Earlier text: Importance of the Advent DoctrineCenterville, Illinois.
By G. W. Colcord
COMMENCED a series of meetings in Centerville, Aug. 6. For a few weeks held meetings only on first-days. Sept. 2, Woodburn church met with the friends in Fosterburg. I spoke on the subject of Death and Burial, Rom. 7: 9, after which sister Hunt, who was convinced of the truth last winter during our lectures in F., received baptism at the hands of Bro. Wm. Penniman, the elder of the church. Sept. 7, held first evening meeting in Centerville. Since then have been able to speak to the people more frequently. Sept. 21, met Bro. C. H. Bliss, with whom I have since had the privilege of laboring. In all, we have held thirty-three meetings in C. While lecturing on the prophecies, an encouraging interest was manifested; but when the subjects of the law and Sabbath were discussed, the interest waned. Nevertheless, we continued to teach the few attentive ones. “Not the hearers, . . . but the doers, of the law shall be justified.” Rom. 2: 13. Closed the effort last Sunday evening, feeling confident that duty did not call for further labor there. The majority, if not all, are convinced of the truth; but one holds the other back from obeying the fourth commandment; thus light is rejected. They confessed merely in their words. 1 John 3: 18. Favorable results are as follows: Quite a number of our publications have been sold and given away; four subscribed for the REVIEW and one for the Instructor. Three have determined to keep the Sabbath; and for others we shall both hope and pray. A brother and his wife living three miles from Woodburn, convinced of the truth by reading Life Incidents and other publications, expect soon to receive baptism, and identify themselves with the Lord’s people. Have spoken once in their neighborhood. If the Lord will, I shall meet with them again. We go next week to some new field. Brethren, pray for us. Our P. O. address is still Woodburn, Macoupin Co., Ill. G. W. COLCORD. Oct. 18. A Call for the Paper
By I. V. White
Bro. I. V. White writes from Tehama Co., Cal. We thank the Conference of S. D. Adventists for sending preachers to this coast, and we thank God for giving us hearts to receive them and receive the truth. We are alone in this part of the country and cannot get along without the paper. Pray for us. CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY.
By H. W. Beecher
I have at home a little old lantern, which when I take it home and set it by itself, is about as homely as anything need to be. If I were to take that lantern alone, and carry it, it would be a very poor help to me; but if I take a candle—it may be a tallow candle—and put it into the lantern, and light it and shut the door, the lantern is transformed in a moment. It is filled full of light, which rolls out of that little center and keeps unfolding; and now this lantern is a light to my feet, and a lamp to my path, and guides me by night, and in devious and dangerous ways. A man's soul without Christ in it is like a lantern without a light in it; and the moment a man has an abiding sense of Christ in him the hope of glory, he is permeated, and the light springs through him. I think people are handsomer after they are converted. I have seen in revivals of religion most extraordinary changes in people's faces. When people are converted their faces are illuminated, as it were. When people's hearts are kindled by the indwelling power of the Saviour, it will certainly show itself in their countenances. It is not the Master's face alone that has shone. Everybody's face shines that has light of the divine nature behind it. Oh, that each one might feel after, and find, and dwell in the presence of this blessed Saviour, who gives such peace, and familiarity, and joy to your soul!—H. W. Beecher. Is Sickness a Necessity?
