At noon on the 5th of March, the purchase of the Surrey Hills Hydropathic Institution of Caterham, Surrey, was completed in the solicitor's office, Gray's Inn, London. When the contract to buy the place was entered into two months ago, ten per cent of the purchase price, or £300, was paid in cash. The exact price of the property was £3,030, so that in completing the purchase on Thursday £2,730 was paid in cash. To the cost of the property must be added the government stamp tax, solicitors' fees, and various minor expenses, which will probably amount to about fifty or sixty pounds. The purchase was a cash one, and the new medical institution has now been secured free of any burden of debt. It may be of interest to the readers of the REVIEW to have a brief history of the transaction, and the raising of the money here in Great Britain.
We first learned of the Surrey Hills Hydropathic Institution about the middle of last November, and immediately went to visit the place. It was then being run more as a hotel and boarding house than as a health institution, and there were about nine guests, besides the owner, and a corps of helpers. The writer was very favorably impressed with the building and its equipment, and also with the location, and presented a report to the British Union Conference Committee at their meeting the latter part of November. The committee took steps at once to visit the place, and their report was unanimously in favor of procuring it, provided this could be done without incurring any debt; but at that time it seemed impossible to raise the money in such a short time, and consequently no steps were taken to secure the place. At that time the property was offered to us for £2,800 net, and we felt assured that it could be had for even less money than that; but being handicapped for means, we were not able to take the necessary steps to secure the place on such favorable terms.
Early in December we sent quite a full description of the property to the president of the General Conference and the president of the Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, as well as to others; but before there was an opportunity for reply, we received notice that another offer had been received, and that we must decide at once if we intended to secure the establishment. We visited the owner, and learned that in order to secure the place, we should have to pay £3,000, but we felt confident that even at that price it was a bargain. We also obtained “another day's delay, and at once sent the following cable message to the president of the General Conference: “Must decide Caterham purchase tomorrow; sixty days for payment. Answer to-day.” The answer was registered in London within nine hours after the message was sent, and read as follows: “We can furnish you £2,000 by the end of next month.” This was more favorable than we had dared to hope, and filled us with new courage. A meeting of the British Union Conference Committee was at once called, and the matter laid before them. The members present unanimously voted to take active measures at once to raise our share of the purchase price, £1,000, and to secure the property at once. This we did, and the same day went on to Nottingham to attend the annual meeting of the North England Conference. We laid the matter before the members of the conference committee and the leading workers there, and they decided unanimously and heartily to raise their proportion of the £1,000 and guaranteed that it should be paid over on behalf of the sanitarium by the first of March. The conference committee undertook to be responsible for the full amount, even though it might not be possible to secure it all from the people during the limited time required, but they hoped to have the entire amount pledged, and they were willing to go security for the pledges, and advance money on them.
This was splendid support, and a few days later a meeting of the British Union Conference Committee was held in London, and after deducting £100, which one brother had offered to donate to the sanitarium, the remaining £900 of the thousand were distributed as follows over the various conferences and mission fields of Great Britain: the South England Conference, £520; the North England Conference, £300; the Scottish Mission field, £45; the Welsh Mission field, £40. Ireland was left out because she had already contributed liberally for the Belfast Sanitarium, which was opened early in January. The sums mentioned represent an average of exactly a pound apiece for every Sabbath-keeper in the land. There were a total of nine hundred and five Sabbath-keepers in these conferences and mission fields at the time of the Leeds meeting, and the distribution was made on this basis, which was thought to be the most fair and satisfactory arrangement that could be made.
The South England Conference took the same action as the North England Conference, and guaranteed to produce their quota by the first of March. The Scottish Mission field and the Welsh Mission field followed, and all at once began active measures for the raising of the money. The various laborers were sent to the different churches to lay this important enterprise before the people, and we are glad to say that one and all took hold of the work of raising the money heartily and vigorously. Many were the expressions of good cheer and earnest faith that came from the different companies and churches in the field. It seemed to give new zeal to the churches and to Sabbath-keepers generally, and was the means of stirring up missionary effort such as we have never seen in the past.
Here was a definite proposition laid before the people, and they laid hold of it with such united zeal that it could not fail to prove a blessing to all.
