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Review and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 1.

A Better New Year
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The Nashville (Tenn.) Young People's Convention

By A. N. Atteberry

This convention was held at Nashville November 28 to December 1. While the attendance was not large, it was a profitable meeting for those present. Besides workers and young people living in Nashville, there were several in attendance from different parts of the Southern Union Conference, including the young people's secretaries from three of the five conferences of the union.
The instruction was given mostly by Elder Meade MacGuire, field secretary, and Miss Matilda Erickson, corresponding secretary, of the General Conference Young People's Missionary Volunteer Department, who were present the entire time. Papers treating on live topics relating to this branch of the work were read and discussed by those present. The importance of regular daily Bible study and prayer and the value of personal effort in soul-winning were two points given much attention.
The growth and development of the various lines of work of the department were presented by Miss Erickson. The large increase in the circulation of the Morning Watch Calendar is pleasing to those who have found this little booklet a help in their morning devotions. The evening services, conducted by Elder MacGuire, were well attended, and were appreciated by all.
On Sabbath an all-day session was held at the Fatherland Street church, quite a number from the Madison school, the sanitarium, and other places near Nashville attending. Elder W. T. Knox, of Washington, D. C., spoke in the forenoon, and in the afternoon after a stirring address by Elder MacGuire, several spoke on the important place the young people's work holds in connection with this message.
At the last service on Sunday morning, many testified to the help and inspiration received from this convention, and nearly every one present pledged himself to more earnest effort in connection with this department of the work.
A. N. ATTEBERRY.

The Work in Chicago

By D. H. Kress, M. D.

THE work in the large cities is constantly becoming more difficult, and yet it must be carried forward in spite of the existing difficulties.
When the twelve were sent to spy out the land of Canaan and bring back a report to the people, ten of them looked upon the task of taking the cities as hopeless. They saw only the high walls, and the giants within them. Two of them said, We are well able to go up and take the land. They, too, saw the giants and the high walls, but they knew that God had spoken, and had commanded them to go. In his strength they felt able to undertake what appeared to be an impossible task.
Those who engage in the work in the large cities of to-day meet with similar problems. For every reason presented that something should be done, ten apparently good reasons can be given why it is useless to make the attempt.
During the past two or three weeks Elder K. C. Russell and myself have been conducting a class each day, except Fridays and Sundays, between one and half past two o'clock for the benefit of the company of workers who are assisting us in the effort on the West Side. On January 5 we expect to begin a series of meetings in the large Baptist church on the corner of Munroe Street and Ashland Boulevard. The church will accommodate about sixteen hundred persons. It is situated in a part of the city that is easy of access. Our aim is to carry forward a strong effort in which the medical and evangelical work will blend. Our workers are lay members of the various churches in Chicago who have volunteered their assistance. We are planning to have a meeting each night in the week, and in addition two afternoon meetings each week. We are expecting much from this effort.
Recently on the South Side, we transferred our medical missionary training class from the Branch Sanitarium to the South Side church. Our reasons for doing this are as follows: First, we thought this would enable others to attend the classes who would find it difficult to come to the Branch Sanitarium; second, we thought the church was a more suitable place to conduct this training class; and third, the expense could be minimized by making this change. Dr. David Paulson and his company of workers are doing most of the educational work. For about two months I met with the class daily. Recently Elder W. E. Straw was appointed to take the Bible instruction. This left me free to engage more fully in the effort on the West Side. Each Friday night we have a special meeting with members of the South Side church. Practical instruction in all phases of missionary endeavors is given at these meetings.
Each Sunday evening between 6:30 and 7:30 I conduct a meeting at the Brookline Mission. These meetings are well attended by a splendid class of people, who seem to appreciate light. This meeting is followed by preaching and evangelistic services. Dr. A. A. John is at present giving a series of talks on the book of Revelation. Recently seven expressed their intention to cast in their lot with us as a people.
The small medical missionary centers which are being established, report good results. Dr. Paulson opened up a center on Lake Street, a very needy portion of the city. The nurses who are there have been greatly blessed in their work as they have gone from house to house seeking out the needy ones. Another center has just been opened. We hope in time to have the city dotted with small medical missionary centers of this kind. These centers are self-supporting. I can see how it is possible to have one hundred workers in these large cities where now there is but one, without materially increasing the expense to the conferences. By placing together a periodical canvasser and a nurse, they can work together in a way to meet their expenses, and in time even make these centers remunerative.
Lectures have also been given in the public schools, during the last two months. In these lectures we have aimed to call especial attention to the evils resulting from the use of cigarettes by the young. We are confident God is blessing these efforts. It seems strange that this evil is permitted full sway without warning voices being raised to help the young who innocently form the habit. There are many more open doors than we are able to fill. In your prayers remember the work in the city of Chicago.
D. H. KRESS, M. D.

