QUITE an agitation is going on in Jacksonville, Fla., over the question of Sunday closing, particularly the closing of places of amusement. The question is being freely discussed in a department of the Sunday Times-Union of that city, called the “People’s Forum.” Elder E. W. Webster has already contributed one or two articles to the discussion. In an article appearing under date of December 26, he presents, though somewhat condensed in form, the following clear-cut argument:—
“Editor Times-Union: I have read carefully the pros and cons of this Sunday-closing question, but there is an element in it which I have not seen discussed yet, that of religious legislation, or the forcing upon some by civil enactments the religious ideas of others. There is in this an inconsistent mixing of sacred and profane things, of civil and religious interests, to which I would like to call the attention of your many readers.
“No one probably has less use for, or less to do with, these questionable amusements than the writer, but I wish to ask a few questions in order to get at the real root of this Sunday crusade. I believe the whole effort is for the purpose of trying to uphold and enforce upon all classes the supposed sanctity of Sunday. Were it not for the supposed holiness of that day, these efforts would not be made.
“I do not at all question the very evil character of many of these entertainments; but the question arises, Why stop an evil thing on Sunday only? Are these questionable amusements worse on Sunday than on all other days put together? Are they more harmful to morals on Sunday than on all the rest of the days of the week? Why not oppose and fight wrongs on all days alike?”
“Every one knows that God did not rest on and sanctify Sunday at creation, nor command it to be kept in the decalogue; that Christ never kept Sunday, nor the apostles, nor the early apostolic church. But if it were the day commanded in the fourth commandment, or if it had been kept by Christ and the apostles, even then there would be no civil or God-given right to enforce its observance upon unbelieving and irreligious people, or upon other believers in Christ.
“Are people who are compelled to rest from business or recreation on Sunday made better thereby? Is it wise to give non-Christians the idea that because we have a monopoly of religion, therefore we are the lords of the earth in the21matter of rights of conscience, and they must therefore knuckle to us; and that because they are not so religious as ourselves, they have no claim to religious liberty? Why not rather try to win them by love and Christian persuasion to obey the law of God and keep his holy Sabbath from love? In God’s sight love is the only meritorious motive in man’s obedience. To obey from compulsion or fear of civil pains and penalties will make no man a Christian, neither will it make Christians better Christians, but stultify the manhood of both.
“If any church considers Sunday a sacred day, and holds either honest work or questionable shows to be wrong on that day, let it set the world the good example by disciplining its own members for any and all supposed desecrations of the day. It does not impart very much grace to unbelievers to punish them for the very things they see church-members do.
“In closing, let me say that if we wish others to recognize our rights, we must recognize theirs also. How would we like it if the tables were turned and the non-believers in Christ should all combine and frame and enforce laws that would deprive us of our rights as Christians? Let us heed the golden rule, and do to others as we would have them do to us. Let us try in every Christian way to win sinners from wrong, but leave off trying to compel them to act as we wish them to act when it is not in their hearts to do so.”
This is quite a model article of its kind. It is brief, the arguments are clear, consistent, and concisely put, and the ground well covered. Such articles appearing in the public newspapers where agitations of this kind are on can not fail to accomplish good.
W. A. C.
Religious Liberty Notes
In two recent numbers of the Southwestern Union Record we have noticed a very prominent “Religious Liberty” heading on the first page. This we have thought very proper.
The Wisconsin Reporter states that at the Bethel convention religious liberty received some attention, Elder W. H. Thurston considering it in connection with the subject of temperance.
The New York Independent of December 15 has this to say concerning the recent agitation at Freeport, N. Y., over the reading of the Bible in the public schools: “When will our people learn that religion is the business of the church, and that the church and not the state is responsible for religious instruction? If the church fails, so much the worse for the church.” Another editorial commends British jurists for at last doing away with the more than half-heathen superstition of “kissing the Book” as part of the form of a legal oath.
