plants was being done by the teachers and students during the afternoons, after school work in the forenoons, attention was called to the fact that in this way we are approaching a method followed in the schools of the prophets. We are told that “many of the teachers also supported themselves by manual labor.” As our schools “must be more like the schools of the prophets,” we should be looking to see if the expense for teachers’ salaries may not be partially met in some such way as suggested above. This work of the teachers was bringing in financial returns to the school, so that they were really partially supporting themselves by manual labor. While our schools should cultivate all the produce adapted to the soil, there are special crops and industries for each locality which will be of special financial value. In some places the growing of nursery stock can be conducted, in others high-grade poultry may be raised, etc. Special methods will suggest themselves in the various localities. In our school we have found the keeping of bees to be both instructive and profitable. When such plans as suggested above are outlined for our schools, with the “extensive lands for cultivation,” it may be said by some, “But this means a great deal of work!” True; but this is only another reason why we should do thus. A great need in our schools, as mentioned last week, is sufficient profitable work to enable students to be self-supporting while in school. Both the school and the students will be greatly assisted. “And the lesson of self-help learned by the student would go far toward preserving institutions of learning from the burden of debt under which so many schools have struggled, and which has done so much toward crippling their usefulness.” Another query to the point may be: “How can we do this work when we do not have the students in school during the summer?” To this we answer, Make the school year coincide with the agricultural season. Get the students in school during that time, by having the course of study cover that period of the year. There are difficulties, consideration of which must be deferred to another article, but a general movement on the part of our schools would lead our people to see its necessity, and secure their co-operation. Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference. L. A. HOOPERS, Chairman; Frederick Griggs, Secretary. Relation of Parents and Teacher
By CHAS. E. WELCH.
In our work of educating our children for the service of the Master, there are many serious questions which confront us. Perhaps one of the foremost of these is the relation that should exist among the parents, teachers, and children. Of course all would say that the attitude of the children in this threefold association should be one of obedient, earnest learners, that they may become well-trained, efficient workers for the Saviour. But the relation that should exist between teacher and parent is one that sometimes looks better in theory than it does in the practical working out of the same. We are glad to believe that many of our people show by their lives that they understand this relation, and also maintain it so far as they are concerned. But at times we are led to think that some others who are just as desirous of doing the Lord's will, do not fully understand as yet just what he requires of us on this point. To be more specific, when a teacher, who has a large room full of precious boys and girls to be taught the ways of Jesus, is put to her wits' end, and happens to make a mistake and deal unwisely with the children of certain parents, what should be the attitude of those parents toward that wearied and perplexed teacher? If any one has a good, practical answer, we shall be glad to receive it. I fear that this question is often answered in such a way as not only to discourage the already overtaxed teacher, but also do a much greater injury to the children who hear the unkind criticism, and thus learn lessons of distrust not only in the teacher, but also in the parents themselves. And as the children grow older, we wonder why they are so disobedient, why they are slipping out of our reach, why they are being lost to the cause and to eternity. Fathers and mothers, let us remember that the teacher is as liable to err as we are, and she also has the responsibility of many more children than you do; and if she makes a mistake, for the love that you have for your own little ones, and the desire that you have to see them always manifest the spirit of the Saviour, and work for him, study carefully to know what Jesus would do if he were dealing with the particular case that you have in hand. “This generation” is rapidly passing away, and may the Lord help us all to realize this, and to show that we believe it by drawing the armor a little