British West Indies

By Linton Rashford

GRENADA.—Although rain and mud have been an embarrassment to our people, yet we have had good attendance at nearly all our meetings. To say we have been greatly refreshed by the season is to tell but half the story. Our membership in this island is about one third Indian, and to hear the prayers in the Indian tongue, mingled with those of the Creoles, was soul inspiring.
What a wonderful message this is, in that it makes us one, whether African, Chinese, Indian, or French. Each week of prayer comes freighted with blessings for the people of God, and seems sweeter than the preceding ones. The many earnest prayers that have ascended to the Father are sure to move the arm of God in the cutting short of his work in righteousness. May the offerings swell the train of workers bringing in the harvest, and thus hasten the resting time.
LINTON RASHFORD.

Monterrey, Mexico

By George W. Caviness

SOME two years ago a family that had heard the truth in San Luis Potosi moved to Monterrey. They began working to interest their neighbors in the truth, and about a year ago wrote us asking that a minister be sent, offering to do what they could to invite others to the meetings. In the month of December, Brother H. L. Rawson went to Monterrey and began labor. He soon had quite an interest. A little later two of our young men canvassers reached there and began work. One of them, Brother C. Nicolas, took hold and gave good help in the meetings. A little later Brother J. Robles joined these workers. They rented a good house in the central part of the city, and for two or three months had a large attendance, with good interest. Later, the other brethren left for different parts, leaving Brother Robles in charge of the congregation. A cheaper place was rented, and the work has continued with good interest.
I spent two weeks with this company, setting forth the fundamental principles and practises of our faith, and at the close had the privilege of baptizing sixteen persons, eight men and eight women. A few others also joined the church.
The baptism took place in the river under the shade of some beautiful large trees, about four miles out in the country. The entire company went out to this place in the morning, taking their lunches with them, so that we had our services in the shade of the trees on the banks of the river. It was an impressive scene. A number of those baptized had come from the Catholic Church.
Our work now has a good beginning in this city of eighty-five thousand inhabitants, not far from the northern boundary. There are a number of Americans living here, and the people generally are liberal. There is a most encouraging outlook for work in this city and the smaller places near by. In fact, from a ranch not far from here we have a call for help. A few Sabbath-keepers from the United States went to this ranch, and an interest is springing up as a result.
We sincerely trust that the light kindled in this place will shine out to the other places, and grow brighter and brighter. We would ask that our brethren remember this company and this needy field. G. W. CAVINESS.

