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Review and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 51.

THE GIFT HE SEEKS
Earlier text: Living in the Tropics

En Route to Korea

By James E. Shultz

Our trip was quite pleasant, although we encountered an equinoctial storm. The ship “Minnesota,” which is the largest on the Pacific, found ample room to roll and toss. I think that I can best convey my first impressions of a storm at sea in the words of a new Methodist missionary, when he said that his experience had led him to have more love and admiration for the poor missionaries than ever before. I had only one touch of what one would term seasickness. I then determined that I should not get sick, and accordingly spent two hours walking the main deck in the face of a terrific storm. This completely cured me, and the remainder of the voyage was pleasant. Mrs. Shultz did not fare so well, but the sickness was not fatal, and after one day’s stay on land, she expressed herself as feeling fine.
We stopped for two days at Tokyo, having been met at Yokohama by Elder Field and family. They were glad to see us, and we were as happy to see them. We traveled on the Japanese railroad to the capital of the empire. The railroads are all narrow gauge, and the cars are all built on the English plan, impressing an American as being insignificant. The engines are small, and their shrill piping whistles reminded me of school days, when we boys would amuse ourselves by making whistles from willow twigs. We had the privilege of traveling first, second, or third-class. We chose second-class, which is somewhat cheaper than traveling in the States on the two-cent fare. As there were neither conductors nor brakemen on the train, we retained our tickets until we arrived at the Tokyo station gate, where the gateman took them up.
The scenery between Yokohama and Tokyo is very beautiful. The quaint Japanese houses, with their large thatched roofs and broad verandas, were a pleasing sight. I also observed that the Japanese are very good gardeners, and I saw that most vegetables that we were accustomed to seeing in the States were growing here. The orchards were quite strange-looking, since all the trees are quite small, and are trained among arbors, very much like our grape arbors. The pear-tree thrives in this section of Japan. The pears, if placed on the American market, would not be distinguished from the large russet apples, since they closely resemble them in shape and color. The bamboo groves along the railroad track were very pretty, as well as the many varieties of flowers which I had never seen before. Surely Japan is a land of flowers. My imagination had drawn a true picture of the land, and I was not disappointed.
When we arrived at the home of Professor Field, he entertained us by taking us out under the fig-trees to eat the ripe figs. I thought of many incidents in the life of our Saviour as I sat beneath the spreading branches of the beautiful trees.
It was our privilege to ride in the jinrikishas while in the capital of the nation, a city of over 1,500,000 inhabitants. We found the rides very pleasant, and the speed at which the men carry one is a marvel. The muscles of these men are developed to the full, and they certainly are able to use them. Very few horses are seen here, and when one is seen, it is quite inferior. Food for animals is very scarce, hence their scarcity. The dress of the Japanese varies from the full European dress to the kimona and clog shoes, while some are attired like our father Adam before he acquired the art of dressmaking. The ordinary American is liable to be shocked by what he terms the indecency of the natives at every turn.
Sunday morning we took our dinners and went to visit the largest Shintoo park in the empire. The great Shintoo temple impresses one as the park is neared. The great massive gods on either side of the gate guard well the approaches to the sacred shrine. This shrine has many things of interest, but among the gods that impressed me were the medicine god and the god of travel. The medicine god is supposed to cure all diseases. The patient approaches it and rubs the part corresponding to the afflicted part of his body; then he rubs the diseased member, which is supposed to be healed by the process. When you stop to consider that many of the people who are afflicted in Japan are lepers, you can appreciate how easily that disease may be transmitted. The medicine god in this shrine has been completely defaced by this process of rubbing. The god of travel is accosted by chewing a small paper prayer, and then throwing it at the god. If the prayer adheres to the god, it is a good omen. While there, we saw aged women hobble up to the shrine, and after tossing a two-sen piece (which corresponds to one cent of our money) into the large offering chest, would cause little children whom they led, who were not so large as our son Harold, to bow and worship these hideous idol monsters. I have watched those little innocent children as they bowed before those heathen gods, and have heard them lisp their innocent prayers with all the earnestness that should characterize the worship of the true God. It really caused me to feel ashamed that I had delayed so long to carry the grand gospel message to this benighted people. I thought, as I stood there, that if many of our people could witness some of the sights we have seen, it would soon lead them to renounce their selfish ambitions, and come to the rescue of those who are in such great need of their assistance.
JAMES E. SHULTZ.

