p. 20 | Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 11. (3/17/1910)

Earlier text: Giving the Message to People of Other Tongues in the United States

Selling Literature in China

By J. P. Anderson

HAVING never seen in the REVIEW a report of the canvassing work in China, I thought its readers might be interested to learn concerning what has been done with some of our Chinese literature. Most of our papers were sold in the Wai Chou district among the Hakka people. This place is situated one hundred fifty miles east of Canton. Many of the people are very poor, and, to make things worse, we have had a flood that destroyed all the second rice crop.

This has been somewhat of an experimental year with our canvassing, and I am sure that, with the points we have learned, next year will show a much larger increase in the sale of our Chinese paper, the Signs of the Times. Every year we print a Chinese calendar. The Hakka station is trying to sell twenty thousand copies. We go to town on market day, and sell to the people as they come in to buy or sell. Last Friday I walked ten miles to a little village. I could throw a stone from one end of it to the other. There, in about one hour, I disposed of two hundred copies, all I had with me.

Traveling around through the country, as I have been doing this past year, one can not help but realize more and more that if ever this people is to hear of a soon-coming Lord, it will have to be through our literature.

J. P. ANDERSON.

A. N. ALLEN

By A. N. Allen

Peru

ABOARD THE “AYSEN.”—We have left Callao, en route to Mollendo and Arequipa, with Elder and Mrs. W. R. Pohle and boys. They, with Brother O. H. and Sister Maxson, arrived in Callao last Sabbath, all well, and I assure you we were glad to see them. I had been in bed part of the time for three weeks, had got run down, and had stomach trouble. But, thanks to God, I have been gaining some for about a week. Now that we have some help, and I can get out of Lima for a short time, I think all will be well soon.

I only wish it were possible for the brethren in the States to know how we look upon the arrival of more help, and what joy it gives us to see them when they really get here. I wish we might thank each one personally who has assisted by his means to send them into this field. I am sure if you knew how anxiously we waited for them, and what joy it has given us to see them, you would feel repaid. It will not be long till all the new laborers will be telling the truth to the people, either by letters, or by literature sold, or by the spoken word. Our prayer is now that those fields which are still waiting, with tired workers calling, may be as liberally supplied.

Also, I wish to express my thanks to all who helped to raise the money for the organ for this mission. It has not yet arrived, but I assure you that many will be taught to sing praises to the true God, by our having this instrument. It seems as if our every wish had been supplied. And now we ask for your prayers, that we may all make the most of our time to finish this work.

Our book sales have passed the fifteen-hundred-dollar mark in gold since April, and all the boys are still at it. I baptized two men the first of November, and there are quite a number of others to receive the rite who are scattered around, and whom I can not visit this year.

A. N. ALLEN

Florida Land

By R. W. Parmele

THE above heading will catch the eye of many of our brethren throughout the North who have become interested in Florida land by the literature sent out by many land speculators. I have asked for this space in the REVIEW to reply to numerous letters that are coming to me, asking about these lands. These letters do not relate to the same tracts of land, but they all ask about the same questions. Hence this general reply.

Much that is contained in the literature sent me by these inquirers is true to facts, and there is a good deal more that is misleading. In the first place I wish to say that it is exceedingly unwise for any one to buy a piece of land without seeing it. This is especially true of Florida lands. We frequently hear it said that the climate of Florida is worth two hundred dollars an acre, but the land is scarcely worth anything. This may be an extravagant statement, but it is not very far from the truth.

Some Florida land is good, but right beside that strip is, perhaps, a strip that is practically valueless. But very little land in Florida would be considered good in the Northwest. Healthwise, and for pleasantness of climate, I consider that Florida stands without a peer in the United States; but for agricultural pursuits it is often very disappointing.

Truck growing and fruit culture is carried on quite largely all over the State, and the returns are sometimes very large. The trucking season is from September to July. But little is done during July and August. Strawberries set out the latter part of September will begin bearing well in January and continue until June, if they are not frozen down. The crops are so unseasonable that they bring large returns in the Northern markets. Markets are good as a rule. One has but little trouble in disposing of all the truck that can be grown; but sometimes the orange crop moves slowly.