Canary Islands

By Bert B. Aldrice

WE are glad to report that a beginning is being made here. At the first we were able to circulate a large number of health tracts here in Laguna, besides getting a number of subscriptions for Life and Health. After we had received and studied thoroughly the prospectus of "Salud y Hogar" (Spanish "Home and Health"), and after much praying for the guidance and help of the Holy Spirit, we decided that it would be best to first visit the capital, Santa Cruz. We believe that this book will be used of God in pioneering the message here as it has done in other Spanish fields.
The American consul kindly gave me a letter of introduction to the governor of the province, recommending me as an American missionary, stating that favors granted me would be appreciated by him. Accordingly, I first visited this gentleman, who received me very courteously, and after hastily glancing over the prospectus, stated that he had one in English at his home in Seville. He also said that he considered it a very good book for the home, and one much needed here in the Canaries. The result was that I was given permission to circulate it through the province, and was not obliged to purchase a license, as I had feared.
My first work was with the business men of the city. The canvass was necessarily very brief, but the Lord gave me good success in taking their orders. As I left the business center of the town and entered the more residential section, it was somewhat more difficult to get the attention of the people, as a servant invariably came to the door. After stating that I was there on business of importance, I was usually admitted to see the gentleman or lady of the house, when I introduced myself, handing them the prospectus as I did so, and giving them a canvass of the book.
The Lord has greatly blessed in obtaining orders for this book in Santa Cruz and Laguna to the number of 454. In many portions of the city the poverty, as well as the illiteracy, is very great. In many places where we could not sell the book, I was able to leave the health tract with them. The book, however, met with general acceptance among all classes, both rich and poor. The list of subscribers shows the names of the mayor, city and government officials, business men, lawyers, teachers, Catholic priests, etc.
In several instances the Lord has opened the way for interesting conversations on lines of present truth. One day while canvassing in Santa Cruz, I met a family who were very poor but respectable. They were not able to order the book, but seemed eager to examine it, stating that they should like to have it. They were very frank in their manner and seemed quite eager to learn. The Lord opened the way for an interesting conversation with them concerning the original diet given to man and the Bible reasons for it. As the Bible was mentioned, their interest seemed to increase. I asked them if they read the Bible, and they said that they had never seen it. I asked them if they should not like to have one and study the truths that it contained. They said they were not religious according to the church, but that they were Christians and wished to learn the truth. This was an experience which was refreshing to my soul.
Most of the people readily received their books, thanking us for them. Altogether, in four days we were able to deliver in Santa Cruz about $130 worth of books. More will be delivered, which will bring the total value up to over $150.
While canvassing in Laguna, it was my privilege to find some shoemakers who had a Bible and who were reading it and whose minds the Lord has apparently opened for the truth. I talked with them and read their Bible to them while they worked. They seemed glad to listen. I shall visit them weekly and explain the Word to them. We praise God for these experiences. Truly God's hand is in this work and he will cut it short in the earth.
BERT B. ALDRICE.

The Natal-Transvaal Conference

By R. C. Porter

This meeting convened according to appointment at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, October 10-20. A central location, near the street-car line and just opposite the post-office at Braamfontein, was chosen for the pitching of the camp. This place was selected on account of the interest there was in that section that had been raised through the literature and Bible work of the Johannesburg city mission.
The attendance of our people was not large. A general meeting for Natal had previously been held at Pietermaritzburg to accommodate that section of the conference, so that only a delegate representation attended the annual conference from there.
The meeting was of a very spiritual character. Every person present seemed to feel the importance of rising to a higher standard of Christian life. Before the close of the meeting, by an unconditional surrender to God, all sought the righteousness of Christ and rejoiced in the blessed peace and joy they experienced as the result. The same spirit operated upon the hearts of some from the church in the city who could attend only part of the meetings. With weeping and expressions of deep sorrow for sins of the past, they reconsecrated themselves to God. Differences were put away, and showers of refreshing from on high fell upon our little camp. The quiet working of a gentle, sweet, and brotherly spirit, that united all hearts in the love of Christ, was the evidence that he had visited our camp to give us his righteousness and abiding peace in preparation for the judgment, and to prepare his people to pass through the closing period of the world's unrest in a quietness and confidence born of faith, trust, and rest in the arms of Jesus. There was a decided change in the testimony of the ministers and workers during this meeting, which was the clearest evidence of the increase of faith in God, and that they were claiming his promises for that power which is to mark the close of the work of gathering out the sheaves of earth's ripened harvest for the heavenly garner.
All lines of work showed a substantial increase this year over the previous one. The business passed off harmoniously. Elder H. J. Edmed was unanimously re-elected president, Conrad Baumann was elected secretary, and J. C. Baumann treasurer.
The visiting brethren in attendance at the meeting were Elders W. S. Hyatt, H. J. Edmed, and Wm. Hough, Brother A. H. Clark, and the writer.
R. C. PORTER.