Notes of Progress

By E. R. Palmer

A LETTER from the Northern California Tract Society gives the actual sale of literature by that office during the past two years and nine months, as follows: For 1905, $8,125.18; for 1906, $17,260.03; for 1907 (nine months), $26,232.34.
Letters recently received from nearly all the principals of our denominational schools in the United States indicate that these schools are full to overflowing. One encouraging feature is made very clear in these letters; namely, that the subscription-book work is filling our schools, and the schools are recruiting workers for the subscription-book work.
The canvassers in the Northern California Conference are known as the “King’s Messengers.” This very fitting, expressive name for their canvassers has seemed to have almost a magnetic power in drawing the young people together and in stimulating them to faithful service. I have before me another new name for the canvassers in the extreme eastern field in the Atlantic Union Conference. These workers are to be known as the “Gideon Band.” If this name should, under the blessing of God, stimulate the workers in the East to that quality of valor and faithfulness for the work of the Lord of hosts which the name implies, we shall see great things accomplished, even though the number of workers may not be large. May the Lord speed these valiant bands, and enable them to run swiftly from home to home with the glad tidings.
In a recent number of the union conference paper published by the Australasian Union Conference, appears the following news item: “We have just received a weekly report, which excels all previous records from our canvassers. It is from Brother Fred Parkin, of the East Indian field. The orders taken during the week for ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation’ amounted to $364.50. The two following weeks his reports were, respectively, $316.75 and $315.50. This shows how abundantly the Lord is blessing in the distribution of literature in that field.” This news item calls up an interesting little story which every boy and girl may read and ponder with profit. Now that he has grown to manhood, and the Lord has crowned his efforts with success, Brother Parkin will not object to the telling of the story by his old friend and teacher. When a lad, in his early teens, Fred had a burning desire to attend the Avondale School for Christian Workers. He lived in Williamstown, a suburb of Melbourne, over six hundred miles from the school. With a few dollars in his pocket with which to pay his steerage fare on the boat and buy his books on his arrival at the school, he started out for himself to secure an education. Through some misfortune on the boat, he lost the little money that he had, and arrived in the large seaport city of Sydney, seventy-six miles from the school, without a penny in his pocket. Nothing daunted, he set out on foot on the railway track, and walked the whole distance. When he arrived at the school, he had no money, but little clothing, and no recommendations except his honest face, his willingness to work, and his determination to secure an education. He was given work on the farm, and soon became the best plowman we had. Year after year he worked on without flinching, until his purpose had been accomplished, and then he volunteered for self-supporting missionary work in the East Indies. We rejoice with him and his many friends in the success he is having in selling our books. May the faithfulness and determination of his boyhood days be manifested in his chosen work as a missionary.
E. R. PALMER.
Sec. Gen. Conf. Publishing Dept.

