At the recent meeting of the General Conference Publication Committee the question of how we might the most successfully encourage those who have been selling “Christ’s Object Lessons,” “Story of Joseph,” or other small books and papers, to develop their talent by selling other books, was carefully considered. Our conclusions were in substance as follows:—
1. To set apart an easy-selling line of books, the retail price of which would be as low as good workmanship and fair commission to the workers will permit.
2. To encourage the workers to canvass the members of their own church first, extending the effort to the neighborhood, town, or county in which they20live, as their time and experience will enable them.
3. That to make this work self-supporting, our people be requested to pay full price for the following books which were set apart for the use of such workers: “Education;” “Things Foretold;” “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing;” “Sunshine at Home;” “Steps to Christ;” “Daniel,” paper binding; “Revelation,” paper binding; “Power for Witnessing,” paper and cloth bindings; “Great Nations of To-day,” paper binding; “The Vegetarian Cook Book;” “Cobblestones,” now in press.
4. That to become such a worker, and receive the forty per cent discount which will be allowed on these books, it is necessary to arrange with the local church librarian or officers only, and not with the State agent, unless the worker desires to take up other books, in which case he is always to arrange with that officer for terms and territory.
In a sentence, then, the plan and objects are, the setting apart of a list of books on which the worker receives a discount of forty per cent, and for which our people are requested to pay full price, thus encouraging the worker to begin right in his home church, and to use the experience thus gained to become a resident canvassing missionary.
Simple, isn’t it? And yet in it is the life to two great movements; namely, the increased circulation of the truth, and an organized effort to develop workers. It is already in operation in some States, with very satisfactory results.
May we not expect our people everywhere to join in this movement by cheerfully paying the full price for the books mentioned? May we not also expect our church officers to arrange for members of the church best suited to the work to canvass at least the church for these and other books, hoping and praying that the effort may not only greatly benefit the members to whom the books are sold, but may beget in the heart of the worker a determination to enter a wider field?
A booklet telling more about the plan, entitled “Prices and Discounts,” may be obtained free by addressing the writer.
H. H. HALL
1059 Castro St., Oakland, Cal.
Will Our People Help Us Pay for Our New Press?
By George I. Butler
The Southern Publishing Association wishes the help of our people in its time of need. According to the light the servant of the Lord gave, the Southern printing office was to be thoroughly equipped for efficient work. What little machinery we had was second hand, and good work could not be done with it. About seventeen thousand dollars had to be expended for three new presses, folding-machine, linotype, sewing-machines, stitchers, etc. The very best quality of machinery in the market was purchased, and the office now is in first-class condition for business, and our three presses are running all day, and often well into the night.
Over ten thousand dollars has been paid already on this amount. We greatly need some financial help just at this time to pay the rest. A second-hand press was accepted as part payment on a new Miehle press, costing thirty-two hundred dollars at the shop, thus reducing the cash cost to twenty-six hundred dollars. We have asked our people to help us pay for this press by personal donations, every donation being acknowledged each week in the Watchman. About six hundred dollars of this amount has been raised, largely in the Southern Union Conference. The Watchman reaches but a small number of our people. Will not the REVIEW readers help us to pay the remainder? Be liberal with us, dear brethren and sisters of the dear old REVIEW family; for we greatly need your help. Amount already raised, $582.81. Every gift will be acknowledged in the Watchman each week.
GEO. I. BUTLER,
President Southern Publishing Association.
Our $50,000 Fund
By W. T. Bland
As our people everywhere are interested in the raising of funds for foreign missions, and especially during the past few months to have the annual offering reach at least $50,000, we are glad to mention its progress from time to time through the REVIEW AND HERALD.
Not all of the conference treasurers have reported the amount received during the first quarter, but at the date of writing this (April 27) $37,963.66 has been received and receipted. This is certainly encouraging. It will be of great help in carrying forward our mission work in foreign fields, and is an indication of the interest our people have in the spreading of the gospel in all parts of the world.
A number have written to inquire whether it is too late to send offerings to help bring the amount up to the desired $50,000. Replying, we will say that the fund is still open, as many made pledges which they desired to pay later, while others desire to increase the amount paid at first.
