“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died in Newstead, Erie Co., N. Y., July 6, 1878, Sr. Sarah Greenman, widow of Asa Greenman and mother of Sr. O. B. Brooks, in the 88th year of her age. In her early married life she sought the Lord and embraced his Sabbath. She lived an exemplary life, and died in the blessed hope of the resurrection to life at the coming of Christ. Her funeral was attended by Eld. N. Fillmore, Methodist, at her request, no preacher of our faith being near. “Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth.”
R. F. COTTRELL.
Bro. Isaac W. Barker died of typhoid fever, in Stanton, Mich., Aug. 30, 1878, aged nearly 51 years. Bro. B. embraced the present truth fourteen years ago at Memphis, and by a careful, consistent life had gained the love of his brethren, and the respect of all who knew him. The funeral was held at his home, Burlington, Mich., Sept. 1. Discourse by the writer from John 11: 25, 26.
GEO. C. TENNEY.
Died in Rome, Me., July 31, 1878, after a brief sickness of three days and a few hours, my dear wife, Angie M. Blaisdell, aged 35 years, 1 month, and 20 days. Her death was caused by gall-stones of the liver.
We embraced the truths of the third angel’s message and commenced the observance of the Lord’s Sabbath about the time of Eld. Cornell’s labors at Rome, in the autumn of 1865. From that time till the time of her death she had a deep love for these truths, and a strong confidence in them.
July 27 we spent our last Sabbath together at our home, with our little son. The following Sunday morning we bowed together at the family altar in our usual health for the last time. A little before noon she was compelled to take her bed. A part of the time during her sickness her sufferings were most intense.
The day before she died, with much calmness she expressed doubts of her recovery, but she was not conscious for several hours prior to her death. The funeral discourse was preached by H. B. Seavey, from Rom. 8: 17, 18.
Heavy indeed does this affliction fall upon myself and our only child, a little boy thirteen years of age. In one short week the golden links of our family circle have been broken, and a deep shadow of sadness and sorrow has fallen upon everything around us.
We have often talked and sung of the beauties of the new-earth scenery, when the wilderness and solitary place shall be made glad, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. Isa. 35: 1, 2. And the hope we as a family have so long cherished now affords us a strong consolation. If we are faithful to God, we expect ere long to meet her again in that world of beauty. We can say with longing hearts:—
“Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.”
W. H. BLAISDELL.
PACIFIC COAST.
[Abridged from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.]
Reno, Nevada.
After laboring at Reno four weeks, Eld. Loughborough closed his meetings there Aug. 18. The attendance has been good. There were four Sabbath-keepers in Reno and vicinity when the meetings commenced; seventeen others signed the covenant, and two who did not sign it took a stand on the Sabbath, one of whom resides in Nebraska and will unite with our people there. The twenty-two Sabbath-keepers in Reno have pledged $274.56 S. B., and have arranged for a regular Sabbath-school and Bible-class on the Sabbath, and a prayer-meeting each Tuesday evening. During the meetings, about fifty dollars’ worth of books were sold, 2,400 pages of tracts given away, and ten new subscribers obtained for the SIGNS.
Eld. L. speaks as follows of the progress the truth has made in Nevada during the past year:—
“One year ago there were about ten or twelve Sabbath-keepers in Nevada; now, there are about forty-five. Then, the S. B. was about $140 per year; now, it is $508.56 per year. Then, there was no tent in the State; now, there is a good clean and neat fifty-foot tent all paid for, with its outfit, stored safely, and insured. All expenses of the mission are paid, and there is about $50 in the treasury, besides some of the quarterly dues in one church to be collected for the present quarter, with which to open labor when a permanent minister shall come into the State.”
Placerville, Cal.
Meetings closed here Aug. 18. Sixteen signed the covenant, and others are keeping the Sabbath.
Brn. Stephens and Rice expect to pitch the tent in Santa Rosa the first week in September.
Eugene City, Oregon.
At this place Eld. Jones has just held a debate which has confirmed those who had already decided in favor of the truth, and has caused others to make favorable decisions. Twenty have signed the covenant, and others are keeping the Sabbath.
WHERE ARE THEY?
