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Religious Liberty Notes

By K. C. Russell

The Daily Mail of Lowell, Mass., bearing date of Feb. 2, 1906, published in full Elder Colcord's article in the REVIEW of Jan. 18, 1906, in which he quoted and explained H. R. Sunday bill 10510 for the District of Columbia. Let others improve such opportunities in spreading the various phases of the third angel's message.

The following tribute was paid to us some months ago by a national reform lecturer in Lincoln, Neb.: “While the Jews and Seventh-day Baptists have caused us no trouble whatever, these Seventh-day Adventists have almost gone crazy on this subject.” He added that “if the friends of Sunday enforcement were one half as vigilant as are the Seventh-day Adventists, we would make short work of this movement.”

We are indebted to Elder J. O. Miller, of Dayton, Ohio, for a Church Union “Syllabus” regarding the question of church federation. Perhaps the following quotation setting forth the purpose of the union is the most significant: “To prevent the unnecessary multiplication of churches; to unite weak churches of the same neighborhood wherever it is practicable, and to invite and encourage the affiliation with this council of other Christian bodies cherishing a kindred faith and purpose.”

The following report, recently received from Colorado, speaks for itself: “Jacob Weisskind, who was assaulted by some ruffians on Christmas day because he was working on the Christian sabbath, died at the county hospital yesterday morning. The murdered man leaves a widow and two children, who until a short time ago were in destitute circumstances, having been deprived of the small earnings of the father and husband.” Those charged with the crime are now under arrest. This is not the first or last case of death for Sunday labor.

A bill has been introduced into the Massachusetts Legislature requiring street railways to permit parochial school children to ride for half fare. The Boston Transcript of Feb. 15, 1906, gives a report of a hearing on the question, and, among other speakers, it quotes the following from Prof. Frederick Griggs: “Frederick Griggs, principal of the South Lancaster Academy, opposed the bill. He said this was class and religious education under another garb. The bill involves sectarian legislation, and is dangerous. The fundamental principle of the bill is wrong. This is a question of requiring a corporation by law to support private religious institutions. It should be defeated. In answer to a question Mr. Griggs said that the pupils of his academy were carried at half-rate, but this was a voluntary act on the part of the railroad.”

K. C. RUSSELL.

Opposing Religious Legislation in Massachusetts

ELDER L. S. WHEELER, of Boston, Mass., gives the following interesting report of a hearing on a Sunday bill in the Massachusetts Legislature:—

“Elder Fitzgerald, Professor Griggs, and myself appeared before the committee here in the Massachusetts Legislature yesterday in remonstrance against Sunday bill No. 134.

“I can hardly say that we had a hearing, for although I had made timely application for at least a half-hour to speak myself, yet they allowed the other side to consume so much time that we got no satisfaction. I attempted to present our reasons against the bill, but the committee manifested no interest to hear them, and I was forced to simply state my objection, and leave the matter there.

“Elder Fitzgerald was finally allowed five minutes, and Professor Griggs arose and stated that he was in opposition to the measure.

“I do not think, however, that their action was due so much to the fact that we were Adventists, as that they did not intend to favor the bill, and also that the bill apparently and directly (with other Sunday measures considered at the same time) affected other parties more.

“We pointed out, however, that it repealed our exemption in the State.

“The committee did not seem favorable to the bill, and were not very friendly to those who appeared in its interests, except in giving them more time. I should add that many other parties appeared against the bill, and, all told, I suppose the opposition had as much time as the other side.”

The Educational Work in the North Michigan Conference

By W. D. Curtis

I SPENT ten days during the last of January and first of February in the North Michigan Conference, attending conventions, visiting primary schools, and studying the needs of the field from the standpoint of the Educational department.

The first convention I attended was held at Petoskey, one of the famous summer resorts of the Northwest. The attendance from the surrounding churches was not so large as it doubtless would have been given in arranging for the meeting. The Lord was present, however, by his Spirit, and many precious lessons were learned. The majority of the subjects was were presented by the young people who had written papers upon the topics assigned them. It was very evident that much thought had been bestowed upon the preparation of these papers.

As I have been brought into closer touch with the young people of this and other conferences of the Lake Union, I have been deeply impressed with the large amount of talent which may, and should be, quickly trained to carry the “advent message to the world.” I have thought I could better understand something of the view the Lord gave his servant, and the impression made upon her mind, which caused her to exclaim, “With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be carried to the world!”