The people gave liberally, and the offerings began to flow in at once. The little company at Catford, London, was the first, if we are not mistaken, to pay up its proportion, amounting to £13; then followed Plymouth, with £31; and then Westbourne Park, with £12; and Leytonstone, with £50. Space forbids mentioning the other churches and companies.
It may not sound like very much to speak of pounds, but we wish our American friends to consider that each pound means five dollars, and five dollars is a large amount to raise from every Sabbath-keeper in the land. We have not yet the full data and statistics from which to make comparison, but we believe that a considerable number of the people will average a pound each. Of course there were many who would find it impossible to give such a large donation; yet we remember one earnest sister, a widow, who promised in faith to raise a pound for the sanitarium. She said that she had no means that she knew of with which to obtain the pound, but in two weeks' time she came and paid it, with a smile of joy on her face, making the statement that it came “directly from the Lord in answer to prayer.”
Space forbids going into the interesting details connected with the raising of $5,000 among the Sabbath-keepers of Great Britain; but we are glad to state that this has been accomplished, and the total amount raised will exceed a thousand pounds instead of being less. For this success, and for the manifold blessings that God has rained upon us during this effort, we give the praise and glory to our Heavenly Father. It seemed impossible at first, yet with God's blessing it has been accomplished, and we now have the institution in our hands without a penny of debt.
On moving into the institution we found everything in good order. We had an inventory made immediately after contracting to buy the place, and this was carefully compared with the equipment when we took possession of the house last week.
The beauty of the Caterham Valley and the surrounding hills is beyond description. Caterham is at the top of the valley, and adjoins Godstone on the east. The old Roman road from Sussex passes through the parish. It has doubtless been the scene of war at some time, as evidenced by a fortified ground with the Cardinal's Hat on the top of White Hill. Near at hand is a place called the War Coppice, where entrenchments still exist. The camp has been ascribed by popular tradition to the Danes. Even at the time of the Domesday survey, Caterham had a church. There is much beautiful20country scenery, and besides its beauty there is much of historic interest. Caterham has long had a reputation as a “land of beauty.” We extract the following few lines from a booklet describing Caterham and the surrounding district:—
“Many people roam half round the world, without even making themselves acquainted with the beauties of the country in which they live. Many, too, who have traveled through romantic foreign lands lament on their return home the fate which condemns them to reside the chief portion of the year in an unpicturesque neighborhood. Do our readers who have recently returned from foreign tours know the beauties of Caterham? Do these wealthy lovers of delightful scenery, whose duties compel them to regretfully reside in one of the ugly and dull suburbs of London, know that there is within their easy reach a land of beauty? We fancy that there are many merchant princes in London who would be surprised to hear that even when November fogs are choking the great city and its suburbs, there are green slopes only sixteen miles away, on which the sun is shining gloriously, and where the taint of London mist and smoke never once intrudes from year to year. This place is Caterham. Three quarters of an hour's ride by the South-eastern Railway Company's carriages conveys the traveler from London Bridge to what is appropriately designated bright, beautiful, health-giving Caterham. Some of the charms of this delightful locality begin at Purley Junction. They are more conspicuous at Riddlesdown, Kenley, and Warlingham, but their perfection culminates in the cluster of ambrosial hills around Caterham and Harestone Valley. . . .”
“Caterham Valley is four hundred and fifty feet above sea level, and the hills around rise to six hundred feet and eight hundred feet above the level of the sea. ‘There are,’ says a contemporary, ‘plenty of reasons in air, earth, and water, why Caterham will increasingly become a place of resort. The climate is most pure and vigorous. To sniff the air on emerging from the railway carriage is to receive a new sensation. We can testify to its restorative virtues in the case of those whose powers of body and mind are wont to get considerably jaded. To roam over these hills is a wonderful cure for overheated brains, and a delightful relaxation to the overwrought energies. The salubrity of the climate is evident from the extremely low rate of mortality. The soil is chalky, insuring great dryness, as well as other sanitary advantages. The water is reputed to be the finest in England. Take it altogether, we know of no place within so easy a distance of London at all to be compared with these Caterham hills, whose silence is disturbed only by the singing of the birds, including the cuckoo's note and the nightingale's song. There are nothing worth calling hills nearer to the metropolis. There are no such extensive views before you reach it. Our observation warrants the remark that those who visit the neighborhood are delighted with it, and that those who go to live there like it more and more. Beyond Caterham the walks and drives are most lovely.’”
