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Review and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 11.

Science in the Kitchen
Earlier text: New York

Notes

PROF. C. C. LEWIS reports most encouragingly of the work at Walla Walla College. The enrolment so far for the year is about one hundred and seventy-five. Of this number about fifty are in the church school. The week of prayer brought most encouraging results to the school. About fifty students volunteered for foreign work, and five hundred dollars was donated. Since the week of prayer eleven have been baptized, and others are preparing for baptism. These encouraging features show the benefits derived from placing our young people in our schools. This school suffered most severely last year from the illness of its students, but this year they have been in good health.
The Report of the Educational Convention of Seventh-day Adventist Teachers, held at College View, Neb., is not out of date. While it may ultimately be out of publication, it will never be out of date. The principles discussed can not change—they are eternal. The report of these discussions should be read by every Seventh-day Adventist; for the principles of Christian education are a fundamental part of this message. These reports can be had by addressing Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass. The price is twenty-five cents.
In response to the request for the names and addresses of Seventh-day Adventists who are teaching in the public schools, a goodly number of teachers have replied. From these replies, we might infer that the idea obtains that the names were wished of only those teaching in the public schools who desire, when so circumstanced as to be able to do so, to teach in our own schools. But this idea is not correct. The Department of Education of the General Conference wishes the names of all Seventh-day Adventists now teaching in the public schools, whether they are desirous of teaching in our denominational schools or not. However, we can but trust that every Seventh-day Adventist who is now working in the public schools is anxious to work in our own schools. There is a dearth of teachers in our schools. The time can not be far off when our people can not teach in the public schools. Why not make the change now when the force of circumstances is not compelling? The Lord loves the cheerful giver. These names and addresses should be sent to the secretary of the Educational Department, Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass.

Agricultural Education

By H. A. Washburn

A Means of Teaching Spiritual Truth

ALTHOUGH there are many reasons why “study in agricultural lines should be the A, B, and C of the education given in our schools,” the most important of all, in the mind of the writer, is that agricultural work may be of the greatest help in teaching the truths of the gospel. The object of our schools is the teaching of spiritual truth; and if this is not done, there is no reason for their existence. Whatever will assist in communicating the knowledge of God is desirable in our work. Christ’s example in teaching illustrates forcibly the necessity of presenting spiritual things concretely. The mind of man is slow to grasp the message of God unless it is presented illustratively. Christ’s lessons of life were associated with common objects and experiences, by which they were illustrated. It is of special interest that his most important lessons were illustrated by objects in nature, and by the operations of agriculture in particular.

Christian Growth of Students

It is noticeable in our school work that a very large proportion of the students who come to us are unconverted. Many are never converted in school. This experience is the very first lesson in importance that they are to learn. This is our first work to do for them. While our teachers fully realize this, yet they are oftentimes perplexed and burdened to know how to reach the hearts of these unconverted students, and lead them to Christ. The most earnest efforts seem to be futile. We know that our schools should be like the schools of the prophets, the atmosphere so charged with divine power as to move upon every soul who enters the school. We feel the need of a larger measure of converting power in the school. What means can we best use? what course will be most effective? we often ask.
While so large a proportion of our students come to us without a Christian experience, they are not unfamiliar with the theory of the gospel. They have in most instances heard the theory presented time and again. Presentation of abstract truth does not appeal to them with force, and it is keenly sensed that Christ and his salvation must be presented in the most practical and concrete manner. The most vivid illustrations are needed, that the interest of careless youth may be aroused and the attention secured, that the lessons may remain in the mind and receive careful consideration. Very often we feel that while there has been attention during the class recitation, little serious thought is given to the truth until the next recitation.
To secure this much-desired interest and attention, no better illustrations can be used than those found by Christ in the growing seed, the sower, etc. While allusion to these illustrations will be helpful in the winter season and behind closed doors, their power will be found in studying them where we have been instructed to do,—“where he spoke them, in the fields and groves, under the open sky, among the grass and flowers.” The lessons taught in the operations of agriculture are to be studied in connection with the performance of agricultural work. Our schools should therefore be located upon ample grounds for carrying on various kinds of agricultural work.