Canvassers’ Summary for October, 1907

AGENTS HOURS ORDERS VALUE
Atlantic Union Conference
Chesapeake 15 634 320 $ 483.05
New York 11 601 356 411.00
Central New England 10 1,047 422 430.00
Eastern Pennsylvania 2 235 68 118.50
West Pennsylvania 9 492 .... 405.00
Virginia 4 115 16 37.50
Totals 51 3,124 1,182 1,885.05
Lake Union Conference
Indiana 6 416 89 318.50
Ohio 14 746 422 555.50
Northern Illinois 4 187 114 302.10
Southern Illinois 15 697 258 639.75
North Michigan 1 13 3 9.50
West Michigan 4 51 9 44.20
Wisconsin 10 905 242 577.25
Totals 54 3,015 1,137 2,446.80
Southern Union Conference
Alabama 3 547 .... 353.85
Cumberland 3 414 .... 399.25
Florida 2 237 .... 71.35
Georgia 4 506 .... 371.93
Louisiana 4 939 .... 824.15
Mississippi 1 32 .... 84.75
North Carolina 10 1,304 .... 905.35
South Carolina 12 1,991 .... 1,891.25
Tennessee 12 1,719 .... 1,645.05
Totals 51 7,689 .... 6,546.93
Northern Union Conference
Minnesota 2 115 3 7.50
South Dakota 4 77 36 75.00
Totals 6 192 39 82.50
Central Union Conference
Colorado 27 1,716 767 1,831.55
Missouri 9 442 198 363.25
Nebraska 12 537 165 706.30
Wyoming 5 272 65 233.00
Totals 53 2,967 1,195 3,134.10
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas 9 680 6 14.75
Oklahoma 25 1,376 143 328.50
Texas .. 1,814 228 558.50
Totals 34 3,870 377 901.75
North Pacific Union Conference
Western Oregon .. 315 136 350.55
Western Washington .. 171 94 218.20
Totals .. 486 230 568.75
Pacific Union Conference
Arizona 4 .... .... 357.50
California 15 .... 980 1,520.70
Utah 4 .... 187 369.75
Totals 23 .... 1,167 2,247.95
Canadian Union Conference 4 282 114 186.00
South African Union Conference 5 164 84 230.12
Australasian Union Conf. (2 months) 60 6,465 2,572 11,073.06
German Union Conference (2 months) 250 38,291 .... 11,343.44
General Summary
Atlantic 51 3,124 1,182 1,885.05
Lake Union 54 3,015 1,137 2,446.80
Southern Union 51 7,689 .... 6,546.93
Central Union 53 2,967 1,195 3,134.10
Northern Union 6 192 39 82.50
Southwestern Union 34 3,870 377 901.75
North Pacific Union .. 486 230 568.75
Pacific Union 23 .... 1,167 2,247.95
Canadian Union 4 282 114 186.00
South African Union 5 164 84 230.12
Australasian Union 60 6,465 2,572 11,073.06
German Union 250 38,291 .... 11,343.44
Grand Totals 591 66,545 8,097 $40,646.45

Current Mention

— Slight earthquake shocks have been reported within the past week from Cuba, and from St. Louis, Mo. No damage is reported in either case.
— Lieutenant-General Stoessel and other army officers of high rank are undergoing trial by court martial at St. Petersburg, charged with needlessly surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese in the late war.
— The German ministry of marine has prepared for submission to the Reichstag detailed estimates of the probable cost of the navy for the next ten years. The proposed outlay reaches the enormous sum of $1,043,000,000.
— In a fog that overhung New York harbor, December 10, a ferry-boat bearing 500 passengers was rammed by a sound steamer. Two persons were thrown overboard by the impact, but both were rescued. Many of the passengers of the ferry were transferred to the steamer.
— The wireless telegraph station at Kief, Russia, succeeded in picking up messages started from the station at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. The distance between the places mentioned is about 3,750 miles. Stray messages have previously been picked up at a distance of 2,500 miles from their point of origin.
— A plot to assassinate King Carlos of Portugal, when he should attend the theater in Lisbon, December 18, has been frustrated. In general, the situation is more reassuring, and the government in its official organ has promised to terminate the dictatorship and hold the elections in April, if the present political calm is maintained.
— The bubonic plague infection is reported to be still quite generally distributed in San Francisco, although the percentage of mortality is not so high as at first reports. There were 112 cases up to December 7, with sixty-seven deaths. Statistics show that in India from April last to October there were 533,557 cases of plague, and 474,914 deaths therefrom.
— A strike has been on for some time at Goldfield, Nev. The governor appealed for federal troops, which have been sent to the scene with instructions that they are not to take the side of either miners or employees. The President has dispatched to Goldfield the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the Commissioner of Labor, and the Commissioner of Corporations, to learn the exact conditions existing there.
— After a short period of illness, Oscar II, king of Sweden, died the morning of December 8, aged nearly seventy-nine years. Four hours later the Crown Prince took the oath of office, and now rules as Gustaf V. King Oscar was a man of many accomplishments, being considered the most scholarly of present-day rulers. He was a lover of peace and justice, for which reason he had frequently been called upon to act as arbiter of international questions. King Oscar was greatly loved by his subjects, who gave many indications of genuine sorrow over his death.
— It is reported that about 75,000 union railroad men, on sixty-five different railroad lines east of the Mississippi River and including eastern Canada, are preparing for a strike in January, unless wages are advanced and uniform working rules adopted.
— Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria on December 2 celebrated the beginning of the sixtieth year of his reign. In accordance with his expressed wish, this was done with the utmost simplicity. To prevent the fatigue of receiving congratulatory deputations, the diplomatic representatives of the various countries signed a congratulatory register.
— At the instigation of the Italian ambassador, the Secret Service Department investigated the cases of twelve Italian laborers who were brought from Baltimore, Md., to Bristol, Va., to work on a railway, under alleged false pretenses. As a result of the investigation the federal grand jury has brought indictments for peonage against the representative of a New York employment agency and a police justice of Bristol.
— A treaty providing for the annexation of the Kongo Independent State to Belgium is now before the Belgian Chamber of Deputies. The richest section of the Kongo, known as the crown domain, which has generally been expected to remain independent and be controlled by King Leopold, will instead pass to Belgium and be controlled by Belgian laws; and instead of being exploited for private revenue by a stock company, whose largest holder is the king, the treaty provides for the annual payment of $89,000 to the family of the king, and $145,000 for the maintenance of museums and palaces in Belgium. The present attitude of the king has produced a favorable impression.
— At the beginning of the trial on charges of high treason preferred against thirty-seven members of the second Douma and seventeen soldiers and civilians, 50,000 employees of the mills in St. Petersburg walked out, December 5, on a one day's strike as a mark of sympathy. A like action was taken by the students and workmen of Moscow. About two weeks ago 203 of the students of the university at Kief were banished, and now 458 more of the students, including thirteen women, are under arrest on charge of sedition. At a meeting they had passed a resolution to the effect that the establishment of a republican form of government was the solution of the revolutionary difficulties that afflict the country.
— Some months since organized tobacco growers of some sections in the South committed depredations by raiding the homes of planters who would not join the organization, destroying their crop of tobacco, and often severely beating the owners. Similar trouble has broken out again in Kentucky. Early in the morning of December 7 the “night riders” (as they are now termed), 500 strong, descended upon Hopkinsville, wounding two men, terrifying citizens, and doing $200,000 damage to property. Two members of the mob were wounded fatally by a pursuing posse, and died. Possibly it was revenge for this that caused the night riders to form again, and the governor has ordered out a company of the National Guard.

