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Mexico

By N. Z. T.

A GROUP of workers gathered in one of the suburbs of Mexico, Nov. 8, 1911, to spend a little time studying how they might best reach the descendants of the ancient Aztecs with the last warning message. From the very first the Lord's blessing was with us in our meetings.

The time was occupied in studying “Patriarchs and Prophets,” the book which the canvassers in this field will handle during 1912, and the general principles underlying the canvassing work. The average attendance at the institute was about ten. At its close the workers went to their respective fields with renewed courage, determined to push the battle more zealously than ever before. Brother H. H. Hall of the Pacific Press and the writer assisted in the work of the institute. The studies in “Patriarchs and Prophets” conducted by Brother Hall were very helpful.

At the close of the institute I spent a few days in Guadalajara. Notwithstanding the unfortunate experiences that Guadalajara has had, the believers there are of good courage. They regret that after so much money has been spent in that city, there are only two native Sabbath-keepers in the place, but they are hoping for better things in the future. The mission owns a building of about fourteen rooms in the city, in which a medical mission has been conducted for some time. Dr. Alice M. Swayze is at present conducting the work in this mission. The brethren are anxious to get an energetic medical graduate to come in and take hold of the medical work, which gives good promise of success if it could be properly cared for and pushed.

I also visited Dr. J. W. Erkenbeck, who is in private practise in a mining town about twenty miles from Guadalajara. He is very much interested in the progress of the message, and hopes in time to be connected again with the organized work.

My next visit was to San Luis Potosi, where a good work has been begun among the natives. The first Sabbath after my arrival we held a meeting in a native colony about fifteen miles from the city. The brethren gathered there from San Luis and from two or three places in the country. Sixteen brethren and sisters went out from San Luis on donkeys, starting at two o'clock in the morning in order to be on time. When they were ready to start it was raining hard, but this did not deter them. I was more fortunate, as Brother Julius Paulson took me out in his automobile. We had a congregation of fifty, about thirty-five of whom were Sabbath-keepers. The accompanying cuts show the “Templo” in which our meetings were held, and our congregation. When the readers of this report see these pictures, they will understand why the brethren are anxious to have a different place in which to meet. Two hundred dollars (gold) would probably build them such a house as they desire for a place of worship.

On Sunday morning Brother Marchisio and I started on a four days' trip to visit other companies north of San Luis. Our first visit was at Moctezuma, where there are six members who have been baptized. We held a meeting with them in the evening, and spent the night at the home of one of these native brethren. The following day Brother Paulson joined us, and we visited another company of interested people in Matehuala, a mining town still farther north. The Quakers have had work established there for many years, and have conducted a good-sized school. Several of these Quakers are now interested in the truth. At our meeting in the evening a large number attended, including the Quaker minister.

After spending the night there, we went about fifteen miles farther into the country, with a mule-team, to visit another company.

Through the efforts of Brother Marchisio a company of about twenty has been brought out from the Catholic Church in this place, sixteen of whom have already been baptized. A plot of ground has been bought by the mission here and a little stone building erected, at a cost of about $250, which serves for school and meeting purposes. These brethren are very poor in this world's goods, but they are enthusiastic in the truth and are active in missionary work. We spent the night with them, returning the following day to Matehuala, where we held another evening meeting, and took the train at one o'clock in the morning for San Luis, reaching our destination Thursday morning in time for a nice Thanksgiving dinner at Brother Paulson's. In the city of San Luis, Brother Paulson is carrying on a successful bakery and canning business. He had a hard time in getting started a few years ago, having even to pawn his watch and some of his clothes to get money to buy flour; but at the present time he is selling one hundred fifty dollars' worth of bread a day, and about thirty to thirty-five thousand dollars' worth of fruit a year. He bakes two batches of bread on Friday, so as to close his bakery on the Sabbath. His bakers and other employees like this arrangement, as it gives them one day free.

MEXICAN “TEMPLO” WHERE MEETINGS WERE HELD

Brother Paulson's heart is in the work, and his help in the meetings in San Luis is very much appreciated. There are about twenty believers in the city of San Luis.

There are favorable openings for missionary work in several places in and around San Luis. The mission committee has asked the General Conference to send them a man to help develop these interests, and also for two others to locate in centers, where the interests are said to be still more promising. Notwithstanding the revolution through which the country has passed, and the unsettled state of things which still exists, the book sales for 1911 will amount to over $25,000, Mexican, as against $14,000 the previous year and $11,000 in 1909. The prospects for an abundant harvest of souls in Mexico never were brighter than they are at present.