Nearly all kinds of vegetables can be grown profitably. But one must fertilize heavily to obtain results. The cost of fertilizer is almost equal to the price of the land; and this must be done every year. The drawbacks are principally lack of moisture and freezing. To provide for proper fertilization and for irrigation requires considerable outlay. Then unless one is prepared for it, the labors of many weeks may be lost in one night by a freeze. But should this not occur, the returns are sometimes enormous. Should a freeze come, and catch the crop, the trucker begins the next day to plant another crop. The Northern farmer has but one chance, but the Florida farmer can 'try, try again.' If he gets one crop out of the whole year, he has made it pay. Of course much can be done to prevent crops from freezing. There are other enemies to success in trucking, but freezing is the most disastrous.

I believe there are some of our people who could remove to Florida with profit both to themselves and to the cause of God, but I believe that it would be very unwise in other cases. It is impossible for us at this end of the line to say who should come, and who should not; yet we are asked that question in almost every mail. No general rule could be laid down to decide the matter; but I would say to all, investigate by a personal visit before making an expensive move. Some have written that they have sold or are about to sell a good farm in the North, intending to invest the proceeds in Florida land. Brethren, do not do it. First visit the State and study conditions. Then you can move wisely. I am glad to answer letters, but I confess it perplexes me to know how to reply to the questions, and make sure of giving the right impression. So let me propose, as the better way, that all interested make a personal visit before sacrificing your Northern homes. Our conference welcomes all our loyal brethren who locate among us, but we do not want you to be led to sacrifice the heritage God has given you in a bad deal for poor land. Address the undersigned at Orlando, Fla.

R. W. PARMELE, President Florida Conference.

_To Those Interested in the Southern Work_

By Mrs. D. V. Haysmer.

IN the Sabbath-school lesson for February 12, we had an account of a certain lawyer asking the question, “And who is my neighbor?” We are inclined to circumscribe our neighbors to those who live near us, and perhaps a little closer, to those we may happen to like in our immediate locality; but Christ gave a much broader definition to the term,—all who need our help.

In thinking about the lesson, I could not help thinking about “our neighbors.” We have a people in the United States who are doubly our neighbors. They live beside us and among us, and the definition the Saviour gave should surely make them our neighbors, for they certainly need our help. I refer to our colored neighbors.

When we consider what a large part of the population of the United States is colored, and then think what a small per cent of the work is being done for them, it seems to me that we should stop, and see if we are using them like the priest, the Levite, or the Samaritan.

From the little booklet entitled “The Southern Work,” I quote the following: “The Southern race has been neglected. Men have passed by on the other side, as the priest and the Levite passed by the wounded, robbed, bruised, and beaten one. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed that way, not only saw him, but he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, set him on his own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. How many have left the colored race to perish by the wayside?

“Since the slaves gained their freedom at terrible loss of life both to the North and to the South, they have been

greatly neglected by those who professed to know God, and as a result thousands of them have failed to gain spiritual freedom. But shall this indifference continue? Shall not decided efforts be made to save them? Sin has degraded and corrupted the human family, but Christ did not leave men to perish in their degradation. He who was one with the Father, came to our world to bridge the gulf that sin had made, which separated man from God because of transgression.

“Christ, the brightness of his Father’s glory, beheld humanity in its wretchedness and sinfulness, beheld souls tainted with corruption, depraved, and deformed. He knew that the fallen race tended more to evil than to good, and practised the most hateful vices. The heavenly host looked upon the world as undeserving the sympathy and love of God. Angels marveled that Christ should undertake to save man in his lost, and as it seemed to them, hopeless condition. They marveled that God could tolerate a race so foul with sin as to be a blot upon his creation. They could see no room for love, but Christ saw that souls must perish unless an arm strong to deliver was reached forth to save.”

“Why should not Seventh-day Adventists become true laborers together with God in seeking to save the souls of the colored race?”

This people are ready to receive the message. They respond to it when they have a chance. But it must be carried to them, and this takes means and earnest, consecrated workers.

The calls are coming in more than can be filled. May the Lord place the burden on those who are anxious for “their neighbors” to know the truth, to assist with their means and prayers.

MRS. D. V. HAYSMER.

Pacific Union Conference Meeting

By I. H. Evans

THIS meeting was held at Mountain View, Cal., Jan. 25-30, 1910. A large delegation was in attendance, and the workers assembled took a lively interest in all the deliberations of the conference. Elder H. W. Cottrell presided, and the business meetings passed off with a large degree of unanimity and promptness.

