BROTHER and Sister Connerly, who have now been in Porto Rico fifteen months, have felt the need of a small printing outfit, which will cost about three hundred dollars, that they may place reading-matter in the hands of that island people. Their purse was too small to furnish it. They appealed to the Mission Board, but its treasury had been drawn upon until it could not respond with the full amount. The president, however, encouraged the enterprise by saying that the Mission Board would furnish fifty dollars, provided the remainder could be raised.
One member of the Mission Board, Elder H. W. Cottrell, accepted an invitation to come to Western New York, Elder and Sister Connerly's former home, and place the matter before the brethren. He visited Rochester, Buffalo, and Newfane, spending two days at each place. At these meetings enough was pledged, together with what had been sent in, to insure the purchase. Already sufficient money has been forwarded to the treasurer of the Mission Board, so the desired printing outfit will at once be purchased.
Besides the churches already mentioned, Brother Cottrell and the writer visited Jamestown, Randolph, Salamanca, and West Valley churches. At all these places Elder Cottrell had an earnest warning for the people, calling their attention to the fact that we are in the shaking time, and exhorting all to be ready for the coming of the Lord.
We spent part of two days with Elder H. W. Carr's school, which he has on his farm. He has enlarged his home, and can accommodate about twenty persons. We were highly gratified with what we saw. The school is worthy of the assistance of our people. Its capacity should be enlarged, that it may accommodate fifty the coming year. The Lord has been calling the students to him.
Although I had known Brother Cottrell ever since he was a boy, I had never been privileged to labor with him before. I enjoyed being with him at all these places, and the straight testimony which he bore was meat in due season.
The gift of the Mission Board and what individuals have sent to Elder Connerly will make over three hundred dollars. The willingness of God's people to help these laborers will cheer them as they work with these supplies. The children in Buffalo were among the first to begin saving their pennies to send for this purpose.
This is a willing people, and they desire to see the message going to all parts of the world. A. O. BURRILL.
India
By Anna Orr
CALCUTTA.— When I reported last, Sister Jewett and I were in Colombo, Ceylon. From there we went up country to some charming hill stations. The Lord gave success in these, and blessed our work. We came back to India in April. After going to the Malabar coast, we again went up country in India, canvassing at Cananore, Ootacamund, Banganore, and some other stations. Ootacamund is the most aristocratic hill station of the south. The governor resides there a part of the year, and other people of rank and distinction come to spend the warm months among the beautiful Nilgiris, and enjoy the cool, bracing climate. Sister Jewett was instrumental in placing “Christ’s Object Lessons” in the hands of Lady Ampthill, the governor’s wife, also the Watchman in Lady Robert’s home. When she went to England, she arranged to have her paper sent to her there. I hope that some of this titled class will accept the message, and bring it before their own friends and associates; for it is hard for us to reach them.
We spent the hot months of May, June, and July canvassing hill stations. This was a change for us, and did us good, after months of work in the hot plains. We canvassed the Kolar gold fields, going from mine to mine, and here also the Lord gave good success. We afterward went to the Bombay Presidency, and then to Hyderabad, before coming back to Calcutta. We had canvassed Hyderabad the year before, and the Lord had given success; but this year in going over the old ground he gave us much better success. It was so pleasant to step up to a door and be recognized and welcomed at once. Most of my old subscribers were willing to renew.
The way the Lord influences Parsees, Mohammedans, Cingales, and Hindus to take the Watchman, is wonderful. Some who will not take a religious paper will take our London health journal, the Good Health. The work for our papers and books is, indeed, a far-reaching one. We canvass from the palace to the hovel, and we are working for Europeans, Eurasians, and natives. The most influential class of natives is reached—the educated.
At Mysore the Lord helped me to place17the Watchman and “Christ’s Object Lessons” in the hands of quite a number of educated natives. That being a native state, with native ruler, the offices are occupied by natives, and not sahibs, or Europeans. I did not have a copy of Good Health with me, but they took the religious paper readily.
I called at the maharanni’s (princess’) palace. I could not see her, but I sent “Christ’s Object Lessons” and the Watchman in. Without knowing where our orphanage was, the maharaja (the Indian prince) sent me a donation of twenty-five rupees, for the orphanage, although I had not asked for a donation.
