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Colporteurs' Summary for February, 1914

UNIONS	AGTS.	HRS.	VALUE 1914	VALUE 1913	NO. COP.	VALUE 1914	VALUE 1913
ATLANTIC
Maine	3	73	$ 38.75	$ 22.25	1585	$ 158.50	$ 111.00
N. New England	3	45	44.05	224.52	1513	151.30	86.40
Massachusetts	8	635	532.00	122.55	14088	1408.80	682.70
S. New England	3	139	138.45	334.45	1683	168.30	331.50
New York	7	386	408.10	730.70	2211	221.10	318.00
W. New York	12	376	263.50	291.91	790	79.00	330.90
Gr. New York	6	246	252.80	652.28	3176	317.60	519.20
Totals	42	1900	1677.65	2378.66	25046	2504.60	2379.70
COLUMBIA
Ohio	35	2587	2733.75	1205.30	5812	581.20	538.10
West Virginia	6	528	752.10	498.35	906	90.60	10.20
Chesapeake	6	363	511.75	560.70	1030	103.00	112.50
E. Pennsylvania	6	328	328.00	1120.35	5227	522.70	562.50
W. Pennsylvania	12	998	1306.37	721.85	3897	389.70	721.20
New Jersey	4	336	249.40	397.60	4959	495.90	479.90
Dist. of Columbia	6	511	852.21	866.50	5970	597.00	194.60
Virginia	8	117	307.00	83.30	2230	223.00	130.70
Totals	83	5768	7040.58	5453.95	30031	3003.10	2749.70
LAKE
E. Michigan	8	626	530.51	1060.15	8367	836.70	405.20
W. Michigan	6	641	310.75	275.90	1708	170.80	304.60
N. Michigan	4	405	297.70	36.00	747	74.70	97.00
Wisconsin	4	350	264.95	842.85	4905	490.50	401.10
N. Illinois	3	150	89.97	838.35	6232	623.20	434.60
S. Illinois	14	1480	1530.74	896.35	1540	154.00	130.30
Indiana	15	945	799.70	238.00	3816	381.60	336.70
Totals	54	4597	3824.32	4187.60	27315	2731.50	2109.50
EASTERN CANADIAN
Ontario	2	200	280.30	...	2489	248.90	231.00
Quebec	1	...	88.47	...	772	77.20	71.00
Maritime	2	...	24.02	...	1409	140.90	6.00
Newfoundland	1	...	1.25	...	90	9.00	9.50
Totals	6	200	394.04	...	4760	476.00	317.50
SOUTHERN
Louisiana	8	581	1035.50	271.52	2266	226.60	89.50
Alabama	10	851	614.05	511.80	1626	162.60	106.30
Kentucky	6	195	328.40	289.30	1075	107.50	108.30
Mississippi	12	1240	1731.50	543.90	1146	114.60	173.50
Tennessee River	9	795	619.00	374.40	2583	258.30	365.50
Totals	45	3662	4328.45	1990.92	8696	869.60	843.30
SOUTHEASTERN
Cumberland	14	1351	730.85	1694.75	800	80.00	210.50
Georgia	7	1241	643.05	1009.55	2404	240.40	379.00
North Carolina	20	1955	2710.39	1301.75	1348	134.80	218.50
South Carolina	13	423	286.40	405.00	1140	114.00	103.10
Florida	15	996	1196.25	477.60	1901	190.10	96.70
Totals	69	5966	5566.94	4888.65	7593	759.30	1007.80
SOUTHWESTERN
Arkansas	5	222	141.25	314.25	120	12.00	37.60
Oklahoma	16	1152	1418.95	208.85	744	74.40	121.80
W. Texas	4	221	196.25	499.95	830	83.00	15.00
S. Texas	8	443	431.75	321.10	1184	118.40	101.60
N. Texas	15	461	590.70	1187.75	840	84.00	119.70
New Mexico	5	246	493.00	1026.60	446	44.60	59.00
Totals	53	2745	3271.90	3558.50	4164	416.40	454.70
CENTRAL
N. Missouri	4	95	178.00	506.90	1630	163.00	73.00
S. Missouri	5	230	221.90	1226.20	390	39.00	24.00
E. Colorado	2	283	329.40	242.20	1748	174.80	200.10
W. Colorado	..	...	...	169.00	826	82.60	74.80
Nebraska	2	186	211.50	250.85	1147	114.70	635.60
Wyoming	..	...	...	334.75	870	87.00	52.50
