We are an aggressive people, and God wants that kind of people; but He wants the aggressiveness used in regular and orderly ways, that confusion may not result. Circumstances with which we have come in contact recently have suggested that it would be well to say a word in regard to the matter of our schools.
Church schools, intermediate Conference schools, and our academies and colleges are all to work as one united whole for the education of our children and youth, to fit them to go out as workers in the Master's vineyard. But here is a church that says, We have but a small school, and we are able to build a home, employ two or more teachers, and have students come in from other places, and thus make this a large school, for this part of the Conference. We will teach the grades as high as it is necessary for those who come.
Another church school publishes in the REVIEW that we are going to add two important features to our course of study for next year. We will teach phonography and offer a nurses' training course, to be taught by a sanitarium nurse; and others rise up and offer this and that, till it is true that in the various church schools, many of which have very limited facilities, one can get, or at least is offered, almost all that he can get at Keene Academy or Union College.
Now it is a fact that the General Conference created an Advisory Educational Committee, and the General Conference also recommended that at least one man be appointed in each Conference to take special oversight, in an advisory way, of the church and other schools in the Conference; but some of these churches, and even some of the teachers, failed to notice that any such arrangement was recommended. It was also recommended that the students be graded, and that the studies and work offered in the church and intermediate schools be graded, so that they will not undertake to do the work that requires greater facilities than they are likely to have, and the students who should be in our colleges and academies be drawn to these schools.
If we are to have all the higher work done in our church schools and in the intermediate schools, then we would better close our colleges and academies, sell out the property, and pay the debts that way. Now we are sure that no one would advise such a thing, and we believe all this confusion has arisen from a failure to consider the result that would follow if all the church schools were to offer what ours does. Let us take counsel of those who are appointed to that work, and order, instead of confusion, will result. Prof. C. C. Lewis is elected Educational Secretary for the Northwestern and Southwestern Union Conferences, and he will be in touch with the educational committee appointed by the General Conference.
C. McREYNOLDS, Pres. S. W. U. Conf.
WEST VIRGINIA.
By S. M. Cobb
SAINT MARYS.—The work at this place has been greatly hindered on account of the severe storms that have swept this part of the country. After meetings had been held for about ten days, with a fair interest and attendance, the large tent was blown down. Brethren Foggin and Rule put it up again, securing new center poles, and the meetings were resumed. Another cyclone snapped the new poles and tore the tent to shreds. Arriving there, I found that they had laced two strips of wall together, thirty-five feet long, attached each end to an apple tree, and raised the center about ten feet high, then set up the wall poles, so as to attach the edges of the wall to them. They thus had a place of meeting again, 16 x 25 ft., capable of seating one hundred persons. I was with them one Sunday night, and spoke to a good congregation.
S. M. COBB.
MISSISSIPPI AS A POOR MAN'S COUNTRY.
By Thomas H. Gansett
I have often wondered why more people do not move to Mississippi. As I think of its beauty, its delightful climate, and its natural advantages in the production of those things necessary to a livelihood; it certainly does seem to me to be an ideal poor man's country. What I mean by this is that a poor man, one who has little or no money, if he can get here, can live afterward.
In the first place, all over these great piney woods of central and southern Mississippi there is almost no end of fuel. Everywhere, strewed over the ground, are pine knots and limbs. And so, if a man,494even a man with a family, and that of small children, was landed here, he could keep comfortably warmed almost anywhere by the blazing fires he could build with the free and unlimited fuel. This does not mean that the land is all overgrown with underbrush and thickets. It is not. The trees are tall, large, and stately, with wide distances between them, which are open, clear, and inviting. A man can have a house here for shelter in a very little time. Of easy access and free are groves of younger pines, from which can be cut poles or small logs easily handled and suitable, from which a durable little house may be erected. Clay can be had in abundance to make a chimney, and with a house of poles, roofed with split shingles, provided with a clay chimney in which is a large open fireplace filled with blazing pine knots and logs, a man has no mean place to shelter a wife and children while he goes out to work for wages, or to “put in” a piece of new ground. Water from the near “branch,” or clear cool spring, saves digging a well, and so the ball of humble prosperity can be set rolling.
