OUR hearts are rejoiced as we read of the progress of the work in other fields, and we are sure that the readers of our church paper will be pleased to hear that the work is progressing in these islands. The Lord has been working for us, and the hearts of many are filled with a desire to know the truth.
A new company in another part of these islands has lately begun to obey the truth. They have borne some opposition, and so far have stood firmly, notwithstanding the threats of some of their chiefs. We trust that they may remain faithful. This company are in the most eastern part of the Fiji Islands. The truth was first carried there by the Rarama, our little monthly Fijian paper. Later our native preacher, Brother Pauliasi Bunoa, went there and circulated the tracts and papers, and preached a number of sermons.
From another section we received a letter from a native who says that he is keeping the Sabbath all alone. He sends in a subscription for the Rarama, and asks that some one go there to preach.
A few half-castes are keeping the Sabbath. Others are anxious to learn. Some wish us to take their children and educate them. A native ordained Wesleyan preacher has lately sent his eighteen-year-old son to us to teach. This was a surprise to us, but we know that the Lord is working on the hearts of the people.
Our little launch will soon be finished. We hope to receive the engine from the States before long. We need this boat very much to go from place to place and from island to island. We are indeed thankful that contributions have come in so freely. We have now received about six hundred dollars. The native brethren have given over one hundred dollars toward getting a new boat. This is a big lift for them. Money is not easily obtained. A Fijian laborer gets about one shilling a day.
Our brethren are now planning to erect a church building. They have been saving means for this purpose for some time. I think that they should have help. This building is greatly needed. Perhaps some who read these lines may be impressed to help our brethren in this work and enterprise. If so, they may send their missionary gift to the Foreign Mission Board, stating the object for which it is given; or the tract society would no doubt forward the donation.
Remember us, brethren, in your prayers. Pray that the health of the laborers may be sustained, and that the work may go forward with power.
J. E. FULTON.
April 1.
Central America
By H. C. Goodrich
JONESVILLE, RUATAN.—I have now been here nine days. The interest seems to be very good, and four have begun observing the Sabbath. All of these are new conversions. Three of them are just now struggling with the tobacco habit,—one, an old lady of seventy years. Others seem interested. Many of the people of Jonesville have a good knowledge of the truth. Many years ago a Brother Gibbs, a canvasser, visited these islands, sold many books, and a few are keeping the Sabbath as a result. Later, a Sister Gerthrung, of California, visited her sister at French Harbor, and she and one or two others began keeping the Sabbath. Then Elder Hutchins came. There are a number who know the truth, but have never kept it. It is these who are now receiving the Word in their hearts. Coffee, tobacco, and rum have held this people in chains for years. Now some are going free.
The Bonacca school, with a strict discipline, has decreased in the number of pupils from sixty to forty. These are all good students, and a better spiritual influence prevails in the school.
I have accepted an invitation to preach in a neighborhood two miles west. Have had one meeting. The interest seems fairly good.
God's power to save has been very manifest here, and his presence is precious. I trust him for still greater results.
H. C. GOODRICH.
“He Left None Remaining”
By P. T. Magan
THERE is no record in the life of Joshua of his ever being censured by the Lord. To be sure, he made mistakes. Every leader of men, except the Master, has made mistakes. Joshua possessed many noble traits of character. There was one, however, which he possessed in a remarkable degree—thoroughness.
Of many men it is written that they “followed the Lord,” but of Joshua, that he “wholly followed the Lord.” To Joshua was allotted the task of conquering Canaan. It was a stiff fight from the beginning: “There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.” Nevertheless “Joshua took the whole land.”
Joshua’s life was spent on the firing line. He lived “in the camp.” When a quick move was necessary to save Gibeon, Joshua and his men marched “all night,” and fought every hour of the following day. Joshua saw that it would be dark before they could kill all the Amorites. If the Amorites were to be destroyed, it was—now or never. Rather than quit before his work was finished, he prayed for a day of double length: “Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.”