“The first edition of ninety thousand Pacific Union Conference series of religious liberty leaflets has been used, and our second edition of one hundred fifty thousand is now printed. These are being forwarded for use to the various points where institutes are to be held in the California Conference.”—Pacific Union Recorder. This tells its own strong story.
Interest in Life and Health
SOME of our agents are finding out that many people in all localities are very much interested in health topics; and when an agent brings such a journal as Life and Health, it is not hard to interest them in it. The following is an account of an interesting case which was reported by one of our agents: “I called on a very cultured lady today—an accomplished musician and a good Methodist. As soon as I explained the nature of my call, and gave a brief canvass of the paper, and asked her to buy a copy, she at once replied that she would like to subscribe for it. I was just starting out in this work, and this unexpected offer to subscribe for the journal for a year put me to thinking, and gave me courage. I shall give more effort and thought to subscriptions for the magazine from this time on.”
Twenty-Two Protestant Magazine Subscriptions
ELDER S. J. HERSUM, of Maine, writes as follows: “I find that the Protestant Magazine is filling the place that no other one of our publications can. I shall get all the subscriptions I can.” As a demonstration of this interest, he sends us twenty-two subscriptions—a good example to be imitated by all of our workers.
Christian Liberty
By K. C. Russell; W. A. Colcord
Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience
Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau
K. C. RUSSELL . . . . . Secretary
W. A. COLCORD . . . . . Corresponding Secretary
Religious Liberty Offering for 1910
THE time for the next general religious liberty offering is Sabbath, Feb. 5, 1910. At the last General Conference it was decided that the offering should be equally divided between the General, union, and local conferences. Let all be prepared to make a liberal gift to this important branch of the work.
A Proposed Sunday Law Campaign in Louisiana
By W. A. C.
RESOLUTIONS passed at a Baptist ministers' convention held recently at Mansfield, La., places that body on record as favoring the application of a rigid Sunday law in all sections of the State, and indicates that a State-wide Sunday-law crusade is planned for there in the near future. Following are the resolutions referred to:—
“Resolved, That we, the representatives of the Baptists of the State of Louisiana, fifty-five thousand strong, desire to place ourselves on record as opposed to sabbath desecration and widespread intemperance, now common in this State; and,—
“Be It Resolved, To appoint a committee of three laymen and two ministers to prepare a memorial to the next session of the State legislature, urging legislation for suppression of all kinds of sport on the sabbath, including picnics, baseball, fishing, hunting, theaters, excursions by train or boat, either public or private, and the enactment of laws to prevent the opening of any kind of store or place of business on Sunday, providing that drug stores may be allowed to fill physicians' prescriptions on that day; and,—
“Be It Further Resolved, That we will make an effort to have submitted to the voters of the State the question of constitutional suppression of the liquor traffic.”
The Baptists are forgetting the principles of soul liberty and separation of church and state for which they have contended so nobly in the past, and are joining with the friends of religious legislation.
In this proposed crusade it will be noted that the temperance movement and the Sunday-law movement are combined, the good with the evil, reforms that are needed with reforms that are destructive “deforms.”
W. A. C.
Current Mention
— There have been eight arrests up to date in connection with the attempt to dynamite the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shops and the Gay Street bridge in Baltimore. Those arrested were members of what is known as the “Assault Game,” who were working in the interests of the striking Baltimore and Ohio machinists.
— The American Federation of Labor is planning to make war on the United States Steel Corporation. Circulars have been sent out to each of the 1,540,000 members of the association, calling on them for a donation of ten cents each, which will constitute a fund of $154,000 with which the national officers intend to begin their campaign.
— China has refused absolutely to consider the proposition of Portugal that the dispute between them concerning the Macao boundary be submitted to arbitration. China declares that she will settle this matter only with Portugal. At the Hong Kong Conference, the Chinese delegates refused to recognize Portugal’s claim in Macao.
