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Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

Died, Feb. 9, 1876, near Ithaca, Gratiot Co., Mich., my beloved mother, Mary Mellinger, in the sixty-second year of her age. She leaves a companion and seven children, besides a large circle of friends, to mourn their loss. She has been a consistent member of the S. D. A. church of Ithaca, Mich., for eleven years. Her life has been one of self-denial. She has always sought the good of others, and by her meek and quiet spirit gained the love and esteem of all who knew her. She endured much pain, and the last few weeks of her life were marked with intense suffering. We mourn, but not as those who have no hope. She gave good evidence of her acceptance with God, and we expect, when the last trump shall sound, that she will be clothed with immortality. Funeral discourse by Eld. Van Auken (Methodist). Text: “I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” Ps. 17: 15. R. F. PHIPPENY.

Died, of diphtheria, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Feb. 3, 1876, Elmer E, only son of Wm. and Alice Courier, aged seven years and five months. He had a gentle disposition and amiable qualities for one so young. By request, a few remarks were made by the writer from Job 14: 10. W. B. EVERHART.

Died, of consumption, near Corsicana, Texas, Jan. 31, 1876, sister Addie L. Bartholf age twenty-four years. Only a few weeks previous to her death, she came here with her parents from Whitewater, Wis., hoping to receive benefit from the change of climate, but the disease was too far advanced. Addie was baptized at the age of fourteen by Eld. I. Sanborn, and was firm in the faith till the last. Having endured with the most perfect patience, she at last triumphed over her sufferings and exhorted all to be ready to meet her in the kingdom of God. Remarks by the writer from 1 Cor. 15: 26. M. E. CORNELL.

The Signs Everywhere.

By James White

We invite all who have friends in the Old World, to whom they wish to send the SIGNS, to forward their names and $1.50 each, and we will furnish our paper to all such, post-paid, for one year. This small sum of money, however, will not meet the expenses of the paper and foreign postage, but will simply cover the cost of these extra copies. The expense of postage will be met by donations from the liberal.

We are ready to receive also the names of the Lord’s worthy poor upon our lists. We would like one thousand such names, but those who forward them must give a statement of their circumstances, and their interest to read our paper, in order to secure the SIGNS to such persons. We now open the door wide for donations to meet the expenses of the SIGNS to the poor, and to pay foreign postage.

But we wish to call the special attention of our friends to the duty of sending our paper everywhere. And first, we would impress the reader with the character and design of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. While the REVIEW AND HERALD will be adapted to the wants of our people as a church paper, the columns of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES will be filled with the reasons of our faith and hope, sketches of Christian experience, and such other matter as will be adapted to the wants of the reading public generally. To this end we have labored, and still shall labor.

We have put the subscription price of our paper, when furnished by the Tract Societies, or by individuals to their friends, at half-price, or $1.50 per year, post-paid. This we have done to place the SIGNS within the reach of all our patrons who would send it to their friends, and out into the Christian world everywhere. We have laid our plans for a very large circulation and shall not be disappointed. We regret that the work of making up our lists has moved so very slowly thus far, and that matter of great importance, which is now appearing in each issue of the SIGNS, should be read by only a few thousand persons. Each mail, however, brings us more or less new subscribers, but where they come in by tens they should be flocking in by hundreds. Probably our people will never have so good an opportunity to furnish their friends with just that reading which they would have set before them, as during the current volume of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. We have arranged our subjects, taken hold of the work in earnest, counted the cost, placed the terms of the SIGNS within the reach of all, and by the grace of God will do our duty. If the SIGNS fails to fulfill its mission in visiting the homes of ten or fifteen thousand before the close of the present year, the failure will be chargeable to a want of active interest on the part of its professed friends.