At Secunderabad I canvassed a Parsee, who took both papers for two years, and paid in advance for that time. The assistant collector at Hyderabad is also a Parsee. He was very friendly, and took the Watchman and two small books. He invited us to stop with them if we came again to Hyderabad. The Parsees are not an easy people to reach, but surely God is turning their hearts to his messengers, that from them a people may be gathered out and made ready for his coming. I am sure the health publications will prove the entering wedge with some of these people. I had proof of this at Hyderabad. I had canvassed a Parsee gentleman when I first visited this place. At that time he would not take any religious matter, but took the health journal. When I called, on my second visit, he seemed glad to renew, and asked me if I had any other books. I had only two left—one “Christ’s Object Lessons” and one “Prophetic Lights.” He took both. When I bade him good-by, he wished me Godspeed, and hoped I would come again soon. We meet hungry souls among the Europeans—those who are tired of the world’s husks.
We are again on our way south, and have been enjoying much of God’s blessing. We hope to have greater success this year in placing our books and papers in the hands of thousands in India. Pray for us. ANNA ORR.
Honan, China
By A. C. Selmon
SIN TSAI HSIEN.—We are now settled in our own little compound, about one-half mile from the compound where the other workers are living. We are surrounded with Chinese on every hand. We have a small courtyard and two houses. Our houses are made of sun-dried mud brick, plastered with mud. They are thatched with a kind of grass that grows here, which is much like the prairie hay found in the Western States. The walls are plastered inside and outside alike. We have pasted some foreign wall-paper on the wall, to hide the mud. We have kiln-burnt bricks laid on the ground for a floor, and over these we spread cane mats, to protect our feet from the cold bricks. The houses in the other compound have board floors. We hope to have boards for a floor as soon as we get the money. Lumber is very expensive here.
We are using charcoal for cooking and heating purposes. Mrs. Selmon does all her cooking on a charcoal stove. A charcoal stove is made of mud bricks and mud plaster, arranged in a square pile, with a hole scooped out of the top for the fire. We are just getting our home settled. We are happy and contented, and have not been homesick a day since coming here. The Lord said, “Peace I give unto you,” and he meant that we should have that peace when we were doing the work he would have us do.
The people keep coming to us for treatment, but we do not have any place where we can get our medicines out, and no place to examine the patients and treat them. [Since this letter was written, the one thousand dollars for a mission compound, so generously donated, has been forwarded to China. Our workers will soon have a place to treat the sick.]
We are fully convinced that the study of the language should be our first work; for it is very unsatisfactory to examine a patient through an interpreter; and when we have treated him, we can not tell him of the Great Physician, for we can not speak to him. I feel that it is a waste of time and energy to treat the people from a humanitarian standpoint only, and not be able to give them the gospel. I came to China as a gospel missionary first, with the intention of using the medical work simply as an aid. Mrs. Selmon and I do treat many cases; for there are many diseases which we can diagnose and treat without asking questions.
From our little experience, and that of Brother Pilquist and other missionaries, it is evident that one physician can make openings and opportunities for quite a number of gospel workers. In fact, I have been very much surprised to find little companies of inquirers springing up here and there wherever Brother Pilquist has stayed a week or so and preached. He has just returned from a few days’ visit to a city of fifteen thousand people about forty miles from here. He was there last year, and preached to them, and now there is a company of ten or twelve, who are inquirers. They have meetings in a private house, and are keeping the Sabbath as best they know how. It seems pitiful that we can not help them more. But Brother Pilquist can not be in more than one place at a time, so he has to get them started, and then they study by themselves. The Holy Spirit surely enlightens their darkened minds; for they are quick to see and appreciate Bible truths. When they read the Sabbath commandment, they readily see that those who have told them that they should keep the Li far rih, which simply means “worship day,” are mistaken, and that they ought to keep the An sin rih, or “rest day.”
Our need here now is for gospel and Bible workers. We hope to train some of the native women to do Bible work; for that is the most effective way to reach the women. Not one woman in ten thousand here can read. We know of only one in this place who can read, and she has been taught by our workers. She is an earnest woman, and Mrs. Pilquist is training her for a Bible worker. We hope soon to have a place where we can conduct a reading and Bible school for these women.
We are just learning how to study the language. We have a native teacher, who knows only one English word, and18that is “Yes.” We think a great deal of him. He is one of our native converts, and is a well-educated Chinaman. We are getting along much faster in the language than I expected. The Lord is surely blessing us in helping us to remember these difficult characters and the more difficult sounds and construction of sentences.