E. Kansas	..	...	...	178.80	1141	114.10	87.00
W. Kansas	4	338	384.95	812.50	1471	147.10	109.60
Totals	17	1132	1325.75	3721.20	9223	922.30	1256.60
NORTHERN
Iowa	..	...	...	299.30	6563	656.30	416.80
Minnesota	2	252	626.85	66.00	7458	745.80	374.30
North Dakota	1	24	73.50	150.00	2063	206.30	183.80
South Dakota	..	...	...	...	2344	234.40	205.40
Totals	3	276	700.35	515.30	18428	1842.80	1180.30
California	2	113	$ 108.00	$ 398.25	3884	$ 388.40	$ 530.50
N. California	4	256	337.80	321.75	3064	306.40	174.40
Cen. California	4	79	235.10	256.95	4384	438.40	289.10
S. California	4	340	450.00	529.10	11658	1165.80	575.90
Arizona	2	52	80.50	485.90	95	9.50	11.00
Utah	..	...	...	19.25	1337	133.70	140.60
Nevada Mission	..	...	...	...	...	...	...
Totals	16	840	1211.40	2011.20	24422	2442.20	1721.50
NORTH PACIFIC
W. Washington	4	140	140.00	250.00	5930	593.00	845.50
Upper Columbia	..	...	...	353.00	2650	265.00	403.00
W. Oregon	5	240	247.25	362.70	6602	660.20	556.90
S. Idaho	..	...	...	114.35	2014	201.40	84.40
Montana	..	...	...	65.50	1204	120.40	70.30
S. Oregon	4	322	368.90	...	758	75.80	134.50
E. Oregon	..	...	...	...	25	2.50	...
Totals	13	702	756.15	1145.55	19183	1918.30	2094.60
WEST CANADIAN
Alberta	..	...	...	...	325	32.50	235.50
Manitoba	..	...	...	...	665	66.50	236.00
British Columbia	..	...	...	...	1805	180.50	55.00
Saskatchewan	..	...	...	...	626	62.60	17.00
Totals	..	...	...	...	3421	342.10	543.50
Subscription lists	...	...	...	...	38921	3892.10	2253.80
Foreign and miscellaneous	...	...	...	...	21424	2142.40	1253.40
FOREIGN UNION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS
British	44	3592	1777.71	1401.11	141995	2895.52	3014.59
Australasian	79	4957	11467.25	11257.10	...	2072.06	1735.50
South African	6	624	822.60	531.72	...	...	120.20
Indian	21	3409	814.32	476.70	...	...	...
Scandinavian	75	8873	4204.27	3205.09	11755	665.57	390.75
E. German	84	6453	1932.19	5256.03	54863	1370.67	5485.50
W. German	98	7790	2339.87	...	64904	1705.46	...
Danube	47	4368	1168.98	642.59	3533	...	130.58
Cen. European	94	7705	3081.98	2711.89	19037	611.15	672.90
Russian	35	1508	1313.58	1147.50	...	38.39	...
Siberian	4	...	138.27	175.60	...	8.89	...
Latin	12	1021	573.41	814.04	5924	155.22	126.54
Mexican	3	194	761.55	...	7894	267.39	308.75
Porto Rico	2	...	191.78	681.75	...	104.20	261.63
Cuba	..	...	...	1970.86	...	...	24.02
W. Caribbean	7	...	803.28	...	2223	191.15	...
E. Caribbean	..	...	...	...	...	...	...
Levant	9	527	35.42	106.25	...	...	...
Korean	..	...	16.52	...	3418	85.45	...
South American	23	433	4188.65	821.02	...	...	71.10
Japan	5	729	21.33	...	1103	44.70	...
Brazil	22	...	1276.65	1755.36	...	...	...
Philippine Islands	..	...	36.04	6.98	...	...	...
Canary Islands	1	67	86.27	...	86	1.76	...
China	..	...	...	...	55500	522.12	...
Totals, foreign	671	12250	37051.92	32961.59	372235	10739.70	12342.06
Totals, N. Am.	401	27788	30097.53	29851.53	242627	24262.70	20165.90
Grand totals	1072	80038	$67149.45	$62813.12	614802	$35002.40	$32507.96

