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Review and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 46.

WALK IN THE LIGHT
Earlier text: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

TEXAS

By Felix Conway

GALVESTON AND HOUSTON.— When Galveston is mentioned, the minds of the REVIEW readers will instantly revert to the awful destruction brought upon our Texas coast by the great hurricane of September 8.
I know our brethren elsewhere are anxious to know how our people here fared during the storm, and that they would also like to know how the brethren who survived the storm are now situated.
I would have reported the situation sooner, but have waited to hear from our people throughout the storm-stricken district.
The storm was terrific here at Houston, wrecking about three hundred houses, and greatly damaging several hundred more. It also did great damage to telegraph and telephone lines. Three lives were lost. The storm was much harder east and south of here, seeming to center about Galveston. It is impossible to describe the destruction brought upon that city by the wind and waves. The results of the storm are horrifying in the extreme.
Nine of our people perished in Galveston. Their names are as follows: Sister H. C. Travers and little boy, Sister B. A. Whitcomb and baby, Sister S. Loyd and two children, Sister M. V. Slatham, and Sister M. Marshal. We deeply mourn the loss of these dear sisters and these little lambs, but we hope to meet them again when the sea gives up her dead. None of our people perished on the mainland, but they suffered heavy loss of property, and some are in needy circumstances.
Being very anxious about our people in Galveston, I went there as soon as the strict martial law would admit me into the city. On my journey I found that the prairie for twenty miles inland was covered with all kinds of valuable property and débris, interspersed with carcasses. The human bodies along the public route had been previously buried, though there were still hundreds on the prairie. Some were picked up even a month later.
When I reached the island, I found that a large portion of the western part of the city had been entirely swept away, while the eastern and southern portions were swept clean for several blocks inland, the waves throwing up a high breastwork of débris. Had it not been for this storm-made fortification, I suppose the whole city would have been practically destroyed.
It is impossible to imagine the force of the waves. Think of railroads being swept from their beds, the rails being snapped and twisted as if they were cords! It would be useless for me to enter into details. One noticeable feature was the desolation of the church buildings, most of them being total wrecks, and those remaining, greatly damaged.
As I viewed the awful scene, beheld the sorrow depicted on hundreds of faces, and listened to the stories and heartbroken sobs of those who had lost dear ones in the storm, I felt heartsick, and thought of the final destruction soon to burst upon the world. As I write, the following passages of Scripture come to mind: Isa. 24:1–5; 26:5–10; Luke 21:25, 26; Ps. 148:8.
There are still a few of our people in Galveston to hold up the light of truth. The Lord is blessing the work of the message in Houston. There are now thirty-five Sabbath-keepers here.
FELIX CONWAY. 2717 Congress Ave., Houston, Tex.

THE MIDWINTER NUMBER OF GOOD HEALTH.

By Editor

This should be the greatest number of this journal ever published. It will be largely devoted to the subject of diet, and special prominence will be given to the diseases that arise from the use of flesh. There will be a description of all the special diseases to which animals used for food are subject, and a careful description of the diseases that human beings contract by using the flesh of lower animals, or by associating with them. The subject will be illustrated with large, full-page color type representations of some of the principal diseases of animals.
In addition, this number will contain short, practical articles on the treatment of the diseases prevalent during the winter season, and a short summary of facts against the use of tea, coffee, and tobacco; also other important features of hygienic and sanitary reform. This number ought to have a circulation of at least a million copies, as it will contain facts of vital importance to every person who values his health, and especially to those who desire to preserve in active, healthy condition their bodies as temples of the Holy Ghost.
Notwithstanding the large expense attending the preparation of this number of the journal, it will be sold at 10 cents, the regular price. Those who order the journal in quantities of one hundred copies or more may obtain them at the rate of $5 a hundred. All the friends of hygienic reform ought to take an interest in the circulation of this journal, which is an efficient means of warning the world, and prepares the way for the reception of other reformatory truths of which the world stands much in need at the present time.

COLLEGE VIEW CHURCH, ATTENTION!

By M. E. Kerr; N. C. Nelson

WILL all absent members of the College View (Neb.) church please report at once? We are revising our list, and will soon drop all who do not report. M. E. KERR, Elder.
N. C. NELSON, Clerk.

KANSAS, ATTENTION!

By J. W. Westphal

The Kansas Conference will hold its annual meeting in the Seventh-day Adventist church, Topeka, Kan., December 24-28. The Kansas Tract Society will also hold its annual meeting at the same time. J. W. WESTPHAL.