We feel very thankful for the Testimony which says that the Lord will give his workers understanding that they may know how to carry on his work in a proper manner. We are grateful for the privilege of being connected with the work in this place.
A. C. SELMON, M. D.
_Chile_
By H. F. Ketring
BAJO IMPERIAL.—October 23 I left home to make a trip to Nueva Imperial and Bajo Imperial. The church that we organized last year in Nueva Imperial is growing slowly. This last trip I baptized three more.
Bajo Imperial is on the seacoast, at the mouth of the Imperial River. Here our work is making some advancement amid the darkness of Roman Catholicism. We have six members, two of whom I baptized on this last visit. There being no other Protestants in the place, our faithful handful of believers is truly a spectacle. Two years ago I celebrated the first baptism that was ever witnessed there outside of the Roman Catholic Church. It was a rare sight, indeed, for the natives. This last time a large congregation gathered to witness the scene, and I talked to them a little while, explaining why we baptize thus.
While there in the house of Brother Hormaechea, who is a merchant, one morning just after I had risen, I went out into the store, where there were eight Indians, who had come a long distance to trade. One of them came to me, and said, “Are you the pastor that teaches the law of the great God?” I told him that I was. He asked, “Have you his law here?” I answered “Yes,” and reached for a Bible. He said, “Mr. Hormaechea said that you were coming, and we want to know about your God and his law.”
I opened the Spanish Bible, as they understand a little Spanish, and began to read the ten commandments and to explain them. They listened very attentively, and seemed pleased, especially the one who first spoke to me, as Brother Hormaechea had talked much with him.
After telling them about the fall through sin, and of the Saviour, I told them how he had gone to prepare us a country, and that he is soon coming for us again, just as soon as we finish his work of preaching this message to all the world.
I then sang them a song that I had learned in their language. The first stanza ran thus:—
“Cupamun huheril cave,
A’yehimun guinen mapun tami hahiu,
Eye gueno mapu mothromihemun,
Ni mapumehu doi quimehi;
Huni tuntenum rume namblahi
Namblahi ta nipelo
Vei peloi meten buehan
Guinen mapu deumaquelo.
Mai, Mai, quipay ya quipay!
Eye gueno mapu mothromihemun,
Ni mapumehu doi quimehi.”
Literally translated, it reads as follows:—
“Come, ye sinners, for that God in his love
To heaven he calls you, which is a better country;
Where the morning never loses its brilliancy,
Where the glory of God the Creator forever shines.
Yes, yes, come, O come,
To heaven he calls you, which is a better country.”
They seemed to appreciate the effort that it cost me to sing it, and in order to encourage me, between each stanza they shouted, “Bueno, muy bueno!” (Good, very good!)
At different times, when it was known that I was to be there, some have come fifteen or twenty miles to hear me preach. While by far the greatest numbers of them are very unpromising, yet surely some of these will accept the message, and be numbered among the one hundred and forty-four thousand. We must give the message to them. Now that the door is open, may the Lord stir up our hearts to enter before it is shut.
H. F. KETRING.
Canada
By W. H. Thurston
The present winter in Canada is said to be the most severe for twenty years,—heavy falls of snow, storm after storm in quick succession, heavy winds, and the thermometer registering from thirty to fifty degrees below zero.
Last fall we planned to do some work in the cities, and to hold a series of meetings in all the churches during the winter. Our work has been interrupted somewhat by severe storms, but something has been done. Several have accepted the truth as a result of the efforts, and others are interested, and with further study will accept the gospel.
The week of prayer was a blessing to our people, and the readings were timely and much appreciated. The statement, in one of the readings that “it is the privilege of every Christian not only to look for, but to hasten the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,” encouraged some to take hold with new zeal in the missionary work.
The work of our two industrial schools is progressing very well, and we hope for a larger attendance the coming school year. There are many young people in this field who should have the privilege of acquiring a Christian education and a practical training for the work of God in their own country, and it was to supply this demand that these schools were established.
The Knowlton (Quebec) Sanitarium has had a very good patronage all winter, and good results are attending the work. The institution is much appreciated in Knowlton, and patients are coming from different parts of the country. There are six earnest, devout young people there taking the nurses’ course and preparing for all-round missionary work. One of the young ladies taking the course is from Scotland, a cousin of the doctor, and she will probably return to her native land when she finishes her course of study. Dr. White is working hard to make the institution a success, and those associated with him are faithful in all their duties. It is designed to make the sanitarium what God would have it, a means of advancing the gospel work. The Lord is blessing the work, and the outlook is hopeful.