_Field Notes and Gleanings_

As the result of meetings held in Hesperus, Colo., by Brother C. H. Bates, six persons, all heads of families, signed the covenant.
At the close of meetings recently held at Tripp, S. D., by Brother C. W. Reiswig, two young sisters gave their hearts to the Lord and began the observance of the Sabbath.
FROM Rochester, N. Y., Brother J. W. Raymond reports the recent baptism of seven persons, and the addition of fifteen to the church. They are just starting a church-school as well.
BROTHER A. O. BURRILL, who has been spending a few months near Wheelock, N. D., has been doing some work in connection with the church in that place. He reports the addition of eight to the church on a recent Sabbath.
BROTHER T. B. WESTBROOK, who has been located in Elmira, N. Y., since the camp-meeting, reports some encouraging omens in the effort to obtain help from the citizens to build a church in that city that the message may be preached.
BROTHER E. H. CURTIS, who has been laboring with several churches and companies in Colorado, reports one sister as beginning to keep the commandments of God at Telluride, and at Hotchkiss, where he is now laboring, two have already taken their stand for the truth.
BROTHER G. A. LAGRONE is following up the interest created the past summer at Comanche, Tex. Brother C. W. Miller has also made occasional visits. Meetings have been held in a rented church since October 30, with a good attendance. Four persons, one of them a Methodist minister's wife, have taken their stand upon the commandments of God since the meetings began. November 20 six were buried with the Lord in baptism.