The brethren and sisters who attended the Petoskey convention caught the spirit of the meeting, and immediately began to make preparations to give their children and youth a Christian education. May God help them to continue this work until the Master comes.

The Mesick convention followed that held at Petoskey. The attendance was good, and the brethren seemed much interested. The papers read were excellent, and the discussion which followed the reading of each brought out some excellent thoughts, which, if put in operation, will add strength and character to our work in that part of the conference.

The educational superintendent, Miss Myrta M. Kellogg, is devoting her entire time to the work of the department, and the Lord is blessing her labors. I understand that several Sabbath-schools have been organized during the year, the list of the Home Department members is steadily growing, the Young People’s Society work becoming stronger, and there are fifteen primary schools in operation, and at least three more will begin in the spring.

The North Michigan Conference has no academy, but is sending most of its students to the Cedar Lake school. I understand, however, that four from the Northern Peninsula have gone to Bethel, Wis.

May the Lord help our people to realize that he is calling upon them to educate the youth of the church.

W. D. CURTIS.

Industrial Education

By M. Bessie DeGraw

There is a statement in “Education” which impressed me forcibly when it was read in our hearing a short time ago at the beginning of an evening study. It is this:—

“In early ages, with the people who were under God’s direction, life was simple. They lived close to the heart of nature. Their children shared in the labor of parents, and studied the beauties and mysteries of nature’s treasure-house. And in the quiet of field and wood they pondered those mighty truths handed down as a sacred trust from generation to generation. Such training produced strong men.”

Those sentences started a train of thought in regard to the work before Seventh-day Adventists and the means God would use to accomplish the evangelization of the world.

There was the simple life. Then it was life in the country. And it was industrial education for the children. “Such training produced strong men,” and those were the men whom God chose to carry his gospel to the whole world.

The need of industrial training is emphasized again and again by the spirit of prophecy as well as in the Scriptures, and God has workers scattered all over this land who are giving the same message.

I listened to Miss Bennett, president of the Woman’s Home Mission Board in the Methodist Church, as she told of her work among the mountaineers, and pleaded for industrial schools as the best means of elevating these people, schools which will teach the children how to work, and will reach the parents through the children. I listened and felt my determination strengthen to work in behalf of our young people whom God would have carry the third angel’s message to these mountaineers.

I resolved, if possible, to throw more energy into the development of our own school at Madison, where young people are to be trained for such places.

Through the ages God’s word has been telling us that education and work are one. The daily press is to-day voicing that part of the gospel. In capital letters a recent issue of one of Chicago’s dailies used those very words: “Education and work are one.” The article adds, “The public schools should in every way possible make up for the disadvantages of the children that live in the big cities.” Is it true that the State schools will yet outrun us who are Christians in this crusade against city life?

The introduction of manual training and instruction in gardening are bringing city parents to see the benefits of country life. Are we as keenly alive to this matter as we should be? Every Christian teacher should be a messenger of God on this subject. It is through industrial education that some of the most flagrant public evils are to be met by Christians. Industrial education is one of the means God would use to prepare a people to endure the trials of the last days. Read what is said in “Education,” pages 217-222:—

“Manual training is deserving of far more attention than it has received. Schools should be established that, in addition to the highest mental and moral culture, shall provide the best possible facilities for physical development and industrial training. . . . The work should have a definite aim, and should be thorough. . . . Every youth, on leaving school, should have acquired a knowledge of some trade or occupation by which, if need be, he may earn a livelihood. The objection most often urged against industrial training in the schools is the large outlay involved. But the object to be gained is worthy of its cost.”

“Multitudes of our boys would thus be kept from the street corner and the groggery; the expenditure for gardens, workshops, and baths would be more than met by the saving on hospitals and reformatories. . . . Thus also our schools could aid effectively in the disposition of the unemployed masses.”

I can scarcely forbear quoting more,

so convincing are these statements concerning the need of industrial training, and especially that chiefest of all industries—agriculture.

There is another element worth noticing in connection with these schools that places the industries on an equal footing with arithmetic, algebra, or language. These schools prepare men to support themselves, if need be, by the work of their hands while giving the gospel to others.