The Farm a Lesson Book

“The land about the school is to be reserved as the school farm. It is to become a living parable to the students. The students are not to regard the land as a common thing, but are to look upon it as a lesson book open before them, which the Lord would have them study. Its lessons will impart knowledge in the culture of the soul.” “The school farm is to be regarded as a lesson book in nature, from which the teachers may draw their object-lessons.” From first to last, the students are to see in the farm a representation of themselves. “Ye are God’s tilled land.” 1 Cor. 3:9, R. V., margin. This fact they are to have ever kept before them. Another striking rendering of this passage is, “Ye are God’s farm.” As the students till the soil, their attention can be called at every step to illustrations of their daily life, whatever their experience. We are told that the youth need an education in felling trees and clearing land. It is desirable that there be some unimproved land on the school farm, upon which the students may bestow labor. While they will derive other benefits from this work, they may also learn from the arduous labor in which they are daily engaged, as they dig out the stumps and roots, more clearly the character of the objectionable habits and traits of character that exist in their lives. The land which they are working to subdue is a visible illustration of themselves; and as they weary in their toil, a faithful teacher will be able to impress deeply upon their minds the necessity of forming right habits, and the serious work of overcoming wrong tendencies. Such lessons as these in the mind of the student as he toils will take from this oftentimes disagreeable labor the unpleasant and dissatisfied thoughts which might otherwise occupy the mind. The student may be deeply impressed with the love and patience of God with him in his sins, as he sees himself obliged to labor patiently in improving the land. Our schools which have been planted far from the cities, in the wildwoods, have had many a blessing which our sister institutions might well envy.
“Portions of the farm should be highly cultivated.” “planted with every kind of fruit tree that will bear fruit in the locality.” This highly improved land, producing abundantly of nourishing food, and responding quickly to the attention given it, will ever impress upon the student, especially if he has assisted in clearing this land from the forest, the possibilities before him of becoming a strong man in Christ, producing abundant fruit in good works. As he beholds the beautiful growth covering the land where he once toiled so arduously, he will receive encouragement, amid the trials and defeats of his undisciplined life, that He who has begun a good work in him will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Laborers Together With God

As students engage in agricultural work, and are brought into close contact with the mystery of life, their minds are drawn out to the most fascinating study in nature. “The invisible links which connect the sowing and the reaping are to be studied, and the goodness of God is to be pointed out and appreciated.” Their attention is to be called to the “unseen power constantly at work in man’s behalf to feed and to clothe him.” A vivid impression is made upon the mind of the student as he learns that “the same God who guides the planets works in the fruit orchard and in the vegetable garden;” that “it is through God’s immediate agency that every bud bursts into bloom.” As the pupil thoughtfully beholds God at work day by day, and even as his servant, he hears a Voice of greater power than his human instructors. He receives a great stimulus to mental and spiritual growth.
When the student has learned to see God intelligently at work, and holds communion with him in his work, if he is engaged daily in tilling the soil and cultivating plants, he begins to understand the wonderful way in which God co-operates with his work, and the conditions on which he secures the co-operation of God. Day by day the beautiful and solemn lesson unfolds to his comprehension. He learns what it is to be a worker together with God. The experience he will one day need as he proclaims the gospel to the heathen in the uttermost part of the earth, as a worker with God he is actually gaining in his humble work with the soil and the plants. Wonderful is the statement that “when students employ their time and strength in agricultural work, in heaven it is said of them, Ye are laborers together with God.” When the great end of our school work is to train those who will be able to co-operate intelligently with God in winning souls, we need to provide the work and study which will give them this experience in a visible way, that they may be able to labor without fainting when they must walk by faith alone.

Reaching the Heathen

Before closing our consideration of this phase of our topic, a few words may be said with reference to the great work before our students in carrying the everlasting gospel to the great heathen world. A thousand million of benighted souls are crying for help. These captives of the enemy, in their intense darkness, need a message borne to them in the most practical and concrete way possible. If such teaching is necessary for the youth in our own Christian land, what must be the need where spiritual perception hardly exists! Our youth must be trained in the manner suggested in this article, not only that they may learn the spiritual truth, but that they may have an education in practical method in preaching the gospel. The lessons taught our students in our agricultural schools will be the most effective lessons they can give to two thirds of the human race. Then let us, with the cry of a lost world ringing in our ears, put heart and soul into the work of giving the students in our schools the very best training.
H. A. WASHBURN.

