p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 52. (10/19/1916)

Earlier text: Our Books and a Jew in Old Spain

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ORDER OF YOUR TRACT SOCIETY

A Visit to Outlying Mission Stations

WRITING to Brother E. R. Palmer, of the Review and Herald, Elder W. B. White, president of the South African Union Conference, expresses his great appreciation for the donation made by the Review and Herald Publishing Association to assist in the publishing work in South Africa. He also expresses his appreciation of the efforts of Brother Palmer in assisting them to secure paper stock at less rate than it could be obtained in the open market. Speaking of a visit which he had just made to some of our outlying mission stations, Brother White says:—

“During this trip we penetrated into some very dark country. We rode behind a donkey team for more than one hundred miles into a country where the white face is seldom seen. Our work has a little start in that region, and we are laying plans to carry it forward, but broader plans must be laid than have hitherto been in operation. It is a large reservation, and heathenism here is in full flower. We must put a white man here, and build a good house for him. “For the first time in my life I reached a place where I could hear of no white settlements ahead, no cities, no towns, only blank, dark heathenism. It is a country that is infested with wild game of every kind. Two nights where we camped, the lions kept the woods ringing with their roaring. There are also wild elephants and other large game. Giraffes frequent the country along the rivers, and their tracks can be seen everywhere. I should like to have stayed down there through the dry season for a vacation, but was obliged to return home. We are now building a good house on the reservation, and shall locate there one of our best Matebele workers.”

Brother White reports the health of himself and family as good. God is abundantly blessing the work in that important field. They look forward with pleasure to the help which Elder U. Bender will render them as superintendent of the work in Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

“How to Live” Wanted

By L. A. HANSEN

THE Medical Department of the General Conference desires to secure two copies of “How to Live,” by Mrs. E. G. White. Any one having a copy to spare should notify us, stating price asked.

L. A. HANSEN.

The Autumn Council

By Editor

As we go to press, the autumn council of the General Conference and the North American Division Conference is opening at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. Two or three days prior to the opening of the council, members of the board of the Loma Linda Medical College met for the consideration of the business of that institution.

We note the following in attendance at the council from outside of Washington: Elder and Sister S. N. Haskell, Elders Geo. I. Butler, R. A. Underwood, E. E. Andross, W. H. Branson, L. H. Christian, M. N. Campbell, C. W. Flaiz, G. F. Haffner, C. F. McVagh, Chas. Thompson, S. E. Wight, R. D. Quinn, B. E. Miller, C. B. Stephenson, A. O. Tait; Brethren C. H. Jones, S. N. Curtiss, H. G. Childs, H. H. Hall, R. L. Pierce, M. F. Knox, Steen Rasmussen, G. H. Curtis; P. T. Magan, M. D., Newton Evans, M. D., E. A. Sutherland, M. D.

In both the General Conference and the Division a large amount of business awaits attention at the autumn council. It is at this time that the calls are made by the fields for workers and for appropriations to meet the demands of the enlarging work. The North American Division has many missionary needs to be fostered within its territory, and all the mission fields under the General Conference have sent in their calls both for appropriations and for laborers. Field by field these calls will be considered, and decisions reached as to general plans for the year 1917. As we mingle with the brethren at the council, we find them bringing in very encouraging reports as to progress in all parts of the field. In our next number we shall expect some reports from the council.

Missionaries Sail for South Africa

THIS week, by the steamship “Sierra,” from San Francisco, a party of missionaries set sail for South Africa. They are Elder and Mrs. U. Bender and two children, and Professor and Mrs. H. G. Patchett. These workers sail by way of Australia in order to avoid the submarine zone, which makes the Atlantic route less safe than formerly. Elder Bender was appointed at the autumn council a year ago to the superintendency of the new Rhodesian Union Mission, which includes Nyasaland and all Rhodesia north and south of the Zambezi. Elder Bender is released from the presidency of the Montana Conference in order to accept this call, and will receive a hearty welcome in South Africa. For years he was president of the West Indian Union Conference, returning to the States for a change after a long time in the tropics, and he now goes out again into the mission fields. Heretofore the president of the South African Union Conference, whose headquarters are at Cape Town, far to the southward, has had to take oversight of these northern missions. Professor and Mrs. Patchett have been connected with the Beechwood Academy, in Indiana, and are released in order to respond to the call for help in the Claremont Union College, South Africa.

Earlier Review Delivery for the West

By Editor

It is the aim of our association to have the Review delivered to all subscribers in the United States and Canada so they can have it to read on Sabbath. We have received word from some of our subscribers in the far West that they do not receive their Review until the night after Sabbath or until Monday. Heretofore it has been our plan to deliver the Review for far western points to the post office early Monday morning. Now we are mailing the Review to subscribers west of the Rockies on Friday afternoon. While this means only advancing one day from a manufacturing standpoint, it means three days earlier delivery by the Post Office Department. We hope by making this change that all subscribers in the far West will have the Review to read on Sabbath.

Porto Rican Mission Reports Success

WE are glad to meet Elder William Steele, superintendent of the Porto Rican Mission, who is in America for a short time, and has run across to the council. Porto Rico reports a good number of baptisms during the current year, which evidently will prove the most successful year of soul-winning in our mission history there.

Stanborough Park Sanitarium Patronage

A LETTER just received from Dr. C. H. Hayton, of the Stanborough Park Sanitarium, Watford, Herts, England, says: “We have had the best patronage this summer that we have had since the institution was opened. We are all well and of good courage, and intend pressing on until the consummation of all things.”

Appeal to Locate Missing Son

We have received from Sister M. E. Wilbour, Box 452, Humble, Tex., an earnest appeal to assist her in finding her son, who left home several weeks ago. He is twenty-one years of age, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, has light complexion and hair, with blue eyes. He is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Any information regarding his whereabouts will be gratefully received by his mother.

W. W. Fletcher to Lead India Mission

We learn that the Australasian Union Conference, at the request of the Asiatic Division, has released one of its strong laborers, Pastor W. W. Fletcher, to take the superintendency of the India Union Mission. During the interim since the loss to the field of Prof. H. R. Salisbury, the general interests of the mission have been looked after by Pastor J. S. James, who has for years had charge of the work in South India. During this time the workers have rallied courageously to keep the work moving, and good reports of progress have come from the India Mission during this year.

Missions in British East Africa

A LETTER from Brother B. L. Morse, secretary of our missions in British East Africa, reports the workers fairly well. Owing to the troubled conditions in East Africa, the missions are not able to resume their work, though all are hoping that resumption of missionary activity will be possible very soon. He adds: “It is cheering to hear that you are able to send so many new workers to Asia during these times. It is marvelous how the funds for the extension, as well as for the maintenance of the present work, come in.” The growth of the whole work in the mission fields is remarkable, yet it is only what we should expect when the command, “Go ye into all the world,” is remembered.

Solusi Mission Out of Debt

WE have previously heard from our first South African mission station, Solusi, how the rain came in the midst of drought as the workers met from day to day to pray to the Lord for delivering mercies. Now, after the harvest time, the superintendent, Brother W. C. Walston, writes: “You will be glad to hear that we have all our indebtedness on the Solusi Mission paid except about $400, and this we shall be able to pay within the month. We shall be glad to sing the jubilee song, and hope to keep out of debt. With a thousand bags of corn in stock and prices high, I think we shall be able to do so.” During former bad years, this mission had been repeatedly obliged to cut down its school work in order to meet current accounts.