ADDRESS

The address of W. L. Hoover is Boulder, Colo., care sanitarium. All correspondence relating to International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association should be addressed to the association, and not to him.

MICHIGAN, ATTENTION!

By J. D. Gowell

THERE will be general meetings held at the following-named places, at the specified dates. We request that our brethren as far as possible, and especially all our ministers, licentiates, and workers, within reach of these places, be in attendance at these meetings. This is especially necessary, as plans affecting our work for the winter in the different districts will be laid. Church elders are especially requested to be present. Everyone should aim to come promptly on time, as the meetings will be short, and will close on the dates named. Some of our brethren of the General Conference will be present at these meetings, also representatives from the Review and Herald and the Battle Creek College.
Grand Rapids November 15-16
Cedar Lake “ 17-18
Saginaw “ 19-20
Onaway “ 22-24
Petoskey “ 26-27
J. D. GOWELL.

“CRYSTALS OF LIFE.”

A BEAUTIFUL new book of poems of rare merit. Its themes are natural, rational, and religious. Its thoughts are pure and elevating. The lover of the tender and the true will be delighted with it. Loyal to God and true to man, It deals with the foundation principles of religion, society, and home. It contains rest for the weary, courage for the faint, joy for the sorrowing, light for the bewildered, and life for the dying. Critics who have examined the manuscript believe it will merit, higher approval than any poetical work before the public. Many of its articles are gems which are worth far more than the price of the entire work. Its value is not to be estimated in dollars and cents. It deserves a place in every library, and would be an excellent companion in every home. It will make a most appropriate holiday or birthday present. The author, who prefers to handle his own publication, needs three hundred subscribers yet to cover the cost of publication. Price, per copy, $1.65. Money payable when the book is ready for delivery. Subscribers will be notified by postal card. Send your name and address NOW, and speed its circulation.
Address John William Stein, 282 N. Washington Ave., Battle Creek, Mich.
Exchanges please copy.

OKLAHOMA, ATTENTION!

By C. Sorenson

The meeting of the Oklahoma Sabbath-school Association will be held in connection with the Conference at Oklahoma City, Dec. 18-23. C. SORENSON.

Publications Wanted.

N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too fine. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, and others have expressed literature when it would have been cheaper to send by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
Mrs. S. M. Kennedy, Chunchula, Ala.
S. K. Feeks, 2117 Congress Ave.; Houston, Tex.
J. T. Eaton, Cartersville, Ga., Review, Signs, Little Friend, Life Boat, tracts.
J. W. Buckland, Box 236, Great Bend, Kan., Signs, Instructor, Little Friend, soon.
Mrs. J. A. Craik, Gowrie, Iowa, has sufficient reading-matter.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

BRIEF business notices and “wants” will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over four, will be made, though in the case of the poor who want employment, the charge may be remitted. Parties unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.—Seventh-day Adventist woman aged from 25 to 40 to do general housework; good wages; address Mrs. Caroline E. Nichols, 425 South Harvey Ave., Oak Park, Ill.
WANTED.—A job pressman in the Life Boat office. Must be Sabbath-keeper. Address The Life Boat, 1926 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.
FOR SALE.—Fifty acres of farm-land near Archer, Fla. To Adventist family interested in missionary work, price and particulars will be furnished. Reason for selling, time fully occupied in other business. Address Box 43, Archer, Fla.

Obituaries.