— A cablegram from London dated January 2 states that rarely has the city entered upon a New Year with such pleasant prospects to justify hopes of better times as this year. Good reports in this direction also come from Berlin and Paris. Nevertheless the feverishness over the prospect of war still exists undiminished throughout Europe.
— On January 4, at Bordeaux, Leon Delagrange, the famous French aeronaut, while flying at a height of sixty-five feet, was hurled to the ground and instantly killed. This is the fifth notable death among aeronauts since the fall of Orville Wright and Lieutenant Selfridge and the death of the latter at Fort Myer, Va., in September, 1908.
— Capt. Robert F. Scott’s expedition in search of the south pole is now assured, the British government having promised on January 5 $100,000 toward the $200,000 needed. Public subscriptions toward the expedition have already amounted to $60,000, thus leaving but $40,000 still to be raised. The expedition will set forth in July next. The Russians are also planning a south polar expedition.
— During the last calendar year there has been a remarkable improvement in public health conditions throughout the United States. No yellow fever has been reported, and there is a considerable decrease of the disease in the Latin American nations, which have been regarded as the source of contagion for this country. These improvements are ascribed to the advanced sanitation which is being gradually established.
— Eight boat loads of fishermen were lost on January 5 from the Dover and Whitehead fishing fleet off Newfoundland in the terrible storm which swept up the Atlantic coast on that date. This storm has caused a great deal of suffering both on land and sea. The eight boat loads of fishermen made up a total of forty men.
— A report from St. Petersburg, Russia, dated January 4, states that the admiralty is planning to send a group of officials to America to study battle-ship construction. The report states that the battle-ships of the United States navy are considered at St. Petersburg to represent the most advanced types in the world.
— The reports from Nicaragua are to the effect that General Estrada, the leader of the revolution, is conferring with the new president of Nicaragua, with a view to settling the differences between them without further war. Neither of the Nicaraguan factions have as yet been recognized by the United States government.
— A cablegram from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, dated January 1, reports a violent earthquake in the French island of Martinique and the British island of St. Vincent on that morning. Mont Pelee, volcano in Martinique, and La Souffriere, volcano in St. Vincent island, are reported to be active. The earthquake was also felt throughout the other West Indian islands and peninsula of Yucatan. No report is given of the damage caused.
— Through the direction of President Taft, on January 7, Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forestry division of the Agricultural Department, was removed from office, together with his associate, Overton W. Price, and Assistant-Law-Officer Shaw. Mr. Pinchot, being one of the best-known and most trusted servants of the government in one of the most important branches of the government, his dismissal is bound to occasion an unusual amount of controversy and may have far-reaching results affecting the administration itself. An investigation of the forestry service will be undertaken by direction of Congress, and important testimony may be expected bearing upon the controversy which has resulted in the dismissal of the chief forester.
— From time to time, for several years past, rumors have come down from North Canada to the effect that the Eskimos of the far North report the landing of a huge balloon in their territory some years ago. A Catholic priest in charge of the stations in Northern Saskatchewan and the MacKenzie River district now brings definite reports to this effect. The natives state that “a large white house, covered with ropes, fell from the heavens,” containing three men, who died soon after the landing. The Eskimos have since been using the ropes of the balloon for their dog sledges and other purposes. This is believed to be the Andree party, which sailed for the north pole in a large balloon in July, 1897. This Catholic priest proposes to find the place where the balloon is supposed to have descended, in the effort to secure any reports which the balloonists may have made of their trip.
Greater New York Conference
By R. D. Quinn
The eighth annual session of the Greater New York Conference will be held at 1115 Fox St., Borough of The Bronx, New York City, Jan. 18-23, 1910. The first session will be at 10 A. M., at which it is hoped all delegates will be present.
To reach the hall, take any Lenox Avenue and West Farms Express of the subway to Simpson Street station. Leaving the train at this station, go back one short block to Fox Street, and turn to the right. The hall is about two short blocks from this point.
