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Christian Education

By H. R. Salisbury

Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference H. R. SALISBURY - - - Secretary

Missionary Work in the School

HERE is an interesting report from Brother E. R. Potter, the missionary secretary of the British Columbia Conference, who also teaches Bible and history in the Manson Industrial Academy, in that conference. I hope that the year 1912-13 will see a great advance in our schools in this grand work. The weekly meetings should be carefully planned, and the most interesting experiences related by the teachers and students. The practical results which come from these meetings will do much to lead the students to dedicate their lives to the work of preaching this last glorious message of salvation. Brother Potter writes:—

“During the last year of school at the Manson Industrial Academy, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, a special effort in missionary correspondence was made by teachers and students. One period each week was devoted to this work.

“Our aim was to send copies of the Temperance Instructor to temperance workers and leaders and to public-school teachers, and the Protestant Magazine to all Protestant ministers in our province, and to accompany each copy with a carefully written personal letter. We found that each student, properly instructed, could write such a missionary letter and prepare the publication for mailing in thirty minutes.

“These letters were carefully inspected by the teachers in charge. Neatness and accuracy could very easily be encouraged, for there was the missionary motive prompting the students to do their best. The replies received and subscriptions obtained by this work were inspiring to the whole school.

“Dr. Earnest Hall, secretary of the British Columbia Local Option League, wrote: ‘I have received with intense interest and satisfaction the copy of the Temperance Instructor. It contains accurate information put in an interesting style, and should be a welcome visitor in all our homes.’

“Newton R. Brown, grand secretary of the Royal Templars of Temperance of British Columbia, wrote: ‘On my arrival from eastern Canada a few days ago, I found your esteemed favor and the Annual Temperance Instructor on my desk. I may say, I have read the copy from cover to cover, and find it one of the best temperance publications I have ever had the pleasure of reading.’

“In a personal interview with Mrs. Spofford, president of the British Columbia W. C. T. U., she directed me to send copies of the Instructor to the local officers of the W. C. T. U. of the province.

“As a result of this we were given an opportunity to present the Temperance Instructor work at the annual W. C. T. U. convention held recently in Vancouver. In connection with that we arranged for the secretary of our conference to present a strong temperance resolution adopted at our last annual conference, expressing our united stand on the great temperance question and our appreciation of, and sympathy with, the good work being done by the W. C. T. U. and other temperance organizations.

“It was moved and quickly seconded in the convention, ‘That we express our appreciation of the resolution presented on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Conference, and that as a convention we indorse the Temperance Instructor.’

“On this question the president called for a rising vote, to which the whole delegation responded in a very appreciative way.

“We were glad to thus place our literature and our work as a people in a favorable light before this body, which represents every part of the province and every church, including the Catholics.

“The results from the work with the Protestant Magazine have also been encouraging. We sent fifty copies to the meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of British Columbia, together with a letter expressing our appreciation of every proper effort in behalf of true Protestant principles. Their official year-book records that the letter was read to the delegation, and the matter referred to the committee on special resolutions, and that that committee brought in as the first item the following, which was unanimously passed:—

“‘In reference to the Protestant Magazine, the committee indorse and recommend the Protestant Magazine to the earnest consideration of the members of this R. W. Grand Lodge.’

“As a result of that we were able to arrange with Professor Odlum, editor of the Western Call, Vancouver, British Columbia, to present the Protestant Magazine in connection with his address at the annual celebration of the Orangemen of British Columbia, at which five thousand members and others were present. On rising to speak Professor Odlum held up a copy of the Protestant Magazine, and said:—

“‘I hold in my hand a copy of the Protestant Magazine, supplies of which you will find under the sign at my left. [We were supplied with a table over which we had a sign, “Protestant Magazine,” in letters large enough to be seen across the grounds.] This publication, taken from a historical, literary, and scientific treatise of the issues now before the Protestant people, is the best thing I have ever read.’ Then he quoted and read from the magazine during his speech.