N. Z. T.

Cheering Successes in California

By E. S. HORSMAN

To make short the long story of blessed experience, I will give as briefly as possible some plain and visible marks of God's abiding presence with me as I have presented the healing stream that flows through the beautiful channel “Ministry of Healing.”

The past month I have put in seventeen days, one hundred forty hours, receiving orders for “Ministry of Healing” and “Practical Guide” to the amount of $507.50. On these orders, $53.30 in deposit was given. Then to make all this work a power, God gave me the indorsement of a Roman Catholic priest, a Christian minister, an Episcopal minister, a Congregational minister, and a Methodist minister.

The last one said, after being shown the wonderful things in “Ministry of Healing,” “Why, that is just the book I want circulated in this place among my people;” and he ordered both that and “Practical Guide” in leather, at a cost of $10.50, for his own library. Generally the Methodist ministers have shown very bitter hatred, as they all knew it was our work that killed the Sunday bill. Surely God is causing the wrath of man to praise him.

During my work, many tired mothers were cheered by words I read from “Ministry of Healing.” Some who were not able to buy both books, decided that this one was just what they needed.

There are opportunities everywhere for this work. Do not think about the trials and difficulties, but join the corps, and then—

“Count your many blessings, Name them one by one.”

E. S. HORSMAN.

The Conservation of Inalienable Rights

By S. B. H.

In the Outlook of Dec. 23, 1911, Colonel Roosevelt writes an article on “The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood,” in which he discusses the great problem of labor, dealing especially with the relation that women and children sustain to the question of earning their daily bread.

Upon the question of seven-day work, Colonel Roosevelt says:—

“With respect to this necessarily continuous seven-day work, our old Sunday laws, dating back to an earlier generation, have broken down. Relief to the workers can be afforded only by increasing the labor force one seventh, if necessary, to let part of the force off each day in the week; and in that way give every man one day of rest in the seven. Legislation is needed to bring this about in this country, just as it has been brought about in France. And such legislation would be sustained by the courts unless they scuttled the logic on which the Sunday laws now on the statute-books have been sustained; that is, as an exercise of the police power in protecting men from continuous toil. The supreme courts of practically every State in the Union have gone on record as upholding Sunday laws, and in 1884 the United States Supreme Court expressed its approval of them, ‘not from any right of the government to legislate for the promotion of religious observances, but from its right to protect all persons from the physical and moral debasement which comes from uninterrupted labor.’ The priests and ministers and physicians of every mill town in America where the seven-day week governs can testify how it undermines the comfort of their people, their happiness, and their health. At the present time the progressive men in one big industry where it has been at its worst—steel—are tackling this seven-day schedule, and it looks as if they were going to be able to down it. The American Iron and Steel Institute has passed resolutions to that effect. So has the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, representing churches with a membership of thirty millions. It is high time we had six-day statutes and that they were enforced.”

While on its face the article bespeaks an interest in the toilers’ welfare, and notwithstanding that from the colonel’s view-point Sunday laws “have been decided to be in accordance with police regulation, and not necessarily religious in effect,” still we believe that a law demanding that all people shall rest on Sunday has been shown ever since the first Sunday law of 321 A. D., to be in the interests of religion; and at the present time, when so much agitation and determined effort have been made by the clergy before Congress to get that body committed to Sunday legislation, there can be no doubt that the cause of religion is expected to be subserved in Sunday legislation.

Is it not time that the American people should think seriously about the “conservation” of their inalienable rights, while their minds are being directed to the conservation of the forests, the coal-fields, the waterways, and the toilers’ interests? There is no greater slavery than that which takes away from man the inalienable rights guaranteed in our national Constitution. We believe that these inalienable rights are menaced by Sunday legislation. S. B. H.

"Talk About Russia"

By S. B. H.

As an illustration of the foolishness of Sunday laws the following from the New York World of Jan. 15, 1912, anent the “technical violation” of the law, is of much interest:—

“‘Talk about Russia!’ disgustedly exclaimed Magistrate House in the Jefferson Market court yesterday. ‘If anybody asks you if there is a worse place than Russia just tell them New York City.’”

“Plainly the magistrate was angered by two arrests for technical violation of the sabbath law. He waved William Stuckburg out of court, saying:—

“‘You are discharged, sir, honorably discharged, and I regret that such a blundering policeman should have put you to this inconvenience and humiliation.’”