Pleasant Memories

By H. J. Farman

NOTHING gives one more pleasure than to look upon God's work and see how marvelously he carries it forward to victory. Sometimes his servants, even though they purpose to do right, are misguided and deceived by the enemy. Personally, I have often found myself seriously at fault, and have said, How frail I am! But afterward, seeing how good the Lord is to place his hand over the wrongs and work out good from seeming defects, I have been led to say: "I will extol thee, my God, O King; and I will bless thy name forever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name forever and ever. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable." These precious words express the gratitude of my heart in view of God's great goodness to me.
Leaving Vermont, my home State, I called for a short time at Dr. Mary Sanderson's sanitarium in Springfield, Mass., and learned of some of the wonders of God's redeeming love.
When I reached Washington, D. C., and observed what the Lord had wrought there, and visited my many old friends, some of school-days, others with whom I had labored, and recognized the loving spirit of brethren long in this work, my heart was overwhelmed with joy that can not be expressed in words. I noted what a great work is being done by our publishing houses to enlighten the world of a soon-coming Redeemer and the preparation needed to welcome him. This is truly marvelous. When I visited the Sanitarium there and observed what is being done to relieve the afflicted, I was led to say, Indeed the days of miracles are not over.
But most of all I rejoiced to find the church at Lynchburg, Va., growing in spiritual strength and in numbers, especially to find some for whom I had labored happy in the Lord. But I noticed a cause for this; they had exercised faith in the word of Jehovah and in the Testimonies of his servant, and had moved out of the city into the country and gone to tilling the soil. Here is one of the most forcible lessons of the truth. "The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it." In the city these brethren could barely make a living, and saw nothing but darkness before them; but now they are happy. Why should not more of our people who have not a work to do to warn the cities or in some way to advance the message in the cities, move out into the country where they can work among the unenlightened, hungry souls, and at the same time become self-supporting? They will be able to do much more for the cause.
It is a marvel how the Sabbath-school offerings have grown in the Lynchburg church; so also has the tithe. The brethren there have repaired their church, painting the outside and papering the inside, putting in electric lights; they have also repaired their yard fence; and now everything has an air of prosperity. Such experiences do good as doth a medicine. H. J. FARMAN.