Comparative Book Summary

	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914
Jan. ...	$40,677.06	$42,532.23	$44,495.65	$53,931.97	$64,262.88	$59,697.52
Feb. ...	48,748.21	50,990.34	53,923.57	53,525.18	62,813.12	67,149.45
March ...	52,703.85	55,711.55	73,015.56	73,374.99	66,640.42
April ...	55,109.54	64,042.39	73,548.31	73,027.32	73,520.45
May ...	82,971.94	86,333.58	81,923.78	94,166.15	101,640.01
June ...	124,412.34	112,606.05	135,888.76	137,838.38	139,217.06
July ...	95,445.21	103,919.12	127,256.86	156,166.90	140,576.74
Aug. ...	71,652.97	91,145.11	91,810.46	103,165.69	111,660.64
Sept. ...	55,625.41	66,523.65	86,001.72	67,551.70	73,732.12
Oct. ...	52,669.93	62,461.13	81,367.89	70,219.07	84,013.90
Nov. ...	49,964.99	58,211.68	67,600.00	77,424.87	73,949.68
Dec. ...	45,759.73	54,663.93	58,386.24	57,291.91	59,739.92
Totals	$775,741.18	$849,140.76	$976,218.80	$1,017,684.13	$1,051,766.94

Comparative Summary of American Periodicals

	1911	1912	1913	1914		1911	1912	1913
Jan.^*	122202	121666	177080	152971	Aug.	215773	183119	153849
Feb.	99234	144257	201619	242627	Sept.	135179	173077	127017
March	244003	207529	166499		Oct.	164537	587830	126562
April	192757	189498	152088		Nov.	110326	108755	100351
May	141204	162220	166465		Dec.	98541	111199	99504
June	145025	163120	156550
July	197582	191937	176772		T'ls	1866363	2344207	1804396

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

By B. G. Wilkinson

Columbia Union Conference Biennial Meeting

THE fourth biennial session of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at the First Seventh-day Adventist Church, North Avenue and Ninth Street, Walbrook, Baltimore, Md., April 28 to May 10, 1914. Officers for the ensuing period will be elected and such other business transacted as may properly come before the meeting. The voters of this conference are as follows: In addition to its president, one representative from each local conference for every 150 church members therein; two representatives from each organized denominational institution located in the Columbia Union; the officers of the Columbia Union Conference; members of the General Conference Committee who may be present, and such others as may be granted delegate credentials by vote of the union conference.

A ministerial institute will be held, beginning at 9 A. M., April 28, and continuing until May 6.

By order of the executive committee.

B. G. WILKINSON, President; R. T. DOWSETT, Secretary.

Columbia Union Conference Association

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Columbia Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the First Seventh-day Adventist Church, North Avenue and Ninth Street, Walbrook, Baltimore, Md., at 10 A. M., May 4, 1914, for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the delegates. All accredited delegates to the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists are members of the association, and may vote at this meeting.