By W. T. Currie
What would you think of a man who should make a machine which could not do its work? You would say that he had made a failure, and was a poor workman. Now, do you think the Almighty makes failures, and is a poor workman? The idea is absurd, and yet most people act as if they thought so. How so? In this way: The human body is a machine. It was made to do a certain work. The work constitutes the business of life. Can the machine, that is, the human body, do this work? It cannot when it is sick. If then, it be impossible to keep well, this machine cannot do its work, and the contriver of this machine—the Almighty—has made a failure, and is a bad workman. I repeat it, the idea is absurd; it is preposterous—supremely ridiculous. If, on the other hand, He does not make failures, and the machine works well, and can be kept in good repair, then there is no need of being sick. If it be impossible to keep well, then the Creator has made a failure, either in making man to live in the world, or in making the world for man to live in, or both. I say again, the idea is absurd. The Creator does not make failures. He is a good workman. Whatever machine he constructs, works well. It can be kept in repair. Apply this principle to the human body. It is a machine. God made it; therefore it is a good machine. It works well, and may be kept in repair. What is it to be sick? To be sick, only means that the machinery of the body is out of order, and does not work. Now, I ask, whose fault is it? Is it the fault of the Divine Artificer who made the machine, or of the human workman who runs it? Or is it because the world is not a fit place for this machine to work in? Now, other people may charge the blame upon the Creator, and say that the fault lies with him; but I say, that man alone is responsible. Each one of us has a machine given him—his own body—with which to do a certain work. Now, if the machine does not do its work, the reason is this: We are ignorant of this machine, and do not know how to use it, or else we willfully persist in using it wrongly, and for purposes for which the Creator never designed it. People are very fond of charging their sins upon the Almighty. Hence, when they are sick, they say it is his fault, and not their own. However comforting this notion may be to people who are sick, it nevertheless is not true. The fault lies with themselves. They are responsible. The only rational plan of action, then, is to find out in what way the fault lies with us that we get sick, take the blame ourselves, study to amend our bad habits, and learn to keep well.—W. T. CURRIE, in Health Reformer. The Saviour's Invitation.
“Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11 : 28. These are the words of Him who is infinite in power and love; who made all things, and who upholds all things: who in the days of his flesh, by his word caused the dead to arise, hushed the raging of the sea, fed thousands with a few loaves and fishes, healed the sick and cleansed the lepers. He it is who now speaks to thee, and bids thee come to him with all thy woes and sorrows, be they ever so trying, ever so bitter. Art thou mourning the loss of a dear relative? Go to Jesus Christ in humble prayer, and beseech him to support thee under the trial. Art thou lamenting the loss of thy property? Go to Jesus; he can, by the gift of spiritual blessings, more than make up all thy temporal losses. Art thou destitute of health? Go to Jesus; he can heal thy diseases, and renew thy youth like the eagle's. Ps. 103 : 5. Art thou weary of thy sins, and is the remembrance of iniquity a burden to thy conscience? In these circumstances thou art peculiarly welcome to Jesus; for “he gave his life a ransom” for sinners. Matt. 20 : 28. He came to call sinners to repentance. Matt. 9 : 13. Oh! go to him with all thy burdens, and be assured he will not cast thee out. John 6 : 37. The late eminent Judge, Sir Allen Park, once said at a public meeting in London: “We live in the midst of blessings till we are utterly insensible of their greatness, and of the source from whence they flow. We speak of our civilization, our arts, our freedom, our laws, and forget entirely how large a share is due to Christianity. Blot Christianity out of the pages of man’s history, and what would his laws have been—what his civilization? Christianity is mixed up with our very being and our daily life; there is not a familiar object around us which does not wear a different aspect, because the light of Christian love is on it. Not a law which does not owe its truth and gentleness to Christianity—not a custom which can not be traced, in all its holy, healthful parts, to the gospel.”—Sel. Model Railway Management.
Under this heading the Railway Times says: “On the Michigan Central Road, for over sixteen years past, not a drop of blood has been drawn from man, woman or child, inside the cars, and just now the modus operandi is especially important. At all hours of the day and night there sits an operator in the Kalamazoo station (midway of the line), who receives telegrams from each train on the road the instant it enters or leaves a station, so that he holds or starts it at will. His eye is literally on the entire line continually, making a collision next to an impossibility and the immense single track quite equivalent, so far as safety is concerned, to the double track roads. The twelve and sixteen wheel coaches, admitting of the breaking of almost any one of the wheels without disabling the truck, constitute also a no small item in the aggregate of immunity from peril.” Three fourths of the difficulties and miseries of men come from the fact that most want wealth without earning it, fame without deserving it, popularity without temperance, respect without holiness. The man who wants the best things, and is willing to pay just what they are worth, by honest effort and hard self-denial, will have no difficulty in getting what he wants at last. It is the men who want goods on credit that are snubbed, and disappointed, and overwhelmed in the end. Happiness can not be bought by the bottle, nor caught up by the excursion-train, nor put on with any robe or jewels, nor eaten at any feast. It does not exist in any exhilaration, excitement, or ownership, but comes from the use of the faculties of body and mind. Nine Rules for Daily Living.