The amount of good that has been accomplished by the circulation of our periodicals, can never be properly estimated in this world. Only a very few of the many cases of actual conversions by this means are reported at all, while impressions are made upon thousands of others, which will, in time, ripen to sound conversions. We would here give one interesting case which will stir the heart of every true missionary worker. Bro. Lucius Sanborn, of Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan, writes, Jan. 24, 1876:—

“In the summer of 1874, one of my friends sent me the REVIEW AND HERALD. I then belonged to the Baptist church, and my wife made no profession of religion. After reading the REVIEW, I commenced keeping the Bible Sabbath in Sept., 1874. One year later, my wife and myself attended the Northern Michigan Camp-meeting at Flint, where she embraced the Christian religion. To God be all the praise, and thanks to the friend who sent me the REVIEW. I now feel it a pleasure to work to advance the cause of present truth. Here are five dollars for you to use in publishing and circulating the SIGNS OF THE TIMES.”

Should twenty thousand copies of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES be judiciously circulated, what a harvest of souls would be gathered in by this means alone during one year. Try it, brethren, and may God bless you in your good work. You shall not be disappointed in the character of our paper. Let the names and the cash come right along.

J. W.

Events in the East.

Roumania, heretofore owing a sort of allegiance to Turkey, and paying an annual tribute to the sultan, has found that “In the course of human events,” etc., and has declared herself independent. Her alleged grievance is that Turkey has failed to carry out her agreement to defend the soil of Roumania from foreign invasion. Roumania was already practically independent, but her connection with Turkey of course forbade her giving any aid to her insurrectionary neighbors. As an independent country Roumania may be the nucleus of a large Christian kingdom to be hereafter formed of the northern Christian provinces of Turkey.

A few days after the above was published in the Detroit Evening News, the following additional item of news appeared:—

As was expected, the rebellious subjects of the sultan have refused to accept the terms of Andrassy’s compromise. Their blood is up, arms in their hands, a fair number of German tacticians to drill them, Roumania strong and almost ready to help them, and, all things considered, they think the present as good a time as any to strike for freedom. So the diplomates may not be able to prevent a row over the matter after all.

Something new in guns has been invented, or rather perfected, by an ingenious mechanic named J. R. Haskell, of Passaic, New Jersey, by means of which the bullet is driven from the gun with greater velocity than has hitherto been attained. The result is obtained by having additional charges of powder in pockets ingeniously arranged along the line of the barrel in addition to the cartridge at the base. The cartridge is exploded in the usual way, and the ball, as it rushes from the barrel, ignites the loose powder in the pockets, and receives a new impulse from their successive explosions. The force of the ball is so accelerated by these subsequent explosions that, upon recent trial, the inventor drove a steel missile directly through a target made of boiler iron, four inches in thickness. Subsequently, he drove a similar bolt of steel through nine thicknesses of boiler iron securely bolted together, and the ball cut through them as if it were pasteboard. By estimate, the velocity of a ball is increased five or six times, and the inventor is confident that he can throw a shot from fifteen to twenty miles.

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The Review and Herald.

By Editor

Battle Creek, Mich., Fifth-Day, Feb. 24, 1876.

Bro. Canright writes that he has not been able to find time to prepare the remainder of his sermon on Systematic Benevolence for this paper, but, no providence preventing, will have it for next week.

The Detroit Evening News of Feb. 18, 1876, publishes quite a long article concerning those who set April 1st as the time for the Lord to come; and, with a discrimination as rare as it is commendable, does not confound them with S. D. Adventists. This just suits us. Give the News a credit mark.

The friend who writes a long anonymous communication objecting to our views upon the subject of the two-horned beast, is requested first to read what we do believe on that subject.

Cheering Words.

By Uriah Smith

THE Lord is blessing the labors of our brethren in different places to that degree that it will find mention even in their business letters. We take the liberty to give a few quotations from such.

Bro. Colcord writes from New Franklin, Ill.: “Good meetings here.”

Bro. Downer, from Galesville, Wis., says: “I have never seen so good meetings as we have had since I last wrote. The Lord has come very near unto us.”

