WE are now in the eleventh week of the Missouri State-wide lecture tour in the interest of religious liberty. Since my last letter to the REVIEW, the principal towns we have visited are Neosho, Springfield, Lebanon, Willow Springs, Poplar Bluff, Louisiana, Hannibal, Paris, Moberly, Mexico, Montgomery City, Fulton, and Centralia. One whole week was profitably spent at Hannibal, where we found much to do.
I may make mention of the fact that we have made special efforts to reach the judiciary, the press, and the people. It is very important to reach the judiciary at this time when quite a number of judges are advocating religious legislation. The Lord has signally blessed in the efforts to reach these men. It may be encouraging to our brethren to know that within twenty-four hours' time no less than three judges informed us—and all three had listened to our public lectures—that they fully indorsed our position, and quite agreed with us that it was “no part of the duty of civil magistrates to enforce the first four commandments of the decalogue.”
JUDGE W. H. WALLACE, OF KANSAS CITY
In personal visits made upon county and city officials, sheriffs, and other legal officials, we found that the large majority stand for the principles of religious liberty as we advocate them. Only a very few of these, I am glad to say, supported Judge Wallace and his candidacy for governor upon a purely religious platform of his own making. Because of the peculiar provisions of the direct primary law, a new thing in the State of Missouri, candidates are first selected, and platforms are formulated afterward.
As to the press: it has been gratifying beyond measure, the way the press has helped us to publish our views in reporting our lectures. Out of fifty newspapers we came in touch with, only four failed to give us what we wanted. On the other hand, the majority of the newspapers gave us from a half column to a column or more report of our work. A leading St. Louis daily paper published a column article furnished by me; and in this one edition alone we reached two hundred thousand readers. An editor in a county-seat town, after the lecture, invited the writer to his home. This man is the leading citizen—socially, politically, financially—of his town. Pulling out a desk drawer, he took from it a bundle of Liberty—back numbers—that were well marked and well thumbed. Said he: “This is the best periodical on the subject of religious liberty that I can find, and in writing upon the question, in which I am deeply interested, I quite frequently refer to it for information.” The editor of the Kansas City Journal, Missouri's foremost paper, said to me: “Those copies of Liberty you left me are fine. I have
taken pleasure in perusing them.” Since then, editorials on the subject of religious liberty have been appearing in the Journal that one might well suppose had been written by some of our Seventh-day Adventist editors. Another editor said: “Show the editors the danger to be apprehended from the success of church federation, and I assure you that the major portion of these will co-operate with you in sounding the alarm.” These things should give encouragement, and stir us to renewed activities. Indeed, it may well be seriously inquired: What are the possibilities offered us by the secular press, and how can we best secure their aid and friendly co-operation?
To reach the people we have bent every effort. For, after all, in this republic, the people are the first lawmakers, and the real power behind the throne. Generally our audiences have been of a good size; and, best of all, appreciative. At Hannibal the court-room was crowded to its utmost a night or two following the address of Judge Wallace. Our subject—a review of his position—was heartily applauded.
A short time ago the intense heat of advanced summer compelled us to change from court-room to open-air meetings. The result has been as follows: Paris courtyard, attendance, five-hundred; Mexico, attendance, six hundred; Centralia, attendance, five hundred; Montgomery City, attendance, four hundred fifty. At Mexico the interest shown was somewhat astonishing. At the conclusion of the lecture, it kept four of us busy handing out religious liberty tracts as fast as we could. It seems to me that Mexico offers a favorable field for a tent effort.
So far about fifty thousand pages of religious liberty literature have been put out, and we have the names of one hundred fifty persons with whom it will be necessary to correspond upon other phases of this important message.
We have now reached Jefferson City, the capital, and are occupying comfortable quarters opposite the governor's mansion. We still have one fourth of the territory of the State to cover, and a thousand miles to travel. Mrs. Wightman has addressed the people at length in every town visited, and her voice, as well as my own, has not been at all impaired. Through the long spell of intense heat, and many discomforts and trying circumstances, the Lord has signally blessed, and given us strength to perform the work appointed us. For this we would greatly magnify his name!
While bigotry and intolerance are abroad in the land, still the cause of religious freedom lives on in the hearts and minds of many of the noble citizens of the central State of the Union, and the flame of 1776 is not entirely extinguished. Let us pray that God will give greater victories in this line of our work, and marvelously help his servants everywhere in these last days to reach the judiciary, the press, and the people.