By OLD SOLDIER
KANSAS reports six hundred and ninety-five Seventh-day Adventists, and only fifty-one have given anything for the “Dime Tabernacle.” Six hundred and forty-four not heard from! Where are they? Are they all on the sick list? or are they all busy fixing up winter quarters? A battle to be fought, and the army—where is it? The trumpet has sounded, but they do not rally. Only two captains out of thirty have reported their companies. What shall be done? The advance guard has gone into the fight. Shall we rally to the rescue?
Hear the word of the Lord: “Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.” Haggai 1: 8. Did that people need a house? Yes. Do we need one? Yes. Was their house commenced? Yes. Is ours? Yes. Did they all take hold to help build? No. Have we all taken hold? No. Did God prosper them when they refused to help? No. Will he prosper us? Let us hear what he said to them, and then we can tell better: “for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning.” Rom. 15: 4. Listen to the word of the Lord through the prophet: “This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” Are we not saying the same by our actions? But what says the Lord? “Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.” “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.” Haggai 1: 2, 4-6, 9.
Do we want the Lord to blow upon our property, and take it away after we have gathered it? If not, let us take hold and see that his house is built. Are not these things written for our learning, that we may avoid the errors of God’s ancient people, and the curses that came on them for their wrong course? “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” 1 Cor. 10: 12.
Would it not be well for the leader of each society to see that every one in his society has a chance to pledge for the “Dime Tabernacle,” and see to it at once? Will not every one that belongs to no society send donations direct to the REVIEW AND HERALD? If all will do this, when the next Supplement appears, the Kansas army will be reported in the field, rank and file. There is not one of the six hundred and ninety-five S. D. Adventists of Kansas but ought to have his name enrolled in the next Supplement. Who will be absent and not accounted for at the next roll call?
OLD SOLDIER.
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
By Hepworth
The propagation of this new philosophy was a slow and difficult work, and it is not yet a completed one. Still, as surely as in the early morning the stars by slow degrees fade out as the brindled dawn grows brighter, so surely the old traditions and superstitions with which the world was compelled to be satisfied gave way before the blazing light of new precepts, new truths, new hopes, new aims, and new motives. The doctrine of Christ went on conquering and to conquer age after age. It fascinated men's hearts, it consecrated men's lives, and it dried women's tears, and helped them to look up through the midst of their losses with a smile on their lips. It enabled fathers and mothers to bear their loved ones to the cemetery, and then whisper on their way back to a desolated home, “It is well, because God hath done it.” It made men strong in their business, upright in their private lives, generous in their charities, the architects of philanthropy, and heroes in the days when society was corrupt, and when evil ran rampant throughout the world. From this influence exerted in the past, we look forward to the time when the prophecy shall be fulfilled, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that the Lord Jesus is the Christ, to the glory of God the Father.—Hepworth.
APPOINTMENTS
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
General Conference.
The seventeenth Annual Meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 10:30 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting which opens Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1878.
James White, Gen.
S. N. Haskell, Conf.
D. M. Canright, Com.
S. D. A. P. Association.
The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its nineteenth annual session on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 3, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held there beginning Oct. 2, 1878, for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.
James White,
W. C. White,
M. J. Chapman,
H. W. Kellogg, Trustees.
F. H. Sisley,
U. Smith,
J. H. Kellogg,
The Health Reform Institute.
The stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold their twelfth annual meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting beginning Oct. 2, 1878, for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the meeting.
Stockholders who cannot attend will please see that their stock is represented by proxy if they have not already made provision of this kind.
James White,
S. Brownsberger,
W. J. Fairfield,
W. C. White,
J. H. Kellogg, Directors.
W. C. Sisley,
O. B. Jones,
The Educational Society.
The Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its fourth Annual Meeting on the camp-ground at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Oct. 7, 1878, at 9 o’clock A. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business that may come before the meeting.
James White,
U. Smith,
S. Brownsberger,
J. H. Kellogg, Trustees.
A. B. Oyen,
W. C. Sisley,
W. C. White,
General T. and M. Society.
The first annual session of the General Tract and Missionary Society of S. D. Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Oct. 7, 1878, at 5 P. M., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held Oct. 2, 1878. The election of officers and other business will be attended to.
S. N. Haskell, Pres.
The General Sabbath-School Association.