1. EXALT God in all I do or say. 2. Abase self, and all creature-love. 3. Pray daily for true humility. 4. Seek the good of those with whom I have to differ. 5. Show that sacrifice and self-denial for the truth’s sake are made willingly, not grudgingly. 6. Be slow to condemn those with whom I have to differ, and who do not readily see and believe as I do. 7. Make this a frequent petition, “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: keep thou the door of my lips.” 8. Try to live as though each day were to be my last. 9. Remember that faith is not made perfect without works also. A Christian pound weighs sixteen ounces, and is at least evenly balanced. A Christian yard is thirty-six inches, and is not shortened by the handling of the stick. A Christian ton is two thousand pounds, and is not roughly judged, but conscientiously weighed. A Christian bushel contains two hundred and thirty-one cubic inches, and is filled brimful. A Christian day's work is ten hours, and is diligently and faithfully employed in the master's business. A Christian bargain or sale is one in which there is neither cheating for profit nor lying for gain.—Living Epistle. Avoiding Temptation Avoids Sin
“He who avoids temptation, avoids a sin.” Ah, my friend, I don't like to hear you say, “It's only a little I can do.” It sounds as if, because you can't do some great things which you would like to do, you are discouraged from doing anything. Somebody hears you say it and goes away murmuring, “It is less that I can do; there is no use of my trying,” when, if you both had done the little which lay before you, the two little rills would have made a part of a broad stream of good that might have been done. It is “only a little,” but you can smile if you only meet a stranger in the street. Who knows what a cloud of darkness, of despondency, one smile may dispel. What if it is nothing but a kind word to a school-boy crying in the street? It dries his tears, the aching heart grows light and glad again. For the word of cheer, that boy is your friend now. Never mind if his jacket is torn, a true heart beats under it. The little things which you may do for those about you will fall back upon your own heart as the summer dews fall upon the vineyards. Night after night through all the long summer they fall, and the morning sunshine drives them through the green covering into the young fruit, till, from a strange mixture of sunshine and dew, we have those purple clusters of rich, luscious juices. So, into your own heart will all your little good deeds and good words fall at last, and you will feel the growth of them within you—you will look farther beyond, to the nobleness of life, you will feel that it is a blessed privilege to live, not merely to exist, but to act out the noble manhood which God has given you. The cares and troubles of life will sink to nothing when we compare them with the life we are to live, that life the image of God wherein we are created. It may be “only a little” we can do, but if we do every little every time that we can, we shall feel our souls reaching outward and upward, grasping toward the infinite, the eternal, and our grasp will not be in vain, for the peace that passeth understanding will come to our hearts, and in such cycle of our being we shall put on a new soul-growth, and find ourselves reaching nearer to the beautiful gardens of the heavenly land. In a little while we shall reach its balmy shores, we shall clasp the hands that are waiting for us, and we shall hear it said, “You have done what you could.”—Sel. Let us now look at some of those things that “will never wear out.” I have often heard a poor blind girl sweetly sing, “Kind words will never die.” Ah! we believe that these are among the things that “will never wear out.” And we are told in God’s own book to be “kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another.” The word of the Lord will never wear out. Though the grass shall wither, and the flowers fall away, the word of the Lord endureth forever. 1 Pet. 1 : 24, 25. The life of the righteous will never wear out. They will live in the world to come as long as God shall live; but the death of the wicked will last forever. The joys of the kingdom of Heaven will never wear out. The pleasures of this world soon die; but the enjoyments of that world will never end. The crown of glory will never wear out. The crown of the winner in the Olympic games soon faded; the crowns of kings will all wear out; but the crown of glory will never fade away. 1 Pet. 5 : 4. The “new song” will never wear out. We hear sometimes that some of our tunes are worn threadbare; but that will never be said of the new song. Which will you choose? The lasting, or that which wastes away? The things of time, or of eternity? Will you choose wealth, honor, fame, or the joys of Heaven, eternal life, the crown of glory, and the “new song”? May God enable us to make a wise choice; and, with Joshua, may we choose to serve the Lord.—Christian Treasury. Using Social Opinion Wisely