JOHN S. WIGHTMAN.
Christian Liberty
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
Would Compel People to Keep the Sabbath
By W. A. C.
A WOMAN, signing herself Katherine Farrar, of Creston, Iowa, writing on the subject of “Sabbath Observance,” to the St. Louis Woman’s National Daily, says:—
“I believe it is the duty of every American citizen to stand for any and all laws that help create a higher moral and spiritual atmosphere, whether these laws be man-made or God-made. If a man will not abide by the law voluntarily, then it is the province of the law to make him do so. If people will not voluntarily observe the Sabbath, then the law should compel them to do so or pay the penalty. My Bible says if I break God’s laws, I have sinned, and it also tells me that ‘the wages of sin is death.’ Not only does the Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts want Sunday observed, but every loyal American citizen wants it, and Christ wants it. We who love law and order will not leave this, our native land, to those who would indulge their own narrow ideas regardless of the wishes of others, their peace of mind and safety. Freedom does not mean self-indulgence; liberty does not mean that every man shall have his own individual way.”
This, though written by a woman, smacks not a little of the spirit of religious persecution. It would seem to justify carrying matters to the extent even of taking the lives of those who might refuse to observe the sabbath prescribed by human law. Surely some one should labor for those Christians who, like the apostles, are so far in the dark that they know not what manner of spirit they are of, but would call for summary vengeance upon those who do not do as they do, and refuse to follow them.
W. A. C.
Religious Liberty
RELIGIOUS liberty includes the liberty not to worship as well as to worship.
Current Mention
— Two young women from New York City recently indulged in a prize fight at Worcester, Mass. The contest was held in a ring in the woods, and the fight continued for three rounds.
— Mrs. Eva Touser Harter, of Columbia, N. Y., celebrated her hundredth birthday last week, one feature of the celebration being an automobile ride. Mrs. Harter retains all her faculties, and estimates she is intelligent concerning the leading topics of the day:
— A district of twenty square miles on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was ablaze last week, destroying much timber and threatening the settlements on the island. On another island, a settlement consisting of eighty persons was swept by the flames.
— Plans are being laid for a foreign missionary conference composed of missionaries and missionary workers from all parts of the world, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June, 1910. President Roosevelt has indorsed the plan in a letter to representatives of this movement.
— That magnificent ocean liner, the “Lusitania,” of the Cunard line, in her trip across the ocean last week, lowered all former records for a day's run, by making 650 knots in one day, the actual time being a little over twenty-five hours. The longest run previously made in one day was 643 knots.
— With a remarkable demonstration, after the order of the national conventions, Governor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, was nominated for the governorship by the Democratic State convention held at Minneapolis, on Wednesday of last week. Governor Johnson had repeatedly announced that he would not accept the nomination for a third term.
— It is held that the conflict between Holland and Venezuela is of such a nature that it can not be submitted to arbitration. Preparations for war are being pushed on the part of Holland, work being carried forward at the naval dockyards night and day. The plans of Holland to secure redress from Venezuela have received the indorsement of the United States government.
— In an address before the National Editorial Association at St. Paul, Minn., last week, A. L. Lawshe, third assistant postmaster-general, predicted that the publishers of the United States would continue to enjoy the present second-class rates of postage, and that the business men of the country would obtain in due time a postage rate of one cent an ounce on first-class matter.
— In a signed article by Booker T. Washington, concerning the recent lynchings of negroes, occurs the following statement: “Within the past sixty days twenty-five negroes have been lynched in different parts of the United States. Of this number only four were even charged with criminal assault upon women. How long can our Christian civilization stand this? I am making no special plea for the negro, innocent or guilty, but I am calling attention to the danger which threatens our civilization.”
— Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans, generally known as “Fighting Bob,” after forty-five years of service in the United States navy, retired last week.
— The government has accepted Captain Thomas Baldwin's dirigible air-ship, for which it will pay him $5,737.50. This is the first air-ship purchased by the United States government.
— The fleet of American war-ships was welcomed in the harbor of Sydney by the Australians last Thursday. It is estimated that hardly less than half a million people were assembled to join in the demonstration.