The Report of the Educational Convention

By Editor

ORDERS are continually being received for the Report of the Convention, yet many of our teachers and people who should have this report have not secured it. It is certainly worth far more than its price—twenty-five cents—to every one who is interested in the cause of Christian education. Send all orders, with remittance, to Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Notice ! ALL persons belonging to the Mt. Hope (Wis.) church who do not report before the ending of the present quarter, will be dropped from the church book. Address the clerk, Mrs. Geo. Snider, Mt. Hope, Wis.

Current Mention

— News was received from Paris, March 9, of the loss of the French steamer “Cambodge” in a recent storm off the coast of Cochin China. About fifty Anamese on board were drowned.
— A cablegram from Rome, Italy, reports the recent destruction of six villages in the Abruzzo, by earthquakes, which are almost continuous in that section, though slight. There was no loss of life.
— An early dissolution of the present British Parliament is looked for, owing to the unstable condition of the government under the leadership of Mr. Balfour. Neither Mr. Balfour nor Mr. Chamberlain is expected to be in power after the next elections.
— A tale of religious frenzy induced by ministers of the “Holiness Society,” and threatening to lead to the slaughter of children as sacrifices, comes from Beal’s Island, Maine. The timely interference of the sheriff, who banished the Society’s agents from the island, is said to have prevented the taking of life.
— The Pacific coast from Vancouver Island to San Diego, Cal., was swept by a severe storm, March 10, described as being the worst known in twenty-five years. So great was the force of the wind at Alameda, Cal., that a train of cars was blown from the track. Great damage was done to telegraph and telephone lines.
— The railway tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting New York City and Jersey City, which has been in process of construction for about thirty years, was completed March 11 by the joining of the ends of the tunnel under the river, after which the president of the construction company with a party passed through the tunnel from the Jersey shore to Manhattan. It will be about a year longer before the approaches to the tunnel are finished and trains running under the river.
— Monday, March 7, a negro murderer in jail at Springfield, Ohio, was taken from his cell and hanged by a mob which battered down the doors of the jail. The affair led to a race riot in which the negro quarter of the town was burned. It finally became necessary to call out the militia to quell the riot, and restore order. The effect of such lawlessness upon the minds of the young in Springfield was shown a few days later in an attempt by white children to lynch an innocent negro boy, merely to follow the example of their elders. The negro was dragged some distance with a rope around his neck, but was rescued before he had received serious injury.
— Testimony given March 10 before the Senate committee at Washington having in charge the case of Senator-elect Smoot, of Utah, showed that the Mormon Church has at times interfered directly in politics in that State. Mormon voters being instructed by the church authorities as to what sort of vote was demanded by “the will of the Lord.” Testimony was given also that any person disobeying the mandate of the church in political affairs became subject to church discipline. The consent of the president of the church is necessary before any church official can be a candidate for political office.
— A very disastrous flood in the Susquehanna River valley began at the end of the first week in March, and continued for nearly a week, doing damage to the extent of over a million dollars. Thousands of families were made homeless. Industries along the river from Pittston to Nanticoke were closed by the high water, and many mines were flooded. The business section of Plymouth was submerged, and the sudden backing up of the water by an ice gorge at that place cut off the escape of many families from their homes, compelling them to live on the upper floors. The worst effects of the flood were felt by residents in the Wyoming Valley.
— The policy of strict secrecy maintained by the Japanese military authorities prevents much reliable news of events in the Russo-Japanese war from reaching the outside world, the published news consisting mostly of unconfirmed rumors. According to these the Russian forces in Korea and Manchuria are on the defensive, and some successes have been gained by the Japanese on land. Port Arthur and Vladivostok will, it is said, be taken at all cost by the Japanese forces, with the intention of fortifying and retaining them. A naval battle at Port Arthur was reported to have occurred March 10, which resulted in the loss of a torpedo-boat by each of the opposing fleets. *
— Investigation into the scandals connected with the affairs of the Post-Office Department of the government has reached a point where it has cast suspicion upon a large number of members of Congress, who are alleged to have been guilty of “graft” in calling for increased appropriations for post-offices in their home districts when there was nothing to justify an increase. No less than one hundred and fifty members of both houses of Congress, including men of the highest standing and reputation, are named in the list of those charged with stealing money from the government. At the beginning of the present session of Congress, when hints had come from the Post-Office Department implicating members of Congress in the crookedness connected with that branch of the government service, an investigation was proposed by Democratic members of the House, and opposed by the Republicans, who defeated it at the time, but later on agreed to the step, a committee being chosen to do the work. It is the report of this committee that has put so many members of Congress, chiefly Republicans, under suspicion of dishonesty, and aroused a violent storm of indignation and protested innocence. It is feared that the result will be unfavorable to the interests of the Republican party at the next elections.

