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Review and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 6.

THE RESURRECTION
Earlier text: IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEMATIC EFFORT

DAKOTA CONFERENCE.

By S. B. Whitney; A. L. Dawson

ORGANIZATION OF A CONFERENCE OF S. D. ADVENTISTS IN DAKOTA TERRITORY.

A MEETING was called on the camp-ground at Sioux Falls, July 14, 1879, to consider the question of organizing a Conference of S. D. Adventists for Dakota Territory. Prayer by Bro. White.
On motion, Bro. White was called to the chair, and A. L. Dawson appointed secretary pro tem.
Moved, by Bro. Whitney, That a Conference of S. D. Adventists be organized in Dakota. After instructive remarks by Bro. White, the motion was carried.
The constitution recommended by the General Conference and adopted by all our State Conferences was presented, and after some deliberation, and appropriate remarks by Bro. White, it was adopted.
Voted, That the Chair appoint a committee to nominate officers for the organization.
Brn. D. T. Biggs, C. Fredrickson, and J. Poulson were appointed as this committee. After due deliberation, they recommended the following; viz., for president, S. B. Whitney; for secretary, A. L. Dawson; for treasurer, Peter Nelson; for Conference committee, S. B. Whitney, D. T. Biggs, and J. Poulsen. On motion, the respective nominees were elected.
Voted, That Brn. White and Hanson be invited to participate in the deliberations of this body.
Voted, That the president appoint committees on resolutions and credentials.
Conference adjourned to 2 o'clock P. M.
SECOND MEETING.—Prayer by Bro. Hanson. The president named, as committees on resolutions, A. L. Dawson, M. M. Olsen, and O. A. Fredrickson; on credentials, O. A. Fredrickson, C. F. Saxby, and A. D. Smith. The committee on credentials reported, recommending credentials to S. B. Whitney, and licenses to M. M. Olsen, E. H. Pullen, and John Richards. This recommendation was confirmed in each case. The committee on resolutions presented the following, which were unanimously adopted :—
Resolved, That we render sincere thanksgiving to God for his kind providence in opening the way for us to hold our first camp-meeting, and for his rich blessing that has rested upon us.
Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt thanks to the General Conference for the presence and labors of our dear Bro. and Sr. White and Eld. Hanson at this meeting.
Whereas, The gift of prophecy is inseparably connected with the solemn work of the third angel's message, and
Whereas, the reading of the "Testimonies" and the "Spirit of Prophecy" we consider the best means of enlightening the mind upon, and removing the prejudice that may exist against, that phase of our faith, therefore
Resolved, That we deem this subject of great importance to all our people, and one upon which they should be thoroughly informed; and that it is the duty of all our churches to possess a circulating library of the above-mentioned works.
Resolved, That in entering the sisterhood of Conferences, we pledge ourselves to co-operate with them in all the enterprises connected with this work.
Whereas, We learn from the word of the Lord that the perilous times of the last days and the fearful scenes of the day of the Lord are just before us, and that a preparation in body as well as spirit is requisite to meet these things, therefore
Resolved, That we consider the health reform in the light of a great blessing, and we hereby pledge ourselves to a more thorough application of its principles
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that it is the duty of all our people to pay into the treasury the Lord's tithe of all our income.
On motion, the churches at Swan Lake, Sunnyside, Elk Point, and Big Springs were formally recognized as belonging to the Conference. Also companies of Sabbath-keepers at Finlay, Milltown, Emmanuel Creek, Maple Grove, Madison, and Wolf Creek were taken under its watchcare.
After singing the doxology, the Conference adjourned.
S. B. WHITNEY, Pres.
A. L. DAWSON, Sec.

DAKOTA CONFERENCE DIRECTORY.

Pres., S. B. Whitney, Howard, Turner Co., D. T.
Sec., A. L. Dawson, Elk Point, Union Co.
Treas., Peter Nelson, Swan Lake, Turner Co.
Conf. Com. { S. B. Whitney, Howard, Turner Co. D. T. Biggs, Howard, Turner Co. Jorgen Poulsen, Sunnyside, Union Co.