Bro. H. W. Decker writes from Fish Creek, Wis.: “The Lord is doing a great work for the people in this place. Have been here about three weeks. Have had a crowded house all the time. Last Sabbath, Feb. 5, we had our first Sabbath meeting. At the close I called for all who had decided to keep the Sabbath to arise. Over thirty arose; among the number, all the leading men of the village. I never saw such an interest to hear in my life. The people were starving for the truth. The prospect is that a number more will take hold. I feel to give thanks to the Lord for this manifestation of his mercy. Man is weak, but God is mighty.” U. S.

The Pulpit Turning Traitor.

The Golden Censer, speaking of one of Mr. Moody’s sermons, utters the following just criticism upon the religion of the present age:—

“Mr. Moody’s sermon on blood, is meeting with much opposition. The papers report that in its delivery he made reference to sensational clergymen, saying that ‘there are some preachers who have power and eloquence, but they are preaching a religion without blood in it.’ And a popular religious weekly commenting upon the sermon has this quotation: ‘The blood of Christ was not shed upon Calvary. He died of slow pain and exposure. The blood of Christ was not shed for a world.’ If this is not a plain denial of the atonement, we do not know what is. Is it possible that our popular preachers and our learned religious papers have got beyond the blood of the Lamb? But then it is one of the anomalies of the age, and clearly indicates that a dry rot is eating out the spiritual life, and that infidelity is openly confessed in pulpit and press. When the preacher turns traitor may God help the people.”

To Directors of Ill. T. & M. Society.

By F. M. T. Simonson

PLEASE do not send sums of money for the Society to Battle Creek, or to the secretary, but to the treasurer, George Foreman, Somonauk, De Kalb Co., Ill.

By order of the President, F. M. T. Simonson, Sec. Ill. T. & M. Society.

To Dist. No. 7, Ill. T. & M. Society.

By G. F. Shonk

ATTENTION, members! It is designed to report to the general quarterly meeting (to be held next April) the names of all our members who shall not have reported to me ere that time. It will then be seen who have, and who have not, been faithful. Will any allow their names to be read among the negligent ones? Remember, if we fail on earth, it will so appear on the record-page on high! This quarter is already one-half gone. Are we at work? Shall we all report? I wait to see. Direct to me at Martinsville, Clark Co., Ill., care of M. M. Taggart.

G. F. SHONK, Sec.

Carpenter and Joiner Recommended to Sabbath-Keepers

By J. Bartlett

If any Sabbath-keeper in Western Iowa or Nebraska wishes to employ a first-class carpenter and joiner, I can recommend A. W. Bunnell, of Missouri Valley, Harrison Co., Iowa, who wishes to work for Sabbath-keepers. J. Bartlett.

Appointments for Quarterly and District Meetings, March 1876

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand

Quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 3, of Iowa and Neb. T. & M. Society, will be held in connection with the general meeting at Sigourney, Iowa, March 4, 5, 1876.

J. W. Adams, Director.

Will meet with the brethren in Dist. No. 5, at Keene, Essex Co., N. Y., March 4, 5. In Dist. No. 6, at North Creek, Warren Co., N. Y., March 11, 12. The district meeting for these districts for the present quarter will be held in connection with these meetings.

B. L. Whitney.

Quarterly meeting of the church at Fremont, Wis., March 4, 5, 1876. We hope to see a general gathering of all the scattered friends. Brethren of Poy Sippi and Linn are invited. Bro. P. H. Cady is expected.

S. D. Smith.

The next general quarterly meeting for the N. E. Tract and Missionary Society will be held at New Ipswich, N. H., March 4 and 5. It is hoped that each district will hold its quarterly meeting at least one week previous, so there may be a report from all parts of the Conference at this meeting. We hope to see each district represented, as advance steps will be taken in reference to the missionary work in the N. E. Conference.

S. N. Haskell.

The next general quarterly meeting of the Vermont T. & M. Society, will be held at Irasburg Village, March 4, 5, 1876. We invite a general gathering of the brethren and sisters at this meeting, especially would we be glad to see as many of the directors at this time as can meet with us.

It is hoped that before this meeting each district will have all accounts with its members settled, and also be prepared to present a clear and reliable financial basis, so that our State secretary may know the standing of every district with the Society.

A. S. Hutchins, Pres.