Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 34.
I Say unto All, WatchPage 1
Earlier text: Baptism at the Camp-MeetingSome Good Omens in Our Camp-Meetings
By B. G. Wilkinson
HAVING met in the spring camp-meetings many tokens of the rising wave of consecration to the message, I shall briefly mention some. The Southern New England camp-meeting which was the first I visited, was held on a high spot in the city of New London, Conn., overlooking the harbor. A good attendance both of our own people and from the city was present. This young conference, only lately separated from the New England Conference, has made good progress, especially the last year. Elder Westworth, who has charge of the field, and his coworkers are of excellent courage. Several revivals, notably one on the last day of our visit there, testified to the presence of God's Spirit in large measure. The labors of Elder Farnsworth and Professor Machlan were greatly blessed and well appreciated. On the last afternoon of our visit, I spoke on the question of church organization. The hearty assents of the brethren showed how thankful they were for this splendid piece of work God is building in our midst. The combined New Jersey and Greater New York camp-meeting at Elizabeth, N. J., was a spiritual feast from beginning to end. In addition to the laborers already mentioned, Elders Daniells and Thompson, who had just returned from Europe, were present part of the time. Their messages were inspiring. Here I was profoundly impressed with the deep desire of the youth to enter into God's service. One morning I had arranged to visit the famous prisons of New York City, the Tombs and Blackwells Island, with Sisters Kershaw and Rasmussen. I had planned to give the young people a short service from eight to nine, and leave for New York. But while speaking, the Spirit of God rested on the youth. In response to a simple invitation, they crowded forward, and with broken heart and contrite spirit many gave themselves to God. Though delayed, I still had time to visit that great city prison of New York, the Tombs, before it closed at noon. Before the grating of one cell I saw a young mother, sitting upon a stool, weeping, having a little babe in her arms. I passed on to the guard, and asked him if she was the wife of the young man behind the bars. The guard replied that she was, and that very day the man must be taken to Sing Sing and separated from her for seven years of penitentiary life. Later I saw Harry Thaw and his wife, Evelyn, and stopped to talk with them. Besides the faces of these youth behind prison bars, I saw nearly eight hundred more in the boys' prison on Blackwells Island. The contrast was a strong lesson to me as I returned to the camp at night and saw our youth still rejoicing in God, from the revival service of the morning. The Massachusetts camp-meeting, held at Fitchburg, was another manifestation of God's work for his people. On the last Sabbath, following a sermon by Elder Evans, the Spirit of God came near, and about thirty-five hundred dollars was raised for mission work. For Sunday night I had advertised a meeting in French, as there were ten thousand French-speaking people living within car distance. The Spirit of God worked in that little meeting, and four men, strangers to me, bowed in prayer to consecrate their lives to God. Their names were passed over to a Bible worker for further instruction. Similar manifestations of the working of God's Spirit were witnessed in the Maryland camp-meeting held in Baltimore. To many who will read these lines, similar visitations of God's Holy Spirit have come in their yearly camp-meetings. But the testimony is that God has come nearer this year than ever before, and in greater power. It is now time to gird up the loins of our mind and prepare for great things; for the Saviour “will do great things for those who trust in him.”—“Ministry of Healing,” page 115. The camp-meeting in Elizabeth, N. J., did much to uproot the evil influences brought upon souls who had suffered the attacks of those who had departed from the faith. B. G. Wilkinson. Since writing, I have had some good experiences on the Ra coast of Viti Levu (the largest island of the Fiji group), and also inland. It seems as if the devil fights every step I take to reach the different places to which I am called. I have not had one good sea trip this last year. I always get into some hard and trying storm. These experiences drive one nearer the Lord. But I expected to have a very pleasant time going inland on the island of Viti Levu, but it has done nothing but rain in torrents for several months. It rained twenty-nine days in the month of December, twenty-two in January, and made a good beginning this month. I had to go barefoot all the way. After reaching a certain point, the mountaineers told me that it would be at the peril of my life if I should attempt to go farther, as the streams were raging torrents. In reaching that point I had crossed ten large rivers and twenty smaller ones. At the rivers