B. G. WILKINSON, President; R. T. DOWSETT, Secretary.

Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association

By H. W. Miller

Notice is hereby given that the next annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association of Washington, D. C., will be held in the First Seventh-day Adventist Church, Baltimore, Md., May 4, 1914, at 4 P. M., for the election of fifteen trustees for the coming year, to take the place of those whose term of office expires at that time, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before this meeting. The members of this corporation consist of the executive committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; the executive committee of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; the executive committees of the State conferences of Seventh-day Adventists in the Columbia Union Conference, and the board of directors of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium Association.

H. W. Miller, Secretary.

Central California Conference Association

THE Central California Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its second annual meeting in connection with the conference and camp meeting at Fresno, Cal., April 28 to May 10, 1914, for the purpose of electing a board of seven trustees, and such other business as may come before it. The first meeting of the association is called for Thursday, April 30, at 10 A. M. All delegates of the conference are members of the association.

J. H. Behrens, President;\nG. A. Wheeler, Secretary.

Central California Conference

THE third annual session of the Central California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held April 28 to May 10, 1914, at Fresno, Cal., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. The first session of the conference is called to meet Wednesday, April 29, at 10 A. M. A full attendance of the delegates is earnestly requested, the ratio of delegates being one delegate for the organization of each church, and one additional delegate for every fifteen members or fraction thereof when more than seven. The conference committee and ordained ministers are delegates at large.

The location of the camp will be announced in a later issue. It is hoped that all will begin to plan to attend this important gathering.

J. H. BEHRENS, President; G. A. WHEELER, Secretary.

Sabbath School Lessons in French Language

By SABBATH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

ARRANGEMENTS have been made so that the Sabbath school lessons in the French language may be obtained in time to study the same lessons as the English schools are studying. This change will begin with July 1—the third quarter of the present year. The lessons for that quarter will be on the Second Epistle of Peter, and by sending an order to the New York Branch of the Review and Herald, Room 903, 32 Union Square, New York, the French Lesson Quarterly may be obtained in time for this study. Please send your order in as early as possible, so there may be no delay in receiving the Quarterlies.

SABBATH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

The "Watchman" for May

One Thing All Can Do

THE simple art of magazine selling has been brought to its highest state of effectiveness in such countries as England and Germany. In these countries men and women make a regular life business of selling our truth-laden papers from house to house, newsboy fashion. By this method it is not long before they have a permanent paying proposition that offers abundant opportunity for missionary work.

This is the ideal toward which we should work, for it is practical and has been demonstrated in our country. One Watchman evangelist, a lady of middle age, spent some time in one of the larger cities, and has by perseverance and tact built up a permanent route by which she delivers about three hundred copies of the Watchman a month, besides filling in other weeks with other good magazines. She reports a growing interest among her readers, and not a few have been greatly blessed spiritually as a result of her faithful efforts.

Some Good Things for the People

"Christ as Prophet, Priest, and King."

"The Hand of God in History."

"Predestination."

"When Jesus Comes."

"The Promises Made to the Fathers."

"The Apostolic and Remnant Church."

"Why Eat Meat?"

Rates in quantities, 5 to 40 copies, 5 cents each, 50 or more, 4 cents each. To Canada, 5 cents straight. Single copies, 10 cents. Order through your tract society.

Comparative Summary for Foreign Periodicals

January, 1913, 402,908 copies, value $10,301.63; 1914, 485,968 copies, value $19,795.36.

February, 1913, 394,257 copies, value $12,342.06; 1914, 372,235 copies, value $10,739.70.

Obituaries

LEE.—Lillian Lucy Lee died of complications following diphtheria on Feb. 8, 1914, at Soonan, Korea, after an illness of one week. She was born Dec. 18, 1910. The bereaved parents, Howard M. Lee and Carrie Scott Lee, are upheld in this hour of trial by their hope of the coming resurrection. RILEY RUSSELL, M. D.