SOCIAL opinion is like a sharp knife. There are foolish people who regard it with terror, and dare not touch or meddle with it. There are more foolish people who, in rashness or defiance, seize it by the blade, and get cut for their pains. And there are other wise people who grasp it discreetly and hold it by the handle, and use it to carve out their own purpose. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. DIED, in Burlington, Mich., Oct. 4, 1871, of consumption, sister Jane Guyer, aged 24 years and two months. It became evident to all, some six months ago, that consumption had marked her as its victim. She sank gradually until within about three weeks of her death, when she failed rapidly. She suffered the most intense pain, yet she bore it patiently, and said she was willing to submit to the Lord's will. She was out of her right mind at times, and seemed to fear she should do or say something wrong. We hope to meet her on the evergreen shore. Discourse by Eld. Bennett, Methodist, from Phil. 1:21: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” C. Z. JUNE. DIED, at his residence in Burlington, Oct. 11, 1871, Bro. Charles Osborn, aged 49 years, 11 months, and 21 days. Bro. O. was attacked with bilious remittent fever, was quite sick for a number of days, got better, then took cold and his disease went to his lungs and terminated in quick consumption. Discourse by Bro. Pierce, from Job 14:14, first clause: “If a man die, shall he live again?” Thus one who a few days ago bid fair for a long life as any we knew, is taken from our midst. But we have the hope that when the trump shall sound he will come forth clad in immortality. C. Z. JUNE. DIED, in Mound City, Kan., Oct. 4, 1871, of consumption, Almira E. Cook, daughter of J. H. and M. M. Cook, in the 20th year of her age. She had a gratifying experience, and firm faith that the grave would hold her in its dominion but a short time. Funeral discourse by Eld. Kimsey, in which life only in Christ, in harmony with the views of the deceased, was plainly presented to the people.
JESSE H. COOK,
MARY M. COOK. DIED, near Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 21, 1871, of diphtheria, at the age of 5 years, 1 month, and 4 days, Clara Adelia, oldest daughter of Elbridge and Lurinza A. Green. Funeral discourse by Eld. Hay, of the Christian church.
ELBRIDGE GREEN. DIED, last March, suddenly, of heart disease, Hollis Randall, of Natick, Mass., formerly of Portland, Me., aged 62 years. He died a believer in those glorious truths which he held dear for many years. S. E. RANDALL. The Salt Lake Polygamy Case.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 28.—Chief Justice McKean this morning passed sentence upon Thomas Hawkins, the polygamist, as follows:— “Thomas Hawkins, I am sorry for you; very sorry. You may not think so now, but I shall try to make you think so by the mercy which I shall show you. You came from England to this country with the wife of your youth, and for many years you were a kind husband and kind father. At length, however, the evil spirit of polygamy tempted and possessed you. Then happiness departed from your household, and now, by the complaint of your faithful wife, and the verdict of a law-abiding jury, you stand at the bar a convicted criminal. The law gives me a large discretion in passing sentence upon you. I might both fine and imprison you, or I might fine you only, or imprisonment. I might imprison you twenty years, and fine you one thousand dollars. I cannot imprison you less than three years, nor fine you less than three hundred dollars. It is right that you should be fined—among other reasons, to help defray the expenses of enforcing the laws—but my experience in Utah is such that were I to fine you only, I am satisfied the fine would be paid out of other funds than yours, and thus you would go free, absolutely free from all punishment, and then those men who mislead the people would make you and thousands of others believe that God had sent the money to pay the fine; that God had prevented the court from sending you to prison; that by a miracle you had been rescued from the authorities of the United States. I must look to it that my judgment give you aid and comfort to such men. I must look to it and be not so severe as to seem vindictive, and not so light as to seem to trifle with justice. This community ought to begin to learn that God does not interpose to rescue criminals from the consequences of their crimes, but on the contrary he so orders the affairs of this universe that sooner or later crime stands face to face with justice, and justice is