“Well, I see,” says one; “but whose land would I make all these improvements on?”—Your own, of course. In half a mile from where I now (April, 1901) sit writing, there are nine “forties” of government land to be had for the homesteading. Or if you buy, you can do as I did two or three weeks ago—get land for three dollars an acre. I bought a comfortable little house and ten acres of good land for thirty-five dollars. Or if you do not have the fourteen dollars to homestead a one-hundred-and-sixty-acre tract, or seven dollars for an eighty-acre tract, you can build almost anywhere and cultivate, for nothing, on other people's land until you can get a start; for the land is owned in lots consisting of hundreds of acres each, by people who never cultivate or expect to cultivate a hundredth part of what they own.
To summarize: so far fuel and good water costs nothing, a house and building spot costs next to nothing, except the work of building.
Then arises the question, What can I do to make a living from the start? Well, all over here is labor of some sort at living wages,—turpentine woods to work, lumber woods to work, teaming to do, saw milling, within distance, some farming, labor and trades to be followed in towns, etc. The wife and children, if any, can put in the gardens. A cow can run at large, and get fat. And altogether it is a country where a poor man, if he can get here, can make a living, and in a little while he will not have to suffer that dependence on the monied classes that the writer knows by experience one does in the Northern and Eastern States.
But, friends and brethren, let us not entertain the idea that this is a land of gifts, a land of indolence, where funds can be found lying on the ground, or any such foolish and impracticable idea. This is a country not yet filled up. There are room and natural resources right at hand not yet monopolized. You can get standing room, and a chance to work. And with that, any one with a reasonable amount of work in him can in a little space of time have himself a little home and enough to eat.
Come south, brethren. Come with a heart contented to be humble and poor; do not look for enormous estates or great incomes. Here you can have “whatsoever is right.”
Here you can live the truth in the sight of many who never before have heard of it, but who will listen with open ears.
It is decidedly a poor man's country. The climate is healthful. The summers are not hot; they are kept cool by daily breezes and abundant shade. The winters are open and mild generally. The soil is light and easily worked, and will produce a light crop unfertilized, and if fertilized, an abundant crop. Chickens do well; also stock of all kinds—cattle, sheep, goats, etc.—and get their own living.
For further information address Thomas H. Gansett, Chinquapin, Pearl River Co., Miss.
KANSAS
By E. H. Curtis
CLIFTON.—I arrived at Clifton, May 22, and was joined by Elder I. A. Crane and Brother B. W. Brown on the 23d. Owing to rain, we were not able to begin meetings until the 26th, when we began with a fair congregation. Brother Brown left us in a few days, to join Brother Sutton at Webber.
Elder Crane and myself remained until July 7, taking the tent down the 8th. From the first we had a very small attendance, but it was fairly regular, which encouraged us to proclaim the present truth. The message seemed to strike home to the hearts of some of the people. Six have announced their intention to walk in the truth for this time, and there are others for whom we feel hopeful. We do not expect to drop the work at Clifton for some time, for we are sure the Lord has some others in that place; and those whom He has given us must be built up and established. Pray for the work at Clifton.
E. H. CURTIS.
IOWA
By F. L. Moody
Davis City.—July 5-7 I was at Davis City. We had a precious time together. The ordinances were celebrated, and one sister was converted and baptized. This was a great encouragement to the church. Those who accepted the message there last spring are of good courage, and are advancing in the truth. One brother paid eighteen dollars tithe. This is the second quarterly meeting he has attended. F. L. MOODY.
Weldon Believers Meet; Young Men Plan Union College
By F. L. M.
WELDON.— July 8, I met those who accepted the truth at Weldon last summer. They are of good courage. Four young men expect to attend Union College this fall, to prepare themselves to help carry “the Advent message to the world in this generation.” F. L. M.
New Hampton.—
By J. H. Kraft
After visiting the German church at Dumfries two Sabbaths, and after making short stops at Waterloo and Oelwein, I arrived at New Hampton, in company with Brother J. H. Wierts, July 1. For several days we canvassed the town for a suitable place to pitch our large tent, finally securing a nice lot from a bank cashier. July 9 Elder Kunkle arrived, and the next day we proceeded to pitch our large tent. As in other places, the neighbors on both sides raised objections, and the owner kindly asked us not to pitch there, and procured for us a fine location elsewhere. But, in order to get it, we had to rent a house that stood on one side of it. Sunday evening, the 14th inst., we opened our meeting with a fairly good attendance. The next night there was a still larger attendance. We believe the Lord will help us to arouse an interest among the German people in this place. The people are kind to us as we visit them at their homes. J. H. Kraft.