Perhaps it might not be out of place to say just a word about the medical equipment of the new sanitarium. As already explained, the building is well furnished, and in a good state of repair generally, although some alterations and a few repairs will be necessary. We have good bath rooms, but when it comes to medical apparatus and medical appliances of various kinds, we have none at all. There is no equipment for a medical office, no equipment for a laboratory, which is so essential in a sanitarium, no equipment for a gymnasium, no surgical instruments whatever, and no equipment in the bath rooms with the exception of two bath tubs and two marble slabs. The floors are very substantial, and beautifully laid in mosaic stone. The walls are of tiled brick, and the rooms can scarcely be improved upon, but they are practically empty. We must have an electric light bath, and other baths. We must have massage tables, and treatment tables, towels, sheets, dressing rooms, fomentation boiler, spray apparatus, and many other appliances too numerous to mention. We are planning to go ahead here in England to raise money for this needed equipment, and we hope that our American friends will again come to our assistance, and take an interest in this matter, as they have so liberally done in the purchase of the property.
Several days before the completion of the purchase we received a draft for £2,050 from America as a donation from the American brethren. We thank them for their generous contribution, and for the hearty support they have given us in the advance step we are taking. We appreciate their liberality, and their self-sacrifice. May God bless them all, and reward them for their self-denial and generosity. Sometime in the future we will send another report telling of the opening of the institution, and of the dedicatory services. ALFRED B. OLSEN.
Washington, D. C.
By J. S. Washburn
The time of the final test on the great Sabbath truth is rapidly approaching. Our people who are employed in government departments in Washington are beginning to realize that the cords are tightening. One brother who for many years has not only been free to keep the Sabbath, but to work on Sunday, was suddenly informed that he would be promoted if he would work on the Sabbath. If he refused, he must accept an inferior position with no Sunday work. The brother was true to principle, and bravely suffered the consequences. Another brother in the Treasury Department had his salary reduced one third because he refused to work on the Sabbath.
The case of Brother W. M. Lewis, formerly of Lincoln, Neb., has attracted much attention in the papers. Employed in the Post Office Department, he was allowed Sunday work in addition to a free Sabbath previous to June, 1902, when he left for California. On returning Jan. 1, 1903, and seeking reinstatement in his old position, he was informed that he would not be allowed to work on Sunday, and must work on the Sabbath. He would have been shut out entirely had not Hon. E. J. Burkett, M. C., of Nebraska, made an earnest effort to secure a place for him with Sunday work and Sabbath free. The case was under advisement for some time before the postmaster general and the first assistant, and it was finally decided that Brother Lewis should hold his position with no Sunday work, and that he might be called on at any time to work on the Sabbath. On his refusal to work on the Sabbath, he would be called up for breach of discipline, and be subject to immediate dismissal. If this should occur, he will appeal directly to the president. The Nebraska congressman, Mr. Burkett, certainly deserves credit for the earnest effort made by him for liberty of conscience and equal rights.
On account of these cases the Sabbath question has evidently been discussed by the president and his cabinet more than once. The great crisis must come very soon. O that all may realize this, and work with intense earnestness while the shadows are lengthening and the sun of liberty is setting forever!
The deep interest nearly all our people have manifested in the work here during the last two months—since the appeal for the Memorial Church was issued in the REVIEW of January 13—has been very encouraging, and yet it has to me a most solemn significance. Upon the minds of many of our people there seems to be a profound conviction that something of deepest interest to us as a people and to all the world is about to occur in Washington, the capital of the United States. What can it be? In just what way it will be brought about, we can not say; but just before us is the fulfillment of the last part of the prophecy of the United States, as recorded in Revelation 13. God is bringing his work into a position where it can be closed up quickly. He is making his people willing in the day of his power.
