This camp-meeting was held at Springfield, Mass. The attendance of our brethren and sisters was not as large as at former camp-meetings in this Conference. About two hundred were present, and seventy-five family tents were pitched. The camp was located on an electric street-car line, about two miles from the city. There was not a general outside interest. The advertising of the meeting was on the cover of the Signs of the Times, and the paper was placed in thousands of families in and around the city. Experience has shown that at the beginning of a camp-meeting, if not before, bills giving notices of the meetings and of some of the leading subjects, contribute largely to the interests of the meeting. We are in an age of advertising, and the world looks upon our work very much as we believe in it ourselves. Camp-meetings are among the most important of all meetings held by Seventh-day Adventists. Three times a year ancient Israel was required to appear before the Lord, and none were to appear before Him empty. The cause of Christ is the all-important thing in this world. Enthusiasm in the right direction is commendable. “It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing.” Gal. 4:18. Love and harmony existed among the brethren, and the Lord did not pass His people by without a blessing.
The laborers of the Conference were present. Elders Ballenger and Cottrell and the writer were the General Conference laborers. The Spirit of God accompanied the preaching. During the meeting there were several special moves made to seek the Lord. The second Sabbath was one of the best meetings we ever attended. At the close of a practical discourse by Elder Place, based upon the consecration mentioned in Exodus 32, the congregation felt moved upon by the Spirit of God to reconsecrate themselves to Him and to His service. The entire congregation expressed their desire by coming forward and seeking the Lord anew. Among them were those who were seeking the Lord for the first time. Backsliders were reclaimed. Some confessed the truth for the first time. Those whom Satan held captive were set at liberty. The shout of the King was in the camp. Some who were diseased were made whole by the power of God. One sister who, in answer to prayer, was made whole immediately, gave ten dollars for a thank offering to the Lord. This was as it should be. The Lord makes no charge for His blessings, but a thank offering for blessings received is an expression of an appreciation of God’s blessings. At this meeting many obtained a fresh experience in the things of God. Light, freedom, and glory pervaded the camp.
The business of the Conference passed off harmoniously. Elder A. E. Place was unanimously chosen president. The Conference voted to pay their second tithe. They also voted to sustain one minister in a mission field, and a Bible worker in New York City. A Sabbath-school department was provided for, instead of an independent organization. A tent is to be pitched in Boston, under the charge of Elder Russell. A liberal spirit was manifested toward the work in its various branches, including endowed beds at the Lancaster Sanitarium, camp-meeting fund, and the Boston and New York mission. About two hundred and fifty dollars toward the latter was given. The old-time missionary spirit was revived in the hearts of those who were present. Canvassing and missionary work were made prominent features. Elder Ballenger left during the meeting for England, his future field of labor. H. W. Cottrell, president of the Union Conference, rendered valuable assistance in the meetings.
As I looked upon the youth in the meeting, I thought, What a strong agency they might be if consecrated to the work of God, and properly trained! The health and temperance question and the educational interests were all considered as a part of the gospel of Christ.
From the nature of this meeting, it is evident that the cloud is rising. The Lord’s message to His people is, “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.”
S. N. HASKELL.
MINNESOTA CONFERENCE.
By C. W. Flaiz; H. F. Phelps
The fortieth annual Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists of Minnesota was held in connection with the thirty-first annual camp-meeting, at Anoka, June 4–12, 1901. This was the third meeting of this kind at this place. The interest, however, was good, city and country being well represented by interested listeners. There was not as large an attendance of our people as usual, only forty-four churches being represented by one hundred and eighteen delegates. There were nine business sessions, and the proceedings were characterized by the molding, unifying influence of the Holy Spirit. Several informal business meetings were held during the workers’ meeting, which prepared the way for the success that followed.
The laborers present were Elders Daniells, Prescott, Westphal, Wilkinson, Hoopes, Johnson, and Tenney, and Dr. Paulson, besides all the Conference laborers. A message of certainty and good cheer was presented to the dear people of God, the keynote of which was, “There shall be delay no longer;” the gospel to all nations; and the coming of the Lord in this generation.
