Earlier text: EcuadorThe Teaching of Reading in Primary Grades
By H. E. Reeder
THIS to some may seem a time-worn subject; but it is one with which every teacher as well as every pupil must deal. Surely there is afforded by the teaching of reading, one of the best opportunities for the training of that God-given instrument, the human voice, which is possessed of the most delicate and wonderful properties, susceptible of the highest degree of improvement and perfection. As one has well said, “A teacher whose ear is not trained to detect the harsh and discordant tones that children sometimes employ, and after detecting them does not know how to remedy them, is unfit for teaching reading.” The child should be taught to read in good, clear, well-rounded tones. Reading has been very properly called “the key to all knowledge;” for this reason it should be correctly taught in all grades, but more particularly in the primary. If neglected here, the probabilities are that the pupil will never become a good reader. There are two great objects to be attained by the teaching of reading. First: the pupil is to be trained to acquire, for himself, the thought of the author from the printed page. Second: audible reading should be done in such a manner that the hearer may understand the full meaning of what the author has written. We have a Bible-recognition of the importance of this last-named object in Neh. 8:8: “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” But, for our purpose, the great question is, How shall these great objects be accomplished? Many methods have been prescribed and used with more or less success, but in the hands of the ordinary teacher no one method is usually successful. For instance, the exclusive use of the word method has in nearly all cases developed a class of very poor spellers and stumbling readers because the child is taught to recognize the word by its form only, very much the same as the Chinese are taught characters. The A B C method, the oldest of all (and probably that is the greatest objection to it), surely has produced some very good readers and spellers, and we know that very little progress was made in the arts of reading and writing before the alphabet was invented. All other methods have their strong and weak points, and whether children learn to read at first by the word, sentence, or phonic method, they will soon learn the names of the letters. At least this has been my experience, and it is a fruitless waste of time to adopt subterfuges in order to avoid the teaching of the names of the letters. Only a few persons ever had any trouble in learning the names of the letters, and most of them learned their letters so easily that they have forgotten when they did learn them. The successful teacher is not a person of method, but one of methods; able to take the good out of all, and combine it into a working system of his own. There is no valid reason, so far as I can discover, why the child from the first should not spell all the words in his lessons by letter and by sound. He must learn the names of the letters as well as the sounds, and it will require only a few days for the child of ordinary intelligence to learn both. Of course in the teaching of reading, we should be careful that all reading lessons placed before the child should have at least an educational value and express good sense in their arrangement. I have seen some new primary readers, like “Ward’s Rational Method,” which I am sorry to say has been used in some of our schools, in which the author has sacrificed sense for the purpose of introducing only a few new words in each lesson. Thus the lessons given are a senseless jingle of words, as follows: “Look at me. Look at me well. Do I look well? Well, look at Jack. Jack looks well.” H. E. REEDER. West Pennsylvania Church-Schools
By J. W. Watt
“SCHOOLS and sanitariums are to be established in places where there is now nothing to represent the truth. These interests are not to be established for the purpose of making money, but for the purpose of spreading the truth. Land should be secured at a distance from the cities, where schools can be built up in which the youth can be given an education in agriculture and mechanical lines.”—“Testimonies,” Vol. VIII, page 275. The West Pennsylvania Conference at present has two church-schools in operation—one at Bradford, and one at or near Indiana. The Bradford school is three miles from the city, and has six students. The Indiana school is four miles from the city, and has ten students when they can all attend. We are thankful that this small beginning has been made in our conference in this important line of work. The writer is located on the school farm at Indiana, and we are making an effort to carry out the instruction given in the Testimonies. We are located where the truth was unknown until we came to the place. We are in the midst of a large, unworked territory, several counties in this vicinity having never heard the message. The Lord has blessed our school work thus far. All connected with the school have the glory of God in view. One teacher has shown his interest in the work by making a real sacrifice to enable us to have a school. We need a school building. Our school at present is held in a basement room thirteen by twenty-three feet; and while this room is comfortable, and has served