closer, and pressing forward to meet the foe, always manifesting toward one another that charity which covers a multitude of sins. CHAS. E. WELCH. —Within the past eighteen months there have been three suicides among the professors in the University of Ohio. —Vigorous sanitary measures are required at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to stamp out a threatened epidemic of typhoid fever. —Sir Edwin Arnold, the noted English poet and Orientalist, died at his home in London, March 24, after a brief illness. He was seventy-two years of age. —The city of Butte, Mont., is reported to be sliding slowly down the side of the mountain on which it is situated, the last reported movement having been made March 14. Several buildings and sections of the street railway tracks have suffered damage. —News comes from Panama that the new Panama “republic” is about to dispose of its navy, consisting of two vessels, by sale or charter; that a loan of $100,000 is to be negotiated in the United States; and that the standing army of the republic is to consist of two hundred and fifty men, including officers. —It is reported that the Japanese have succeeded in closing Port Arthur by the sinking of vessels at the mouth of the harbor. Skirmishing between the Russian and Japanese land forces in the vicinity of the Yalu River is also reported. There are conflicting rumors regarding the condition of the Russian fleet and fortifications at Port Arthur. —A storm which swept over Kentucky, March 26, unroofed houses in Louisville, and injured a number of people, besides flooding a large section of the city. Great damage to property was also caused in Daviess County, Kentucky. On the same date a storm in Greene County, Arkansas, killed three persons, injured a large number, and caused widespread damage to property. —In southern Colorado the State militia have been called out to preserve order in the districts affected by the striking coal miners. The president of the Western Federation of Miners was put under arrest at Ouray, and Governor Peabody and Attorney-General Miller are considering the advisability of deporting from the State several officials of the United Mine Workers of America who have come to the scene of the disturbance from other parts of the country. President Mitchell sends word to the strikers to remain firm. In Las Animas County the governor has proclaimed martial law. —Great damage, estimated at several millions of dollars has been done by floods in southern Michigan, principally along the banks of the Grand River and the Kalamazoo. At Grand Rapids 3,000 buildings were flooded, 1,500 families were imprisoned in their homes, 10,000 employees were thrown out of work by the shutting down of factories, and the city was for some time in darkness by the flooding of its lighting plant. Train service was badly interrupted for several days. A number of deaths by drowning were reported. Disastrous floods are reported also from southwestern Indiana, along the tributaries of the Ohio River in Ohio, and in the Mohawk Valley, New York. —Negro clergymen in some of the Northern States are advocating armed resistance on the part of negroes when threatened with mob violence by the whites. The pastor of an African Methodist church in Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. F. M. Jacobs, urged this course before his congregation as being the best remedy for lynchings, and in justification of it said: “They may call this an incendiary sermon, but before the Spanish-American War every pulpit in the land was demanding revenge for the victims of Spanish treachery.” When war is advocated even from the pulpit, there is small prospect for peace. Clergymen to-day seem largely to have forgotten the injunction of their Lord and Master, “Resist not evil.” They are poor ambassadors of the Prince of Peace. NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
THOSE who have looked over the plans and matter for the special Signs number of The Southern Watchman say that it is going to be the best special number ever issued. The cover design is especially suggestive and striking. It can not fail to make a favorable impression upon the mind of every one to whom it is shown; in fact, this alone would be sufficient to sell the paper to the majority of people. Already orders from conferences, tract societies, and individuals are beginning to come from all parts of the country in a very encouraging manner. One good brother and his family desire ten thousand copies. This is certainly a good example, and may it not be an incentive for many of our brethren and sisters to order a large number, or to increase the number that they already may have ordered? Since the announcement of this special number, the publishers have received a great many letters from