I had to have help, as I could not keep my foothold, on account of the swiftness of the streams. In returning I had to strip off my European clothes, and dress like the Fijians, but I praise God for the blessed results of the trip. At one place all the Wesleyans accepted the message, and gave their church building and teacher's house to the work. The teacher also accepted the truth, and is now giving the message. It was mainly through him that these good results were obtained. He had been reading our native paper. The truths had appealed to his mind. He had17 been teaching them to his congregation, and they with him had taken their stand. Over thirty adults compose this congregation. Quite a large number of Catholics attended every meeting, and a few of these took their stand before I left. On this trip I baptized twelve there. Quite a number more would have liked to be baptized, but we think best to go slowly, and let them make a thorough demonstration as to their being in earnest. At Ra I baptized six. One was a district government chief, and another was an old man, tottering on the verge of the grave. He dates back to the old cannibal days, and it is said that he himself has tasted human flesh. After hearing of the stand he had taken, two other old men threw their tobacco out of doors into the rain. They made a special request that they might be baptized, also. I told them they would have to wait till my next visit. Others at Ra requested baptism, so I expect that on my next trip there will be a number who will follow their Lord in this ordinance. Since my last letter, we have had our school land surveyed, and have made the final payment. This places the land under our entire control. Last Sabbath we had a dedicatory service over the land. With the students we all gathered on top of the hill where we are to erect our school building, and after appropriate remarks and hymns, the land was set apart to the work of the Lord. It was an encouragement to us all as we reviewed the leadings and dealings of the Lord with us in the work here. It has been a hard struggle to get a footing in Fiji, but the Lord has led his work on to victory against all the opposition which it has had to meet, and has given us this “nail in a sure place.” The prospects look bright. C. H. PARKER. It has been generally believed that the suttee, or wife-burning, has been totally abolished in India. But it seems to be practised still. Mr. Abbott, in his volume entitled “With the Prince in India,” recently published, says that not long ago thirteen men were charged with assisting at a ceremony in Behar. It was stated in the magistrate’s commitment that when in October, 1904, a certain Brahman died, his body was taken to the banks of the stream to be burned, and the widow, after having bathed in the river and adorned herself, took her seat on the pyre, and called on her son to do his duty as a devout Hindu. He lighted some wheat stalks and put them to her mouth, and then with four other Brahmans he lighted the pyre. A large crowd assembled, and the widow turned toward the setting sun, and as the flames reached her, overcome by the smoke and heat, she fell back into the fire, and was burned to ashes with the corpse of her husband, amid beating of drums and clashing of cymbals. Similar cases, Mr. Abbott declares, now and again appear without comment in the native journals. That they are rare is due to the teachings of the Christian missionaries and the influence and laws of a Christian government.—Selected. Christ the Saviour by the Cross
“Christ is more than the climax of humanity. He is the Saviour of men by way of the cross.” Dominica
By Philip Giddings
(On Sunday, May 5, we baptized two young men, formerly Catholics. A crowd gathered on both banks of the river to witness the scene. Some said if they did not believe the young men would dare to face the crowd, but they were made to see God's truth make bold. Climbing on a rock whence I could better command the situation, I addressed the assembly. Some were evidently of the sort mentioned in Acts 17:5, but there were others who listened attentively. In a Catholic village eight miles south of here, some young men have started a Bible club, a strange thing for Catholics to do. The leader told me that he was impressed to do so, believing that somehow, somewhere, help would come. I spent a few days with them, introducing Bible leaflets, papers, and other literature. Sunday afternoon I held an open-air meeting after their service, and met with them in their club after the meeting. Unused to the Bible, they know not where to look for its different books, so they decided to start from Genesis, and go through. Surely, they who seek shall find. To see them take their drinks and march into the club with their pipes, to see them searching in the Old Testament for Matthew or Mark, presents a picture of men groping in the dark; but with the grace of God and the aid of the prayers of God's people who read this, we labor to lead some out into the blessed light. Only