“On the same occasion the Dominion representative of their work and grand organizer, W. J. Whitely, said that he had been a subscriber since the Revelstoke meeting last winter, and he has since given me the following statement:—

“‘I am a regular subscriber to the Protestant Magazine, and take pleasure in recommending a periodical that is run along the line of sane, sound, and clear-cut evangelical Protestantism. I have found the articles that it contains to be thoroughly reliable, and have been able to use many of them in connection with my work. A dollar invested in a year’s subscription is money well spent.’

“These experiences and results can be traced directly to the effort in missionary correspondence in our school, and they encourage us to continue the work the coming year, and indicate what might be carried on in all our schools.”

State and Church

By W. W. Prescott

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of Religious Freedom, and the Campaign “to Make America Catholic.”

Conducted by the Religious Liberty Association.

W. W. PRESCOTT - - - - SECRETARY

Activities of the Roman Hierarchy in Portugal

THE leaders of the Portuguese republic now claim to have proof that the recent effort to overthrow the new régime and to restore the monarchy has been fostered and financed by the representatives of Rome. As a result, drastic measures have been taken to suppress their activities, as is indicated by a press despatch from Lisbon, dated August 13, which runs thus:—

“The government is making wholesale war on priests, scores of whom are being put in prison daily on the accusation of complicity in monarchist plots. The prisons are so overcrowded that convents and monasteries are being turned into state penitentiaries. The government is daily discovering fresh monarchist plots. It is estimated now that four hundred priests and one hundred army officers are in prison. After the discovery of the monarchist plot at Braga, a band of one hundred fifty royalists, including twenty-six priests, fled to the woods. They were pursued by soldiers, overtaken, and after a desperate resistance surrendered, having lost many, killed and wounded. The government declares now that the Catholic clergy in Portugal is mainly responsible for the royalist movement, and intimates that no mercy will be shown to priests suspected of tendencies hostile to the government. Death or deportation will be the fate of all recalcitrant clerics. All the leading Portuguese royalists are emigrating to

Brazil, and Rio Janeiro is now the headquarters of the revolutionary movement.”

That the American hierarchy is in sympathy with the priests of Portugal appears from another despatch from Lisbon, dated August 18, which follows:—

“The patriarch of Lisbon is giving marked publicity to a message he has received bearing the signatures of Cardinal Farley, archbishop of New York, and Cardinal O'Connell, archbishop of Boston. The American cardinals in the message regret the persistent attacks directed toward Catholics in Portugal, and hope for the speedy return of liberty of conscience.”

The Roman idea of “liberty of conscience” appears to be that the hierarchy should be at liberty to rule the people, and the people should be at liberty to obey. Any movement which promises real liberty to the people will be opposed, and if possible, defeated by the hierarchy. To this the history of the struggle for religious liberty bears witness.

More "Untempered Mortar"

THE program of ex-President Roosevelt, announced at Chicago to the national convention of the new Progressive party, seems calculated to win the support of the large masses of the population of the States. To the great body of consumers it promises a downward revision of the tariff. To the workers it offers the prospect of a minimum wage, national insurance, and compensation for accidents and diseases due to industrial conditions. To the women it offers the suffrage. To the churches it promises one day's rest in seven, to be guaranteed by law.

Although most of the individual States have Sunday laws, the federal government has no such statute; and, indeed, is prohibited from enacting one by the Constitution, which provides that Congress shall pass no law enforcing religion or prohibiting its proper exercise. By the framers of the American Constitution this clause was regarded as a most essential safeguard of religious liberty. If the prohibition against religious legislation be nullified, the safeguard will disappear.

Let it be supposed that Colonel Roosevelt succeeds in his candidature, becomes the next president of the United States, and redeems his pledge to bring in a Sunday law, which is what he virtually promises. Will the cause of religion be thereby advanced? The Sunday law will have been begotten of political strife and hatred, of broken pledges, of all the corruption and bribery that has come to be associated with struggles for high office in the United States. Will such an institution revive religion, purify society, and exalt the standard of morality? It is not likely to. The churches will be degraded by their dependence upon such influences. Religion will become less than ever a spiritual force, and will sink to a department of political life, tainted with its manifold corruptions. Such was the fall of the church in the past when it leaned upon the arm of the state. The history of the Papacy is a solemn warning against an alliance between the church and the world. The dark ages of European history show the result of such a course.