Those coming by the way of the Second Avenue or Third Avenue elevated lines, should transfer at 149th Street to an up-town subway train, following directions as above. Those who find it more convenient to use the cars of the Union Railway Surface line should transfer to a Southern Boulevard car, getting off at 167th Street; walk two blocks south.
At this time the officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the conference.
For the Sabbath meeting, it is arranged to secure an auditorium sufficiently large to have a general meeting of all the churches.
R. D. QUINN, President.
New Jersey Conference, Notice!
By B. F. Kneeland
WE wish again to call attention to the annual session of the New Jersey Conference, which will be held in the Goff Building, Broadway, near Federal St., Camden, N. J., Jan. 18-23, 1910. The hall is easily reached by all street-car and trolley lines, and is only ten minutes' walk from the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry. All those coming into Camden on the Pennsylvania steam or electric lines, should get off at the Broadway station, and walk one-half block north to the hall. The first conference meeting will be called at 3 P. M., Tuesday, January 18. All delegates should be present at that time. Excellent help has been promised to make the Bible studies and the hours devoted to church and conference work both practical and helpful. There will be preaching each evening and Sabbath. Arrangements for rooms should be made at once with Mrs. G. R. Fortiner, 517 Cooper St., Camden, N. J. Meals will be served in the building for all who desire them. Let us make a good beginning of the work of 1910 at this meeting.
B. F. KNEELAND, President.
Publications Wanted
The following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Mrs. Katy Taylor, 6503 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, desires Seventh-day Adventist papers for use in reading-racks.23
Julia W. Jensen, 99 E. Seventeenth Street, Paterson, N. J., desires copies of all our publications, for missionary purposes.
Mrs. C. S. Drury, Carterville, Ill., desires Signs, Youth's Instructor, Little Friend, or others of our good papers for use in reading-racks.
J. Gregory, Paradise Valley Sanitarium, National City, Cal., desires clean copies of the Signs, Watchman, Life and Health for use in missionary work.
Charles Downey, Box 35, Rock Hall, Md., wishes copies of the REVIEW, Youth's Instructor, Little Friend, Watchman, and any other of our publications and tracts.
Belle Watterman-Findlay, Palm Springs, Cal., desires copies of the Signs Monthly, Little Friend, Youth's Instructor, Signs of the Times, Life and Health, Liberty, or any late clean copies of Seventh-day Adventist publications.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By E. T. Russell
Central Union Conference Association
THE fourth biennial session of the Central Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the legal session of the conference at St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 13-23, 1910. A full board of trustees for the association is to be elected at this session, and such other business transacted as may regularly come before the association. The first meeting will be called at 9:30 A. M., Monday, January 17. All accredited delegates to the conference are members of the association, and are requested to be present at the first meeting.
E. T. RUSSELL, President.
Annual Meeting, Southern Publishing Assn.
By R. HOOK, JR.
NOTICE is hereby given that the second annual meeting of the constituency of the Southern Publishing Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held Thursday, Jan. 20, 1910, at 11 A. M., at the Seventh-day Adventist church, on Twenty-third Ave., North, and Seifried St., Nashville, Tenn., for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
R. HOOK, JR., Secretary.
Southeastern Union Conference Association
By C. Thompson; R. T. Dowsett
The first meeting of the Southeastern Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, 507 E. Fair St., Atlanta, Ga., at 10 A. M., Friday, Jan. 14, 1910.
This meeting is called for the purpose of electing officers and adopting a constitution and by-laws, and for the transacting of such other business as may legally come before the association.
C. THOMPSON, President,
R. T. DOWSETT, Secretary.
Southeastern Union Conference
By C. Thompson; R. T. Dowsett
NOTICE is hereby given that the first biennial session of the Southeastern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, 507 E. Fair St., Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 11-18, 1910. The first meeting is called for 9 A. M., January 11.
Each conference is entitled to one delegate, and one additional delegate for every fifty members. All delegates will please be present at the first meeting, to participate in its deliberations.