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
BRAZEBRIDGE.—Died Oct. 6, 1900, Oesil, the three-year-old son of Samuel and Minnie Brazebridge, of Grant, Mich. Remarks at the funeral were made by the writer. O. E. DAVIS.
KELLY.—Died at North Lansing, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1900, Sister Hannah J. Kelly, aged 72 years. In 1872 she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and was faithful to the end. By her request, funeral services were conducted by the writer. L. UPSON.
POTTER.—Died Sept. 24, 1900, at Montrose, Mich., of consumption, Sister Elsina M. Potter, aged 66 years, 1 month, 15 days. She leaves a husband, one son, and many friends. She fell peacefully asleep in Jesus. Sermon was preached by the writer. W. H. FALCONER.
MERRELL.—Died at Verndale, Minn., July 13, 1900, Sister S. L. Merrell, in the sixty-first year of her age. She had been a faithful worker in the church, a faithful mother, respected and loved by all who knew her. We laid her beside her husband to await the voice of the Life-giver. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. ANDREW MEAD.
BIRCH.—Died at Burtrum, Minn., Oct. 8, 1900, Sister Birch, in the sixtieth year of her age. Her sickness was brief and her death sudden. We laid her beside her former husband, Brother Rouse, to await the resurrection. The Free Methodist minister and the writer conducted the funeral service. ANDREW MEAD.
KELLY.—Died near Eaton Rapids, Mich., Oct. 14, 1900, Mrs. Emma Jane Kelly, aged 64 years, 9 months, 24 days. Sister Kelly accepted present truth twenty-seven years ago. She had been a sufferer for many months, but bore all with patience. Funeral was attended by the writer. Text, Rom. 8:18, a passage very dear to the deceased. F. D. STARR.
EMMEL.—Died Aug. 25, 1900, at the Dayton (Ohio) camp-meeting, of heart-disease, Sister Emmel, aged 77 years. In November, 1896, under the labors of Elder S. S. Shrock, she accepted the doctrines held by Seventh-day Adventists. She united with the Pittsburgh (Pa.) church, remaining a respected member of the same till Jesus called her to rest. Funeral services were held at Allegheny City, Pa., Aug. 29, 1900. Words of sympathy were spoken by a Methodist minister. ***
O’DONNELL.—Died at her home in St. Louis, Mich., Sept. 19, 1900, Mrs. Alice Vesta O’Donnell, on her fifty-fifth birthday. Her maiden name was Burgess. She accepted present truth under the labors of Elder I. D. Van Horn, and has enjoyed it for many years. She leaves a husband, two sons, and two daughters to mourn her departure. The funeral was held at Ithaca, where a large gathering showed how she was esteemed by all. It can be said of her, She sleeps in Jesus. T. M. STEWARD.

A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY BOOK

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Easy Steps in the Bible Story

By ADELAIDE BEE COOPER
Introduction by ELDER STEPHEN N. HASKELL.
SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY CHURCH.
Profits go to General Conference Association.
The beautiful stories of the early Bible times never lose their charm. In Easy Steps in the Bible Story the author takes up the early Bible narratives in their natural order, drawing a lesson from each and showing their relation and bearing to present truth.
This book will be read with interest and profit by all.
This book contains 160 pages, table of contents, and list of illustrations. Our artist has prepared 150 beautiful pen drawings, illustrating the text of the book. It also contains many full-page illustrations. Beautiful cover design. Two styles of binding.
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By J. E. White

BEST STORIES FROM THE BEST BOOK

By J. E. WHITE.

In Four Languages: English, German, Danish, Swedish.

Begins with over fifty pages of charming “easy lessons,” including model nature studies for children, with fifteen beautiful colored plates, and many pen-drawings. Concludes with about 150 pages of entertaining “Bible stories” from the Old and the New Testament Scriptures, with numerous full-page engravings and other artistic illustrations.

AN EVERYDAY BIBLE COMPANION FOR THE HOME,

DEVOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL,

COMPRISING TWO HUNDRED LARGE, OCTAVO PAGES.

STYLES AND PRICES IN EACH OF THE FOUR LANGUAGES: Heavy paper edition, cloth back and corners........75 cents Thin paper edition, board cover........................50 cents Thin paper edition, limp paper cover................25 cents
“Best Stories from the Best Book” has been designed with special reference to the needs of the children. For this reason it has been profusely illustrated. The experience of years has fully demonstrated that immature minds need good illustrations to impress the truths presented in either oral or written lessons.
We have been instructed that for people of childlike minds “we should have issued books in so simple a style that a child might have understood them, for many of them are only children in understanding. Pictures and object lessons should have been used to present to the mind valuable ideas. Children and youth should have been educated in such a way that they could have been instructors and missionaries to their parents.”
The Bible stories have been prepared with special reference to teaching the truth. Many vital points of present truth are considered in a manner to cause a deeper investigation of these subjects from the Bible.

IN FOUR LANGUAGES.

“BEST STORIES” is being carefully translated from the English into the German, Danish, and Swedish languages. The Author’s profits from the sale of this book will be used in behalf of the southern missionary work.
1,000 CANVASSERS Can earn $200,000 from the sale of 1,000,000 copies of “Best Stories from the Best Book.” The easiest seller ever prepared for little people. 750,000 copies of “Gospel Primer” have been sold. “Best Stories” will sell more readily. The prospectus shows all four languages and the three styles of binding. It, with printed description for agents, will be mailed, postpaid, to any address, for 35 cents. With this you can immediately begin work, taking orders in all these languages by only once passing over the ground.
This is an easy-selling canvasser’s “HELP.” Subscription book profits to agents. The English book will be ready for canvassers to deliver for the holidays. The foreign editions will immediately follow.
Address your tract society, or the—
REVIEW AND HERALD PUB. CO., Battle Creek, Mich.,
or the—
PACIFIC PRESS PUB. CO., Oakland, Cal.

