WHILE it is true that every department of our work is educational, and that our principal business is to teach the people by precept and example the everlasting gospel, yet there is no more important phase of this work than that of conducting schools where the young can be trained for the service of the Master. This is no less true in China than in other fields. The conditions here, however, are somewhat different from those in Western lands. Here separate schools must be established for boys and girls.
A little over three years ago Miss Thompson opened our first girls’ school in Canton. The work has been carried steadily forward, increasing in numbers and interest. During the first half of this year about sixty were enrolled. These girls come from heathen homes. Few, if any, had ever been in school before, and it was here that they obtained their first knowledge of the gospel. It is remarkable how much of the New Testament some of them can repeat from memory. Nearly all attend the Sabbath services, and a few of the girls have acted as assistant teachers in the Sabbath-school. A number of them also attend the Friday evening prayer-meeting in the chapel, and take part. You would be surprised to see how apt they are in selecting texts of Scripture to read that are appropriate to the subject dwelt upon by the leader of the meeting. Three of these girls were baptized last week in June, and others are nearly ready for baptism.
This spring another girls’ school was opened by Miss Vanscoy, outside the east gate, about a mile from our chapel. The room is small, but eighteen girls of a good class were in continuous attendance during the first half of the year. A Sabbath-school has been conducted regularly at the school, often as many as thirty women and girls being in attendance. There is no doubt that this is one of the most successful means of reaching the women and girls of China.
In the autumn of 1904 we opened an English and Chinese boys’ school in Canton. The average attendance in the English school has been between twenty and thirty. Each student was required to pay two dollars (Mexican) a month for tuition, and board himself. One of the pupils in this department has accepted the truth and united with the church. The attendance in the Chinese department of the boys’ school has been small, but this year the outlook is more promising. We hope eventually to carry on most of the work of this school in Chinese, since that is the language of the country, and the one in which they can most quickly and clearly gain a knowledge of Bible truth. It is through this language only that they will be able to proclaim the gospel to their own people.
In April, 1906, five young men came to us for special Bible instruction. A Bible school was conducted for them for four months during the first half of the year. From September until July of this year this department has been continued, with about nine in attendance. Thus far six of these young men have been baptized, and two others are nearly ready for baptism.
For the first part of 1907 the total attendance of all our schools in Canton was about one hundred twenty. How to carry on this work in a way that will glorify God is the problem that confronts us. May we have your prayers for wisdom from on high.
E. H. WILBUR.
Sheyenne River Academy, Harvey, N. D.
By N. W. Lawrence
THE school has opened with a larger attendance from the start than ever before, and with a much better grade of students as a whole. We have an enrolment of forty-five, with forty-three in actual attendance at the middle of the second month of the school year. Forty-five crowds our building, yet we are going to place the limit this year at fifty. In so doing, we shall be obliged to cut off some who would like to come; but it is too much to ask students to crowd in closer—with us even fifty means three in all rooms, four and five in some. But the students themselves are willing to do so till another dormitory can be provided.
The spirit of industry and gentility prevails, and a live regard for the work of the message is prominent. We are, however, poorly located for much house-to-house missionary work, but correspondence is being taken up by the two Young People's Societies, together with special work with the Signs. I presented the matter of the Latin field training-school to the school family this week, and they voted to raise their proportion29for this enterprise. So the Department of Education may count on from forty to fifty dollars from the Sheyenne River Academy in the course of a few weeks.
While this institution is among the least of the rapidly growing sisterhood of schools in our work, yet we feel that God continually favors us by his Spirit, and by blessing our every effort for good.
N. W. LAWRENCE.
Hildebran Industrial Academy, Hildebran, N. C.
By J. W. Beach
OUR third year of school in this Southland has opened very encouragingly, and a new order of things has come in without any effort on our part.
Last year we had thirty pupils from homes not of our faith, and some months ago these patrons and the free school board proposed that they close the free school and send the children to us; and instead of paying tuition, they pay two teachers, furnish the schoolhouse and fuel.
After consulting with the academy board and with others capable of giving good advice, we accepted their proposition, and now school has opened with ninety-five enrolled, and more to follow.
We have secured the aid of Sister Rochelle Philmon, of Gainesville, Ga., and have graded the school, placing the first three grades in the primary room, the next three in another room, and the class in academic work in another room.
These arrangements exceed our fondest hopes in the working out of the details, and we have reason to expect a very successful year. We praise the Lord for overruling in the plans, and also in carrying out the same.