our purpose thus far, as the membership of the school increases, it will be too small. We should by all means have a larger building by next fall. The question that confronts us is, Where shall we get sufficient money with which to erect the schoolhouse? Will our brethren in this conference assist us by donations or loans without interest? We are receiving appeals from our young people who desire to enter the school. Some very worthy young people who have little or no money are inquiring how they can manage to enter the school. Many of our young people are anxious to gain an education, but have not the money to go to South Lancaster or Washington. What to do for these youth is a perplexing question. If five hundred persons in this conference would each send us one dollar, we could erect the necessary school building. We expect to do our utmost to see this school work put on a solid basis with industrial work of different kinds provided for the students. We would be pleased to connect treatment rooms with the school, that the students may receive instruction in nursing and treatments. To those who are thinking of uniting with us in this work, we would say that we still have land for sale, and there is a small farm joining us on the south that is for sale. The Testimonies are plain with reference to the duty of this people to move out into the country and establish schools where the cultivation of the soil will give the students employment, and bring returns for the support of the school work. It is evident to the writer that schools established on this plan may be self-supporting. Of course it will take money to buy land and erect necessary buildings, but when a school is once equipped with sufficient land for cultivation in a locality where the products can be sold, with proper management a school of from twenty-five to fifty students can doubtless be supported. Brethren of the West Pennsylvania Conference, let us think seriously of this matter, and pray over it, putting our shoulders to the work, that it may go forward as the Lord would have it go. In the little pamphlet “Christian Schools,” page 21, Brother W. C. White speaks on this point as follows: “Mother tells me that the time has fully come when our people should withdraw their children from the public schools, and that it is the duty of farmers, mechanics, and business men to put their minds, their physical ability, and their capital into the work of making our church-schools a financial success.” The time having fully come to take our children out of the public schools, how can any Seventh-day Adventist feel clear before God unless he does all in his power to provide his children with church, or denominational, school privileges? How can farmers, mechanics, and business men in this denomination feel clear if they do not make an effort to carry out this instruction? We are years behind in this educational work, and in many localities not half is being done that should be done. It is time to awake out of sleep and take hold of this branch of our work with energy and zeal. May the Lord help us to arouse. Love and Duty in Child Discipline
Love has a twin sister, which is duty. Love and duty stand side by side. Love exercised while duty is neglected will make children headstrong, wilful, perverse, selfish, and disobedient. If stern duty is left to stand alone without love to soften and win, it will have a similar result. Duty and love must be blended in order that children may be properly disciplined.—Selected. Remarks of the Chairman at the Dedication of the Washington Sanitarium
By G. A. Irwin
A LITTLE over one year ago ground was broken, and active operations were begun, for the erection of the building in which we are now assembled for the purpose of formally dedicating it to the object and purpose for which it was erected. At the time the Lord performed the miracle of the parting of the river Jordan to allow the Israelites to pass over into the promised land after their forty years of wandering in the wilderness, Joshua, by direction of the Lord, chose twelve men, out of every tribe a man, and commanded them to take from the midst of the Jordan where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, each man a stone, and carry them to the place where they should encamp for the night: “and those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: that all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God forever.” Joshua 4: 20-24. In answer to the query that may be in the minds of some who are present here to-day, or any others who may visit this place later, “What mean these stones?” or, “What is the object of this building?” no better reply can be given than the one the Lord himself gave in explanation of the meaning of the stones that were set up in Gilgal. This building, like the monument of stones, was not erected by, nor does it stand as a monument to, the men who under God were instrumental in bringing it to its present state of completion. The building committee, the architect and superintendent of construction, and the faithful workmen have all been simply instruments used by the Lord in the accomplishment of his purpose. Nor is it designed to glorify or make a name for the physician or physicians who may be in charge. It represents a movement and a principle back of which and a part of which are a