“Stuckburg, No. 103 Prospect St., Brooklyn, N. Y., has been a driver for the C. E. Matthews furniture house for thirteen years. Patrolman George Harfst of the Macdougal Street station arrested him while he was carting ten desks from a warehouse to the Equitable Life Assurance Society’s new offices. Harfst charged that Stuckburg was violating the sabbath law, which regulates labor on Sunday, in that he was doing work ‘neither necessary nor charitable.’”

“‘You knew that the Equitable’s home was burned the other day, that they had to get new offices, and that this man was taking those desks there, didn’t you?’ asked the magistrate.”

“‘Yes, your honor.’”

“‘You know there are thousands upon thousands of people in this country dependent upon the Equitable carrying on its business without delay, do you not?’ persisted the court.”

“‘Yes, your honor.’”

“‘You must know that it is absolutely necessary for them to get their new offices open as soon as possible, and yet you say that it was not necessary for this man to be moving desks there to-day. If some of you policemen used more judgment, there wouldn’t be so many foolish arrests made.’”

“‘Exit Stuckburg with all honor.

“The very next case further vexed Mr. House. Patrolman John Ryan of the West Twentieth Street station arraigned Timothy Jordan, of Hoboken, charging that he was driving a wagon-load of coal—four tons—in violation of the sabbath law, ‘it being neither necessary nor charitable.’

“‘What!’ exclaimed Magistrate House. ‘Neither necessary nor charitable to deliver coal in this cold weather? Officer, don’t you know that this is the coldest weather we have had in this city in eight years? Don’t you know that the streets have been so slippery during the last few days that it has been almost impossible to make deliveries? Where was he taking this coal?’”

“‘To the Hoffman House,’ answered Ryan.”

“‘Carting coal to a hotel in weather like this you say is unnecessary? What do you think would happen to the guests in that hotel if the hotel couldn’t get coal to keep them warm?’”

“Then Mr. House compared this city unfavorably with tyrannical Russia, and asked:—

“‘Did you make this arrest on your own volition or under orders?’”

“‘I acted under orders from my captain.’”

“‘Well, who is it that runs the Sunday-school in your precinct?’ asked Magistrate House.”

“‘My captain, sir, is Captain Hussey,’ said Ryan.”

“‘Take my compliments to Captain Hussey, and tell him that I suggest that he put his policemen to better use than making foolish arrests for violation of the sabbath. Such ridiculous arrests I never heard of. This situation should be called to the attention of the police commissioner.’”

“The magistrate discharged Jordan, honorably, too, and expressed regret that he should have been humiliated.”

We do not believe that the magistrate was justified in reprimanding the policemen under the circumstances. The policemen were confronted with a law upon the statute-books of the city, and according to National Reform ethics it was their bounden duty to arrest for violation of the same. The trouble was with the foolish law, prohibiting on Sunday that which is allowable upon any other day of the week. It would have been proper for the judge to find fault with the law which is altogether an unnatural and an unusual law so far as the principles of justice are concerned. It were well if this circumstance could be brought to the notice of all who favor Sunday legislation, that from it they might learn the lesson which it contains.

S. B. H.

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News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— About fifty persons were injured on the afternoon of Jan. 14, 1912, when Big Four passenger-train No. 1 was wrecked near Carey, Ohio. Spreading rails, due to the intense cold, caused two of the coaches to leave the track and go into the ditch. The train was late, and was speeding at a rate of about forty miles an hour when the accident occurred.

— The criminal statistics for Scotland, which have just been published, show that the prosecutions for drunkenness and breach of the peace were fewer than in any year since 1897.

— A cablegram received from Ecuador on Jan. 15, 1912, stated that the constitutional government had just gained a brilliant victory over the rebels at Huigra, and that in consequence the revolution is about over.

— Despatches from Paraguay say that the rebel leaders have captured President Liberato Rojas, and forced him to resign. The revolutionary junta has issued a summons to congress to meet and elect a new president who is in sympathy with the reform movement.

— Executive heads of 2,000 corporations, capitalized at $1,000,000 or more each, have been invited to meet in New York early in February to organize the Society for Promoting Efficiency. It is expected that upward of 1,000 will attend. The society is to be national.