— The pastor of a negro congregation in Chicago, in a sermon, advised his members to arm themselves and thus be prepared for defense in case of an outbreak similar to the recent one in Springfield in that State. It appears that the colored people in Chicago apprehend trouble between the races.
— It is reported from London that the British government contemplates raising a loan of five hundred million dollars on nominal terms to be expended in strengthening the British navy, so that England may maintain undisputed leadership on the seas. This plan is suggested as a way of accomplishing the desired result without disorganizing the annual budgets, or casting a heavy burden upon the present generation.
— Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, who has been on a visit to Rome, is reported as expressing deep satisfaction at the treatment which he has received at the hands of the pope, who, he states, is “especially interested in America, grasping with wonderful acumen the inner spirit and breadth of the adherents of the church in America.” Cardinal Gibbons thinks it possible that another American cardinal will be appointed by the pope.
— A young colored man who had been stabbed in the heart was operated upon in one of the Washington (D. C.) hospitals last week. The first, second, and third ribs were broken by the surgeon and folded back, that the heart might be reached. The organ was lifted slightly, and six stitches were taken in the wound. Ninety ounces of blood were removed in the operation. Unless complications set in, it is expected that the patient will recover.
— An operation which is regarded by medical men as unique in the annals of medicine was recently performed at the Emergency Hospital in Washington, D. C. A boy, twelve years of age, had succumbed while on the operating table under the influence of an anesthetic. Finding that other means to revive the patient were unavailing, the surgeon in charge opened the boy's abdomen, and for seven minutes massaged the patient's heart with his fingers. Slight signs of returning life being then evident, the physician continued to stimulate the circulation of the blood by manipulating the heart with his fingers, until, after eighteen minutes more, normal pulsation was restored. The boy lived for a day and a half, and then death ensued on account of blood-poisoning from an operation on the knee. Physicians now declare that many persons who expire while under anesthetics may possibly be revived by such methods.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1908
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Maine, Brownville ........Aug. 20-30
Vermont, Waterbury ........Aug. 20-30
Western New York, Buffalo .....Sept. 3-13
New York, Norwich ........Sept. 10-20
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Ontario, Toronto ............Aug. 20-30
Quebec, Waterloo ....Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Maritime, Williamsdale, N. S., Sept. 10-21
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Colorado, Pueblo ........Aug. 20-30
Nebraska, Hastings ....Aug. 27 to Sept. 7
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
New Jersey, Woodbury ........Aug. 20-30
West Virginia, Charleston, Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Virginia (local), Newmarket ....Sept. 8-13
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Northern Illinois, Streator ......Aug. 20-30
East Michigan, Lapeer .......Aug. 20-30
Indiana (local), North Vernon ....Aug. 25-31
North Michigan (conference) Petoskey
................Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Wisconsin, Madison ....Aug. 31 to Sept. 13
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Nevada ........Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Montana, Victor ....Aug. 20-30
Western Washington, Anacortes...Aug. 20-30
Oregon, Roseburg ....Aug. 27 to Sept. 5
Washington, Meadow Glade......Sept. 1-6
Montana, Great Falls ........Sept. 4-13
Washington, Wenatchee (Upper Columbia)
....................Sept. 24 to Oct. 4
Oregon, Medford ........Oct. 1-10
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Tennessee River, Memphis ......Oct. 1-10
Mississippi, Jackson (colored) ......
....................Aug. 27 to Sept. 6
Kentucky, Moreland ......Sept. 24 to Oct. 4
Alabama, near Mobile ........Oct. 8-18
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Cumberland, Cleveland, Tenn., .......
....................Aug. 26 to Sept. 6
Florida, Palatka ........Oct. 1-12
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Arkansas (State), Fort Smith ....Sept. 3-13
Oklahoma (State), Enid ........Aug. 20-31
Meetings in Alabama
By A. J. HAYSMER
I wish to say to our people in northern Alabama that we have decided not to have any camp-meeting at Cullman, as previously announced. Instead of this camp-meeting, we have decided to hold three general meetings later, after the crops and fruit are gathered in. These general meetings will be held as follows: Birmingham, October 23-28; Oak-level, October 30 to November 5; Ellwood, November 6-12. We desire that every one of our people, and all others whom you can induce to do so, will attend these meetings. Brother R. I. Keate, our general agent, will attend all these meetings, and give valuable instruction in this line of work. Miss Helen22McKinnon, our conference secretary and treasurer, also our Young People's and Sabbath-school secretary, will be present, and give instruction in these lines. We also expect Elder C. F. McVagh, vice-president of the Southern Union Conference, to be present. These meetings will, we believe, be very profitable to our people, and we trust gather additional believers into the fold. There are many important matters to consider. Let all our people make these meetings a subject of prayer, that they may be all that the Lord designs that they shall be. A great work is before us, and we must all be about our Father's business.