united people who have cheerfully contributed of their means for its erection. Men may come, and men may go; but the movement and the principles of Bible truth upon which it is founded will remain the same. It stands as a memorial for God. It is to glorify his name. It is designed to represent to the world the character of God as revealed to Moses in answer to his request to be permitted to see his glory. “And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.” It stands as the exponent of Christian temperance in its fullest sense, and the principles of Bible hygiene, which are essential to the restoration of the moral image of God in the human soul. It stands for those principles of righteousness that are exemplified in just weights and measures, and that recognize the right of the poor and him that is in need. In short, it stands for “whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,” and whatever else that is essential to fit men and women for translation to heaven at the revelation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. But this building, with all its equipment and appliances, perfect though it may be, can not of itself represent the thing it means and for which it stands. This must be done by the godly lives of the individuals connected with the institution, in whose hearts Christ abides by his representative, the Holy Spirit. With such persons in charge, this institution will become an honor and blessing to Takoma Park and the city of Washington, and its influence through consecrated missionary nurses, trained and sent out from this place, will be felt to the ends of the earth. It will be a fulfilment of Ezekiel's vision of the mighty river whose “waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: . . . and by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.” Such a river of life and healing, by his power working through it, we believe God designs this institution to be. However, for the instruction and guidance of the physicians and helpers to be connected with this institution, I will read the conditions upon which God accepted the temple that Solomon built, and promised his continued blessing; for the same God still lives, and the same principles still obtain. “And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there forever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: and at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.” 1 Kings 9: 3-9. As we have now come to the point to dedicate this institution in the name of the Lord to its intended use by the solemn service of prayer, I have the assurance that God will hear the prayer, and accept of the offering, and bestow his blessing. Medical Missionary Department
Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference W. A. GEORGE, M. D., - - - - Chairman W. A. RUBLE, M. D., - - - - Secretary ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Eastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (?) ................. Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Maine, Milo ........................ Aug. 23 to Sept. 2
New York, Herkimer ............... Sept. 5-16
Vermont, Waterbury ............... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
Virginia, Hampton ................. Aug. 13-20
Western New York, Rochester
......................... Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
West Virginia, Pennsboro ......... Sept. 5-15 CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Quebec, Knowlton .................. Sept. 5-15
Maritime, St. John, New Brunswick
........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 2
Ontario, Niagara Falls ............ Aug. 15-25 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Alabama, Birmingham ............... Oct. 3-13
Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn.
........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Florida, Tampa .................... Oct. 10-20
Georgia, Atlanta .................. (postponed)
Mississippi, Aberdeen ............. Sept. 27 to Oct. 3
North Carolina, Lexington ........ Aug. 15-25
South Carolina, Spartanburg ...... Aug. 8-18
Tennessee River Conference, Waverly
Tenn. ............................. Aug. 2-10 East Michigan, Pontiac ........... Aug. 29 to Sept. 8
Indiana .......................... Sept. 5-15
Northern Illinois, Aurora ......... Sept. 5-15
Northern Indiana, Lafayette
........................ July 25 to Aug. 4
West Michigan, Allegan ........... Aug. 15-26
North Mich., East Jordan, Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
Ohio, Marion ...................... Aug. 9-19
Southern Illinois, Pana .......... Aug. 1-11
Wisconsin, Grand Rapids (State)
........................ Aug. 21 to Sept. 2 Colorado, Denver (Argyle Park)
........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 2
Kansas, Wichita (State) .......... Aug. 15-25
Iowa, Ute ........................ Aug. 20-25
Missouri, Eldon .................. Aug. 8-18
Nebraska, Hastings (Prospect
Park) ............................ Sept. 5-15 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Oklahoma, El Reno (State)
........................ Aug. 22 to Sept. 2
Texas, Fort Worth (State) ........ Aug. 1-11
Texas, Coleman (local) ........... Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 California, Eureka ............... July 25 to Aug. 4
Utah, Salt Lake City ............. Oct.