Our book business has been light during the winter, but there is prospect of an increase of sales in the spring. Some are preparing to take up the canvassing work in the early summer, and we shall probably hold at least three canvassers’ institutes as early as possible in the year.
At a recent meeting of the Canadian Union Conference Committee held in Montreal the condition and needs of the field were very carefully considered, and it was decided to locate our publishing house in Toronto, Ontario, and open a branch office in the Maritime Conference, probably at Moncton, New Brunswick. It was also voted to ask the local tract societies to turn the book business over to the publishing house, and have the books shipped directly to the agents from the central and branch offices. Under the present system, after paying duties and other expenses, there is very little profit left for either the local societies or the publishing house. Our publishing house was formerly located in Toronto, but there was a strong sentiment in favor of moving it to Montreal in order to have it more central for the union conference. We are put to so much extra expense in transportation, rent, and in other ways, that we find it impracticable to operate from Montreal. We shall continue work in our present quarters until the first of May, and then we hope to locate our publishing house permanently, and under the new policy serve the field better, and make the publishing work self-supporting.
Special attention will be given to the different phases of missionary work throughout the entire field, and with the hearty co-operation of all the churches the work will move on successfully. Our only object in making any change is that we may better serve the cause and hasten on the last message to the world.
The work in the Newfoundland Mission is moving on successfully, and a large amount of literature has been distributed there during the past year by the St. Johns church, under the direction of Dr. Lemon. We have had no minister there since last spring, and during this time Dr. Lemon has been looking after the evangelistic work in connection with his medical work. Dr. Carrie Lemon has also taken an active part in the missionary work, in fact, their work is medical missionary work, and the results are encouraging. We hope to be able to locate a minister in Newfoundland early in the spring.
In Vol. VII, of the “Testimonies,” we find these statements: “Our sanitariums are to be established for one object,—the advancement of present truth. And they are to be so conducted that a decided impression in favor of the truth will be made on the minds of those who come to them for treatment. The conduct of the workers, from the head manager to the worker occupying the humblest position, is to tell on the side of truth. The institution is to be pervaded by a spiritual atmosphere. We have a warning message to bear to the world, and our earnestness, our devotion to God’s service, is to impress those who come to our sanitariums.” In starting the medical work in Canada we have endeavored to heed this instruction, and the Lord is blessing the efforts put forth. The great work is one, and all its departments are to unite in giving the message to the world in this generation. Our workers are of good courage.
W. H. Thurston.
Not Returning Void
By O. C. Godsmark
THE promise of the Lord that his word should not return unto him void, but should accomplish that which he pleases and prosper in the thing whereunto it is sent, is being fulfilled to us here in the South. Through the spirit of prophecy the Lord has for several years continually held up this field, with all its needs, before us as a people, and called for proper ones to come South and live out the truth, which is the most effectual way of reaching the people here.
Of late there seems to be a real awakening among our people to do as the Lord has bidden. We are in frequent receipt of letters from friends in the North, asking concerning the best places in which to locate, and the opportunities of making a living in the South. We are glad of this, and hope to see many move into this field, and live out the truth where they locate.
This is, indeed, a delicate question; and because of its complications, many of our Southern workers have not tried to encourage those unacquainted with the circumstances to move South. Many mistakes have been made in the past. Some enthusiastic brother would get a burden to come South, and, when here, would make it so apparent that he had come to convert the heathen, and continually hold up such an unfavorable comparison between this and the North, that the conservative Southerner did not receive the well-intended efforts on the part of the Northerner favorably.
We have here in the South very many people who are as fine, intelligent, and cultured as any to be found in the United States. Customs and conditions here are different, of course, from those elsewhere, and the Southern people do not enjoy being held up in an unpleasant light, any more than would our people anywhere. The soil here, in some parts, is productive, and the markets good near all our cities. The heat is no more intense here than in the North, at least there are not so many cases of sunstroke as in the North, and our winters are much shorter and less severe. In Kentucky we raise the same fruits, grains, and produce as in the North, and berries are more productive than in the North. Any one who can make a living anywhere can do the same here, as prices are good, and a market can always be found for produce.