The working committees were appointed in the usual manner as follows:— On Nominations: Elders H. F. Phelps, A. J. Stone, O. O. Bernstein, and J. F. Pogue, and Brother H. E. Crane. Committee on Plans: Elder H. S. Shaw, Mrs. A. E. Ellis, Miss E. E. Merickel, F. A. Detamore, and Otto J. Graf. On Credentials and Licenses: Elders A. Mead, Fred Johnson, and J. J. Graf. On Baptism: Elders C. L. Emmerson, A. J. Stone, and H. L. Shaw.
The report of the Conference Treasurer, indorsed by statement of the Auditor, was rendered. The full amount of tithe received during the year was $20,324.23, with $9,678.72 on hand, sufficient to meet pledge of tithe to the General Conference and settle with all laborers.
The report of the State Mission Secretary showed that 36,333 periodicals and 429,732 pages of books and tracts had been distributed; with 6,403 letters written. No doubt these figures would be far more encouraging in the aggregate if all had been faithful in reporting. The field of operation was among scattered Sabbath-keepers, in the State prison, and those not in the faith.
According to recommendation of the Committee on Credentials, credentials were given to Elders C. W. Flaiz, H. F. Phelps, A. Mead, J. J. Graf, Fred Johnson, C. L. Emmerson, A. J. Stone, H. S. Shaw, H. Steen, J. F. Pogue, J. C. Christenson, and O. O. Bernstein. Ministerial license was given to M. B. Van Kirk, F. A. Detamore, Arthur Moon, J. F. Anderson, E. W. Catlin, E. H. Huntley, B. Francis, P. A. Hanson, A. Kjellman, O. J. Graf, C. Babcock, A. S. Coon, and W. W. Ruble. Missionary license was given to C. M. Everest, Wm. Asp, J. L. House, F. E. Rew, H. E. Shelstad, A. Battin, N. Mortenson, W. H. Wild, D. Walde, E. Forslund, O. Nerlund, J. O. Peet, H. W. Johnson, Mrs. A. E. Ellis, E. E. Merickel, Lena Nichols, Hannah Carlson, and Mrs. A. Huntley.
Brethren A. W. Kneihl and A. E. Christian were ordained to the work of the gospel ministry, Elder A. G. Daniells offering the prayer, and Elder W. W. Prescott giving the charge. The Holy Spirit witnessed to the occasion.
The Committee on Plans submitted several recommendations. These were carefully considered and adopted. Those of general interest are briefly summarized as follows: Indorsement of the organization of the Northwestern Union Conference; action to make the Sabbath-school Association a department of the Minnesota Conference, at the request of the association; providing for the election of a State secretary of this department; indorsement of the second Sabbath readings and missionary services; the payment of a tithe of the tithes to the Northwestern Union Conference, and a second tithe to the Mission Board, for use in foreign fields; encouragement of the canvassing work; indorsement of a request of the General Conference, by asking that the laborers of the Minnesota Conference, as far as possible, give three months’ time to the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” beginning soon after this camp-meeting; providing for the election of a secretary for the department of educational work; a call for winter term of school, such as has been held in the past, and for the same purpose; indorsement of the work of church and intermediate schools; election of the school board in church schools, by the church; a reimbursement of the ten-cent-a-week plan for work in other lands, not limiting, however, those who desire or can give more; indorsement of medical missionary work by recommending a course of training to those who feel called to this work, and advising that all our laborers take special pains to qualify themselves to teach the people the simple principles of the gospel of health.
The officers for the ensuing year are as follows:— Conference President, Elder C. W. Flaiz; Vice-president, Elder H. S. Shaw; Treasurer, C. M. Everest; Secretary, Elder H. F. Phelps. Executive Committee: C. W. Flaiz, H. S. Shaw, C. M. Everest, C. L. Emmerson, and F. A. Detamore. State Mission Secretary, Mrs. A. E. Ellis. All other matters were referred to the Conference Committee.
The Minnesota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists held its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting, and elected Elders H. F. Phelps, H. S. Shaw, and A. J. Stone, and Brother C. M. Everest to fill the expired vacancies in the association board.
