How the Second Tithe Is Used in Southern California
OUR people in southern California have felt that it would be best to have some system regarding the use of the second tithe. After paying the first tithe out of one’s wages, the remainder is tithed again, both amounts being paid to the church treasurer. Every quarter the treasurer sends two thirds of the second tithe to the conference treasurer, and retains one third for the care of the poor, church expenses, repairs, etc., this being under the control of the church. The conference treasurer receives these funds from all the churches, and quarterly sends one tenth to the General Conference as a thank-offering. When the conference was organized, the people voted to devote the two thirds of the second tithe to the education of the children, because that seemed to be the most needy work. It could, however, be used for other purposes.
What have been the results? There was paid by those who have adopted this plan, between July 1, 1905, and June 1, 1906—a period of eleven months—the sum of $9,750, or $5.71 per capita. For the twelve months this would average $6.23 per capita. One third, or $3,250, was retained by the churches, and used for various purposes. Some churches gave annual offerings out of this fund, as well as personal donations. The conference received $6,500, out of which $5,100 was used for the support of thirteen church-school and three academy teachers, $400 was sent to the General Conference, leaving a surplus of $900. Thus the burden of educating the children of the church rests equally upon all, whether they have children or not. Parents with large families who could not have sent all their children to our schools on the tuition basis have been able to send them on the second-tithe basis. This system has made it possible for every Seventh-day Adventist child in San Fernando to attend our own schools; not a single one goes to the public schools; very few, if any, remain at home. Of course no school is started where the patronage does not justify it. Those who call for schools must show that they are doing reasonably well in the matter of paying this tithe. Our church-school teachers are paid from $7.50 to $10.50 a week, receiving their wages monthly without delay, and when the year ends, they depart and leave us in peace.
There are other advantages. This tithe is accumulating during the summer months while there is no school. When the second tithe is preached, it makes the man who does not pay any tithe at all feel as if he should begin to pay at least the first tithe. About one third of those who pay first tithe pay second tithe. The conference is working on the plan of securing a faithful payment of this tithe, and the people are responding nobly. It is the intention of all to send the surplus of both tithes to the Mission Board.
In this plan the conferences in America and other countries will find their solution to the church-school problem, and through it the number of schools that can be opened will be greatly increased, and the operation of those already established will be much more satisfactory. The real backbone of the movement in our conference is the conference officers, ministers, teachers, and institution employees who have adopted the plan; the people have followed, thus bringing success.
General Conference Recommendation
The following recommendation was passed by the General Conference of April, 1905: “Believing the Scriptures thoroughly furnish us unto all good works, not only in spiritual themes, but also in financial matters, we recommend to the favorable consideration of our ministers and people the study and adoption of the second tithe, the funds thus obtained to be used in educational, philanthropic, charitable, and missionary work.”
Intermediate Schools, Academies, and Colleges
I wish to speak briefly concerning the finances of our intermediate schools, academies, and colleges.
It is utterly impossible to make uniform rates for all schools, even those of the same class. The managers of each school should economize, plan correctly, and estimate the cost of food, furnishings, repairs, and other expenses, and then charge enough to cover every expense. There are two extremes that we must avoid in the matter of fixing rates. They must not be too low, nor too high. Some have supposed it an equitable adjustment to figure out the expenses of running a school having many large buildings near a city where taxes are heavy, and having many other expenses, all planned for an attendance of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and then, when the school is declining and the attendance low, to divide this expense among the fifty or sixty students who do come. This has brought discouragement.
Another problem is, how, when the school is losing money year after year, to get men to call a halt and draw the line and say, We refuse to go ahead until some sure system of running our school is devised, and then to get them down to their task to devise this sure system. These things require will power and financial ability. To get at the root of the matter you must have accurate accounting, with the accounts well classified. At Fernando last fall our wants were abridged, and a sure system devised. The culinary department received the first attention, and an inventory was taken each month to see how it was running. We provided enough of good, wholesome food on the American plan, and came out well. Every expense of the school was carefully guarded, and the Board ascertained monthly how we were standing. The result was that we made material gains instead of losses. We have found that the leaks must be found and stopped just where they are.
God will bless you financially and spiritually if you follow the principles of Christian education, and conduct a school where the teachers, besides teaching the Bible as a separate subject, will weave its truths, like threads of gold, through the other studies. Financial difficulties are apt to come where God can not accept the work of the school.
