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Obituaries

STEPHENS.—Mrs. Henrietta Stephens died near Bellevue, Ohio, on Dec. 28, 1915, aged 40 years, 8 months, and 22 days. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and an earnest Christian. Her husband, and a daughter by an earlier marriage survive. D. E. LINDSEY.

BECK.—Elsie, the four-year-old daughter of Brother and Sister C. O. Beck, died at Sandhill, Ky., Oct. 11, 1915. It was with sad hearts that the parents laid her to rest, but they anticipate the joy of a glad reunion when the Life-giver comes to raise his sleeping children. S. G. GRIMES.

WATERS.—Mrs. Flora S. Waters was born in Prairie du Sac, Wis., March 31, 1878, and died in Seattle, Wash., Dec. 5, 1915. She was a firm believer in the third angel's message, and rejoiced in the hope of a part in the kingdom of God. Her husband and little daughter mourn, but they sorrow in hope. J. F. PIPER.

PETTITORY.—Elizabeth Glarden was born near Hamilton, Ohio, July 26, 1832. She was married to Charles Pettitory at the age of nineteen, and of their twelve children eight are living. She was left a widow twenty-five years ago. Sister Pettitory was baptized in 1904, becoming a member of the Cincinnati (Ohio) Seventh-day Adventist church, and remained faithful until her death. J. F. OLMSTED.

PARSONS.—Harriet E. Sarchet was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1843. She was married to William R. Parsons in 1863, and one son was born to them. Sister Parsons was a devoted Seventh-day Adventist for more than fifty years, holding membership at different times with churches at Topeka, Kans., Battle Creek, Mich., and Des Moines, Iowa. She fell asleep in Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 21, 1915. G. M. BROWN.

WATKINS.—Lydia Dewey was born in Pontiac, Mich., Oct. 9, 1861. She was married to Elliot Watkins in 1876. Three children were born to this union who, with the father, are left to mourn their loss. Our sister was devoted to her family, and always cheerful and friendly. She never fully identified herself with our people by uniting with the church, but gave her sympathy and support to the message we believe. She died in Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 25, 1915. G. E. LANGDON.

HENDERSON.—Mrs. L. H. C. Henderson died at her home in Shelton, Nebr., Dec. 30, 1915, aged 72 years, 10 months, and 11 days. She was identified with present truth for over thirty years. A sister is left of her immediate relatives, and her decease is mourned also by many friends. E. L. COOK.

SEALS.—Sarah C. Seals was born in Somerville, N. J., Aug. 31, 1838, and died at Whitehouse, N. J., Dec. 28, 1915. She was laid to rest on New Year's Day, the pastor of the Methodist church speaking words of comfort. The deceased was baptized in April, 1913, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Plainfield. Her faith in God was unwavering, and we believe that she sleeps in Jesus. J. W. MUNDY.

SANBORN.—Merton C. Sanborn fell asleep in Jesus at the Georgetown Hospital, Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 1915, aged 41 years, 10 months, and 12 days. The funeral service was held at Occoquan, Va., words of comfort being spoken by the writer. He is survived by his wife, six children, one brother, and an aged father and mother who have been Sabbath keepers for many years. RICHARD HOOKER.

STRAIL.—Nancy J. Strail was born in North East, Pa., Dec. 7, 1844. She was married to Mylo P. Strail Jan. 20, 1863. The family came to Kansas in 1873, settling at Syracuse, and afterward moving to Cottonwood Falls. Here her death occurred Dec. 21, 1915. Sister Strail accepted present truth in 1910, through the efforts of a Bible worker, and was a devoted Seventh-day Adventist from that time until her death. Five daughters and one son are left to mourn. The funeral service was conducted by Reverend Byron of the Methodist Episcopal Church. EDWARD HARRIS.

SHIDLER.—Joe Wise Shidler was born in the State of Ohio, July 7, 1852, and died at Mitchell, S. Dak., Dec. 21, 1915. His early life was spent in Indiana and Pennsylvania, but at the age of nineteen he went to Kansas, making his home there until 1911, when the family moved to Texas. He was married to Charlotte L. Brown Nov. 20, 1880, who, with nine of their ten children, is left to mourn. Brother Shidler embraced present truth in 1895, through reading the Signs of the Times, and was an active member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church until his death. E. T. RUSSELL.