There is a call for good, Sabbath-keeping families to move here, and help build up this field. We want those to come here who will settle down and go to work making a living, and first get the confidence of their neighbors. When that is obtained, then the way will be opened for them to talk the truth, and to explain the reasons of the hope they have. The South has had such an experience with old-time “carpetbaggers” that anything of a transient nature bearing a Yankee air, is distasteful in the extreme. Come, and come to stay. Come to be one of us. Come to make this your home until the Lord comes, and the people will be glad to welcome you to their midst even if you are from the North.
We are glad to know also that the Lord is stirring up the hearts of our old and tried canvassers; and that they are again taking up the work, and the Lord is blessing them just as he has promised. These, too, are the ones we are glad to hear from. Yes, the South is open to all such. We have a number of places here in this conference where, with just one more good, substantial Sabbath-keeping family, we would feel that we had quite a little company, enough, at least, so we could hold meetings and Sabbath-school.
What real good are you doing, my brethren and sisters, week after week attending some of our long-established churches in the North? Perhaps you are teaching a Sabbath-school class, perhaps19not even doing that. Are you where you expect to live and let your light shine until the Lord comes? Why not hearken to the call that has been sounding in your ears for years past, and come to the South and help us? This is a goodly land; why not come and help us to possess it?
The work is onward here. Souls are accepting the truth; we are getting our publishing house in good shape to do first-class business. Our sanitariums will soon be running, and our schools are already beginning to flourish. The thousands of dollars that have been spent on this field have not been wasted by any means. Results are beginning to be seen. Our workers, the few there are of them, are of good courage, and the work is onward. We expect to see it continue to prosper, and we praise the Lord for it. Will you come and have a part with us? We hope to hear from the brethren and sisters who have a burden to come to this field and live out the truth.
O. C. GODSMARK.
2005 Magazine St., Louisville, Ky.
The Two Colored Churches
DURING the past winter the Southern Missionary Society has been erecting two church-school houses for the colored people,—one at Nashville, the capital city of Tennessee, and the other at Jackson, the capital city of Mississippi. These two buildings are planned after the same design, and are alike in nearly all particulars. The picture of the design was printed in the REVIEW several weeks ago.
The building at Nashville is twenty-two by forty-eight feet in size, while the one at Jackson is twenty-four by forty-eight feet. Both these buildings are now nearly finished, and are not only well adapted for school and church purposes, but are a credit to our work for the colored in both these important cities.
In the matter of seating, it has been thought best to fit out each building partly with school seats, partly with regular church benches, and partly with folding chairs. The cost of each building thus seated, and with proper provisions for heating and lighting, will be between five hundred and six hundred dollars. A definite statement of cost can not be given until the work is finished, and the bills are all in. But the strictest economy has been exercised throughout all parts of the work.
The colored people have lifted nobly in both these places. Business firms have assisted, our white people in the South have helped, quite an amount has been received in donations from the North, and hundreds of copies of the “Story of Joseph” have been sold, and the proceeds used in these buildings.
Yet, as nearly as can be estimated, it will require about four hundred dollars to finish the buildings, and seat, light, and heat them. We are opposed to the dedication of either of them until they are finished and paid for.
Friends of the work, will you not rally immediately and help clear up the indebtedness still hanging over these churches? If something more than the first cost of the building is received, it will be applied upon paying for the lots on which the churches stand. The amounts received during the month of January are as follows:—
Mrs. E. J. Wheeler, 50 cents; Minnie Wills, $1; G. W. Copley, $1; D. Brown, $1; a friend, $1; Anna C. Carlson, $20; Frank Christy, $4.35; Lydia J. Dodd, 50 cents; Mrs. H. B. Hayward, $2; W. L. and G. L. Edgerton, $10; Hans Peterson, $5; J. W. Dotson, $2; S. Zollinger, $2; Mrs. M. Erickson, $1; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Colburn, $5; C. E. Knight, $2.50; Mrs. A. E. Stewart, $6; J. P. Cornell, $1; Alex. Paton, $5; Miss M. L. Howlett, $2; L. W. Smith, $2.65; Mary More, $6; Delia M. Briggs, $2; Mrs. C. C. Gear, 50 cents; A. and S. Miller, $10; C. Gillson, 25 cents; G. N. Rich, $20; Wm. Humphries, $10; C. E. Rosenberger, $2; Mrs. Elma A. Powers, $50; G. E. Risley, $5; Luke M. Twing, $1.36; Misses M. V. and R. C. Housen, $7; Mrs. M. G. Gorham, $2. Total, $140.06.