Yet it may be taken for certain that the churches which in the United States are clamoring for Sunday legislation will grasp at any help offered them, by any party, toward the realization of their aims. The Sunday institution seems to carry just such a curse with it. Its adherents have always depended upon human laws to compel its observance, and notwithstanding all the lessons of history and the enlightenment that has come to mankind regarding the priceless value of religious freedom, they are still clamoring for more of such legislation.

The Sunday institution is evil from its very beginning, and naturally enough, its fruits have been evil: men do not gather figs from thistles. The rise of Sunday observance in the early church marked the success of a wrong principle. It was in direct conflict with the practise of Christ and all his apostles. Sunday observance only became possible as Christians turned away from the emphatic teaching of the New Testament. The warnings of the apostles, again and again repeated, bade the church beware of false teachers who would arise in their midst, speaking perverse things. The one safeguard against all heresy was to be found in the Word of God. To this Paul directed the mind of Timothy. The one cure for the innumerable ills that would assail the church was to be found in the faithful preaching of that Word. 2 Tim. 3:12-17; 4:1-5.—The Present Truth (London), Aug. 22, 1912.

The Sunday-Law Movement in California

By Editor

WE are informed by the Weekly Rest Day League that they secured a total of only 8,610 signatures to their petitions favoring the initiation of a weekly rest-day law here in California, to be voted on at the election in November. Many of our readers may be pleased to get the report in detail, which is in the next paragraph:—

"The following is the number of petitions certified to by the different county clerks and forwarded to the secretary of state: Kern County, 17; Colusa, 22; Amador, 24; Nevada, 42; Marin, 52; San Luis Obispo, 54; Sutter, 55; San Francisco, 59; Butte, 61; Napa, 73; Humboldt, 79; Yuba, 79; Solano, 80; Santa Cruz, 81; Orange, 84; Mendocino, 86; Lake, 89; Merced, 101; Sacramento, 107; Kings, 108; Sonoma, 113; San Benito, 125; Tulare, 149; Santa Barbara, 155; Stanislaus, 172; Imperial, 174; San Joaquin, 208; Contra Costa, 261; San Diego, 306; Fresno, 322; San Bernardino, 368; Riverside, 518; Santa Clara, 603; Alameda, 1,475; Los Angeles, 2,307. Total, 8,610."

On the face of it, the showing is that there is not very much enthusiasm in California in favor of a general Sunday law.—The Signs of the Times, Sept. 3, 1912.

Sound Advice

By Editor

The necessity of using care that only authoritative documents and reliable quotations should be employed in the controversy with Rome is emphasized by the Continent (Aug. 29, 1912) in these words:—

"Protestants who wish to curb the power and extension of the Roman Catholic Church can very well assure themselves that they will never 'get anywhere' so long as they are content to deceive themselves with lurid forgeries which are alleged to be incriminating Romanist documents."

In the same article there appears a statement from Dr. Juan Orts Gonzalez, formerly a Roman priest but now a zealous Protestant, who expresses himself thus:—

"It seems to me a very great pity that there are some Protestants who indulge in misrepresentations, hoping thus to prevent the encroachment of the Roman Catholic Church, when there are so many very real and solid reasons that may be offered to show the errors, absurdities, and inconsistencies of the Roman Catholic Church in the past as well as in the present. If these were carefully examined, nothing could be more convincing, and nothing appear more useless than misrepresentation."

Those who write or speak concerning Romanism would do well to remember the caution and suggestion here offered.

Chesapeake Conference Association

THE Chesapeake Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a body corporate under the laws of the State of Delaware, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the conference meeting in Baltimore, Md., Oct., 10-17, 1912. The first meeting will be held on Monday, October 14, at 9:30 A. M. This meeting will be for the election of five trustees for the association, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

R. T. BAER, President; EMMA S. NEWCOMER, Secretary.

Chesapeake Conference

The thirteenth annual session of the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 10-17, 1912. The purpose of this meeting is the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first meeting will be called Friday, October 11, at 9:45 A. M. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for its organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. A full delegation is desired from all our churches.