master. I will say here and now that whenever your good behavior and the public good shall justify my doing so, I will gladly recommend that you be pardoned. The judgment of the court is that you be fined five hundred dollars, and that you be imprisoned at hard labor for the term of three years.” Contrary to all expectations there was little or no excitement in the court-room. The attendance was large, but generally all maintained proper decorum. The United States Marshal and his deputies were fully prepared for the emergency. Notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court was given by the prisoner's counsel. Warrants are out for the arrest of Brigham Young and Joseph A. Young, his son, on a charge of having ordered the killing of Richard Yates. The indictments on all these murder cases are understood to be founded upon the testimony of Bill Hickman, who was once what is termed by the Gentiles a Danite or secret agent of the Mormon authorities. Yates visited the Mormon camp during the rebellion of 1857 ostensibly to sell powder, but the Mormons regarded him as a spy, and some weeks afterward arrested him and placed him in the custody of Hickman, to be taken to Salt Lake. D. Wells then commanded the Mormon troops, and Hosea Stout was Judge Advocate. On the way to Salt Lake, Hickman killed Yates, as he says by orders from Brigham Young and Joseph A. Young, and at the instigation of Wells and Stout. Hickman, who is now confined in Camp Douglass, went with the officers to Echo Canon, and after pointing out the spot where he had buried Yates, assisted in disinterring his remains. Later.—Daniel A. Wells, Mayor of the city, Hosea Stout, formerly Attorney-General of the Territory, and William Belden, of Kimball's Hotel on Paxley Canon, were arrested an hour since by United States Marshal Patrick, upon the indictment of the grand jury charging them with murder. Tom Fitch made an application to admit to bail, which application will be heard on Monday morning. The prisoners were placed in a carriage and taken to Camp Douglass. Slight excitement prevailed at the marshal's office while the accused were there waiting for a conveyance. Some policemen said that they should not go to prison if they did not wish to go, and one or two women called out to the officers to take them if they dared, and would fight them with a vengeance. The officers, however, were firm and nothing serious happened. The alleged crime consists in the killing of Richard Yates and a man named Bunk, several years ago. A warrant was out for the arrest of Orson Hyde, one of the twelve apostles, upon the same charge, but he eluded the deputies who were sent to arrest him. He was pursued to the southern part of the Territory. A man named Bennett was found murdered on the State road, about eight miles from the city, this morning, with four bullets in his body. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. As soon as our house of worship is done at Osceola, we design to have a large and general meeting there for all southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Osceola is a central place and it is important that we obtain a strong hold there. Such a meeting is just what is needed now to decide many who are yet halting. We urge our friends now to come up and help us. Come to work with warm hearts, to pray, to exhort, and to infuse the spirit of the present truth into those where you stay. Osceola is in Clarke County, on the B. and M. R. R. west of Ottumwa, We want to see our leading brethren, and as many more as may come from Mt. Pleasant, Brighton, Washington, Richland, Sigourney, Monroe, Knoxville, Sandyville, Adel, Winterset, Peru, Afton, Leon, Decatur, Civil Bend, &c., &c. Come prepared to make as little trouble for those where you stay as may be. The house is nearly done and we hope to announce the time in the next Review.
D. M. Canright. Sigourney, Iowa, Sabbath and Sunday, Nov. 11, 12. All are invited.
Geo. L. Butler. Farmington church, Tioga Co., Pa., Nov. 18, 19. A general invitation is extended to neighboring churches for their help at this quarterly meeting. Come bringing the good angels with you.
Willard W. Stebbins. Quarterly meeting at Princeville, Ill., Dec. 2, 3. I wish to say to our dear brothers and sisters that we expect this will be a meeting of much importance. We look for a refreshing from the presence of the Lord. It is for us to share more largely in the riches of his grace. Let there be a general turn-out. Let absent members represent themselves by letter. Let us hear from our dear Brn. Satterlee, Blanchard, Santee, Morey, and others who used to worship with us here.
Eld. T. M. Steward designs to be with us.
B. F. Merritt. The next monthly meeting of seventh day Adventists of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. will be in east Otto.