Since January 20, except on Sundays, when there is no mail delivery in Washington, I have daily received money for the Memorial Church. Some days the amount has not been large, but every day without exception has brought something. The sum of $6,200 has been paid on the church, and $6,700 is still due, but we have in hand over nine hundred dollars toward another payment, which we expect to make as soon as we receive another one hundred dollars. We are certain that soon all will be paid, and that those who desire to have a part in the work in the nation's capital must act quickly, or they will lose the opportunity.
“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” This is so clearly expressed in the appeal by Sister White in the REVIEW of March 10, that I will quote a few words: “Those who share in this missionary enterprise by making gifts, large or small, according to their ability, will ever after feel a deeper interest in the progress of the Lord’s cause in Washington. Those who respond to this call, making gifts to the Lord for the purchase of this church property, will receive a rich blessing for so doing.”
A very neat little leaflet with a picture of the Washington Memorial Church, and also of the great Washington Monument, containing the whole of the appeal by Sister White, also the appeal of the president of the General Conference, the General Conference resolutions relating to this matter, the appeals of the editors of the REVIEW and of the Signs of the Times, and other appeals,—a very convenient memento of this work,—will be sent to every one who sends further help to us, or, in fact, to any one who may apply for the same to me.
Only the names of those who send money directly to the REVIEW and Herald are published in the REVIEW fund. There21has been a misunderstanding in this matter, and some whose gifts have been sent directly to me have been surprised that their donations did not appear in the REVIEW fund. To such we trust this explanation will be satisfactory. We may be able later on to publish a partial list of donations sent directly to me.
J. S. WASHBURN.
Field Notes
THE Workers' Record, of March 18, reports, “There were six additions to the Kansas City church last Sabbath, and two the preceding Sabbath.”
AT Hemlock Hollow, Pa., six persons, among whom are a clergyman and his wife, have begun the observance of the Bible Sabbath, under the labors of Elder S. S. Shrock.
AT Glasgow, Mo., two families were led to promise obedience to the truth through the recent labors of Brother H. E. Meyer, in a country schoolhouse near that town.
BROTHER CHARLES BAIERLE reports from Coudersport, Pa., that fifteen persons there have promised obedience to the Sabbath commandment, and meetings are being continued, with a good prospect of still greater results.
AT Central City, Ky., where the truth has never been proclaimed by the preacher, Brother Byron Hagle found two families keeping the Sabbath, and actively at work scattering tracts. The city contains from three to four thousand inhabitants, and a series of meetings will probably be held there soon.
THE Cleveland, Ohio, church is erecting a new church building on Hough Avenue, to cost $7,500. It will have a seating capacity of 600. The dedication is expected to take place about June 1. Any interested ones who would be willing to assist in this enterprise by donations may send the same to the treasurer of the board of trustees, A. Dingwall, 346 Case Avenue.
AT Lake Arthur, La., after a debate on the question whether Christians should observe the seventh day of the week or the first, in which the claims of the fourth commandment were upheld by Brother Henry Johnson, one man began the observance of the Sabbath. This was the result of a debate into which Brother Johnson had been forced by a prominent Baptist minister of that State, who came there to overthrow the work previously done.
Current Mention
— Dean Farrar, the versatile and well-known English clergyman and author, died in London, March 22.
— President Castro, of Venezuela, has resigned, but has been requested by a unanimous vote of the Venezuelan congress to remain in office.
— Revolutionists have captured the capital of Santo Domingo, and have taken possession of the offices and departments of the former government. A part of the government forces surrendered to the revolutionists without fighting.
— Labor union leaders at Racine, Wis., where a strike of employees of the Schoen Manufacturing Company is in progress, failed in an effort to secure a modification of an injunction forbidding the “picketing” of the company’s plant.
— The much-mooted case of Mrs. Maybrick, the American woman imprisoned in London in 1889 for the murder of her husband, will be terminated in July, 1904, by her release, according to an official announcement from the English authorities.
— Some European scientists declare that there is evidence of a process of gradual wasting away in the Swiss glaciers, and that these great masses of ice, of so much interest and importance, may be destined to disappear. Considerable speculation is being evoked on this subject.