Michigan Central

“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected June 17, 1900.
EAST 8 *Night Express. 12 *Detroit Accom. 6 †Mail & Express. 10 *N. Y. & Bos. Spl. 14 *Eastern Express. 20 *Jackson Accom’tn. 36 *Atlantic Express.
Chicago pm 9.35 am 6.45 am 10.30 pm 3.00 pm 11.30
Michigan City 11.25 8.43 am 12.08 4.40 am 1.20
Niles am 12.40 10.15 1.00 5.37 2.30
Kalamazoo 2.10 am 7.30 pm 12.10 2.08 6.52 6.00 4.10
Battle Creek 3.00 8.10 1.00 2.42 7.28 6.43 5.05
Marshall 8.38 1.30 3.09 7.51 7.10 5.30
Albion 4.00 9.00 1.50 3.30 8.11 7.30 5.52
Jackson 4.40 10.05 2.35 4.05 8.50 8.15 6.40
Ann Arbor 5.55 11.10 3.47 5.38 9.43 7.45
Detroit 7.15 pm 12.25 5.30 6.00 10.45 9.15
Falls View am 5.02 pm 4.13
Susp. Bridge 5.17 4.33
Niagara Falls 6.30 4.40
Buffalo am 12.20 6.14 8.30
Rochester 3.18 10.00 10.40
Syracuse 5.15 pm 12.15 10.45
Albany 9.05 4.50 am 2.50
New York pm 1.30 8.45 7.00
Springfield 12.15 6.15 7.40
Boston 3.00 9.00 10.34
WEST 7 *Night Express. 17–21 N. Y. Bos. & Chi. Sp. 3 †Mail & Express. 5 *News Express. 23 *West’n Express. 13 *Kalam. Accom. 37 *Pacific Express.
Boston pm 2.00 pm 3.30 pm 6.00
New York 4.00 6.00 am 12.10
Syracuse 11.30 am 2.00 pm 12.25
Rochester am 1.20 4.05 pm 2.25
Buffalo 2.20 5.20 pm 3.00
Niagara Falls 6.02 4.32
Falls View 6.34 5.05
Detroit pm 8.20 8.25 am 7.15 pm 12.40 4.35 11.25
Ann Arbor 9.43 9.23 8.40 1.38 5.45 am 12.30
Jackson 11.15 10.20 11.05 am 3.30 2.40 7.30 1.35
Battle Creek am 12.40 11.34 pm 12.25 4.35 3.50 9.08 3.00
Kalamazoo 1.40 pm 12.10 1.20 5.16 4.28 10.00 3.55
Niles 3.15 1.22 3.25 6.05 5.05
Michigan City 4.26 2.20 4.45 7.05 6.01
Chicago 6.30 4.00 6.40 8.55 7.50
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 8.05 a. m., and 4.10 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.15 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

A BOON FOR THE CHILDREN.

Is your child learning to read? The first reader makes lasting impressions. What book do you place in your child's hands? You should give him—
“The Bible Reader No. 1.”

WHY?

Because he can learn to read the first lessons, although he has never read before.
Because it is a primer, the vocabulary of which will enable the child to read the Bible.
Because the subject-matter is Biblical, and from it the child will form the habit of looking upward.

There are many other reasons:—

It is an inspiration to parents and teachers.
It teaches spelling and composition, and leads the child to see God in nature.
Recommended by the book committee at the teachers' conference.