Please send all remittances direct to the Southern Missionary Society, Station K, Nashville, Tenn.
Donations for the Memorial Church, Washington, D. C.
By J. S. Washburn
SINCE Jan. 19, 1904, the date of the last published list of donations, up to the date, February 7, $112.50 has been received. We hope to dedicate this church in early spring, and we also hope that there will then be an overflow from this fund to the sanitarium and school fund, for which one hundred thousand dollars was voted by the Washington council in October. The wide-spread, long-continued interest in this Memorial church has been most remarkable. We feel certain that it will be continued until the church is fitted up, and a good surplus is applied to the institutions already mentioned. Those who are willing and able will still help. Do not fear that too much will be given.
Following is a list of donations received since Jan. 19, 1904:— Previously acknowledged, $9,155.38.
Ida Swacker, 25 cents; T. J. Burdine, $1; Marguerette L. Williamson, $1; W. W. Leader, $1.25; G. B. Jenkins, $1; J. P. Otto, $1; E. W. Reminger, $1; Alice E. Pierce, $5; A. L. Thrush, $6; Mrs. M. H. Moore, $5; Mrs. M. J. Husk, $90.
The following contributions were received April 1, 1903: H. C. Balsbough, $1; J. L. Gale, $1; Nancy Brewer, $1; Pennsylvania Tract Society, $30.67; Sumner T. Merrill, $5; Mrs. Lena E. Williams, $4.50.
April 2: Siver Thodal, 50 cents; Jordan Kalshad, 25 cents; Hoaken Sother, $2; Karl Larsen, 50 cents; Iver Hilde, 75 cents; Lars Hilde, 50 cents; Ludwig Larson, 50 cents; Mary Beck, $1; Earl Woodruff (6 years old), $1; J. M. Stansbury, $1; Prudence Davis, $5; Mrs. Susie Elliott, $2; A. D. Aycock, $1.50; Mrs. Ellsworth, $50; L. M. Slocum, $1.
April 3: A sister in Connecticut, $5; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Steinkraus, $1; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Steinkraus, $1; Mrs. Jennie Wheeler, $1; a friend, Battle Creek, Mich., $1; Mrs. R. J. Sweet, $1; W. J. Hackman, $1.50; Alice Rider Swanson, $5; Mrs. E. E. Sanborn, $1.
April 4: Chas. Weist, 25 cents; Chas. Baum, 50 cents; Sue Andrews, 50 cents; Mrs. Lcase, 25 cents; Elmira Boyer, 50 cents; Harald and Frederick Schilling, 25 cents; Easton friends, $2; a friend, $2; Mrs. S. A. Ivers, 75 cents; Jesse Walls, $1; Kinderhook (Mich.) church, by Guy V. Abbott, Treas., $1.25; Leavenworth (Kan.) church, by Christine Chalmers, $3.65; Geo. R. Underwood, 25 cents; Mrs. Chas. S. Hedges, $1; B. Weist, 50 cents.
April 5: by C. Olson, Treas., $15; a friend, $5; Mrs. W. Cronk, $2; Geo. H. King, 50 cents; E. A. Delhorbe, 50 cents; Dillard Smith, $1; P. Flora, 50 cents; Marietta Drake, $5.
April 6: Augusta C. Bainbridge, 25 cents; Byron Post, $1; Mrs. Anna L. King, $2.50; W. J. Felt, $2.50; Blanche H. Groynne, $1; Mrs. Ada Morley, 25 cents; Glen Morley, 25 cents; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miller, $5; H. C. Morley, $1; T. C. Morley, $1; G. A. Kirkle and family, $1.50; C. A. Bogoen, 50 cents; J. Benson, 50 cents; Mr. Pargquest, 50 cents; John Erickson, 25 cents; Louis Olsen, 25 cents; Peter Paulsen, 25 cents; August Kraus, 25 cents; J. E. Granlund, 25 cents; T. Jackalson, 25 cents; E. L. Robins, $1; Alfred and Selena Harlow, $1.40; Mrs. F. C. Hightown, $1; Maude, Leora, and Mary Warren, $1; a friend, California, $1; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Miel, $2; H. H. Brunsteter, 50 cents; Mrs. H. H. Brunsteter, 50 cents; A. W. Herr, 50 cents.