C. W. FLAIZ, Pres.
H. F. PHELPS, Sec.
Australasia.
The following summary of the progress of the cause in Australasia during the past year, is gleaned from the report of Edith M. Graham, Secretary and Treasurer of the Australasian Union Conference:—
The church-membership has increased during the past year, by 117 members, and now stands at 2,111. This, however, does not fully represent the number of Sabbath-keepers, as at the time the last reports were received, those who had accepted the truth as a result of the camp-meetings had not joined any church.
Eight churches have been organized, and seventeen Sabbath-schools added. The Sabbath-school membership has increased by four hundred and fifty-three pupils.
Small companies of believers have sprung up in various parts of the field. These are located in Spring Valley, Bunbury, Capel, and Geraldton, West Australia; Gawler and Terowie, South Australia; Lismore, New South Wales; Upper Huon, Tasmania; Bundaberg, Queensland.446
Camp-meetings have been held in Brisbane, Queensland; Lambton, New South Wales; Ovingham, South Australia; Bendigo, Victoria; Christchurch, New Zealand; and Launceston, Tasmania. With the exception of the one in Brisbane, these have all been followed with tent-meetings.
During the Launceston camp-meeting, Tasmania (which had been worked as a mission field) was organized into a Conference. There are now six Conferences in Australasia. West Australia still remains a mission field, its membership not being strong enough to carry the work in its territory.
There have been, on an average, seventy canvassers in the field, during the past year, devoting their entire time to the sale of our large books. The total value of their sales has been 16,381 pounds sterling ($79,611.66). Smaller books have been sold to the value of 1,702 pounds sterling ($8,271.72). The Bible Echo sales average 6,000 copies a week, and those of the Herald of Health 6,000 a month.
The Avondale school has progressed rapidly, with an ever-increasing attendance. The number of students who have entered the work of the Lord on leaving school, has been very high proportionately.
Church schools have been organized in North Fitzroy, Victoria; Newcastle and Stanmore, New South Wales; Brisbane, Queensland; and Hobart, Tasmania. They have all been successful, and others will be opened as soon as teachers can be prepared for them.
The medical work has met with some severe checks. Treatment rooms have been opened in Brisbane and Rockhampton, Queensland, but owing to a long drought and attendant circumstances, those in Brisbane have been closed.
The new building for the Sydney sanitarium is proceeding slowly, but steadily. The patronage at the Sydney sanitarium, Christchurch sanitarium, Avondale health retreat, and Newcastle bathrooms, is not as large as we desire to see it, but we trust that the Lord will give the needed success to these institutions. The Adelaide institute has steadily prospered.
The Helping Hand Mission for men, in Melbourne, has been put on a self-supporting basis, and is doing good work. It is well patronized all the time, notwithstanding the strictness of its rules.
The Bethany Home, Napier, New Zealand, is still carrying forward its work. The visible results are not great, but it is hoped that the seed sown may yet spring forth and bear fruit.
A forward step has been taken by all our Conferences in their determination to free themselves from debt. This has, to some extent, checked the aggressive work of the Conference, but it has been felt that we should not go beyond the providence of God, as indicated by the money placed in His treasury. We believe that the Lord will bless these united efforts to “owe no man anything.”
The Queensland Conference has had the additional burden of a severe drought, which has largely cut down its work, but signs of returning prosperity are observable in that field.
We have taken our first steps toward enlarging our borders, by devoting our Sabbath-school donations to the islands of the sea. So far they have been used wholly in the publication and distribution of literature in the native language. We have sent two workers to Rarotonga, and trust this may be but a beginning.
As we look over the work of this past year, we can but thank God that He has done so much through His servants. At the camp-meetings and tent-meetings many thousands of people have heard this warning message. Some have accepted it, others are considering it, and will accept when the question really comes to an open issue, and others have rejected it; but for all these our appointed work has been, to some extent, done.
At least twenty thousand families have received one of our large books, and many more a copy of one of our small books, or a periodical. Through the medical work many have heard of this truth who could not otherwise have been reached; and thus a large amount of seed has been sown. The harvest will be gathered later.