It was a source of great satisfaction to see the willingness with which the conference gave ten thousand dollars from the union conference treasury to the Mission Board for its work in foreign fields.

Plans were laid to push the campaign for the relief of the sanitariums by the sale of the book, “Ministry of Healing.” It is hoped that all will unite in this effort to afford financial relief to these needy, struggling institutions. Reports from representatives of the sanitariums in this union conference indicated a good patronage, and the brethren face the future with courage and confidence. If the field will push the sale of “Ministry of Healing,” it will afford financial aid that will be greatly appreciated, to several institutions.

The delegates seemed more than willing to accept their allotment of the $300,000 Fund, and voted to try to raise the first half of their portion during 1910. The amount this union conference will raise on the suggested basis is $36,480.80. It will surely be a source of great encouragement to our missionaries in foreign fields to see our home brethren so cheerfully raise means to establish needed institutions and to provide homes for the missionaries, when necessary.

Plans were laid to make the new Angwin school a union conference college. Later the purpose was accomplished by an action of the California Conference turning over to the Pacific Union Conference the Angwin school. Thus the Pacific Union Conference has a college in its midst, situated in the hills of California, with a large, beautiful tract of land consisting of about seventeen hundred acres with about ninety acres of good, tillable soil, and the remainder timber. Those managing the school believe the timber will afford a constant resource to the school, while at the same time the school will be able to supply work for many students who wish to pay their way through college by manual labor.

During this conference the advisability of establishing a medical school at Loma Linda was given much consideration. As the delegates were perplexed regarding the advisability of our denomination operating a medical school, the question was referred to Sister E. G. White for any counsel she might have to give concerning the matter. The question was asked Sister White, “Are we to understand from what you have written concerning the establishment of a medical school at Loma Linda that, according to the light you have received from the Lord, we are to establish a thoroughly equipped medical school, the graduates from which will be able to take

State board examinations and become registered, qualified physicians?”

“The light given me is, We must provide that which is essential to qualify our youth who desire to be physicians, so that they may intelligently fit themselves to be able to stand the examinations required to prove their efficiency as physicians. They should be taught to treat understandingly the cases of those who are diseased, so that the door will be closed for any sensible physician to imagine that we are not giving in our school the instruction necessary for properly qualifying young men and young women to do the work of a physician. Continually the students who are graduated are to advance in knowledge, for practise makes perfect.”

“The medical school at Loma Linda is to be of the highest order, because those who are in that school have the privilege of maintaining a living connection with the wisest of all physicians, from whom there is communicated knowledge of a superior order. And for the special preparation of those of our youth who have clear convictions of their duty to obtain a medical education that will enable them to pass the examinations required by law of all who practise as regularly qualified physicians, we are to supply whatever may be required, so that these youth need not be compelled to go to medical schools conducted by men not of our faith. Thus we shall close a door that the enemy would be pleased to have left open; and our young men and young women, whose spiritual interests the Lord desires us to safeguard, will not feel compelled to connect with unbelievers in order to obtain a thorough training along medical lines.”

In harmony with this advice, the conference took action favoring the establishment of a medical school at Loma Linda. To accomplish this end the Pacific Union Conference invited the Southern California Conference, the North Pacific Union Conference, the Central Union Conference, the Northern Union Conference, the Lake Union Conference, the Southwestern Union Conference, and the General Conference to join it in carrying into effect the counsel concerning the establishment and conducting of a medical school at Loma Linda. Provision was made for a board of control, or regents, who were to have the general supervision of the school, and who were to determine the conditions on which it should operate, as well as to provide for a local board, which should be responsible for the management of the school.

The delegates greatly appreciated the presence of Sister White, during the entire meeting. She generally spoke to the conference once a day, and her words of entreaty and counsel were received with gratitude.

The president said the union conference had supplied, during its biennial term, some thirty-six workers for other fields, besides several nurses sent out from Loma Linda Sanitarium.

According to the president's report nine hundred had been added to the church-membership during the two years just passed. Twenty-two new churches had been organized and received into the conferences of the union conference. The tithes had increased over $11,948.21, and the offerings about $10,869.72, above those for the preceding biennial period.