April 7: J. R. Johnson, $1; B. B. Johnson, $1; Mrs. R. A. Shane, $1; Mrs. Frances Ely, 25 cents; Edwin D. Clayton, $5; Arthur E. Clayton, 50 cents; Elmer E. Clayton, 50 cents; Cora B. Clayton, 25 cents; H. Stratton, $1; L. C. Nelson, 50 cents; Mrs. Fanny Freeman, 50 cents; Anna Philbuck, 25 cents; F. F. Burdick, 25 cents; a friend, 25 cents; N. P. Stiles, 50 cents; a friend, 10 cents; Mrs. Taylor, 25 cents; Mrs. E. A. Cox, $1; Mrs. Wiegert, 25 cents; Mr. Marshall, 50 cents; M. E. Nielsen, 50 cents; Mrs. Mitchell, 25 cents; L. T. Read, 50 cents; C. C. Blatt, 50 cents; Mrs. A. Alderman, 25 cents; a friend, 25 cents; a friend, 50 cents; Mrs. W. S. Yohniser, 25 cents; Walton S. Zahniser, 25 cents;20Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Otterholdt, $1; Signs of the Times, per E. A. Chapman, $57.55.
April 8: S. K. Ross, $2.50; Mrs. M. B. Hall, $2.
April 9: George Leverentz, $2; Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Carnahan, 60 cents; John Easler, $1; Silas Easler, 25 cents; George E. Easler, 25 cents; Mrs. S. A. Furbush, 50 cents; Mrs. H. S. S. Davis and friends, $1; Mrs. Villa D. Collins, $1.
April 10: Hilary W. Hahn, $5; Josie R. Archibald, $1.
April 11: Mrs. Alice E. Culver, $1; H. W. Jordan, $2; R. W. Airey, $1; H. M. Airey, $1; Florence Airey, 50 cents; Mrs. M. Louise Richmond, $1; Abbie T. Richmond, 25 cents; a friend, $1; Milton Heinse, 25 cents; Miss Emma Newcomer, $2; Jacob Magin, $2; J. C. Longpitt, $5; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boynton, $1.
April 13: Mrs. Dora A. Grant, $1; Mrs. Anna Mathias, $1; E. Lamson, $2; Isaac Fortel, $1; A. McNeill, $4; Mrs. A. G. Faris, $1; H. W. Babcock, 50 cents; Leonard Tucker, $1; Deborah Corner, 25 cents; Fred Wheeler, 50 cents; David Estes, 50 cents; Prescott Wheeler, 50 cents; Martha Corner, 50 cents; Gertie Wheeler, 5 cents; Walter Babcock, 2 cents; E. J. Wheeler, 50 cents; Albert Wheeler, 15 cents; Loyd Owens, 5 cents; C. M. Babcock, 20 cents; S. F. and A. C. Wheeler, 50 cents; John Lytle, $1.36; R. C. and F. S. Austin, $2.
April 14: Miss Sadie Shaft, $7.20; Davis Barton, 90 cents.
April 15: Mrs. A. C. Rogers, $1; John A. Kimmel, $1.
April 16: Dr. Neall, $10.
April 17: A sister, San Francisco, Cal., $5; Mrs. G. A. Donnelly, $1; F. Leininger, $5; L. L. Rockwell, $2; S. E. Fairchild, $3; Mrs. M. E. Dable, $2; Mrs. M. V. Boyd, $1; Chas. Smith, 50 cents; Mrs. Kate Hamilton, $1; Jessie Hunter, $2; Lewis Hewgley, $1; Mrs. G. G. Rupert, 25 cents; Mrs. Allison, 25 cents; Sabbath-school, Washburn, Mo., $1.47.
April 18: Mrs. Helen Premer and daughter, $1.32; Mrs. Addie F. Bigelow, $1; Mrs. Z. A. Curtis, $1; J. H. Eastman, $5.
Total reported, $9,654.27.
J. S. WASHBURN.
1728 Fourteenth St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Thanks to Whom They Are Due
By N. Z. Town
SEVERAL months ago I received a letter from Brother H. H. Hall, of Oakland, Cal., in which was enclosed a duplicate bill of lading for twenty-six boxes of fruit that had been sent to my address in Buenos Ayres about six months before. In the letter Brother Hall explained that the receivers of the fruit in Buenos Ayres had written asking for instructions, as no one came to claim the fruit.