More Words for the Sabbath School Worker

FROM Oklahoma comes this word: “We are glad to welcome the Worker again. It is just what we need. Many have expressed themselves as being glad of the change. This number is excellent. I will do all I can to secure subscriptions.”
The North Dakota secretary says: “I used both to read the Worker when it was published before, and several months ago I made an effort to secure old copies of it. I greatly appreciated the few I could get. Now that the dear old paper appears again regularly, it truly seems as if an old friend who had been away on a long journey had returned, and I sincerely hope we shall not again be parted from it.”
A tract society secretary writes: “I am glad to see the Worker again in the field, for, to my mind, it covers ground that no other paper can well do. I sincerely trust it will be the means of creating a greater interest in the schools in this conference.”
The Minnesota secretary says: “It seems good to see the Sabbath School Worker once more. I have enjoyed the numbers received very much, and greatly appreciate the lesson helps. I will do all I can to increase its circulation in our Sabbath-schools and among the isolated.”
Another secretary says: “The second number of the Worker has reached us. We are certainly well pleased with the paper. I am sure it will be a blessing to our schools.”
From a conference president: “I have been a subscriber and reader of the Sabbath School Worker during the entire time of its publication. I am too old a Sabbath-school student to lose my interest in it now. You may rest assured I shall do all in my power to advance the Worker.”
The Wisconsin secretary writes: “I am well pleased with the Worker. I think you will receive orders from nearly every school in the State. I will try to see that you do. I was at one Sabbath-school not long ago, and presented the matter. A very hearty response was given, and every officer and teacher is now supplied with a copy of the journal.”
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Notice!

ALL absent members of the Shawnee (O. T.) church are requested to report in person or by letter to Mrs. N. E. Heath, church clerk, Shawnee, O. T., on or before May 7. The names of those who fail to report will be dropped from the record.

Pacific Union Conference

By W. T. Knox; J. J. Ireland

The regular biennial meeting of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at Healdsburg, Cal., at 9 A. M., March 18, and to continue until March 27, 1904, for the purpose of electing the officers and the executive committee of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, who will serve during the next biennial period, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Each local conference and mission field in the union is entitled to one delegate in the sessions of the conference, without regard to numbers, and an additional delegate for every three hundred church-members. W. T. Knox, President, J. J. Ireland, Secretary.

Bibles and Maps Needed

THE school at Juniata, Ala., is very much in need of Bibles and maps. If any schools or individuals have any to spare, they will be very thankfully received if forwarded, prepaid, to Juniata Industrial School, Sylacauga, Ala., R. F. D. No. 3.

Information Wanted

ANY one knowing the address of Mr. Lee W. Axton, Jr. (when last heard from, last March, he was at Standish, Mo.), will confer a favor by corresponding with Mr. Philip Axton, 1205½ Main St., Joplin, Mo.