Southern California, Los Angeles
........................ Aug. 15 to Sept. 2 SELLARS.—Died May 2, 1907, of organic heart trouble, Lynford Sellars, aged 14 years. The funeral sermon was preached by the writer at the home of the parents in Boulder, Colo. U. P. LONG. LOGAN.—Died in Orlando, Fla., May 23, 1907, Hetha Leona Logan. She was born Feb. 8, 1905. Our hope is that when Jesus comes, little Hetha will be among those who shall be raised to meet him. Words of comfort and hope were spoken by the writer. L. H. CRISLER. JONES.—Died in Bunker Hill, Ind., May 29, 1907, Allen D. Jones, aged 70 years, 10 months, and 4 days. He was converted and united with the Baptist Church at the age of twenty-three, and remained a faithful member of that church for seventeen years. In 1876 he became interested in the views held by Seventh-day Adventists, and after carefully investigating this doctrine united with the Adventist Church, of which he has been a consistent and faithful member for thirty-one years. A wife, two sons, three daughters, and five grandchildren are left to mourn their loss. Text used at funeral was Ps. 90:10. J. M. REES. BALL.—Died at the home of her son in Rutland, Vt., July 2, 1907, Sister Mary E. Ball, aged 78 years and 8 months. She was ill for twenty-three weeks, during which time she suffered a great deal, but her mind was clear, and she had strong hope and faith that her peace was made with God. She accepted the truth about thirty years ago, and all through this time was a faithful, consistent Christian, always endeavoring to do good as she had opportunity. Many indeed can rise up and call her blessed. Funeral service was held at the South Lancaster church, and was in charge of the writer. We laid her beside her companion, expecting that in the resurrection morn they will awaken with all the faithful to share the gift of immortality. F. C. GILBERT. HOCKETT.—Died at the home of her daughter, Sister Abbie Tylle, near Farmington, Wash., July 1, 1907, Mrs. Margaret Doan Hockett, aged 77 years and 6 months. Sister Hockett accepted the faith of this people at Red Cloud, Neb., and was a faithful member of the Farmington Seventh-day Adventist church. She leaves four children to mourn the loss of their mother. Funeral service was held in our church, attended by many friends. G. E. LANGDON. DAY.—Died at her home near Wakefield, Kan., June 3, 1907, of tuberculosis of the heart, Eva Barker Day. Sister Day was born Aug. 16, 1884. She was converted and united with the Adventist Church at the age of fourteen, and fell asleep with the bright hope of soon meeting the Saviour. She leaves a husband, and a babe five weeks old, besides father, mother, and two brothers, to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken from Ps. 116:15 and other scriptures. B. W. BROWN. SMITH.—Died at his home at Halfmoon Bay, Ruatan, June 19, 1907, of chronic dyspepsia, Brother John Smith, aged 67 years. Brother Smith had been a firm believer and a conscientious member of the church at Halfmoon Bay for nineteen years. He leaves to mourn their loss a beloved wife, five daughters, and one son. The funeral service was conducted by the writer and Brother J. J. Woods. Words of comfort were spoken from John 11:25, 26. J. R. GREEN. SMITH.—Died at Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18, 1907, of heart failure, Brother George Smith, aged 75 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Brother Smith never identified himself with any church till he joined the Seventh-day Adventist church of Lincoln in 1885, of which church he remained a faithful member for twenty-two years, being its elder at one time. He was united in marriage to Margrett Davidson twenty-nine years ago. To them were born five children, three of whom, with the mother, survive to mourn their loss. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. C. C. LEWIS. OPPELT.—Died at Sherwood, Wash., May 7, 1907, of cancerous abscess, Mrs. Emily G. Oppelt, my dear wife, aged 47 years. Mrs. Oppelt was converted at the age of sixteen, and united with the First-day Adventist church at Ottawa, Minn.; but at the age of twenty, with her husband, embraced the third angel's message under the labors of Elders E. A. Curtis and D. C. Burch, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She fell asleep with the assurance of a part in the first resurrection. Six children mourn their loss, but we sorrow not as do those who have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by R. A. Bushnell (Congregationalist) from Job 14:10-15; 19:23-27; 1 Cor. 15:5; 17-27, 49-56; 1 Thess. 4:13-18. CHAS. H. OPPELT. (Foreign papers, please copy.) WATKINS.