Select well-qualified teachers who are willing to do their share to make the work a success. Sometimes too small a faculty is chosen for the work in hand. This is a mistake, and will affect the attendance, and therefore the finances.
Lack of order, discipline, or system in the school will tend to keep away students, which, as stated above, will affect the financial standing.
Every school should pay its obligations as they become due without borrowing money, and, the expense having been made reasonable to parents, the Board should insist upon a monthly settlement of accounts.
I am against the receiving of deposits and the payment of a half or a whole year’s expense by the students when the school opens. The management thinks it has money in abundance, and makes outlays that it would not make if it followed the plan of no deposits and accounts payable monthly in advance.
As stewards of God’s money, we should not expend one dollar more than is absolutely necessary. Let us curtail our needs, and remember that “from India, from Africa, from China, from the islands of the sea, from the down-trodden millions of so-called Christian lands, the cry of human woe is ascending to God. That cry will not long be unanswered,” and it will be partly answered by our schools when they come to operate and establish mission schools in the fields beyond, and send their young people to man them.
Christian Education
By Frederick Griggs; C. C. Lewis
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman,
C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.
Current Mention
— The parliamentary secretary of the British colonial office explained in the House of Commons on July 31 the British government’s intention to confer a constitution upon the Transvaal.
— At the recent convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies a resolution was unanimously adopted denouncing Socialism, and another was adopted denouncing “all frivolous and unnecessary amusements on Sunday.”
— Italy is now building a battle-ship which is to excel the great British battle-ship “Dreadnought.” England has decided that she will build this year but three of the “Dreadnought” class of battle-ship instead of four, and that she will make a reduction in the remainder of her naval program amounting to $12,500,000.
— The Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress opened its first session, at Washington, D. C., at half-past one o’clock, July 31, with about 2,500 delegates in attendance. The convention was addressed by C. J. Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy, Henry L. West, District Commissioner, and by Bishop Wesley J. Gaines, president of the organization. The congress will continue for several days.
— It is stated in Chinese official circles that the emperor and empress dowager of China have given their approval to the plan of the viceroy Chou Fu to abolish the sale or purchase of old and young females throughout the empire, and that a law is soon to be proclaimed to this effect. This is a most important act for China, socially and religiously.
— The United States District Court at Chicago has decided that John Alexander Dowie is not the owner of Zion City and its various industries. The court refused to appoint Alexander Granger receiver because of Granger’s vow recognizing Dowie as “a messenger of the covenant, the prophet foretold by Moses, and Elijah the Restorer,” to which vow “all family ties and obligations and all relations to human governments shall be held subordinate.”
— In both England and France an agitation is now going on similar to that recently started in this country over the conditions prevailing in the packing-houses and slaughter-houses. From what has appeared in the public prints, the conditions in those countries are no better than those exposed in the Chicago stock-yards. If the people allow themselves to think, these disclosures in regard to the filthy conditions surrounding the preparation of meat foods, must be making many converts to the simpler and better diet of vegetarianism.
— In the monthly report of the Massachusetts State Board of Health on food adulterations, it is shown that eighty-two of the 585 articles of foods and drinks examined were adulterated. The adulterated articles included milk, sauces, canned goods, meat preparations, flavoring extracts, vinegar, jellies, jams, and drugs. More than ten per cent of the milk samples were adulterated with drugs or water. Of the drugs themselves more than one third were adulterated. The poisonous adulterants used in food preparations consisted of boron, benzoic acid, and formaldehyde.
— The condition in Russia at the present time is similar to that of a boiling caldron. On every hand there is anarchy, assassinations of officers by sailors and soldiers, the mutiny of companies or whole regiments, the mutiny of crews on board war-ships, the capture of forts, the uprisings of starving and angry peasants against law and landlords, the strikes of workmen, the circulation of revolutionary literature, the murder of police, and the murder of Jews. It has been stated by those who claim to know, that the real revolutionary movement is not yet ready, but will be launched sometime during the present autumn. However, the latest advices would indicate that the revolutionary leaders were unable to control the situation, and that their cause would suffer by premature clashes with the military. While there is much disaffection among the military, there seems still to be a majority who are loyal. Maxim Gorky predicts that Russia is about to be deluged with the blood of her people. A general strike will be ordered by the revolutionaries in a few days, which is expected to make it impossible for the government to move troops. The mutiny at Sveaborg is ended, and the one at Cronstad is practically put down; but the outlook in these districts is still dark.
