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KANSAS

New Liberty, Republic Co.

We commenced meetings at New Liberty, June 8, and have spoken twelve times. Eleven, all heads of families, have signed the covenant. Yesterday was our first Sabbath meeting, and the first Sabbath some of them ever kept. They all bore testimony. The Spirit of the Lord was with us. Several who had not decided to keep the Sabbath were present, and took part in the meeting. The class elected Bro. O. D. Phillips, leader, and Bro. E. G. Currier, Sabbath-school superintendent. Regular Sabbath meetings and Sabbath-school will be kept up.

Tobacco has been routed, swine’s flesh is retreating, and will soon be entirely driven from the field. The Lord is preparing the hearts of the people for the reception of the truth. To him be all the praise.

J. N. AYERS.

Mount Vernon.

I have just held a meeting at this place, continuing a few days. Three were added to the church by baptism. We enjoyed a precious season on Sabbath afternoon in the celebration of the ordinances

J. LAMONT.

DANSVILLE, MICH.

By H. M. Kenyon; M. B. Miller

Sabbath, June 16, brethren came in from Leslie, Bunker Hill, and Alaiedon; and we had a good meeting. The no-Sabbath element prevails here to quite an extent. Two of the ministers of the place hold that view, one of whom (Elder Barnes) will address the people in the tent soon. We trust, by the help of the Lord, good may grow out of the investigation.

We shall remain here for a time, hoping to leave a few souls as witnesses for the truth.

H. M. KENYON. M. B. MILLER.

KENTUCKY TENT.

By S. Osborn

Edmonton is a county town of about two hundred inhabitants. Presbyterianism is the prevailing religion. The predominant characteristic of this people is, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Our tent is pitched on the commons. Some hard tales preceded us, and created quite a feeling against us. Consequently, the people have been a little shy, but now we are gaining the confidence of the most prominent citizens. I am only able to preach once each day, and therefore do not interfere with other appointments on Sundays. This is in our favor. Last Sunday, at 3 P. M., we had twice as many as they had at the other meetings. It was the first favorable time we have had for meeting since we have been here, on account of the weather. We cannot tell yet much about the interest. Brethren, pray for us.

S. OSBORN.

Edmonton, Metcalfe Co., Ky., June 18, 1877.

MARYLAND

By John F. Jones

The church at Calverton, not being under the watchcare of a State Conference, have had much to contend against, yet in looking over the past we are compelled to acknowledge the hand of God in the progress made. Although at the time of our organization we were surrounded by bitter opposition, there has been a steady growth in grace, and there is now a willingness to hear on the part of those who were opposers.

The members live some distance apart, yet Sabbath meetings have been kept up, and each family has been represented by one of its members. During the year several thousand pages of tracts and a number of copies of the Review and Signs have been distributed. Ten copies of the Signs have lately been ordered for free distribution. Bro. R. F. Cottrell and W. W. Stebbins, of the New York Conference, have visited us, Eld. Cottrell giving a course of lectures.

The first Sabbath in this month and the day following were days of special rejoicing. The Lord met with us, and two precious souls were united to the little flock by baptism. It was truly a time of refreshing.

The S. B. and the additional one-third have been promptly paid the first Sunday in each month, and promptly forwarded to the Review Office quarterly. The ordinances have been celebrated regularly the first Sunday in the month, but we shall hereafter adopt the plan proposed by the General Conference Committee.

Brethren, pray for the success of the cause in old Maryland.

John F. Jones.

Baltimore Co., June 17.

MISSOURI T. AND M. SOCIETY.

By Wm. Evans; D. C. Hunter

The second annual session of the Missouri T. and M. Society was held at Holden, Mo., June 15, 1877. President, Wm. Evans, in the chair.

Opened with prayer by Bro. J. H. Waggoner. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved.

On motion, The Chair appointed Brn. J. G. Wood, C. H. Chaffee, and L. R. Long a committee on the nomination of officers.

Meeting adjourned to call of Chair.

SECOND SESSION.

June 19, the Society convened at the call of the Chair. Prayer by Bro. Butler.