It is a pleasure to know that this is a work that all can have a part in, and although it may be by sacrifice, it is, or may be, always accompanied with a blessing,—a blessing not alone to the one who gives, but to those, wherever they may be, who have this great truth brought to them. We still hope that all will have a part in it.
We fully believe that if all do their part, our report at the end of the second quarter of this year will show the full $50,000 received. Pay all amounts to your church treasurer, your conference tract society office, or send directly to the treasurer of the General Conference, at 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C. W. T. BLAND.
Further Partial List
By W. T. Bland
of the donations received on the Washington building fund at the General Conference office:—
Previously reported ..........$5,774 67
An aged brother and sister .... 956 87
E. I. Beebe, Treas............. 75 91
Sophrona Didge ................. 50 00
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morel ....... 50 00
G. W. Whitney .................. 25 00
Lake Union Conference .......... 17 11
Martha E. Craig ................ 15 00
W. H. Edwards, Treas............ 14 01
T. M. Clark .................... 10 50
Walter Harper .................. 10 00
William Herriott ............... 10 00
N. F. Burgess and Lizzie Sandoz 10 00
James L. Pauley ................ 10 00
Mrs. M. R. Swan ................ 10 00
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Little ...... 10 00
Mrs. Mary Soare ................ 10 00
Cordelia Woodruff .............. 10 00
Mrs. M. Drake ................... 10 00
M. S. West ...................... 10 00
H. C. Carmichael ............... 8 00
C. Streeter ..................... 7 50
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hook ........ 7 00
J. A. Haskins ................... 6 50
Ontario Tract Society ........... 6 00
S. N. Fowler .................... 5 00
Paul E. Gros .................... 5 00
H. J. Farman .................... 5 00
S. W. Hastings ................. 5 00
Mrs. L. E. Taylor .............. 5 00
Truman Kibbe ................... 5 00
Mrs. H. L. Merrion ............. 5 00
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Peck ........ 5 00
C. L. Davis ..................... 5 00
Mildred Kelly ................... 5 00
Francis Wheaton ................ 5 00
Mrs. Bettie Wilcox ............. 5 00
Mrs. A. M. Pilkington .......... 5 00
Mrs. Rosetta Lewis ............. 5 00
Mrs. Carrie Merritt ............ 5 00
Mrs. C. L. Simmons ............. 5 00
Mrs. Dr. Johnston .............. 5 00
Mrs. Albert Brown .............. 5 00
H. A. Hollman .................. 5 00
Jattie Leslie .................. 5 00
J. M. Adams .................... 5 00
George and Sarah Wolfe ......... 5 00
Mrs. Carrie Johnson ............ 5 00
Rosanna and Rachael Switzer.... 5 00
H. W. Cox ...................... 5 00
Melissa Cookendorfer ........... 5 00
Mrs. A. M. Sinclaire ........... 5 00
Mrs. Lucinda Lunger ............ 5 00
Sullivan Wareham ............... 5 00
Mrs. J. Scriber ................ 5 00
Mrs. E. J. Hennings ............ 4 00
George W. Taylor ............... 4 75
Mrs. Marion Upton .............. 4 25
L. E. Buckston ................. 1 00
R. H. Garner ................... 60
Mrs. N. Manheart ............... 50
Abbie E. Hare and sister ....... 1 00
and Mrs. G. D. Clark ........... 3 00
J. M. Calvert, agent ........... 3 27
F. G. and E. G. ................ 2 00
Marie Johnston ................. 2 75
Perry E. Pepper ................ 2 00
Mrs. D. A. Bacon ............... 1 50
W. E. Haines ................... 1 00
J. L. Lowell ................... 3 00
Lucian Rockwell ............... 1 00
E. C. Graves ................... 2 00
Mrs. O. L. Thork ............... 50
Mrs. Melissa Cookendorfer ..... 1 00
Mrs. O. W. Bundy .............. 1 00
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Scott ....... 1 00
G. W. Knapp .................... 1 00
Mrs. L. F. Scott ............... 3 00
Virginia Blanchard ............. 3 00
J. Sutherland, Treas. .......... 12 50
Mrs. Josephine Gotzian ......... 200 00
Total reported ..........$7,534 69
A further list will follow.