CALIFORNIA
CAPAY.—A Sabbath-school has been organized here, with a membership of twenty-five, and indications are that a church will soon be organized. Determined opposition from ministers of the “Christian” denomination is only causing the principles of truth to be accepted more readily.
F. DEWITT GAUTERAU, MILTON H. ST. JOHN.
BAKERSFIELD AND GLENNVILLE.—I have just returned from Bakersfield and Glennville, where I organized a church of eighteen members, thirteen of whom are men. There are others keeping the Sabbath, who will join later. The Lord has blessed the labors of Brother Kellogg, and I rejoice with him in his success. The membership of the Bakersfield church is increasing. There is great need of labor here, especially in the form of Bible-readings.
J. W. BAGBY.
SONOMA AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES.—I have spent the past three weeks in the coast districts of Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. I went as far north as Fort Bragg. I found our people of good courage, and ready to co-operate with the Lord in the relief of the schools. I called on many families not of our faith; sold and took orders for twenty-four copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” besides those sold to our people; also sold a number of “Great Nations of To-Day,” and other books. Had many interesting visits, and distributed a large number of papers and tracts.
HENRY SCOTT.
ANGELS CAMP.—Owing to the rigid tax law upon canvassers in the city of Stockton, the workers decided to canvass the outskirts and surrounding towns. My territory was Angels Camp. In the fifty hours of labor I put forth in this work the Lord gave me one hundred and twenty-one orders, eighty-seven for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” and thirty-four for smaller works. As the canvass was being given, many times hearts were touched.
W. G. BOND.
LOS ANGELES.—I found it impossible to work during the fiesta or soon after; there was too much company and excitement to get the people’s attention. I will now have deliveries the first of every month. I have three hundred and sixty dollars’ worth of orders, and have delivered seventy dollars’ worth. Have so far lost but one order. Have held some Bible-readings, and had some excellent talks. The angels prepare the way before us. *
An average of thirty thousand pages of tracts are shipped daily from the Pacific Press, of Oakland, Cal.
About one thousand five hundred people attended the State camp-meeting at Oakland, two hundred and eighty-three tents being pitched. Sister E. G. White was present, and spoke; also Elders A. T. Jones, H. Schultz, W. T. Knox, R. S. Owen, Clarence Santee, etc. The large pavilion hardly contained the large audiences that daily attended the services.
It has been decided to divide the California Conference into two parts. The Southern California Conference will include San Diego County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County, the southern part of Santa Barbara County, and Los Angeles County; or, in other words, all the territory south of the summits of the Tehachapi and Santa Ynez Mountain ranges.
In the president’s address to the brethren, members, and delegates to the thirtieth session of the California Conference, are the following items of interest:—
It has been the aim of your committee to see that every available worker was employed; also to encourage young men and women to hasten their preparations for active, aggressive work. To this end a special course was held at Healdsburg College, lasting eight weeks. Our licentiates, Bible workers, and as many as felt the call of the Lord, were invited to attend. More than fifty availed themselves of this privilege, and, as a result, a larger corps of laborers has been enrolled during the year than ever before.
Our new laborers have been placed with those of more experience, and during the latter part of the winter, a vigorous house-to-house work was carried on in several of our larger cities. Good results have already appeared, and we believe that this means of reaching the people will be especially blessed of God. The laborers have always been counseled with in regard to any changes, and the spirit of dictating has not come in.
During the past year six hundred and ninety-one have accepted present truth in this State. New companies have been brought out at Bishop, Monrovia, Alliance, Capay, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, French Camp, and Fort Bragg.
The companies at Glennville and Smith River have been greatly enlarged. We recommend that these places be developed further, without too long delay. Churches have been dedicated at Red Bluff, Alameda, and Hanford.
The laborers have reported three hundred and sixty-two baptisms, and three hundred and twenty-nine others who have accepted present truth, making a total of six hundred and ninety-one. These reports are not the actual figures, as some have not reported those who have accepted the truth, but simply those who await baptism.