conference presidents and other leading workers, expressing themselves as well pleased with the publishing of such a number, and particularly with the subject that has been chosen; namely, The Second Coming of Christ and the Signs Just Preceding that Event. The illustrations in this number will be of special interest, because they will be on present issues. The articles are short and right to the point, and are sure to be read by all who are fortunate enough to get a copy. It is sure to be a rapid seller. Such a number as this—twenty-four pages, well illustrated, printed in two colors, and to be sold at only a nickel a copy—ought to have a circulation of at least a half-million. The outlook is encouraging. No one can estimate the amount of good that may be accomplished through its circulation. Do you not wish to have a part in it? Twenty-five or more copies to one address will be furnished at 3 cents a copy. It is expected that advanced copies will be ready early in April. Order now so23as to receive some of the first edition. Address Southern Publishing Association, 1925 Jefferson St., Nashville, Tenn., or your State tract society. POTTER.—Claude W. Potter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Potter, of Eden, Ingham Co., Mich., died of appendicitis, March 10, 1904, aged 13 years and 18 days. Though young, he had a conscientious regard for truth and right. At the funeral a large congregation of sympathizing friends listened attentively to remarks founded on the words, “But we see Jesus.” Heb. 2:9. M. B. MILLER. COOK.—Died at Oakland, Ore., March 12, 1904, of slow fever, Edna Marguerite, youngest child of W. E. and Ella Cook, aged 3 years, 11 months, and 22 days. Although so young, she was interested in stories of Jesus, and never wanted to retire without the reading of the Bible. Her father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those who have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder O. Soule, from Jer. 31:15, 16. BERTHA CAMP. PARKHURST.—Died at Hillsdale, Mich., March 14, 1904, Hosea H. Parkhurst, aged 75 years, 9 months, and 12 days. Two years ago he gave his heart to the Lord, and since had been a believer in the third angel’s message, which was a comfort to him through his long, severe illness. He died in hope of the first resurrection. He leaves a wife, two sons, (one being Elder W. D. Parkhurst, of Grand Rapids), two daughters, and one stepdaughter, one brother, one sister, and many friends. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. ANDREW J. HARRIS. OLVIN.—Died at the residence of F. J. Otis, Sr., in Jackson, Tenn., March 6, 1904, of consumption, Catharine Olvin, aged 36 years. She accepted present truth at the time the steamer “Morning Star” was in the missionary work for her race near Vicksburg, Miss. She was with us for the last seven months, and as she realized her condition, expressed the desire to be hidden with Christ in the grave, awaiting his coming. She felt a great desire that her daughter, a girl of fifteen, might grow up under the influence of the message. The funeral was held from the Salem Baptist Church, and was conducted by its pastor, D. Ingrilham. F. J. OTIS, SR. STILES.—Died at his home near Olin, Iowa, Feb. 23, 1904. Richardson Addison Stiles, aged 58 years, 8 months, and 14 days. Brother Stiles was converted in early life, and united with the Freewill Baptist Church. In the fall of 1878, he with his family accepted the Sabbath and kindred truths under the labors of Elder J. D. Pegg. He was one of the charter members of the Olin church, and remained faithful until the time of his death. He was resigned to the will of the Lord, and peacefully fell asleep in Jesus. He leaves a wife, two sons, and a daughter to mourn their loss. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Rev. Nathan Potter. J. W. DORCAS. HILL.—Died at Howard, Colo., March 7, 1904, of a paralytic stroke, Sister Olive B. Hill, nee Smith. Sister Hill was born in Windsor County, Vermont, March 21, 1836, the family afterward moving to Iowa, where she was married to David N. West. In 1859 they removed to Colorado. She was the mother of five children, only one of whom, a son, W. A. West, survives her. She married the second husband, A. J. Hill, about the year 1880, but was again widowed after a few years. In 1896 she united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Salida, Colo., under the labors of Elder Watson Ziegler. She was for many years an earnest Christian, and was faithful to the end. L. D. CHRISTISON. HARRISON.