— In Chicago three hundred factories are now closed, and 5,000 men are idle, as a result of strikes for increased pay. In Lowell, Mass., the operators in seven cotton mills are ready to strike unless their wages are raised ten per cent. Thus the record of industrial strife and upheavals goes on.
— It is announced that President Roosevelt and Archbishop Ireland are negotiating over the question of the disposition to be made of the Philippine friars, and that a final settlement of this problem is near. It is reported that the places of the friars in the islands will be filled either by native or by American priests, and that no more priests will be sent to the islands from Europe.
— The “big tree” grove in Calaveras County, Cal., is said to be in imminent danger of extinction, lumbermen having purchased the land with the view of converting the trees into lumber. These giant Sequoias, numbering 7,000 in all, are said to be the only ones of their kind left, and it is hoped Congress may take some action which will save them from the hand of commercial greed.
— The British Parliament has under consideration a plan to solve the “Irish question,” by a government loan to tenants in Ireland of $500,000,000, with which to buy out the landlords. Each tenant will be loaned a sum not to exceed $5,000, at less than three per cent interest, which he is to pay back in yearly installments. The bill, if passed, will go into effect Nov. 12, 1903.
— At Port of Spain, Trinidad, on the refusal of the government to withdraw an ordinance relating to the city waterworks to which the people objected, March 23, a riot broke out, and a mob attempted to set fire to the government buildings. Thereupon, the police fired on the rioters, killing a number and wounding others. Foreign war-ships in the harbor landed men for the protection of property.
— Members of the Missouri Legislature which ended its session March 23 are liable to indictment by the grand jury, which has been convened in special session by Judge Hazell at Jefferson City to investigate charges of bribery touching legislation recently enacted. The grand jury was also instructed by the judge to investigate a charge of Sabbath-breaking against the legislature, it having been in session Sunday, March 22, to clear up unfinished business.
— La Soufriere, the St. Vincent volcano, has broken out again in violent eruption, and people throughout the island are reported to be in a panic. Throughout the whole of March 22 the northern half of the island was wrapped in impenetrable darkness, from the dense volumes of black “smoke” issuing from the crater, and great damage has been done to property. The eruption is described as being more violent than those which devastated the northern portion of the island last May.
— An international convention, to be attended by representatives of all the peoples of North America, is projected by some business men of New York, for the purpose of discussing plans for the construction of a continental system of waterways for deep sea vessels, and the canalization of the rivers of the continent from ocean to ocean. They estimate that the sum of $10,000,000,000 would be sufficient to do this, and also to create water-power equal to 50,000,000 horse-power. The plan is to have the national government finance the undertaking.
— A Washington telegram under date of March 25 announces the discovery of vast frauds in the government postal service, the greatest, in fact, in the history of the government since the celebrated “star route” fraud of former years. Investigations made by a special detail of post-office inspectors under the direction of Postmaster-General Payne and by order of President Roosevelt, show, the report says, “a condition of rottenness and fraud extending directly from the Post-office Department in Washington into every city, town, village, and hamlet in the country.”
— The award made by the Coal Strike Commission has been made public, and is in the nature of a victory for the miners, who are granted an increase in pay and a shorter working day, though recognition of the union by the mine owners—a principal point for which the miners have contended—is not specified, the commission disclaiming any authority to pass upon this question. The recommendations of the commission are, in brief, a general increase of wages, amounting in most instances to ten per cent; some decrease of time; the settlement of all disputes by arbitration; they fix a minimum wage and a sliding scale; provide against discrimination of persons by either the mine owners or the miners on account of membership or non-membership in a labor union, and provide that the awards made shall continue in force until March 31, 1906. The public, of course, not the mine owners, will pay the increase in wages.
I. G. AND CARRIE KNIGHT
By I. G.; Carrie Knight
Colombia
BOCAS DEL TORO.—In harmony with the call of the Mission Board, we find ourselves in this land of perpetual summer, Bocas del Toro. We find plenty of work, and have been as busy as bees ever since we landed. Brother Brooks has done a good work in holding the company together since the death of Elder Hutchins. We find them earnest and of good courage. Surely the third angel's message can make us all as one. Pray for us in our work here. We enter into it with all our heart and soul, and expect to enjoy it.