Our Bible workers have been located principally at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Stockton, San Diego, Sacramento, San Jose, and Vallejo.
COLORADO
HYGIENE.— Sabbath and Sunday, June 15 and 16, I was with the church at Hygiene. Four services were held, besides considering the school work. This church has had a prosperous year in the things of God. His blessings have attended the efforts of Elder Colcord and wife in their church school work. Those not of our faith speak very encouragingly about what has been accomplished in this branch of God’s work.
G. F. WATSON.
WRAY.— Returning to this place, I drove sixty miles south to baptize two persons who had learned the truth through reading. Two others were baptized at Wray two weeks ago. About twelve in this district are now awaiting baptism. Some expect to be buried with their Lord to-morrow at this place. We hope next week to visit others who live sixty miles northwest, and intend, if possible, to pitch the tent, probably at Yuma.
MALCOLM MACKINTOSH.
HOTCHKISS.— June 4 I joined Elder States, wife, and daughter, at Salida, and together we traveled across Marshall Pass to Delta. The Crawford brethren met us at Delta, and the 5th we loaded their teams and traveled overland to this place. We began a series of tent-meetings, June 15. Hotchkiss has a population of about five hundred people, and is located in the North Fork Valley. The surrounding country is thickly settled. Pray for Elder States and myself.
WM. KENNEDY.
MEEKER.— Not being able to secure a hall, we had the tent at Grand Junction shipped to us, which we pitched on a vacant lot in the central part of the city. Our first meeting was held the evening of May 31. The subjects presented are talked of everywhere, until the tent-meetings in Meeker are known for miles up and down the valley. Occasionally we see people who live from five to thirteen miles from town, in our meetings. The interest continues to grow. In a well-settled park about six miles below this place we hold one meeting each week. Mrs. Proctor is conducting children’s meetings, one each week, and is also treating the sick. We do our own printing, and “bill” the town each day. These printed announcements help us much. They are eagerly watched for by the people, who evidently wonder what is coming next. Some of the pastors are inquiring why some of their members are attending the tent-meetings, to the neglect of their own church services. One lady told her minister that if he would attend these meetings, he would receive much good.
L. H. PROCTOR,
C. M. FRENCH.
GRAND JUNCTION.— We are doing the best we can to get the truth before the people. Our new church is paid for, and we are preparing to start a church school as soon as we can secure a good teacher. I visit the little company at Fruita, about twelve miles from Grand Junction, and hope they can have an elder soon, as there are many who have come into the truth and wish to be baptized.
E. C. CLARK.447
Elder F. M. Wilcox, chaplain of the Boulder Sanitarium, writes us as follows: “I am glad to say that our work here is very encouraging. While last year was the best in the history of the institution so far as its range of patronage and influence was concerned, this year promises to be even better. This morning (June 26) we have only one room but what is occupied or engaged.”
By the close of this week (June 26) there will be five tent companies in the field, new ones being located at Victor, Georgetown, and Denver.
Elder Larson will open up the summer’s work at Victor, this week (June 26), Brethren W. F. Hills and Cush Sparks assisting him.
Elder Spring and wife, of Colorado, have arrived in their new field of labor, the island of St. Kitts.
According to Sister M. E. Lapier, of Cripple Creek, the church at that place is taking a deep interest in every department of the work. A young people’s society has been organized.
Elder Ziegler and wife will begin tent work at once, in Georgetown.
Elder Svensson, who arrived in Denver the 19th ult., expects to begin a series of tent-meetings in the Swedish language.
Brother Alway and wife recently went to Leadville, to engage in Bible work there, while Sister Lida Moore, who has been laboring in Leadville, will make Denver her field of labor.
Brother Jacob Wibbens left Denver the evening after the Sabbath, June 1, to meet the missionaries going to Holland.
NEWS AND NOTES
— The Dutch Cabinet has resigned, because of the recent elections.
— Owing to another rebellion, martial law is again proclaimed in Panama.
— M. de Geers, Russian Minister to China, has been transferred to Munich, Bavaria.
— Japan's demand upon China for indemnity now amounts to 57,942,247 yen, or $28,855,239.