We would like to take occasion to say to our friends in the North that there is a great needy field here in the South; there are hundreds of places ripe for the opening of small schools, and we find the children agreeable, naturally polite, studious, easily governed, and desirable students. J. W. BEACH.
Meadowglade Intermediate School, Manor, Wash.
By G. E. Johnson
OUR school opened September 4, with an enrolment of seventy. In a very few days the enrolment had reached the limit of the capacity of the school, not only of both dormitories, but also of the schoolroom. This is three and one-half times the enrolment at the beginning of last year. From the first, our new three-story building, forty by fifty-two feet, has been crowded to the limit.
Our work is conducted on the pupil-teacher plan, all teachers taking studies in connection with their teaching work. We have, besides the principal and matron, seven student teachers, and we find that this plan, with proper supervision, brings excellent results.
The plan of discipline is for each student to control one—himself. The spirit of the school is very good, each student trying to make as good a record for himself as possible. Communication is eliminated, the ideal being for no one to disturb his neighbor’s study periods.
We believe that the exhortation given by the Lord through the spirit of prophecy, “It is the duty of principal and teachers to demand perfect order and perfect discipline,” is necessary in order to have a good school; and the only way to maintain perfect order is for each student to control himself; hence, as long as the student will control himself, he is given the privilege; but when he fails, the teacher’s work begins, and he soon finds that this is not so pleasant as doing the work himself.
We have had a number of scholarships turned in by students as the result of their work in canvassing. One seventh-grade pupil sold over eight hundred dollars’ worth of books in less than eight weeks’ straight work, and he is not yet twenty years old. Another boy sixteen years old earned a scholarship for himself, and one for his brother also, over five hundred dollars’ worth of orders being taken.
The Lord is blessing in this work, which has been in a measure neglected, and we are praying that it may be so conducted that he can continue his blessing. G. E. JOHNSON.
The Western Slope Academy
By A. M. Woodall
The Western Slope Academy is located in one of the most pleasant little towns in the west, Palisade, Colo.
This academy opened Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1907, with fifty bright young people and children.
The school board has done all that is necessary to make the building, seats, and surroundings comfortable. And the desire of the teachers is to teach and impress the principles of Christian education upon the minds of the pupils until the image of God is restored in the soul. We expect to hold up before our students the importance of a special training that will quickly prepare them to help carry this message to the world in this generation.
We have made some changes in the books, and we expect to use only the text-books that are recommended by the educational convention. We are desirous of having our school on a higher plane year after year. This year we have grades from one to ten, and higher work can be obtained if desired.
We have arranged to have a class in Christian education, and before the close of the year we will take up “methods,” so any one in the conference who expects to teach next year, or in the near future, will no doubt find it helpful to come and join us in our study. Those taking this class will be expected to take practise teaching in the primary.
We shall be glad to correspond with those who desire to enter school.
A. M. WOODALL.
The Tunesassa (N. Y.) School
By C. L. Bowen
THE Tunesassa Intermediate School is located in the southern part of Catt County, New York, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twelve miles from Salamanca. About two years ago the New York Conference bought two hundred acres of unimproved land, and began pioneer work in building a school where our children can be given a Christian education away from the influence of the world, and close to nature.
By Nov. 19, 1906, we had completed a brick veneer building, twenty-eight by forty feet, three stories above the basement, so we thought it advisable to open school. Our largest enrolment during the year was sixteen. We opened this year September 19. Our present enrolment is seventeen, and there are enough others coming to bring our enrolment up to thirty. We had to refuse some applicants for lack of room.
The students are helping to clear the land and to put in crops, which gives them good, clear minds to grasp their lessons. At present we are building a barn, thirty-two by forty feet, with a basement, and we expect to add another dormitory in the spring. Many of our students are fitting themselves for some part in the Lord's work, for which we feel thankful. Parents seem to be awakening to the fact that their children will be lost if given a worldly education, and that is one reason our schools are full. C. L. BOWEN.
Maplewood Academy, Maple Plain, Minn.
By H. J. Sheldon
MAPLEWOOD ACADEMY opened with a larger enrolment than last year, and the attendance has continued to increase, being larger at present than it was at the same time a year ago. In fact, practically all our room available is now occupied, and there is every indication that our attendance will be larger than it was last year. As a whole, the students are a class of young people who are greatly interested in the mission work, and the majority of them have more or less definite purposes as to their future connection with this work in some capacity.