this week, a woman from that village called to buy a Bible. Twenty miles from here, a Catholic woman who has been keeping the Sabbath for several months is waiting for baptism, and two others expect to follow soon. A Catholic young man kept his first Sabbath last week. He has difficulties at home, and desires the prayers of God's people that he may be strengthened to overcome. Two weeks ago an American boat came in on Sunday, and discharged and reloaded cargo. Wharf, customs, and post-office were all busy, as on other days. The editor of one of the papers rebuked the merchants and officials for the “desecration,” and the ministers for their solemn silence. This gave us an opportunity to present the Sabbath. Remember the work here in your prayers. Progress of the Work for the Colored People of the South
By Sydney Scott
THE work in the Southern field is moving on rapidly. The work for the white people is far in advance of that for the colored. God has blessed faithful efforts, and souls are rejoicing in the truth. As we draw near the end of time, calls will be frequent for means to forward the cause of truth in the South. One man said that he was tired of giving to support the work among the colored people; for the results did not justify the expenditure of so much means. These words are from an honest soul. There are more who have said the same. No doubt, when attention is called to the progress of the truth among the colored people, a different feeling will prevail. The Southern field is a great missionary field, with peculiarities not found in any other place. The soil is very stubborn. Prejudice is great. Slavery left its stain on the character and disposition of the people. There are many things which will discourage a worker if he is not rooted and grounded in the love of God. In the South are some precious souls who will respond to the truth when it is presented. The South is the home of the American negro, and he is here to stay. More than eight millions are within the borders of the Southern Union Conference. The negroes of the South are not all worthless, as some newspapers put it. There are many who are intelligent, cultured, and refined. Some own good property, with money in the bank. The writer knows of one whose wealth, in cash, is three hundred thousand dollars. The negroes pay taxes on sixteen million dollars' worth of property; and this has been acquired since the Rebellion. There are many large schools for the colored people. The Tuskegee, or Booker T. Washington's school is the largest of its kind in the South. It is accomplishing a great work for the negro boys and girls. The effect of this school is felt throughout the Southland. Our work is making progress, cutting its way through ignorance and superstition. You can not realize the situation unless you are on the ground. We dare not write it as it is, for fear the reader will disbelieve. Fifteen years ago there were not over twenty colored Seventh-day Adventists south of the Mason and Dixon's line; but to-day there are seven hundred Twelve years ago there was only one colored Seventh-day Adventist church; to-day there are fifty. Fourteen years ago there were only two ministers; to-day there are forty-five in the United States. The tithes of the colored people last year in the United States amounted to five thousand dollars; fifteen years ago it was not over fifty dollars. One year ago there was no sanitarium for the colored people in the whole denomination, where modern methods were used; to-day there is one in Birmingham, Ala., with Dr. L. C. Isbell as chief physician. Thirteen years ago we had no colored Seventh-day Adventist physician; to-day we have five practising, using modern methods. Is any one sorry he has donated means to the colored work? Up to seven years ago, there was never a tent-meeting held for colored people; to-day there are six tent companies in the field, in charge of colored ministers. Five of these are south of the Mason and Dixon's line, and one north. By the time this reaches the readers of the REVIEW, the number will be increased to nine. The man who did not see any good in donating to the Southern work, can rejoice with me for what the Lord has done in this part of the vineyard for the colored people. The Lord is coming in this generation; millions of the South's black population must hear the truth. Cast your bread upon the southern sea, with your gifts and offerings doubled. “Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.” SYDNEY SCOTT. Victories of the Truth in China
By J. N. Anderson