—Sister Hannah C. Harrison fell asleep at her home in Newark, Ohio, March 2, 1904, aged 84 years and 11 months. Sister Harrison was for many years a member of the Baptist Church, but about ten years ago she came to the knowledge of the third angel’s message through the labors of Elders D. E. Lindsey and Stephen Haughey. The immediate cause of her death was an injury received from a fall about three weeks previously. Her closing days were full of pain, but her trust in God enabled her to bear it with wonderful patience and quiet submission. She was the mother of six children, four of whom are living. The funeral services were conducted by the writer, a scripture for consolation being found in John 5:25-29. We laid her to rest in Cedar Hill Cemetery to await the voice of God. KENNETH R. HAUGHEY. FEASTER.—Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Ketring, in Wichita, Kan., Feb. 24, 1904. Conrad A. Feaster, in his eighty-second year. His parents were directly descended from those who, amid the snow-clad peaks and mountain valleys of the Alps, sealed their faith with their blood. He was a member of the Lutheran Church for many years, but in 1894, while on a visit in Elk City, Kan., he heard the third angel’s message presented in a manner so clear and convincing that he at once accepted it, and was baptized at the camp-meeting in Emporia, Kan. He returned to his Eastern home to meet many trials and sorrows in his old age, but remained true to his faith, and it was the hope of our Saviour’s soon coming that cheered his last years. As a little child might fall asleep in its mother’s arms, weary and tired from the long day, so he peacefully and quietly fell asleep in the loving arms of the Saviour. We laid him to rest as the sun was setting, words of comfort and encouragement being spoken to the relatives and friends by Dr. Droll, of the branch sanitarium at this place. MRS. J. F. KETRING. MEAD.—Died in Claremont, near Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 10, 1904, Rosie C., wife of the late F. L. Mead. Mother was born in Unity, N. H., April 8, 1857, her father, Robert Cochran, being one of the first Seventh-day Adventists. June 30, 1878, she was married to Frederick L. Mead, of Washington, N. H. From the first they were in some way connected with the work of the Lord, and in 1898 they came to Africa. We lived for three years at the mission in Rhodesia, when father was removed from us by the hand of death at Kimberley, in October, 1901, while on his way to Cape Town to attend a general meeting. Mother never fully recovered from the shock of his death. In August, 1902, we removed to Claremont, where we have since lived. Mother had been ill for some time with paralysis of the nerves, and although we were compelled to expect it would result in death, yet it came to us with a shock. It was her wish, if she died, to be laid to rest in Kimberley, beside father. So they now rest side by side to await the call of their Master, whom they served so faithfully, and we believe they will surely awake in the first resurrection. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.” WALTER S. AND LENA V. MEAD. GUILFORD AND LUMLEY.—Ransom Guilford, a nephew of Wm. Miller, the leader of the great advent movement of 1843-44, died at his home at Clyde, Ohio, March 17, 1904. The deceased was a brother of Elder Oscar Guilford and Hiram Guilford. Hiram is the only one left of the family, in which there were sixteen children. Brother Guilford was in his eighty-second year. He was a full participant in the experiences of the movement led by William Miller, and the writer has listened many times with interest to the recitation of his experiences in those thrilling days. Thus one by one this generation is passing away. Brother Guilford’s wife was so ill that she was denied the privilege of seeing him after his sickness, which was for a few days only, and we buried him while she lay confined to her bed in an upper room. These sad experiences make us long for the coming of our dear Lord, the Life-giver. On Tuesday, the fifteenth, I was called to preach the funeral of Grandma Lumley, aged 85 years. This aged Christian came from Ireland when a girl. She married in Canada, and came to the United States about forty years ago. How frail we appear in the presence of the dead, and how like the dust as we stand beside the open grave! How cheering the exceeding great and precious promises! D. E. LINDSEY. Ft. Collins Church Membership Notice
NOTICE is hereby given that all members of the Ft. Collins (Colo.) church who do not report, and whose whereabouts can not be ascertained by July 1, 1904, will be dropped from the church roll. Address Mrs. Alta Brooks, Church Clerk, 225 Whedbee St., Ft. Collins, Colo. Cleveland Church Membership Reports