This was the first intimation we had that any one had sent us the fruit. I immediately sent the duplicate bill of lading to Brother Snyder, our secretary in Buenos Ayres, and he found the fruit in deposit in the custom-house.
Although it had been lying in the custom-house about six months, it was in good condition, and we were very grateful for such a generous donation. We have waited, hoping to hear something in regard to who is the donor, that we might thank him personally, but as we have heard nothing, we hope that this note may reach the person or persons that so kindly remembered us in this far-off land.
After paying the freight from Valparaiso, Chile, the fine for not claiming it in the stated time after its arrival, and the duty, it still cost us only about one third as much per kilo as the same class of fruit costs here.
Half of the quantity sent went to our school in Entre Rios, and the other half was divided among the workers. On behalf of all who have helped to eat it. I send grateful thanks to the donors of these seven hundred kilos of nice California dried fruit.
N. Z. TOWN.
A National Appeal
THE following appeal has been issued from Washington in behalf of the American Bible Society, signed by eminent public men from all sections of the country:—
The American Bible Society for nearly eighty-eight years has pursued its single aim of circulating the Bible without note or comment in this and all lands. For this purpose it has been concerned in securing translations of the Scriptures in nearly one hundred languages. It sustains a close relation to the Christian churches of the United States as the ally and helper of their mission work at home and abroad, and as such deserves and receives their support. But, in addition, the effect of its labor has been very marked upon our whole civilization. To have circulated, as it has done, seventy-two million Bibles, Testaments or portions thereof, is to have powerfully contributed to the moral health of the world. The social fabric of modern states has no surer foundation than the Bible, especially in a republic like ours, which rests upon the moral character and educated judgment of the individual.
No thoughtful man can doubt that to decrease the circulation and use of the Bible among the people would seriously menace the highest interest of civilized humanity. . . . We owe a debt to the Bible which can be partly paid now by carrying forward this great undertaking with increased vigor.
Theodore Roosevelt, John T. Morgan, Grover Cleveland, William P. Frye, Melville W. Fuller, H. C. Lodge, John M. Harlan, George F. Hoar, David J. Brewer, Thomas R. Bard, L. M. Shaw, F. M. Cockrell, James Wilson, R. A. Alger, Geo. B. Cortelyou, John Dalzell, John Hay, Sereno E. Payne, John W. Foster, John S. Williams, W. J. Bryan.
To Public School Teachers
THE Department of Education is continually receiving letters from Seventh-day Adventists who are teaching in the public schools. Many of these are endeavoring to make arrangement to enter our denominational school work. Others do not yet see their way clear to do so. The Department is glad to be of any assistance possible to those who are teaching21in the public schools, and who desire to connect with any line of our denominational school work. We are also anxious to have the names of others of our people who are teaching in the public schools, whether they desire to connect with our school work or not, as we wish to have a complete list of all Seventh-day Adventist teachers who are either in our own or in the public schools. Let all such kindly send their names to the secretary of the Department, Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass.
Field Notes
A FAMILY OF FOUR HAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED PRESENT TRUTH AT ESTANCIA, N. M.
BROTHER C. H. BATES reports five recent baptisms at Cripple Creek, Colo.
BROTHER T. L. HICKMAN reports the organization of a church at Harper, O. T.
THERE have been four recent additions to the company of Sabbath-keepers at Calhan, Colo.
SIX new Sabbath-keepers are reported at Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Brother William Guthrie.
THE new church building at Palisades, Colo., is nearly finished, and will be dedicated at an early date.
Two adults have recently been added to the company at Excello, Ohio, and four others are awaiting baptism.
AT Collbran, Colo., five have recently signed the covenant to observe God's commandments, and a Sabbath-school has been organized.
THE company at Fergus Falls, Minn., has been strengthened by the recent addition of six to their number, under the labors of Brother S. E. Jackson.
THE company at Rocky Ford, Colo., have received three recent additions to their number by baptism. Plans are being laid for a church building.
As a result of meetings held with the church at Muscatine, Iowa, five have made a start in the service of God, and the entire church has experienced a re-consecration to him.
THE North England Conference reports a healthy growth during the last year. When they were organized, August, 1902, the conference consisted of four churches. At the last report there were ten churches, with a membership of three hundred and thirty-nine, besides ten companies and some scattered Sabbath-keepers. There is a prospect that one or two more churches will be organized before their general meeting in August.
Christian Education
By L. A. Hoopes; Frederick Griggs
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. HOOPES, Chairman;
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.