Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 45. (11/10/1910)

Review and Herald

Nov 10, 1910

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 10, 1910

The Divine Helper

SHALL I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come? My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”

— Psalm 121, margin.

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Christ Is All

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE

O BLESSED Christ! my Strength, my King, He is my comfort and my stay; In him I hope, of him I sing While toiling o’er life’s rugged way. Chiefest among ten thousand he, For Christ, my King, is all to me.

Ofttimes my heart is filled with gloom, My timid soul with doubt and grief, Voices from darkness and the tomb Cry out for comfort and relief. When others fail to understand, Then he, my Saviour, takes my hand.

Yea, he who made this soul of mine Knows well its weakness and its fears; He chides me not when I repine, But gently wipes away my tears. He sweetly calleth me by name, And loves me evermore the same.

Yea, Christ, my blessed Lord, is all; My everlasting Rock is he; He sweeteneth each cup of gall, And listens to my weakest plea. He hears my cry, he speaks my name, And loves me evermore the same.

When, in that land of endless day, Faith shall give place to living sight, And pain and death shall flee away Before the rapturous glory bright, With ransomed voice I’ll shout and sing, “Thou hast redeemed me, Christ my King!”

Lansing, Mich.

Lights in the World

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

It is impossible for man to measure the ingenuity shown by Satan in deceiving human minds. Christ saw the working out of Satan's plans to deceive man. He saw that the world was being captivated by the delusive power exercised through commercialism of various kinds, and he volunteered to take human nature, and come to this earth to live among men, to meet the wily foe in every stage of human life, and to counterwork the wiles of Satan.

Thus was laid the plan for Christ to act his part as a Saviour. He came to our world to live, and suffer, and die, that he might win to God the souls deceived by Satan. He came to stay the overwhelming tide of deception that was carrying souls on to ruin. He is wise in an understanding of the tempter's plans, and he can teach men and women how to become wise to discern and escape the snares that Satan is constantly laying.

Christ declared, I have pledged myself, as the only begotten Son of the Lord God Almighty, to carry out God's plan to win souls from Satan. The Saviour alone can defeat the enemy. He works in man's behalf to uncover his plans, that souls may be led to turn from the arch-deceiver.

The Prince of heaven, he who was one with the Father, gave himself to redeem the fallen race. Satan is actively and untiringly at work to defeat the Saviour's purpose. But Christ says, Where Satan has set his throne, there will I establish my cross. The prince of evil shall be cast out, and I will become the center of a world redeemed.

In his life on this earth, Christ lived the law of God, thus making it possible for men of every nation and every clime to live, under the sorest temptation, a life of true obedience. Those who accept God as their Creator and Christ as their Redeemer, receive the spirit of obedience that was revealed in the life of him who came to make known to men the Father. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and love of God!

Christ came to give to men the wealth of eternity, and this wealth, through connection with him, we are to receive and impart. Not to ministers only, but to every believer, Christ says, The world is enshrouded in darkness. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Every one who truly loves God will be a light in the world.

He who is a citizen of the heavenly kingdom will be constantly looking at things not seen. The power of earth over the mind and character is broken. He has the abiding presence of the heavenly Guest, in accordance with the promise, “I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” He walks with God as did Enoch, in constant communion.

The ministry of the word rests not merely upon those who preach the word, but upon all who hear and receive the word. God calls upon his people to break the bands of their precise, indoor service. He would have hundreds in our cities doing the work that Christ did while on this earth,—cheering the sorrowful, strengthening the weak, comforting the mourners, preaching the gospel to the poor. In many of the large cities scarcely anything has been done to proclaim the message of warning. Our brethren and sisters living in these crowded centers should let their light shine forth. You may think that your light is too small to do any good, but remember that it is what God has given you, and that you are held responsible to let it shine forth. Some one else may light his taper from it, and his light may be the means of leading others out of darkness.

The Saviour allowed nothing to interfere with the accomplishment of his work. He declared, “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” He mingled constantly with men, not to encourage them in anything that was not in accordance with God's will, but to uplift and ennoble them. “I sanctify myself,” he declared, “that they also might be sanctified.” No other teacher ever placed such signal honor upon men as did Christ. He was known as the friend of publicans and sinners. He mingled with all classes of society, that all, high and low, rich and poor, might share in the blessings he came to impart.