DUTIES OF A CHURCH ELDER.

By A. O. Burrill

1. He “must be blameless, as the steward of God.” To be blameless means, both in the Greek and English, to be without fault; not meriting censure.
2. “The husband of one wife.”
3. His children must be faithful; i. e., they must be in subjection to him, and of good behavior not only at home but at the house of God.
4. “Vigilant;” attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for the safety of the church.
5. “Sober;” i. e., exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; serious in demeanor, habit or appearance.
6. “Given to hospitality.” Given to receiving and entertaining strangers without reward; kind to strangers and guests; yes, even a lover of this kind of work.
7. “Not self-willed or stubborn; i. e., he should be moved or persuaded by reason. The elder is expected to act a leading part in his church. When there are new plans to be executed, if the elder holds back, then all will be likely to do so. I knew a church a few years since whose elder was continually throwing his church into a questioning condition, and when I visited them he would nearly always stand in opposition to all that we tried to do. The result was that the church was as weak as water. If the Lord is in this work, then those whom he has called to lead out in it are hearkening to his voice; and as they lay plans, it is emphatically our duty to heartily execute them.”
8. “Not soon angry,” but “patient.”
9. “Not given to wine.”
10. “A lover of good men” or, margin, “good things;” “sober, just, holy.”
11. “Not greedy of filthy lucre.” To be covetous is to go still further. Webster thus defines covetous: 1. Very desirous. 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager. Syn. Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; miserly; niggardly. The covetous eagerly desire wealth, even at the expense of others; the avaricious hoard it; the penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save it by disgraceful self-denial; and the niggardly, by meanness in their dealings. Any of these traits of character are censurable, and especially in one who has been set apart to lead God’s people. When men were chosen to assist Moses, they were to be those who hated covetousness, i. e., who had great aversion to it, or dislike for it. Ex. 18:21. The Bible says, “He that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.” “Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.” “For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him.” “But fornication and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints.” And of an elder Paul says, “not covetous.” Peter says, “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.”
Brethren, who has placed you in your position? Is it not that same Providence which selected the elders in the time of Moses? Ex. 18:21. Is not that God which was leading his people then leading his people now? And if we are found murmuring and filling our brethren and sisters with unbelief, will it not be with us as it was with those in Moses’ time? “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end.”
A. O. BURRILL.
Appleton, O., July 15, 1879.

Notes of News.

—THE German navy is to be increased.
—THE disunion of the Bonapartists is becoming more apparent.
—WAR between Turkey and Greece is thought to be imminent.
—THE Zulus lost 1,500 men and the two guns they captured at Isandula, in their latest engagement with Lord Chelmsford’s forces.
—DISASTROUS floods throughout Belgium, and floods in the valley of the Rhine, have caused great loss of property.
—THE English primitive Methodists have got up a petition to parliament for Sunday closing, which is three-fourths of a mile long.
—AT Kharkoff, Russia, the authorities have divided the town into 324 fire districts. Every householder is bound to keep a special night watchman, and have 30 buckets of water always ready.
—REPORTS from Memphis, July 21, represent the situation as alarming, and hourly growing more serious. Thirty-six new cases of yellow fever were reported the 20th. The citizens are fleeing from the place by thousands. Secretary McCrary orders 1,000 tents and 200,000 rations for the sufferers.
—DISPATCHES from Port au Prince, Hayti, give particulars of a reign of terror, growing out of political difficulties between the Nationals and Liberals, the latter party assuming the offensive, attacking the members of the Chamber of Deputies during its session, and killing the Minister of War, who endeavored to disperse the mob. They took refuge in houses which they barricaded, but were dislodged by a cannonading of shell which set fire to the buildings, and over one hundred houses were burned, and three hundred men were killed and wounded. At last accounts, the insurrection was suppressed, and the rioters had fled to the foreign consulates for refuge.
—CHINESE opinion of Christian missions from England may be inferred from a placard put up on one of the foreign houses in Shanghai: “How absurd that these strangers come to Shanghai, and think to gain the people by their preaching. Twenty years ago they might have succeeded, but now opium, the real cause of all the evil, has perverted the hearts of the people.”—Advance.
—THE remains of young Napoleon have been taken to England and buried with distinguished ceremonies. A very general feeling of indignation pervades English society at the recklessness of the officer who permitted the guest of the commander-in-chief, who was regarded by him as an imperial prince, to go on the dangerous expedition, and who then in cowardice deserted him to fall an unprotected victim of savage barbarity. His sorely afflicted mother is the center of universal sympathy. Fears are entertained that the terrible bereavement may unsettle her reason, and there are reports that she intends to retire to a convent. What will be the effect upon the political prospects of the Imperialists cannot yet be presaged. Indeed, France would be none the worse if, with the loss of the head, the party itself should go into dissolution.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth.” Rev. 14:13.

