We call especial attention to the lengthy article on pages 35-38, which quite fully sets forth the position of S. D. Adventists on the subject of tithes and offerings. We wish our real positions understood.
Those who misrepresent us from malice do not deserve that notoriety which a review would give them. We choose to keep about our work, state our views frankly and fully, and leave those who slander us, to settle the matter at the bar of God, provided they chose to have their cases go up to the higher court.
We suggest, however, to those clerical gentlemen, and all others who join with them in the false statements, that S. D. Adventists require of new converts one-tenth of their property on uniting with the church, and that we compel all our members to give one-tenth of what comes into their hands during the year, and that we exact sums of money from the poor, that they settle this matter with the Lord at once and quit. Here we wish to state in few words,
1. No S. D. Adventist minister during the period of our brief history has asked any man on joining the church to give any specified sum to the cause.
2. During our history, giving has never been made a condition of church membership.
3. For nearly twenty years, S. D. Adventists have taught through their prints, and their ministers have preached from their pulpits, systematic benevolence as set forth in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. If any one, claiming to be a S. D. Adventist, has at any time urged systematic compulsion to obtain means, let the gentlemen referred to, tell us who did it, when and where was it done. Will they please point it out in any of our prints.
4. Our system of benevolence, suggesting a tithe of our income, which is explained to be a tithe of what we earn, makes a light draft upon those who are simply in comfortable circumstances of life. Those of this class are the most cheerful givers of their small freewill offerings.
5. S. D. Adventists make provisions for their worthy poor. While the salary of the president of their General Conference is only $624 a year, the Battle Creek church alone gives not far from $1000 annually for the support of the poor.
JAMES WHITE.
Spreading the Work with Vigor and Devotion
God has a work to be carried on in the world. Its strength and beauty must be shown forth. Vigorous offshoots must be propagated in all the earth. To do this requires, on the part of those engaged therein, vigor, simplicity, and devotion. Thus reasons the historian in reference to the spread of Christianity at its first introduction. Let Seventh-day Adventists learn the lesson.
HOW IT TAKES.
By Editor
RESPONSES are coming in from every quarter containing thanks, congratulations, assurances of appreciation, &c., &c., for the enlarged REVIEW, in the improved form in which it is now published. We shall ever aim to improve it in quality as much as in quantity. Now if all will take hold to give it a wide circulation, then their words and their works will correspond.
THOSE NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
By Editor
We are waiting to give them a hearty welcome, and to try to meet any reasonable expectation that may be raised in their minds in regard to the paper. But we took up our pen to say that in a portion of our last week's issue there was a mistake in the article by Bro. Haskell in the Tract Society Department, concerning new subscribers. It was printed, “three thousand subscribers,” instead of “thirteen thousand,” as he wrote it. We make this correction, and call attention to his article again. We greatly desire the six thousand five hundred permanent subscribers, each, to REVIEW and Good Health, making thirteen thousand in all according to his suggestion; and we want also the thirty thousand new subscribers for REVIEW called for last week for the trial trip of two months for the small sum of 25 cents each.
Gentleness Distinguished from Cowardice and Sycophancy
Gentleness which belongs to virtue is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent of sycophants.
Appointments for Quarterly and District Meetings
Appointments.
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matt. 10:7.
I EXPECT to attend the meeting at Spring Arbor, Mich., Jan. 17 and 18, and hope to see a full attendance. A health and temperance meeting will be held, and the wants of the T. and M. work will receive due attention. W. C. GAGE.
A MEETING of the Vermont S. S. Association will be held in connection with the T. and M. quarterly meeting at Cabot, Jan. 24, 25, and if the attendance warrants, will continue over the 26th. H. PERRIES, Pres. Vt. S. S. Association.
ACCORDING to special arrangement, the district quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 4, Pennsylvania, will be held Sabbath and Sunday, Jan. 17 and 18, at East Otto, N. Y., in connection with their church meeting. Eld. D. T. Fero will be present. A general attendance is expected, as this will be an important meeting. L. A. THURSTON, Dist. Sec.
RICHLAND, Kan., Jan. 24, 25. I hope that as far as possible every member will be present. Matters pertaining to the Conference and camp-meeting will be considered.