R. T. BAER, President; EMMA S. NEWCOMER, Secretary.

Western Colorado Conference Association

The Seventh-day Adventist Association of Western Colorado will hold its fourth annual meeting in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, at Delta, Colo., Sept. 30, 1912, at 9 A. M. This meeting is called for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

E. A. CURTIS, President; J. L. HUMBERT, Secretary.

Camp-Meetings for 1912

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE West Colorado, Delta ..... Sept. 26 to Oct. 6

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Arizona, Phoenix ........... Oct. 24 to Nov. 3

SOUTHEASTERN UNION Florida, Ocala ............................ Oct. 3-14

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Alabama (colored) ....... Sept. 27 to Oct. 5

Obituaries

BEUCHEL.—Evert B. Beuchel, son of Brother and Sister Oscar Beuchel, was born at Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 12, 1886, and departed this life July 24, 1912, at the home of his parents in that city. Evert was brought up in the faith of Seventh-day Adventists, was baptized at the age of sixteen, and united with the Battle Creek church. He ever remained true to his profession. June 22, 1910, he was united in marriage to Miss Lela Hutchinson, at the home of the bride, in Ligonier, Ind. The next year after their marriage they attended the Foreign Mission Seminary, at Washington, D. C., to prepare for foreign mission work. It was thought advisable for them to gain a little experience in the home field before going abroad. In harmony with this advice Brother Beuchel connected with the Indiana Conference early in June, 1911. From the first, his ability in the ministry was clearly seen. The Lord blessed his labors. His happy disposition, his buoyant spirit, his courage and faith, won for him a warm place in the hearts of all his acquaintances. The zeal, earnestness, and entire consecration which were seen in all his work was inspiring to all associated with him. While connected with a tent effort at Bloomington, Ind., he was stricken with what the doctors diagnosed as a mild form of typhoid fever. We sent him to his father's home at Battle Creek, Mich., July 7. About a week later alarming symptoms began to appear, and he developed a serious case of tubercular meningitis. Sabbath, July 13, he became delirious. He continued to grow worse, suffering greatly until Wednesday, July 24, when he passed away at 10 P. M. All that human skill and loving hands could minister was of no avail. Special prayer was offered in many places. He leaves father, mother, a young wife, grandparents, and a host of other relatives and friends, who, with his coworkers, deeply mourn their loss. We can not explain why strong, able, young workers like Brother Beuchel are laid away when the need is so great; but some day we shall understand. In the glad resurrection morning the guardian angels will explain it all to us; then will be seen a wise, overruling providence. The funeral held in the Battle Creek Tabernacle Sabbath afternoon, July 27, was largely attended. The services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder A. L. Miller, and Prof. C. A. Russell. The scripture found in 2 Sam. 14:14 was used as a text. Special instrumental music was rendered by Prof. E. E. Barnes, and appropriate songs were sung by Brother Beuchel's bosom friend, Philip Wolfrom. With sad hearts we laid him to rest in the Oak Hill Cemetery, where he, with some of the early pioneers of this great work, sleeps, awaiting the call of the Life-giver. O. MONTGOMERY.

WILLIAMS.—Mertie B. Williams was born in Deerfield, Mich., Jan. 17, 1870, and died at the home of her parents, in Adrian, Mich., Aug. 16, 1912. She leaves a father, mother, four brothers, and four sisters to mourn their loss. Though an invalid for thirty years, she was always trustful and happy in her Saviour's love. She was never known to miss an opportunity to present the truth she loved to those who came to visit her. We laid her to rest to await the call of the Life-giver. D. P. WOOD.

WILLIAMS.—Cornelia Horton was born in Hartford, Conn., June 6, 1825, and died at the home of her daughter, in Perry, Mich., Aug. 15, 1912. When six years old, she moved with her parents to Michigan, in which State she spent the remainder of her life. Nov. 7, 1857, she was married to Charles Williams. To them were born three children, only one of whom survives. Mr. Williams died in 1874. For over twenty years Sister Williams was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. One sister, one daughter, two stepsons, and several grandchildren are left to mourn. Rev. J. D. Young officiated at the funeral service. MRS. M. V. LUTHER.