THE SLEEP.

Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar Along the psalmist’s music deep, Now tell me if there any is For gift or grace surpassing this,— “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
What would we give to our beloved? The hero’s heart to be unmoved; The poet’s star-tuned harp to sweep; The patriot’s voice to teach and rouse; The monarch’s crown to light the brows? “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
What do we give to our beloved? A little faith, all undisproved; A little dust, to overweep; And bitter memories, to make The whole earth blasted for our sake. “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
“Sleep soft, beloved!” we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep; But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber when “He giveth His beloved sleep.”
O earth, so full of dreary noises! O men, with wailing in your voices! O delvèd gold, the wailer’s heap! O strife, O curse, that o’er it fall! God strikes a silence through you all, And “giveth His beloved sleep.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Johnson.—Died at West Dayton, Iowa, July 22, 1879, Eld. John Johnson. He has fallen asleep in Jesus, to await the morning of the resurrection. He leaves a wife and six children.
PETER JOHNSON.
Heacox.—Died at our home near Kilbourn, Wis., July 20, 1879, Jennie T. Heacox, wife of Albert Heacox, and daughter of A. and C. M. Tenney. Her age was 26 years and 5 months. Our family circle including eight children, is now broken for the first time. We have lain our dear one away to rest in bright hope of a glorious resurrection. The funeral services were conducted by Eld. Moulton, F. W. Baptist.
G. C. TENNEY.

THE GERMAN PAPER AND OUR TRACT SOCIETIES.

By S. N. Haskell

We have reason to rejoice in the evidences we are constantly having that the providence of God is leading forward in his work. There has been a call from many of our friends for a German paper. Whether the time has fully arrived or not for its publication, will be determined by the demand for it. We call upon our German friends, especially, to show the interest they have in it; also to our tract societies, where they can use the paper, to do the same. Be awake to the importance of the matter. There are German settlements all through the country where, with a little effort, many copies might be used, with good results. It is proposed to issue several numbers between this and next January, which can be had for ten cents. Five dollars will pay for one hundred papers. Many of our friends can use this number to good advantage. Judicious efforts at this time will aid greatly in insuring future prosperity to this enterprise. Let the rays of light be scattered, and the truth be brought to the knowledge of the honest. Those who are instrumental in this work will have it said to them, “Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
Are there not German families in your neighborhood to whom you can give a copy of this paper? Is there not some German settlement which you can visit, and thus dispose of twenty-five or fifty copies. Americans who can neither read nor speak the German language need not hesitate to engage in this work. In some instances the interest to read may be increased on this account. S. N. HASKELL.

TO S. B. TREASURERS IN VERMONT.

To each S. B. treasurer I have sent a statement of the money paid into the State treasury since our last State Conference up to the present date. If the amount acknowledged does not agree with what you have charged me, please inform me of this fact, and state the discrepancy.
As early as Aug. 15, please state to C. E. Powell, Eden Mills, Vt., the amount of S. B. funds sent me this Conference year up to the above-named date. No money received after Aug. 20 will be credited for this Conference year. Our books must be audited at the soon-coming Conference, and they should agree exactly. A. S. HUTCHINS, Treas.
July 20, 1879.