B. B. Warren. Russia and Turkey.
By Uriah Smith
A CORRESPONDENT from Boston sends us the following significant paragraph clipped from an eastern paper: “The determination of the Russian government to call in all its officers and soldiers who are on furlough, in order to test the efficiency of its new military organization, will excite alarm in Germany, and revive both in England and Turkey the suspicion that Russia still contemplates the conquest of European Turkey.” Mr. G. A. Townsend (Old World and New, p. 583) says: “A large portion of the people of Turkey, all the Greeks, Cretans, and other islanders are Greek Christians, which is one of the three great Christian families. They want to build up the Christian Confederation of Greece, to include the whole of Turkey, and drive the Turk into Asia again. In this desire they have only two friends, Russia and the United States; because the Catholic powers have no more sympathy with the Greek church than with the Mohammedan. The Russian royal family invariably intermarry with Protestant Princes. It is for this Panhellenic idea that all south-eastern Europe is in ferment, and on this question all Europe may be involved in war. Western Europe fears in the expulsion of the Turk the advance of Russia to the Mediterranean.” But Western Europe is, through the humiliation of France, in no condition now to check the advance of Russia against Turkey. Hence we look for significant events in that quarter. U. S. A Request.
By A. C. Bourdeau
WE are glad to have sample copies of the REVIEW, the INSTRUCTOR, and the REFORMER by us to hand out to friends in new fields to encourage them to subscribe for these periodicals. Will the brethren in Vermont, who can easily spare No. 18, present volume of the REVIEW AND HERALD, send the same at once to L. Bean, Bordoville, Franklin Co., Vt., and oblige, A. C. BOURDEAU. VERY few papers, religious or secular, now published, have been in existence more than a quarter of a century; but the New York Observer announces that it will enter upon its fiftieth year in the beginning of 1872. It was established as a religious paper; giving, also, the most important secular news; and it has been one of the ablest, and at the same time, one of the most successful journals in the country. The Publishers announce for the coming year, as a free gift to each of their subscribers, a New Year-Book; containing a vast amount of information in regard to church and state, and all important business affairs, a real encyclopedia, such as any intelligent person wishes to have always at hand. Specimen copies of the paper and Prospectus of the Year-Book, sent free to all who will apply. New subscribers will receive the paper free until January 1st. “Can ye not discern the signs of the times?” A HORRIBLE epidemic has broken out in Kurdistan. Its symptoms closely resemble the plague. Tumors under the armpits, a characteristic of the London infection of 1665, purple stains on the skin, bloodshot eyes, and almost unexceptional fatality are the prominent signs. THE report that Brigham Young, the Mormon prophet, has fled, and that he proposes to ask Congress to admit Utah as a State, on condition that polygamy shall be abandoned and the present suits against the Mormon leaders be stopped, if true, indicates the near downfall of the Mormon power. Brigham Young has vast wealth and large influence. He is able to command, and he has employed the very best attainable legal counsel. He would not be likely to fly if his counsel advised him that Judge McKean is wrong, and that it would be safe to stand his trial and appeal to the higher courts. His flight, if he has fled, is pretty clear proof that his lawyers advised him that there is no safety nor escape in any other course. There's a little mischief-making
Elf who is ever nigh,
Thwarting every undertaking,
And his name is By-and-By.
What we ought to do this minute
“Will be better done,” he'll cry,
“If to-morrow we begin it:
Put it off,” says By-and-By. Those who heed his treacherous wooing
Will his faithful guidance rue;