West Virginia Camp-Meeting
By E. J. Dryer
We are making a last call to the feast of good things which God has in store for us at our coming camp-meeting at Pennsboro, August 16-26. Every indication shows that the Lord has been working for us in our preparations for that meeting.
All those who are intending to come, or who are not even certain that they can come, but wish to if possible, should send to our office at 1200 Seventh St., Parkersburg, W. Va., for a card-order, which will grant the cheap rates to Pennsboro.
All should come provided with straw ticks and sufficient bedding. Meals will be served on the European plan, from three cents to five cents a dish; thus each one can buy just what he wishes. This plan is practically as cheap as to board one's self.
We shall have efficient ministerial help to make the meeting a success. We expect Elders E. W. Farnsworth, president of the Atlantic Union Conference; W. A. Colcord, of Washington, D. C., in the interest of the religious liberty work; C. F. McVagh, president of the Western Pennsylvania Conference; Professor Griggs, of South Lancaster Academy; and F. E. Painter, the Atlantic Union Conference general canvassing agent; and, if possible, a doctor.
Brethren and sisters, the time has come for a grand forward movement in West Virginia. Let us begin immediately to seek the Lord that we may come with hearts prepared to receive the blessings that he has in store for us at that meeting. If we come thus, the Lord will help us all to clear the “King’s highway” of every sin that has been hindering the progress of this message in West Virginia.
Everything indicates that the Lord is marshaling his forces all over the world for the final conflict with the powers of darkness. We all know that the results will be a glorious victory to the cause and people of God. Why need we fear then to go forward? Our only fear should be that we through neglect or indifference or some other sin should be compelled to separate from the Lord’s army and join the side of utter defeat and eternal destruction. May the camp-meeting at Pennsboro, August 16-26, mark the beginning of the day of great things in West Virginia.
E. J. DRYER, President.
Rebuilding Publishing Department Records
By E. R. Palmer
Notice!
In the disastrous fire which destroyed the Pacific Press plant, all the records and correspondence of the Publishing Department and Relief Bureau of the General Conference were destroyed. There were quite a good many unanswered letters, and other letters requiring further attention. Many of these we may not be able to recall perfectly to mind.
Will our friends and correspondents who are looking for information from these departments kindly send us duplicates of past letters, or write us again? Naturally there will be some delay in carrying on our regular routine work, but with all possible speed we shall secure information which will enable us to make up the records and reports as perfectly as we can, and we ask our friends to be patient with us, and assist us all they can by giving information and duplicates of past business and correspondence.
Although our edition of “Ministry of Healing” at the Pacific Press was destroyed, these books can still be secured from the Pacific Press and its branches, the same as usual.
An edition of nearly ten thousand copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons” was also destroyed. There are between one and two thousand copies now in stock in the office of the Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tenn. These will be supplied as long as they last to all parts of the field at old prices. Another edition will be arranged for as soon as needed.
E. R. PALMER,
*Secretary Gen. Conf. Publishing Dept. and
Relief Bureau.*
Central New England Conference and Camp-Meeting
By H. F. Ketring
THE next session of the Central New England Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Lawrence, Mass., from August 31 to September 10. Lawrence is a city of eighty thousand inhabitants, situated about thirty miles north of Boston, in which the message has never yet been preached. We believe the selection of this city for the place to hold our annual meeting is in harmony with the light given us by the spirit of prophecy, and we are certain that the Lord helped us in securing our location, which is a plot of several acres of land inside the city, within a few minutes' walk of thousands of people.
The camp-meeting will be held on Lawrence Street. The electric cars run past the ground, thus connecting us with the entire city. Electric cars also run from Lawrence to Boston, Lowell, Haverhill, and all the principal cities of northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Being close to the New Hampshire line, it will be of easy access to the churches in that State.
We urge all our church-members to make a special effort to attend this meeting, bringing23their children with them. Come expecting an outpouring of God's Spirit, and we shall have it. God is anxiously waiting to bestow this gift upon his people.
The first service of the camp-meeting will be held on Friday evening at half-past seven. The first meeting of the conference will be held Sunday, September 2, at 9:30 A. M. It is important that the delegates should all be present at the opening meeting.