Elder G. A. Irwin was elected president of the conference for the ensuing term. This meeting will long be remembered as one where great responsibilities had to be met, and should be a reminder to the workers that the Lord has not forgotten his people.

I. H. EVANS.

India

By Louise M. Sholz

I AM out in the bungalow with Miss Della Burroway at Karmatar, and enjoy my work very much. It is a little different from that at Mussoorie, where I had the patients come to the dispensary. Here I have to go out, sometimes at night, to see them. It is more difficult. As there are many things to look after, we ladies often have to do things that are generally done by men. And it is wonderful how the Lord helps us.

Miss Burroway has a cart and two little ponies. I also have a cart. The mission gave us one hundred rubles to buy a horse for my work. So we two went out on the three-o'clock morning train, to Asansal, with a neighbor boy, to buy a horse. We asked God to direct in this, as we really did not feel fitted for the undertaking. When we reached the place, we found that the horse we wanted had been sold, and so we took another train to another place. Here we had a pick among four horses. Two were not good, and two were young, not broken, and for these latter they asked us four hundred and five hundred rubles. But for one, a four-year-old, they came down in price to one hundred sixty-five rubles. We bought him, and everybody says it was a good bargain. We had him out the other day, the first time he had had a harness on, and put him to our cart. Two men held him by the head while Miss Burroway and I got into the cart. I held the lines, and he started nicely, and we both felt so thankful. Yes, we know God has been helping us. He is even interested in getting a good horse for us.

Before we got the animal, we had broken the shafts of the cart, and had to get wood from another place to fix them. We also have to look after the carpenter work, and I am painting the two carts.

God is blessing me in getting the Bengali language. I am convinced that I am where he wants me to be, but I make it a practise to pray before beginning my study. I have a teacher who knows no English. It is a little difficult at first, but I get the proper pronunciation.

Last night I had a rather inconvenient experience while out with our two ponies. We had to cross a little lake, and one of them would not go through the water, at first. Just as he got in, he fell. The man who goes with us can not hear or speak. So I got out, went into the water, and unharnessed both horses, and we succeeded in getting through; but I was wet, and covered with mud.

To-day we are going on a large cart to see an aged Mohammedan woman, to whom we have given seven treatments for lumbago. Before coming to us, her back had been burned with a hot iron, to cure it. When we arrived at her home the first time, the room was filled with natives. I suppose nearly the whole village was present while we treated the woman. How thankful those people are! I only wish I could impress upon them that it is not I who heals them, but God, through me. I can see how he gives his healing power, as I am called many times to severe cases, and without a doctor.

Only the other day a man came who had fallen and cut his leg almost halfway through. We had to put him under chloroform. He was a very strong man, and we did not have enough chloroform, so I tied him on the table, and two men and three girls held him. He had had enough of the anesthetic so he did not realize what we did. I had to put in about twenty stitches. The man is getting along well, and the wound is healing. In this place I must do, many times, what a doctor has to do, as there is no one else to do it. I leave the results with Him who is able to heal, and who says, “Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”

LOUISE M. SHOLZ.

Saved From Fire

By H. F. Courter

WHILE a number of us were attending the annual California conference, our little chapel at Los Gatos met with an accident which would have destroyed it had not the good hand of our Lord interfered. On the evening of the second of February, at the close of the prayer-meeting, some one either threw down a lighted match upon the cushioned seat of a chair by the stand, or in putting out the light, blew the blaze inside of the lamp, so that after he had gone outdoors, the lamp exploded. As the curtains were drawn, no one saw the fire, which burned up the chair, burned a hole about a foot square through the floor, burned the wall, set fire to the cloth and paper lining to the house, and also to my large missionary map of the world, and went out. It burned up a large eight-dollar Bible and a number of other books. Every one who looks at the work of the fire and sees how it went almost around a large chart of the law of God, considers it one of the greatest wonders ever seen. As a church we praise and adore the God of heaven for his care.

H. F. COURTER.

The Florida Sanitarium

By W. A. R.

Few natural features desirable for a sanitarium location are wanting where the Florida Sanitarium has its home.

Florida has long been known to many people as a desirable winter resort. The crowded trains on all the roads leading into that State testify to this. As the conditions that prevail there during the summer and throughout the year are coming to be better known, that State is beginning to vie with California in its attractions for both summer and winter, and in fact all the year, to seekers after health and pleasure.