A. J. HAYSMER.
The New York Conference
By F. H. DEVINEY
THE next session of the New York Conference will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting at Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y., September 10-20, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business which may properly come before the conference. All churches should attend immediately to the election of delegates to the conference, and send their credentials to F. N. Johnson, 317 West Bloomfield St., Rome, N. Y.
Also the first meeting of the fourth annual session of the New York Conference Association will be called Monday, Sept. 14, 1908, at 9 A. M., on the Norwich, N. Y., camp-ground.
F. H. DEVINEY, President.
The Greater New York Conference
By C. H. Edwards
The seventh annual session of the Greater New York Conference will be held in New York City, September 22-29, and perhaps longer if the business is not finished at that time. The first meeting will be held at ten o'clock Tuesday morning, at which time all delegates should be present. All meetings of the conference will be held in the Beacon Light Gospel Tent, corner Sixty-eight Street and First Avenue, Manhattan, New York City. At this time the election of officers for the ensuing year will take place, and all other business transacted pertaining to the conference which it may be thought best by the delegates to bring before the delegation. Sabbath, September 26, will be a special rallying day for all the members in our conference, and we suggest that every church be closed on that day, and that an effort be made for the different nationalities to attend that meeting. Special help has been promised us, and we trust that this session will be the best that New York has ever seen. The location of the tent will be such that it can be easily reached by our people from any part of Brooklyn or Manhattan. We hope that all of our churches will elect their delegates the first Sabbath in September, and a list of delegates be sent to the conference secretary, Amos Mitchell, 5708 New Utrecht Ave., Brooklyn. A little care on the part of the church clerks will save much inconvenience, and will help us materially in planning for our conference work. We trust that a full delegation will be present at the first meeting of the conference.
C. H. EDWARDS, President.
Addresses Wanted
THE addresses of the following-named persons are desired: Sisters Randall, B. Heartley, B. Lunstedt, Anna Goderlund, Thea Michalsen, Rufine Heltsley, Minnie Werts, Ada Johnson, and M. A. Adams; also Brethren O. T. Clough, J. B. Johnson, J. W. Braham, and J. H. Werts. Any one knowing the whereabouts of any of these persons will confer a favor by sending the information to Mrs. H. A. Green, church clerk, 309 Second Ave., N., Seattle, Wash.
Notice !
By S. G. HUNTINGTON
The seventh annual session of the Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2–7, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as may arise. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., of the first day. Churches are entitled to one delegate for their organization, and one additional delegate for every five members. We request that all our churches be sure that their full quota of delegates is duly elected, and such as can be in attendance at the conference.
S. G. HUNTINGTON, President.
Quebec Camp-Meeting
By W. H. Thurston
THE annual conference and camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists in the Province of Quebec will be held at Waterloo, August 27 to September 6. All departments of the work will be given consideration, officers elected, and plans formulated for the ensuing year. Efficient help will be furnished by the General Conference, and every Sabbath-keeper at the conference should attend this important meeting. The first business meeting of the conference will be held Friday, August 28, at 10 A. M. All delegates should be present at the first meeting in order that the work be not delayed.
W. H. THURSTON, President.
International Publishing Association
By WILLIAM ASP
THE next annual meeting of the constituency of the International Publishing Association will be held at the office of the International Publishing Association at College View, Neb., September 8-10, inclusive. The meeting will be held for the purpose of electing a board of trustees and counselors, and for the transaction of all other business which may properly come before the meeting. The constituency of this corporation includes the executive committees of the General Conference, Central Union Conference, Northern Union Conference, and the Southwestern Union Conference.
WILLIAM ASP, Secretary.
Biennial Session of the Canadian Union Conference
By W. H. THURSTON
THE fourth biennial session of the Canadian Union Conference will be held at Williamsdale, Nova Scotia, September 10-20, in connection with the annual session of the Maritime Conference. This will be an important meeting, and a good delegation from the local conferences is desired. Officers for the coming term will be elected, a study of the field and its needs will be taken up, and plans will be laid for the extension of the work.