God answered that prayer, because of the spirit which prompted it—a spirit which refused to quit until the work was done.
When Joshua went into battle, he never regarded the day won as long as a single foeman breathed: “Till they were consumed;” “he let none remain;” “he let none remain in it;” “until he had left him none remaining;” “he left none remaining;” “he left none remaining, but destroyed all that breathed;” “left them none remaining;” “neither left they any to breathe;” “he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire;” “none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.” This is the manner in which the inspired record closes the story of each of the victories of Joshua. Was there ever a more thorough leader and fighter than Joshua?
And now shall we continue to fight for the freedom of our schools until it can be said of us concerning these debts that we “left not one remaining”?
Below we print the coupon. It may take more than one gift before the day is won. But we believe the day should be won—it must be won. Let us stand by it, then; let us stick to it until of all the debts there are left none remaining.
P. T. MAGAN.
An Opportunity to Give Spiritual Help
By Ellen G. White
WE HAVE never seen so good an opportunity for all who will work, to give spiritual help to their neighbors and to strangers, as is presented in the work of selling "Christ's Object Lessons." Let all who know the truth engage in this work, in the meekness of Christ and in the love of God, striving to communicate the light of truth. When you are called upon to defend a point of faith, do this in the meekness of wisdom, speaking the truth in love. "The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth."
E. G. WHITE.
Brave Little Vermont
By F. M. Dana
The following report shows the progress Vermont is making in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons:” —
VALUE
Copies received....
1,709
$2,136.25
“ in depository ....
259
“ in hands of people
555
814
1,017.50
“ sold (paid for)...
895
1,118.75
Vermont’s quota is three thousand, and according to the figures given above, we have sold about three tenths of our number.
One of our people has taken 116; another, 114; three, 50; two, 30; two, 20; three, 15; and twenty-two have taken 10. One of our sisters thought she could not sell the books, so she ordered one copy. She has sold twelve, and we expect that she will sell twelve more. Here is a point: Do not do so much negative thinking. We say we can’t, and then make ourselves think (really believe) that we cannot, and our courage is found wanting.
We are aware of the fact that the South Lancaster Academy is paying interest on the debt that the books are to liquidate. The longer we are selling the books, the more interest there will be to pay; so let us arise “all one body we,” and see the victory. The work will last just as long as we make it. What we need is consecrated service, then the books will sell. F. M. DANA.
For the Relief of the Schools Fund
Inclosed find Dollars
For the Relief of the Schools Fund.
(Signed)
Post Office
State
Current Mention
— Frank R. Stockton, the noted novelist, died suddenly in Washington, D. C., April 20, of apoplexy, being sixty-eight years of age.
— One hundred and fifty buildings were destroyed by fire in Kansas City, Mo., the evening of April 20, sixty of the buildings being cottage homes.
— The report comes from St. Petersburg of serious disturbances in Southern Russia, which are ominous of an attempt at revolution. The trouble extends over three provinces.
— Two towns in Western Guatemala are reported destroyed by earthquakes which occurred April 17. It is rumored that in one of the towns five hundred people were killed.
— A negro named Butler, living in Chicago on the south side, poisoned himself, and his family, consisting of a wife and five children, because he was unable to provide them decent support.
— A phenomenal heat wave prevailed over Nebraska and neighboring States south and east, April 20, the mercury in some places showing a temperature of 100° in the shade. Overcoats had been worn only the day before.
— Reliable news of the condition of Queen Wilhelmina is not given in the official bulletins posted at The Hague, according to dispatches from that city. It is said the reports are made favorable in order to avoid raising the question of a regency.
— A dispatch from Vienna states that a student in Warsaw attempted the assassination of the governor-general of Warsaw on the night of April 17, firing three shots at him, two of which took effect, though causing only slight injury. This is the third shooting of Russian officials by students within a week.