Obituaries

LEAVITT.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at Fair Haven, Minn., Feb. 2, 1904, Brother Sumner Leavitt, aged 79 years. His life was one of faithfulness in the cause of God. E. W. CATLIN.
LEIGHTON.—Died in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, March 2, 1904, of pneumonia, Lee R., son of James E. and Susie B. Leighton, aged 20 years, 6 months, and 1 day. The body was removed to South Lancaster, where funeral services were held March 5, words of comfort being spoken by Elder M. D. Mattson, from Eccl. 12:1. F. G.
BUZZELL.—Fell asleep in Jesus. Sister Serena Buzzell, aged 73 years. For years she had been one of the “shut ins.” Owing to a stroke of paralysis received several years ago, her mind was somewhat affected. She loved the Lord, and accepted present truth as far as she could understand it. She loved the Sabbath, and one of her chief delights was to have Sister Dixon study the Sabbath-school lessons with her. Her last words were, “I am willing to go whenever the Lord thinks best.” L. D. SANTEE.
ERZENBERGER.—Died in Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 1903, Marie Yersin, wife of Elder James Erzenberger, in her fifty-fourth year. During her sickness she suffered much, but trusted in her Lord. She leaves a husband and two sons to mourn their loss. Before she died, she called her family to her bedside and asked them once more to unite in partaking of the Lord’s supper, and then she put her hands on the heads of the sons, and gave them a mother’s blessing. J. T. BOETTCHER.
NICKERSON.—Fell asleep in Jesus, at her home in Cliff Island, Maine, Feb. 11, 1904, of pneumonia, Sister Kate Nickerson, wife of Brother Geo. Nickerson, aged 30 years, 10 months, and 21 days. Sister Nickerson was faithful to the end, and was perfectly resigned. She had been an observer of God’s Sabbath for about ten years. She leaves a husband, and four children, one an infant, born a few days before its mother’s death. The funeral was conducted by the writer; text, Isa. 51:12. P. F. BICKNELL.
GILBERT.—Brother Gilbert A. Gilbert died at the James White Memorial Home in Battle Creek, Jan. 27, 1903. Had he lived one day longer, he would have been seventy-three years old. For some years his home was at or near Wells, Minn., where he was much esteemed as a faithful member of the church, and in all respects a consistent Christian. With the coming on of old age his eyesight failed, and he sought and found a comfortable refuge at the James White Memorial Home, where he spent his last days in comfort and peace. He loved the Lord and his cause, and by his cheerful and consistent Christian life won the love of all who knew him. G. C. TENNEY.
STICKNEY.—Died in San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 16, 1904, of cancer, Silas Coombs Stickney, aged 42 years, 10 months, and 3 days. Brother Stickney accepted present truth while young; and ever since he was nineteen years old, he had been employed by the Pacific Press. For years he was secretary of the company, and for several terms served as director. In all places he was diligent, painstaking, accurate, and faithful. He leaves two motherless children, for whom he longed to live, but was resigned to die, feeling that God’s will was best.
BOYD.—Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laura Timbrel, in Knowlton, Iowa, Mrs. Armelda Boyd, aged 75 years, 6 months, and 26 days. Sister Boyd accepted the truth about twenty years ago. She was blind, and was in feeble health for years. She bore her trials with great patience, rejoicing in the hope of Jesus’ soon coming, and her faith grew brighter until the very last. She was a member of the church at Corning, and always bore a cheering testimony, exhorting all to be faithful. MRS. LUCY SHOWERS.
SMITH.—Died at Princeton, Ind., Feb. 23, 1904, Jossie Smith, daughter of Brother and Sister M. D. Twombly. She was born in Macoupin Co., Ill., Nov. 17, 1882. Her little daughter, aged 11 months, died February 22. Sister Jossie was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church near Carbondale, Ill., at which place, after the funeral services, we laid her to rest with little Bessie in her arms. She leaves a companion, father, and mother, one brother, and three sisters to mourn their loss. At the resurrection of the just we hope to meet again. C. L. TAGGART.
ERB.—Gertrude Eliza Erb, wife of Walter A. Erb, aged 30 years and 7 months, also their infant son, died near Dunkirk, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1904. Sister Erb had been connected with the Seventh-day Adventist people from childhood. She had faithfully assisted her husband in the canvassing work, both in this State and in the South. A large number of relatives and friends were present at the funeral. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Job 14:14 and 1 Cor. 15:35. Both mother and child were laid to rest in one casket, to await the call of the Life-giver. J. B. STOW.
JEWELL.—Died at Lakeview, Mich., Feb. 24, 1904, Mrs. Jane M. Jewell, aged 79 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Sister Jewell began the Christian life at the age of eighteen, uniting with the Baptist Church. Nearly forty years ago she accepted the Sabbath, and has since sought to walk in the advancing light of the testing truths for the last days. The testimony of those who knew her best is that she was faithful and firm in obedience to all God’s requirements, being especially careful in paying tithe. The church loses an esteemed member, and the children a faithful mother; but she rests in hope of eternal life at the soon coming of her Lord. We used Rev. 21:4 to direct the minds of all to the time when death and sorrow shall be no more. ALBERT WEEKS.
CASH.—Died at Harvard, McHenry Co., Ill., Feb. 13, 1904, of rheumatism of the heart, in her eighty-sixth year, our beloved mother, whose maiden name was Phebe Robbins. In the early days of the message, she accepted present truth. As the years went by, and as she watched the developments of the work, her faith increased and her hope became brighter. The first copies of the REVIEW and the Instructor found an entrance into her home, and as the papers continued coming, they were treasured more and more until the time of her death. Mother often spoke of the visits of Elders James White and J. N. Loughborough and other pioneer laborers, and as she for years was the only Adventist in the vicinity, the visits of those of like precious faith were greatly appreciated by her. Four sons, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren, and other relatives are left to mourn her death. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Snyder (Methodist). J. A. CASH.