Daily beset by temptation, constantly opposed by the leaders of the people, Christ knew that he must strengthen his humanity by prayer. In order to be a blessing to men, he must commune with God, pleading for energy, perseverance, and steadfastness. Thus he showed his disciples where his strength lay. Without this daily communion with God, no human being can gain power for service. It is the privilege of every one to commit himself, with all his trials and temptations, his sorrows and disappointments, to the loving Heavenly Father. No one who does this, who makes God his confidant, will fall a prey to the enemy.

“We have not an high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the

throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

There is a great work to be done. God's servants are to go from house to house, watching for opportunities to sow the seeds of truth. But many of God's people act as if he desired them to hide their light under a bushel. The Lord says, Bring forth your light. Set it on a candlestick, that it may give light to all that are in the house. Wake up, my brethren and sisters, wake up, and work for the conversion of souls. Do not find fault and criticize. Thus you spend your energies in Satan's cause. Do not give way to anger because you think that you are misunderstood. Was not your Master misunderstood? Speak no word of doubt or unbelief. The more you talk of the difficulties in the way, the larger will they appear. Do not accuse your brethren. Rather accuse yourselves. An untold amount of mischief is done by words of faultfinding and slander. Never tear down the reputation of a fellow being.

The Lord is grieved when his people stand aloof from one another. Thus they show their weakness, and range themselves on the enemy's side. Let no one weaken the hands of another. Let every man do what he can to build up, not to tear down.

Guard jealously your hours for prayer and self-examination. Set apart some portion of each day for a study of the Scriptures and communion with God. Thus you will obtain spiritual strength, and grow in grace and favor with God. He alone can direct our thoughts aright. He alone can give us noble aspirations, and fashion our characters after the divine similitude. If we draw near to him in earnest prayer, he will fill our hearts with high and holy purposes, and with deep, earnest longing for purity and cleanliness of thought.

Moses prayed to God, saying, “I beseech thee, show me thy glory.” And God said, “I will make all my goodness pass before thee. . . . And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.”

In this representation the Lord desired to teach the lesson that he requires in his people purity of character and holiness of life. He desires to see revealed in them mercy, loving-kindness, and long-suffering, that they may demonstrate that “the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.” He imparts the richest blessings to those who serve him with a pure heart. He teaches each one who opens the heart to his instruction and obeys his voice.

A. N. DURRANT

By A. N. Durrant

Feasting on God’s Word—No. 2

A. N. DURRANT

Those who to-day are feasting on God’s written Word will one day sit around a great table many miles in length, in the kingdom of God, at the marriage supper that is now being prepared, when the Son of God “shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.” Luke 12:37. Truly, “Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” Rev. 19:9.

It is indeed a sad fact that many are making excuses to-day of which they will repent with anguish of soul when it is forever too late. The last invitations to the marriage supper are now being given everywhere, through the last message that God is sending to the world. Compare Luke 14:16-24; Matt. 22:1-4; Rev. 14:6-14. It is not breakfast time, nor dinner time; it is supper—the last meal—time, in God’s day of grace. Have you accepted the invitation? Are you heeding the essentials in getting the right attire on, before you shall come face to face with the King? “Many are called, but few are chosen.” “When the King came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? And he was speechless.” Let us heed the lesson. Let us look well to ourselves, and see if we are being clothed with suitable garments—“the garments of salvation” and the “robe of righteousness” (Isa. 61:10) wrought for us in Christ Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness.

The man in the parable, who was “speechless,” is symbolic of the great mass of mankind, who will come up to the day of Jesus’ coming, believing, being deceived, that they are heirs of his kingdom, and prepared to meet him; but alas! to be fatally disappointed. See Matt. 7:21-27. They have neglected to rectify their lives by the Word of God; they builded not on the sayings of the Lord; now they “walk naked,” and their shame is seen. Rev. 16:15.

God help us all to put off our robes of sin and self-righteousness, and be clothed with the perfect robe of Christ’s righteousness! God forbid, dear reader, that any one of us shall be speechless before the King in that great day “when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe.” 2 Thess. 1:10. O, may we all be ready when the Bridegroom comes!

Trinidad, British West Indies.