Meetings at Udell: Prophecy and the Sanctuary
By Chas. E. Graham
UDELL.— We began meetings at this place, June 21. The people have been friendly, and assisted us in many ways in the preparation for the meetings. From the first the attendance has been good. With the exception of two or three evenings, there have been on an average about forty present at each meeting during the week, while on Sabbath and Sunday evenings the attendance is much larger. We have devoted considerable time to the prophecies and the signs of the times. July 7 we considered the movements of the great nations of to-day and their meaning in the light of prophecy. The subject had been advertised, and a large company was present. The tent was crowded, and as many more sat on the ground on the outside, while the street was filled with teams. Fully four hundred persons heard the message. We are now presenting the sanctuary question. Remember us often at the throne of grace. CHAS. E. GRAHAM.
Tent Meetings at Panora Draw Good Attendance
The tent company at Panora are located on the public school grounds, in the center of the town. A good outside interest is reported.
Iowa Conference Sends Funds to Union College
During the week ending the 20th inst., the Iowa Conference was able to send two thousand dollars more to Union College, that amount being the proceeds of the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” This makes a total of six thousand dollars from Iowa.
Des Moines Sanitarium Prospering Nicely
Our sanitarium at Des Moines is prospering nicely.
Iowa Camp-Meeting Appointed for Sioux Rapids
The first local camp-meeting in Iowa has been appointed for Sioux Rapids, August 20-25.
S. M. C
By S. M. C.
CHARLESTON.—The tent at Charleston has been moved across the Elk River to another part of the city. Existing prejudice and “dumb dogs that cannot bark,” kept the people from coming to the tent. Meetings were opened in the new field the 10th inst. I am now in Elkins again, and will remain with the tent until some time next month.
S. M. C
Kanawha and Walker.—
By P. W. Province
I was called to attend the quarterly meetings at these churches, July 6, 7. The attendance at both places was fair, and the interest good. The ordinances were celebrated Sabbath forenoon at Kanawha, and in the afternoon at Walker.
P. W. Province.
Hagerstown Quarterly Meeting Held July 13
By Emma S. Newcomer
HAGERSTOWN.— The quarterly meeting was held here Sabbath, July 13. Owing to the absence of the first elder, Brother J. A. Stuart, of Harpers Ferry, Brother James Righter, second elder, conducted the services. All present felt that the Lord was indeed with us. We are also glad to report another admission to the church. Truly, the Lord is blessing the work here, and we are all of good courage. Emma S. Newcomer.
Brief World and National News Summaries
— It is reported that Crispi, ex-premier of Italy, is dying.
— The Sultan has refused to permit the Greek squadron to visit Turkish ports.
— Tolstoi, who has been seriously ill, is pronounced out of danger by his physicians.
— A $30,000,000 steel trust is to be formed, to compete with the United States Steel Corporation.
— At Mattoon, Ill., incendiary fires destroyed $2,400,000 worth of property during the past few days.
— It is claimed that a plot has been discovered to make Prince Louis Napoleon emperor of France.
— The Transvaal League, of Chicago, has “offered to relieve the British government of the care of Boer prisoners.”
— It is thought that the sun’s rays, concentrated by plate glass windows, started the recent $80,000 fire at Sioux City, Iowa.
— Secretary of War Root has authorized a full flow in the Chicago drainage canal between the hours of 4 P. M. and midnight.
— The Universal Peace Congress closed its session in Buffalo, N. Y., the 17th inst., Alfred H. Love being re-elected president.
— In a recent battle between Mexicans and negroes, near Liberty, N. M., fifteen of the latter were killed. Mexican casualties unknown.
— The Catholic authorities in Manila, Philippine Islands, state that “they have no intention of withdrawing the friars from the Philippines.”
— It is reported from China that “lawlessness has greatly increased in Peking since the policing of the city was restored to the Chinese authorities.”
— About 50,000 garment makers of New York have struck “to compel employers to do away with the sweat-shop system, and to furnish sanitary shops for their employees.”