— The immense marble and granite home of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, covering a block of lower Broadway, a historic landmark of New York’s early period of sky-scraper buildings, was destroyed by fire on the morning of Jan. 9, 1912. Six lives were lost, and the property loss probably amounted to $6,000,000.

— The German navy now possesses what is believed to be the largest and most powerful gun in existence, a fifteen-inch weapon manufactured by Messrs. Krupp. The first official information that Messrs. Krupp had perfected a gun of this extraordinary size is contained in the “Taschenbuch der Kriegsflotten,” or naval year-book, for 1912, which has just made its appearance.

— The first important naval battle in the Turko-Italian war occurred on the Red Sea Jan. 7, 1912, with the result that an Italian cruiser squadron sank seven Turkish gunboats, after a sharp conflict. A large number of Turkish seamen went down with their ships, but others were rescued by boats from the Italian war-ships. A Turkish yacht was captured and is being taken to Italy.

— It has been officially stated that there are now 35,000 efficient Japanese soldiers in Hawaii, who would be expected, in case of trouble between the United States and Japan, to wrest those islands from the United States. The War Department has completed arrangements to equip and forward an entire division of troops, recruited to war strength, to Hawaii for permanent service. The Pacific squadron of armored cruisers has also been ordered to the islands.

— The island of Cuba is threatened with revolution, and consequent intervention by the United States. The Veterans’ Association, an organization of army men numbering several thousands, has issued an ultimatum to President Gomez that unless the law barring army men from politics is declared a dead letter, resort will be taken to something more drastic than an appeal. The suggestion of the Veterans’ Association is revolution. United States troops are being held in readiness for any outbreak that may occur.

— On Jan. 15, 1912, eight companies of State militia, including one field battery, placed the mill district of Lawrence, Mass., under martial law, after a day of rioting due to a strike of 15,000 operatives in the big cotton and woolen mills. At least 15,000 other persons have been thrown out of work by the stopping of machinery, and the attacks on the mills by the strikers. The cause of the strike was the reduction of working hours from fifty-six to fifty-four a week in compliance with the State law. This reduced the salaries of the workers by the amount paid for two hours’ work. However, the strikers now declare they will not return to work without a fifteen-per-cent increase in wages, double pay for overtime work, and abolition of the premium or bonus system.

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Western Canadian Union Conference

By H. S. SHAW

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Obituaries

By Clarisa Waddell; E. W. Webster; C. N. Sanders; A. J. Voth; Andrew Brodren; Mrs. Margaret Campbell; G. W. Reaser; John S. Yates

WADDELL.—S. S. Waddell passed away on Dec. 10, 1911, at the age of 78 years. For forty years he was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His wife and three stepchildren are left to mourn their loss. CLARISA WADDELL.

BRUNSON.—Willard Brunson, born March 9, 1898, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Brunson, was drowned in Middle Lake, Barry Co., Mich., while skating, Dec. 29, 1911. The sudden death brought great sorrow to the home and the neighborhood. While not a member of the church, Willard was loved by all, and was a help and comfort to his parents, a good boy in the school, and one who will be greatly missed in the home and the community. To the parents, two brothers, schoolmates, and a large company of neighbors, the writer spoke words of comfort and hope from Jer. 31: 15-17, and similar texts. E. W. WEBSTER.

SMITH.—Janet Allen was born in Scotland, July 18, 1855, and died at Sebewa, Mich., Dec. 3, 1911, aged 76 years, 4 months, and 15 days. When six years of age, she crossed the ocean with her parents, who settled in Ontario. Later she came to Michigan, and was married to Luman Smith. Four children were born to them, three of whom survive their parents, the latter having died several years ago. Sister Smith lived a consistent Christian life, and for thirty years was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Services were conducted by the writer. C. N. SANDERS.

VOTH.—Abraham Voth was born in Waltheim, Russia, in the year 1828, and died at Hitchcock, Okla., Dec. 21, 1911, aged 84 years. In 1857 he was married to Miss Mary Unruh, and to this union thirteen children were born, eight of whom are still living. Brother Voth came to America with his family in 1873, and settled in South Dakota. About thirteen years later he accepted the third angel’s message under the labors of Elder Jacob Reiswig, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. There was nothing in the world that Brother Voth loved more than this message. He was a patient sufferer, and passed away with the bright hope of life beyond the tomb. The funeral was conducted by the writer. A. J. VOTH.