What others say of the “Bible Reader”:—

BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Nov. 1, 1900.
Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
DEAR BRETHREN: I have received a copy of “Bible Reader,” by Prof. E. A. Sutherland. Am exceedingly pleased with it. It is the best attempt of the sort I have ever seen,—Biblical and natural history facts intertwined in the most admirable way, and presented to the child so attractively as to compel his attention, and rivet them on his memory. The cheapness of the average reader is enough to disgust and nauseate any healthy child, and I am glad to see such good, wholesome food for thought presented to the little ones. The work ought to meet with the greatest success. Very sincerely yours, J. H. KELLOGG, M. D.
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Nov. 5, 1900.
Review and Herald Pub. Co., City.
DEAR BRETHREN: We have carefully read the new “Bible Reader,” by Prof. E. A. Sutherland. It is an excellent work, weaving the Bible story and the light given in the Spirit of Prophecy together in an interesting manner. Mothers will find it a valuable help in the home. It will prove a blessing in the schoolroom. It gives a vocabulary which, when mastered by the child, will enable him to read the Bible at an early age, and fill his mind with Bible truth. ELDER AND MRS. S. N. HASKELL.
Price, 35 cents, postpaid.
Address your Tract Society, or the —
REVIEW AND HERALD PUB. CO.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R'Y

E. W. Meddaugh and Henry B. Joy, Receivers.

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R'Y.

Trains arrive and leave Battle Creek.

WEST-BOUND FROM BATTLE CREEK.

No. 9, Mail and Express, to Chicago........................................ 12.15 P. M. No. 1, Chicago Express, to Chicago........................................... 8.30 A. M. No. 3, Lehigh Valley Express, to Chicago..................................... 3.50 P. M. No. 5, International Limited, to Chicago, with sleepers................................................................ 2.15 A. M. No. 75, Mixed, to South Bend.................................................. 8.30 A. M. Nos. 9 and 75, daily, except Sunday. Nos. 1, 3, and 5, daily.

EAST-BOUND FROM BATTLE CREEK.

No. 8, Mail and Express, to Pt. Huron, East, and Detroit.................................................................. 3.45 P. M. No. 4, Lehigh Express, to Pt. Huron and East................................. 8.27 P. M. No. 6, Atlantic Express, to Pt. Huron, East, and Detroit.................................................................. 2.25 A. M. No. 2, Lehigh Express, to Saginaw, Bay City, Port Huron, and East............................................................ 6.50 A. M. No. 74, Mixed, to Durand (starts at Nichols yards)............................ 7.15 A. M. Nos. 8 and 74, daily, except Sunday. Nos. 4, 6, and 2, daily.
W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent, BATTLE CREEK.

Catholic Church Property in France

The Catholic Church owns one tenth of the landed property in all France.

Orders to Crush the Insurrection

ORDERS have been issued from Washington to the military commander in the Philippines, to “crush the insurrection.”

United States Leads in World Supplies

THE United States now leads the nations of the world in the supply of breadstuffs, cotton, copper, provisions, coal, iron, and steel.

United States Gold Reserves

Two weeks ago the United States government held in its treasury more gold than is possessed by any other government in the world — $451,477,407.

China Question Remains Unsolved

At the annual banquet of the Lord Mayor of London, November 9, the Prime Minister of the British Empire referred to the China question as “still a long way from being solved, in spite of the agreement of the Powers to perpetuate the integrity of China.”

Proposed Changes to China’s Customs Duties

THE Powers are now talking of doubling China’s customs duties, to supply the money which they themselves propose to take from her in indemnities to themselves; also of substituting a Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Foreign Office in China; and their forces are still making war there.

New First Reader Available

By Editor

The new First Reader for church schools, home schools, etc., is now ready for delivery on all orders. It is good, and we believe will give satisfaction to all teachers of children, and especially to the children themselves. It is illustrated; it has 160 pages; and the price is 35 cents. Address Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.

Christian Patriotism

ONE of the leading National Reformers, a man who has been such for years, said in a sermon in New York City, Sunday, November 4: “Politics is religion. God has given us the cross, the home, and the flag to take us out of selfishness. God loves patriotism. He shows us how Joshua cut a pathway into an idolatrous land, and cleared it for a worthier race. Casting a right ballot for a right cause and a right man is the very acme of patriotism. That is not politics—it is religion.” That pamphlet “Christian Patriotism” ought now to be spread everywhere. Price, 15 cents. Address Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.; or Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.

The Basis of Child Culture

Good Health for November is without question one of the best of the best. And one of the best things in it is “The Basis of Child Culture.” It bears no relation whatever to the “child-culture” fad: it is sound practical sense from beginning to end. Get the November Good Health and read it, and you will be well paid.

Using The Glad Tidings in Sabbath School

The Sabbath-schools would get more benefit from the Sabbath-school lessons if each teacher would carefully read, with the lesson study, the little book “The Glad Tidings.” Each adult member of the schools should also have that book, and use it in the same way. The price is only 25 cents, paper bound; 60 cents, cloth bound: 265 pages.
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