OHIO STATE CONFERENCE

Appointments.

“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matt. 10:7.

OHIO STATE CONFERENCE.

The next annual session of the Ohio Seventh-day Adventist Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Spring Mills, Ohio, Aug. 21–25. The first meeting will be held at 5 P. M., Thursday, Aug. 21. Every church, as far as possible, should send at least one delegate, with any particulars concerning the church. Each new church should send a request to be taken into the Conference.
D. M. Canright, O. Mears, H. H. Van Camp, Ohio Conf. and Com.

OHIO T. AND M. SOCIETY.

The next annual session of the Ohio Tract and Missionary Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Spring Mills, Aug. 21–25. The first meeting will be held on Friday, Aug. 22, at 9 A. M. The usual business of the annual meeting will be taken up.
D. M. Canright, Pres. J. B. Gregory, Sec.

OHIO S. S. ASSOCIATION.

The first annual session of the Ohio S. S. Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Spring Mills, Ohio, Aug. 21–25. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., Aug. 24. The usual business of the annual meeting will be transacted.
D. M. Canright, Pres. E. H. Gates, Sec.

NEW ENGLAND CAMP-MEETING.

This meeting will be held on the same ground we had last year, at Ballard Vale, Mass. The time is Aug. 27 to Sept. 2. It is hoped there will be a general rally of all S. D. Adventists in this Conference at this meeting. Eld. Geo. I. Butler is expected to attend, also other efficient help. Provision for man and beast on the ground as usual. Any who desire to rent tents should immediately correspond with Eld. D. A. Robinson, South Lancaster, Mass.
CAMP-MEETING COMMITTEE.

ILLINOIS S. S. ASSOCIATION.

The first annual meeting of the S. S. Association of the S. D. Adventists of the Illinois Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Bloomington, Aug. 27 to Sept. 2. We hope every school in the State will be represented, and where it is possible, let the whole school attend. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. Class books and books of record should be brought for examination. We expect the president of the General S. S. Association, and would be glad to have other S. S. workers favor us with their presence and help. We hereby extend an invitation to Bro. W. C. White. We shall have a supply of Lesson Sheets on the ground, ready for distribution the first day of the meeting, and shall expect all to take part in the S. S. exercises at 9 A. M. on the Sabbath.
John H. Bennett, H. P. Ritchie, R. F. Andrews, Com.

SECOND MICHIGAN CAMP-MEETING.

A camp-meeting will be held in the vicinity of Vassar, Tuscola Co., Mich., Sept. 4–8. This meeting is designed especially for the benefit of the churches in Saginaw, Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac, Midland, Oakland, Macomb, Wayne, Genesee, Lapeer, and St. Clair counties. All that can conveniently attend this meeting are invited. Elders Canright and Littlejohn, and others, will be in attendance. The above counties embrace sections 6 and 7. The ministers in charge of these sections, and other leading brethren, will do all in their power to secure a general attendance, and try in every way to make the meeting a success. The interests of the T. and M. society and Sabbath-school will be considered at this meeting. Every lover of the truth in these sections should attend.
MICH. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

CAMP-MEETING FOR QUEBEC.

It is decided that our camp-meeting will be held at Magog, P. Q., Aug. 21–26. We shall spare no pains in trying to make this meeting a success. Let us all pray that God may meet with us. Cannot a goodly number of the brethren in northern Vermont come, and bring their tents with them?
A. C. Bourdeau.
White Water, Butler Co., Kan., Aug. 2, 3. Eldorado, Butler Co., Aug. 9, 10, where Bro. Rosseau may appoint. If Bro. Graves, of Caldwell, Sumner Co., could meet me at Wichita, Thursday morning, Aug. 14, would spend a week or more there. Please write me at Clarion, Sedgwick Co., Kan., care H. C. Main.
J. H. Cook.
Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa, Aug. 10, 11.
E. W. Farnsworth.
Fenton, Genesee Co., Mich., Sabbath, Aug. 9, at 11 A. M. This meeting is for the benefit of the brethren at Holly, Tyrone, and Linden. The ordinances will be celebrated. Let all attend.
H. M. Kenyon.
Liberty Center, Ohio, Aug. 8–10. Hamler, “ 15–17. Meetings will commence in each place Friday evening, and hold at the usual hours Sabbath and Sunday. We earnestly invite all the Sabbath-keepers to come to the first meeting, and bring their children, so as to be all ready for Sabbath-school on Sabbath morning.
D. W. Reavis.