W. T. BLAND, Assistant Treasurer.
Field Notes
BROTHER J. E. COLLINS writes from Tampico, Ind., that two or three have taken a stand for the truth there.
A NEW church building at Bazine, Kan., was dedicated May 7, 8. This building is for a German church recently organized there.
A LOT has been secured for a new church building for the El Dorado, Kan., church. It is expected the work of erection will begin shortly.
EIGHT persons have begun to keep the Sabbath at Minneapolis, Kan., where Elder A. R. Ogden is conducting meetings.
AT Meno, O. T., where eight persons were baptized last February, three more were baptized by Elder A. E. Field during a recent visit with the Sabbath-keepers there.
BROTHER S. S. RYLES, who is working among the colored people at Devall's Bluff, Ark., reports that among those who are keeping the Sabbath there is a Methodist minister who has charge of three churches.
THE last report from Brother and Sister W. L. Black, who are holding meetings at Myrtle Point, western Oregon, states that six more persons have begun the observance of the Bible Sabbath. There is much opposition, but the truth gains steadily.
ELDER G. F. HAFNER, president of the Oklahoma Conference, writes the following: “The work in Oklahoma is still onward. The workers are all of good courage. We will send out six or seven tents in the field this summer. Eleven were added to the Shattuck church lately by baptism.”
IN a summary of his work at Drain, western Oregon, since February 20, Brother O. Soule says: “Two have joined the church, three backsliders were reclaimed, and one began the observance of the Sabbath. A brother from the East overcame the tobacco habit, and he and his family, four in all, have sent for letters, and will join the church at Drain.”
Agricultural Education
By H. A. Washburn
A Great Opportunity
WHEN God has a message for the world, there is a preparation in the world for that message. He has to-day a message of educational reform, in which agricultural education has a very prominent place. He has prepared the way for this message. There is a desire in the world for this truth, and efforts are being made to find it. God desires that his people shall answer this need with the truth of God. They have the opportunity to step forward, and lead in this movement. “In educational lines everything is arranged for an earnest reform, for a truer, more effective education. Will our people accept this holy trust?” God would not have his people act so slowly as to give the leadership in this movement to the world, while they follow as best they can. He would have his people “the head, and not the tail,” “above only,” and “not beneath.” They should therefore act promptly, with “delay no longer.”
The World Calling
An extensive demand is arising for general education in agriculture. The necessity for this is found in changing conditions, among which may be mentioned the limitation of the vast acreage which has been had almost for the asking, resulting in the vicious waste that has been common in American farming. The successful culture of the soil is thus becoming more intensive and scientific. In addition to this, as stated by an authority on this subject, “The farmer finds himself face to face with the problem of competition with farmers of other localities. It is no longer a question of the man who can work the longest hours and the hardest, but it is a question of the man who puts the most keen thinking into his work; who not only does something, but does it because it comes out of purposeful thinking, and to do that most effectively that man must be trained in his thinking.”
Agricultural colleges have been established in the various States, but the number obtaining the advantages of these institutions is so small that a demand of increasing intensity is arising for secondary schools in agriculture. The great advantages of such schools are illustrated in many of the European countries, where agriculture has been made a part of the work in even the primary schools. The movement for secondary agricultural schools in this country looks forward to the placing of agriculture in the elementary schools also. The grade of these secondary schools is thus described by a leading educator, who has secured the establishment of the first of these schools: “It is necessary for us, if we are to do anything for the district school to better its conditions, to make a radical change in the course of study, and add to our system such schools as I have indicated,—schools that shall stand above the district school, and especially designed for the farmer’s boy and girl, and not of the same character as the high school.” It is remarkable that this is exactly what our people are doing in the establishment of our intermediate schools.