This is a great problem which God has laid on the hearts of the workers in the Nashville Agricultural and Normal Institute. We are beginning at the very foundation—on the soil. We are building as we go, and the students receive one of the most practical trainings it is possible to get; for they study and do, and they do those things that are useful to the institution.

In the language of the mechanical leader in a noted industrial training institution,—a school in the highest sense, although the word “school” is not in its name,—“When we need a thing, we make it, whether it is a table or a building. Our object has been to see how simple we can have a thing, and yet have it answer our purpose. We are simply doing the best we can, and when people do that, they are bound to do some things that are good. When a man makes a thing with his own hands, there is going to be something in it besides the mere material. It is going to contain something of the maker.”

We are not yet able to make all we need, but we are aiming in that direction. And I believe that if the work of our hands bears the mark of the maker, when we follow the Lord’s instruction and become able to do self-supporting missionary work, that work will bear the mark of our Maker.

We would appreciate the privilege of corresponding with men and women who are interested in such a school.

M. BESSIE DEGRAW.

Madison, Tenn.

Christian Education

By FREDERICK GRIGGS; C. C. LEWIS

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.

FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman, C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.

Help Yourself, Young Man

By F. G.

ONE of our schools recently received the following letter: “Enclosed please find check for seventy-five dollars to be deposited at four per cent interest for the purpose of defraying my expenses in the school.” We are saying very much through these columns to parents and churches regarding their duties to inspire and assist the young in gaining an education that they may be fitted for the service of the Lord. We believe, however, that the young should feel the importance of assisting themselves far more than they do. This letter is written by a young man who thus believes in helping himself. This young man is working in a factory, and this money is saved as a result of his labor. There is no better way in which he can invest his money than in gaining an education. All through our country are scores and hundreds of young men and women who are earning good wages, and are spending their money as rapidly as they earn it, or before they earn it. The result is that they are entering upon manhood’s and womanhood’s estate with no definite aim, and with no qualifications for usefulness. We thoroughly believe that parents and teachers have a great duty toward the young, but more than this do we believe that the young have a duty to themselves. Hundreds of examples of young men and women gaining an education under seemingly insurmountable difficulties witness to the fact that young persons may have an education if they will work for it. It is true that in many young persons the desire for an education is not much stronger than a broken reed. Here is where the duty of the church comes in—to bind up this broken reed and strengthen it.

Young man or woman, seek to employ all your God-given powers in the service of righteousness. Begin where you are. Save your money, every penny of it, for the pennies make the dollars. Be diligent in earning more. Place this money with some of our training-schools as a deposit to be used in defraying your expenses in attending school. Thus when you go there, you need not have your interest in your studies hindered by meeting your expenses in school. Gain an education at any honorable cost.

F. G.

Current Mention

— Prominent among the disasters of 1906 will be the tornado at Meridian, Miss., March 2. Nineteen persons were killed, twenty-four injured, and $1,000,000 loss in property was sustained.

— News of a great catastrophe in the Society Islands is received from Tahiti. The report states that a cyclone devastated the Society and Tuamotu groups February 7, 8, causing the loss of many lives, and the destruction of property worth millions of dollars.

— Great concern is felt at Trondhjem, Norway, for the lives of 800 fishermen who were off that port March 2, when a very severe storm swept down upon the fishing fleet, which it is feared destroyed the greater part of it.

— The famine in the northern part of Japan is said to be the worst known there within sixty years. A Tokyo dispatch says: “A population greater than that of Chicago is subsisting on roots, straw, and the barks of trees. Thousands of them, especially among the women and children, have died of starvation, and they are dying by hundreds every day.”

— A London dispatch makes this comment on the results toward disarmament accomplished by the establishment of The Hague peace conference: “In introducing the navy estimates in the House of Commons to-day, Financial Secretary of the Admiralty Robertson commented on the fact that since The Hague peace conference the naval expenditure of the great powers had increased fifty per cent, reaching the enormous total of $507,500,000. He regarded this inflated expenditure as a menace to the peace of the world, and thought that a league of peace was desirable.”

— A bill to legalize lynching has been introduced in the Mississippi Legislature by State Senator McLaurin, which is said to be favorably viewed by other members of the legislature. It provides that lynching shall not be regarded as murder, nor as assault with intent to murder; that no punishment shall be meted to one convicted of lynching except such as the trial jury may prescribe, and that testimony relative to the crime committed by the person lynched shall be admissible as evidence for the defendant at the trial. This would make a trial for lynching a farce, and would make lawlessness lawful in that State.