BETTENCOURT.—Died at Sunol, Cal., Dec. 1, 1911, Albert Bettencourt, son of Brother and Sister G. J. Bettencourt, aged 9 years, 1 month, and 22 days. His parents, three brothers, and two sisters are left to mourn. A large number of neighbors and friends attended the funeral service, which was conducted by the writer. ANDREW BRODREN.

CAMPBELL.—Died at his home in Frederic, Wis., Aug. 11, 1911, Peter B. Campbell, aged 80 years, 4 months, and 19 days. He was born in Orange County, New Jersey. Brother Campbell was a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for about forty years, and died in the hope of the resurrection. He leaves a widow, one daughter, and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by T. S. Beavin, pastor of the Methodist Church. MRS. MARGARET CAMPBELL.

LUCAS.—Died at Verona, near Pittsburg, Pa., June 19, 1911, Mary Elizabeth Lucas, in the thirty-seventh year of her life. Sister Lucas had lived for nine years at Tucson, Ariz., having gone there in the hope that the climate might bring her better health. While her life was prolonged, disease conquered at last; but she was faithful “unto death,” and we believe that the promise of “a crown of life” will be verified in her behalf. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by Elder N. S. Ashton. G. W. REASER.

ERMAN.—J. W. Erman was born in Germany in 1849. He came to America when only a child, making his home in Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the One Hundred Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry, and faithfully served the country of his adoption until discharged on account of being severely wounded in battle. He died at his home in Oswego, Kans., Dec. 6, 1911, leaving to mourn their loss a wife, five daughters, and three sons. Funeral services were conducted by the writer in the Seventh-day Adventist church of Oswego, of which Mr. Erman was a member. JOHN S. YATES.

SAUDERS.—Lydia A. More was born Sept. 9, 1844, in Summit County, Ohio. She died Nov. 25, 1911, aged 67 years, 2 months, and 16 days. In 1869 she was married to Joseph K. Sauders, and to them were born eight children, all of whom are living. About nineteen years ago Sister Sauders accepted present truth and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Akron, Ohio, of which she remained a faithful member until her death. Her children, together with eleven brothers and sisters and many friends, mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, the text being Rev. 14: 13. FRANCIS M. FAIRCHILD.

RAYS.—Asenath Emily Gould was born in Brownville, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1834, and died at Mead, Spokane Co., Wash., Dec. 16, 1911, aged 77 years, 3 months, and 8 days. She was married to Amon Rays in 1858, and to them were born three children. In early life Sister Rays was converted, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. Twenty-five years ago she accepted the third angel’s message, and from that time until her death lived in the hope of a soon-coming Saviour. She was loved and respected by all who knew her. A companion, two sons, one sister, and one brother are left to mourn their loss, but not without the Christian’s hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 1 Thess. 4: 13-18. S. C. FAIRCHILD.

FRY.—Samuel Merriam Fry was born in Greene County, Indiana, Dec. 23, 1866, and died from exposure in the first cold wave of the winter, Nov. 1, 1911. At one time he enjoyed a good Christian experience in the present truth, working for years in the Review and Herald Office in Battle Creek. He leaves a wife and five children, a mother, sisters, and other relatives, who were pleased to see a marked improvement in his life for some time before his death. The Methodist church at Gresham, Mich., was kindly offered for the funeral services, which were conducted by the writer. E. W. WEBSTER.

RYAN.—Jane Herngton was born Feb. 6, 1837, in Elmira, N. Y. In 1854 she moved with her parents to Fort Wayne, Ind., where she became a member of the First Baptist Church. When the truths of the third angel’s message came to her, she gladly accepted the light, and remained faithful until her death, which occurred Dec. 6, 1911. She was married to Daniel Ryan in 1878, to whom she proved a faithful companion. For years she was a great sufferer, but she bore it all patiently until her release came. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Mr. Orr, and she was laid to rest until the Life-giver comes, in whom she had abiding faith. She leaves a sorrowing husband, one sister, and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. DANIEL C. RYAN.

ROCKWOOD.—Millie Ludington Rockwood was born in Fulton, N. Y., June 12, 1833, and died at the home of her niece, Mrs. L. M. Calkins, of Rome, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1911, aged 78 years, 6 months, and 12 days. She had been a widow for about thirteen years. She was the last of her immediate family excepting one brother. Early in life Sister Rockwood gave her heart to the Lord. In 1870 she attended a camp-meeting held in Oneida, N. Y., and identified herself with this people. She became a member of the Fulton church, remaining faithful until her death. Her last thoughts were of her Lord and Creator. Continually she spoke of his goodness. The funeral services were conducted in Rome by the writer, who used as a text Phil. 1: 21. We laid her to rest beside her parents in the family plot in the cemetery at Fulton, N. Y., there to await the call of the Life-giver. J. E. JAYNE.