BROCKERT.—Mrs. George W. Brockert was born at Muscatine, Iowa, Sept. 25, 1842, and died at the home of her son in McCartney, Wis., Aug. 4, 1912. Aug. 5, 1864, she was united in marriage with the late Henry C. Slaght, and to them were born five children. After the death of Mr. Slaght she was married to George W. Brockert, who, with three stepchildren, is left to mourn. Our sister accepted present truth under the labors of Elder I. Sanborn, and was baptized Aug. 10, 1884. She was a consistent Christian, and we believe that she sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken at the funeral service by Rev. Ernest Clark (Methodist). MRS. MINNIE BOSSERT.

Mrs. J. O. Corliss

A good mother in Israel, and a pioneer missionary worker in home and foreign fields, has fallen asleep. Sister Corliss accompanied Elder J. O. Corliss from Mountain View to the Southern California camp-meeting, at Glendale, in August. She was taken ill, pneumonia developed, and her death occurred during the meeting.

Julia A. Burgess was born in Wood County, Ohio, July 22, 1843, and died Aug. 16, 1912, at the age of 69 years and 24 days. When twelve years of age, she removed with her parents to Gratiot County, Michigan. At the age of fourteen she began teaching public school, and taught for ten years. Under the teachings of Elders R. J. Lawrence and I. D. Van Horn, she gladly accepted the third angel's message at the age of twenty-one. In 1868 she was married to J. O. Corliss, since which time she has given her life to the work in which her husband was engaged. She accompanied him in all his travels, going abroad in mission work three different times, twice to Australia, once to England.

Five children were born to the union, the three eldest being laid away in the various fields where Brother and Sister Corliss were laboring. The surviving children are Dr. Burr Corliss, of California, and Sister Lulu V. Gregory, of Tennessee.

Sister Corliss was ever a patient, burden-bearing woman, always ready to contribute means and render personal help in every case of need coming to her notice. In a few weeks more she would have lived with her husband forty-four years, a blessed union of perfect harmony. When taken with her last illness, she expressed the confidence that she should not survive it, and therefore sent messages to all her near-by friends to be prepared to meet her. She leaves behind a memory of sweet savor, an influence that will continue to the end.

A memorial service was held at the camp-meeting, at the sunset hour following the Sabbath, August 17. Elders J. N. Loughborough, G. A. Irwin, E. W. Farnsworth, and E. E. Andross, and the writer spoke, and the Lord gave Elder Corliss special strength to bear his testimony of tribute also to the godly life and companionship in service that had been to him an inspiration and a tower of strength for nearly half a century. The funeral service was held at Mountain View, August 19, many citizens, aside from our own people, attending. Elder A. O. Tait and the writer officiated; and clinging to the sure promise, we laid away one of the Lord's own children in the "blessed hope" of the resurrection. W. A. SPICER.

International Publishing Association

THE ninth annual meeting of the membership of the International Publishing Association will be held at College View, Nebr., beginning Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1912, at 9:30 A. M., for the election of a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of other business that may come before the meeting.

The members of this association consist of the executive committees of the General Conference, the Central Union Conference, the Northern Union Conference, and the Southwestern Union Conference; the board of trustees and counselors of the International Publishing Association; and the editors of the foreign periodicals published by the International Publishing Association. A large representation of the membership is desired at this meeting. E. T. RUSSELL, President; G. W. ERFURTH, Secretary.

Nebraska Sanitarium Training-School for Nurses

THE continued growth of the work at the Hastings sanitarium has caused the faculty to materially increase the membership of the class that is now being assembled for the coming year. There is still opportunity for a number of consecrated young men and women to connect with the class.

As there is no hospital in Hastings, physicians of the city and surrounding territory bring their work to the sanitarium, thus affording a practical training for students, such as can be obtained in few of our institutions.