STEVENS.—Mrs. W. H. Stevens, and her daughter Edith Eunice Stevens, were burned to death in a fire caused by the explosion of a lamp, on the evening of Dec. 6, 1915, in their home in Upper Cotton Wood, Chaves Co., N. Mex. The home also was destroyed. Sister Stevens, whose maiden name was Yeager, was born in Kansas, Aug. 9, 1870. She accepted Christ in childhood, and was ever faithful in his service. She was married to W. H. Stevens twenty-one years ago. Edith was born in Toledo, Ohio, April 7, 1899, and became a Christian about three years ago. Both mother and daughter sleep in hope. The husband and father, with his three remaining children, is left to mourn. Interment took place at Ligonier Cemetery, Indiana. R. B. COBERLY.

HALL.—Died at his home in South Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 28, 1915, Brother Reubin G. Hall, aged seventy-five years. He was born in Boone County, Kentucky, and was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Wade in June, 1870. Later they moved to Battle Creek, Mich., where they both accepted present truth. About thirty years ago they came to South Lancaster, Mass., and were directly connected with the academy, his wife giving twenty-five years of devoted service as English instructor, and he serving the school in various capacities during its early days. His faith in God was firm, and he found much consolation in the sacred pages of the Bible. June 20, 1915, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Francis Parker, who tenderly cared for him during his last illness. The wife and a niece, Mrs. Shirley Wade Bartlett, are left to mourn. The funeral service was held in the church at South Lancaster, Mass., and conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder F. C. Gilbert and Professor Castle. P. F. BICKNELL.

Northern Union Conference Association

By CHAS. THOMPSON; W. H. EDWARDS

THE Northern Union Conference Association will convene at 10:30 A. M., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1916, at the Pence Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minn., for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting.

CHAS. THOMPSON, President.

W. H. EDWARDS, Secretary.

Central Union Conference Association

By R. A. Underwood; F. F. Byington

THE legal meeting of the Central Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in the tabernacle at College View, in connection with the Central Union Conference, and will hold its first meeting at 10 : 45 A. M., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1916, for the transaction of such business as may come before the constituent body, which is composed of the delegates of the Central Union Conference.

R. A. UNDERWOOD, Chairman. F. F. BYINGTON, Secretary.

Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium Association

By R. A. Underwood; E. J. Baker

NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium Association will be held at College View, Nebr., in conjunction with the regular biennial session of the Central Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, Feb. 8-14, 1916.

The constituency, or membership, of this association consists of the board of trustees and the regularly elected delegates to the biennial session of the Central Union Conference.

This meeting is called for the purpose of electing officers and a board of trustees for the ensuing two years, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

R. A. UNDERWOOD, President. E. J. BAKER, Secretary.

Addresses Wanted

MRS. J. M. LEIN, Box 155, Stanley, N. Dak., is anxious to secure the address of Jacob Kern, with whom she had some business dealing several years ago. Any one knowing of Brother Kern’s address will confer a great favor on this sister by promptly notifying her.

Information concerning the whereabouts of the following-named members of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Seventh-day Adventist church is desired by the church clerk, Miss Alice Bond, 127 East Ave. 52, Los Angeles, Cal.: John Zellig, Mrs. P. Moore, Ruth Moore, Christine Rudy, M. Walter H. Fox, Mrs. Jane D. Fox, L. Mills, Mrs. L. Mills, A. L. Roberts, and G. Orie Elick.

Requests for Prayer

A SISTER in Nebraska asks prayer for the healing and conversion of her mother.

An anxious Illinois mother asks us to pray for healing for herself, and that the Lord will open the way for her daughter to receive a Christian education.

From Canada comes the request that we offer prayer for the healing of a sister, and also remember her brother who is just now passing through severe temptation.

We are asked to pray for an aged sister living in Chicago, to the end that her remaining eyesight may be spared, enabling her to continue her work of circulating our literature.

SHAMS

WE know of no book of its size which contains more sound common sense than this latest addition to our list of gift books. Its contents—“Shams,” “How to Be Insignificant,” and “What Is a Gentleman?”—are helpful and instructive to old and young. The author manifests a keen perception, and presents the subjects in a Christian manner.

The book has a unique binding, stamped in gilt, and each page is ornamented with an art border.

Cloth . . . . . . 50 cents

Blessed Be Drudgery

THE first part of this most practical and helpful little book enlarges upon the value of the irksome duties and routine of life, showing them to be blessings in disguise. The second part, “A Cup of Cold Water,” reaches the very heart of the reader. The author manifests an unusual understanding of human nature. Impressive illustrations and touching incidents render the book both interesting and inspirational. Bound in cloth.