The secretary presented a summary of T. and M. work, as follows:—

No. of families visited, 88; letters written, 126; No. of papers sent on trial: REVIEWS, 2; REFORMERS, 3; INSTRUCTORS, 5; SIGNS, 21. Periodicals distributed, 391, almanacs, 357; No. pages of tracts, 87,904.

Cash from memberships, $10.00 Donations, 57.00 Book sales, 5.10 Total, $72.10

Committee on Nominations reported as follows: For President, Geo. I. Butler; Vice-President, J. A. O’Bryan; Secretary, Sr. Susan Reavis, of Holden, Johnson Co., Mo. Report accepted.

The meeting then elected directors, as follows: Dist. No. 1, John Snyder, Winstonville, Daviess Co.; No. 2, J. M. Gallemore, Salisbury, Chariton Co.; No. 3, J. A. O’Bryan, Holden, Johnson Co.; No. 4, J. F. Klostermyer, Rockville, Bates Co.; No. 5, D. N. Wood, Avilla, Jasper Co.; No. 6, Frank Hall, Greensburg, Knox Co.

On motion, Jackson, Cass, and Henry Counties were added to Dist. No. 3.

Resolved, That we approve of the suggestions of the General Conference Committee, as published in REVIEW, Vol. 49, No. 23, in reference to T. and M. meetings and reports; and we hereby adopt the same as a rule for the government of the T. and M. Society in Missouri; and we request each T. and M. officer to save said paper for reference.

Adjourned. Wm. Evans, Pres. D. C. Hunter, Sec.

Quite Right: Gloves, Cigars, and Self-Denial

QUITE RIGHT.—A New York lady takes Dr. Tyng, jr., to task for saying that if all the women in his congregation would give up “three-button gloves” and wear one-button, the saving would be enough to secure a support for his orphan house. She asks: “Why, if there is self-denial to be exercised, is it always required of women?” and concludes with this close-fitting observation: “If Mr. Tyng does not succeed with his gloves, let him try upon cigars; there would be more saving than in gloves. He would gain by it, and the men of his congregation would be cleaner and live longer.”

Obituary Notices.

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

Died, at Sheridan, Montcalm Co., Mich., June 1, 1877, Sr. Aurilla Hoover, aged eighteen years and ten months. Sr. Hoover accepted the Sabbath last winter, and at the same time gave her heart to the Lord. A large gathering of relatives and friends were present at the funeral, and after remarks from Job. 14:14, on the subject of death and the resurrection, Sr. Hoover was conveyed to the place appointed for all living, to wait “till her change come.” E. Van Deusen.

Died, in Darlington, Ohio, June 8, 1877, of scrofula and erysipelas, my little boy, Albert, aged two years, four months, and nineteen days. Geo. Bissel.

IOWA

Cherokee.

We have the tent up, and will hold our first meeting to-night. We seek God's blessing on our efforts the present season.

RUSSELL HART.

Oskaloosa.

We pitched our tent at this place, and commenced lectures Thursday night, June 21. This is a city of six thousand inhabitants, with all the popular denominations well represented, and filled with ministers. It is the stronghold of the Disciples, their college being located here. We expect strong opposition, and shall greatly need the help of God and his holy angels.

Shall we have the prayers of God's people?

E. W. FARNSWORTH.

L. McCoy.

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

Appointments.

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

Change of Appointment.

At Roscoe, Ill., July 7 and 8, instead of June 30 and July 1. R. VICKERY, Sec.

T. and M. Quarterly Meetings.

DIST. No. 4, at Otsego, Mich., the second Sabbath in July. A report of the T. and M. work may be expected. J. S. DAY, Clerk.

JULY 14 and 15, with the Alto, Ind. church. J. W. COVERT, Sec.

DIST. No. 1, Virginia, at Soliloquy, July 7 and 8, 1877. Eld. E. B. Lane is expected to be present. R. SAWYER, Director.

DIST. No. 7, N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society, at Frankfort, Herkimer Co., July 14 and 15, 1877. J. Q. FOX, Director.

Quarterly Meetings to Be Held July 7 and 8, 1877.