— Organization for the purpose of raising prices is appearing in the domain of agriculture, and we now hear of a great farmers’ trust to control the price of wheat and other farm products. An Indianapolis telegram of recent date mentioned a farmers’ organization numbering 200,000 members, which proposes a strike that will withdraw from the market all agricultural products save those the price of which can be dictated by the association. It is stated that “the word is passing through all the wheat-growing States, and the response that is returned is said to be causing considerable concern on the part of the marketmen and speculators. The society of equity says that the producer ought to get at least one dollar a bushel for wheat, no matter what may be the size of the crop. The call for the strike sets forth a minimum selling price on all farm products.”

— The cause of the attack by a Chinese mob upon Catholic and Protestant missionaries at Nanchang, in which several of the missionaries were killed, is given as follows in a Shanghai dispatch: “Fifteen Methodists, twelve English Protestants, and fourteen French Catholic missionaries were in the city last Thursday night, when the French Catholics had a quarrel with an official over a suit for the possession of property. Great excitement prevailed on Friday. A mass-meeting was held on Saturday, and was followed on Sunday by a riot, during which the property of the Catholics was burned. The cause of the riot was local. Serious blame attaches to the French Catholics. Chinese, friendly to the missionaries, object to priests exercising civil functions.” If so-called Christian missionaries would act like Christians, and not quarrel about property with those they have come to teach the better way, and would not unite the functions of church and state by claiming the office of a civil magistrate, there would be fewer massacres, and fewer missionaries would be killed.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.

All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations

whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.

In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.

WANTED.—There is an opportunity for a number of young men and women to enter the nurses' training class at once. Address Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.

THE IOWA Sanitarium Bakery is prepared to fill all orders with first-class goods. Liberal discounts. Write for price-list. Address Iowa Sanitarium Bakery, Des Moines, Iowa.

FOR SALE.—Four-room house, two bedrooms, three closets; wood house, barn, corn crib; store building 20 x 28; good well with pump. Lot 66 x 195 ft. on main street. E. P. Giles, Graysville, Tenn.

WE can give pleasant, profitable employment to reliable persons in all parts of the United States. Not regular canvassing. Salary, $1.50 to $2 a day, or commission. Address at once, the Missionary Press, Cliff Island, Maine.

FOR SALE.—Four acres; young fruit, six-room house, good stable and other buildings. Five minutes' walk of Mt. Vernon College and church-school; one mile from Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Low price if sold soon. Address B. F. Hubbell, R. F. D. 1, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful, best vegetable oil for cooking or salads; no odor; keeps indefinitely. 1-gal. can, $.90; 5-gal. can, $3.50. Send for sample. Also finest whole-wheat health-food flour in U. S. A. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York, N. Y.

WANTED.—A healthy, faithful Seventh-day Adventist young woman or girl to care for two children, 2 and 5 years of age, or to do general housework. One desiring to take up massage and treatment-room work preferred. Address Mrs. T. O. McCutchan, 4208 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.

EVERY reader should try our absolutely pure and rancid-proof peanut butter, only 10 cents a pound. We pay freight on 100 pounds or more east of Rocky Mountains, at 12 cents a pound. Agents wanted. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, 309 Bond Building, Washington, D. C.

FOR SALE.—Flower and vegetable seeds at one-half price. Catalogue telling how we do this and describing leading varieties of flowers and vegetables, sent free for asking. We have the Spark's Earlianna and Henderson's new stone tomato—none better. Two pkts., one of each kind, 5 cents. Address H. F. Lamb, Blencoe, Iowa.

FOR SALE.—Sixty acres, about twenty cleared, well fenced, with nearly six lately set to peaches and strawberries, two in old orchard (variety of fruit). Spring, cistern, good six-room house, with cellar, large barn, wood house. About eighty rods from church-school house, one mile from station. Healthy locality, between Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn. Price, $1,000. Reason for selling, call to labor in another field. Address V. O. Cole, Sanford, Tenn.