— The German liner “Deutschland” steered the last portion of a voyage ending at Plymouth, England, April 23, without any rudder, this having been lost in a storm four hundred miles east of the Scilly Islands. The ship’s course was controlled by her twin screws, and but little diminution of speed was made after the accident.
— The strict enforcement of the Sunday law in New York City, which prevailed for two or three Sundays recently, appears to have come to a sudden end, the conditions to which it was due being of a peculiar and temporary nature. Sunday, April 20, the saloons were mostly wide open, and no attempt was made to interfere with persons engaged in secular work, either in this or other lines of business.
— An experiment is being tried by officials of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, which will be watched with much interest by railroad men and the general public. The overland express on that road has been equipped with telephones, which connect not only the several cars of the train, but can be connected with local and long-distance wires at any station along the line. If successful, the experiment will demonstrate the feasibility of communicating by telephone from a moving train.
— A French company is constructing a railway line in Syria, which will reach to the ruins of Baalbec, running through the mountains of Lebanon.
— Attorney-general Knox has begun proceedings against the beef trust, which it is believed is responsible for the recent abnormal rise in the price of meat.
— What appears to have been one of the greatest earthquakes within recent years occurred April 17, affecting a large part of Mexico, and reaching down into Central America. In one Mexican city the damage done to property amounted to a million dollars.
— The editor of the North China Daily News says that war between Russia and Japan is considered inevitable both by the Japanese and the Russians and other residents along the Siberian border. Gigantic preparations are being made by both sides for a coming conflict.
— The war in the Philippines is now mainly confined to the island of Mindanao, where some Moro murderers are in hiding. The United States forces demand the surrender of these criminals, and will conduct a vigorous campaign against the inhabitants if their demand is not complied with.
— The United States is soon to have a gigantic bank, ranking with the Bank of England, Bank of France, and other large European banks. This will be accomplished by increasing the working capital of the National City Bank, New York City, to $40,000,000, which will make it by far the largest financial institution in the country.
— A soldier’s barracks in Managua, on the shore of Lake Nicaragua, was blown up by an explosion of tons of dynamite and powder stored within it, April 16. About two hundred soldiers and officers who were in the building were blown to pieces. The damage caused by the disaster is estimated at 5,000,000 pesos (Spanish dollars).
— One of the worst disasters to river steamboats ever known in this country occurred on the Ohio River a few miles from its junction with the Mississippi, April 20. The “City of Pittsburg” caught fire about daybreak, and in a few moments’ time was enveloped in flames. About a hundred passengers were on the boat, and as these were roused from sleep, a terrible panic ensued, which the officers were powerless to control. About seventy persons were either burned to death or drowned.
— At a meeting of the Central Federated Union of workingmen held recently in New York City, the following resolution was submitted as a means of dealing with the situation created by the recent heavy rise in the price of meat: “Resolved, That we recommend workingmen and women in New York City to refrain from buying or eating beef or mutton for one month from May 1.” Similar action was taken by 2,000 employees of the Chicago and Alton shops at Bloomington, Ill. This would be an excellent way of reaching the beef trust with the force of public sentiment, and would greatly benefit the majority of those practicing this abstinence, since they would adopt a more wholesome diet than that of animal flesh. Many would no doubt be surprised to see how easily and comfortably they could get along without the use of meat.
— Marconi promises that wireless telegraphy between America and England will be in regular operation within four months’ time.
— Archbishop Corrigan, one of the leading Catholic prelates in this country, is reported to be dangerously ill with pneumonia at his residence in New York City.
— The light in the torch of the statue of Liberty in New York harbor, which was extinguished some time ago because no money appropriation had been made by the government for it, will be maintained hereafter by the War Department, which controls the island on which the statue is placed.