C. Thompson, President,
R. T. Dowsett, Secretary.
Pacific Union Conference
By H. W. Cottrell; J. J. Ireland
THE fifth biennial session of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Mountain View, Cal., Jan. 24-30, 1910, for the purpose of electing an executive to direct the work for the ensuing biennial term, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Each local conference is entitled, aside from its president, to one delegate in the sessions of this conference without regard to numbers, and one additional delegate for every three hundred church-members.
The conference will be organized at 9:30 A. M., Tuesday, January 25.
By order of the Executive Committee.
H. W. COTTRELL, President,
J. J. IRELAND, Secretary.
Notice of Legal Meeting
By Meade MacGuire
A MEETING of the constituency of the Colorado Medical Missionary Association will be held in connection with the Central Union Conference, in St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 16, 1910, at 9:30 A. M., to elect members of the board of directors to fill vacancies, and transact such other business as may come before the meeting.
The constituency consists of the members of the General Conference Committee, members of the Central Union Conference Committee, members of the Colorado Conference Committee, and members of the board of trustees of the Colorado Medical Missionary Association.
MEADE MACGUIRE, Secretary.
Mount Vernon College Meeting
By S. M. Butler
THERE will be a meeting of the patrons of Mount Vernon College in the Seventh-day Adventist church, Ohio and Fair streets, Columbus, Ohio, in connection with the annual meeting of the Ohio State conference, Jan. 24-28, 1910. The purpose of this meeting is to elect trustees and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, January 25, at 3 P. M.
S. M. BUTLER, Secretary.
Ohio Conference, Notice!
By H. H. Burkholder
The forty-eighth annual session of the Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner Ohio and Fair streets, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 24-28, 1910. The opening meeting will be held on Monday, January 24, at 7:30 P. M. The meeting is called for the election of conference officers and the transaction of any other business that it may be necessary to consider at that time.
Let all the local churches plan to be represented at this conference, and if possible by a full delegation. The basis of representation is one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate for every twenty-five members. H. H. BURKHOLDER, President.
Ohio Conference Association Meeting
By H. H. Burkholder; R. G. Patterson
The annual meeting of the Ohio Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner Ohio and Fair streets, Columbus, Ohio, in connection with the annual conference, Jan. 24-28, 1910. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, January 25, at 3 P. M.
H. H. BURKHOLDER, President,
R. G. PATTERSON, Secretary.
Review and Herald Publishing Association
By Francis McLellan Wilcox
NOTICE is hereby given that the seventh annual meeting of the members of the constituency of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, of Washington, D. C., will be held in connection with the Lake Union Conference at Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 1910, at 4 P. M., for the election of four trustees for the coming year, to take the places of those whose term of office expires at that time, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
The following persons are members of this corporation: those composing the executive committees of the General Conference, the Atlantic Union Conference, the Canadian Union Conference, the Lake Union Conference, and the Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists; those who compose the executive committees of the several local conferences of the Seventh-day Adventists within the territory of the aforementioned union conferences; those who compose the board of trustees of the Review and Herald Association; and such persons as have received certificates of membership in said association.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
F. M. WILCOX, President.
Canvassers’ Institute in North Carolina
By G. W. Wells
THE faithful canvassers in North Carolina have been richly blessed the past year. Plans are now being laid to hold a canvassers’ institute at Hildebran, N. C., beginning about the second week in February, 1910, and lasting about ten days. The exact date will be given later.
We are giving this notice in due time, with the hope that some may be induced to join the regular army of canvassers here, also to unite with us in the institute, for prayer, study, and service.
The general canvassing agent of the Southeastern Union Conference will be present, and give valuable instruction daily. Brother H. B. Tilden, the field agent, will have charge. All inquiries should be addressed to him at R. F. D. 4, Hickory, N. C. The writer expects to be present to assist in every way possible.
We are thankful for the faithful workers already in this field, and for the success following their efforts, but there is much excellent territory still unoccupied. Who will help us? G. W. WELLS, President.
Business Notices
THIS department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—
Conditions
Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.