The first annual session of the General Sabbath-School Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday, Oct. 6, 1878, at 9 A. M., in connection with the camp-meeting which commences Oct. 2, 1878, for the purpose of electing officers and doing other business.
D. M. Canright,
S. N. Haskell, Executive Committee.
W. C. White,
The Michigan Conference.
The Michigan Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Battle Creek, Mich. Delegates should be on the ground on Wednesday, the 2d. First session will be held that day at 5 P. M. Let the church officers make their reports in season; and let the S. D. treasurers make an effort to attend this meeting, prepared to work for the Lord.
E. H. Root, Mich. Conf.
J. Fargo,
Wm. Potter, Com.
Mich. T. and M. Society.
The seventh Annual Meeting of the Michigan T. and M. Society will be held Thursday, Oct. 3, 1878, at 5 P. M., at Battle Creek, Mich.
J. Fargo, Pres.
Michigan Sabbath-school Association.
The first annual session of the Michigan Sabbath-school Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Oct. 4, 1878, at 5 P. M., in connection with the camp-meeting beginning Oct. 2, 1878. The purpose of the meeting will be to ascertain the present condition and wants of the Sabbath-schools in our State, to devise ways and means of improving them, to elect officers, and to transact any other necessary business.
All the schools in the State should report immediately to the State secretary, Miss Lettie Loughborough, Battle Creek, Mich., who will send blanks for that purpose.
If you cannot fill every part of the blank, report what you can, and be prompt.
G. H. Bell,
J. Fargo,
W. C. White, Executive Committee.
Iowa and Nebraska Conference.
The fourteenth annual session of the Iowa and Nebraska Conference will be held in connection with the Iowa camp-meeting, Sept. 18 to 23, 1878, at Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa.
E. W. Farnsworth,
H. Nicola, Iowa Conf.
J. H. Morrison, Com.
The next annual meeting of the Iowa and Nebraska T. and M. Society, for the election of officers and the transaction of other important business, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sept. 18 to 23. A report of the society for the present quarter will not be expected, as the time will be only partially expired; but this is to be the most important meeting for the society ever held in the State, and none should fail to be there.
H. Nicola, Pres.
There will be a general T. and M. meeting for Dist. No. 9, Kan., including Greenwood, Cowley, Butler, Sumner, Sedgwick, and Harvey counties, Sept. 28–30. This meeting will be held at Bro. H. Rousseau’s, 5 miles east and 2 miles south of Eldorado, Butler Co. Matters of great interest to the society will be considered at this meeting, and it is expected that all members, as far as possible, will be present and manifest an interest in this part of our work. If there are S. D. Adventists in this district who do not belong to the tract society, it is hoped they will come to this meeting and join us.
Dear brethren and sisters, let us take hold of this work in earnest, and the Lord will bless us. No preventing providence, Bro. Ayers will meet with us. Come prepared to take care of yourselves as far as possible.
H. C. Main, Director.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 8 Michigan T. and M. Society will be held at St. Charles, Sept. 14, 15, 1878.
John McGregor, Director.
Quarterly T. and M. meeting of Dist. No. 6, Mich., will be held at Greenville, Sept. 21 and 22.
F. Howe.
Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 2 Mich. T. and M. Society at Tompkins, Sept. 21 and 22. Let all the librarians send their reports in season, with the amount of tracts and pamphlets they have on hand. A general attendance is requested.
E. P. Giles, Director.
I will meet with the friends at Westmoreland, N. H., Sept. 14, 15. South Amherst, Mass., Sept. 21, 22. In Western Massachusetts, where Bro. Twing may appoint, Sept. 28, 29. If any desire baptism at these meetings, it will be attended to.
D. A. Robinson.
There will be a meeting at the tent in Utica, Macomb Co., Mich., on Sabbath and Sunday, Sept. 14, 15. All the brethren at Rochester, and in the vicinity of Utica, and others that can attend, are invited.
E. B. Lane.
Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 1, at Jefferson, Mich., Sept. 21 and 22. Let there be a full attendance from all parts of the district. Come prepared to pay something toward the liquidation of the debt. We want to pay up at this meeting. Square up all your pledges for 1878 previous to this meeting.
Frank D. Snyder, Director.