— A wireless telephone was recently made to work across the Mississippi River, at Minneapolis. The distance was 1,000 feet, and the words were distinctly understood.
— On the 21st inst. the great packing plant of Jacob Dold and Sons, Wichita, Kan., was destroyed by fire, together with about 7,000,000 pounds of meat. Loss, $1,000,000.
— Horatio J. Sprague, United States Consul at Gibraltar since 1848, and “the oldest consul in the American service,” died at that place the 18th inst. He was born Aug. 12, 1823.
— Lord Russell pleaded guilty to bigamy, before the British House of Lords, and has been sentenced to three-months’ imprisonment. His jail quarters are said to be very comfortable, however.
— In his paper read before the International Tuberculosis Congress at London, the 23d inst., Professor Koch, of Berlin, “claims to have demonstrated that consumption is not communicable from animals, or animal products, to man.”
— The war still continues in the Philippines. Gebarro, an insurgent general, has surrendered at Legaspi, Albay Province, with seventy men; and “an American force captured and partly burned Calapan, Mindoro, killing twenty natives.”
— The installation, in London, on the 17th inst., of the Duke of Connaught as Grand Master of British Masons, was attended by 11,000 English Free Masons. Edward VII was formerly Grand Master himself, but resigned upon becoming King.
— Rain brought relief from the long dry spell, in various parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, the 15th inst. Dispatches state that “at Wichita, Kan., the occasion was celebrated with an impromptu procession, headed by a brass band. At the end of the march a thanksgiving service was held.”
— It is now announced, by the Philippine Civil Commission, that “three-months’ trial of a provincial form of government in the islands of Cebu and Bohol and the Province of Batangas, Luzon, has proved these communities underserving of civil administration, and they are again placed under military control.”
— It is said that “the Europeans in Tientsin distrust China’s pledges, and fear another outbreak.”
— The Danish ministry, formed April 27, 1900, has resigned. King Christian will form a new cabinet at once.
— Owing to the scarcity of water in Manchester, England, the supply is cut off from consumers several hours each day.
— Mrs. Kruger, wife of former President Kruger of the South African Republic, died at Pretoria, from pneumonia, the 21st inst., aged sixty-seven.
— A British column recently captured Commandant Scheeper’s laager, at Cambedoo, South Africa, taking thirty-one prisoners and much ammunition.
— A recent eruption of the volcano Kloet, in northern Java, “killed 700 natives and a number of Europeans, and laid waste the land for miles around.”
— British scientists declare that the conclusions of Dr. Koch on tuberculosis are incorrect, and a government investigation has been demanded, to settle the question.
— The “Deutschland” recently made a new speed record from New York to Plymouth, England. That long course was covered in five days, eleven hours, and five minutes.
— Captain Blackburn, who sailed from Gloucester, Mass., in a twenty-five-foot sailboat, recently arrived at Lisbon, Portugal, the voyage having been made in thirty-eight days.
— The London Times reports that General Baden-Powell is “suffering from overwork and fever, and his medical advisers in South Africa have ordered him to take complete rest and proceed to England.”
— A French submarine boat recently succeeded in attaching a torpedo to a gunboat at Havre, after an eight-mile trip under water. These submarine boats will have to be reckoned with in the next great wars.
— The British under Major Pine-Coffin, recently surprised a Boer commando at Honingspruit, South Africa, “capturing Commandant Hatting and twenty-six others, and killing and wounding seventeen.”
— Dispatches state that “as a result of the encounters between Roman Catholics and Free Thinkers in Saragossa, most of the clergy have left the city; the convents and many churches are closed and barricaded.”
— John Alexander Dowie took out his first naturalization papers at Waukegan, Ill., the 15th inst., renouncing his allegiance to the king of Great Britain and Ireland, and swearing to support the Constitution of the United States.
— According to information received by the State Department, from Commissioner Rockhill, “the formal surrender of Peking to the Chinese authorities is expected to take place August 14, the anniversary of the relief of the legations.”
— A dispatch from Tientsin, China, states that “the strength of the British troops in that city will be increased by 1,000 men;” and also that “the foreign ministers in Peking admit a deadlock in the settlement of the Chinese question.”