COOK.—Mrs. Lauretta Cook was born in Vermont, May 30, 1819, and died at Oakland, Oregon, Feb. 2, 1914. At the advanced age of ninety years she accepted present truth, in which she rejoiced until the end came. During the year 1913 she removed from Wisconsin to Oregon. Three of her five children survive. A Presbyterian minister conducted the funeral services from the home of her son. L. A. GIBSON.

MANLEY.—Mrs. Marion Moffat Manley was born Aug. 16, 1863, and died in the hospital at Elmira, N. Y., March 14, 1914. Sister Manley embraced the truths of the third angel's message years ago, and was an earnest Christian practically all her life. She is survived by her husband, three daughters, and three sons. She loved the truth, and we hope to meet her in the glad resurrection morning, when the Life-giver comes to claim his own. M. W. DE L'HORBE.

TITUS.—J. E. Titus was born at Seneca, N. Y., in the year 1828, and fell asleep in the blessed hope Feb. 28, 1914, aged 86 years and 28 days. When he was six years of age, the family moved to Michigan. On March 6, 1850, Brother Titus was married to Elvia N. Sanders. To this union were born nine children, seven of whom survive. Brother Titus accepted present truth in 1851, and lived a consistent Christian life to the end of his days. D. P. WOOD.

BACHERTZ.—Henrietta Bachertz was born July 15, 1837, in Bromberg, Germany, and died at Mankato, Minn., March 6, 1914. She was a faithful believer in present truth for over thirty years, and made the Scriptures a daily study. Sister Bachertz was devoted to her family, cheerful in adversity, patient during her last illness, and willing to do the Master's bidding. We laid her to rest with the assurance of reunion in the resurrection morning. Eight daughters and two sons are left to mourn. A. W. KUEHL.

DOANE.—Sister Doane died at her home in Toronto, Ontario, Feb. 27, 1914, in her sixty-sixth year. Four years ago she accepted present truth, and her earnest Christian example has been an inspiration to many who knew her. She was an active worker in the church, and will be greatly missed by her associates in missionary effort. One daughter and a large circle of friends are left to mourn. Her sufferings were long and severe, but were borne with Christian fortitude, and now she sweetly sleeps in Jesus. SADIE BAKER.

CALL.—Died at her home in Edgerton, Wis., March 14, 1914, Sophia Coxhead Call, aged 74 years, 4 months, and 28 days. Sister Call was born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1839. She was united in marriage to John C. Call May 18, 1865. Four children were born to them, two of whom survive. Our sister was an earnest Christian and a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Albion, Wis. She sleeps in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. ALEX B. CAMPBELL.

ROSS.—Lela Irene Ross was born Oct. 24, 1890, and died Feb. 21, 1914. She became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the age of sixteen, and remained faithful until her death. Her parents, one brother, five sisters, and a little babe are left to mourn. The funeral services were conducted by Brother Christopher Jones. Sister Ross was laid to rest in the cemetery at Coxen Hole, Ruatan, Spanish Honduras, Central America, until the Life-giver shall call his sleeping saints. ISAAC BAKER.

STOW.—Julia E. Carr was born in the State of New York May 6, 1833. She was married to Samuel C. Stow at the age of about twenty-five years. To this union were born three sons, two of whom survive. Sister Stow was a widow for nearly thirty-one years. She accepted present truth more than fifty years ago, and was faithful till the last. She suffered much during her last sickness. Her death occurred March 4, 1914. The funeral services were held at Monte Vista, Colo. ELBERT H. CURTIS.

NYE.—Henry C. Nye died at Peabody, Mass., on Jan. 13, 1914, at the age of eighty-five years. He was born and grew to manhood in Littleton, Mass. He accepted present truth, and became one of the charter members of the church at Danvers, Mass., assisting much in building the church at that place. Brother Nye loved the truth with all his heart, and was a faithful, conscientious Christian. He was an earnest personal worker, and instrumental in bringing a number of souls into a knowledge of this truth. He sleeps in hope of the resurrection morning. A. E. SANDERSON.