How often our little faith fails to read aright the inherent power of the truth we hear! It is with us to-day as it ever has been with the disciples of the Lord; we are still lagging far behind the Master. Here in China, with centuries of dense heathenism and the incomprehensible inertia arising therefrom, it does indeed require no small measure of faith to believe that spiritual life can be made to spring up in such a soil as this; and yet we are continually called to behold just such marvels, to the great glory of his name and the deep joy of our own hearts. Report has just come to hand of the full surrender of two souls to the power of the truth at Dr. Selmon’s station in Henan. Only recently two men were baptized at one of the stations in the Fukien Province, out of a large class of intelligent and earnest inquirers. Within the last two or three months I have had several reports from our brethren in Amoy of the resolute stand taken by an entire native church headed by its pastor in the city of Chiu Chow, situated not far to the north of Swatow, in this (Quangtung) province. It is a native independent church, with a membership of more than fifty; and the Amoy brethren report that practically all the members of the church have deliberately elected to “face about,” and keep the Sabbath, and that, too, in the face of much opposition. Only the other day a preacher of seven years’ experience, located at a distance of about sixty miles from here (Canton), called and testified to his faith in, and his obedience to, the Sabbath, though he still continues to preach on Sunday to his small congregation, who do not yet18 see the light, except one who has taken his stand with the preacher. It is now about six weeks since two young men were baptized into the Canton church, and three members of the girls’ school are waiting the glad day when they shall be buried with their Saviour. Encouraging reports of hopeful and substantial progress come from Lo Shan, Shang-tsai, Sin-yang, Fat Shan; and during these days Brother Wilbur is opening up a new work in the city of Kong Mun, a large port about fifty miles from here; while Brother J. P. Anderson is opening a chapel for Hakka preaching here in the city of Canton, as a stepping-stone to entering actively, after more preparation, into Hakka territory. These are all victories of the truth; and thus is the message winning its way among this people. In all this there is much cause for rejoicing on the part of all the faithful and devoted brethren and sisters in the home land, as well as in the case of us who are here in the midst of these workings. Southern Needs
By M. Bessie DeGraw
We have been told that in the closing work of the gospel, progress would be made by leaps and bounds. There is a statement in the Testimonies to the effect that those who live near the close of time will find it necessary to run to keep up with the message. I begin to feel that that time has been reached. To-day unless we run, we find ourselves away behind,—even behind the progress of the world, to say nothing of the work of God in the land. Since the last time I wrote for the REVIEW, telling of the needs of schools and the kind of schools needed, I have been impressed with the rapid growth of Southern interests, and the attention which is being directed toward the southern portion of the Union. For instance, it is the avowed purpose of the Jamestown Exposition to bring the East and the West in close touch with the South. Nearly all the popular magazines contain one or more articles each month dealing with problems of special import in this section of the United States. There is the rapid growth of manufactories and the evils of factory life, especially child labor in factories. There is the race problem in its various phases. The current issue of the World's Work is devoted entirely to the South. Not only are the industries described, and its sources of wealth, but attention is called to the educational resources. But more particularly is one impressed with the need of more schools,—schools of a practical nature, which reach the people in their homes and lift them to a higher plane of living. Miss Martha Berry is giving her life to industrial school work near Rome, Ga. The superintendent of public schools in Columbus, Ga., has already shown the value of teaching little children to use their hands. The recent gift of one million dollars to fundamental education of the negro, by the Philadelphia Quakeress, shows that the Lord is already fulfilling his promise in bringing this needy field before men and women of means. When I read these things, I think of the statement that when we as a people have done our duty, then men of the world will help us in carrying this work forward. Have we done what we should? Are we ready to say, “Lord, I’ve done my part, turn now to others when seeking workers and means”? It is a serious thing to answer that question in the affirmative. Living in different parts of the country, it is difficult to realize just what is demanded of us. Professor Ritchie’s school described in the REVIEW of June 6, partially answers the question. Early last spring a company of young men from the Agricultural and Normal Institute felt called to start a school for children in the hills of middle Tennessee. They purchased a piece of property, two of the young men going to their homes—one to Pennsylvania, the other to Missouri—to interest friends in the undertaking. They solicited some help from relatives and friends, bought a piece of