—Fell asleep in Jesus, in Battle Creek, Mich., April 29, 1907, our beloved sister, Martha Ann Watkins, née Bare, aged 73 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Her death was caused by slipping on the sidewalk early last spring, which resulted in a severe fracture of the hip; from this she never recovered. When the deceased was twenty years of age, she gave her heart to God. Soon after that she received light on the Bible Sabbath, and readily embraced present truth. This was at the time when Elder Joseph Bates labored in northern Indiana. Sister Watkins united with the church at North Liberty, ten miles from where she lived; and thus she became a light in two places. During the past five years she has lived with her daughter, Sister Olive Shank, in Battle Creek, and has been an esteemed and faithful member of the church here. Besides her daughter, she leaves two brothers, four sisters, and other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Funeral services were conducted by the writer,—one in Battle Creek, and one in South Bend, where our sister now rests from the toils and cares of this mortal state. A. C. BOURDEAU. BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. Display advertising will not be accepted, nor do the publishers solicit advertising of any kind for this paper. A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures, in excess of forty, will cost three cents. No discount for several insertions. We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order. All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send with their advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing and send it. WANTED.—Seventh-day Adventist brush block borer. State kind of brushes you can bore. Address Three "B" Duster Co., Buchanan, Mich. WANTED.—Men to work during harvest and thrashing; also man to care for stock. Will pay good wages. Address G. I. Cummings, Colfax, N. D. WANTED.—A consecrated Seventh-day Adventist young man to take the nurse's course. Apply, with references, to the Tri-City Sanitarium, Moline, Ill. WANTED.—Woman to do cooking for from seven to ten persons. Good place. Address Prospect Sanitarium, 5411 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. WANTED.—A position as second cook in a sanitarium, with a competent, experienced cook to instruct me. I already have quite an experience in cooking. References given. Address B. A. Taylor, 5411 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. FOR SALE.—Forty acres of land ½ mile southeast of Bethel (Wis.) Academy. On account of sickness will sell cheap. For further information, address C. Frazier, Bethel, Wis. WANTED.—A position running a thrashing engine this fall. I am nineteen years of age, had two years' experience, and hold second-grade license limited to forty-horsepower. Address Faye Wood, Grey Eagle, Minn. FOR SALE.—160-acre farm near our new Clear Water Intermediate School. Good, new buildings; 12 acres cultivated. Must sell as I am engaged in the ministerial work. Address H. P. Anderson, Three Lakes, Wis. FOR SALE.—New house of 7 large rooms; barn, chicken-house; 8 lots. Three blocks east of Union College campus; two blocks from church-school. Just the thing for a family desiring to educate their children. For terms, etc., address Joseph Roy, College View, Neb. WANTED.—For a small sanitarium, a graduate lady nurse of experience, one who understands hydrotherapy, massage, and general nursing. State qualifications, and salary wanted. Also a strong young man to work in bath-rooms. Address Jethro Kloss, St. Peter, Minn. WANTED.—A competent, neat, orderly woman cook for boarding-house; wages, $7 a week. Two girls to help in kitchen; wages, each $4. Two men to milk cows, do chores, and drive team; wages, each $400 a year and board. Thirty strong, active men to mine coal. Experience not necessary. Good workers make from $3 to $6 a day. Steady work. All the above must be Seventh-day Adventists, or willing to comply with our rules. No profane men or tobacco users wanted. Applicants, please give age, size, and nationality. References exchanged. Address J. W. Ingison, Box 589, Kenmare, N. D. British Union, Coventry, England, Aug. 2-11 Holland ........................ Aug. 15-18 The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once. Meeting of the Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
By L. F. Trubey
The annual meeting of the Kansas Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be held on the camp-ground at Wichita, Kan., Friday, August 16, at 4:30 P. M., for the election of such officers as are necessary, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before this meeting. All our brethren in the State are members of this association, and it is hoped all will take a lively interest in the business transactions.