— All previous operations in the formation of trusts are eclipsed by a gigantic “merger” now reported as practically completed under the direction of J. P. Morgan, embracing the great transatlantic steamship lines, English, American, and German. The Cunard line is said to be not yet included in the deal, but it is believed that this line will not be able to stand out against the competition of the trust, and will be forced to join it at an early date. English steamship lines in this trust are not merely controlled by the syndicate, it is affirmed, but have been bought by it outright. Sixty per cent of the interests of this great combine will, it is said, be in the hands of Americans. Besides this combination of steamship lines, it is reported that Mr. Morgan is buying up English trunk railway lines, which, together with leading American railways, will be operated to carry on the business of the trust. Considerable alarm is expressed by English newspapers over the situation.
Plans Being Suggested
By S. H. Lane
We are much pleased to learn through various sources that the Missionary Acre subject is being studied, and plans are being suggested and adopted, which, when carried out, will be successful in purchasing the old Battle Creek College property for the use of the American Medical Missionary College for the purpose of educating and training physicians and nurses for the promulgation of the special truths of these times in all parts of the world.
The following plan has been suggested by Brother Arthur Moon, of Iowa. We are glad to present it to the readers of the REVIEW, as it may aid some to procure means for the purchasing of the property for the medical college, and at the same time be instrumental in spreading the truth in many localities, and thus accomplish a vast amount of good.
Brother Moon says: “Knowing that earnest efforts are being put forth to aid the medical college, and realizing that there are many who, like myself, have no ground to till, or fowls or stock to consecrate to the Lord, I thought it might be a good idea to give you my plan to raise money for this worthy object. I speak of it because I believe you will be able to reach many more than I possibly can. My plan is to sell the Midsummer number of the Good Health, and22turn in the profits for the American Medical Missionary College. Last summer I found it an easy task to dispose of one hundred copies. This year I am planning to sell two hundred. In this plan of mine there is a threefold blessing: first, it will be a great blessing to purchase the college; second, a greater blessing will come to a suffering world in calling their attention to the truths contained in the journal, and the institutions where these truths are taught; third, but not least, is the blessing that will react upon our own souls by this ministry to suffering humanity. My plan is to let the people know that I am selling the journal to help this benevolent work, and I find them willing to purchase and easy to interest in the medical missionary work.”
This is an excellent plan, and we hope some one in every church will take it up. I wish to suggest a similar plan which will be a good one to give many of our children an opportunity to secure means to aid in the purchasing of the old Battle Creek College property for the medical college. It is for them to sell the Life Boat. Will not each church, or one or more persons in the church, subscribe for a club of the Life Boat, and set the children in the church to selling them? The Life Boat is published monthly at 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago. It is nicely illustrated, and can be sold by thousands, at five cents a copy. The journal can be furnished in clubs to one address, as follows: five to twenty-five copies, twenty cents each, per year; twenty-six to fifty copies, fifteen cents each, when used for this purpose. Will not the elder or others in our churches work up the matter of securing a club in each church? When you order a club, address Life Boat, 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago, Ill. Let the church furnish the journals, and permit the children to sell them, and after paying for the journals, let all the profits be sacredly set apart for the Missionary Acre Fund to aid in the purchase of the property for the medical college.
If we as churches will set all our children to work in spreading the truth, but few of them will leave our ranks. The future work of all should be to save souls. Who will aid in these plans?
S. H. LANE.
Your Farm and Garden
By Joel C. Rogers
We call the spot of ground marked off by the surveyor's chain and inclosed by a fence, “my farm,” or “my land.” But God says of all the farms occupied by his people, “The land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.” Have you ever thought that you deal with only a foot of the surface soil? Suppose the Lord should remove his holding power, and let the bottom drop from your farm? It would be of little value to you then. “If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine.”
But even in this foot of soil that you call yours, see what God is doing for you! The snow has been coming down and the rain “from heaven,” to water the earth and make it “growing and fruitful.” Isa. 55:10, German. There comes a rainfall of one inch in April or May, when your soil has a temperature of 40°. The temperature of the rain is about 60°. On every acre of your farm there falls in small drops over thirteen tons of water. These warming drops percolate quickly into the soil, pushing the colder soil water down, and raising the temperature at least ten degrees in the first three inches of common clay loam.