We believe that this school year will be the best in the history of our denomination, that in all our schools the Spirit of the Lord will bring a greater degree of consecration and devotion to the acquiring of an education for the work than ever before, and that there will be less purposeless effort.
H. J. SHELDON.
Notes
THE Virginia Conference is establishing a State intermediate school. It is to be located at New Market. They are erecting a large building, which is to serve for dormitories and school building.
Work on the main building of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary is rapidly progressing. It is hoped to be able to occupy this building even before this present school year closes. Many of the students are employed upon the building.
The new academy building at Lorne Park, Ontario, Canada, is rapidly nearing completion. This school has delayed its opening this year in order that it might have the use of this building, which is to be ready for occupancy about January 1.
Mrs. P. F. Bicknell has been called to South Lancaster Academy to assist in the teaching and to act as preceptress. Sister Bicknell is a teacher of long experience, and she will be valuable help for the school at Lancaster. The large school made her services necessary.
Work on the new boys' dormitory for the Oakwood Training-school for colored students, at Huntsville, Ala., is rapidly progressing. This will be a valuable addition to the plant at Huntsville when completed, as they have been in great need of it since the burning of their boys' dormitory last year.
Walla Walla College, at College Place, Wash., is looking forward to a “day of jubilee.” Arrangements are perfected by which it is expected to remove the entire debt of about twenty-five thousand dollars from the school. This happy event is expected to occur at the time of their union conference, which is to be held at that place.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Robbins have been called to connect with the school work in Australia. Mrs. Robbins, after her graduation from South Lancaster Academy, was connected with that school for two years as teacher and matron. During this present year she has been matron of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary. Mr. Robbins was employed at the General Conference Office as stenographer. He is a graduate of South Lancaster Academy. We wish them all success in their new work.
At the recent meeting of the Atlantic Union Conference, held at Philadelphia, the conference was divided, and a new conference formed. The Ohio Conference was taken from the Lake Union, and was added to this new conference, as a part of it. The new conference is known as the Columbia Union. By this arrangement the Mount Vernon College is made a training-school for that union. This will give to this school a large constituency and a stronger support than it has enjoyed in the past, and augurs well for its successful future.
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For Sale.—An unimproved farm of 160 acres located 2½ miles from Yuma, Colo. For particulars, address C. W. Carr, Yuma, Colo.
Wanted.—Men to work in a shingle mill and in woods in Missaukee County, Mich. Steady work for several years. Address L. M. Richards, Moorestown, Mich.
Wanted.—A conscientious Seventh-day Adventist housekeeper, in family of four. Good wages to the right person. Reference furnished if desired. Address D. V. Eastman, Gothenburg, Neb.
Wanted.—A church-school teacher, to teach a family school, who can carry the sixth grade, at Spencer, Iowa; would like one who can teach shorthand and typewriting. Address Archie Hilliard, Spencer, Iowa.31
Wanted.—A competent Seventh-day Adventist cook for the sanitarium at Chamberlain, S. D.; $40 to $50 a month, and expenses, will be given if everything is satisfactory. Address Sanitarium, Chamberlain, S. D.
Wanted at Once.—For the new Long Beach (Cal.) Sanitarium, a number of first-class Seventh-day Adventist men and women graduate nurses; also one lady head nurse. Address Dr. Abbie Winegar-Simpson, Long Beach, Cal.
For Sale Cheap.—Twenty-acre fruit farm, 2 miles from Graysville, Tenn., home of Southern Training-school. Good pike road. Twelve hundred bearing peach-trees; other fruit in abundance. Healthful location; good water. Address William Brickey, Graysville, Tenn.
For Sale.—Kornoil—the pure oil extracted mechanically from grains of corn. It is a natural human food oil, highly nutritious, and highly recommended for all cooking purposes. Requires one third less than other oils. Five gallons, $4.00; 10 gallons, $7.50. Low freight rates. We do not sell cottonseed oil. Address Sanitarium Supply Co., Nashville, Tenn.
For Sale.—Purest, most healthful vegetable oil for cooking and salads; no odor, keeps indefinitely: gal. can, $1.15; 5-gal. can, $4.50. Also pure virgin olive-oil: gal., $2.75; half gal., $1.40; quart, 85 cents. Lunch Nutrena, a hygienic fat and blood producer: 1-lb. box, 35 cents; send for samples. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.