Business Notices

BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of six lines, or less, and of twenty cents for every line over six, will be made, though in the case of the poor who wish employment, the charge may be remitted. Persons unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.—A good S. D. A. man to work by the month on a farm for seven months beginning April 1. Address, with good references, D. E. Cole, Mendon, St. Joseph Co., Mich., R. F. D. No. 1.
WANTED.—To correspond with brethren who wish to move to Pine County, Minnesota, and obtain a cheap home where the truth is not known. Would like help in starting church school. Address James W. Johnston, Bruno, Minn.
WANTED.—Christian lady for housekeeper in country home. Small family, respectable characters. Correspondence solicited. Also a good man for general farm work for season. State wages desired. Address L. H. Moore, Potterville, Mich., R. F. D. No. 1.
NOTICE.—In order to get the special freight rate on olives of $1.25 to the East there should be enough to amount to 100 pounds at the regular rates. This would be nearly 4 5-gallon packages, or two packages of olives and one of honey, the honey having a higher rate. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
FOR SALE.—Nursery stock of all kinds; first class; at most reasonable prices. More than a dozen of the very best varieties of strawberry plants; also early bearing varieties of fruit trees a specialty. For further information, address Emmanuel Missionary College, Nursery Dep’t, Berrien Springs, Mich.
THE English church of Seventh-day Adventists at Minneapolis, Minn., is very desirous of learning the whereabouts of the following-named persons: R. J. Rorke, Robert J. Plumstad, Mrs. Mary Needham, Mrs. Creelman, Mrs. Mary Armstrong. Any one who can give any information will confer a great favor by reporting to William Asp, church clerk, Box 989, Minneapolis, Minn.

A Card of Thanks

By W. H. Armstrong

WE desire to thank those who have responded so nobly to our request for clothing. As we are abundantly supplied, we ask our friends to desist from sending any more at present. W. H. ARMSTRONG.
Greensboro, N. C.

Address

THE address of Brother C. S. Wilbur will be, after April 1, Arabia, Neb.

Publications Wanted

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too small. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, while others have forwarded literature by express when it would have been cheaper to send it by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
[SPECIAL NOTE.—All who receive periodicals in answer to these calls are advised to examine them carefully before distributing them.—Ed.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mrs. Flora Lynn, Napier, Boyd Co., Neb.
Harriet Claxton, 424 Ash St., Hammond, Ind.
L. Trowbridge, Omaha, Neb., periodicals and tracts.
Mrs. S. W. Bird, box 206, St. Petersburg, Fla., periodicals and tracts.
Elijah Williams, Highlandville, Mo., REVIEW, Signs, Life Boat, and tracts.
J. W. Buckland, Box 218, Great Bend, Kan., REVIEW, Signs, Instructor, Life Boat, Little Friend, and tracts.

Women’s Cigarette Smoking

A RECENT report from the London correspondent of the Philadelphia Press mentions that “in the opinion of West End jewelers the most popular gifts sold last Christmas time were women’s cigarette cases in gold and enamel, prettily jeweled and monogrammed.”
“The smoking habit among society women has become so general in recent years,” he says further, “that many leaders of what is called ‘smart’ society now light their cigarettes in public places without the least hesitation. In West End restaurants where fashionable people lunch and dine every day, women bring out dainty jeweled gold cases, and light their favorite Egyptian or Turkish cigarettes as a matter of course. Smoking has been a common practise in women’s clubs for some time, and rooms are set apart especially for smoking.”
The rapid down-grade of society where such practises prevail is beyond question. The historical parallels suggested by such conditions are not reassuring. But to the Christian student of prophecy they are reminders of the coming day of redemption, the dawn of which is preceded by the darkest hours of the night.