— The British coal tax was recently adopted by the House of Commons, by a majority of eighty-six.
— The Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, lecturer and writer, died at Ticonderoga, N. Y., the 25th ult. He was born Jan. 26, 1838.
— It is said that Great Britain is at present supporting about 80,000 Boers, “including prisoners and those in detention camps.”
— Shanghai dispatches state that “bandits have seized four walled towns near Mukden, Manchuria.” If this be so, Russia will take care of those towns.
— The steamer “Lusitania,” of the Orient Line, was wrecked off Cape Ballard, Newfoundland, the 26th ult. Its 300 passengers and entire crew were rescued.
— Owing to the refusal of the American Sheet Steel Company to sign the wage scale, a strike of 20,000 sheet-steel workers has been ordered by the Amalgamated Association.
— Count von Gerlachstein has been appointed as Austro-Hungarian Minister to Mexico. Thus are re-established diplomatic relations which had been severed since 1867, when Maximilian was shot.
— The Chicago newspapers report the recent arrest, and the sending to jail by a local justice in that city, of a little girl, for stealing a dozen old eggs from a nest near the tracks. She was too young to be even locked up.
— The empress dowager of China has declined to return to Peking, and given notice that “the future capital will be Kai-Fung-Fu, province of Ho-Nan.” The alleged reason for this is her fear of a plot to capture her should she return to Peking.
— Vaccination is now compulsory in Cuba.
— German Riesco has been elected president of Chili.
— Germany has secured an option on the Spanish island of Fernando Po.
— Korea has requested Japan to withdraw her officials from the country.
— On commencement day, 1,055 degrees were conferred at Harvard University.
— Judge Estee, of Honolulu, recently refused to naturalize a native of Guam Island.
— It is reported that Tientsin is “crowded with troops of all nations en route out of China.”
— The tariff treaty with Cuba is said to be “the next serious problem for Congress to consider.”
— The total amount of June gifts to the American universities and colleges is reckoned at $12,817,082.
— Lightning killed eleven men and boys the 3d inst., in a shanty on a Chicago pier, where they had gone to escape a storm.
— A train fell through a trestle near Peru, Ind., the 26th ult., resulting in the death of thirteen persons and the injury of forty-five.
— The steamer “Mohawk,” with 900 passengers on board, struck a rock off New Rochelle, the 1st inst., and sank. All passengers escaped.
— Buenos Ayres, Argentina, is under martial law because of “riots by those who objected to the government's plan of refunding the public debt.”
— During the great heat of last week as many as 219 persons died in one day in New York City. The number of persons prostrated by the heat each day was still greater.
— A New York City police magistrate released all drunkards brought to him the 3d inst., “on the ground that the unusual heat was a good defense against a charge of intoxication.”
— The steamship “Armenia,” of the Anchor line (bound for St. John, New Brunswick, from New York) was completely wrecked in a fog, near St. John, the 2d inst. No lives were lost.
— Earl Russell, grandson of a former premier of England, will soon be tried in the House of Lords, for bigamy. He secured his second wife in the United States, his first wife still being alive.
— Friday evening, July 5, followers of Dowie attempted to hold another meeting in Evanston, Ill. An angry crowd broke up the effort, and it took the entire police force to protect the Dowieites from the mob.
— The Sunday-closing law was so strictly enforced in Atlantic City, N. J., the 30th ult., that “for the first time since 1875 visitors were unable to obtain liquors at bars or in hotel cafés.” But it is just as bad to drink liquor on Monday, Friday, or any other day of the week as on Sunday.
— At a recent London banquet, Lord Salisbury characterized the present war in South Africa as England's “great crisis,” and said that “the failure of England to crush the Boers would expose the empire to the contempt of the world,” and that “the nation must remain inflexible in the mission it had undertaken of subduing South Africa.”
— M. Fournier won the automobile race from Paris to Berlin the 29th ult., making the distance from Hanover to Berlin in 11 hours, 46 minutes, and 19 seconds. He and the other five French automobilists were welcomed by 10,000 people of the German capital. Curious to say, the German bands played the “Marseillaise,” French flags fluttered everywhere, and cheers for France sounded from German throats “for the first time in half a century.” Many French people and papers, however, are already denouncing, in severest terms, these tokens of friendship between the two nations.