The Morning Watch Calendar
By M. E. K.
It is a most hopeful sign of a revival of spiritual life among our young people that so many are interested in systematic Bible study and prayer. Last year there were calls for more than two thousand copies of the Morning Watch Calendar published by the Central Union Conference. A calendar for the year 1908 is being published by the General Conference Missionary Volunteer Department, and will soon be ready for distribution.
The essentials of Christian growth are three: “Search the Scriptures”—FOOD; “Pray without ceasing”—BREATH; “Go work to-day in my vineyard”—EXERCISE.
To assist individuals in the formation of the habit of daily Bible study and prayer, this Morning Watch Calendar is prepared. Aside from giving a text of Scripture for every day in the year, suggestions are made of subjects for special prayer, and references are given for supplementary reading in the spirit of prophecy, for those who can do it.
What is the Morning Watch? It is commonly understood to mean the spending of at least the first half-hour of each day in personal, devotional Bible study and prayer. The value of such a habit, and the great blessings of spiritual uplift and power coming to the soul as a result of it, can hardly be overestimated. Can you visit with God for thirty minutes every day? Can you afford not to? Jesus said, “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” And secret prayer, we know, is the life of the soul.
If we succeed in our Christian life, we must plan for it, and “take time to be holy.” As some one has said, “Without doubt our failure to prevail with man and against evil in the world during the day is too often due to our more fundamental failure to prevail with God at the beginning of the day.” We are living in a time above all times when we must have a direct connection with Heaven. We must make strenuous efforts to form fixed habits of Bible study and prayer. What better can we do than to covenant with God to devote to him the best hour of all the day, an hour when the soul is in its most receptive mood, and before we go forth to the day’s work, with its conflicts and temptations? Then we can say with Isaiah, “He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned” (Isa. 50:4), and with David, “In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.” Ps. 5:3, R. V.
Let every one who desires to take up this plan send to his conference secretary of the young people’s work for this beautiful and useful calendar. The price is six cents. Stamps will be received. Order at once, that you may begin on the first day of the new year.
M. E. K.
A Good Report
By M. E. K.
WHEN the word “report” is mentioned, referring to the proceedings of a council or convention, people usually think of it as something dry and uninteresting. This is not true of all reports by any means. There is nothing at all dry or uninteresting about the report of the Sabbath-school and Young People’s Convention held last summer. It is printed with large type, has many subheads, and treats of living issues confronting every individual, home, and church in our denomination. It will be our text-book on young people’s work for quite a while to come. The Lord has surely set his hand to fulfil the prophecy of the message of Elijah. Shall we all have a part in it? A twenty-five-cent report for ten cents! Order of your tract society or publishing house. Every worker should carry a few for distribution among the people. One minister at the Atlantic Union Conference took ten along to use in arousing an interest in this important work.
M. E. K.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By E. L. STEWART
British Columbia Conference, Attention!
Owing to a misunderstanding in some parts of the field in reference to other meetings, we have been obliged to change the date of our annual meeting in British Columbia from December 27-31 to January 17-21. We will ask all our brethren to make a careful note of this change. We have also written to the churches and scattered Sabbath-keepers as far as possible.
E. L. STEWART,
President.
Manitoba, Notice!
By W. M. Adams
THE fifth annual session of the Manitoba Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the Northwestern Training-school, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, December 27-31. The first meeting will convene at seven o'clock Friday evening.
At this session all the regular conference officers will be elected, including trustees for the legal part, and such other business will receive attention as may properly come before the delegates.
Each church is entitled to one delegate without respect to numbers, and to one delegate to every seven members or fraction thereof. We hope also to see representatives from the various companies and isolated Sabbath-keepers. Let each church attend at once to the election of its delegates, and forward the credentials of the same to the conference secretary.
W. M. ADAMS, President.
Canvassers’ Institute
By HORACE G. MILLER
The canvassers’ institute for North Carolina will be held at Hildebran, beginning at 7 P. M., December 17, and continuing till Jan. 12, 1908.
All those planning to engage in the canvassing work in this conference the coming season should by all means attend this institute. Shall we have your co-operation? We pray that we may. My address is Gastonia, N. C.
HORACE G. MILLER, State Agent.
North Dakota Conference Association
By J. G. Walker
THE annual meeting of the North Dakota Conference Association will be held in connection with the Seventh-day Adventist conference at Harvey, N. D., Dec. 25-29, 1907. The first meeting of the association will be held Thursday, Dec. 26, 1907, at 10 A. M.