H. F. KETRING, President.
Help for the Nashville Sanitarium
The Nashville Sanitarium and Training-school for Missionary Nurses is now locating in its permanent home, after several years of living in rented buildings where it has carried forward its work under very difficult conditions. The securing of a home has been made possible by the co-operation of the General Conference brethren and the help that will be given by our people throughout the field.
There are a number of ways to assist this enterprise. Now is a good season in which to put up some canned fruit, dried fruit, or other articles of provision that can be shipped. A supply of bedding will be greatly needed and much appreciated. Good use can be made of worn sheets or other articles that may be utilized for bandages or cleaning cloths.
Any assistance that may be given in these or other ways will be greatly appreciated in this institution where money is scarce, but where work is plentiful. Those who can not send provisions or goods might help in prepaying freight. Address Nashville Sanitarium, Nashville, Tenn.
Annual Meeting of the Maine Conference
By S. J. Hersum
The fortieth annual session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the tent-meeting in Richmond, on the corner of North and Lincoln Streets, and will begin Monday, August 27, at 2:30 P. M. All the churches should have their delegates present at this first meeting. There will be several small tents upon the grounds to accommodate the delegates who are present.
S. J. HERSUM, Vice-President.
Home and Property for Sale
By D. T. Shireman
Notice!
I WOULD like to correspond with a colored family who wishes to engage in missionary work, and would like a small home. I wish to sell a house and lot well located. I also have a 9-room house and nine acres to sell, close to the Hildebran School. Can give possession at once. Good barn and outbuilding; good soft water. Plum, pear, cherry, peach, apple, quince, and fig trees growing and bearing on the land. For particulars, address me at Toluca, Cleveland Co., N. C. Good reference required. D. T. SHIREMAN.
North Michigan Conference
By S. E. Wight
NOTICE is hereby given that the first meeting of the fourth annual session of the North Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at 8 A. M., Thursday, Aug. 30, 1906, on the camp-ground at East Jordan, Mich. Each organized church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and one additional delegate for each ten members.
S. E. WIGHT, President.
North Michigan Conference Association
By S. E. Wight
For election of officers and such legal business as may of necessity be transacted, the first meeting of the fourth annual North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called at 9 A. M., Thursday, Aug. 30, 1906, on the camp-ground at East Jordan, Mich. All accredited delegates to the conference are delegates to this association.
S. E. WIGHT, President.
Annual Meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
By Geo. E. Judd
THE regular annual meeting of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association for the year 1906 will be held in the chapel of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, on North Washington Avenue, Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 1906, at 3 P. M. standard time, for the election of trustees, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. By order of the Board of Trustees,
Geo. E. Judd, Secretary.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1906
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
West Virginia, Pennsboro.........Aug. 16-26
New York, Phelps (State).........Sept. 6-16
Vermont, Windsor.........Aug. 23 to Sept. 3
Central New England, Lawrence
....................Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
Greater New York....................Sept. 23 -
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Paris................Aug. 23 to Sept. 2
Quebec, Ayre's Cliff........Sept. 6-16
Maritime, Williamsdale East, N. S., Sept. 13-23
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
South Carolina, Cowpens.........Aug. 9-19
Alabama, Attalla.........Aug. 16-26
Tennessee River, Nashville
....................Aug. 23 to Sept. 2
North Carolina, High Point........Sept. 7-16
Florida, Lakeland.............Nov. 1-11
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Indiana, Seymour..............Aug. 8-16
West Michigan, Hastings........Aug. 9-19
Ohio, Troy....................Aug. 16-26
Wisconsin, Stevens Point....Aug. 22 to Sept. 3
East Michigan, Holly.........Sept. 27 to Oct. 8
North Michigan, East Jordan
....................Aug. 30 to Sept. 10
Northern Illinois, Galesburg, Sept. 26 to Oct. 7
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any additional information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be
Business Notices
BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.
In the case of poor persons who wish employment the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.
WANTED.—Ten good men to pull broom-corn, by August 21. Good wages and board. Sabbath-keepers preferred. Address W. H. Hedrick, Supply, O. T.
WANTED.—An experienced hygienic cook at once, to take charge of the helpers' kitchen. Single person desired. Address New England Sanitarium, Melrose, Mass.
WANTED.—Capable man on a dairy and vegetable farm. Steady position and good wages to an efficient Sabbath-keeper. Address Melvin O. Bradford, Acushnet, Mass.