W. H. THURSTON, President.
The Maritime Conference
By Wm. Guthrie
THE sixth annual session of the Maritime Conference will be held at Williamsdale, Nova Scotia, Sept. 10-21, 1908. The first business session will be held Friday, September 11, at 9 A. M.
All members in good standing are delegates, and have a vote at all the business sessions, for the election of officers and other official business that may come before the conference. We shall be pleased to have a large representation at the first of the meeting, as we wish to despatch all business quickly.
Wm. Guthrie, President.
Notice !**
By S. G. HUNTINGTON
THE fourth annual meeting of the Utah Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists is appointed to convene in connection with the seventh annual session of the Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Salt Lake City, Monday, 2 P. M., Oct. 5, 1908, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. All accredited delegates to the conference are members of this corporation.
S. G. HUNTINGTON, President.
Opening of Emmanuel Missionary College
By O. J. GRAF
ALL who are planning to attend Emmanuel Missionary College the coming year will take notice that the school opens September 9. It is important that students plan to be here at that time. Much depends on being present when classes are organized and the work started. Our prospective students will be pleased to learn that the three main buildings are being thoroughly repaired, the rooms and halls tinted or white-coated. Other improvements are planned for the near future. It is our purpose to welcome our students to a cheery and comfortable home. All students, both new and old, should send in their applications for admittance at once, that we may know how many to prepare for. Calendars and application blanks will be sent to all who ask for them. Address the undersigned at Berrien Springs, Mich.
O. J. GRAF, President.
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A charge of one dollar will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost three cents.
No discount for several insertions.
Wanted at Once.—At the Long Beach Sanitarium, consecrated Christian graduate lady nurses. State experience and school from which you are a graduate. Address Dr. Winegar-Simpson, Long Beach, Cal.
Wanted.—A first-class baker. One who is capable of handling general health-food line. Application should be accompanied by references and recommendations. Address Sanitarium Food Co., Sanitarium, Cal.
For Sale.—Sanitarium Cooking Oil, pure and healthful; no odor; keeps indefinitely: 5-gal. can, $3.50; 10-gal. can, $7; 64 cents a gal. in ½ bbl. and bbl. lots; 30 gal. and 50 gal. Address Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Ky.
Wesson’s Cooking Oil.—Reliable. Pure. Eight gallons in six separate cans, only $5.75, shipped from Chicago. A recipe to make “Meat” at home from nuts and grains for $1, to enable me to attend school. Address Ethan A. Brown, Ingalls, Mich.
For Sale.—Vegetarian Café and Pure Food Store. Established nearly three years. Just the place for man and wife. Value, about $900. Reason for selling, I desire to enter another branch of the work. Address M. A. Hollister, San Diego, Cal.
Keifer Pears, two bushel crates, $1.15; five or more, $1 each. Don’t write asking if we have them. Orders filled in the order received. Money promptly returned if pears are sold. Send money-order to Occoquan Fruit Farm, Occoquan, Va.
Wanted.—Seventh-day Adventist woman of steady habits to do general housework. Good home and good pay to right person. Also two good girls to learn nursing in private Seventh-day Adventist sanitarium. Address Drs. Harrison and Harrison, Sherman, Tex.
For Sale.—Forty-five acres; thirty cultivated; 5 peaches; 2 apples; also pears, quinces, cherries, plums. All bearing. Good seven-room house. Suitable out-buildings. Creek in pasture. One mile from Southern Training-School. Price, $2,500. Address Box 126, Graysville, Tenn.
Four Thousand Dollar Farm for Sale.—One and one-half miles from Greenville market, a healthful portion of South Carolina. New house, excellent spring and rivulet, 34½ acres, 14½ timber and 20 field. House and lot at Campobello for sale. Locate South. Write R. T. Nash, Campobello, S. C.
For Sale.—Beautiful Imported Bible Mottoes. Special, 100 Bible cards, $3; 100 of our heavy 12 x 16 paper mottoes, $6. 27,000 sold in April and half of May. We have four languages,—English, Danish, Swedish, and German. The more you buy, the less they cost. 15 for $1 by mail. Address, with stamp, Hampton Art Co., Lock Box 257, Hampton, Iowa.