Religious Liberty Notes

BROTHER W. S. CLEVELAND, of Jamestown, N. Y., the conference canvassing agent of the Western New York Conference, writes that his conference is especially interested in the religious liberty work, and that they are planning a vigorous campaign for our literature. We trust that many copies of Liberty will be placed in the hands of the citizens of the Empire State this winter.
The Seattle (Wash.) Daily Times of November 29, contains nearly a column article, describing a Sunday-closing crusade similar to those which are being carried on so vigorously in other parts of the country. The article says, “Many believed that it was the intention of the executive to respond to the appeal of the Ministerial Association” on the question of Sunday closing. These crusades are directly or indirectly brought about by the clergy.
The Greater New York and New Jersey Conferences are to hold a union conference workers’ convention in New York City, December 23-29. Tuesday, December 24, will be devoted to the study of religious liberty. Papers will be read on the following topics: Religious Liberty—Its Origin and Scope; The Relation the Individual Should Sustain to Civil Government; In View of the Coming Crisis, What Should Seventh-day Adventists Do?
The New York Globe of December 3, contains the sweeping opinion of Justice O’Gorman against Sunday shows and concerts. After-quoting many opinions of higher courts, he adds: “The law is well established in the State of New York that the Christian sabbath is one of the civil institutions of the State, and that, for the purpose of protecting the moral and physical well-being of the people, and preserving the peace, quiet, and good order of society, the legislature has authority to regulate its observance and prevent its desecration by appropriate legislation.”
The following item is quoted in the Trenton (N. J.) Times of October 28, from the Redbank Register: “The blue-laws ought to be wiped from the statute-books. They serve no good purpose. They are enforced only when some malicious person desires to injure his neighbor. Laws which permit this are worse than useless laws; they are harmful laws. No man’s liberty should be interfered with on Sunday except to protect the equal rights of others. Under the present laws the man who goes fishing on Sunday, the man who goes sailing or driving, or even walking on Sunday, the man who trims his rose bushes, and the man who digs in his flower garden on Sunday, are all liable to arrest and fine under the absurd blue-laws of the State. It is time this weapon of malice was stricken from the statute-book.”
From a budget of news items on the question of prohibition, the following item is clipped, which shows plainly that the organization is still intimately joined with the Sunday-law movement: “Assistant Attorney-General Charles W. Trickett, of Kansas City, Kan., stirred the dry bones of religion and politics in two tremendous addresses in Chicago, Sunday and Monday, November 10, 11. Monday morning under the auspices of twenty-five allied temperance, prohibition, and law-and-order organizations, Mr. Trickett struck the key-note for Sunday closing and a straight prohibition movement in Chicago, with five hundred Chicago preachers as his auditors.”
The Mansfield (Ohio) News of Dec. 6, 1907, contains a most excellent editorial on the evil results of Sunday legislation. The following has been selected from the editorial: “No reasonable people, no good citizens, will object to such measures as shall protect to the fullest extent the rights and privileges of all mankind to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience. It is a right guaranteed by the Constitution. Nobody will object to restrictive and corrective measures designed to protect youth and society at large from crime and vice. Honor, truth, temperance, and other cardinal virtues should be taught by precept and example, education and training. People vary in their views of how they may properly ‘remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.’ Some of our forefathers, who really didn’t have enough religion or Christianity to keep them from murdering those who didn’t agree with them in so-called religious belief, were very punctilious in a formal observance of the Sabbath, so strict that a smile on that day was sacrilegious, and the kissing of a wife by her husband a serious offense.” It is needless to say that the editor of the News is a reader of Liberty.