News and Miscellany

By Editor

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— Sixty thousand tons of California canned and dried fruits are being shipped to Europe this year, a large part going to Germany.
— The bubonic plague has broken out near Popovka, in Russia. A company of troops has been stationed there to enforce an effective quarantine.
— On December 22, two violent earthquake shocks occurred in Sicily. The disturbance caused a great panic, although there were no casualties.
— Within the last two weeks twelve deaths have occurred in Midville, Ga., from spinal meningitis. The fatality of the epidemic has caused a general exodus of the residents.
— President Taft has decided to accept the proffer of the Kent professorship of law at Yale University. He will probably take up his duties at New Haven early in the spring.
— Twenty-two of the twenty-seven members of the crew of the Furness line steamer "Florence," bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. John's, lost their lives when the vessel was wrecked December 20 on the ledges west of St. Shotts. The boat carried no passengers.
— Luther Conant, Jr., Commissioner of Corporations, in his report to President Taft last week stated that railroad and steamship combinations control the regular steamship lines of the country. Twenty roads manage vessels of 810,000 gross tonnage, capitalized at $84,603,262.
— Fire in a theater at Baruques, near Brussels, Belgium, on the night of December 22, resulted in the death of twelve persons and the injury of twenty. Many of the victims were women and children, who were trampled to death or hurt in the wild stampede to escape from the building.
— The first report of the commission appointed under the terms of the Rockefeller fund, to devise means for the eradication of the hookworm in the mountain districts of Kentucky, was made at Lexington, December 21. The report is for Breathitt County, and shows that, out of 1,785 persons examined, 1,263 were affected. In some of the country schools every pupil was found to be suffering from this malady.
— Stirred by the dilatory and evasive attitude of President Madero toward demands by the United States that Mexican murderers of Americans be punished, and that indemnity be given for the loss of American life and property, President Taft, on December 19, sent an ultimatum to Madero, under which he must act. The crisis with Mexico came at the end of a series of diplomatic changes between this government and Mexico, which has taxed the patience of the President and Secretary Knox. According to the present plan, if by the time President Taft returns from Panama, Madero has not given a satisfactory response to the American ultimatum, the case will be placed before Congress, with the request that the President be authorized to enforce the demands of the United States.
— The crossing of the Delaware River by Washington just before the battle of Trenton, which was one of the turning points of the Revolution, is to be commemorated by the purchase of the property on which the landing was made, and its use as a public park.
— Recently the mail in the postal pillar-boxes in the city of London was destroyed by the pouring into the boxes of acid, black ink, and paint. The destruction of the mail in this wholesale manner had been carefully organized and the plans skilfully carried out. Suspicion has fastened upon the belligerent suffragettes.
— The immediate construction of a railroad from Tangier to Fez, the capital of Morocco, is provided for in the supplementary articles of the Franco-Spanish treaty in reference to Morocco. The new railroad, with its branches extending to other parts of Morocco, will mean the opening up of the heart of the Moroccan empire to communication with the outside world, as well as giving great opportunities for the extension of commerce and industry.
— A systematic effort to obtain clean and sanitary groceries is to be made by the Chicago Clean Food Club, organized in that city recently. Its object is to enforce cleanliness in stores. Some of the tenets of the club, which plans to hold an exhibition of a model store, are: No cats to be allowed in grocery stores; no chickens to be kept in crates on sidewalks; stores having flies to be black-listed; no horse blankets in delivery wagons; everything to be kept off the floor and covered.
— The president of the Chinese republic, Yuan Shi Kai, recently suppressed the newspaper King-Bao, which undoubtedly was the oldest paper in the world. For 1,500 years it had reported the most important news, not only of China, but also of foreign countries. At a time when the art of printing and journalism was yet unknown in Europe, the Chinese Gong-Chung invented a means for making types from lead and silver, and in the year 400 A. D. the newspaper King-Bao was printed, and has since been issued regularly until recently. The first edition was printed on ten sheets of yellow silk, neatly tied together, and was thus sent to all the high officials of the Chinese Empire.
— That Dr. Israel, one of the world's celebrated specialists on kidney diseases, recently went to St. Petersburg and removed a tubercular kidney from the eight-year-old czaravitch, first became known in medical circles at Berlin, December 20. This is regarded as the true explanation of the heir apparent's illness, for which so many sensational causes have been assigned. The czar issued a royal edict setting aside the law forbidding Jews to enter Russia, so that Dr. Israel might experience no difficulty, and sent a personal representative to the border to meet him. It is reported that Dr. Israel received $25,000 for performing the operation, and also that before he undertook the task he imposed the condition on the czar that if the operation was successful the czar was to rescind the laws prohibiting the settlement of Jews in Kiev and Odessa. This report has not been confirmed. The operation is understood to have been a complete success.
— The largest statue ever hewn out of a single block of granite has just been hoisted into place above the new Union Station in Washington. It is a statue of Truth, one of five which represent the last work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Special devices capable of lifting an almost inconceivable weight were required to swing the huge granite mass clear from the ground and hoist it into the air, for it weighs almost 50,000 pounds.
— Rules which have guided in equity cases for fifty years in the federal courts throughout the United States have at last been revised. For seventeen months the chief justice and Justices Lurton and Van Devanter, as a subcommittee of the Supreme Court, have been busy at the task of revision. The bar associations have offered suggestions in response to the request of the committee. The present rules came to us from England, and have been revised only in one or two particulars since the founding of the republic. The changes effected aim at a reduction in loss of time and money in equity cases. The revised code will go into effect Feb. 1, 1913.
— Ranking in importance almost with the selection of the Cabinet itself, is the task which will confront Pres.-elect Woodrow Wilson on March 4, next, of naming a new corps of diplomatic representatives for the United States in foreign capitals. The vacancies that will occur, probably by resignation, include 10 ambassadorships, and the posts of 32 ministers. Owing to the fact that many of these positions, especially those of ambassadors, offer but little, comparatively, in the way of compensation, and the expense of keeping up the establishment is sometimes greater than the pay, while the duties are exacting and arduous, it is difficult in many cases to obtain an available candidate.
— At the instance of the legislative commission investigating methods to provide a remedy for the increasing cost of food, scientific experts of the French Institute are testing artificial meat produced by a Belgian chemist, from the residue of malt after breweries have used it for making beer. The albumin thus extracted is washed and pressed into solid bricks, treated first by sulphuric acid, and then by lime-water, and afterward submitted to a number of operations of filtration and vacuum evaporation. The pasty substance thus resulting, it is said, strongly resembles meat both in taste and appearance, and possesses alimentary properties three times greater than ordinary meat.
— Testimony concerning child-labor conditions in the New York City tenement district was recently given before the State Factory Investigating Committee. Epitomized, the reports were that mothers beat their children to keep them awake when they fell asleep over their needles after working ten hours a day; that it was no uncommon sight to find children of four or five years making artificial flowers; that one of three years was found working on corset covers; that nineteen workers were found living in a two-room apartment; that children afflicted with diphtheria and tuberculosis and other diseases were found making cigarettes sold to fashionable clubs, and doing other work at a mere pittance for wages.