The climate is especially favorable for health seekers. The extremes of temperature are slight, especially about Orlando, where the Florida Sanitarium is located. Here beautiful lakes are everywhere in abundance, and these tend to modify the temperature in winter, which rarely reaches the freezing-point, and also the heat of summer, which, according to old permanent settlers, never reaches above ninety degree. Gentle breezes from the ocean on either side add to the agreeable climatic conditions. During the warm months, almost daily showers aid in keeping the temperature cool and pleasant.

The Florida Sanitarium is most beautifully located in the midst of a forest of high, long-leaved, mammoth pines. The grounds face one of Florida's beautiful lakes, and this lake communicates with others by connecting streams. These lakes are all surrounded by forests of live oak, pine, bay, magnolia, and palms. The tall trees hang heavy with a drapery of moss, giving to all a most beautiful aspect. Country farms abounding in oranges, grapefruit, lemons, cumquats, and other tropical fruits, exist on all sides.

This sanitarium is about one mile east of the flourishing town of Orlando. The Atlantic Coast Line runs through the grounds, and by special arrangements trains will stop almost at the back door of the institution to let off and take on patients.

The Florida Sanitarium is a new institution, admirably located in the piney woods, on grounds covering about seventy acres. The buildings consist of a main building containing twenty-one rooms, an office building, and five cottages. The climate is admirably adapted to an institution on the cottage plan, and it is the intention of the managers to increase the capacity of the institution by adding cottages from time to time as needed.

Upon my visit there a few weeks ago, I found the institution well filled with patients, and a good corps of workers, consisting of two physicians, a business manager, one graduate nurse, and several undergraduates who are pursuing the nurses' course.

The climate and natural surroundings make the location of this institution one of the most attractive of our large family of sanitariums. The buildings and equipment are not what they ought to be for a State noted as a pleasure and health resort. California, with natural conditions no better than Florida, has four sanitariums conducted by the denomination, accommodating between three hundred and four hundred patients continually, while Florida has but this one small institution, with fifteen or twenty patients. With proper buildings and facilities, there is no reason why a large patronage could not be kept up all the year round.

The great need is for means to construct an appropriate main building, and to put in good condition the cottages and buildings now on the grounds, and to beautify the grounds. Nature has done a great deal for the institution. A charming lake, shady grounds, tangled woodland, and equable climate all unite to make the possibilities of the place very great. W. A. R.

Medical Missionary Department

Conducted by the Medical Department of the General Conference

W. A. RUBLE, M. D. - - - Secretary

D. H. KRESS, M. D. } - - - Field Secretaries

L. A. HANSEN

Sunday-Law Hearing in New Jersey

By W. A. C.

MONDAY, February 7, there was a public hearing at Trenton, N. J., on a bill in the New Jersey legislature (Assembly bill No. 19), legalizing various kinds of business, exercise, and sports on Sunday. The bill provides that,—

“From and after the passage of this act it shall not be unlawful for any person or corporation, on the Christian sabbath, or first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, to print, publish, and sell newspapers, to sell and deliver milk, to walk, ride, or drive for recreation, to hire horses and carriages, automobiles, or other conveyances for riding or driving, or to play baseball, cricket, golf, tennis, rowing, running, or other clean and harmless athletic sports.”

As might be expected, this was opposed by the Sunday-law advocates. Rev. T. W. Johnson, president of the New Jersey Lord's Day Alliance, characterized the bill as a measure which “seeks to secularize our Christian sabbath.” Should it pass, he declared it

would be “a direct stroke at Christianity,” and he warned the legislators to be “extremely careful about thus undermining our Christian foundation.” “True,” he said, “we have no union of church and state, but we have next to it.”

Rev. E. J. Kulp, representing the New Jersey Conference of Methodists and the Camden Methodist Preachers' Association, also opposed the bill.

Elder B. F. Kneeland, president of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, being present, was given an opportunity near the close of the hearing to speak. He said:—

“I wish to speak particularly of the principles which are involved in Sunday laws. The arguments which have been presented before this committee by those who favor strict Sunday laws show conclusively that the real reason why these people are so anxious to force the observance of Sunday is because they regard it as a sacred religious institution. Now I wish to submit to you, gentlemen, that the legislature of this State has no right to force people to keep Sunday, or any other day as the Sabbath, any more than it has a right to force citizens to be baptized, take communion, or contribute to the church. I believe in and practise all the ordinances which the Bible prescribes for the Christian church, but I protest most emphatically against any attempt to force them upon people by civil law. In taking this position I stand on the same ground as the honored fathers of our great republic.