Fear Not

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

FEAR not, for God omnipotent Upholds thee by his power; His mighty love and stretched-out arm Support thee every hour.

Fear not; for God omniscient rules The universe and thee,— Each unseen flower, each blazing sun In heaven’s canopy.

Fear not; for omnipresent dwells God’s Spirit in his world; For thee his power will e’er avert The darts by Satan hurled.

More mighty than we know is sin, More strong to lure and slay; But mightier than all, our God, Who is thy strength and stay.

Thy choice, to work God’s will on earth; Thy joy, to be his son; Thy call, to arm for victory,— To laud thy King, when won.

Portland, Ore.

A Noble Character

By Albert Weeks

ALBERT WEEKS

God regards it as noble to be honest and earnest in his service, to strive diligently to learn his will. It is said of the Bereans, "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so." Acts 17:11.

To seek to learn what is right, and then to carry out these right principles in the life, will meet the approval of our blessed Lord. "Not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth." 2 Cor. 10:18. In the Judgment the Lord "both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart; and then shall every man have praise of God." 1 Cor. 4:5.

In our efforts for nobility of character, it is well to consider the example of our Saviour. The most prominent characteristic of our Lord was love,—love for the sinful as well as the righteous. He left the glory of heaven, and came to this cold, dark world, because he loved men, and longed to save them from sin and its results. He is full of mercy, and he expects those who follow him to manifest this grace. Thus he says, "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." "Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Matt. 5:7, 9, 39, 44, 45.

These are noble principles. They are not natural to the human heart; but when they are seen, they show that the person has been with the Saviour and learned of him. Resentment, revenge, grudging, and all attempts to injure our fellow men are put away by the sweet influence of the Spirit of God. Love for all God's creatures has taken its place in the heart. The carnal mind is subdued. Thus the soul is preparing for eternal life in the land where love rules.

Smith's Creek, Mich.

The Aim of Good Education

“THE great end of a good education is to form a reasonable man.”

Farewell Summer

By Cecil Cavendish

(The wild aster is known in some localities as “Farewell Summer.”)

In the meadows near the mill, By the wayside, on the hill; In the fields that wander down To the edges of the town, And beside the farmhouse door, “Farewell summer” blooms once more.

Little asters blue and white, Many as the stars at night, Summer’s flowers have blown away; Now you come to make us gay When the fields are growing brown, And the leaves come fluttering down.

How I love to gather you, Purple flowers and white and blue, On the cloudy afternoons When the wind makes pleasant tunes In the orchard grasses dry, Where the ripened apples lie.

Dear to me are days of spring, And the summer makes me sing; Winter has its times of cheer, But the best days of the year Come when, close beside our door, “Farewell summer” blooms once more.

— Cecil Cavendish, in Saint Nicholas.

A Few Things to Remember

By Evelyn Gooding

EVELYN GOODING

1. If others forget you, remember that you have not done sufficient for them. Do more for others, and they will not forget you.

2. If others praise you, remember that you can do nothing of yourself, and give God the glory.

3. If others injure you, remember that they “know not what they do,” and forgive them.

4. If others treat you well, remember that you do not deserve it, and be grateful.

5. If tempted to criticize others, remember that you have many faults, and overlook theirs. It will take all the time you have to overcome your own.

6. If others criticize you, remember that you have criticized others, and be merciful toward them.

7. If you see wrong in others, go to them and tell them, instead of telling others, and remember that you may be tempted in the same way. “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”

8. If others tell you your faults, do not be angry, but consider the matter carefully and prayerfully.

9. If you are needy, remember that it is your need which appeals to God’s great heart of love, and that he is ready and willing to help you.

10. If you find it hard to love others because of their faults, remember that God loved you even when you were “dead in trespasses and sins.”

11. If you feel offended with others, remember that if you were dead to self, you could not feel anything, and that God’s Word says, “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”

12. If you know some one who is godly and earnest, remember that he derives his goodness from Jesus, our Example, and try to be like him.

Australia.

Backache and Kidney Complaints

By Franklin Richards, M. D., C. M.

FRANKLIN RICHARDS, M. D., C. M.