Workers’ Convention

By C. H. Edwards

It has been decided to hold a workers’ convention in New York City, December 23-29, at the Tabernacle, 535 West 110th St. This convention will be held jointly with the workers of the New Jersey Conference, and we expect a rich blessing together.
In these large cities we have found it next to impossible to conduct public efforts during the holiday week, so we have selected this time as the best for our convention. It is hoped to fill each day with that which will be the most helpful to us as workers. Every day from 8:30 to 10 A. M. will be devoted to prayer and Bible study. Elder E. W. Farnsworth will conduct most of these studies, and every evening will be given to preaching. Each day of the convention will be devoted to a consideration of some definite line of our denominational work. The following subjects are to be considered:—
Monday, December 23, The Work of the Gospel Ministry. This general subject will be discussed under three topics: (1) The Sacredness of the Gospel Ministry; (2) The Minister’s Department in and out of the Pulpit; (3) The Perfect Soul-Winner. Stirring papers will be presented, to be followed by general discussion.
Tuesday, Religious Liberty: (1) Religious Liberty—Its Origin and Scope; (2) Relation of the Individual Christian to Civil Governments; (3) In View of the Coming Crisis, What Should Seventh-day Adventists Do?
Wednesday being a regular holiday, most of our people can attend the services, so this day will be devoted to The Sabbath-school Work: (1) Organizing a Sabbath-school; (2) What Are the Essentials to Make a Sabbath-school a Success? (3) How May Our Sabbath-schools Be Made More Interesting and Profitable to Our People Generally?
Thursday, The Publishing Work: (1) The Relation of Ministers and Other Conference Workers to the Publishing Work; (2) The Place Our Publishing Work Occupies in the Work of Giving the Third Angel’s Message; (3) How to Set Every Church-member to Work, and What Would Be Accomplished.
Friday will be given to Christian Education: (1) Christian Education—Its Design and Importance; (2) The Scholarship Plan.
Sabbath will be a Young People’s day. Three union services will be held—one in Brooklyn, one in Manhattan, and the other in New Jersey, the latter place not having as yet been selected. Papers on the following topics will be presented: (1) The Object and Need of Young People’s Societies; (2) Relation of the Young People’s Societies to the Local Church; (3) How May Our Young People’s Societies Be Conducted to Impart the Most Spiritual Good?
Sunday will be given to the needs of local church officers. Three papers will be presented: (1) The Duties and Privileges of Church Elders and Deacons; (2) Duties of Church Clerks and Treasurers; (3) The Duties of Church Librarians.
As Sunday is not a regular day of employment for our brethren, we have selected it as the best time in which to invite our local church officers, and we do most sincerely hope that not one will miss this opportunity of studying with us.
While this is primarily a workers’ convention, we shall welcome any who may wish to meet with us, and to join us in the discussion of these subjects.
We expect some of our General Conference brethren to be with us, but just who will come we can not say at this time; but of one thing we are assured, the dear Lord will be with us to the end.
C. H. EDWARDS.

Manitoba. Notice!

By W. M. Adams

THE fifth annual session of the Manitoba Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at the Northwestern Training-school, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, December 27-31. The first meeting will convene at seven o'clock Friday evening.
At this session all the regular conference officers will be elected, including trustees for the legal part, and such other business will receive attention as may properly come before the delegates.
Each church is entitled to one delegate without respect to numbers, and to one delegate to every seven members or fraction thereof. We hope also to see representatives from the various companies and isolated Sabbath-keepers. Let each church attend at once to the election of its delegates, and forward the credentials of the same to the conference secretary. W. M. ADAMS, President.

Canvassers’ Institute

By Horace G. Miller

THE canvassers’ institute for North Carolina will be held at Hildebran, beginning at 7 P. M., December 17, and continuing till Jan. 12, 1908.
All those planning to engage in the canvassing work in this conference the coming season should by all means attend this institute. Shall we have your co-operation? We pray that we may. My address is Gastonia, N. C.
HORACE G. MILLER, State Agent.

Notice!

By W. B. WHITE; F. M. BURG

THE first biennial session of the North Pacific Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene in the chapel of Walla Walla College, College Place, Wash., at 4 P. M., Monday, Feb. 3, 1908, for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business pertaining to the interests and work of the association as may properly come before the meeting.
The association named above is a legal corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oregon; the articles and by-laws providing that the regular sessions of the organization be held in connection with the biennial sessions of the North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the regular delegates to said conference being the constituents and authorized voters in the above-named legal association.
W. B. WHITE, President, F. M. BURG, Secretary.

NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS

Information Wanted

WANDERED from home, October 30, from Malvern, Ark., boy, aged 12, blue eyes, brown hair, scar on right cheek and knee, poorly dressed, rather frail and timid. Last seen on railroad. Any one having seen him or knowing where he is, will please notify this Office at once.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
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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