LETSON.—Sarah Louisa Young was born in the State of New York, Jan. 6, 1837, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rose Struble, in Covert, Mich., Dec. 21, 1911, aged 74 years, 11 months, and 15 days. Her life companion of more than fifty years, Dr. Osmer Letson, was removed by the hand of death but two months before. Both she and her husband were faithful members of the Covert Seventh-day Adventist Church until their death. There are left to mourn, the daughter who was privileged to minister to both father and mother in their last illness, one sister, two brothers, and three grandchildren. She sleeps, as it were but for a moment, until the opening heavens reveal the coming of the Life-giver; so while we sorrow, it is not as those who have no hope. Job 14: 14 and 19: 25-27 were used by the writer in speaking words of comfort to the bereaved friends and relatives. CLIFFORD A. RUSSELL.

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News from Russia and Nebraska

ELDER G. PERK, laboring in Little Russia, sends us the following note:—

“Greetings. Recently I have been holding meetings in Saratow, which are being diligently attended by between sixty and eighty people, and we have had new seats for the hall. At Harbin, Brother Gnadjin has baptized four Russians, also a professional singer has been converted, and a Chinaman, who is willing to have his queue cut off. At Irkutsk our meeting has begun, and is being diligently carried forward.”

LAST week Elders A. G. Daniells and G. B. Thompson and Prof. H. R. Salisbury left Washington for College View, Nebr., to attend the ministerial institute and the union conference meetings now in progress there.

The Certainties of the Message

By Editor

BESIDES the usual volume of inspiring matter the REVIEW usually contains, beginning sometime in February, it will publish thirty articles written by Elder W. A. Spicer on “The Certainties of the Message.” These articles will be made up of the principal soul-inspiring facts Elder Spicer has been presenting at our ministerial institutes in the recent past. His presentation of the striking manner in which prophecy has met its fulfilment; the new and impressive historical quotations cited; the clear, concise, convincing setting of the whole message, were so thrilling to our ministers and workers that they have, for the good of our people at large, urged that these institute lessons be printed.

AN unexpected delay of one day in sailing from Panama for Ecuador, gave Elder W. A. Spicer opportunity to write and forward to the REVIEW a very interesting and encouraging communication, the first portion of which will appear in the Editorial department next week.

Mrs. Rogers Reaches Port Said

MRS. JOEL C. ROGERS reached Port Said, Egypt, safely from Nyassaland, of British Central Africa, Dec. 16, 1911. Brother and Sister Rogers plan to spend some time in Europe before returning to America.

Seventh-day Adventist Year Book for 1912

THE Seventh-day Adventist Year Book for 1912 is now on the press, and will be ready for mailing within a week. Every reader of the REVIEW will want a copy. Price, 25 cents. Order of your tract society.

Letter

A LETTER from Elder W. T. Knox states that they are having excellent meetings at Graysville, Tenn., in connection with the Southeastern Union Conference session. Good reports have been given of the meetings in the Nashville press.

Bella Fox Returns to Java

SISTER BELLA FOX, of Java, who for about five years has been in training in the Australian school, has returned to Java as a missionary, recommended by the Australasian Union Conference to work in that field. Although Sister Fox sailed the last of the year, she was not listed as one of our outgoing missionaries for 1911.

Prescott to Address Atlantic Conference

Elder W. W. Prescott left Washington last week to attend the latter portion of the Atlantic Union conference. During the progress of the conference, he will give public addresses on “True Protestantism,” “The Growing Power of Romanism,” and “The Gospel to All the World.”

Medical Question Corner

By Editor

We begin this week a new department which we hope will be of much value to our readers,—the Medical Question Corner. The physician in charge of this department is well qualified, by years of experience in medical work, to answer in a helpful way questions of a medical nature asked by our readers.

The Munsons Travel via Australia

ON account of the serious condition of Sister R. W. Munson's health, the physician has recommended that she avoid the northern route from Java to California. Brother Munson writes that they therefore took passage for Australia Dec. 8, 1911. They hoped to be able to get a boat from Wellington early in January, reaching San Francisco about March 1.

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