WANTED.—Help to start a Surplus Property Industrial Mission School. Please make a list of any surplus property, however small, that you can spare now, the possession of which will only pain you when Jesus comes. Write me about keepsakes, jewelry laid away, tools, live stock, town lots or land you wish to sell now and put into the work. Are you hiding your talents? Are some surplus things you have dearer to you than the salvation of precious souls? Plenty of trained workers can be secured; a little means needed to start a self-supporting work. Good openings now that will soon be closed forever. The King's business demands haste. Address Joseph Clark, Coballon, Cuba.

Report of Central Union Conference Meeting

THE Central Union Conference meeting at Kansas City, Mo., was the most harmonious of any of the meetings of the union conference since its organization, and the work done was the most practical. The various phases of work were considered, and the delegates were united in the plans adopted.

It was voted to publish a Bulletin of the meeting, containing the president’s address, biennial reports of conference presidents, managers of institutions, papers on the various topics presented, and the official minutes of the conference. This Bulletin is now ready for distribution. It contains more than one hundred pages of valuable matter which should be in the hands of every worker and church elder in the Central Union Conference. The price is fifteen cents. Many of the reports and papers are each worth more than the price of the full report. Order of the Central Union Conference Office, College View, Neb.

A Way to Earn a Year's Schooling

By C. B. Hughes

THE Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn., offers to pay the expenses of a student in Keene Academy for one year of eight months if the student will sell subscription books to the amount of one hundred and ninety dollars, and pay that entire amount to the association. The books must all be obtained from the Southern Publishing Association, and the full retail value be returned to them.

While canvassing and delivering, expenses could be paid by taking orders above this amount, selling helps, or securing assistance from friends. Before taking up this work, some canvassers' institute should be attended. There will be such an institute held at Keene Academy just before the close of school. This will be especially for the students of the academy, but others are welcome.

This certainly ought to appeal to those who wish to enter Keene Academy, but are not financially able to do so. It is now about eight months until the next academy year begins. This will afford ample time for those who begin at once to sell the required number of books.

The past year has been a very prosperous one for our academy. Our debt has been paid, some important improvements have been made, and others will be completed before another year begins. We offer still more advanced work than we have in the past, and it is the plan of the managers to continually strengthen our school; so we can confidently say that we offer more advantages the coming year than ever before. This school is the training-school for the Southwestern Union Conference, and we shall endeavor to make it just what such a school ought to be. A great tide of immigration is pouring into Oklahoma and Texas at the present time, which makes the territory of this union conference a good field for labor.

Any who are interested in the offer stated above are invited to correspond with the writer, at Keene, Tex. C. B. HUGHES.

(Sabbath Recorder, please copy.)

Obituaries

DAVIS.—Died at the home of his parents, Mr. J. I. and Mrs. Tillie L. Davis, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 23, 1906, of tubercular meningitis, Leon Davis. He was born June 8, 1905. Words of comfort were spoken from 2 Kings 4:26, last clause. *

WILLIAMS.—Died at her home near Albany, Wis., Feb. 6, 1906, of pneumonia and heart-disease, Sister Mary Williams, aged 77 years. She accepted present truth about forty years ago under the labors of Elder Ingram, and lived an exemplary life. She leaves five sons, three daughters, two sisters, and two brothers, besides other relatives. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder Graves, from Job 13:18. ELIZA LAYTON.

JACOBSEN.—Died at her home near Raymond, Wis., Dec. 12, 1905, of apoplexy, Anna Louisa Jacobsen, nee Rasmussen, aged 55 years, 4 months, and 16 days. She was born in Denmark, and accepted the third angel's message after coming to this country, uniting with the Raymond church in 1877, of which she remained a faithful member until her death. She passed away with a bright hope of coming forth in the resurrection morning. She leaves a husband, one brother, and one sister, and many friends to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a large congregation. N. P. NEILSEN.

BROWN.—Died in Southampton, England, Jan. 21, 1906, of bladder trouble, George F. Brown. He was born in October, 1846. About twelve years ago he was made to rejoice in present truth, under the labors of Elder J. S. Washburn. For a number of years he served as elder of the Southampton church. Faithfulness characterized all his work. He fell asleep in death like a child going to rest. He leaves a loving wife, five sons, one daughter, one grandchild, two brothers, two sisters, and many friends. Words of comfort were spoken to the bereaved family and sympathizing friends by the writer, based on Ps. 116:15. F. DEWITT GAUTERAU.