“No reason but a religious one can be brought for making honest labor or innocent recreation a crime on Sunday. If a man wishes to observe religious customs, he can do so without being compelled by law. If he does it because he is compelled by law, he becomes a hypocrite, which makes him a poor citizen.”—Newark Star, Feb. 8, 1910.

Rev. William T. McLaughlin, a Catholic priest from Union Hill, made a vigorous speech in favor of Sunday baseball, declaring that nineteen years' experience in priestly life had convinced him “that Sunday baseball would be a good thing to promote morality of young and old alike.” W. A. C.

Korea

By E. R. P.

A RECENT mail from the far East brings us a good letter from Elder C. L. Butterfield, superintendent of our mission work in Korea, together with sample copies of the literature they are publishing. They are already making a good beginning in publishing tracts, Sabbath-school lessons, blanks, etc. Brother Butterfield says: “During the past year we have printed an edition of 8,000 copies of the ‘Way of Salvation,’ 5,000 edition of the ‘Sinner’s Need of Christ,’ 5,000 copies of ‘Jesus Is Soon Coming,’ also 1,000 copies each of ‘Bell’s Bible Lessons’ Numbers One and Two, ‘Helps to Bible Study,’ and ‘Sabbath-School Lessons on First John.’ We have also printed report blanks of different kinds, Sabbath-school record books, and church record and tithe receipt books.”

In another letter Brother Butterfield writes that they have begun systematic canvassing work, and his letter is accompanied by their first monthly report. He says: “Our one canvasser began work last July, and we have been well pleased with the sales made, considering the time he has been able to work, and the kind of literature he had to handle. Our list of salable literature is yet very small, but we are working hard to get more literature; for we believe that agents will do well in this field. The people are anxious to read, and there are great possibilities before us in this kind of work. We are planning to have more agents this year, and will try to get this branch of the work well organized. We are greatly in need of a publishing house and a new printing-press, to enable us to put out our literature at less expense.”

Such a cheering message as this from the far East is very encouraging. With Providence thus opening the way before us, we may be called upon in the near future to provide proper facilities and other needed help for the publishing work in Korea.

E. R. P.

Notes

WORD has just come to the office giving information as to the death of Dr. Amy Bascom. For two years Dr. Bascom was connected with the Oakwood Manual Training School at Huntsville, Ala., as instructor in medical subjects in connection with the sanitarium that is conducted as a part of that institution. Her services there were very acceptable, and the institution experienced a great loss when it was necessary for her, on account of failing health, to disconnect with the sanitarium. Pellagra was the cause of her sickness and death. As our workers fall by the wayside, we who remain must press forward the more earnestly in work for God.

The business manager of the Melrose Sanitarium says: “As far as is consistent, the doctrines of present truth and the work of the denomination are presented to our patients. We were much pleased to have them make voluntary offerings to the amount of seventy-five dollars to the $300,000 Fund, after the needs of our work were presented in a public meeting. The amount now subscribed here to this fund by family and patients combined is five hundred fifty dollars. The workers here at the sanitarium have responded to the call of the hour for the relief of the sanitariums, and have already subscribed for two hundred copies of ‘Ministry of Healing,’ and are busy selling them.”

In a letter just received from Dr. L. L. Jones, of the Hastings (Neb.) Sanitarium, he says: “Our sanitarium is doing fine. We are full now to the extent of our capacity, and have to crowd up some. We had a meeting of the Adams County Medical Society here last night, and gave them a supper. They were very much interested in our method of treating the sick and in the diet prescribed for them. One of the physicians was suffering from cold, and we gave him a treatment before the others, and they were very much interested in watching proceedings. The doctor reported decided results from the treatment. We believe that the sanitarium work is meeting with general approval on the part of the medical men of this place. Our next banquet will be for the business men of the city.”