— It is asserted by members of the International Vegetarian Congress (opened in London, June 25) that “experiments made during the last three months at the Woman's Inebriate Home, at Tarquay, have demonstrated that a vegetable diet is an absolute destroyer of the liquor habit. Forty inmates of the institution, who entered confirmed drunkards, became total abstainers as a result of their daily fare, wherein flesh and fowl had no place. Further testimony was presented to the congress by Bramwell Booth, commander of the social branch of the Salvation Army. Mr. Booth says that inebriety among the London slum population has declined steadily and permanently wherever the people have been weaned from meat. The Salvationists will henceforth adopt vegetarianism as a fixed feature of their temperance work.”
— The 15,000 union employees of the hoop trust have received orders to strike.
— Fifty United States school-teachers have reached Manila, Philippine Islands.
— Andrew Allan, head of the Allan Steamship Line, died in Montreal the 29th ult.
— This year the British government will build three battle-ships, six cruisers, and ten torpedo-boat destroyers.
— There occurred, in Hongkong, China, during the week ending June 22, 152 deaths from the bubonic plague.
— Rochester, N. Y., strikers attacked a squad of fifty policemen the 26th ult., three strikers and thirteen policemen being injured.
— A street fight recently occurred in Lyons, France, between socialists and members of the League of Patriots. Many were injured.
— In maneuvering off the island of Tsusima, three Japanese torpedo boats collided the 25th ult., one of them sinking. Several lives were lost.
— The Leipziger Bank, Leipsic, Germany, has suspended payment. Liabilities, $12,000,000. This has caused a heavy drop in German bank stocks.
— The Porto Rican Legislature has passed a resolution asking President McKinley to “proclaim free trade for the island, as provided by the Foraker law.”
— The Baldwin-Ziegler north-pole expedition left Dundee, Scotland, the 2d inst., for Tromso, Norway, from which place it will start for the pole the 12th inst.
— Major-general W. R. Shafter, of the United States army, has retired from active service. General S. M. B. Young succeeds him in the command of the Department of California.
— The United States government will soon issue a book on the methods of warfare used by the great Powers, material for the same having been collected with difficulty by its agents abroad.
— The Mormons have secured a land grant of 100,000 acres in the Sierra Madre country, Mexico. It is also said that a Mormon temple in New York City is “under serious consideration for the near future.” Their leaders are discouraging Mormon centralization in any one place, encouraging their disciples to carry on a universal propaganda.
— The new University of Michigan calendar (printed at this Office) shows that next year seventeen languages, besides the English, will be taught in that institution. These languages are: Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Sanskrit, Hellenistic, Hebrew, Assyrian, Arabic, Gothic, Scandinavian, Old English, Aramaic, Syriac, and Ethiopic.
— Archbishop Keane, just returned from a visit to Ireland, says he is “optimistic as to the final outcome of the Irish struggle for self-government,” and believes that “Englishmen will continue to liberalize their policy until not only Ireland, but Scotland and Wales, will have their own parliament.” It is also, in his opinion, “a mistake to suppose that the people who are shaping the life of Ireland want absolute independence for that country. They are willing to belong to an associated British Empire, but they want home rule.” Should this come to pass, Ireland would enjoy about as much religious liberty and real progress as all other self-governing (?) Catholic countries.
— In an address before the Missouri State Baptist Young People's Union (Mexico, Mo., June 21), Rev. Johnston Myers, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church, of Chicago, made the following startling statements: “The Presbyterian Church shows a falling off, the Methodist Church is barely holding its own, and I believe, if the Baptists would tell the truth, our Church would show no better state. There is something wrong with the Church of to-day. This is why we have Christian Science, faith cures, and other strange doctrines. The people are looking for something the Church is not affording them—heartfelt religion. A variety of fads has swept the churches, and preachers have, in some cases, gone after them instead of souls. We have got the thing wrong. We hold two-weeks' special meetings during the year, in the winter time, for sinners, and fifty weeks of special meetings for Christians. It ought to be reversed. We are after sinners when we are doing our work as God would have us, instead of being after Christians. It is not the part of the Church to educate men, for thousands of university graduates go down to perdition. If I had a million dollars, I would give $100 to education, and the rest to salvation. The Church is to save men, not to educate them.”