The brethren at Palermo, Hanover, and Laopaa have not been visited by any of our ministers for many months, and have been long calling for help. Now let the appointments be well circulated, and every arrangement made, that we may make the most of these meetings. SMITH SHARP.
The appointment for Thetford Center, Mich., is postponed indefinitely. I will meet with the church at Bancroft, Sabbath and first-day, Jan. 17, 18; Vernon, Jan. 20-22, commencing Tuesday, at 6:30 P. M. Sickness prevented me from filling my appointments at these places before. E. R. JONES.
R. F. ANDREWS
A young man, Chas. S. Coon, Lincklaen Center, Chenango Co., N. Y., would like to work during the coming season for a Seventh-day Adventist farmer.
JOHN B. MOORE, Spring Bank, Dixon Co., Nebraska, would like to work by the month or year for some Sabbathkeeper. Iowa, Nebraska, or Dakota preferred.
SARAH ABBOTT, Oshkosh, Wis., would like to correspond with any one who has a spare copy of Progressive Lessons for Youth, by G. H. Bell.
THE P. O. address of Eld. M. H. Brown will, until further notice, be Sanford’s Corners, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
WANTED.—Three young men who are used to working on a farm, to work for three different Sabbath-keepers near this place. Inquire of A. J. Cudney, Tekamah, Burt Co., Neb.
BRO. L. COOK, of Battle Creek, desires to find a good location among or near Sabbath-keepers, for wagon making and repairing and carriage painting. Would like to locate within eighty miles of Battle Creek. Any one knowing of such an opening, please address as above.
NOTICE TO ILLINOIS.—If all who have signed the teetotal pledge and paid their initiation fee of twenty-five cents, will inform Sister Lizzie S. Campbell, Belvidere, Ill., of the fact, she will send them a certificate. State who took your name, and to whom you paid your initiation fee. The canvassers were not as particular as they should have been when the names were taken.
R. F. ANDREWS
Subscription Expiration and Renewal Notice
By Editor
Notice of expiration of subscription will be given by special stamp on the margin of the paper. We should be pleased to receive your renewal at once.
Notice on Address Label Changes and Receipts
NOTICE.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all cases a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do not in due time appear, and if books ordered by mail are not received, notice should be given. All other business is acknowledged below.
Books Sent by Express.
Miss Alice M Rosier $2.00, D C Phillips 35.25, B L Whitney 40.00, Geo Foreman 5.25, B L Whitney 23.25, N P Dixon 29.53, W R Slade 17.50, W A Towle 6.63, Mrs S A Lawrence 5.00, T J Lyons 5.60, A’ Crowheart 2.25, P Potter 2.00, Wm Ostrander 4.38, B L Whitney 19.43, D T Bourdeau 5.08, B L Whitney 2.97, James Roberts 4.38, A Carpenter 4.38, C N Stuttle 3.50.
Books Sent by Freight.
Wm Ostrander $157.64, D C Hunter 230.90, Lizzie Hornby 308.04, J B Gregory 230.18, C L Boyd 35.60, W Kerr 110.90, D O Phillips 50.25, S S Shrock 40.60, A A Dawson 50.65, N G White 187.88, J B Gregory 262.22, S B Whitney 54.72.
Cash Rec’d on Account.
Ill T & M Society for Sheridan S S School $5.25, Wm B Smith 3.00, Geo A King 2.00, T J Sutherland 1.25, Iowa Conf Fund, Carl Hansen tithe 4.00, S A Manzer per M B Miller 2.50, Am H & T Association (per S N Haskell 67.00, per Jennie Thayer 6.00), S Osborn 2.00, B C V M Society per W C Sisley 64.75, Ohio T & M Society per J B Gregory 193.00.
Gen. Conf. Fund.
Jesse Moreton $6.00, Iowa Conference per A R Henry 137.00, J W Burton 8.00, J N Moulton 2.00, H C 6.00, Sally Hugoboom 25.00, Vermont Conf, tithe, 50.00, Jacob Shively 50.00.
Mich. Conf. Fund.