In a letter recently received from Dr. G. B. Replogle, of Argentina, South America, he says: “We have just received a letter from the friends of a lady who accepted the truth here and was baptized, expressing their gratitude for what was done for their friend at the sanitarium. They say further that they are going to send a daughter to school this year. We have a number of prominent patients from Diamante. One gentleman says he has a friend who will send a child to our college this year. One gentleman who was thrown out of a cart and had his leg broken was with us for fifteen days; when he went home, he sent three sisters as patients, and influenced a number of other people to come for treatments. One class of nurses numbers nine, with four others to come. We have had the medical office, dining-room, and kitchen moved to the new building. All are well satisfied with the new quarters and service. The water is supplied for the new building and baths from one new well; the water is raised by a gasoline engine.”

Reasons for Success in the Pacific Press Territory

By H. H. Hall

1. THE conferences stand solidly back of the canvassing work.

2. With two exceptions, every conference in our territory has a field agent.

3. There are three (and soon will be four) competent, hard-working union conference agents.

4. We have the very best tools prepared in the way of prospectuses, canvasses, and selling points, with which to work.

5. The very conditions existing in the world are making our books popular with thinking people.

6. These books contain God's message for to-day, and he who said, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world,” is opening the way for their wider circulation. H. H. HALL.

Porto Rico

By William Steele

I HAVE recently visited the island of Santo Domingo, and am glad to tell you that I left three canvassers at work in that island, one, a brother of considerable experience, who will canvass for “Home and Health,” and two native boys, who speak the Spanish fairly well, and are good, honest young men. They had previously been canvassing some for small books and Bibles. The next day after I showed them how to canvass for Spanish “Coming King,” the younger of the boys in a few hours took twenty-five orders. Undoubtedly they will have excellent success in their field.

I canvassed four and one-half days for our Spanish paper, and took 136 subscriptions. We expect to see the canvassing work go ahead in our field. It has been decided that I spend the most of my time for a few months in canvassing for our literature, helping these new workers, and teaching the language and methods of work to Brethren Cochran and Raff, who are expected from the United States about the fifteenth of March.

WILLIAM STEELE.

The Missionary and Publishing Work

Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature.

Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference.

E. R. PALMER Secretary

N. Z. TOWN Assistant Secretary

A. J. S. BOURDEAU Missionary Secretary

Growth of the Spanish Book Work

By Charles H. Jones

Our Spanish book business is growing rapidly. In January, 1909, the Pacific Press shipped out $300 worth of Spanish books, while in January, this year, our shipments amounted to nearly $9,000. Besides we have orders for $8,000 worth to be shipped in February, making $17,000 worth in the two months. This is nearly as much as we shipped during the whole of last year. C. H. JONES.

Christian Liberty

By K. C. Russell; W. A. Colcord

Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience

Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau

K. C. RUSSELL Secretary W. A. COLCORD Corresponding Secretary

A Striking Letter From a Prominent Labor Unionist

By K. C. R.

“Your favor of the 20th inst. to hand. There is nothing that I have received in a long while that has given me so much pleasure as the knowledge of the fact that there is a society combatting the revival of the puritanical method of two hundred years ago.

“It is surprising that the upas tree of intolerance ever gained footing on American soil. But I am sorry to say that it is more wide-spread in this country than in any other part of the known globe.

“I have always contended that under the Constitution of the United States of America neither municipal, State, nor national legislative bodies had any right to decide an act legal on one day of the week and illegal on another. The Constitution is absolutely silent on the question of God, Sunday or religion, and the only time the question is touched is when it guarantees absolute religious freedom to every person sheltered under the folds of the stars and stripes.

“If there is anything that I possibly can do to combat this rising tide of trying to be thy neighbor's keeper, you can count on me. . . . If these ignorant bigots ever succeed, our liberties are gone, and we shall return to the age of the Spanish Inquisition, when men were tortured in every conceivable way if they happened to differ in any way with ‘the powers that be,’ as to what angle a candle should be burned.

“And all this persecution through the centuries has been carried on in the name of Christ, whose character was of that kind that he was incapable of any evil thought or deed, or a cruel or unkind act.

“The men of the United States of America who believe in liberty should not hesitate to inform all interested parties that we are ready to defend that liberty by every force at our command.”

We are pleased with the clear understanding of correct religious liberty principles the foregoing letter voices, but the Holy Spirit is the only effective remedy for these evils.

K. C. R.

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