Price . . . . . . 50 cents.

Pen Pictures of the Face of Jesus

A STRIKING feature of this book is the collection of illustrations of Christ by such noted artists as Hofmann and Raphael. We have never seen in any other moderate-priced book such a complete assortment of reproductions of famous paintings of Christ.

The text of the book is no less helpful, showing Christ to be a companion in loneliness and a light in the darkness of this world. Bound in cloth, with three-color stamp.

Price . . . . . . 50 cents.

The Kingship of Self-Control

A FEW quotations from this excellent little book by W. G. Jordan will give a good idea of its contents:—

“When a man fails in life, he usually says, ‘I am as God made me.’ When he succeeds, he proudly proclaims himself ‘a self-made man.’” “Man in his weakness is the creature of circumstances; man in his strength is the creator of circumstances.”

After reading the book, you will wish to secure copies for your friends.

Art board . . . . 25 cents.

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LIFE AND HEALTH

The February issue of

LIFE AND HEALTH

The editorial, “The Mind Is the Man,” in the February number of Life and Health, may be invaluable to every reader, if applied.

This one editorial comes to the Life and Health readers for the paltry sum of 10 cents, whereas it has required twenty years of medical research and hundreds of dollars expense to enable the editor to produce it.

Every REVIEW reader ought to have, not only the February issue of Life and Health, but every issue of this very practical health journal. While it is only $1.00 a year, every issue contains instruction that, if heeded, will in health and happiness return a value that cannot be expressed in dollars and cents. Economy demands the reading of Life and Health and profiting by its instructions.

Those who are regular readers are fairly represented in the following testimonial:—

I love the health magazine, and have had lots of help in my home in treating and rearing my children from it. I’ve been a reader of it for eleven years. I never waste one of the numbers, but pass them on to other mothers.

MRS. LEOLA STONE.

WEAPONS FOR THE TEMPERANCE WARFARE

Twenty-five snakes running through the streets—free whisky.

Box up the twenty-five snakes, and, by the authority of the court, bore twenty-five holes in the box—low license.

Stop up ten holes so that the snakes can all get out through the other fifteen holes—high license.

Drive the snakes to the next town—local option.

Kill the snakes—prohibition.

—Selected.

Illustrated Story

of the

Evils of the Liquor Traffic

the mother and prolific breeder of saloon snakes

The 1916 issue will win votes for

KILLING THE SNAKES

Our Mexican Spanish Papers

By Editor

IN consequence of the unsettled conditions existing in Mexico, greatly interrupting the mail service throughout the republic and particularly to other countries, it was recently decided to transfer the publication of our two Spanish papers from Mexico City to the Review and Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park, D. C. These papers are Las Señales de los Tiempos (Signs of the Times), a monthly missionary journal, and El Amigo de los Niños, a little paper published in the interest of Spanish-speaking children. Prof. G. W. Caviness returned from the council at Loma Linda to take charge of this work, and since then Sister Caviness has come to Washington to carry on her work as editor of the children's paper. The publication of these papers will be continued here until settled conditions warrant their being returned to the Mexican capital.

Brother and Sister Caviness have very bravely and faithfully stood at their post in Mexico through the long, trying revolutionary periods. Against the advice of their friends they have exposed themselves to danger in order to conserve the interests of the work which has been built up in that republic. Much against their desires, but because they cannot carry on their publishing work from Mexico City, they are here in Washington, earnestly longing for the time when they can again return to the field which has become endeared to them through long years of earnest, sacrificing labor.

College Debt Liquidated; War Extras Offered

By Editor

It will be a matter of great interest to the friends of Emmanuel Missionary College to learn that the debt, at one time $49,000, which has for years greatly hampered the school in its operation, has been fully liquidated. The Lord has greatly blessed the earnest efforts which have been put forth in the Lake Union Conference in bringing about this happy result. We hope that the near future will enable every educational institution connected with the denomination to sing the song of jubilee. We shall hope to receive from our Lake Union brethren an account of how this glorious result was achieved.