All accredited delegates to the conference are members of the association, and should be present at this meeting.
J. G. WALKER,
Chairman of Board of Trustees.
North Dakota Annual Conference
By J. G. Walker
THE annual conference of the Seventh-day Adventists of North Dakota will be held at Harvey, N. D., December 25-29, 1907. We hope the elders of churches will see that delegates are appointed and the names of the same sent to Elder A. E. Doering, conference secretary. The ratio of representation is one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate to every ten members. The elder, by virtue of his office, is always a delegate.
We hope to see each of the churches fully represented, and all the delegates present for the first meeting, at 7:30 P. M., Wednesday, December 25.
J. G. WALKER, President.
Young People's Work
By M. E. Kern; Matilda Erickson
Conducted by the Young People's Missionary Volunteer Department of the General Conference
M. E. KERN, - - - - Chairman
MATILDA ERICKSON, - - - - Secretary
Temporary Address, College View, Neb.
Questions for Church Elders
By M. E. K.
1. Do you pray and work especially for the lambs of your flock?
2. Have you followed the instruction in “Testimonies,” Vol. VI, page 435, concerning the overseers of the church?
3. Have you called special attention to the Report of the Young People’s Convention, the Missionary Volunteer Reading Course, and the Membership of Attainment?
4. Have you sought the co-operation of your conference secretary of young people’s work, in helping you to solve your problems?
5. Will you do all you can to get your young people to observe the Morning Watch?
M. E. K.
Obituaries
MUNN.—Died at the home of her parents, Brother and Sister Bennie Munn, at Perkins, Mich., Sept. 24, 1907, of whooping-cough, Bernice Munn. For almost two years she was a comfort and blessing in her home. Our brother and sister are looking for a soon-coming Saviour, who will bring forth their precious treasure in the bloom of immortality. Comforting words were spoken to the bereaved parents from John 5:26-29, and other scriptures. R. J. BELLOWS.
SEDGWICK.—Died at her home near Stevensville, Mont., Mrs. Mary Sedgwick, aged 76 years. Early in life she joined the Baptist Church; later, she became a First-day Adventist, and some years after this she heard and accepted the truths of the third angel’s message. She was one of the first to take a stand for the truth in Stevensville, and was ever faithful. She leaves a husband and four children to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken to a large audience from Isa. 61:1-3. W. F. MARTIN.
CURTIS.—Died in Topsham, Maine, Sept. 21, 1907, my dear mother, Mercy A. Curtis, aged 88 years and 11 months. She with my father accepted the Adventist faith in 1843; they were firm till the end of life. They were among the first to embrace the Sabbath, and will be remembered by the early believers who are still living. She leaves a son and a daughter to mourn their loss. A mother in Israel has fallen. The funeral service was conducted by Elder Turner (Baptist), remarks being based on the fourteenth chapter of John. FANNIE R. CURTIS.
MILLICAN.—Died near McKinney, Tex., Nov. 19, 1907, F. M. Millican, aged just 72 years. At an early age he was converted, and joined the Missionary Baptist Church; he was loyal and true to his belief. About twenty-five years ago he accepted the third angel’s message, and he and his wife united with the Plano church. Eight years ago he became a charter member of a small church, with which he held his membership at the time of his death. Words of comfort were spoken by Rev. Dr. E. E. King, from the fourth chapter of Hebrews. J. T. MILLICAN.
MAY.—Died at Ochelata, I. T., Oct. 31, 1907, of malaria fever, Miss Jessie Editha May, aged 24 years, 4 months, and 18 days. She was baptized when eight years old. She was very fond of Bible study. She was graduated early from the Kansas City schools, and spent some time in teaching. She also became a teacher of music. In all her teaching her one aim was to spread the truths of the third angel’s message. She spent the winter of 1906-07 in Canada, where she taught a successful church-school among the Indians on Dr. Hill’s Reservation. This summer she went to Ochelata, where her family had moved, and there she succeeded in organizing a church-school of over thirty pupils. These pupils were all strangers to present truth, and she hoped through them to prepare the way for a series of meetings some time this winter. It was while here at her post of duty, working even beyond her strength, that she succumbed to the fever. Sister May was a faithful member and worker in the Kansas City (Kan.) Seventh-day Adventist church. Her faithfulness was rewarded by seeing her father, mother, and two brothers accept the light of present truth. The funeral was held in Ochelata. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 1 Thess. 4:13. The interment was made in the Ramona Cemetery. F. C. CLARK.