The Call From the South
The movement just alluded to is developing in all the Northern States, but a similar call is coming from the South. To quote President Dabney, of the University of Tennessee: “The problem of the South, like most sections of our country, in fact, is the problem of the rural schools. . . . Our special problem is the establishment of rural schools where the elements of natural science and industrial arts are taught. . . . The people are sick of the old education. The true education supports the life the man or the woman is to lead; it is training for complete living. How absurd, yes, how wicked it is, then, to train the farmer’s children, who must live in contact with nature on the farm, in a fashion that fits them only to be bookkeepers or saleswomen in a city. The trouble with the old education was that it educated all the bright young people out of the country. The new education is related to the economic life of the people, and prepares them for the industries in which they are to make their living. . . . The greatest problem we have to solve in this generation is that of the rural industrial school. Such is the situation that confronts us, such is the problem we must solve. The great question is, How shall all the people of the South be educated and trained for actual life? Who is to do this work? Shall individuals do it? Shall the churches do it?” (Italics ours.) It is entirely appropriate that this call should be addressed to the church. Every need of the world is to be responded to by the church of God. He designs that his remnant church shall illustrate the character of education which alone will answer to the necessity of the times.
“A Great Popular Movement”
While the movement for general agricultural education is spreading through all the Northern States, it is in Wisconsin especially that the movement has made most progress. Provision by law has been made, and two secondary agricultural schools have been started, the first of the kind in America. These are now doing their second year’s work, and the results are such that others are called for in various localities. It is reason for gratitude that God foresaw the origin of this movement, and established one of the first of our intermediate schools in this State, placing it on a good foundation for work, and giving it quite remarkable prosperity. It is sincerely to be hoped that this school will be so managed that it shall keep in the lead, and that “through the excellence of the work done . . . the attention of the people shall be called to the last great effort to save the perishing.”
In working for the adoption of these new plans in educational effort, the State superintendent of Wisconsin declared, “This thing is in the air!” His statement was correct. The United States Secretary of Agriculture says in a recent report: “We are, without doubt, in this country just on the edge of a great popular movement for the improvement of the conditions of rural life through the improvement of the rural schools. As one phase of this movement there will come the broadening of the instruction in the principles of agriculture, so that in addition to college courses we shall have secondary courses in ordinary and special high schools, and even some elementary instruction in the common schools.”
“It is the purpose of God that through the excellence of the work done in our educational institutions the attention of the people shall be called to the last great effort to save the perishing.” “God expects his institutions to excel those of the world.” Shall we, then, wait until the “great popular movement” is well started, and ahead of us, before we take active steps to carry out the instruction the Lord has mercifully sent us? Shall we make the same mistake Israel did? If not, let us not delay in heeding the instruction: “Study in agricultural lines should be the A, B, and C of the education given in our schools. This is the very first work that should be entered upon.”
H. A. WASHBURN.
Union College, Cape Town, South Africa
By C. H. Hayton
ANOTHER school year of the Claremont Union College was brought to a close on Dec. 8, 1903. The students and patrons gathered in the church and listened to a well-rendered program, and an educational address by Elder I. J. Hankins. A retrospective of the school year brings many encouraging and some discouraging features to light. The school has been, and is at present, very short of experienced workers. Repeated calls have been made, but the need still remains. The teachers have been overworked; the industries have suffered, until the only feature remaining in this line is the farm. The printing office has been taken over by the South African Union Council, and is now under its control.
Over against this debit sheet of the year's experiences, we have the co-operation and willingness of the students. Their appreciation of the school, and their earnest endeavors to make the most of every opportunity were shown in their desire to return after the holidays. The Friday evening social meeting was well attended, the interest being good throughout the year. The health of the students has been well preserved. For these encouraging features we thank God.
The finances of the school are sound. The balance sheet for the year ending Dec. 31, 1903, shows one hundred and forty pounds sixteen shillings and one pence in the bank, and nine pounds eight shillings and five pence on hand. The college debt has been reduced from twenty-six hundred pounds to twenty-two hundred and fifty pounds through the sale of “Christ's Object Lessons,” by the brethren in the field. The outlook for the payment of a similar amount the coming year is good. We have felt the hand of the Lord in the reduction of the taxes for 1904. Whereas, in past years we have been paying eighty-one pounds on a valuation of seven thousand pounds, the Claremont municipality has kindly reduced this to thirty-six pounds on a valuation of three thousand pounds.
