p. 23 | Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 19. (5/12/1904)

Earlier text: An Organized Effort to Develop Workers

Notice!

THE Lone Star Pure Food Co., Ltd., of Keene, Tex., has gone into voluntary bankruptcy, and the undersigned has been appointed trustee to close out all its business. The plant, consisting of a good three-story frame building, with two ovens and all the necessary machinery to manufacture a full line of health foods, is for sale, at a bargain. It is known all over the Southwest, and has a good reputation, and was building up a profitable trade. Reasons for the assignment, terms of sale, etc., will be given upon application to S. D. Mobley, Trustee, Keene, Tex.

Local Camp-Meeting in Kansas

By C. McREYNOLDS

A LOCAL camp-meeting for northwestern Kansas will be held at Oakley, in Logan County, beginning June 9 and continuing till the 19th. Elder Godfrey, who has charge of that district, and the writer will be there throughout the entire time of the meeting. Elder E. T. Russell is expected to be with us the last week, and probably Elder B. E. Huffman also.

Brother P. N. Kelley and Elder Godfrey will have charge of all arrangements for tents and other accommodations. All questions relating to this will be promptly answered. Address Elder T. Godfrey, Clay Center, Kan.

C. McREYNOLDS, President.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.

FOR SALE OR RENT.— A 12-acre garden farm near Beadle Lake, three miles from Battle Creek, with house, barn, well, orchard, and small fruit. Address Mrs. M. J. Castleman, R. F. D. No. 1, Battle Creek, Mich.

WANTED.— S. D. A. man and wife to work on ranch by month or year. Man must have some experience in sawing timber, chopping, and milking cows. Wife to assist in general housework. Good wages to right persons. Address U. E. Lemmon, Connie, Wash.

FOR SALE.— Fifty acres fertile land, good for grain, fruit, berries, in Burrough Valley, Cal. Good climate, pure water, good market. Adventist school and church ¼ mile. Liberal terms to right parties. Also 160 A. wood and pasture land for sale. Address G. D. Hager, Fresno, Cal., R. R. 5.

Addresses

THE post-office address of R. Saweyer, is Chico, Butte Co., Cal.

The post-office address of Elder W. B. White, president of the Pacific Union Conference, is 1059 Castro St., Oakland, Cal.

Publications Wanted

N. B.— Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.

[SPECIAL NOTE.— All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—ED.]

The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—

H. Clay Griffin, London, Ark., periodicals and tracts.

Violetta Kerr, 587 Waller St., San Francisco, Cal., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, Instructor, Little Friend.

Absent Members and Church Records

By Editor

SOME time ago the clerk of one of our churches announced by a notice printed in this paper that all absent members who did not report before a certain date would be dropped from the membership of the church. Other church clerks have since adopted the same method of dealing with absent members, and lately the number of such notices sent to this office has increased to an alarming extent. We who have been led to question seriously the propriety of this plan for revising the church records, and we urge our church officers to exhaust all other plans for reaching their non-resident members before adopting this plan of summary dismissal. We very much dislike to publish such notices, and hope that we shall not be asked to do so in the future.

A Suggestion

By Editor

“ENCLOSED please find $1.15, for which you may send the REVIEW to the following-named persons.” So writes a brother who encloses one three-month and one six-month subscription. We appreciate these efforts of our friends who have thus sent the paper to others who are sometimes too poor to subscribe for themselves.

We often receive letters from those who are too poor to pay for their own paper, but who would greatly appreciate the weekly visits of the REVIEW. In some instances, their conference officers arrange to send the paper to such persons, but in other cases the conference can not do it.

We have thought it would be well if we had a fund from which we could draw to send the paper to such worthy poor as would not otherwise have it. If any one who reads this wishes to donate to such a fund, we will endeavor to see that it is properly used. When sending donations for this purpose, specify that it is for the “REVIEW to Poor Fund.”

Correction in Sabbath-School Lesson

THE first reference for question II, in the Sabbath-school lesson for May 28, should read Isa. 46:9-11, instead of Isaiah 45, as in the Lesson Quarterly.

Publishing Association Annual Meeting

By Editor

ATTENTION is again called to the first annual meeting of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association of this city, which will be held in Berrien Springs, Mich., next Tuesday, May 17. A full attendance of the constituency is greatly desired.