— Speaking of the efforts of Russia and Japan to secure the most advantageous position in Korea, the Christian Advocate says that “both countries are acting with great caution, and are watching each other with the utmost vigilance. The Japanese are constantly increasing in number throughout the peninsula, and at the present time about one nineteenth of the shipping of Korea is in their hands. Russia, conscious of Japan’s growing power, is said to be acting with ‘studied conciliation.’ Nevertheless, in the minds of many careful students of the political situation in the East, a conflict between Japan and Russia seems to be inevitable, and may be precipitated at any moment.”
— Russia is now showing her hand in the far East, by “slowly pushing her way toward Peking.” Dispatches from St. Petersburg state that “she has taken possession of Mongolia, having fortified a garrison with infantry and Cossacks at Urga, a Chinese frontier station on the road to Peking, about two hundred miles south of Miakhta. Surveying parties, under the escort of Russian troops, have penetrated as far as the edge of the Great Desert. They are laying out a direct route for a railroad across the desert, to the point of junction with the Mid-Siberian Railway extension now being constructed around the south end of Lake Baikal.” With the many resources at her command, Russia easily leads the other Powers in the East, by securing the lion’s share of the spoils.
Oil Discovered Near Granite, Oklahoma Territory
— Oil has been discovered near Granite, O. T., “at the depth of 107 feet.” Much excitement, of course, prevails.
France's Slow Population Growth Compared With Europe
— Statistics show that since 1850 the population of France has increased but 3,600,000; while "in the same time Germany has added to its population 21,000,000, England 14,000,000, Austria 15,000,000, and Italy 9,000,000." Something is evidently the matter with France.
Chicago to Provide Free Lakeside Bathing Beaches
— Free bathing-beaches for the poor people of Chicago are to be provided by that city. “Dressing-rooms are to be erected at three different points on the lake shore. With more than twenty miles of lake front, Chicago people heretofore have had practically no lake-bathing privileges.”
VIRGINIA CAMP-MEETING.
By R. D. Hottel
According to arrangements made at our late State meeting, we will hold a local camp-meeting at Culpeper, Va., August 15-25. We invite all who can to attend this meeting, as it may be that we shall not be able to hold another local meeting in the State this year. Tents will be rented at a low rate to all who apply for them.
Perhaps we cannot get rates to the meeting, as there will not be a sufficient number coming by rail to justify the railroad company in giving reduced rates.
Culpeper is on the Southern Railroad between Washington and Charlottesville. No business of the Conference will be transacted at this meeting, as the regular session of the Conference will be held in Richmond the first of November. Any one wishing further information can address the writer at Newmarket, or F. L. Whitehead, at Arlington.
R. D. Hottel.
THE CASE OF H. T. NELSON.
At the time of the late General Conference held in this city there came up for consideration, at a special meeting composed of the General Conference brethren and of Sister White, the case of H. T. Nelson, who claims to have succeeded Sister White in her work among this people, and who repeatedly tried to monopolize the meetings of the General Conference delegates, against their entire vote. H. T. Nelson was present at this meeting, and was given the opportunity to make a few remarks. From a verbatim report of this meeting the following extracts have just been handed us for publication, by W. A. Spicer, in behalf of the General Conference Committee:—
EXTRACTS FROM H. T. NELSON’S REMARKS.
Sister White has stood in the place where Moses stood in the typical history of God’s people. I am to stand where Joshua stood. That is what I have to tell you this morning. I have endeavored time and time again to get an audience among my own people, my own brethren and sisters in my native State. They have mistreated me in the way the Saviour declared they would do, when He declared, “Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?” I say, with Stephen, “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”
My message, in brief, is, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” I think it is about ten years ago since the Lord told us through His servant, Sister White, that we were living in the time of the latter rain.
I have never for a single moment thought that Sister White was not a true prophet. I accepted her work nine years ago, when I was baptized. The word of prophecy was brought before me, and I accepted it without quibbling over it. In the early years of my life I studied the Bible, and I knew that there were to be prophets in these last days. The first time I read any of Sister White’s writings, I believed that she was inspired, and I have believed it ever since.
A good many false prophets have arisen among our people, and at the first glance at their writings I knew that they were false.
I will further say that at ————, Mich., six years ago, the Lord gave us what He said was a dropping of the latter rain. He told us we were living right in that time. When the leading men of our Conference heard of this, they made light of it, asking if the Lord would pour out His Spirit on “ignorant coal-diggers”?