Our Annual Offering

By W. T. Bland

THE remittances that have come to the office of the General Conference treasury in responses to the call for $50,000 which was begun with the week-of-prayer offering has been most encouraging. Already $29,322.92 has been received, and this amount is being added to daily. While the full amount called for and hoped for may not be realized, yet it will be if all come up to the opportunity offered. An average of only one dollar from every Seventh-day Adventist would more than do it. Already many have done much more than this, a number having sent in as high as one hundred dollars, while others have sent in amounts varying from that down to one dollar. This leads us to believe that many have not yet made their offering. Others have written that they desire to increase the amount they have already given.
Remember, this offering is for our work in foreign fields — the world's great harvest field now ready for the message. Do not all desire a part in this the closing work of the ages? The fund is still open. Shall we not make it the greatest single offering to foreign missions in the history of this denomination? We can do it, and this is the opportunity.
Send your remittances to your State tract society, or to the treasurer of the General Conference, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.
W. T. BLAND.

The Revelation of God

By Editor

WE ask all to read carefully Sister White's article in this issue, “The Revelation of God.” This was first printed several years ago, but its instruction is especially timely now.

Missionary Transfer to Spain

WE learn that Brother William Robinson and wife, now engaged in our work in Wales, have accepted a call from the Latin Union field to go to Spain. Our brother was formerly in South America, and has a working knowledge of the Spanish.

Sabbath Truth Revived in Ontario

LETTERS from Elder George B. Thompson report renewed interest in the Sabbath truth in Ontario, owing to the introduction of Sunday-law propositions in the Dominion Parliament. Telling leaflets on the issue have been prepared, and their circulation is accomplishing good.

Fire Destroys Bocas del Toro

NEWSPAPER dispatches bring report that a large part of the town of Bocas del Toro, Panama, was destroyed by fire on the seventh. That town is the headquarters of our Panama and Costa Rica mission field. We have a mission building in the city. Brother I. G. Knight is in charge of the field.

Joy Over Revival Reports

THERE is not a word of awakening and reviving among believers in this land, where most of our churches are, that does not bring joy to hearts over the seas. Brother J. L. Shaw writes from far Calcutta: “It does my heart good to hear such good reports regarding the work in America. A revival there means extension there and everywhere in the mission fields. How happy we shall be when the battle is over, and the victory gained.”

Death of Sister Rosa Mead

MAIL from South Africa brings word of the death of Sister Rosa Mead, widow of Elder F. L. Mead, who was in charge of our Matabele Mission at the time of his death. Sister Mead and family preferred to remain in South Africa after his death, locating in Claremont, a suburb of Cape Town, where our institutions are located. For some time Sister Mead's general health had been failing, and the end came February 10. Our deepest sympathy is with the two children who have lost both father and mother. They have in the lives of their parents, as we all have, an example of devotion and consecration to the cause of truth. We pray that, in the soon-coming kingdom of our Lord, this family may be united again, unbroken.

Speak as One Having Authority

THE multitude who heard Jesus were astonished at his words, for he taught them “as one having authority.” Those who speak for Jesus should also speak with authority. There are arguments you can present for the truth before the people, but you yourself—your own demeanor, your sincerity, your earnestness, your conviction that you have the greatest truth in the world—are the chief argument. The truth of God must not be presented in a way that will leave its claims open to question. Speak as one having authority.

The Work in Washington

By J. S. WASHBURN

THOSE who help to increase the circulation of the REVIEW will greatly assist in building up the institutions to be established in Washington. Articles will often appear in the REVIEW giving a full description of the situation here, of the progress of the work, the donations received, and the future needs of the work. You will see at once that all who increase the list of readers are directly assisting in this important move.
The Washington institutions will be denominational. The denomination will own and control them. They will not be controlled by stock companies. No man outside of the organization will have a controlling voice, as would surely be possible if stock companies conducted them.
No extravagant buildings will be erected for display. We are directly instructed that the buildings “must be solid and well constructed,” that they are to be “thoroughly presentable, but no extravagance is to be seen.”
Up to the present date, March 8, the sum of $3,144.57 has been received for the purpose of building up these institutions; $25,000 is needed by the first of May. Who feels moved by the Lord to donate $1,000 to head the published list? All who desire more fully to understand the present situation in Washington, D. C., are referred to the article on page 7.
J. S. WASHBURN.

Repeal of the Anti-Jesuit Law

The Bundesrath, or federal council of the German empire, has finally joined with the Reichstag in repealing the anti-Jesuit law passed by Bismarck in 1872, which prohibited Jesuits from settling in Germany. The event marks a notable triumph for the papacy in that country.
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