NEBRASKA CAMP-MEETING.

By Chas. L. Boyd

It is decided to hold this meeting at Seward, on the ground occupied last year. The time will be as near the last of September as consistent with the convenience of the help sent us by the General Conference.
Perhaps it will be unnecessary to urge upon those who have attended these meetings their importance; but a goodly number who have embraced our faith during the past year do not understand their nature. To such I appeal. God commanded his people anciently to assemble regularly for his worship. “Three times shalt thou keep a feast unto me in the year.” If they needed three annual gatherings three thousand years ago, we who are living amid the perils of the last days, certainly cannot forego the one proffered us. Commence at once to make arrangements to attend this meeting. If you want your children converted, bring them with you. Invite your neighbors to take their teams and come. Let there be a general rally. Come in season to have your tents pitched and be ready for the first meeting. Come to stay till the close. As you value the interest of the meeting, do not leave the ground till the last benediction has been pronounced. Say to home cares, “Abide ye here, while I go and worship yonder.” CHAS. L. BOYD.

REMAINING CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1879.

CANADA, Magog, P. Q., Aug. 21-26.
MASSACHUSETTS, Ballard Vale, Aug. 27-Sept. 2.
INDIANA, No. 1, Noblesville, " 5-11.
" " 2,
MAINE, Sept. 4-9.
VERMONT, Essex Junction, " 11-16.
ILLINOIS, Bloomington, Aug. 27-Sept. 2.
MICHIGAN, Vassar, Sept. 4-8.
NEBRASKA, Seward,
CALIFORNIA, No. 1, Fresno City, Aug. 28-Sept. 2.
" " 2, Healdsburg, Sept. 18-23.

Gough's Remarks on Genesis 2:7

It seems that Gough, the temperance lecturer, sees a point in Gen. 2:7, which is generally overlooked. Speaking of man, in his farewell speech in England, he is quoted as saying, “God created man in his own image, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and made him—not gave him—but made him a living soul.”

CAMP-MEETING BOARDING TENT.

By Committee

An ample boarding tent will be in operation on the camp-ground at Eaton Rapids, at which all who desire can obtain good boarding at very reasonable rates. The liability of food to spoil during warm, damp weather, and the frequent occurrence of illness in consequence of eating cold and stale food, with the inconvenience of carrying food a great distance and preparing it on the ground, will lead many to avail themselves of the advantages of a boarding tent.
Terms will be reasonable.
COMMITTEE.

INCORRECT REPORTS.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

I HAVE in my hands reports from every church in Ohio, made at the last quarterly meeting. One-fourth of them are not correct. I have just visited these churches, and hence I know that the membership is not given correctly; the additions and losses are not stated; and many of the question blanks on the reports are not filled out at all. Dear brethren, these things should not be so. These reports will be sent back to the officers, to be filled out correctly. At the coming State Conference we want reports from all the churches, but if they are not made out better than these, they will be utterly unreliable. We say to the clerks, treasurers, and librarians, Take time to do your work faithfully, and see that your reports are reliable.
D. M. CANRIGHT.

INDIANA CAMP-MEETING.