Brother Barrett placed his hand on my head, and said, “Brother H. T. Nelson, the Lord wants to work with you.” He did not make this statement concerning any of the rest. He merely pointed to them, saying, “The Lord has a work for you.” I understood from that time that the Lord desired to use me as a prophet, but I did not have any suspicion that it meant for me to take the leadership of this people. . . .
As I have said, I have been abused and mistreated since the Lord gave me this burden. I have been made to suffer because I loved my brethren too well to allow them to continue in sin. The first one to whom I presented the message was N. W. Kauble; and instead of allowing me to speak, as I requested, he caused me to be put in jail. He said that I was insane, and wanted to have me put in the insane asylum.
I had a vision the last night I spent in jail in Lancaster, Neb. N. W. Kauble was placed before me, and I had a conversation with him. I asked him if he did not know he was doing wrong in abusing me, and keeping this light from the people. He nodded his head. From time to time the Lord has opened up cases to me, which I shall not have time to state this morning. But I am under obligation to state this: When I came to Battle Creek last year, I met the president of the General Conference. The Lord revealed his case to me. He showed me that that man had committed the unpardonable sin, and that he is lost. This was also presented to me regarding A. J. Breed and A. T. Jones. There are a great many of our leaders in the same condition, but none except those I have mentioned have been specially pointed out.
I am responsible for the light I have received. I would like to state before I sit down that I must have an audience in this Conference; because the word to me is, Give the message.
Mrs. E. G. White’s Reply to H. T. Nelson.
When Brother Nelson came to my home in California with his message, I gave him all the time I could. I think he spoke for an hour face to face with me. I listened to what he had to say, but I told him that God has not given him his message.496He brought the message that God had appointed me to act as Moses, and that he was to connect with me in the work as Joshua. But if God had made this appointment, I should have known something about it. God himself would have given me instruction.
God has not given Brother Nelson the work of acting as Joshua in connection with His people. From the light that I have had, this could not be. It is an impossibility.
Brother Nelson bore me the message also that I had not treated my workers well; that I had been hard with them. But this is the last thing any one who knows me would say against me. This message is false, every word of it. The position I occupy in regard to my workers is a position of tenderness and care. My family know that Brother Nelson’s testimony regarding my treatment of them is entirely false. I am willing that they should bear their testimony concerning this. Sometimes I have to call them up at five o’clock in the morning to prepare matter to be sent out in the mail. They take hold cheerfully and willingly, and then when the mail has gone, I say to them, “You have been hurried with this work. You may spend the rest of the day as you please.” I believe in guarding the health of my workers. Those in my household will bear witness that I watch them as a careful guardian. That I have been hard upon my workers I utterly deny. It is true that at times the work has been hard upon them as they have helped me in getting the light before the people.
When the Lord gives a man a message, He gives with it something whereby His people may know that the message is from Him. God does not ask His people to believe every one who comes to them with a message.
The Lord sends warnings to His people, not to destroy them, but to correct their errors. I have never been given the testimony to bear to any one, “You have committed the unpardonable sin.” God never told any one to say to a fellow being, “You have committed the unpardonable sin.” He has not given Brother Nelson this message to bear to Elder Breed, Elder Irwin, or Elder A. T. Jones.
I know that God never gave mortal man such a message as that which Brother Nelson has borne concerning his brethren. It is not like our God. After the disappointment of 1844 there were those who would say to others, “You are lost; you have gone too far to be saved.” Then I was brought to my feet to bid them in the name of the Lord to cease their condemnation. God has never empowered one mortal to say to another mortal, “You are lost.” We are all human beings. We are on this earth to form characters which will fit us to inherit eternal life. If we heed the word of the Lord, He will correct us and guide us.
Since I have been here, I have had messages to bear to different persons, but words like those uttered by Mr. Nelson have never escaped my lips. Brethren, we are to hold together. The satanic agencies are working to destroy, and God calls upon His servants to stand together, and to be meek and lowly in heart. We are to be kind and gentle in our treatment of one another.