According to the advertisers of certain “backache pills,” pain in the back always indicates some kidney ailment. That, of course, is incorrect, as there are numerous other causes of backache, such, for example, as lumbago. Various congestions and inflammations of the abdominal and pelvic organs are also common causes of backache. So far, then, the patent-medicine advertisers are wrong. Kidney diseases are, however, increasing; and as they do sometimes cause backache, it is well to be cognizant of the fact.

A Sluggish Kidney

We often hear of a torpid or sluggish liver, and the same terms might equally well be applied to certain conditions of the kidneys. Just as a sluggish liver means a swollen or congested state of that organ, so a sluggish kidney refers to congestion. One or both kidneys may be involved. The organ becomes swollen, and overloaded with blood. The water passed is dark in color, scant in quantity, and highly concentrated. It may even contain a little blood.

One of the characteristic symptoms is a dull, aching pain over the loins. The pain continues for some time, and has a very depressing effect upon the patient. The back feels weak.

What Are the Causes?

These are often dietetic, such as the free use of condiments, tea and coffee, and, most harmful of all, alcoholic liquors. Tobacco exerts an irritating effect upon the kidneys as well as on other organs. A chill, due to exposure to cold and wet, may cause congested kidneys; and we must not omit the poisonous drugs and stimulating diuretics. Overeating, the use of rich and irritating foods, sedentary habits, and lack of exercise are all factors which must be taken into account.

A congested kidney may be secondary to some other disease in the body affecting the heart, lungs, or liver. These conditions, too, produce backache, which often takes the form of a dull, heavy feeling, as if a weight were put on the back.

Let us explain here that it is impossible to determine the character of the disorder by the pain alone.

To Relieve the Pain

The treatment is often very simple, and can be carried out in the home. First and most important is absolute rest. Drink water freely, either cold, which is best for those who can take it, or hot. Lemonade, or lemon water, too, may be taken freely. Apply hot fomentations to the seat of pain. The cloths should be large, and cover the lower half of the back. They must be hot to be effective. Three or four can be applied, leaving each for five minutes. Then bathe with tepid or cold water, and dry gently. Repeat the treatment every three or four hours.

In severe cases a hot, half-trunk blanket pack will be found very effective. This may be continued for ten or fifteen minutes, when the parts should be bathed with cold water, dried, and rubbed with oil.

Give a large soap enema, from two to four pints, and keep the bowels open. A full hot bath or hot leg-bath should be taken to produce free perspiration. Such, in brief, are a few measures which can be used to advantage in most cases.

Inflammation of the Kidney

This is a far more serious condition than mere congestion. Either or both kidneys may be inflamed. The causes are practically the same as those leading to congestion. Indeed, the inflammation may be looked upon as a very severe congestion, or the congestion as a mild inflammation.

The kidney is much swollen, as in congestion, and overfilled with blood, the large quantity of blood doubtless accounting for the increased size.

A Dull Pain in the Back

Again, we find a dull pain in the back, which is very severe at times. There is usually a moderate fever as well, and the water becomes dark and scanty.

The treatment here, too, is complete rest in bed, free water drinking, and a light, simple diet, consisting largely of fruit juices, plain gruels, and dextrinized breads. The bowels must be kept active, and hot baths, fomentations, and hot packs used freely. It is well to consult a physician, and take the treatment under his direction.

Wahroonga, New South Wales.

The Public Drinking Cup

THIS little story makes significant reading. It was told by a physician out of his personal experience. “A man came and consulted me for a severe sore mouth and throat. I examined him, and discovered a number of patches on his lips, tongue, and throat, indicating that

he had a certain unmentionable disease. He admitted having the disease. I warned him to use a private drinking cup, and under no circumstances to use a public drinking cup. A half-hour later I was surprised and disgusted to see him drinking from the common drinking cup at the hotel where I was stopping.”

This second story is told by the same doctor: “While on a train last summer, I was called by the conductor to prescribe for an unfortunate person who was in the last stages of tuberculosis. Some friends had assisted him to the train, and he was going to a sanatorium. He became exhausted and fainted. He previously expectorated freely, and when he recovered from his spell, a sympathetic lady gave him a drink from the public drinking cup on the train!”

Is it exaggeration when we say that the public drinking cup is one of the gravest dangers we face to-day?—Ladies’ Home Journal.