WE OPEN NO ACCOUNTS for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
A CHARGE of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
Mrs. Edith Sabin, Stevens Point, Wis., wishes to thank those who have responded to her advertisement, and to state she has now secured a good position.
FOR SALE.—Healthy medical practise and equipment. Location next largest city in Vermont, 15,000 population. Suitable reasons given to applicant for selling. Address C. F. Ball, Rutland, Vt.
WATCHES FOR SALE.—My offer to sell good watches at right prices is for our mutual benefit. You are sure of getting the right goods. Send for catalogue. Address W. H. Merrill, Watchmaker, Washington, N. J.
HYGIENIC VEGETABLE COOKING OIL.—The oil used by our people. 5 gal., $3.50; 10 gal., $6.75. Cans crated. ½ bbl. (about 32 gal.), 60 cents a gal. By freight from Louisville, Ky. Address Dr. O. C. Godsmark, Chattanooga, Tenn.
FOR SALE.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor, keeps indefinitely; 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $6.75; 60 cents a gal. in half-barrel and barrel lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
FOR SALE.—Farm of 77 acres, near Ravenna, Ohio, county seat of Portage County, 8-room house, large barn, church, and church-school privileges. Cheap if sold soon. For further particulars, address J. L. Sander, R. F. D. 12, Ravenna, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—A good home in Mountain View, with family orchard of variety of fruit and berries. Lot 100 x 150 feet. 6-room cottage, with bath and pantry. 3 blocks from church, school, and Pacific Press Office. Address F. J. Brainerd, Mountain View, Cal.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS.—Standard and new varieties. Send us the address of six parties who want plants, and we will give you a year's subscription to Ranch and Range (a $1 farm paper). Catalogue free. Address Lake View Nursery, Box 10, Poy Sippi, Wis.
SEND for “Our World Beauties.” The holidays are over, but we sold more Mottoes last July than during any month of the holiday season. We want a wholesale house in every State. Over 440,000 sold in 1909. 100, $6; 200, $10. This includes our new Father and Mother Mottoes. The world is ripe for Bible Mottoes. Address Hampton Art Co., Hampton, Iowa.
SPECIAL NOTICE.—We have decided to extend our freight-paid proposition to February 15, that more of our people may be able to take advantage of this liberal offer. These excellent foods at such low prices ought to go into every Seventh-day Adventist home in the United States on this freight-paid plan. The purpose of the Southern Union Conference in operating this factory is simply and only to supply our people with real health foods at prices that will encourage and permit their liberal use in preference to other foods. As a people we should follow more conscientiously the health reform light with which we have been blessed. Begin now by sending in your orders. We want to help you. Address Nashville Sanitarium Food Factory, Nashville, Tenn.
Obituaries
WARDEN.—Girzela Warden was born Nov. 29, 1830, and died Nov. 25, 1909. She was united in marriage to John Warden, June 10, 1852. Sister Warden was converted early in life, and united with the Baptist Church. She learned the third angel's message from Elder A. W. Bartlett, and accepted it in 1878, and remained a devoted Christian till her death. She leaves a husband, eight children, and many friends to mourn their loss. She was laid to rest in Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind., to await the call of the Life-giver. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a large audience.
U. S. ANDERSON.
GARLAND.—Brother J. A. Garland was born in Tennessee, in 1872. After living in several different States, he finally located at Coalgate, Okla., where he united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1903, afterward moving to Ochelata. He was taken with typhoid fever about December 11, and fell asleep December 17. Services were conducted in our place of worship in Bartlesville, the writer speaking from 1 Sam. 20:3; Eccl. 9:5; Amos 3:14, after which interment was made in the Bartlesville Cemetery. Brother Garland leaves a wife who is determined to train her little boy and girl in the way they should go, so that when the Life-giver comes, they too will receive a crown of life that fadeth not away.