MORRISON.—Mrs. Sylvia Morrison was born in Canada, Sept. 1, 1836, and died in Spokane, Wash., March 6, 1914. When a child, her parents moved to New York State. In 1881, while in Minnesota, she accepted the third angel's message. Six years later her family moved to the State of Washington, and she became one of the thirteen charter members of the Spokane church. She was also a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps, an auxiliary organization to the G. A. R., and served as chaplain until compelled to retire on account of failing health. All who knew her testified to her godly life. She is survived by her husband and two sons. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. A. V. COTTON.

HARMON.—Died in Melrose, Mass., Jan. 3, 1914, C. H. Harmon, aged fifty-two years. Although Brother Harmon had been in poor health for some time, his death was sudden and unexpected. His companion, two brothers, and one sister are the close relatives left to mourn their loss. Brother Harmon was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for eighteen years, and for some time served as a member of his conference committee. Elders S. J. Hersum, E. E. Osborne, and the writer conducted the funeral service. P. B. OSBORNE.

LOOP.—Harrison Loop was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, Aug. 9, 1828, and died at Altamont, Mo., Feb. 23, 1914, in his eighty-sixth year. Brother Loop accepted present truth in 1864, and thus was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church fifty years. He was a pillar in the Winston (Mo.) church from the time of its organization until his death. Both in a spiritual and financial way he was very helpful in the support of the work. His wife, two sons, two daughters, and other relatives are left to mourn. During the last fifteen years of his life Brother Loop was almost helpless, but he bore his intense suffering with Christian fortitude. He was held in high esteem in the community, and a large circle of friends and neighbors attended the funeral services, which were conducted by the writer, assisted by the Christian minister of Altamont. E. E. FARNSWORTH.

TOWLE.—My dear brother, David A. Towle, son of Wm. A. and Caroline P. Towle, was born in Orleans, Mich., Aug. 23, 1873. He was baptized and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the age of twelve years. He died in the hospital at Maricopa, Cal., from injuries received when thrown from a motorcycle, having sustained a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain. He lingered nine days with terrible suffering, and passed away Feb. 24, 1914. He was a man of exceptional ability, exemplary character, and was highly respected by all who knew him, as was shown by the devotion of his many friends at the time of his death. He was always patient, kind, and tender to those associated with him, and particularly to his family. He leaves a wife and three children, his aged parents, who were with him at his death, and one sister. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder J. A. Burden. We laid him to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery at San Bernardino, Cal. MRS. A. C. NELSON.

Opportunity for Young Men

Another class began work in connection with the St. Helena Sanitarium Training School for Nurses, April 1. The class is now nearly made up. There is still opportunity for a few young men to be admitted to the new class. Exceptional advantages are offered at the St. Helena Sanitarium to consecrated young people desiring a complete training for medical missionary work. Write at once for circulars and full particulars. Address George Thomason, M. D., superintendent Nurses' Training School, St. Helena Sanitarium, Sanitarium, Cal.

Address Wanted

Will any one knowing the present address of Mary E. Bowen or Mattie Bratton, please send the information to Mrs. H. M. Walton, church clerk, National City, Cal.

Publications Wanted

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

Mrs. Marie Beermann, Clatskanie, Oregon, R. F. D., Mt. Home box. Signs (weekly and monthly), Watchman, Protestant Magazine, Liberty, Life and Health, and tracts.

K. Taylor, 8102 Platt St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Mrs. C. V. Achenbach, 827 Fourth St., Columbia, S. C.

Mrs. Carl Townsend, Ellsworth, Nebr.

Frances Brockman, 241 Elm St., Ithaca, N. Y.

Business Notice

WANTED.—Help for the domestic department at the Hinsdale Sanitarium, Hinsdale, Ill. Prefer mature, middle-aged women.