What we always put off doing,
Clearly we shall never do;
We shall reach what we endeavor
If on Now we more rely;
But unto the realms of Never
Leads the pilot By-and-By. The Poor Man Who Envieth Not the Rich
The poor man who envies not the rich, who pities his companions in poverty, and can spare something for him that is still poorer, is, in the realms of humanity, a king of kings. We have on hand a good supply of English Bibles which we offer, post paid, at the following prices: Diamond, Marg. Ref., Morocco, Gilt, $1.50
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“ Marg. Ref., Circuit, “ 3.25
Minion, Ref. after verse, Morocco, “ 3.00
“ Marg. Ref., Circuit, “ 4.25 Mrs. H. M. Nye: Please give post-office and State. G. W. Colcord: H. J. Kittle, Darien; M. Kittle, Marshall. S. W. Pack: We would like to see the book. Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the REVIEW & HERALD to which the money receipted was—which should correspond with the Numbers on the Papers. If money to the paper is not in due time acknowledged, immediate notice of the omission should then be given. $1.00 EACH. Martin Creasey 39-16, Lucinda Baker 40-3, Francis Mortimer 38-5, Lydia A Sprague 39-14, James Harvey 40-5, Aaron Lawson 39-12, Darins Myers 39-16, S B McLaughlin 39-1, B H Ross 39-6, N Bolinger 39-1, John Hall 40-5, David Ferrin 39-15, A C Everet 40-1, S G Hill 40-1, S A Harrell 39-15. $1.50 EACH. Charlotte Dunsha 38-14, G W Nestle 38-14, Florimon Depas 40-21, Ezekiel Turner 40-21, Lucinda Gond 40-14, J W Seely 40-21, William Bowen 40-1, Jane Ball 40-21, Rebecca Tinkham 40-21, H Winchell 41-8, M M Stringer 41-1. $2.00 EACH. Rachel Stem 40-21, Smith Hunter 40-21, M J McCallum 40-13, Miss M J Anderson 40-21, S J Hill 40-21, S H Gardner 37-20, F E Lyttaker 40-21, Geo W Mills 40-10, Mrs M A Cook 40-10, S Greenman 40-14, Thos Burgess 40-15, Niels Hanson 41-17, J Rogers 40-6, Aretas Powers 40-1, John Leland 40-8, D Newcomb 40-3, George Gear 40-21, S Bolinger 40-21, M C Sanders 41-1, E A Poole 40-18, C W Middleton 40-21, R D Guild 40-10, Cynthia McCoy 41-1, B Perkins 39-1, Homer H Perkins 39-1, E F Rood 42-14, Wm Langdon 41-1, J H Ginley 40-1, E J Patterson 40-1, H DeCow 40-20, John Walton 40-1, Lyman Carpenter 41-1, F M Ede 40-14, M F Aldrich 41-1, M E Chickering 41-1, G H Murphy 40-21, O Larson 40-14, B Chaffee 40-1, J Hanson 40-17, Lewis Manly 40-1, O L Taft 40-19, Mary Gordon 40-1, S A Talmage 41-1, T Alverson 41-18, Moses B Edwards 40-8, Naomi Jones 41-1, R M Pierce 41-12. MISCELLANEOUS. L M Showers 50c 39-1, W W Beach 84c 40-1, Chas Beach $1.65 39-14, C A Wilbur 6.00 40-1, S B McLaughlin 50c 39-3, C H Hosner 2.37 38-11, E L Bascom 2.50 40-1, Jane Carpenter 3.00 41-1, W S Thornton 75c 39-21, Sophia S Post 2.50 40-11, Francis Vunck 3.00 40-1, Mrs E Howard 75c 39-8, A Hunt 2.14 38-5, M M Russell 75c 39-1. James Flagler 25c, R Cole $1.00, Mrs W S Green 25c, V V Wheeler 2.00, G Benton 1.66, J A Wells 60c, D Spooner 25c, J Walter 30c, Wm Walton 60c, H G Overmire 1.00, G I Butler 25c, E I Purdon 25c, Chas E Buck 2.00, Geo M Slough 25c, J Stillman 10c, H M Hendee 4.10, Wm Lawton 50c, A D Eshelman 10c, J Francisco 50c, A M Nye 25c, L P Bailey 2.00, A Canfield 60c, C Bolinger 15c, R M Kilgore 1.00, M M Russell 25c, M Tears 25c, P Miller 1.00, S W Pack 25c, A A Barnes 3.00, J D Reisman 2.25, J Myers 25c, R M Johnson 25c, J G Staff 50c, H A W Blackburn 1.00, Mary A Carter 15c, J A Hamilton 1.10, A S Jameson 15c, Thos H Purdon 4.40, A L Alverson 1.00. Donation to S. D. A. P. Association.
A friend $5.00, Amos Holt 5.00, H M Hendee 4.10, Mary A Snow 2.00, Niels Hanson 5.00, M B Pierce 5.00, H M Payne 1.00, R D Benham 50c, Mary F Aldrich 2.00. Shares in S. D. A. P. Association.
Alexander Paton $10.00, R M Warren 10.00, Jane L Ings 10.00, Wm Ings 10.00, A lover of truth 50.00, Luman Carpenter 50.00, B P D 10.00. Donations to Health Institute.
Elvira M Warren $4.00 (thank-offering). Shares in the Health Institute.
N J Barker $25.00, B P D 25.00. Michigan Conference Fund.
Received of church in Vassar $10.00, Watrousville 10.00.