CHITTENANGO Falls, N. Y., at the house of Bro. L. T. Nourse.

The church at Plainfield, Wis., where Bro. W. Farrar may appoint.

The churches at Granville and Warren, in Waitsfield, Vt., at the house of Bro. Samuel Dana.

CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1877.

INDIANA, Kokomo, Aug. 9–14.

OHIO, Newark, “ 10–20.

VERMONT, “ 16–21.

ILLINOIS, “ 23–28.

MASSACHUSETTS, Groveland, “ 22–28.

Camp-Meeting and Conference Notices: Giving Full Particulars

By James White

Camp-meeting notices, Conference and T. and M. meeting notices, should be given in season, and fully given, embracing all important particulars. J. W.

This Week’s Paper.

By James White

Our readers will enjoy their precious paper this week. The board is spread with luxuries. The paper is full of living interest from the first page to the last.

Safeguards for Students, on the first page, will be regarded very stringent by those who are loose in their ideas and habits. We pity such, and are determined to help them. The article is right.

Read thoughtfully D. T. Taylor on The Unclean Spirits, and as you take in the sweeping power, and withering influence of modern necromancy, you may thank God that you have been shielded from Spiritualism by the truth relative to the nature and destiny of man.

The progress department shows faith, hope, activity, and the blessing of God. We have about fifty portable meeting-houses in the field on this continent. At all these cotton churches the people are invited to free seats to hear the word of God relative to duty here, and the reward hereafter. If only one church of thirty should be raised up by each tent company, that means alone would bring in a membership of fifteen hundred in the short tent season. God bless these pilgrim workers, and help them to cheerfully endure privation and toil.

And what shall we say of the two camp-meeting reports? Well, read them. Wisconsin is moving forward gloriously. When she was troubled with jealousy and murmuring in one of her ministers, she was as weak as Missouri. A division of territory freed that Conference at the expense of Illinois, and since that time Wisconsin has been taking the lead in the west. Poor Illinois suffered for awhile, but is rising in the absence of the one who has long suffered from chronic jealousy and grumbling.

God bless Eld. Butler in Missouri. That Conference needs help, and Eld. Butler can help the brethren there if they will be helped. But in all such cases the people have not clear views of their own needs. They have their own views of the way they should be helped. And if you try to help them in some other way, they lose confidence in you. God pity the minister that has to labor under such circumstances. Such a people have thorough lessons to learn in one of two ways; either by being left without help until they fully learn their own weakness, or by being patiently, and earnestly, and faithfully taught. Eld. Butler may do the latter. God bless him. Our policy would be the former.

The discussion at Rome on the fifth page is a triumphant affair. And let it be borne in mind that this was in connection with a revival two-days’ meeting of our people in that place. What an amount of work Eld. Canright is doing! He is too sharp and thorough for our good people in Missouri. Well, the field is large enough for all. Eld. C. is wanted in twenty places at the same time from the Atlantic to the Pacific. And he agrees with us that all our ministers should labor where they can do the most good. Some people get the idea that they must reform the minister; but we have enjoyed the opinion for thirty years that it was the minister’s work to reform the people.

Eld. Matteson is safely landed in the field of his future labors, as will be seen by his report under the caption, Crossing the Atlantic. What a paper we have this week! How blessed to be identified with the cause of truth. As the numerous readers of the Review shall trace the living lines of this week’s good paper, may their hearts grow warm, and their whole being be led out to show their love for the work and cause of God by their labors and their free-will offerings. J. W.

The New Order of Things.

WE are entering a new era in the organization of quarterly meetings for several objects, each one of which is of great importance to the cause. The address upon the subject by the Gen'l Conf. Com. was given in the REVIEW for June 7, 1877. That address should be read

Instructing Patiently in Carrying Out New Plans

By James White

again, and all the propositions and plans well studied before the quarterly meetings for July 7 and 8. The cause demands prompt action on the part of all our people in the carrying out of these new plans. But all our efforts must be characterized with kind and patient teaching. The following text of general application will apply well to the labors of those whose duty it is to introduce and carry out the new order of things. And as you read the text remember that Paul uses the word, “instructing.” Let the people be instructed, and kindly urged to duty.