Progress in the European Division

By L. R. Conradi

L. R. CONRADI

From all appearances, 1910 will mark another great step in the advancement of the European Division. As I am about ready to start to spend the rest of the year in the South American field, I will briefly review the season's work.

All our various gatherings during the year have been marked with unity. God's Spirit has touched hearts, souls have been converted, and plans laid for the extension of the work. Liberal donations have also been given to missions, and we are able to spend some ten thousand dollars more in our mission fields this year than last year.

We were happy to dedicate the Stanborough Park College, in England, also to see the main building of the sanitarium at Gland, Switzerland, completed.

In view of the large gathering of the General Conference Committee in Friedensau next summer, the lacking wing of the new school building has been given out to the contractor. As the Hamburg Publishing House must necessarily have more ground, we secured some of the adjoining property for eight thousand dollars; this will give us ample room for future growth. The purchase of some property in Riga for the publishing house, and the erection of a chapel for the growing church there, are also under consideration. The Latin Union has removed its headquarters to Paris, and the depository has been reopened there, while the depository from Geneva has been removed to Gland. Brother E. Borle has taken hold of the publishing work since October 1, and is visiting Spain and Portugal in its interests. We expect to put up a small printing plant in Gland to print our French papers and tracts.

Important changes are taking place in our African mission fields. In the Pare Mission of German East Africa, our work is constantly growing. We have one thousand young people attending our schools, and our committee has now decided to open up a fourth main station there. There is a hopeful outlook for a steady growth in the number of converts from heathenism. We now have the Gospel of Matthew, also a primer and a hymn-book, in print in the Chasu; and the British and Foreign Bible Society is pressing us to complete the translation of the New Testament, which it will assist us in getting out.

The greatest changes, however, are taking place in the Victoria Nyanza field. We have there two stations on the British East African side, and three on the German side. Elder B. Ohme, with eight new workers, is also on the way to that field. We expect these stations will be doubled on both sides within a year; and if possible, we shall occupy the whole east side of the Nyanza. Translations are being made in the Kavirondo tongue, also in Waganda and Suaheli, and we expect to have quite a literature in all these different languages within a year.

Our buildings are about completed in Asmara, of the Abyssinian Mission. Brethren A. Grundset and P. N. Lindegren look after the school now, and we hope it will prove a success. Dr. F. W. Vasenius and Brother J. Persson made a trip lately into Abyssinia as far as Aksum and Adua, but found no favorable opening for medical missionary work, as the Italian government is supplying free medical help in that region. The doctor will now try a new district. We are taking Brethren Toppenberg and Persson to the Victoria Nyanza, to gain a larger experience; and as soon as the country opens, they will push to the north from there toward the southern Abyssinian border. Thus we are doing what we can to come as near as possible to Abyssinia from the north and the south. We are also contemplating getting out literature in some of the Abyssinian tongues.

The work is also advancing in the Levant Union. In our late meetings, which I shall report in another article, important steps were taken to more fully organize that large union mission field. From the present Turkish field, we cut off ancient Armenia, close to the Russian border, with a population of about two and one-half millions, as a separate mission field. Elder Z. G. Baharian, who has lately made a tour of that country, will take charge of it, and be joined by several workers. The Grecian mission field, comprising Macedonia, Albania, Greece, and Crete, with about six millions of people, has also been organized. Elder R. S. Greaves will look after it, and has taken up his headquarters at Janina, in Albania, while Brother F. Scior is placed at Thessalonica. Perhaps the most important step was the organization of a small institute to be held this winter at Constantinople.

We have just received word that Brother F. F. Oster has safely arrived in Baku, preparatory to entering Persia. He will be joined by Brother H. Dirksen early in 1911. We trust that God will graciously care for these, our pioneer missionaries to the Persian nation, and that he will open up the way for them to reap a rich harvest in this interesting and difficult field.

Important changes will take place by the beginning of the new year in the Russian Union Conference. As the present Russian Union has not only the largest

population of any union conference in the world, but by far the greatest extent of territory, a division has been arranged; and from Jan. 1, 1911, the Siberian Union Mission field will be organized. Great Siberia will be divided into an eastern and a western field; the present East Russian Mission field, with some provinces of the Middle Russian field, will be divided into the Volga and Ural mission fields. These four, with the Central Asiatic fields, will form the Siberian Union Mission field, with about one thousand members. Elder G. Perk is already on the way to Samara, the great junction of the Siberian and Central Asiatic railways, to establish headquarters there. Elder E. Gnadjin, who has lately organized a church of twenty-five in Manchuria, expects to settle in eastern Siberia, while Elder H. K. Loebsack has already settled in Omsk, western Siberia, and Elder J. F. Hinter in the Volga district at Zaritzin.