Elder Farnsworth Returning from Australia

WE learn from Australia that Elder E. W. Farnsworth and wife were planning to sail from Sydney on the steamer “Sonoma,” April 25. With a reasonably favorable voyage they ought to arrive in San Francisco early next week. It is expected that Brother Farnsworth will attend the camp-meetings in Minnesota and Iowa.

Christian Record Office Relocated

By Editor

THE publication office of The Christian Record, our paper for the blind, has now been removed from Battle Creek, Mich., to College View, Neb. All correspondence of every kind pertaining to the paper, or personal correspondence with the workers connected with the office, should hereafter be addressed to College View, Neb. It would be of assistance in making known this change if our State papers would publish this announcement.

Religious Russia and Protestant Missions

THOSE who are interested in the progress and outcome of the Russo-Japanese war and its effect on missions should read Dr. H. O. Dwight’s article in the May number of The Missionary Review of the World on “Religious Russia and Protestant Missions.” Two other articles are also timely in their bearing on conditions in Korea; namely, that by Rev. J. E. Adams on “The Korean Christian Church,” and that by Dr. Arthur J. Brown on “Falsehood and Truth about Korea Missionaries.”

The Ten-Cent-a-Week Envelope Plan

The following testimony from the elder of the Hamilton, Ontario, church, is worth passing on:—

Some have written to the office, saying that it makes no difference whether the ten-cent-a-week envelopes are used or not, people will give just as much without them. It does make a difference. Here is an illustration. The Hamilton church from the first of August to the first of March had given but $6.49 First-day offering. This was without the envelopes. On the first Sabbath in March, the envelope plan was adopted, and in the three Sabbaths since then the offerings have amounted to $6.57—eight cents more than for the previous seven months.

No one is urged to give. We have one of the children each Sabbath collect the envelopes, giving empty ones for the next Sabbath as the filled ones are handed in. Each one is so well pleased with the plan that he is wondering why it was not thought of before. They were just as willing to give last August as now, but because there was no plan, they did not give.

Why do not the elders and leaders all over this conference institute some system in this matter? The people are willing to give. You will see this demonstrated when you get a system well started.

Notice of Expiration

NOTICE of expiration is sent to each subscriber about one month previous to the termination of his subscription. This notice shows the date to which your paper is paid, and furnishes a convenient blank to use in ordering your paper renewed. Those whose subscription expires during the month of May, will find that their wrapper is marked either “May 1 04” or “May 15 04.” All should send in their renewals promptly after receipt of expiration notice, else they are likely to fail to get some copies of the paper. Expired subscriptions are cut off within two weeks of date, unless renewal or request to continue is received before that time.

German East African Fund

AMOUNT previously reported ................ $213 97 T. J. Sutherland ......................... 5 00 F. J. Harris ............................. 1 00 Sophie Hansen ............................ 1 00 Northern Union Conference ................ 1 50 Alvin E. Devereaux ........................ 5 00 Isabelle Reath ............................ 2 00 Carl Conzilman ............................ 2 00 Mrs. Lizzie Smith ......................... 1 00 Estella Houser ............................ 5 00 Mrs. M. A. Ross ........................... 5 00 Pacific Union Conference .................. 1 00 M. B. Lockwood ............................ 3 00 Ida M. Wieland ............................ 1 50 $247 97

Washington, D. C

By J. S. Washburn

WE publish on page 20 a further list of donations to the $100,000 fund to be devoted to establishing the sanitarium, training-school, and General Conference offices in this city. The substantial interest manifested by the loyal soldiers in the cause of the third angel's message is most encouraging. It will be noticed that this is the third list in succession which has been headed by a donation of one thousand dollars. The donation at the beginning of the present list is not quite one thousand, but approximates that amount. We do not remember in the history of all the funds that have been raised from the beginning of our work so encouraging an opening as that of this present fund.

The first donation represents the hard toil and careful economy of an aged brother and sister who have sold their farm, and devoted the proceeds to this fund, trusting in Him who never forsakes his children, but cares for them tenderly from childhood even to the end of this mortal life. We pray that this spirit of sacrifice, which is the Spirit of Christ, who was rich and for our sakes became poor, may thrill all our people to action, and send the truth to every creature under heaven. When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the early church, and all that God had given to men was placed again in the Giver's hands for his work, every creature under heaven heard the gospel in that generation. That same Spirit will have the same blessed and eternal effect in this day as in the days of the apostles. Let us pray for this Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the latter rain, that shall ripen the harvest of the earth.

J. S. WASHBURN.