SEVERAL substantial women can obtain steady employment in the housekeeping department of the Hinsdale Sanitarium. Address Hinsdale Sanitarium, Hinsdale, Ill.
WANTED.—At the Iowa Sanitarium, a steady young man for night calls; must be a conscientious Seventh-day Adventist. Address the Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.
THERE will be opportunity for a limited number of young men and women to enter the Iowa Sanitarium Training Class for Missionary Nurses, beginning Oct. 1, 1906. Address the Iowa Sanitarium, Des Moines, Iowa.
FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful, best vegetable oil for cooking or salads; no odor; keeps indefinitely. Gal. can, $1; 5-gal., $4. Also olive-oil of the purest grade; gal., $2.75; half-gal., $1.40; quart can, 85 cents. Send for samples. Also write for prices on California ripe olives and honey. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.
FOR SALE.—120-acre farm in Cleburn County, Alabama; $4 an acre; 2 in cultivation; 2 houses, 2 wells soft water. Land lies well. For further particulars, address Day Conklin, R. F. D., Borden Springs, Ala.
WANTED AT ONCE.—Young, able-bodied, single or married man, for general farm work in middle Tennessee. Must be good, steady worker the year round, and be well recommended. Address A. M. Pollock, R. F. D. 2, Ashland City, Tenn.
WANTED.—A good bread baker, and a neat, quick woman to work in bakery. Must come without delay. Also a neat, bright young lady for sales department in the bakery. Address, immediately, The Blue Ribbon Pure Food Co., Flint, Mich.
WANTED.—A boy about twelve years old, to do chores in Adventist home, with Sabbath and public school privileges. Our children are married. We would like some one to be with us. Address Solomon Brown, R. F. D. 1, Fleetwood, Pa.
WANTED.—A church-school teacher, one who holds county or State certificate, and can teach in the English and German languages; must be a believer and teacher of present truth. Address H. A. Aufderhar, Secretary School Board, Hygiene, Colo.
FOR SALE.—200-acre farm in Cleburn County, Alabama; good land; lies well; 20 acres in cultivation, 75 in pasture; house, some fruit, soft water. $4 an acre. For further particulars, address Day Conklin, R. F. D., Borden Springs, Ala.
WANTED.—First-class engineer and electrician, must also have some practical knowledge of plumbing. Also nurses and help for domestic departments. Good wages and permanent engagement. References required. Address St. Helena Sanitarium, Sanitarium, Napa Co., Cal.
EVERY reader should try our rancid-proof peanut butter, at 10 cents a pound. Purest cocoanut oil, 15 cents in 5-pound, 14 cents in 25-pound, and 13 cents in 50-pound lots. Samples, 10 cents. Agents wanted everywhere. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
WANTED.—A hygienic cook, one familiar with vegetarian restaurant work preferred; also six young ladies, consecrated Seventh-day adventists who are familiar with our line of health foods, for waitresses, and to assist in preparing the foods for the tables. Excellent Seventh-day Adventist church privileges. Address Physical Culture Restaurant, Shillito Place, Cincinnati, Ohio.
FOR SALE.—On account of change of location I offer my home in College View, Neb., with five lots (150 x 250 feet), for sale. Two-story house, eight rooms, bath-room with hot and cold water connections, large closets. Basement with kitchen, wash kitchen, fruit cellar. Very convenient for re-renting. Fine new barn, new chicken houses, fruit-trees, small fruit. One block from college campus, half block from church-school. Very profitable investment. Address Theodore Valentiner, College View, Neb.
Church-School Teachers Wanted
The Seventh-day Adventist church at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., has decided to open this fall a church-school of eight grades, and is desirous of securing two competent teachers.
One teacher, gentleman preferred, is wanted to take charge of the school, while the other, either gentleman or lady, is wanted as assistant.
Teachers wishing to make application, or persons knowing of qualified teachers who could be secured, are kindly invited to write at once to the chairman of the Board, B. G. Wilkinson, Takoma Park, D. C.
Addresses Wanted
ANY one knowing the addresses of Hattie E. Smith (went to Columbus, Ohio, last heard from); Grace Moore (went to California); J. Bolster, Wm. O. Hadley, Emma Wright, Lena Herald, Mary E. Phelps, John Westra, Mary McCormick, and H. Gillispie, is requested to send the same to Mrs. Della Johnson, 1101 Twenty-ninth Ave., Seattle, Wash.