Business Notices

THIS department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.
Brief business notices will be published subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Display advertising, and advertisements which call for agents, will not be accepted, nor do the publishers solicit advertising of any kind for this paper.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send with their advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing and send it.
We open no accounts for advertising, and cash must accompany each order.
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.
FOR SALE.—An unimproved farm of 160 acres located 2½ miles from Yuma, Colo. For particulars, address C. W. Carr, Yuma, Colo.
WANTED.—Position as head engineer in some Seventh-day Adventist institution, by a reliable man of six years' experience. References given. Address Lock Box 262, Welsh, La.
WANTED.—A conscientious Seventh-day Adventist housekeeper, in family of four. Good wages to the right person. Reference furnished if desired. Address D. V. Eastman, Gothenburg, Neb.
GOVERNMENT land can be had 25 to 40 miles from city of Denver. Good soil. Good water. Best of climate. Good location for either stock or poultry. For information, write to N. Talbott, R. F. D., Box 84, Brighton, Colo.
WE wish to tell you of our flours, cereals, canned goods, books, etc. Dates at bargain prices. Books cheap. Two holly ferns, post-paid, 25 cents. Send your name for full particulars. Cooking oil cheap. Address New York Food Co., Oxford, N. Y.
FOR SALE.—At great sacrifice, 40-acre fruit and truck farm, ½ mile from town. Delightful climate. Gulf breezes. Purest water. Adventists locating here. Must sell so I can go out canvassing. Unable to farm. Particulars on request. Address P. W. Paulson, Silverhill, Ala.
FOR SALE.—Absolutely pure peanut butter, only 11 cents a pound. Purest imported olive-oil, $3 a gallon. Purest cocoanut oil, per pound, in lots of 25 pounds, 16 cents; 50 pounds, 15 cents; 100 pounds, 14 cents. If west of Rockies, write us. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Washington, D. C.
WANTED AT ONCE.—For the new Long Beach (Cal.) Sanitarium, a number of first-class Seventh-day Adventist men and women graduate nurses; also one lady head nurse. Address Dr. Abbie Winegar-Simpson, Long Beach, Cal.
FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful vegetable oil for cooking and salads; no odor, keeps indefinitely: gal. can, $1.75; 5-gal. can, $4.50. Also pure virgin olive-oil: gal., $2.75; half gal., $1.40; quart, 85 cents. Lunch Nutrena, a hygienic fat and blood producer: 1-lb. box, 35 cents; send for samples. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.

Minnesota Canvassers’ Institute

By Frank F. Fry

DEFINITE instructions for canvassers will be given in a fifteen days’ institute to be held in the Minneapolis church, February 17 to March 4, 1908. Considerable thought has been given to the time and place for this meeting. Inasmuch as the Northern Union Conference is to be held March 5-15, it was thought that it would be an advantage to those who wish to take the training, to have it at this time; and if some desire to attend these important meetings of the union conference which follow, they will have opportunity.
Every effort will be put forth to make this one of the most interesting and profitable institutes ever held in Minnesota. We shall endeavor to give the very best help and instruction in book salesmanship that can be provided, and it will be given free of charge. The only expense to be met in attending this institute will be the cost of board. To those who go right to work after the institute, the railroad fare will be paid from their home to the institute and from the institute to their territory.
Instruction will be given on the general principles of salesmanship, including the best methods of gaining entrance and a hearing, giving the canvass and closing the sale, delivering, etc. Daily drills will be conducted. A thorough study of the book to be handled will be taken up each day. Bible studies on the cardinal points of our faith will be given, and nothing will be left undone that ought to be done to make this institute what it ought to be.
Our earnest desire is that many consecrated souls will feel a burden to prepare for this important work. This is a golden opportunity. May there be a hearty response to this call. Those who decide to attend this institute will please notify the undersigned, at 519 East Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn., in due season so the proper arrangements can be made for rooms and entertainment. May the Lord impress souls to launch into this work and gain a speedy preparation to enter the wide harvest-field.
FRANK F. FRY.

California, Notice!

By E. R. PALMER

The Seed Sower, issued by the California Tract Society, announces a canvassers’ training-school, at Mountain View, Cal., beginning Sunday, December 15, and continuing to Sunday, January 12.
The course will embrace a comprehensive study of the science and art of Christian salesmanship. It is urgently requested that conference laborers and church officers join in an earnest effort to secure the attendance of worthy persons who should engage continuously in the good work of selling our books, or who should begin now to earn scholarships for the next school year. Expenses will be made as reasonable as possible.
All persons who are interested in the sale of our literature, and who desire information concerning this convention, should correspond with the California Tract Society, Mountain View, Cal.
Even if the convention may have begun before this notice is read, yet it may not be too late for the reader to secure many advantages from it.    E. R. PALMER.

Addresses

THE address of Elder F. L. Perry, of Peru, is changed to Casilla 1002, Lima, Peru.
The clerk of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Alma, Neb., wishes to know the addresses of the following-named members of that church: Mr. A. E. Allen, Mrs. A. O. K. Drew. Address Mrs. Mary E. Tillottson, R. F. D. 2, Box 23, Alma, Neb.
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