KNIGHT.—Died at Montavilla, Ore., Oct. 30, 1905, of pneumonia and heart trouble, Cinderilla S. Knight, aged 62 years, 5 months, and 24 days. Sister Knight gave her heart to God in early life, and joined the Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which she remained a faithful member until 1880, when she accepted the third angel's message. She was the mother of seven children, four of whom are living, and, with her husband, were with her during her last illness. She was a loving wife and an affectionate mother, and her last words were praise to God. Words of comfort and admonition were spoken by the writer to a large and sympathetic congregation. WARREN J. BURDEN.

(Sabbath Recorder, please copy.)

McCALLIN.—Died at his home in Plainfield, Wis., Jan. 1, 1906, Henry McCallin, aged 79 years, 2 months, and 16 days. His death was caused by diseases contracted while in the army in the days of the Rebellion, terminating in Bright's disease. He was born in Antrim County, Ireland, and came to America at the age of eighteen. He accepted the third angel's message a number of years ago, and united with the Plainfield church, of which he remained a faithful member until his decease. He leaves a wife, two sons, and two daughters to mourn their loss, but they are comforted with the blessed hope of meeting him in the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Job 19:25-27. N. P. NEILSEN.

WILLIAMS.—Died at Abbotsford, Wis., Sept. 20, 1905, of heart failure, Anna A. Williams, nee Kennelly, aged 43 years, 7 months, and 6 days. Her home was near Auburndale, Wis., but she had gone to visit her sister, at Abbotsford, and was taken suddenly ill, which terminated in her death. About two years ago Sister Williams and her husband were baptized and united with the Mill Creek Seventh-day Adventist church, of which she remained a member until her death. She died with a bright hope of coming forth in the glad morn when the saints will be gathered home. She leaves a husband, three boys, an aged father, four sisters, and many friends to mourn their loss; but they are comforted with the blessed hope of meeting her again. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. N. P. NEILSEN.

PETERSEN.—Died at Wautoma, Wis., Nov. 2, 1905, of heart failure, Lars Petersen, aged 70 years, 5 months, and 15 days. He was born in Denmark, and came to Neenah, Wis., with his family about thirty-five years ago, and united with the Wautoma church as a charter member at the time of its organization, and remained a faithful member until his death. His peace was made with God, and he died with a bright hope of coming forth in the resurrection morning. He leaves a wife, one son, three daughters, besides many other relatives and friends, to mourn their loss; but they sorrow not as others who have no hope. The funeral service was held in the Methodist church, conducted by the writer. Lessons of hope and comfort were drawn from Job 19:25-27. N. P. NEILSEN.

HANSEN.—Died at her old home at Ruthven, Iowa, Dec. 29, 1905, Mary Hansen, nee Beck, wife of Elder P. A. Hansen, aged 55 years, 6 months, and 25 days. She was born at Dreslette Fyen, Denmark, where she spent her childhood. In the spring of 1874 she came to Clay County, Iowa, with her father, R. M. Beck, and three sisters. In 1878 she was united in marriage to P. A. Hansen. She was brought up in the doctrine of the Lutheran state church, in a family where love and union prevailed, and was a constant student of the Bible. This searching, together with the labor of Brother P. L. Hoen, led her, together with her husband, to unite with the Seventh-day Adventists in 1880. She always stood by the side of her husband in the gospel work, and as early as 1887 she took her children, the youngest then only a few months old, and accompanied her husband to Minneapolis, Minn., and later to Chicago, to prepare themselves for the gospel service, after which she returned home, and for years bore the responsibility of bringing up the children. She was always at her post in church and Sabbath-school, while her husband traveled in the interest of conference work, until in 1900 they were called by the General Conference and the Mission Board to leave the United States for Europe, to take charge of the gospel work in the Scandinavian countries. Amos, Annette, and Lewis accompanied their parents to their distant field of labor, little Hans having been laid to rest years ago in the Highland Cemetery. Lewis, a young man and student, was laid to rest a year ago last May in Denmark, and from that time Sister Hansen gradually failed in health. Annette, her only daughter, who had, sometime prior to her mother's failing health, joined the nurses' class at the Frydenstrands Sanatorium, at once left her work, believing it her duty to care for her mother. Brother Hansen was elected by the Scandinavian Union Conference as a delegate to the General Conference at Washington, and thinking a change of climate would help Sister Hansen, she and her daughter returned with Brother Hansen to this country. She visited her son Amos, who had returned about two years ago, hoping to regain her health, and return to Denmark, but several weeks ago she gave up hope of recovering. She died in perfect peace, with the glad hope of a soon-coming Saviour and a part in the first resurrection. Her companion and two surviving children mourn the death of their loved one. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, from Ps. 116:15 and Eze. 33:11. She was laid to rest in the Highland Cemetery, one mile west of her old home, and three miles northeast of Ruthven, there to await the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God. J. P. FREDERICKSEN.