By S. H. Lane

For the last time we notice this meeting. It will commence at Noblesville, August 5. First meeting in the evening. We desire to see every Sabbath-keeper in central Indiana present.
We have secured a beautiful grove in the city limits, only one-half mile from the depot, and about eighty rods from the public square. There is a good well on the ground, a beautiful living spring about twenty rods distant, and White River runs on one side of the grove.
To those who desire to come on the Indianapolis, Peru, and Chicago R. R., again we say, Let us know your name and the name of the station on that road at which you wish to take the cars, and we will send you a certificate by which you can purchase tickets at half-fare rates. Without these certificates you cannot get a reduction on rates. Address me at Noblesville, Ind.
S. H. LANE.

SABBATH-SCHOOL LESSONS

By Dudley Marvin Canright; D. W. Reavis

AT THE OHIO CAMP-MEETING.

THERE will be a grand Sabbath school exercise in the big tent on the Ohio camp-ground, at 9 o’clock Sabbath morning. Every person on the camp-ground will be invited to take part in these exercises; hence let all come prepared to do so. The lessons for the day in each division,—Children’s, Youth’s, and Bible-class,—will be the regular lesson in the Instructor and Lesson Sheets designed for that Sabbath, the fourth Sabbath in August. Be sure to bring Lesson Sheets, Instructors, and question-books for the occasion.
The First or Infant’s Division will recite Lesson 6, “Beasts, Creeping Things, and Man,” in Bible Lessons for Little Ones. Let the children give this lesson in story form, commencing at the first and telling all about it without being questioned.
We shall expect the members of each division to give a synopsis of their lesson for a general exercise. For a concert exercise the school will mention the names of the books of the Bible in their order.
D. M. CANRIGHT. D. W. REAVIS.

Indiana Camp-Meeting Sabbath-School.

By J. M. Rees

Sabbath morning, Aug. 9, there will be a general Sabbath-school on the Noblesville camp-ground. All S. S. scholars and Bible students at the meeting will be expected to take an active part in this school. We request superintendents to encourage their scholars to attend, and to inform them as to the preparation of lessons.
Divisions Two, Three, and Four (all except the little ones), will recite the lessons in the Instructor and Supplement designed for that date, the second Sabbath in August. The Infant or First Division, Lesson 31, Jacob Leaves Home, in Bible Lessons for Little Ones.
We hope all will come prepared to help make the school a success. The Sabbath-school interest throughout the State has a healthy growth, and we are pleased to see this. But, brethren, the state of Indiana can still greatly improve in Sabbath-school work. Let us work for a grand accomplishment during the coming year. Much may be done in the Sabbath-school work. Let us work together, and see what we may do.
J. M. REES, Pres. of Ind. S. S. Association.

TENTS

By CHAS L. BOYD

ATTENTION, NEBRASKA.

For those intending to purchase, the following price-list of family and church tents, of “best standard duck,” is affixed:—
Length and Breadth Height of Pole Height of Wall Price, 8 oz. Price. 10 oz. Top, 8 oz. Wall.
16x24 12 ft. 5 ft. $53 90 $58 00
16x24 11 ft. 4 ft. 45 10 48 60
14x20 11 ft. 4 ft. 35 10 38 00
14x20 10½ ft. 4 ft. 33 60 36 48
14x16 10 ft. 4 ft. 28 50 30 66
12x14 9½ ft. 3½ ft. 25 95 28 05
12x12 9½ ft. 3½ ft. 21 30 22 74
10x12 9 ft. 3 ft. 18 00 20 80
10x10 9 ft. 3 ft. 15 60 17 37
9x12 8 ft. 3 ft. 14 40 16 62
9x9 8 ft. 3 ft. 12 90 14 96
7x9 7 ft. Wedge. 8 60 10 00
7x7 7 ft. Wedge. 7 20 8 00
Arrangements have been made with the manufacturers to give us a discount, which will be donated to the Conference. Any wishing to purchase through me can decide on the size, and accompany the order by draft or otherwise, with annexed price. Send in season, that I may order all at the same time, thus securing the lowest rates of freight. These tents will be shipped to, and delivered at, the camp-ground, Seward, Neb. Please address, CHAS L. BOYD, Nebraska City, Neb.
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