Religious Liberty in America

By C. M. SNOW

This book deals with the growth of the principles of religious and civil liberty from the beginning of the Christian era down to our own time. It shows how the two principles — religious liberty and religious oppression — have run side by side through the history of nations, the one building up the true kingdom of Christ and the other making martyrs of Christ's true followers. The planting of those two principles on the shores of the New World, and the struggle between them for dominance here, is pictured in interesting detail. Considerable space is devoted to the growth and work of such un-American and oppressive organizations as the National Reform Association, the Lord's Day Alliance, and the Federal Council of the Churches; how these forces propose to unite and are now uniting for the enforcement of oppressive legislation, and have opened the way for union with the Catholic Church for the same purpose. The author shows how this combination of forces is working directly to fulfill the desires and purposes of Rome concerning America. The revelation of what those purposes are and what Rome is doing to bring them about makes one of the most thrilling sections of the book. The closing chapter, ‑ ‘Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Great Problem,’ ‑ shows how God will work out the problem of this world through the second coming of Christ, and the establishment of his reign in this sin-smitten world. 436 pages, fully illustrated.

Cloth — — — — — — $1.00

Paper Cover, Berean Library No. 11 — — .35

The Liquor-Traffic Boat

Who Are in It?

The men represented by these four classes are responsible, and the voters more than all the rest, for the existence of an evil that "tears with its tusks, crushes with its hoofs, poisons with its fangs, a greater number of the human race than have perished from all other causes combined. It bribes, lures, decoys, charms, fascinates, tempts, and seduces. It puts its poison talons on the home, and robs it of its furnishings. It takes the clothes from off the back of innocent, helpless children, and shoes from off their feet. It brings mothers to the washtub and scrub-brush, and straps burdens on their shoulders too heavy to be borne. It dashes out brains, and pulverizes the human heart. It fills the poorhouses, the penitentiaries, the lunatic asylums, and the hospitals, and it peoples our graveyards with the flower of our manhood."

The Temperance Instructor IN THE HOMES OF THE PEOPLE WILL DESTROY THIS GREAT EVIL. OUR DUTY IS PLAIN.

The Most Important Thing

THIS is an age of intense activity. We all lead busy lives, and those who are engaged in the active service of God are pressed beyond those devoting their energies to worldly employment. So much must be done. So many calls come from every quarter. With many of us there are many services to attend, committee meetings to be held, important measures to be discussed.

This work is all necessary, but there is danger that we shall forget the personal relationship which we should sustain to the Saviour of mankind. We may forget God even while professedly working for him. We cannot trust our salvation to formal experience. Labors beyond measure will not make up for that vital connection which we must have with the Lord Jesus Christ. This connection can be maintained only by the study of his Word, by meditation, and by prayer. Let us not neglect these simple but very necessary means of keeping the connection unbroken. No matter how hard the pressure, let us take time for prayer. If the day is one of unusual trial and perplexing problems, we need to pray more. How many times Satan deceives us, leading us to believe that we can settle questions by discussion rather than by an appeal to the Source of all wisdom!

Unquestionably in our experience as a denomination we spend hours in discussion which should be spent in prayer and supplication. Many of our business gatherings would be spiritualized and vitalized and the decisions more likely prompted by wisdom from above, if more time were taken for Bible study and spiritual devotion.

The call of God to this people is a call to prayer, to meditation, to earnest personal Bible study. Studying the Bible to give to others is not enough. We must study it primarily in order that we may know what God would say to our own hearts. We ourselves must first come to the fountain and drink. Then our message inviting others to the fountain will go to their hearts with a conviction of personal experience and power. The keynote of victory in all our work is prayer to God.

Tithing a Bible Doctrine

THE following clear statement of the principle involved in the payment of tithes is made by a correspondent of the Christian Advocate, in the issue of that journal for March 19, 1914:—

“Is tithing of man or of God? If, like the Sabbath, it be of God, why find fault with it? Are not arguments brought against it specious in character? One says, We are ‘not under law, but under grace.’ Does Paul anywhere teach that we are not under obligation to keep the moral law? Does the obligation of tithing come under the ceremonial or under the moral law? With what crime does God charge those that withhold their tithes and offerings? Is not a robber a violator of a moral law?