I. G. AND CARRIE KNIGHT
Topeka Church Membership Resolution
Notice!
The following is a resolution passed by the Seventh-day Adventist church of Topeka, Kan.
Whereas, There are a number of members of the Seventh-day Adventist church at Topeka, Kan., from whom no report has been received for a long time, therefore,—
Resolved, That an earnest effort be put forth to learn something of their present condition.23And after six months from Jan. 5, 1903, if not heard from, they will be considered no longer members, in good standing, of this church.
Let those interested address Mrs. L. Winston, Clerk, 521 Lane St., Topeka, Kan.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Donors to the Relief of the Schools
The total cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to March 2, 1903, is $52,300.32.
NAME
AMOUNT
Daniel Smith
$ 2 00
M. E. Wilson
5 00
I. & N. Wangerin
4 00
Mrs. S. C. Botsford
1 00
Mrs. H. G. Washburn
2 00
Rachel Rice
2 00
Donation
1 00
Lottie Jasperson
1 00
Mrs. A. C. Crandall
5 00
Arlie Bray
50
Mrs. Mary Bucklin
1 00
Mrs. M. R. Mixter
5 00
E. Davis
10 00
Maria S. Clawson
25 00
William Mulder
10 00
J. Scott
1 00
Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Hook
2 00
Mrs. E. B. Scutt
1 00
Mrs. Elizabeth Thayer
5 00
C. E. Mansell
2 00
D. Knickerbocker
1 00
Mrs. Anna H. Scoiber
50 00
Mrs. O. P. Foster
1 00
Anna L. Case
1 00
E. A. Field
1 00
Mrs. Edith Van Houghten
5 00
Mary Hamer
1 00
Mrs. Elenora Sprague
1 00
Villard (Minn.) church
9 50
Mrs. Jane Cady
5 00
Anna S. Jensen
5 00
Birnamwood (Wis.) church
1 00
Mr. & Mrs. F. W. Swanson
5 00
Mary J. Small
1 50
H. & C. Schram
2 00
H. C. Miller
1 00
Mrs. Henry Hess
60
C. M. Gleason
1 00
Belle McCrillis
1 50
Mrs. J. P. Jasperson
1 00
Mrs. O. T. Howard
50
S. D. Smith
1 00
Minnie Hildebrand
1 00
R. & M. Britton
1 50
New England Conference
2 70
Mrs. Dora Dalton
50
Mrs. M. R. Swan
50
L. M. Chapman
1 00
J. C. Bradley
1 00
Ohio Conference
54 50
Robert Cowen
10 00
J. F. Philips
2 50
John Baily
50
Fannie Campbell
2 00
Rosa Cornell
5 00
Francis M. Aldwin
1 00
T. M. Clark
1 00
D. N. & Katie Abbott
5 00
James & Chas. Shrede
3 00
J. F. Denis
1 00
E. O. Hansen
1 00
Mrs. N. P. Harrison
2 00
Earnest Menke
2 00
A. D. Oren
1 00
Mrs. H. L. Horn
1 00
Mr. & Mrs. Ragon
3 00
Mrs. Harriet E. Holland
62
H. C. Nelson
5 00
W. W. Williams
10 00
Mrs. F. H. Dibble
5 00
Elizabeth Henderson
2 00
F. P. Ide
5 00
Mrs. Sarah A. Krack
1 00
Mr. & Mrs. E. G. Bennett
1 00
Mrs. Rosa Kimlin
2 00
Ethel M. Line
1 00
R. Eager
2 00
F. M. Hills
5 00
Mrs. Ellen Moyer
5 00
Mrs. Belle Boyd
1 50
G. W. Cole
1 50
Arthur Moon
5 00
Thomas Paton
5 00
John A. Webster
10 00
E. Geates
1 00
| R. G. Cowells | 2 00 |