MITCHELL.—Died at the home of her parents in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1907, after a severe illness of two years, Luretta May Mitchell, in her twenty-eighth year. She became a Christian when ten years of age, and united with the Dayton church in the fall of 1895. She suffered severely during her protracted illness, but bore it without a murmur. She loved to hear the Word of God read, and expressed herself as perfectly resigned. She fell asleep with a bright hope of a glorious resurrection. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder J. G. Wood; text, John 11:25. W. E. FREDERICK.
PIERCE.—Died at Bangor, Mich., Nov. 6, 1907, Mrs. Mary Pierce, wife of W. R. Pierce. The cause of death was convulsions with other complications. Sister Pierce was born in England, Jan. 27, 1844. When two years of age, she came to America with her parents. Wisconsin was her home until a few years ago, when she with her husband moved to Bangor, Mich. Thirteen years ago, Sister Pierce, as a result of the camp-meeting at Portage, united with the Pardeeville Seventh-day Adventist church. She was a faithful member of the Bangor (Mich.) church at the time of her death. Her bereaved companion, two sons, and a brother are left to mourn their sad loss. Services were conducted by the writer. The remains were interred in the cemetery at her old home, Wyncens, Wis. R. T. DOWSETT.
BOMER.—Died at Hotchkiss, Colo., Nov. 6, 1907, of a complication of diseases, Mrs. Louisa Bomer, aged 72 years, 4 months, and 23 days. She was of a modest and retiring disposition, and delighted in deeds of kindness. Although sick for several months, she was patient and faithful till the last. Her death is mourned by a husband, three sons, two daughters, thirteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, besides other relatives and friends; but we mourn not as those who have no hope. Elder States conducted the funeral service. NELLIE A. BARNES.
BOLTON.—Died Nov. 14, 1907, Usand Della Barrett Bolton, aged 39 years, 6 months, and 8 days. She was born in Keokuk County, Iowa; came to Kansas with her parents, Phillip and Lucy Barrett, in November, 1869; moved to Oklahoma May 5, 1893. Sister Bolton was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Star, Okla., at the time of her death. She was a strong believer in the third angel’s message, and died in bright hope of a part in the first resurrection. She leaves a husband, father, mother, two brothers, and five sisters. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 2 Sam. 14:14. W. S. LOWRY. (Kansas Worker, please copy)
HAWKINS.—Died at her home in Patchogue, Long Island, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1907, Sarah Catharine Hawkins, aged 51 years and eleven months. In the summer of 1903, through the instruction of Brother Rice, she heard and accepted the truths of the third angel’s message, and in the summer of 1904, at the close of a series of tent-meetings conducted by Elder L. H. Proctor, assisted by the writer, at Sayville, she was baptized in the waters of the Great South Bay, and became a charter member of the Sayville Seventh-day Adventist church, where she remained faithful until her death. Her patient, unselfish, devoted Christian life won for her many friends, who, with her bereaved husband and relatives, deeply mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer at the summer home of her sister, Mrs. J. Delle Wilson, words of comfort being spoken from 1 Cor. 15:26. J. A. WOOD.
Publications Wanted
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The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Mrs. J. E. Youmans, Mainard, Mo., tracts.
Jennie Drury, Carterville, Ill., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health.
C. F. Volz, R. F. D. 3, Lexington, Ind., Signs, Watchman, and tracts.
Charles Downey, Rock Hall, Md., Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend.
E. W. Carey, Luray, S. C., Signs, Watchman, Instructor, Life and Health, Little Friend.
Mrs. D. A. Fitch, Glendale, Cal., a continuous supply of health and other literature suitable for rack work.
Mrs. H. T. Moor, 1600 Fifteenth St., North, Birmingham, Ala., sends thanks for literature received, and requests a continuous supply for several months.
J. F. McIntyre, R. F. D. 4, Carthage, Mo., Care of S. J. Casteel, Signs, Watchman, Liberty, and tracts on the Sabbath question. Send to this place for two weeks only.
Brother James Harvey, of 763 Jackson St., Station D, Oakland, Cal., desires a much larger supply of Signs, Watchman, Life and Health and Liberty than he has been receiving. Can use them to excellent advantage among interested readers as well as in rack distribution in and around Oakland.