Brazil

By F. W. Spies

A colporteurs' institute was held at Sao Bernardo, Brazil, July 19 to August 9, in which eight persons took part, with a view of better fitting themselves to engage in this good work. Of the eight, four were regular canvassers, two had canvassed a little, and two others took up the work for the first time. Elder John Lipke, Brother Herman Conrad, and the writer gave the instruction. When the institute closed, the good courage of the different colporteurs and their firm conviction of their definite call to this work, impressed one that success must certainly attend them as they go forth to engage in the work. Brother Conrad will act as field agent in the Sao Paulo Mission.
There is an increasing interest in our union conference in this branch of the work, and we hope it will be possible to enlist scores of persons in all parts of Brazil in the circulation of our literature. F. W. Spies.

Colporteurs' Summary for November, 1912

Book Sales Magazines
AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT'L VAL.
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE*
Maine 5 127 $ 46.75 910 $ 91.00 $ 137.75
N. New England 7 809 524.94 464 46.40 571.34
Massachusetts 5 289 286.77 1060 106.00 392.77
S. New England 3 330 289.35 1255 125.50 414.85
New York 16 1580 1558.80 785 78.50 1637.30
W. New York 5 277 187.30 1250 125.00 312.30
Greater New York 16 923 1025.54 2745 274.50 1300.04
Totals 57 4335 3919.45 8469 846.90 4766.35
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Ohio 16 755 1020.90 4148 414.80 1435.70
West Virginia 9 606 580.55 15 1.50 582.05
Virginia 1 107 41.00 1231 123.10 164.10
Chesapeake 13 663 815.90 875 87.50 903.40
E. Pennsylvania 28 1482 961.60 1255 125.50 1087.10
W. Pennsylvania 14 1242 1226.20 1090 109.00 1335.20
New Jersey 9 523 455.50 992 99.20 554.70
District of Columbia 3 181 295.00 775 77.50 372.50
Totals 93 5559 5396.65 10381 1038.10 6434.75
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
E. Michigan 4 364 290.20 2184 218.40 508.60
W. Michigan 4 389 167.80 305 30.50 198.30
N. Michigan 8 508 375.50 140 14.00 389.50
Wisconsin 5 385 339.60 1525 152.50 492.10
N. Illinois 4 297 415.70 2254 225.40 641.10
S. Illinois 13 1424 1113.35 742 74.20 1187.55
Indiana 3 296 177.00 1337 133.70 310.70
Totals 41 3663 2879.15 8487 848.70 3727.85
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario 3 186 234.20 900 90.00 324.20
Quebec 500 50.00 50.00
Maritime 1 117 81.00 81.00
Newfoundland 1 115 111.25 111.25
Totals 5 418 426.45 1400 140.00 566.45
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE*
Louisiana 6 556 464.40 655 65.50 529.90
Alabama 8 1765 921.00 450 45.00 966.00
Kentucky 14 1660 841.00 1241 124.10 965.10
Mississippi 19 4512 2735.55 575 57.50 2793.05
Tennessee River 15 3361 1470.25 1666 166.60 1636.85
Totals 62 11854 6432.20 4587 458.70 6890.90
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Cumberland 6 944 1167.17 155 15.50 1182.67
Georgia 14 1447 967.45 2945 294.50 1261.95
North Carolina 12 1499 1141.90 635 63.50 1205.40
South Carolina 9 726 397.00 305 30.50 427.50
Florida 13 1049 1063.15 255 25.50 1088.65
Totals 54 5665 4736.67 4295 429.50 5166.17
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Arkansas 10 664 830.37 325 32.50 862.87
Oklahoma 19 1488 602.35 313 31.30 633.65
W. Texas 10 460 390.30 390.30
S. Texas 20 1064 1393.67 907 90.70 1484.37
N. Texas 27 873 308.80 61 6.10 314.90
New Mexico 8 544 497.30 200 20.00 517.30
Totals 94 5093 4022.79 1806 180.60 4203.39
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
N. Missouri 5 137 190.50 1515 151.50 342.00
S. Missouri 9 387 424.45 1526 152.60 577.05
E. Colorado 14 364 419.90 800 80.00 499.90
W. Colorado 7 213 282.30 25 2.50 284.80
Nebraska 8 254 441.55 2111 211.10 652.65
Wyoming 35 3.50 3.50
E. Kansas 1149 114.90 114.90
W. Kansas 7 548 384.30 505 50.50 434.80
Totals 50 1903 2143.00 7666 766.60 2909.60
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa 7 628 566.69 2646 264.60 831.29
Minnesota 3 301 413.65 3185 318.50 732.15
North Dakota 175 17.50 17.50
South Dakota 2 33 30.00 116 11.60 41.60
Totals 12 962 1010.34 6122 612.20 1622.54
Book Sales Magazines
AGTS. HRS. VALUE NO. COP. VALUE TOT'L VAL.
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California-Nevada 3 301 $ 372.95 503 $ 50.30 $ 423.25
Arizona 2 34 81.00 81.00
S. California 15 591 1316.45 2052 205.20 1521.65
Utah 2 67 198.85 25 2.50 201.35
Cent. California 1 68 140.15 522 52.20 192.35
California Coast 3 159 232.60 1515 151.50 384.10
Totals 26 1220 2342.00 4617 461.70 2803.70
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE*
W. Washington 3 164 381.30 2362 236.20 617.50
Upper Columbia 4 479 948.05 390 39.00 987.05
W. Oregon 5 451 707.15 2318 231.80 938.95
S. Idaho 2 30 102.90 287 28.70 131.60
Montana 840 84.00 84.00
S. Oregon 2 136 135.75 160 16.00 151.75
Alaska
E. Oregon Mission
Totals 16 1260 2275.15 6357 635.70 2910.85
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Alberta 2300 230.00 230.00
Manitoba
British Columbia 321 32.10 32.10
Saskatchewan 355 35.50 35.50
Totals 2976 297.60 297.60
Subscription lists 31840 3184.00 3184.00
Foreign and miscellaneous 9752 975.20 975.20
FOREIGN UNION CONFERENCES AND MISSIONS
British 44 3340 1955.05 140113 2833.07 4788.12
Australasian 102 6812 12852.11 1909.66 14761.77
South African 8 679 750.07 1752 52.85 802.92
India 5 803 491.38 56.78 548.16
Scandinavian 89 14318 5513.30 4183 332.46 5845.76
German (2) 516 47734 13585.10 355195 10265.20 23850.30
Russian 33 729 1573.48 1573.48
Latin 8 1151 866.46 6092 188.05 1054.51
Porto Rico 103 60.00 118.01 178.01
Cuba 7 375 1029.50 559 26.60 1056.10
Philippine Islands 2 272 472.28 472.28
Levant 9 721 139.11 139.11
Brazil 14 1137 639.64 639.64
South American 10 531 1707.31 77.21 1784.52
Siberian 5 179 206.23 206.23
Totals, Foreign 852 78884 41841.02 507894 15859.89 57700.91
Totals, North America 510 41932 35583.85 108755 10875.50 46459.35
Grand totals 1362 120816 $77424.87 616649 $26735.39 $104160.26