The school opened its new year, Feb. 8, 1904. The outlook is very encouraging. Ninety-three students were in attendance on the first day. Their ages range from six to nineteen years. Half of this number are not children of Adventist parents, but come from neighboring22homes. The school enjoys a good local patronage, and stands high in the community. People are willing to send their children to us even though the Sabbath, Christ's second coming, and the unconscious state of the dead are taught them. We feel greatly encouraged to press on in this work; for many of these truths become topics of conversation in the various children's homes, and seeds of truth are sown thereby. While our school is primarily a training-school, it partakes also of the nature of a missionary school in opening its doors to all who are willing to come and be taught.
The teachers at present connected with the school are Mrs. C. H. Hayton (beginners), standards 1, 2; Miss Helen Hyatt, standards 3, 4, 5; Miss E. I. Burrill, standards 6, 7, 8; C. H. Hayton, standards 9, 10, 11; C. Walston, business manager; and Mrs. W. C. Walston, matron. Miss K. Lawrence has charge of the colored school. While there have been many perplexities and difficulties connected with the school work, yet the years spent in Africa have been pleasant and profitable ones to me.
C. H. HAYTON.
Christian Education
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. Hoopes, Chairman;
Frederick Griggs, Secretary.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
Camp-Meetings for 1904
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Central New England ................................
Chesapeake ................................ May 10-16
British Columbia ........................ Last of September
California, Bushrod Park, Oakland .......... June 1-12
Montana, near Helena ........................ June 16-26
Southern California .......................... Sept. 1-11
Upper Columbia .....................................
Utah, Provo ................................ Aug. 10-17
Western Oregon, Corvallis ................ May 26 to June 5
Western Washington, S. Tacoma ................ May 19-29
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Current Mention
—An anti-Jewish riot occurred at the town of Bender, in the neighborhood of Kishineff, April 30. Several persons were killed.
—Much damage to property in Oklahoma, near the towns of Bridgeport and Cordell, was done by a tornado on the afternoon of May 5.
—Bubonic plague has broken out among the Chinese coolies who were being collected at Hongkong for transportation to South Africa to work in the mines.
—News has been received of a disastrous hurricane in Cochin China, which occurred May 1. About one hundred natives lost their lives, and the destruction of property was very great.
—Among the foreign exhibits at the St. Louis fair will be one hundred Moro captives who are held in slavery, representing this institution as it exists in the Philippines.
—Germany is sending re-enforcements of 1,500 men, with two batteries of field guns to German Southwest Africa. The task of subjugating the natives there is proving more difficult than was expected.
—Twenty people were killed by a tornado which swept over northwest Texas, May 5, visiting Moran, Putnam, Goldwaite, Star Mountain, and other towns. Many houses were demolished, and at Crescent a railway train was blown from the track.
—The fourth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies will be held in Detroit, August 2-5. It is announced that over 1,000,000 Catholics will be represented. It will be one of the greatest Catholic conventions ever held in this country.
—According to report, there is likelihood of a war in South America, between Brazil and Peru. Some territory on the border line separating those countries is claimed by both nations, and after a long dispute the question seems likely to be settled by a resort to arms.
—The Russo-Japanese war has thus far been profitable to the United States to the extent of about $40,000,000, which is the amount paid for supplies that have been obtained in this country.
—Two recent speeches by Emperor William, one at Carlsruhe, where he said it might again become necessary for Germany to interfere in “world politics,” and one on the occasion of the opening of the Rhine bridge at Mainz, in which he alluded to the possible usefulness of the bridge for military purposes, are regarded as expressing a spirit of hostility to France, and as suggestive of a possible conflict between the two countries.
—For the next ten years, if the plans of the architects are approved, the city of New York will be building in installments the greatest hospital in the world. The cost of the enormous structure, containing twelve pavilions and embodying all the appropriate improvements of modern science, will be $11,000,000 — something less than one third the price paid for the underground railroad from the city hall to the Bronx. The hospital will be the new Bellevue, of which a generation of overworked physicians have often dreamed.
—The first great land battle of the Russo-Japanese war occurred near the mouth of the Yalu River, Sunday, May 1, the Japanese being the aggressors. The Russians were driven from their positions with great loss, amounting to several thousand men, besides twenty-eight rapid-fire guns. The Japanese loss as reported was less than a thousand men. The victory is said to be largely due to the superiority of the Japanese artillery. It is reported also that Admiral Togo has finally succeeded in closing the entrance to the harbor of Port Arthur by sinking ships in the channel.