No providence preventing, I will be at Danvers, Mass., Sept. 18, and spend a short time visiting the brethren in that vicinity.
L. W. Hastings.
Church quarterly meeting at Jamaica, Vt., will be held on the first Sabbath in October. We are anxious to meet every Sabbath-keeper in Southern Vermont at this meeting. Try to come, even if some sacrifice be made to attend. Meetings will commence Friday evening, and continue two days. Come to remain through the entire session. There will be opportunity for baptism.
Will the scattered brethren of the Farmers Valley, Neb., church send the money due on their S. B. pledges to the treasurer, Jacob W. Bray, Farmers Valley, Hamilton Co., Neb.
Lost, Sept. 3, on or near the camp-ground at Tiffin, Ohio, an overcoat with a pair of woolen mittens in one of the pockets. Any one finding it will please address John Sprinkle, Nova, Ashland Co., Ohio.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.—A stout Sabbath-keeping boy, from 15 to 18 years of age, who has considerable experience in farm work (none else need apply). A good place until winter, to one who suits. Apply by letter to Box 1469, or in person at Ovenberg’s tailor shop, Battle Creek, Mich.
RECEIPTS
For Review and Herald.
Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the Review and Herald to which the money receipted pays—which should correspond with the Numbers on the Posters. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged, notice of the omission should be given.
$2.00 EACH. Wm J Dickinson 54-11, Mrs J McIntyre 54-11, J C Tucker 54-11, Alden Green 54-11, Lovina La Dow 54-11, Wm Gilbert 54-10, John Thacker 54-10, John A Holcomb 54-4, Mrs Wm Edson 54-11, Mrs Hannah James 54-11, F Curtis 54-7, Geo Graham 54-11, Elizabeth Robinson 54-11, A J Rogers 54-11, Jas Steen 54-11, N C Wheeler 54-11, R G Wickwire 54-9, Mrs M Beardsley 54-11, Sarah A Proctor 54-15, A L Dawson 54-12, Thomas Cottle 54-11, Mrs B B Osmer 54-12, Fianna V Colcord 54-1, Mrs Elbridge Dixon 54-11, Jas S Houseman 54-9, P T Paine 54-11, H L Birmingham 54-12, Almon Fairbank 54-1, B L Whitney 54-12, N C Sanders 54-11, Maria Ledingham 54-11, Laura E Combs 54-11.
$1.00 EACH. S Roese 50-8, Mary Harlow 53-11, James DuBois 53-11, E Hills 58-11, Wm R Lemon 53-11, Eld F Wheeler 53-8, Wm J Boynton 53-11, Geo R Garvin 58-7, Walter E Higley 53-11, Nancy Hiller 53-11, Mrs A L Hanna 53-11, Mrs E L Orton 53-11, Leander Kellogg 52-25, W Herald 53-11, A G Hutchins 53-11, John Rennings 54-3, Geo McDowell 53-11, C Dryderman 53-11, Mrs O L Taft 53-20, O A Wilber 54-7, Mary A Barton 53-19, Mrs Abiel Holt 53-7, Absolom Davis 53-11, Lovina Shackford 58-11, Wm V Field 53-11, Mrs D R Marvin 53-7, Mrs J L Smith 58-11, Fanny R Millard 58-12, Mrs R H Stockman 53-11, Mrs M I Clark 58-24, W J Hardy 53-18, Mrs Asa Champlain 58-11, Lydia O Smith 53-11, May Chandler 53-11, J Crandall 53-10, Mrs J S Thayer 58-14, M Simmons 53-11, Mattie J Sloan 58-10, Mrs N M Gray 58-11, Mrs Emily C Day 53-10.