C. B. WEST.
COOK.—Abram Cook was born in England, Feb. 6, 1833. At the age of twelve, he came to this country with his parents. In Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 3, 1866, he was married to Lydia J. Buzzell. Ten children were born to them, of which there are seven survivors. In the spring of 1869, Brother Cook attended a series of meetings conducted by Elder T. M. Steward, in Belvidere, Ill., and with his family accepted the third angel's message, in the hope of which he has ever since rejoiced. For a number of years he has been a resident of Calistoga, Cal., and a consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist church in that place. For some time he had been in poor health, and last June was taken seriously sick with heart trouble. From that time he slowly but steadily failed, till he fell asleep, Oct. 24, 1909. We believe that his desire, frequently expressed, was realized, and that his last days were his best. He will be missed by his neighbors, the church, and especially by his faithful companion and children. After a brief service, conducted by the writer at the home, he was laid to rest in the cemetery at Calistoga, from which we trust he may be raised at the first resurrection.
D. E. ROBINSON.
JENSON.—Paul Jenson was born in Denmark, June 17, 1846. At the age of twenty-one he was married to Matilda Hansen. They came to America in 1866. After residing in Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Arkansas, in 1897 they moved to Chautauqua County, Kansas, where they have since made their home. To them were born ten children,—six boys and four girls,—all but one of whom still survive. In 1877 Brother Jenson was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Palo Alto County, Iowa, and Dec. 18, 1909, he died in that faith. The funeral services were held at the home, and the remains were laid to rest in the Peru Cemetery. Many friends and relatives showed their sympathy by their presence at the funeral, and by their kindly help during his sickness.
J. D. VINCENT.
HUNT.—Departed this life Dec. 18, 1909, near Valley Junction, Wis., Sister Arzella Hunt, aged 79 years, 9 months, and 27 days. She was born in the State of New York, Feb. 21, 1830. At the age of eighteen she was converted and united with the Freewill Baptist people. When she was nineteen, she was married to Reuben Hunt. Five children were born to them, four of whom and many grandchildren are left to meet the fond mother at the resurrection when Jesus comes. Her husband still lives, though about ninety years old. For forty-nine years the deceased rejoiced in the truths of the message, having received it from Elder Allen. At the time of her death she was a faithful member of the La Grange church. Words of comfort were spoken from John 11:25.
W. W. STEBBINS.
MCCLUNE.—Brother J. J. McClune was born in Ireland, near Belfast, in 1844; died at Titusville, Pa., Nov. 3, 1909, in the sixty-fifth year of his life. In 1854 he, with his parents, moved to America, and settled at Pleasantville, Pa., where he spent the most of his life. When about twenty-one years of age, he united with the Baptist Church. About twenty-seven years ago, under the labors of Elder D. T. Fero, at Randolph, N. Y., he received present truth, and with his companion gladly walked in the light the Lord had sent them. For a number of years he was a faithful canvasser, placing our publications in the hands of the people until failing health compelled him to lay aside the work. He leaves a loved companion, three sons, and two daughters, to mourn the loss of a kind and loving companion and father; but if they are faithful, there will be a blessed reunion in the resurrection morn. Funeral services were held in the United Brethren church at Pleasantville, Pa., with a large gathering of his old friends. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14:13.
I. N. WILLIAMS.
GUINN.—Mrs. Mima Guinn, aged forty-one years, died at her home in Sedalia, Mo., Oct. 25, 1909, after an illness of some weeks. She was an active member and worker of the Sedalia church, and let her light ever shine forth as a follower of Christ. She was born in Appanoose County, Iowa, Feb. 18, 1868. At the age of thirteen she united with the Christian Church, but, after studying her Bible she became convinced of many points of present truth. Before she had heard an Adventist sermon, she kept the law according to the light which she had. She heard this message preached in 1900 by Brother Haycock, and fully accepted it in 1902. Since that time she has been an active worker in the church and Sabbath-school. She made herself useful to the Master by holding Bible readings, canvassing for books, and ministering to the sick, and held the positions of church clerk and superintendent of the Sabbath-school at the time of her decease. To the last of her illness she expressed her faith in Jesus and her willingness to abide by his will. In her home she was all a mother could be, and to the sick and suffering she was a good Samaritan. The funeral services were conducted by Elder D. U. Hale.