We are living in perilous times. From the light I have, I know that Satan is trying to bring in that which will make people think they have a wonderful work to do. But when God gives a man a message, that man, by his meekness and lowliness, will give evidence that God is working through him. God lives and reigns, and He desires us to walk before Him in humility. He does not wish this man Nelson to force himself before a congregation. He does not want this element to come into our meetings to create disturbance. God has not given Brother Nelson this work to do. It is the means whereby the enemy is trying to divert the minds of the people from the work which God has said must be done.
Mistakes have been made. There must be reorganization. God desires to carry forward the work of perfecting a people who will shine in the kingdom of glory. He is opening doors which His people can enter to work for the salvation of souls. It is that we may co-operate with Him in His work that we are here. We are not going to be interrupted in meeting after meeting by those who claim they have a message to deliver. He who presses himself forward into a place where he is not wanted is not doing the work of God. We are to work like soldiers in an army. We are not to step out of the ranks, and begin to work on our own account.
We have a very solemn, important work to do in this Conference, and we need to pray and search our hearts. We are to work in perfect harmony and order. As we obey the commands of Christ, moving forward in unity, we shall see the salvation of God.
We have come here at great expense to set things in order. There are those who have been working in one place for too long a time. They should have a change. They must go where they can see what God is doing outside of Battle Creek. We do not say to them, because they have made mistakes, “You have committed the unpardonable sin.” We say, “Brethren, let us take hold together. Let us counsel together. Let us stand in our lot and in our place, and work for the whole field.”
We love our brother. We want him to be saved, but we cannot allow him to take the time of this Conference. It is not his time. God has given us a work to do, and we intend to do it, under His supervision, that souls may be brought to a knowledge of present truth.
SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY'S INDUSTRIAL FUND.
By Frederick Griggs
OUR people in the Eastern Union Conference will be pleased to know how we are progressing in the matter of our industrial fund for the academy. So far about one hundred dollars has been received. This money has not come in large amounts, but it appears that our people are uniting to assist in this matter. We shall purchase our stock of broom corn about the last of September or the first of October, and several hundred dollars will be needed to do this.
Among the first remittances which we received on this fund was five dollars from a poor laboring girl, who is not only supporting herself but is also assisting her parents. She had attended the academy, and was deeply interested in the proposed plan. The first ten dollars was from another lady who supports herself by her work. This spirit can but encourage all who are interested in this matter.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.
TRAINING-SCHOOL FOR MISSIONARY MOTHERS.
By John Harvey Kellogg
Probably the best opportunity afforded anywhere for acquiring a practical knowledge of child training is the Missionary Mothers’ Course at the Haskell Home, Battle Creek, Mich. This course includes instruction in all phases of child culture,—in the feeding and dressing of children, their physical care in health and diseases, mental and moral training, what to do in emergencies and in simple diseases, lessons in hydrotherapy, hygienic dressmaking, physical culture, healthful cookery, temperance, missionary work for children in cities, kitchen garden, and a practical experience in the direct control and management of children, which is invaluable.
The plan of the home is unique. The children are not herded together, as in many institutions for children; but are divided into family groups, each of which is cared for by a “mother,” who sustains the same relation to the children that the natural mother does in her own family. Pupils may be received into the mothers’ course at any time. The present is a particularly desirable opportunity for entering this excellent course. Those who desire any further information should correspond with the chairman of the Visiting Committee, Mrs. E. H. Whitney, Battle Creek, Mich.
J. H. KELLOGG, M. D.
MICHIGAN, ATTENTION!
By J. D. Gowell
ALL persons desiring tents for the State Conference and camp-meeting to be held at Lansing, August 15–25, will please order in time so that we may have them all pitched and ready when the meeting begins. Please order from R. E. Taylor, 271 Champion St., Battle Creek, Mich.
J. D. GOWELL.
ALABAMA CAMP-MEETING.
By W. L. McNeely
The time for another camp-meeting is almost here. Shall we plan to attend? or shall we allow our business to keep us away? The Lord has told us that these meetings are of great importance to us. Indeed, we cannot afford to miss them. We have a good, healthful location in north Anniston. The street cars run just in front of the grounds. Those wishing tents are requested to send in application to the undersigned, at Avondale, Ala., as soon as possible.
I hope that all will feel it a duty as well as a privilege to come. A boarding tent will be on the ground. W. L. McNeely, Director.