MISCELLANEOUS. J P Hunt $4.00 55-1, W W Carson 1.50 54-11, Robert Porter 1.50 54-11, N Eldredge 1.50 54-11, Ruth Layton 75c 53-11, Mrs L Glasgow 1.50 54-11, Mrs N L Hill 1.50 54-11, Mrs J Wilson 50c 53-2, E K White 50c 53-2, Almeida Ryan 50c 53-2, Mrs Carrie Kember 1.50 54-11, Mrs M Welsted 75c 53-11, H O Thomas 1.50 54-11, Frank White 1.50 54-11, John W Burnham 50c 53-2, Nathaniel Atkins 2.25 54-12, Charles Wordell 50c 53-2, A A Reed 2.75 54-12, C W Woodhull 1.50 54-11, Frank Terry 50c 58-2, Mrs C E Cox 50c 58-2, Mrs Lyman Hoag 50c 53-2, Austin Hathaway 50c 53-2, J W Wisner 50c 53-1, John Furrow 75c 58-11, A J Rowley 1.50 54-8, A Foster 50c 58-2, Z H Bliss 50c 58-2, Mrs W N Long 50c 53-2, H A Baxter 1.43 54-1, Mr Thomas 50c 52-23, James Riley 50c 52-23, Emily S Henry 1.50 54-11, Mrs S D Howard 50c 52-22, C Norton Smith 1.50 54-11, Mrs M C Searls 50c 52-14, Mrs M Friback 50c 52-24, Julia Parks 50c 52-24, H M Van Slyke 1.50 54-1, T V Smith 50c 53-8, W H Taylor 50c 53-8, Joshua Snider 50c 53-8, J B Meehan 50c 53-8, T L Doable 8.00 57-1, Amos Amburn 80c 58-9, J A Hatch 50c 58-15, Eld A C Spicer 50c 58-1, C W Stone 1.50 54-6, F D Allen 50c 52-25, Hannah Way 1.50 54-14, Mary A Chute 25c 51-15, R D Benham 4.00 56-1, Mrs Lucretia Lyford 1.50 54-11, James Day 75c 58-11, M B Phillips 75c 58-11, I H Lofton 75c 58-11, D Swing 50c 58-3, Alonzo T Jones 4.00 54-20, Thomas Morris 50c 58-2, James Thomas 50c 53-2.
Books Sent by Mail.
John W Moore 20c, Miss V P Bailey $2.50, Lizzie Hornby 15c, J Ertzenberger 57c, Lars Johnson 80c, J E Wyman 75c, H Wermuth 50c, L M Drange 2.00, M Draper 14c, Mrs E Clarke 2.00, William Raddue 3.00, Eugene Persons 30c, T M Lane 1.00, S S Smith 10c, James B Beams 20c, James Armstrong 25c, R Gibbs 25c, J Wight 90c, Samuel Hedges 1.00, Reemt Kircher 1.00, M A Nourse 15c, Chas F Stillwell 2.00, H E Cowles 1.65, Mrs Vedder 1.50, Geo W Hough 25c, Frank Haines 1.00, Eld A C Spicer 1.05, A G Shattuck 25c, M E Rumsey 1.00, Eddie Rumsey 80c, Geo B Dorris 25c, Mrs Laura Cleaver 25c, Wm A Brace 10c, C C Whitman 50c, Theresa Allen 10c, Mrs M H Cosgray 18c, A M Rathbun 20c, W H Smith 10c, S W Potts 10c, D B Welch 10c, James L Dean 1.50, S E Stringel 18c, Harley Barnes 10c, Thomas Hare 1.40, P S Smally 15c, W J Hardy 1.50, Edward Lang 10c, A N Halloway 50c, A S Hutchins 4.43, S F Owen 30c.
Books Sent by Express.
Florence Grantham $3.50, H W Decker 7.75.
Books Sent by Freight.
H W Decker $60.85.
Cash Rec’d on Account.
Ohio T and M Society per D M Canright $37.97, A M Mann per D M C 37.75, Ill Conf Fund per Mrs N Melindy 2.33, C L Boyd $5.00, Buchanan and Bacon 3.00, Ill T and M Society 60.91.
European Missions.
Fanny Glasock $40.00, L V Green per Calvin Green 50.00.
S. D. A. E. Society.
Wm Wheeler, $10.00.
Mich. T. & M. Society.
Dist 6 per F Howe $28.17, Dist 8 per J McGregor 10.56, Dist 7 per W Reynolds 32.50, Dist 3 per S Sellers 2.00, Dist 11 added ½ per L Osborne 20.00, Dist 11 added ½ per A Carpenter 4.56.
Mich. Conf. Fund.