A Work With a Future

By Editor

ELDER URIAH SMITH gave the following interesting report at the General Conference in 1889. Comparing the work at that time with former years, Brother Smith said:—
"I often think of the time when Elder Loughborough, myself, and a few others, in Rochester, N. Y., under the direction of Brother White, were preparing the first tracts to be sent out to the people. The instruments we had to use were a brad-awl, a straight-edge, and a penknife. With the awl, Brother Loughborough would perforate the backs for stitching, the sisters would stitch them, and then with the straight-edge and the penknife, I would trim the rough edges on the top, front, and bottom. We blistered our hands in the operation, and often the tracts were not half so true and square in form as were the doctrines they taught.
"I often try to imagine what our emotions would have been, could we have been suddenly transported to this time, and looked upon these institutions and the wonderful facilities now provided for carrying on the work, and heard the reports we have heard here, and so have been brought face to face with the great advancement that this cause has made. I think we should have felt like exclaiming, 'It is enough; "now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace"!' But we have come to this time; the contrast is no less real and striking because it has taken a few years to accomplish it. But now we do not feel like departing just yet, because there is a future to this work."
The total value of literature sales during 1889 amounted to $500,000. Brother Smith was right, was he not, when he said, "There is a future to this work"? Our sales have now reached a total of over one and one-half million dollars a year, yet notwithstanding this, we believe now as did Brother Smith in 1889, that there is yet a future to this work, and that it will continue to advance year by year.
"ONLY in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret-hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterward shapes life and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of sacred moments when we meet God alone."
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