Uriah Smith Memorial and His Last Week

By Editor

MANY readers of the REVIEW hold in tender regard the memory of Elder Uriah Smith, for nearly half a century the editor of this paper, whose sudden death on March 6, 1903, brought sorrow to all who knew him. On this the third anniversary of his death we print on the first page a poem written by Elder Smith, but never published before. It breathes the same Christian spirit and the same interest for the salvation of sinners which were characteristic of his life. While Brother Smith rests from his labors, awaiting his reward, the words which he spoke and wrote still live to influence men and women to turn unto God. “They that turn many to righteousness [shall shine] as the stars forever and ever.”

“He sleeps in Jesus—soon to rise, When the last trump shall rend the skies; Then burst the fetters of the tomb, To awake in full, immortal bloom.”

A LITTLE booklet has just come to our desk bearing the title “His Last Week.” It is an interwoven narrative wholly in the words of the Gospels, without the omission of a word of Scripture, and without repetition, covering the last week of our Lord’s life. The text of the American Standard Revised Bible is used. This booklet will make it easy for the reader to secure a comprehensive view of the experiences during the crisis of Jesus’ life on earth. The price is seven cents for a single copy, and it is published by Hope Publishing Co., New York and Chicago.

Battle Creek

By E. W. Farnsworth

THERE are many in this city who are desirous of heeding the instruction the Lord has given in reference to leaving this place. Some of them have lived here a long time, and have little knowledge of the openings in other places where they may gain a livelihood.

On behalf of these brethren and sisters we wish to invite our people who may know of favorable openings, to write to the clerk of the Battle Creek church, and briefly describe any situation they may have to offer. Write the particulars so that the ones receiving them may form a reasonably clear idea of the situations offered.

There are in Battle Creek quite a number of carpenters and builders, several engineers and machinists, two or three bakers of long experience, two or three ladies who have had experience as and matrons, several shorthand reporters and typists, several accountants, nurses, bath hands and helpers, both ladies and gentlemen. There are some who have had experience as book canvassers and colporteurs, besides many who have lived here and earned their living in different avocations, as many people do in cities of this size.

These people are conscientious brethren and sisters. They believe the truth and the messages that God has sent his people, and for this reason they desire to remove to other localities where they may carry the light of truth for this time, I am sure our brethren will appreciate the perplexity in which these brethren and sisters find themselves, and will be glad to extend to them the helping hand. Address all communications to Mr. A. L. Bayley, Battle Creek, Mich., in care of Review and Herald.

E. W. FARNSWORTH.

Petitions Against Religious Legislation

ALL petitions to Congress against religious legislation should be sent direct to the Religious Liberty Bureau, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Haskell Home Announcement

Perhaps those Battle Creek papers which have spoken so unkindly about the relation of this denomination to the Haskell Home will now have the fairness to correct their false statements. The announcement on this page ought to be a sufficient answer to their sensational charges.

Southern Union Executive Committee Meeting

The president of the Southern Union Conference, Elder G. I. Butler, announces that there will be a meeting of the executive committee of that conference at Graysville, Tenn., beginning Tuesday, March 13, at 9 A. M. It is expected that Elders A. G. Daniells, G. A. Irwin, L. H. Evans, and J. S. Washburn will attend this meeting.

Series B Pamphlets

THE pamphlets designated as Nos. 2, 6, and 7 of "Series B," setting forth the facts and principles involved in the recent experiences within the denomination, ought to be read by all those who desire to gain a correct and intelligent view of these matters. The price of these pamphlets is five cents each, or fifteen cents for the set, post-paid. Order of your tract society or direct from the publishing houses.

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