—The result of coming under the influence of a form of Oriental religion known as Persian sun worship, which has a considerable following in parts of the United States, is thus described by a Chicago press telegram of May 6: “Miss E. Reusse, a well-known music teacher with a studio in the Athenaeum building, was found a raving maniac early this morning, and is now at a hospital, as the result of a fast which she indulged in. Some time ago Miss Reusse fell under the influence of the Persian sun worshipers, a sect of considerable numbers here, and, following their teachings, she has fasted for several weeks, and is nearly a skeleton. Night before last she became violent, and threw all her belongings out on the porch of her house. Her neighbors then interfered, and had her taken to a hospital. She has not spoken an intelligible sentence since she was removed.”
—The Pullman Car Company has adopted a new standard sleeping-car in the interest of the health of its patrons. In the beginning the public demanded something of barbaric splendor, and the management itself did not realize the supreme necessity of sanitary conditions. The object of the changes is to keep the cars immaculately clean, and give little opportunity for the lodgment of disease germs. Most of the old ornamentation will be abolished. Imported mohair is to be used for curtains, as gathering less dust, and every part of the car will be easy for the cleaners to reach. The cost will be no less, probably more, than formerly.
Annual Meeting of the Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
By C. H. Parsons
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual business meeting of the Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will be held at Des Moines, Iowa, immediately following the annual camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists, on Monday, June 13, 1904, at 2 P. M., in the Seventh-day Adventist church, Cor. East Twelfth and Des Moines Streets.
C. H. PARSONS,
President.
Obituaries
SCARFE.— Died at College Place, Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 30, 1903, of tuberculosis, Henry W. Scarfe, aged 48 years and 4 months. Brother Scarfe accepted the message of present truth twelve years ago, was baptized in June, 1902, at Innisfail, Alberta, North West Territory. A year ago he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. His companion and five children survive him. Funeral services were conducted by Elder G. A. Snyder.
HODGE.— Died at the home of her son, near Los Angeles, Cal., March 30, 1904, Sister Maria Jane Hodge. The deceased was born in Ohio, Dec. 8, 1828. She accepted the present gospel message about eighteen years ago, and became a member of the San Jose church. She was the mother of seven children, three of whom, with her husband, have been laid to rest. The four surviving were at the funeral, which was conducted by the writer. Interment took place in Oak Hill Cemetery, at San Jose, Cal. Thus another comes under the blessing of Rev. 14:13.
D. T. FERO.
McFARLANE.— Died near Monitor, Ore., April 16, 1904, of consumption, Brother John W. McFarlane, in his thirty-seventh year. To his last conscious moment his hope was bright and his confidence firm in the power of a risen Saviour. None who knew him can doubt that he sleeps in Jesus. His companion, father, mother, and brothers mourn, but not without hope. Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church at Woodburn, by the writer, assisted by Pastor J. M. Cole and Pastor Greenly of the Methodist church. A large and sympathetic audience attended.
G. W. REASER.
JONES.— Died in Bowdoin, Maine, April 23, 1904, of heart failure, Sister Harriet Jones, in the eightieth year of her age. Sister Jones accepted the truths of the third angel's message in the summer of 1865, during a tent effort in South Norridgewock, Maine, conducted by Elders J. N. Andrews and M. E. Cornell. She was converted during that tent season, and lived a consistent Christian life till the day of her death. She leaves four children, two sons and two daughters, to mourn. She was sick but a short time. Remarks were made by the writer at the funeral; text, Eccl. 12:7.
S. J. HERSUM.
MILLER.— Died at Willow Lake, S. D., April 23, 1904, of gastric fever and congestion, Amy, oldest daughter of Brother and Sister L. D. Miller, aged 14 years, 6 months, and 8 days. She was converted and baptized at the age of eleven years, under the labor of Brother John Christian, and lived an earnest Christian life until her death. She was loved by all who knew her. The funeral was conducted at the Seventh-day Adventist church. She was laid to rest in Willow Lake Cemetery. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Hill, from John 11.
WALTER J. CRANDALL.