EMERY L. GUINN.
Sunday Laws in South Africa
WE learn by the South African Missionary that our people in that union conference are endeavoring to enlighten the public regarding the unrighteousness of Sunday laws. A Sunday bill in the Orange River Colony was defeated by a majority of only two. Thus the forces are gathering for conflict in all parts of the world.
ELDER G. B. THOMPSON returned last week from a month’s labor in the church at Battle Creek, Mich. He reports a profitable season during the week of prayer.
Christian Education and Cape-to-Cairo Railway
HELPFUL alike to teacher and student is No. 3 of Christian Education. There are three classes who will be benefited by this journal. First, professional teachers, in that it will afford them many helpful suggestions relative to plans and methods of work. Second, students, and particularly those who are preparing for teaching or other professional work. Any young man or woman who will read this journal will find new inspiration for life-work. Third, fathers and mothers, as the first and greatest of the world teachers, will find in Christian Education much helpful counsel for the training of the children in the home and for family study and discipline. Read announcement of this number on page 2.
THE Cape-to-Cairo railway project is going forward continually. A recent despatch says that on December 12 it reached a point 2,147 miles north of Cape Town, in the British Kongo. It is a steel highway along which the missionary will press the more rapidly into dark Africa.
Union Conference Sessions
About the time we go to press, Elders A. G. Daniells and G. B. Thompson will be leaving for the Southeastern Union Conference session at Atlanta, while Elders G. A. Irwin and L. H. Evans are planning to attend the Central Union Conference session, at St. Joseph, Mo. The biennial union conference meetings during the winter months will have an important bearing on the shaping of the work for 1910.
Brother Weaks Sails for India
AFTER a brief stop in Washington, Brother C. E. Weaks, of the North Pacific Union Conference, sails, with his wife, this week from New York en route to India, in which field Brother Weaks is asked to take charge of the distribution of our literature. The North Pacific Union Conference has released him from the union book work, and the Walla Walla College was called upon to give up one of its faculty in releasing Mrs. Weaks. The General Conference Committee has invited Brother P. C. Pohle, of England, to accompany Brother Weaks to India, to engage in the book work.
Danish-Norwegian School Location
By Editor
On page 16 is a very interesting report from Elder R. A. Underwood regarding the location of the Danish-Norwegian school. We learn that some of the leading citizens of Hutchinson have taken a very personal interest in seeing this school located there, and surely, judging by the reports, the brethren have been very providentially led in the matter. Elder Underwood writes: “I feel sure that God has opened the way to quickly settle the location of this new institution in the Northwest.” Let all be sure to read this report and be ready to co-operate with this new enterprise.
Lewis Family Sails for West Africa
LAST week Brother W. H. Lewis and wife and two children, of Virginia, spent a few days in Takoma Park, on their way to New York, from which port they sail this week for England and West Africa. They will land at Sierra Leone, our West African headquarters, re-enforcing Brethren Babcock and French and their associates. The report from West Africa in this number shows how greatly help is needed. Others must soon follow.
The $300,000 Fund Campaign
The campaign for the $300,000 Fund was inaugurated in the District of Columbia Conference last Sabbath. A hearty and cordial support was given the effort on the part of all our people. In the Sanitarium and Seminary church seven hundred fifty dollars was raised, averaging over seven dollars a member. The same liberal response was made in the Takoma Park church, and in the other churches throughout the District.
This, we believe, presages the response which will be made to this call throughout the field. There is nothing which so stirs the hearts of our people as the needs of our foreign missions, and surely there never was a time in the history of this work when these needs were greater. God calls upon every one of his children to do his best in this campaign for the greatest offering we have ever made to the needy mission fields. What will be your response?