well-timbered land, and moved into the cabin on the place. The mill men in the neighborhood became interested as they made lumber of trees cut from the boys’ land to repair the cabin. The company grew. There are now eight workers there, and others are coming, so instead of one school, as at first planned, there will be two schools this fall, for the company will divide, thus reaching more children. The garden of this school attracts attention. Sick people in the neighborhood seek help from the school family. Children are anxiously waiting for the little frame schoolhouse to be completed. Another interesting case in connection with our students is that of a man and his wife who located in a needy section where they are quietly creating an interest in industrial teaching. These young people are braver than many of us would be. The husband canvassed to find a location for the school. The way opened for him to receive thirty acres of land. He and his wife are laying the foundations for a school this fall. The neighbors are contributing lumber for the school building. The work of the young people who went to Cuba, establishing a school at Neuvitas, is more or less known. From the time they reached the island, they have been self-supporting by teaching English and working at the carpenter’s trade. The work of that infant school is worthy an article all its own. I will simply quote the words of the conference president after visiting this school last spring. He wrote:— “I am glad to say that I have had the opportunity of visiting our new school at Santa Lucia, and it was a source of satisfaction to me to hear the favorable comment concerning their work, especially from the owner of the colony, Mr. Agramonte. He thanked me for directing them to that place, and assured me that if he had a dozen such families, the success of the colony would be assured. Apparently, he is as much interested in their success as we are, and he told me that if they needed money to equip any industrial feature of their school, he would advance it. The neighbors seem very glad that they are there, and I believe there are a number ready to listen to the truth. While I was there, we held one meeting with a good interest, and I wish it were so I could stop there some time. However, I suggested a plan by which I think the boys can get the truth before the people, and that is, by means of a weekly prayer-meeting. By this plan it is proposed that a sufficient number in the neighborhood be secured, then different ones will announce topics to present according to their preference. After the subject is presented, all present have an opportunity to express themselves on the topic. In this way the boys would have opportunity to bring in topics bearing on present truth. “Now in reference to my interest in their work, I will say that I do not see how yours can be much greater than mine. I realize that in the future the establishment of other schools in Cuba will largely depend upon the success of their school. I feel that many such schools are needed in Cuba, and it is not a question of sites where free land can be secured, but the problem is to get means to help the teachers until the school gets on its feet, so to speak. I have several places in mind now, but I have not pushed the matter of getting the land. Not having any teachers, I have had no definite proposition to make to the interested persons. I do trust, however, that we may take advantage of some of these openings, which may ere long close. “In closing, I would ask you to ever keep the needs of Cuba in mind, and work toward the end of getting more of these schools started. Now while the country is developing is the time to strike. Property they are now willing to give us free will in a few years be worth one hundred dollars an acre, if an earthquake or something else does not happen.” These are a few simple efforts that our own people are making. If you desire to know how many others can find places to do a similar good work, divide the area of the entire South by the limited area now reached by our workers. If you want other evidence of the terrible needs of this territory, read Volume VIII of the “Testimonies,” as well as some of the later communications. New Brunswick
By J. O. Miller
ST. JOHN.—Two months have now passed since we left our home in Ohio and came to St. John, New Brunswick. On our arrival, there was not a person to meet us whom we had ever seen before. All here were then entire strangers; but it is not so now. Besides the members of the church, we have formed the acquaintance of many people in the city, who are kind and friendly. We have sufficient reason to believe the Lord has jewels here, and we are seeking them. Our conveniences for church services are limited, we having only a hall in which to hold Sabbath and Sunday-night services. Our attendance and interest have increased, till the hall, last evening, June 8, was nearly full, and at the close of the service I received invitations to visit the homes of different ones. One young man