Publications Wanted
THE following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
J. F. McIntyre, Trumbull, Neb., Signs, Watchman, and tracts.
H. Clay Griffin, Winslow, Ark., periodicals and tracts, for use in tent-meetings.
M. Davis Smith, R. F. D. 2, Box 55, Daylight, Tenn., periodicals and tracts.
Newton B. Jenkins, R. F. D. 2, Blythewood, S. C., S. C. REVIEW, Signs, Good Health, Life Boat, Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend, Sabbath School Worker.
Obituaries
Grice.—Died at his home near Rago, Kan., John Grice, aged 80 years, 6 months, and 4 days. He quietly fell asleep with a bright hope of a part in the first resurrection. The funeral service was conducted by the writer in a grove near the house. C. W. Hardesty.
Withrow.—Died in Trowbridge, Mich., July 15, 1906, Sister Anna Maria Withrow, aged 62 years, 1 month, and 6 days. Sister Withrow had been a consistent member of the Allegan church for twenty-four years. She leaves a husband, one son, one daughter, and two sisters to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. Ezra Brackett.
Price.—Died at her home near Willis, Mich., July 12, 1906, Sister Price, at the ripe age of over 86 years. Owing to the cruelties of slavery, she and her husband fled for their freedom, in 1854, to Canada. By hard toil they secured the beautiful home where Sister Price was living at the time of her death. Nine children were born to them, three of whom still survive. Sister Price was a faithful Christian, and looked forward with a fond hope to the soon coming of the Saviour. E. K. Slade.
Miller.—Died at Rohnerville, Cal., Feb. 13, 1906, Henry Price Miller, aged 74 years, 5 months, and 12 days. Brother Miller early gave his heart to the Saviour, uniting with the Christian Church. He first heard the third angel's message from the lips of Elders Ballou and McClure at tent-meetings held in Ferndale, Cal., over twenty years ago, and became one of the charter members of that church. Though mourning, we are comforted by the blessed hope that was his to the last. W. W. Wheeler.
Frost.—Died at Ferndale, Cal., April 10, 1906, of heart failure, Sister Amanda Kinzel Frost, aged 58 years, 6 months, and 29 days. Of a cheerful and sunny nature, ever ready with a word of sympathy to those in distress, and where material help was needed always more than willing to do her part, she is greatly missed in the family and among her large circle of friends, and in the church and Sabbath-school. She fell asleep without warning, but had made her peace with God many years ago. W. W. Wheeler.
Richmond.—Died at his home in Greenbush Township, Clinton Co., Mich., July 17, 1906, of bronchial consumption, Herman L. Richmond, aged nearly 79 years. He embraced the truths of the third angel's message about fifty years ago under the labors of Elder Holt, and remained a firm believer in them till the end. He is survived by his companion, one daughter, and numerous other relatives, who sorrow, but not as those who have no hope. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Mr. Sprague in the M. E. church; text, Rev. 20:6. Interment took place in the Eureka Cemetery. E. L. Richmond.
Tucker.—Died at his home near Elk Point, S. D., July 13, 1906, Brother John Tucker, aged 71 years. He was born in Devonshire, England, and as a young man was employed in the British navy, and during his years of service visited nearly every part of the world. In 1897 he and his wife came to the United States, soon after which Elder E. W. Farnsworth, then a young man, preached in a schoolhouse near their home. With gladness they accepted present truth. Of the ten children born to them, seven are still living. Mother Tucker, although infirm with age, is sustained by the blessed hope. As a citizen Brother Tucker was highly respected. He served one term in the State Legislature, and at the time of his death was one of the county commissioners. The funeral service was conducted at the house and at Elk Point Academy chapel, by the writer. J. W. Christian.
Relief Bureau Notice
ALL who have any business with the Relief Bureau should read the notice of the secretary of that organization, which will be found on page 22.
The Seed Sower
The first printed matter gotten out by the Pacific Press after the fire was an issue of “The Seed Sower,” the weekly summary of book sales by the canvassers in their field, together with notes, etc., pertaining to the canvassing work. This leaflet was printed by their own employees in an outside office. The canvassers are encouraged to continue their work by this statement: “No effort or legitimate expense will be spared in supplying every canvasser with every book for which he has an order at the earliest possible moment.”