A three years' course is given for women, and a two years' course for men. We desire to correspond with young men and women who love the message, and desire to connect with the medical missionary branch of the work. Address the Nebraska Sanitarium, Hastings, Nebr.

Publications Wanted

By Editor

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications sent post-paid:—

Jessie F. Winder, Republic, Kans., requests literature for free distribution.

Mrs. Mary Seabrook, of Quincy, Fla., desires Watchman, Liberty, and papers and tracts pertaining to present truth.

Change of Address

Elder J. C. Harris, formerly of Ottawa, Ill., now resides at 811 North Center St., Joliet, Ill.

Business Notices

WANTED.—Blacksmith who can repair all kinds of machinery, and do automobile repair work. Steady place. Must be a Seventh-day Adventist. Single man preferred. Wm. Middaugh, Ames, Nebr.

WANTED AT ONCE.—Sabbath-keeping man and wife on dairy-farm; man to care for stock and help with farm work, woman to help with housework. Hire by the year. Good wages to right parties. Need two men till December 1. Write Ezra C. Clark, R. F. D. 2, Berthold, N. Dak.

FOR SALE.—A pleasant seven-room house in Memphis, Tenn. All modern conveniences. Vines, roses, fruit-trees. Finely fitted for poultry. Memphis excellent field for labor. Illustrated booklet sent free, giving full terms, etc. J. S. Washburn, 665 Decatur St., Memphis, Tenn.

Life and Health October 1912

By Editor

ONE of the most really helpful numbers of Life and Health which has ever been published is that for October, 1912, which is now being sent out to our agents. It contains many practical hints regarding questions of health and the combating of disease. "Aids to Health Restoration," by Dr. D. H. Kress; "Nerve Exhaustion," by Dr. G. K. Abbott; "Is Cancer Preventable?"—each of these articles is well worth the price of the journal for the entire year. Many excellent hints are afforded the mother in her work. This number has a beautiful frontispiece presenting a rural scene in the Netherlands. While not so fully illustrated as some of the former numbers, the merit of its contents should give to it an extensive sale.

WE learn from South Africa that Dr. W. C. Dunscombe and family were arriving at Cape Town, August 13. Dr. Dunscombe has been taking postgraduate studies at Edinburgh, Scotland, since his return from Japan, and thus has secured qualification for practise in British fields.

Address for William Guthrie

By Editor

ALL personal mail intended for Elder William Guthrie, former president of the Canadian Union Conference, should now be addressed to Holly, Mich.

Machlan to Lead Bermuda Church School

LAST week Brother L. O. Machlan, of South Lancaster Academy, visited Washington, preparatory to going to the Bermuda Islands, where he will take charge of the church-school in Hamilton. He sailed from New York the fourteenth.

Hamiltons Appointed to India and Burma

ON the nineteenth Brother Geo. A. Hamilton and Mrs. Florence N. Hamilton, of California, with their little boy, sailed from New York for England, en route to India. After attending the annual meeting of the India Mission in Calcutta, they will proceed to Burma, under appointment to work among the Karens, who have so long been calling for help. Brother and Sister Hamilton have been spending some time in the Foreign Mission Seminary and the Washington dispensary, doing special work.

Liberty Magazine Fourth Quarter 1912

By Editor

The Liberty Magazine for the fourth quarter of 1912 is now ready for mailing. In outward appearance it is one of the most attractive numbers ever published, and its contents will be found no less interesting and important. The frontispiece of this issue is a photographic reproduction of the copy of the famous Sunday Mail Report of 1829, which was printed on silk. This issue contains a survey of the nations with reference to religious liberty or religious legislation, and among its principal articles are, "The Inconsistencies and Absurdities of Religious Legislation;" "American Federation of Catholic Societies" (a report of their convention held in Louisville, Ky., August 18-21); "A Word of Warning to Protestant Churches;" "Putting the Church Over the State, a Warning for the United States;" "Religious Liberty Conferred by Divine Authority;" "American Principles in the Balance;" "A Study of the Sunday Law Proposed for California;" "Rome and the Prohibition Party Platform, a Shameful Surrender of American Protestant Principles;" "Divine Prophecy and Human History;" "A Wonderful Example;" "Establishing the Kingdom by Law." These are not all the important articles which this issue contains, but from this the reader will get some idea of the amount of interesting matter which the number contains. Every Seventh-day Adventist and every other lover of liberty ought to have this magazine. Until the close of the year the price will remain at 25 cents for a year's subscription; after December 31, 35 cents. Address Liberty Magazine, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