Burlington per Eld J H Waggoner $15.00, E Morgan per J McGregor 17.65, Orleans per L B Kneeland 37.00, Gaines per W J Hardy 10.00, Allegan per L Osborne 60.00, Genoa per A Carpenter 18.72, Jackson per Sr Giles 29.82.
Gen. T. & M. Society.
R G Lockwood $100.00, J L O Smith 1.00.
Danish Mission.
O A Frederickson $10.00.
Swedish Mission.
A Lyman $5.00.
English Mission.
C L Boyd $100.00, J H Waggoner 40.00, Freeman Nichols 50.00, J Garfield 100.00, Paul Gove 20.00, Mrs C Owen 5.00, Clara W Hicks 5.00, Eld L Johnson 5.00, Mrs C Wordell 2.50, A A Coryell 2.50, Mrs M Randall 2.50, Mrs S A Proctor 1.00.
THE presidents of our State Conferences are requested to inform us by postal card addressed to Rollinsville, Colorado, of the number of tents in the field in their Conference and the success that attends them this season up to the time they write. JAMES WHITE.
The August number of LES SIGNES DES TEMPS is at hand, and is unusually well filled with good things. Under the heading, “Europe and Africa,” Bro. Andrews says:—
“There are now Christians who observe the Sabbath in England, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Alsace, Germany, France, Italy, and Egypt. We learn also that in the diamond fields of Southern Africa there are several persons who keep the Sabbath of the Lord. We doubt not that there are Sabbath-keeping Christians in every country of Europe. But we are more fully informed concerning the countries which surround us. Several times we have learned that in Russia there are quite a number of Christians who honor the Sabbath of Jehovah. We hope that some day we shall be precisely informed concerning this people. We would return thanks to the Lord for the progress his truth is making.”
As the General Conference will probably hold over two Sabbaths, no general meetings in any of the States should be appointed for those two Sabbaths, Oct. 5, and 12, if it is expected that any of our leading brethren will attend them.
Annual Meetings.
THIS week we give the appointments for the annual meetings of the several societies and organizations to be held at the Battle Creek camp-meeting. Read them all carefully, and see with which you are connected, and prepare promptly to act your part in them.
Church clerks and State secretaries should send on their reports now. Presidents of the various Conferences should see that full and reliable statistics of their Conferences are furnished to the General Conference.
The Yellow Fever.
The ravages of this scourge are increasing. Advices from Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 4, say that city is one vast charnel-house. Ninety-three interments from yellow fever are reported within twenty-four hours. In New Orleans the total number of cases to Sept. 6, are 4,604; deaths, 1,400. The fever has spread all over the city, and in localities never before visited. Holly Springs, Miss., is nearly deserted. The distress throughout the fever district is very great, and urgent appeals for help are made. In some towns it has been thought that if the scourge continued, it would be necessary to cremate the bodies, as it would be impossible to bury so many.
Frightful Accident on the Thames.
On the evening of Sept. 3, the steamer Princess Alice, returning from Gravesend to London, with eight hundred passengers on board, was run into, and sunk almost immediately. It is feared that the drowned will number six hundred; but so much confusion prevails, and the excitement is so great, that the exact number cannot be ascertained. The nation is completely stunned by the calamity. The dead are taken to Woolwich as fast as they are recovered, and are arranged in the public offices. On the morning of Sept. 4, every train from London brought down hundreds of people, and Woolwich was filled with an immense mob of weeping and excited men and women, who had come to identify their drowned friends. The bodies were generally not at all disfigured.
Waterspout Kills Hundreds at Miskolcz, Hungary
VIENNA, Sept. 4.—Three hundred soldiers and firemen were killed by a waterspout at Miskolcz, Hungary. They were buried in one grave. Two hundred persons are still missing.
To the State Sabbath-School Associations.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
NEARLY all the State Conferences have now organized State Sabbath-school Associations.
All of these associations should report themselves at the annual meeting of the general society to be held during our camp-meeting at Battle Creek. So far as possible, they should send delegates to represent them.
Give the history of your organization, the names and addresses of your officers, number of schools, of scholars, condition of the work, and any other facts of interest. We expect that an advance step will be taken at this meeting. Come prepared to say something interesting. All reports and communications should be sent to the general secretary, G. H. Bell, Battle Creek, Mich.