448— The Philippine Commission has decided, after long debate, that Spanish will be the official language in the Philippine courts during the next five years, after which time English will be adopted.
— The Netherlands government is planning to close and drain the Zuyder Zee. This work of reclaiming about 500,000 acres of land, worth $160,000,000, will consume between thirty and thirty-five years.
— The London Spectator is calling upon the Conservatives to “agitate for the reduction of Ireland's representation in Parliament by one third, so as to equalize it with that of England, in accordance with the latest census.”
— Forty-seven persons were killed and 1,813 injured in the celebration of the Fourth this year, in the United States, as compared with a total of 1,325 killed and injured in 1900. This does not include the deaths from lockjaw, which occur a week or ten days after the injury caused by the toy pistol or firecracker. The greater part of the casualties resulting from the celebration are due to this cause.
— Secretary of the Navy Long said, in a Fourth-of-July speech, that he did not know the author of the message to Rear-Admiral Dewey directing him to find and destroy the Spanish fleet in the Philippines, and as no signature appears on the original order sheet, and no official has come forward to claim the honor, the name of the writer of the famous dispatch is a mystery, and seems likely to remain unknown.
MISSISSIPPI CAMP-MEETING
By R. S. Owen
will be held at Hatley, July 26 to August 4. This will be a very important meeting. Every Seventh-day Adventist in the State, if possible, should be in attendance. The living truths, which our people all need, will be presented, and it is expected that the organization of the Mississippi State Conference will take place at this time. Elder R. M. Kilgore, Professor J. E. Tenney, Dr. O. M. Hayward, and others, will speak. Christian living; education of our children, and health in our homes, will be among the topics to receive special attention. If coming on the cars, bear in mind that Hatley is five miles from the K. C. M. & B. R. R. Buy your tickets for Amory, Miss. Teams will bring you to Hatley. Tents will be on the ground, and provision for man and beast. Bring your bedding. R. S. OWEN.
ADDRESSES
THE present address of Mrs. E. G. White is St. Helena, Cal.
WILL any one knowing the address of C. Dana Hall please send it at once to his sister, Mrs. H. H. Fisher, Hildebran, N. C.
LAST week we came to New York City, and after spending four days hunting for a house, we finally settled at this place. Hereafter all mail for us or for any connected with the mission should be directed to 400 West 57th St., New York City. This is Tuesday morning, and two workers are already on hand. As yet we have not even a bed or a chair; but we expect before the week closes to have our mission family together, and the house in running order. Our rent was required in advance, and many things must be bought to begin keeping house. If any of our brethren have a stray dollar which they wish to give to home mission work, it will be duly credited and a receipt returned should they send it directly to us or to any of the secretaries of tract societies. As at present we have scarcely room for our workers, we cannot accommodate our brethren who may come to visit the city, or who are passing through it. Still we would be as glad to see them as ever. We mention this lest some might be disappointed. We hope, however, to have more room in due time. Do not let our brethren forget to pray for us. Do not forget the address. It is 400 West 57th St., New York City.
S. N. HASKELL.
APPOINTMENT
By S. H. Lane
No providence hindering, I will attend the dedication service at Pittwood, Ill., Sabbath and First-day, July 13, 14. Will meet with the West Leroy, Mich., church, Sabbath, July 20. Hope to see a general turnout at these meetings. S. H. LANE.
ILLINOIS, ATTENTION!
By N. W. Kauble
The annual meeting of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Kankakee, Ill., in connection with the annual meeting of Seventh-day Adventists of Illinois, at Kankakee, Ill., August 23 to September 2. The first meeting of the association will be called Monday, Aug. 26, 1901, for the election of officers to fill vacancies, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting at that time. N. W. KAUBLE.