To the absent members of the Cleveland (Ohio) church we wish to say that we find it necessary to revise the church books, a thing that has not been done since the church was organized. In order to do this correctly, we desire as soon as possible a written report from every member, except those who will be present at the quarterly meeting, April 2. Let no one think his membership dropped on account of not reporting, but let us know in your report whether or not you wish to retain your membership with us. Address R. B. Owen, Clerk, 567 Case Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. GEO. A. KALLMEYER, Box 133, Belleville, Mich., wishes the addresses of three sisters: Lena, Mary, and Julia Kallmeyer. 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. [SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—ED.] The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:— Fred B. Numbers, 61 Greymont St., Cleveland, Ohio, back numbers of REVIEW, Signs, Good Health, Instructor. Tom C. Hege, Winston, N. C., current S. D. A. periodicals, special numbers in quantity. 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. WANTED.— A tailor; steady employment for a good man. Apply to J. M. Jones, The Tailor, Iola, Kan. WANTED.— S. D. A. man, or man and wife,—man to work on farm by year, woman to work among children. Good wages to the right man. Address W. A. Whitman, Arcola, Assa., Canada. WANTED.— A good, strong, married man to work on farm by month or year. Farm on main road, pleasant location. S. D. A. church near. For particulars, address R. W. Osborn, Tekonsha, Mich., R. F. D. No. 1. FOR SALE.— Nursery stock of all kinds; first class; at most reasonable prices. More than a dozen of the best varieties of strawberry plants; also early bearing varieties of fruit trees a specialty. For further information, address Emmanuel Missionary College, Nursery Dept., Berrien Springs, Mich. The Young People’s Work
By Editor
THE General Conference Sabbath-school Department has prepared the Manual on Young People’s Work which many have been inquiring for. It is now in the hands of the printer, and the secretary of the department, Sister L. Flora Plummer, will send sample copies to leaders of individual companies, so far as she has addresses, and to all the State secretaries of the young people’s work. A sufficient number will be printed to supply the leaders in every society desiring the manual. We believe all will find this a very helpful booklet in suggesting the nature of our young people’s movement and organization, the very definite work before our youth, and the general plan of campaign. THE elder of one of our Southern churches writes: “We are still using the weekly offering envelopes, and are very much gratified with the results. Before the adoption of the envelope plan, our First-day offerings were averaging a little less than four dollars a quarter. We have now used the envelopes during two quarters, and the average has been nearly fourteen dollars. The last quarter showed an increase over the first, and we hope the increase may continue. I do not attribute this altogether to an increase in liberality; I think it shows the advantage of keeping the matter constantly before the brethren and sisters, as the envelopes do. The spirit of giving is even reaching the children, and they become anxious to drop in their envelopes, many a penny or nickel thus going into the mission treasury that otherwise would be spent for trifles. Nor is this all: the reflex influence on the church tends to an increase in spirituality, which is so much desired at this time. May the Lord help us all to be faithful stewards.” Miller and Selmon’s Trip to China
By Editor
An interesting description of their trip to China by Drs. Miller and Selmon, begins in the Youth's Instructor of March 29. Every one will want to read it. Later we shall have some excellent reports of their work in China for the REVIEW. Elder Westphal Returning to South America
THOSE who have been reading the calls from Chile will be glad to know that the Union College board are generously planning to release Elder F. H. Westphal at the end of the school year, so that he and his family may return to South America, this time to the West Coast. Spanish Sabbath-School Lesson Pamphlet
Our Mexico mission press has issued a Sabbath-school lesson pamphlet in the Spanish. The next quarter's lessons on Revelation are translated. This will be a great help to the growing ranks of our Spanish-speaking believers. It may be obtained from the La Verdad Press, Apartado 2229, Mexico, D. F. Seventh-day Adventist Year Book for 1904
By Editor
THE Seventh-day Adventist Year Book for 1904, comprising a complete directory of the General Conference, union and local conferences, and mission fields, educational institutions, publishing houses, periodicals, sanitariums, and benevolent institutions, together with statistical reports and the constitution of the General Conference, is now ready for delivery. Send orders to this office, or to your State tract society. Price, postpaid, 25 cents.