FLECK.— Died in Beaverton, Ore., March 13, 1904, of consumption, Brother John D. Fleck, aged 65 years, 10 months, and 20 days. He and his family were among the first to accept the truths of the third angel's message in Washington County, after the writer came to Oregon in 1875. He was scrupulously conscientious, of mild, even disposition, and fell asleep with a bright hope of coming up in the resurrection morning. He leaves a wife, three sons, and two daughters, with numerous friends, to mourn their great loss. Funeral services were conducted by Elder T. H. Starbuck, assisted by the writer. Text, 2 Tim. 4:7, 8.
R. D. BENHAM.
BODWELL.— Died near Rolyat, Tex., April 19, 1904, of la grippe, my dear wife, Mrs. E. C. Bodwell, aged 42 years, 7 months, and 8 days. She was baptized by Elder J. P. Henderson at Texarkana, Ark., about twenty-five years. She knew she was going to die, and was prepared for the event. Her sufferings had been intense, but she fell asleep in Jesus without a struggle, as peacefully as a little babe in its mother's arms. A husband, five sons, and three daughters are left to mourn the loss of a faithful wife and loving mother.
C. P. BODWELL.
RICHMOND.— Died at his home in Baldwinsville, Mass., March 30, 1904, of pneumonia, Otis A. Richmond, in his eighty-first year. Brother Richmond accepted the Sabbath and kindred truths in 1865, and to him the light shone “more and more” to the end. It was his joy in the closing years of his life to talk present truth to his neighbors and friends, and his faith in the soon coming of the Lord and the resurrection from the dead brightened his days of suffering. He leaves a wife, three sons, two daughters, and other relatives and friends to mourn. Remarks at the funeral were made by the writer.
A. E. PLACE.
[Corrected notice]
STRITE.— Brother Silas Strite fell asleep in Jesus, at his home near Riverton, Iowa, April 20, 1904, aged 63 years, 3 months, and 20 days. Brother Strite accepted the Adventist faith more than thirty-five years ago, and since that time had sought to walk in the light of present truth. He loved to talk of the blessed hope and of the Lord's soon coming. He was a devout Christian, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and two daughters, and many others to mourn their loss, but not as those who have no hope. On the funeral occasion, words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Job 14:14 and other texts.
J. S. HART.
MEARS.— Died in Clyde, Ohio, April 13, 1904, of decline of old age ending in paralysis, Sister Abigail Mears, wife of Oliver Mears, aged 83 years and 2 months. Another pioneer in the third angel's message, and in the work of the Seventh-day Adventists in the State of Ohio, has fallen asleep in Jesus. Sister Mears and her husband started in the Christian life in 1858. They united with the Seventh-day Adventists, who were instrumental in their conversion. She was true and faithful in the service of God, and in the church of her choice, bearing the fruits of righteousness. She passed peacefully away with a bright hope in the soon coming of Christ to raise his people from the dead, and take them to their glorious and eternal home. She leaves her husband, with whom she had lived sixty years, seven children, twenty-four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren to mourn their loss. The funeral was held in our house of worship, and largely attended by sympathizing friends and neighbors. The sermon was delivered by the writer, using the text Rev. 1:18.
I. D. VAN HORN.
ASHTON.— Fell asleep in Jesus, in Pittsburg, Pa., April 18, 1904, John Ashton, aged 52 years, 1 month, and 5 days. He was born in Venango County, Pa., March 13, 1852. He belonged to the Christian Church at the time he accepted the third angel's message three years ago. The truth was exceedingly precious to his soul. He was a wholesale baker, and thus many business men of the city had an opportunity of learning of his loyalty to the Sabbath. He lived the truth moment by moment, and God called him without a moment's warning. He was working the dough when suddenly stricken down. Those present spoke to him, but he was already unconscious. He never gained consciousness for a moment during the eighteen hours of the attack of cerebral meningitis. He read the twenty-third Psalm for evening worship the night before, not entertaining the least thought that before twelve hours had elapsed, he would be walking “through the valley of the shadow of death,” but he could truthfully and bravely say, “I will fear no evil.” He was prepared to go. He leaves a wife, two daughters, and four sons to mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. The funeral services were attended by many friends, and conducted by Elder Charles Baierle and the writer.
C. S. LONGACRE.