The Review and Herald has 50,000 copies of the War Extra on hand, and will close them out at $2 a thousand. This War Extra is not out of date in any essential feature. Its message is as vital today as it was when first printed. The donation, therefore, of $2 a thousand by the publishers ought to encourage some of our conferences to make a special distribution of these Extras in some of their large cities during the winter months, when the people have time to read and when it is possible to secure help in making a delivery. Two dollars a thousand means only two mills a copy—five copies for one cent, postpaid.

Comfort for the Tried and Weary

By Editor

THE article in this number which we republish from the pen of Sister E. G. White, gives a message of comfort and consolation to those who are tried and worn and weary. We all need to learn the lesson of trials in our experience.

Tennessee Sunday Labor Trial Postponed

We learn by a letter from Elder C. S. Longacre, secretary of the Religious Liberty Department, that the trial of our brethren in Tennessee who are under indictment for Sunday labor has been postponed until the May term of court.

The Law of God

By Editor

WE believe that our readers will be interested in following the series of articles on “The Law of God,” beginning in this number. They aim to exalt this divine standard and to apply its principles to practical, everyday Christian experience. Read them.

Temperance Instructor for 1916

By Editor

THE Temperance Instructor for 1916 was mailed last week for the regular issue of February 1. All our readers should study this year's temperance number, and seriously consider their personal responsibility in supporting its circulation. The great temperance issue is the gateway of our local and general work—an “entering wedge” for the full message.

The Chinese Signs of the Times

IN a recent letter from Elder J. F. Shultz, editor of our Chinese paper, the Signs of the Times, he says: “Our work here in the press is moving on nicely. I find that I am kept so busy that I have little time for language study. However, I have now reached the place where the reading of manuscript in Chinese is a help to me, and I am adding a little to my vocabulary every day. As I see our subscription list steadily increasing, it causes me to pray earnestly that I may have that with which to feed the people.” We are glad that Brother Shultz, who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever, is again able to resume the excellent work which he is doing in connection with the paper of which he is editor.

The 1916 Year Book

By H. E. Rogers

OWING to the many revisions, and the delay in receiving all the returns, the 1916 Year Book has not yet been printed, but will appear very soon. If conference secretaries and others interested, who know of other revisions which have been made since former lists were submitted, will at once send the same to the undersigned, such changes can be made in the body of the publication. These additional corrections should be sent without delay. H. E. ROGERS.

Russellism; or the Coming of a False Christ

By Editor

WE have recently received and read with much profit and pleasure a thirty-two-page tract under the above title, written by Elder C. B. Haynes, and published by the Southern Publishing Association. We have read several reviews which attempted refutations of “Pastor” Russell’s erroneous theories, but have seen no review which comprehends in so small a compass so many terse facts and refutations as are contained in this tract. We believe it should have a wide circulation. It will appear as No. 31 of the new Bible Students’ Series, and should be ordered by that number. Retail price, two cents a copy, from your tract society.

Our Final Harvest Ingathering Report

By T. E. Bowen

THE 1915 Harvest Ingathering campaign is now closed. The final figures are made up, and we are indeed happy to be able to report the splendid gain made over any previous year's record—the grand total being $78,333.25, a gain of $20,734.52 over last year, when it was $57,598.73. We passed by $3,000, our three-fourths milepost, on our attempt to reach the $100,000 goal. Surely this is a very encouraging gain, and it is hoped the coming year, by the blessing of the Lord, we shall be able to reach the big goal.

The Mission Board greatly appreciates this supplement to mission funds, making it possible to send on many additional recruits to the waiting fields.

We have a long list of conferences to add to this our final report, having reached their portion of the $100,000 goal. It now stands as follows:—

Maritime, October 21. Alabama, October 31. Newfoundland, October 31. Maine, November 1. Ontario, November 16. Canadian Union, November 16. Montana, November 30. Mississippi, December 10. Iowa, December 13. Minnesota, December 20. New Jersey, December 24. Saskatchewan, December 29. Eastern New York, December 31. District of Columbia, December 31. Atlantic Union, December 31. Greater New York, December 31. Massachusetts, December 31. Northern New England, December 31. Western New York, December 31. Quebec, December 31. Kansas, December 31. Eastern Pennsylvania, December 31. East Michigan, December 31. Northern Illinois, December 31. Kentucky, December 31. Oklahoma, December 31.

IN 1913, four conferences were listed upon the roll of honor; in 1914 twelve conferences and one union; this last year, twenty-four conferences and two unions. A splendid increase, or double this year over last.

T. E. BOWEN.