October Protestant Magazine Issued

By Editor

The Protestant Magazine for October, which is the first number in its new form as a monthly, is off the press, and ready for mailing. Even a hasty glance at its table of contents shows it to be one of the most interesting numbers yet issued. Its first article goes deeply into the merits of the whole controversy between Catholicism and Protestantism, showing the necessity of a divine mediator, and Rome's substitution of a human mediator for the one divinely appointed. The result of accepting such a substitute is clearly pointed out. Other important articles are, "The Protestant Attitude," "Rome and Marriage — Again," "Papal Rome in Prophecy," "The Seven Sins of Rome," "A Report on Romanism" (being a report submitted to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States), and "The Privilege of Peter." There is much other matter contained in this number which will be found of deep interest by all. The striking advances being made by the Roman Church in America make it incumbent on all true Christians to acquaint themselves with the facts and principles brought out in this magazine. The price of the Protestant is now $1 a year, or where five copies are ordered, either to one or more addresses, $3 a year. Agents' prices on application to the publishers. Address the Protestant Magazine, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Missionary Teacher Sails for New Guinea

The Australasian Record brings information that on May 17 Sister E. E. B. Gordon, of the Avondale school, sailed for New Guinea, East Indies, to engage in teaching in the Bisiatabu school.

Autumn Council of the General Conference Committee

By Editor

The autumn council of the General Conference Committee began its meetings in Takoma Park on September 18. The majority of the committee, including Elder L. R. Conradi from Europe and the presidents of the American union conferences, are in attendance. Many important questions affecting the general work will be before this council for consideration. Let our readers pray that God may give wisdom to these brethren.

Report of Auditors' Convention

By Editor

The report of the recent auditors' convention held in Washington, D. C., is now ready. This report contains one hundred pages, and gives the papers presented, the discussions, and the recommendations adopted by the convention. This was the first meeting of the kind among our people, and the plans there laid will be of interest to all our union and local conference secretaries and treasurers, and to those connected with the management of all our institutions. The price of the report is 15 cents. Orders may be sent to this Office. As there is only a limited supply, orders should be given at once.

Some Important Changes

By Arthur Grosvenor Daniells

THE season of annual conference sessions now closing has brought many changes in the duties and locations of our laborers. The most important changes in the union conferences are as follows: Elder Charles Thompson has taken the presidency of the Northern Union Conference; Elder S. E. Wight, the Southern; Elder E. E. Andross, the Pacific; Elder M. N. Campbell, the Canadian; and Elder C. B. Stephenson, the Southeastern.

In the changes that have taken place in the presidency of local conferences, a number of young men have been called to carry these responsibilities for the first time. Elder A. L. Miller, of Indiana, has taken Alabama; Elder W. H. Branson, of Florida, South Carolina; Elder Stewart Kime, North Carolina; Elder C. S. Wiest, of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mississippi; Elder F. W. Stray, of Massachusetts, Northern New England; Elder J. F. Piper, of Western New York, Maine; Elder A. R. Sandborn, of East Michigan, New Jersey.

Many conditions arise which make changes necessary. It has been very perplexing at times during the past year to answer the calls that have come for new presidents. We are glad to see our younger men develop so that they can be entrusted with the sacred and important responsibilities of our conferences.

We bespeak for these brethren the prayers and the hearty cooperation of all our people who are associated with them. They will no doubt make some mistakes. We must expect this, and make due allowance for inexperience. But we may pray that they shall know how to put these mistakes under their feet as stepping-stones to greater efficiency and success.

A. G. DANIELLS.

Church Where Fiji Council Was Held, and the Native Workers Present. See Article on Page 12.