“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.” 2 Tim. 2:24, 25. J. W.

Four Eight-Page Tracts for Tent Meetings

By James White

We have printed 20,000 each of four eight-page tracts to be used in tent meetings. Six thousand copies of each have Elder Canright’s name on them for his use. He wrote the tracts. And the rest of the editions have no name, and can be used by any of our tent preachers. The titles of the tracts are as follows, Is the End Near? Can We Know? The Sleep of the Dead, and The Sinner’s Fate. Other tracts will be printed for tent laborers. Price, 1,600 pages for $1.00. By mail, postage paid, 1,200 for $1.00. J. W.

J. W

By James White

The Health Institute is crowded with patients of intelligence and moral worth. They are thoroughly contented and satisfied. They are the happiest lot of sick people we ever saw.

J. W

Plans for New Health Institute Buildings

By James White

We have been counting the cost, laying plans, and carefully locating the new buildings at the Health Institute. Lumber is purchased, and work commences at once for an outlay of $40,000. More particulars will be given when we have time to give them. J. W.

Mildew Proof.

By Uriah Smith

SOME tent-makers advertise a preparation for making tents mildew proof, charging some 5 cts. per yd. extra for tents so prepared. Others as confidently assert that there is no preparation which will prevent mildew. Those who have had experience in the matter tell us that to brush the tent over with a weak solution of lime-water, or brine, is the best that can be done for it to prevent mildew. Those disposed to try it, can do it themselves at very little expense.

U. S.

Remember the Regular Quarterly Meetings.

SABBATH and Sunday, July 7 and 8, will be the time for the first quarterly meeting among all our churches in all our Conferences, according to the plan advised in REVIEW, Vol. 49, No. 23.

It will be the duty of our ministers, elders of churches or appointed leaders of churches, to see that this meeting is properly conducted. Do not be negligent about it, nor let it pass without action. On the Sabbath, let the church list be read, and every member, present or absent, be inquired after. Then let the ordinances be celebrated. On Sunday, let the s. s. and one-third for T. and M. be settled up, and let every member of the T. and M. Society bring in his or her report up to that time. Thus all matters will be squared up to that date; and the next quarter all the Conferences and churches will begin together. GEN. CONF. COM.

Business Department.

“Not slothful in Business. Rom. 12:11.”

My post-office address, for the present will be Newburyport, Mass. D. M. Canright.

The address of H. W. Decker and O. A. Johnson will be, till further notice, Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.

Our address will be, for some time, Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas. R. M. Kilgore.

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Miscellaneous.

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Books Sent by Mail.

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Books Sent by Express.

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Books Sent by Freight.

Eld. R. M. Kilgore $187.95.

Cash Rec’d on Account.

E. W. Farnsworth $13.28, H. Nicola 17.68, F. A. Barlow 10.28, G. V. Kilgore 16.35, M. Wing 20.00, Geo. I. Butler 332.00, G. S. H. Honeywell 10.06, Orlando Soule 3.00, Ill. T. & M. Society 10.00.

Gen. Conf. Fund.

“Right Hand” $15.00, Carl Herrguth S. B. $5.90.

Mich. Conf. Fund.

Genoa $4.65, Bushnell 61.00, Allegan 25.00, Jackson 40.75.

Gen. T. & M. Society.

“Right Hand” $5.00.

Mich. T. & M. Society.

Dist. 1 $10.00, Dist. 3, 8.38, Dist. 11, 16.00, Dist. 6, 69.66, Dist. 5, 10.11.

S. D. A. E. Society.

Mary Clark $5.00, Harriet Hardy 2.00, Rachael Buck 2.00, Arvilla Bachellor 10.00, G. W. Amadon 20.00, S. D. Barr 4.00, Ella Millne 10.00, L. E. Millne 10.00, W. H. Hunt 10.00.

Danish Mission.

Mary Glascock $10.00, Fanny Glascock 10.00, A. Jones 2.00.

European Mission.

“Polly” $3.00.

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