“Where did Jesus condemn any one, rich or poor, for tithing? The tithing of even the self-righteous Pharisee was not condemned.

“The poor widow was commended, not because on account of her poverty she kept her ‘living’ for her own livelihood, but rather, because, notwithstanding her poverty, she contributed even more than her tithe.

“No Scriptural advocate of tithing holds that a man with an income of $100,000 or more should not, or need not, pay more than $10,000. The way for a thank offering is always open. But one tenth is the minimum he owes to the Lord. William Arthur called it the ‘backstop.’

“The difficulty in the tithing system is not in the financial inability of a few people, nor in the inequality of the system, but in man’s covetousness and in his lack of faith in God’s promises. Mal. 3: 10, 11, has a promise as well as a challenge. Why not conscientiously accept the challenge and ‘prove’ Him? If the rich must keep the Sabbath day holy, must they not also observe the law of the tithe? If the poor can afford to keep the Sabbath day holy, cannot they also afford to observe the law of the tithe? Indeed, is there not a special blessing promised to every one that shows faith in God by obedience to his requirements?

“As a system of finance for the church, tithing is very effective, and seldom, if ever, is it the poor that cry out against it more than against any other system. As a rule it is easier for a man or a woman to get the consent of the will to pay a tithe out of an income of $100 than for one with an income of $1,000,000 to pay a tithe of so large an income.

“O for a faith that will truly prove the Lord of hosts!”

Relative Per Cent of Crime in Catholic and Protestant Churches

SOME very interesting statistics have recently been published by the statistical department of the Prussian government, dealing with the criminality found among the various religious denominations of that kingdom. The result of this comparison, according to the Northwestern Christian Advocate of February 25, is shown by the following figures:—

“The enumerators of these estimates have taken the entire population, excluding the very young and the very aged. They found that out of every 100,000 Protestant inhabitants in Prussia, 1,094 persons belonging to the Protestant church were convicted for various crimes and offenses, against 1,443 out of the same number of Roman Catholics. This is the average number spread over the entire kingdom. . .

“In order to complete the picture, we must add the number of criminals among the members of other Protestant denominations outside of the state church, among Methodists, Baptists, etc. Among these the number is only 561 per 100,000. The Jews occupy a middle position, somewhat worse than the Protestants, but far better than the Catholics, 1,128 per 100,000. Now we cannot draw too hasty conclusions from these figures, and conclude perhaps from them that Protestantism makes better citizens than Catholicism. But when, as here, the figures are spread over such a large and varied area, we are surely justified in thinking that these facts point in that direction. Such facts also are destructive to the claim of the Roman Catholic Church that its adherents enjoy a more favorable position in regard to crime than the adherents of Protestantism.”

W. A. Spicer Reaches Washington

Elder W. A. Spicer reached Washington last week from his visit to the Pacific Coast.

G. B. Thompson Returns to Washington

ELDER G. B. THOMPSON returned to Washington last week. Next week he will go to Battle Creek to attend the Lake Union Conference.

L. Flora Plummer Called Home

LAST week Sister L. Flora Plummer, secretary of the Sabbath School Department, was called suddenly to the bedside of her father, in Indiana, who is very ill.

Missionaries Sail for Jamaica

ON April 4, R. L. and Mrs. Hiner, of the Foreign Mission Seminary, sailed from New York for Kingston, Jamaica, where they go in response to the call for help in conducting treatment rooms in that city.

Daniells and Shaw Return

Recently Elders A. G. Daniells and J. L. Shaw returned to Washington from New England, the former from the sanitarium at Melrose, where he had been resting for several weeks, and the latter from South Lancaster, Mass., where he attended council meetings in the interests of the South Lancaster Academy.

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