Wherever we have taken up a collection for the $10,000 supplementary fund to the $300,000 Fund to be raised in America, to serve for educational purposes for the Levant, Latin, and Russian fields, our people have received it with enthusiasm, and we expect that by our meeting next July, every cent of it will be in hand.

While the first quarter of this year did not show so great a net growth as in former years, yet we are pleased to notice that the following quarter has regained the balance again, and we have every reason to believe that our membership will be above the twenty-two-thousand mark at the close of 1910. Our income, both in tithe and offerings, shows a steady, growing increase; and this opens before us the possibility of extending the work in our mission fields beyond, without having to call for extra help from America. As our work comes more and more to the notice of leading men in Europe, and the truth is being circulated among all religions, we feel more keenly the need of better literature, and we are hard at work to increase the same in the thirty tongues in which we are now printing throughout this division for the 540,000,000 people in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Our canvassing work and our book sales are increasing. We have every reason to be encouraged concerning this branch of the work.

Important changes are apparent throughout Europe. Turkey is now open to the gospel; the change in Portugal and Spain will throw open that large field; God has also been preparing the way in Austria-Hungary, where we have now nearly one thousand Sabbath-keepers; and though Russia is still restricting liberty, yet the avenues for the growth of the work are widening out.

Though we have neither the means nor the men to put forth special efforts in the great cities, yet something is being done, and there is a steady growth of our membership in all the larger cities of Europe. As our union and conference presidents are set free from institutions, and devote their time to successful city work, it keeps the ministry under them astir, and the result is that with our five hundred workers throughout Europe we shall add probably four thousand souls to our membership this year. Elder J. C. Raft, the president of the Scandinavian Union, raised up a good church in southern Sweden; Elder H. F. Schuberth is hard at work in the great city of Berlin; Elder J. H. Schilling has been helping with lectures in his union; Elder J. T. Boettcher has been out to Siberia, and organized several churches; Elder L. P. Tieche, of the Latin Union, has again entered Paris; while Elder W. J. Fitzgerald is holding a course of lectures in his union this winter. At the same time, we are exerting every influence possible to give our young people a Christian education in our schools, and to educate them for practical work in the field, realizing that to a large extent the hope of our steadily growing work to-day lies in our youth.

Hamburg.

A Thought for Mothers

By Addison Ballard

“I AM almost heart-broken over it,” a mother said to me once, during a pastoral call.

“And what is it, pray, that you are almost heart-broken over?” I asked.

“Well, it is about my little Jennie—what she said to me as I was putting her to bed last night.”

“Something very bad it must have been.”

“O, no, nothing of the kind. This is the way it was: Jennie is naughty sometimes, as most children are, you know. Then my way is to scold her sharply, and sometimes to punish her. But last night, after I had put her to bed, and was about to go away, she said, ‘Mama, have I been a good girl to-day?’ I thought a minute, then answered: ‘Why, yes, Jennie, you have been a good little girl to-day.’ A bullet could not have gone straighter to my heart. I had always been quick enough to reprove and punish her for being naughty; but she had evidently, as I remembered, been trying hard all day to please me by being good, and I had taken no notice of it. She had had to ask for the words of commendation which I should have been thoughtful and loving enough to give without her asking.—Addison Ballard.

Definition of a Lady

A PRIZE offered by the Gentlewoman (London) for the best definition of a lady was won by the following: “To be a lady means, rightly, to be a gentlewoman who shows by her every word and action a sweet and gentle dignity, with a gracious charm of manner,—a woman whose heart is pure and true; who is tender toward all suffering; who sympathizes with those in trouble, and is ever ready to give that which costs her some effort and self-denial. A lady thinks no work derogatory, and no one is deemed too lowly to receive courtesy and kindness. She is pure and good in every detail of life, a true friend, and a ‘ministering angel’ in sorrow and sickness.”

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