A Word of Caution
By Editor
The management of the Battle Creek Sanitarium has sent out to each member of the constituency of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association a letter calling attention to the declaration of principles, “the signing and supporting of which are essential to membership.” An extraordinary, but under certain circumstances very useful, provision in this declaration of principles makes it possible for a two-thirds’ majority of the members attending a meeting at which trustees are to be elected, “prior to said election,” to expel from membership, or to suspend from all membership rights for an indefinite period, any person who “in their judgment” is “not in harmony with the principles of the work of the association.” The time seems to have arrived when the management deem it advisable to avail themselves of whatever advantage this remarkable provision confers, and a pledge of renewed loyalty to the principles and of future co-operation “with the officers of the association in the promulgation of these principles and the carrying forward of the work connected therewith,” to be executed in due form before a witness, is now expected of each member who desires to retain his membership in the association. And it is plainly declared that if such pledge is not received “on or before Aug. 21, 1906,” the date of the next annual meeting of the constituency, the question of the standing of each member failing to make such a pledge “may be made subject to inquiry and action.”
Those who are acquainted with the course of our denominational history for the past four years will hardly need to read between the lines in order to satisfy their own minds concerning the real purpose of this communication to the members of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association. The absolute power conferred upon those present at a legal meeting of the constituency to expel members who in the judgment of a two-thirds’ majority are “not in harmony” (an expression of great latitude) with their interpretation of “the principles” opens the way to remove from the roll of membership those who are in harmony with the rational principles of health and hygiene, but who are “not in harmony” with some of the principles which have been advocated at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, or with some of the methods which have been pursued by the management. The significance of bringing forward and emphasizing at this particular juncture the possibility and probability of the loss of membership by those “not in harmony” with the association does not need to be pointed out in order to be appreciated.
Furthermore, it should not escape notice that before the election of the officers, members who desire to retain their standing are asked to pledge that they “will co-operate with the officers of the association in the promulgation of these principles and the carrying forward of the work connected therewith.” Under ordinary circumstances this demand might not mean so much, but when we remember that a large majority of the members of this association are Seventh-day Adventists, and that the present management of the association has been very plainly reproved through the spirit of prophecy, the pledge required becomes equivalent to a promise to approve of a management which now stands under the reproof of the spirit of prophecy. We are not called upon to affirm that this is the real intent of the pledge, but we simply point out the fact.
In view of these circumstances, and of the further fact that all present members of the association have already given evidence that they are in harmony with the original principles of the organization by signing the Declaration of Principles once, we feel free to advise readers of the REVIEW who may be members of the Michigan Sanitarium and Benevolent Association to make no response whatever to the communication which they have received from Battle Creek, and to leave the question of their future membership in the association to be “made subject to inquiry and action,” if such a course is deemed to be advisable at the coming meeting of the association. “Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.”
W. J. Fitzgerald in Washington
ELDER W. J. FITZGERALD, the vice-president of the Atlantic Union Conference, was in Washington last week in consultation with the officers of the General Conference.
S. N. Curtiss Visits Battle Creek
BROTHER S. N. CURTISS, the manager of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, spent several days in Battle Creek last week, attending to business matters in the interest of the association.
Elder and Mrs. S. N. Haskell Visit the East
Elder and Mrs. S. N. Haskell are expecting to leave southern California for the East this week. Brother Haskell will attend some of the camp-meetings in the South, and later he will visit New England.
Prof. and Mrs. Lucas Visit Headquarters
PROF. H. G. LUCAS, principal of Fernando (Cal.) Academy, and Mrs. Lucas, visited the institutions at headquarters last week. Brother Lucas attended the recent educational convention, and has remained in the East since that meeting.
Elder George F. Enoch Visits Washington
ELDER GEORGE F. ENOCH, the president of the newly organized West Indian Union Conference, made a short stay in Washington last week. Brother Enoch will attend several camp-meetings in the middle West, and will solicit aid for the benefit of the proposed training-school to be established in Jamaica.
A Meatless Mecca
IN a three-column article in the Norwood Weekly Herald of England, entitled “A Meatless Mecca,” a staff writer describes a visit to the Caterham Sanitarium, and gives a very favorable exposition of the sanitarium work and the principles for which the sanitarium at Caterham stands, both in the matter of diet and in the rational treatment of disease. This unprejudiced write-up we trust will serve a good purpose in helping to bring the work of our people to the attention of the world.