especially desired me to go to his home to teach himself and his wife the Bible. The members of the church have taken on new courage, and manifest a desire to assist in warning the people of this city of fifty-two thousand inhabitants of a soon-coming Saviour. This church is made up of hard-working men and women; but when I presented to them19 the needs of the work they responded by giving, at a sacrifice, thirty-five dollars on the $150,000 fund. One dear brother who lost his companion and now works hard to support himself and children, lost ten dollars the other day. He promised the Lord one half of it if it ever was found. On Sunday morning he came to my home, with a cheerful look on his face, and said he had found his ten dollars. The Lord had directed him to the right man. The evidences of a fast-closing work and a soon-coming Saviour are so plain that no one can fail to observe them, unless his mind be blinded by the god of this world. W. H. SEBASTIAN
By W. H. Sebastian
ATLANTA.—As I walk through the streets and the suburbs of this large city, and see the increase of wickedness, these words of the Saviour come to my mind: “As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.” These words of the Lord are fulfilling now. We can see a clear picture of the days of Noah and Lot. The Lord has also given us a work to do in these last days to build memorials to stand amid the moral darkness. “These memorials are to stand in many places as witnesses to the truth.” “When the Lord shall bid us make no further effort to build meeting-houses and establish schools, sanitariums, and publishing institutions, it will be time for us to fold our hands, and let the Lord close up the work; but now is our opportunity to show our zeal for God and our love for humanity.” “We are to be partners in the work of God throughout the world; wherever there are souls to be saved, we are to lend our help, that many sons and daughters may be brought to God.” “The end is near, and for this reason, we are to make the most of every entrusted ability, and every agency that shall offer help to the work.” House-to-house work has been carried on for about six or seven years; and yet there is not a meeting-house in the State for this people. The size of our room is fourteen by thirteen feet, with thirty-four chairs, one small melodion, one table, and a fireplace. If all the members are present, there is no room for visitors. Brethren and sisters, we are in need of a building. Will you help us now? We can not bear this burden alone of erecting a house of worship; but if you will help us, we believe that before very long we can say to you, “The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. . . . So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.” Send donations to Southern Missionary Society, North Station, Nashville, Tenn.; or to Mrs. W. H. Sebastian, 401 Chapel St., Atlanta, Ga., stating that it is for the Atlanta building. Another Brother Fined under the Maryland Sunday Law
By W. A. C.
For tacking in a window in a shed on the back part of his lot on Sunday, August 11,—a task requiring about ten minutes’ work and the driving of half a dozen nails,—Brother H. J. Mulholland, of the Washington Memorial church, who lives at Mt. Rainier, Md., a suburb of Washington, D. C., was arrested and summoned to appear the next day before Justice Stickell, when he was tried and fined five dollars and costs under the Maryland Sunday law. At his trial Brother Mulholland stated that being an observer of the seventh-day Sabbath, he regarded Sunday only as a working day, and claimed the right therefore to work on the first six days of the week according to the commandment. He told the justice that it seemed rather strange that he should be singled out while others working on the railroads, running street-cars, and doing other kinds of work on Sunday almost constantly should be passed by without notice. The justice stated that others had been prosecuted for working on Sunday, and that as long as Brother Mulholland remained in the State, he must obey the laws of the State. He said that many complaints had been coming in about Sunday work, and that it was his duty to enforce the law. Before passing sentence, the justice permitted the writer to speak a few moments. We called his attention to the fact that as a people we respected civil government, believing it to be ordained of God; that we respected our neighbors, and would not knowingly or intentionally annoy or disturb them on any day; but that we did not believe civil government was ordained to direct men in religious matters; that Sunday laws were religious, and their enforcement meant religious persecution. We pointed out that the present Sunday law of Maryland was simply the old Maryland Sunday law of 1723 slightly altered, which was modeled after the English Sunday law of Charles II, of 1676,—one hundred years before the Declaration of Independence,—which law could be traced back for its origin to the old Roman Sunday law of Constantine, in 321 A. D. Such