The germination of seed and the vital processes of plant life cannot begin until the soil is warmed to a temperature of 45°. So in this soil factory of God's, he sets to work for your benefit myriads of food-producing workmen, just by sending one warm spring rain.
And with the return of springtime the sun rises higher into the heavens, so that his powerful beams may do their needed work upon your soil. Mighty workmen are these rays of sunshine! and how is it? Notice, next time you take your sledge hammer to break a stone, that all the force you put into each blow is given up by the hammer, crushing the rock before it, and allowing the hammer to come to rest at your feet. If not enough force is received by the stone to break it, the hammer rebounds, using some force to send it back. Just so the sunshine contains force from God in the form of heat. In spring and summer, as the sun stands more directly over your farm, his blows of heat-making force become more rapid, imparting some of their force to warm and dry your ground; while some rebounds into the air to warm it, forming a blanket which holds the warmth already gained by the soil.
Of this work of the sun it is said: ‘Four hundred millions of them [heat waves] arrive at each leaf every second. . . . It is under such hurried strokes as these that starch and sugar are made in the cells of plants.’—The Soil, Prof. F. H. King. It is also said that the working power of the sun at the earth's surface is equal to almost four-horse-power for each square yard. Thus God works to “give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater;” that is, to yourself.
How many men would need to be set to work with waterpots to carry water from the sea and lake to warm up your soil, as one shower of rain does? These showers are sent or withheld by the Lord. When he is obeyed, and idols are put away, “then shall he give the rain of thy seed.” “Then I will give you rain in due season.” See Isa. 30:23; Lev. 26:4.
Suppose the warmth from the sun were withheld after the ground is frozen: how many fires would you have to build to thaw it out? Or how many men with their sledge hammers would be needed to impart the necessary heat by the friction of their blows? We can do the tilling and planting, with the strength given us from our God. But how puny is all our work when placed beside the mighty work he is doing every day upon the earth!
How perfectly reasonable it is, then, that you should recognize the Lord's share in the products from your farm and garden! If a neighbor works your field on shares, furnishing certain things, and doing work equal in value to what you furnish, he gets half of the products. You would not think of ignoring him in time of harvest, taking the whole for yourself. Or if you work his land on shares, and he takes the whole harvest, he might expect soon to hear unfavorably from you.
Has God been working continually for you in your soil these many years, and you have been treating him as an uninterested party, taking to yourself practically all the harvests, both his share and yours? How would it do to take the Lord into your confidence and deal with him on the share plan for a while? Seeing that you thus recognize him as a worker with you, and regard yourself as a worker together with him, he can safely do more than ever for you in your soil and seed. Then you may expect that this saying shall come to pass: “Blessed shall be . . . the fruit of thy ground, . . . blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. . . . The Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, . . . and in the fruit of thy ground. . . . The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand.” Deuteronomy 28. Take the Lord in on shares this year.
JOEL C. ROGERS.
All Seem Interested
By S. H. Lane
As we meet with our people, we are much pleased to note their hearty sympathy with all phases of the work. Progress and freedom from debt is the keynote which has been struck, and is being sounded loud and clear throughout the land.
At the Lake Union Conference at Chicago and the Northwestern Union Conference at Des Moines, Iowa, when the plan for raising means for the purchasing of the Battle Creek College property for the use of the American Medical Missionary College was introduced, all the delegates responded heartily, and readily volunteered to aid in the work, and to encourage our people in their various fields to do so by gardening and farming for the Lord.
On Wednesday forenoon, April 16, we had the privilege of presenting this matter to the church and the students of Union College, at College View, Neb. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and although but few are farmers, most of those present thought that something might be done. A canvass of the congregation resulted in raising $175 in pledges, $10.50 in cash, and a pledge of the proceeds of one acre of corn and one-half acre of flax. Six young men each pledged the best week's wages during the summer, and six individuals a day's work each, while others pledged the proceeds of garden and fowls. Many of the students determined to use their influence in enlisting the aid of others in this good work when they return to their homes.