Hillsdale per J E Woodward $19.80, Birmingham per A S Perrin 16.00, Eaton Rapids per J F Ferris 28.75, Spring Arbor per Mrs A L King 135.53, Greenbush & Duplain 36.91, Alaiedon per D Hale 50.00, Westplains per John Banks 12.86, Gowen per Lars Jorgensen 16.23, Lapeer per C Crowheart 44.48, Carson City per Wm H Evans 20.00, Leslie per G C Dunham 23.44, Potterville per Bro Coles 40.00, Monterey per J S Day 38.08, Imlay City, O Albro 1.00, Dryden per A E Hall 34.00, Bancroft per L E Rathbun 32.90, Locke per L E Rathbun 12.65, Dimondale per D Houghtaling 39.25, Elmwood per W W Lockwood 27.72, Ovid per Mariah Ferry 19.00, West Liberty per M B Miller 6.52, Emmet per M B M 8.10, Vassar per E J Smith 42.00, Memphis per J C Wade 39.00, Hastings per L G Moore 13.88, Burlington per Hickman Miller 67.27, Douglas per Mrs M A Deitrich 90.00, Leslie, Emma Hunt, 2.76, Holly per S Willson 17.70, Jackson per L A Bramhall 124.67, Allegan per Jas M Baker 36.25, Saranac per F Howe 8.94, Grass Lake, Mrs H E Francisco 10.00, Fairgrove per Ella Perkins 17.42, Hickory Corners per Geo E Risley 6.50, Alma per A Houghtaling 17.24.
Mich. T. & M. Society.
Dist 11 per D Hale $15.38, Dist 4 per J S Day 38.42, Dist 6 per F Howe 6.50, Dist 8 per D Wilkinson 7.00, Dist 7 per W Reynolds 2.00, Dist 4 per Jennie Reid 15.00, Dist 15 per L G Moore 3.71, Dist 3 per E M Pratt 2.42, Dist 3 per M B Miller 7.00, Dist 7 per W Reynolds 19.00, Dist 7 per W Reynolds 16.46, Dist 3 Burlington added ½ 4.35, Dist 3 per M B Miller 3.10, Dist 3 per A White 3.65.
European Mission.
John Marshall $15.00.
English Mission.
Joseph Sutherland $37.50, Hattie Gilmore 5.00, A D Galutia 10.00, Wm Avery & wife 10.00, R A Boardman 5.00, Minerva Boardman 5.00.
Danish Mission.
H P Ericson $1.50, Eric Sundstrom 1.50, C Christensen 2.00, Carl Hansen 1.00, Lars Johnson 85c, Hans Jenson 5.00, Lars Madison 4.00, James Christofferson 4.00, Lars Jenson 2.00, Lewis Joergenson 2.00, Hans Jensen 10.00, Daniel Jensen 4.00, Jens Pettersen 7.00, Jens P Andersen 8.00, O K Brown 5.00, Christen Pedersen 5.00, Christoffer Pedersen 1.00, O A Gilbert 12.00, G. A. Gilbert 2.00, Peter Nelson 15.00, O A Frederickson 5.00, Chr Jensen Ulsted 4.00, Mino Jensen 1.00, Kathrine Jensen 1.00, Niels Pedersen 4.00, Lars Levisen 1.00, Anna Frederickson 1.00, J C Nelson 5.00, Nils Monson 50c, Andreas Bruce 1.00, Peter Anderson 3.00, P C Adamson 8.00, Herman Hansen 5.00, N C Peterson 10.00, J S Anderson 10.00, C G Person 5.00, John F Hanson 20.00, N C Hanson 5.00, R Broderson 15.00, Jakob Broderson 8.00, Christen Mikkelsen 2.00, Lars Hanson 10.00, Peter Hanson 10.00, Ane Hanson 1.50, Ole Hanson 15.00, John H Rasmussen 20.00, F D Christensen 15.00, Paul P Nelson 10.00, Jens Karlson 10.00, Chris Johnson 30.00, Ole Anderson 3.00, Carrie Peterson 3.00, Lars Jacobson 10.00, O M Tomle 6.00, John Christenson 10.00.
Gen. T. & M. Society.—Donation.
Sally Hugoboom $15.00, Ethan Lanphear 2.00.
The Thousand-dollar Fund.
Calvin Green $5.00, W K Loughborough 2.50, Mary Stewart 2.00.