| Mrs. S. E., Ruth, & Bessie Mahurin | 1 10 |
| Henry S. Foster | 5 00 |
| Washington | 206 00 |
| Mrs. C. Vaughn | 2 50 |
| Rachel & Rosanna Switzer | 2 00 |
| A friend | 1 00 |
| C. J. Tyler | 5 00 |
| Fred Reiter | 3 00 |
| J. A. Roser | 1 00 |
| Mrs. Julia Geagin | 1 00 |
| E. E. Nelson | 5 00 |
| John M. Cole | 25 00 |
| George M. Hicks | 5 00 |
| D. W. C. McNett | 5 00 |
| A. C. & E. J. Wheeler | 1 25 |
| C. W. Vaughan | 1 00 |
| Mrs. M. J. Hayes | 4 00 |
| Joseph Yarington | 2 00 |
| F. C. Smith | 1 00 |
| M. B. Parrott | 1 00 |
| L. B. Dickerson | 2 00 |
| Oscar Johnson | 1 00 |
| Herbert Warner | 1 00 |
| W. J. Prizeman | 1 00 |
| J. N. E. Stranger | 65 |
| C. Rasmussen | 5 00 |
| N. L. Kirkpatrick | 2 00 |
| E. J. Wolfson | 55 00 |
| Mrs. A. F. Bigelow | 1 00 |
| Mary Cobbs | 50 |
| Anna Chilson | 1 00 |
| Mrs. Irwin | 5 00 |
| William Wood | 2 10 |
| W. G. Brallier | 5 00 |
| Samuel Booth | 5 00 |
| J. A. Creary | 10 00 |
| Esther E. Soper | 1 50 |
| Carrie Irwin | 2 00 |
Money Received on the Missionary Acre Fund
_Total cash received on the Missionary Acre Fund previously reported, $2,851.49._
NAME
AMOUNT
Sarah Cornforth
$ 1 00
Hulda W. Bellah
1 50
Anna Shadle
25
A. & Mrs. Houghtaling
3 50
Mrs. A. McClay
2 00
Mrs. M. L. Pence
5 00
Pansy, Delmar, & Alice Palmer
1 50
J. A. & Lydia B. Sweeney
2 00
M. W. Blue
6 00
Hazle Haggard
30
Flossie Haggard
25
Olie Ray
45
J. W. Dorcas
6 43
Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Society
1 00
Lisbon Meyers
1 25
Mrs. J. P. Thompson
1 00
Mrs. Nettie Huckley
1 00
Willie McCabe
1 50
Mrs. K. H. Chapman
1 00
Mrs. M. Gillaspie
6 00
Elsie Boynton
50
Mrs. S. C. Hammond
5 00
Nebraska Tract Society
2 50
Milton Cross
2 00
B. F. Carr
10 00
A. M. Will
12 65
Mrs. H. C. Mitchell
5 12
W. H. Parker
1 25
Mrs. M. J. Wallace
1 00
Mrs. E. J. Poppiewell
3 00
Mrs. L. D. Gray
1 00
B. R. Nordyke
7 85
J. L. Rice
2 56
J. G. Schindler
1 00
Mary J. Madill
2 00
Jas. C. Rice
2 50
A. T. Simons
1 00
Mary Ann Watson
50
Jos. N. Forbes
2 25
Mrs. C. V. Graham
2 00
Mrs. Mary Vestus
50
Mrs. C. A. Burnman
18 00
Mrs. M. C. Otis
1 00
Council Bluffs (Iowa) Society
1 81
O. F. Bowen, wife & children
7 00
Mrs. E. C. Gray
3 00
S. A. Anderson
2 50
W. H. Blosser
1 00
E. A. Blosser
1 00
Frankie E. Blosser
52
Bessie L. Blosser
50
C. M. Parker
2 00
Mrs. C. M. Crane
3 68
S. W. Burkhart
4 45
Mrs. Susan Isenburg
1 00
V. L. Stoner
2 00
W. W. Givin
1 00
W. H. Farrell
1 00
Sarah A. Farrell
5 00
Edith Van Houten
10 00
John Aitken
8 25
Mr. & Mrs. H. Toyne
8 60
J. J. Ireland
3 30
Victoria Switzer
5 00
Mrs. E. M. Abbott
5 00
Southern Union Conference
60
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Summary of the Canvassing Work Reported for February