We are pleased that there is a move in regard to this matter all over the country. Parents, will you not garden or farm for the Lord this season? Will you not put in from half an acre to five acres of corn, oats, flax, potatoes, beans, cotton, or cane? Will you not give the proceeds of an acre of wheat or hay? Will not the sisters raise some fowls, chickens, ducks, or turkeys, or donate the eggs gathered on certain days? or give some of the proceeds of the dairy or the beehive? Will not some of the children sell the Life Boat, Good Health, or the Signs of the Times, and donate the profits, and thus, while placing some of our publications in the hands of the people, aid a good work financially? Let us all do something definite. Will not all make a long and steady pull? Those who wish to make a cash donation, may send their offering to H. M. Mitchell, Battle Creek, Mich. The King's business demands haste. S. H. LANE.
Obituaries
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
FENNER.—Died at the home of her daughter in Leslie, Mich., April 12, 1902, Sister Betsy A. Fenner, aged 56 years and 8 months. Five children mourn their loss. A large concourse of friends were present at the funeral, which was held in the Seventh-day Adventist church. Discourse was given by the writer, from 1 Cor. 16:57. L. G. MOORE.
STEWART.—Died at Arcade Park, Chicago, Ill., after a lingering illness, Sister Jennie Stewart, in the forty-eighth year of her age. During her illness she was visited and tenderly cared for by the doctors and nurses of the sanitarium. As the result she gave her heart to God, and died with the assurance that she was accepted. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, using 1 Cor. 15:48. L. D. SANTEE.
BATES.—Hiram N. Bates was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1832; died of tuberculosis at his home in Morrisville, Ill., April 16, 1902, aged 70 years, 2 months, 5 days. Since 1852 he has been a firm believer in present truth, and died with a bright hope of immortality when the Life-giver comes. Funeral service was held in the Methodist church at Morrisville, conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder Bond (Wesleyan). VICTOR THOMPSON.
CUSHING.—Died Dec. 28, 1901, at Portland, Me., in her seventy-fifth year, of heart disease, Sister Cushing. She was born in Portland, but lived, many years previous to her death, on Long Island. At the age of sixteen she gave her heart to God, and united with the Methodist Church. About twenty-five years ago she accepted the truths of the third angel's message under the labors of Brother J. B. Goodrich, and has ever been a faithful standard bearer. She fell asleep in Jesus with full assurance of hope. H. C. BASNEY.
GREEN.—Departed this life at his home in Hebron, Wis., March 10, 1902, Brother Luther B. Green, aged 75 years, 2 months, and 24 days. Brother Green was born at Albany, N. Y. He accepted the faith of the gospel as taught by the Seventh-day Adventists as early as 1854. He was called to Battle Creek, Mich., in February, to attend the funeral of his son, Joseph C. Green, and on his return home he was prostrated with sickness, which soon terminated in his death. He leaves a companion, two sons, and three daughters. S. H. LANE.
WILSON.—Died at Otsego, Mich., April 6, 1902, of disease of the brain, William W. Wilson, aged 62 years, 3 months, and 11 days. For thirty-seven years he lived in the vicinity of Otsego. His religious life of forty-two years has been with the Seventh-day Adventists, and he was a steady, faithful member, at peace with God and with his fellow men, to the day of his death. For his firmness and integrity to right principles he had the respect of all who knew him. The funeral was held April 9 at his late residence, and interment was made in the Otsego Cemetery. The sermon was preached by the writer, using John 14:1-3. I. D. VAN HORN.
COFFMAN.—Died at Kansas City, Mo., April 5, 1902, Jessie Coffman, aged 21 years, 3 months, and 7 days. She united with the Adventist Church when twelve years of age. L. W. TERRY.