L. F. Trubey,
President. Maine Conference
By S. J. Hersum
The forty-first annual session of the Seventh-day Adventist Conference of Maine will be held in Milo, Maine, on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. The first session of the conference will be held Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1907, at 2 P. M. The camp-meeting proper and will begin Friday evening, August 23, and will continue till September 2. As all business of the conference will be transacted during the workers' meeting, it will be necessary that all our churches choose their delegates, so they may be on the ground Monday, August 19. Directions for reaching Milo: Take the train that leaves Portland at 10:45 A. M., for Bangor, and change cars at the Northern Maine Junction, the last station before reaching Bangor. The rates on the railroads will be announced later. The Influence of Our Missionaries
The influence of our missionaries in foreign lands may be a power for good not only among the natives, but among other missionaries as well. Not long ago there appeared at one of our medical missionary training colleges a lady of exceptional ability who desired some special training before going on to her mission field in China. She had a letter of introduction from a well-known and influential missionary recommending her to the one in charge. With the exception of the names, we give the letter in full:— “This will introduce to you Mrs. —, a missionary elect to China, who is seeking for several months the best obtainable experience and instruction along medical and nursing lines helpful in her work, and I have referred her to you. Mrs. — is a college and theological graduate, and a woman of unusual gifts and devotion, every way worthy of the highest confidence. “Remembering the uncommon kindness and courtesy shown to Professor — and myself by your missionaries in Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Cairo, I bespeak for her your best consideration and favor. This letter is an interesting testimonial to the influence exerted by our missionaries in the places named. May it prove to be so in every land where the heralds of God's last message to the world are found. The result of such influence is beyond computation, as may be seen in what followed in this case. “Ye are the light of the world.” “Glimpses of the Caribbean”
By Editor
THIS is the title of a beautiful little booklet just issued by the Executive Committee of the West Indian Union Conference, in the interests of the work of God in their mission field territory. It is published at cost. The writer, Elder Geo. F. Enoch, who for several years has been laboring in that field, serving as its first union conference president, has donated the manuscript; the Review and Herald has very generously printed it at actual cost; all the proceeds being dedicated to assisting the small publishing house at Port of Spain, Trinidad. This little printing plant supplies the islands with their missionary journal, the Caribbean Watchman. This paper is accomplishing much good, although published under adverse circumstances, and better facilities for the printing-office are greatly needed. This booklet gives a brief, yet very comprehensive, history of the work of the third angel’s message in the West Indies. It is illustrated by views of our own church buildings, of cities, islands, wharves, native homes, etc. The narrative closes with the earthquake experience at Kingston last January. The book itself closes with a brief history of the country and peoples comprehended within the territory of the West Indian Union Conference. A study of this book will enlighten as to the actual condition and needs of the West Indian field as nothing else can, written as it is by one so recently laboring there, with the interests of its teeming population upon his heart. A discount of five per cent has been given tract societies, to simply pay postage and actual cost of handling, and it is hoped that our people here in the United States will take a lively interest not only in obtaining a copy for themselves, but in assisting also in circulating it among their friends. Price, twenty-five cents, post-paid. Order through your State tract society, or the Review and Herald, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. MISSION BOARD. Tract Society Headquarters Moved
THE brethren in Porto Rico are changing their tract society headquarters from Mayaguez to Ponce, the second city of the island. B. F. Kneeland Takes New Jersey Presidency
Elder B. F. Kneeland, who has accepted a call to take the presidency of the New Jersey Conference, spent a few days at Washington last week, on his way from Michigan to his new field of labor. First Adventist Convert in Ecuador
ELDER J. W. WESTPHAL reports the baptism of the first Seventh-day Adventist convert in Ecuador, during his recent visit to that country. This young man is well educated, having been a professor in a Catholic college in California, being a graduate of the Peru National College, holding the degree of B. A. Being educated in Catholic schools, and himself a staunch adherent of that faith, his conversion adds another strong testimony to the power of the third angel’s message upon the hearts of men. A Pamphlet on the Spirit of Prophecy
In view of the present developments in connection with this message, every Seventh-day Adventist should provide himself with a copy of Elder Irwin’s pamphlet entitled “The Spirit of Prophecy: Its Relation to the Law of God and Its Place in the Plan of Salvation.” A close study of this little work will strengthen faith in this message and in the counsels of the one through whom God has chosen to speak to his remnant people. There are many opposing voices in the world at the present time whose whole purpose is to destroy confidence not only in the Testimonies, “but in the very message itself.” Subtle arguments and contorted “facts” are arrayed in such a manner as to deceive if possible the very elect. Let all fortify themselves against the attacks of the enemy along this line by careful and prayerful study of this excellent little work. The price of the pamphlet is five cents. Address this Office.