laws, we told him, were out of harmony with the spirit and character of American institutions, the Sunday law of Maryland itself being contrary to the constitution of the State of Maryland, which declares that “as it is the duty of every man to worship God in such manner as he thinks most acceptable to him, all persons are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty; wherefore, no person ought, by any law, to be molested in his person or estate on account of his religious persuasion or profession, or for his religious practise.” The best thing, therefore, that could be done, we said, would be to repeal such laws, and the next best thing would be20 to let them remain, as they have remained largely, dead letters. To enforce them meant a step backward, a return to the days when church and state were united, and religious persecution was carried on. George Washington had well said that a man was accountable to God alone for his religious faith and practise. We cited the fact that California has no Sunday law, and that the general government had gotten along very well for a century and a quarter without such a law. Moreover, there was a conflict between this law and that law which is above every human law, the law of God. The Maryland law calls Sunday the Sabbath, while the law of God declares, in plainest terms, that the seventh day is the Sabbath. Finally, we asked what real crime this man had done in the work he had performed; who had he molested, harmed, or injured in any way? The justice expressed his appreciation of the facts presented, but, holding that he was obliged to enforce the law, imposed the fine, as stated, whereupon Brother Mulholland appealed the case to trial by jury in the county court. Upon leaving, we gave the justice a copy of the last number of Liberty and some religious liberty leaflets to read. HUBERT FLETCHER
By Hubert Fletcher
CRISTOBAL, C. Z.—Since the sixteenth of May I have taken up work on the Isthmus of Panama. At present we are located at Mount Hope, two miles from the city of Colon. We are in the midst of the rain and fever and mosquito season. The mosquitoes are very troublesome, and are the transmitters of the malaria germs. One and then the other of us have been ill with the fever. We pitched a tent to hold a series of meetings, but the continued rains have hindered to a great extent. Nevertheless, six have applied for baptism. We are also erecting a church building, a long-felt need to the cause here. It is twenty-four by thirty-six feet, with a porch seven by eight feet in front, and a bell tower above. We hope to have it completed for dedication soon. There is much to be done in this field. Many are anxious to hear the message. Elder Goodrich has been visiting some of the sections along the line, and reports an eagerness to hear the message, and additions to some of the companies. We have organized a Young People's Society, which is progressing favorably. It has a membership of thirty-six at present; and all are taking a deep interest in the work of the Society. Pray for us and for the work in this field. Hankinson (N. D.) Camp-Meeting
By J. G. Walker
The camp-meeting appointed for the southeastern part of North Dakota, June 11-17, was held in the grove owned by Senator Hankinson, two miles from the town of Hankinson. The camp was located on the bank of a beautiful lake bordering the grove, and presented a very pleasant appearance. Not many were present, but all seemed to enjoy the meeting. A number who live across the line in South Dakota were in attendance, and we were glad to welcome them. This message, when received in love, recognizes no artificial lines, no nationality, no tongue, but all are one in Christ. We were glad to have with us Professor Magan, of Madison, Tenn., and Elder A. J. Burden, of the Loma Linda (Cal.) Sanitarium. Brother Magan's presentation of the Eastern question on Sunday afternoon, June 16, was listened to by quite a number not of our faith, and a deep interest was shown. We hope that some seeds of truth were sown that will bear fruit unto eternal life. Brother Burden's talks on the opening providences of God in the development of the medical work were appreciated by all, and we were inspired with more faith in the message as God's way of working was presented before us. Besides the above-mentioned laborers, we had with us Elder H. W. Reed, who spoke on religious liberty, and Prof. N. W. Lawrence, who devoted his time to the young people's work, with good results. At the close of the meeting seven were buried by baptism in the likeness of Christ. The baptismal scene was very impressive, and one long to be remembered. The peaceful serenity of the lake, and the natural beauty surrounding the spot, lent their influence to add to its impressiveness. The sweet Spirit of God was present through all the meetings, and we were refreshed. Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience Conducted by the Religious Liberty Bureau K. C. Russell, — — — — — Chairman W. A. Colcord, — — — — — Secretary