STOKES.—Born April 28, 1879; died of diphtheria, at her father's home, near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, April 15, 1902, Nettie L. Stokes. Sister Stokes was a student for some time at Mt. Vernon Academy, and afterward united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at that place. She fell peacefully asleep in the faith of the third angel's message. Those who most deeply feel the loss are cheered in the hour of affliction by the blessed hope. She leaves a husband, and one child, a babe of eight months. Services were conducted by the writer. W. H. WAKEHAM.
BARBER.—Brother O. W. Barber fell asleep in Jesus at his home in Carrollton, Wash., Feb. 12, 1902, aged 46 years, 8 months, and 4 days. His life was cut short by tuberculosis. Seventeen years ago he accepted present truth, presented by Elder C. L. Boyd, and for sixteen years was elder of the church where he lived. Three words describe the life of Brother Barber, faithful, cheerful, honest. He leaves a wife and a daughter. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Ps. 17:15, which was selected by Brother Barber. J. M. COLE.
Business Notices
WANTED.—A man to work on farm. Address Mrs. M. E. McGuffin, Edward, Ogemaw Co., Mich.
WANTED.—A first class vegetarian cook; good wages. State experience. Vegetarian Dining Room Co., 716 13th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
WANTED.—A Seventh-day Adventist man who can take responsibility of running a ranch and an apiary in absence of owner. Good wages. Address A. M. Davis, Jolon, Cal.
WANTED.—A capable man as traveling salesman and advertising agent. Salary and expenses. Steady position to right person. Address The Twin City Nut Food Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
WANTED.—Information concerning good opening for S. D. A. dentist. Give population, nationality, number of dentists. State whether there is gas, electricity, or city water. Also if there is a S. D. A. church, or church school. E. M. W., 129 Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio.
WANTED.—A good position is offered to a thoroughly competent and experienced kindergarten teacher, who is able to conduct a normal class in kindergarten methods and all that pertains to child culture. Address at once, Mrs. E. H. Whitney, Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.
FOR SALE.—A 24-acre fruit farm, beautifully and healthfully situated near Washington, D. C., with which it is connected by both steamboat and rail. Bearing trees: pears, 1,500; apples, 30. Young trees: peaches, 300; apples, 30; a few plum and cherry. The pear trees bore 900 bushels last year. Can be bought for $1,500. Send for printed description to A. Kalstrom, 603 A St., S. E. Washington, D. C.
The Sentinel of Christian Liberty
By Editor
WHY is it that nations, after becoming great and powerful, lose their prestige, and finally fall in irretrievable ruin? This is a question that should be of profound interest to every American. It is plainly answered in an article on “The Dissipation of Self-Government,” by Alonzo T. Jones, in the May Sentinel of Christian Liberty. When you have read this article, you will realize that the prime cause of national ruin, the real cause of the fall of the great empires of the past,—Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome,—is something which should not be ignored by any human being, for it is first the cause of individual and personal ruin. The principle set forth in this valuable article applies equally to the life of the more obscure individual and to the career of the most extensive and powerful empire. The question of how the United States stands to-day in this matter—whether or not self-government, and therefore national virility, is being conserved or dissipated by the people—is considered, and will be followed out in succeeding articles. Read them yourself, and circulate them as widely as possible.
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Chesapeake Conference Session
By O. O. FARNSWORTH
Notice!
THE third annual session of the Chesapeake Conference, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business relating to the conference, will be held in Baltimore, Md., May 9-10.
O. O. FARNSWORTH, Pres.
Notice!
THE undersigned wish to state to the public that it is absolutely necessary that those who are planning to come to the Sanitarium, or the Medical Missionary College, should write in advance of coming, and make necessary arrangements. It is not sufficient simply to write, giving notice of coming, but arrangements should actually be made with those in charge of the work. It has for several years been customary for those who had friends at the Sanitarium to write and notify their friends of their coming. Such a notice is not adequate, and the management of the institution desire to say that, after this date, they cannot receive any with the exception of those with whom they have previously corresponded.