Tillie Stiller, Room 4, 261 West Second St., Pomona, Cal., Signs, Watchman, Life and Health, Liberty, and tracts in English and foreign languages, especially Spanish; a continuous supply desired.
W. E. Carter, Elizabeth City, N. C., thanks those who have been sending literature, but does not wish any more at present.
Change of Address
THE present address of Elder O. S. Hadley, Ida V. Hadley, and Mrs. A. A. Bousach is 712 East Eleventh St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Addresses Wanted
THE clerk of the Cincinnati Seventh-day Adventist church desires the addresses of the following-named persons: Charlotte Sales, Earl Spencer, Anna Carr, and Stephen Sharp. Address Laura Meader, 1109 Pendleton St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Circulating the Message
By Editor
MANY are planning to do a good work with the “Our Truth” number of the Youth’s Instructor. Every effort put forth to circulate this issue is a direct response to the Saviour’s admonition to his followers to make known “this gospel of the kingdom” in all the world for a witness unto all nations. Every such effort hastens the closing of the work, and brings heaven nearer. This number is filled with the truth for this time, will attract the attention of the people, press home the message it bears, and can preach where, often, the living preacher can not go. More than that, it pays well in a material way for the efforts put forth to sell it from house to house. Write this Office for particulars.
ONE good brother in the State of New York was so much pleased with the current issue of Liberty that he sent sixty dollars in cash for a supply, saying that it contained a message that ought to go to every man in the United States, and that he wanted to do what he could to extend the circulation of this number. He promised to duplicate his order in the near future. We should be glad to hear from many others who may desire to engage in this same work.
Fire at South Lancaster Academy
SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY suffered during this past week from a fire, which was confined largely to the north wing of the main academy building. It is not known how the fire began, but it is thought to have caught from the heating plant which is in the basement. While the injury to the building is considerable, yet it is covered by insurance, so that it is hoped that no financial loss will result to the school. The fire-extinguishers and other apparatus provided by the school for fighting fire, together with the heroic work of the students, many of whom had been drilled in a fire company at the school, seem to have prevented the entire loss of the building. The local fire companies of the village rendered most valuable help. The chapel exercises, which were in the nature of a praise service, were held that morning in the church. Even though it is inconvenienced during the repair of the building, the school will proceed with its regular work.
The Week of Prayer
NEXT Sabbath the week of prayer begins. It should be a week of blessing to all, and should bring reviving power into every department of our work. The power of the Holy Spirit awaits our demand and reception. Let us ask and receive, and consecrate all our powers to service. Take time to pray.
L’ultimo Messaggio
By Editor
THE editor is indebted to Brother C. T. Everson, of Rome, Italy, for a copy of the first number of a new periodical in the Italian language, with the name L’ultimo Messaggio (The Last Message). This paper is a quarterly of sixteen pages, illustrated, and printed in large, clear type. We welcome this latest messenger of truth, and hope that it will reach many with the good news of the kingdom.
British Union Headquarters Dedicated
WE learn from the Missionary Worker, of London, that the new estate secured for the British Union head-quarters, and the school, publishing, and food factory buildings upon it, were all dedicated with appropriate services October 28. It was announced at the dedication that a lady, not a Sabbath-keeper, but interested in our work, had given eight hundred pounds (nearly four thousand dollars) to the building enterprise.
Elder Evans Visits Caribbean Fields
ELDER I. H. EVANS, the treasurer of the General Conference, starts this week on a trip to the West Indies, Panama, and Cuba. Brother Evans will attend the South Caribbean Conference and a meeting of the West Indian Union Conference Committee at Trinidad, after which he will go to Panama to be present at the session of the West Caribbean Conference, and then he will attend the Jamaica Conference. On his way back to the States he will spend a little time with the workers in Cuba. This program of work will occupy about two months. We shall expect to receive reports from Brother Evans of the different meetings in these fields.
Profitable Work Selling Life and Health and Liberty
By Editor
It will be time profitably spent if our readers carefully study the outlined description of the December number of Life and Health and the last issue of Liberty, found on the second page of this issue. It will be readily observed that these issues are filled with very important matter, and that they deserve to be widely circulated. They are yielding many of our agents who are selling single copies a net profit of from three and a half to seven dollars a day. Let all who have never tried this line of profitable missionary work, order a liberal supply, and share in the refreshing that always accompanies soliciting for these journals. A canvass for each will be sent on request. The work is easy, pleasant, and in every way profitable.