“The law of giving is written in the universe. Take a glance at the relations naturally existing betwixt our physical beings, on the one hand, and the trees, shrubs, and flowers on the other. Tree and plant life ministers to man and animal, and man and animal in turn minister to tree and plant. The latter fill the air with oxygen, that vital element without which human beings can not exist. And man and animal in turn give off carbonic acid gas, without which tree and shrub would perish. More than this: God has wonderfully ordained that the trees and plants must set loose, or give off, the oxygen, before it is possible for them to receive the carbonic acid gas.
“The flowers breathe fragrance and unfold their beauty in blessing to the world. The sun sheds its light to gladden a thousand worlds. The ocean, itself the source of all our springs and fountains, receives the streams from every land, but it takes to give. The mists ascending from its bosom fall in showers to water the earth, that it may bring forth and bud.
“The angels of glory find their joy in giving,—giving love and tireless watch-care to souls that are fallen and unholy. Heavenly beings woo the hearts of men; they bring to this dark world light from the courts above; by gentle and patient ministry they move upon the human spirit, to bring the lost into a fellowship with Christ which is even closer than they themselves can know.
“But turning from all lesser representations, we behold God in Jesus. Looking unto Jesus, we see that it is the glory of our God to give. ‘I do nothing of myself,’ says Christ; ‘the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father.’ ‘I seek not mine own glory, but the glory of Him that sent me.’ In these words is set forth the great principle which is the law of life for the universe. All things Christ received from God, but He took to give. So in the heavenly courts, in His ministry for all created beings; through the beloved Son, the Father’s life flows out to all; through the Son it returns, in praise and joyous service, a tide of love, to the great Source of all. And thus through Christ the circuit of beneficence is complete, representing the character of the great GIVER, the law of life.”
All nature obeys the law of God, the law of life, the law of giving. Only man stands rebellious and out of harmony. Man is a free moral agent. God has left him free to choose whether he will live to give, or live to grasp. He can exist for self, or he can live for others. But with his selfish, self-serving heart, he stands in rebellion against the grand principle of giving everywhere else manifested in the universe. But his Saviour calls upon him in pleading tones to come and yield his spirit to the GIVING SPIRIT,—to become one in spirit, purpose, and life with God and the angels of heaven.
“If thou knewest the gift of God.” The gift of God, accepted in its fullness, is the gift of giving. Said Christ, “The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
The crowning act of giving in the life of Christ was His giving himself unto death—even the death of the cross. Yet He declares that this experience is His glory. “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name.”
With Christ, to be glorified was to give His life,—the last full measure of devotion. He was glorified in His death, and His death was His crowning glory. And thus, in that last fond prayer in the garden, He pleads: “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” But He was pleading for death, and this was the glory He had with the Father before the world was.
When, before this earth was created, the Father and the Son looked down through the dim vista of sin-stained, saddened centuries that were to come,—along the waste lapse of time made terrible by rebellion,—then it was, in that elder day, that Christ offered himself a sacrifice for man. He was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Then it was that He surrendered and gave himself to death, and that was the glory that He had with the Father before the world was. Long were the Father and the Son closeted together, each pouring out His soul. The one was offering His life, the other was accepting the sacrifice. The Son gave His life, the Father gave His Son. Could it be that even Divinity felt the need of this most blessed, most exalting, most purifying experience?
Then it was that Satan rose in rebellion, because he thought that Christ received too much attention and too much glory from the Father. He thought that he was slighted. Little did he know that this attention was a time during which sacrifice was studied, and that this glory spoiled the grave.
To the woman of Samaria Jesus said: “If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water. . . . Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
At another time, kneeling down in prayer, the Master said: “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” The cup which Jesus drank contained the water of life—but the life by the way of the portal of pouring out His soul unto death. And this is the living water and the living way that Jesus offers to all who would follow Him, to all who would be a part of the life from above, to all who will recognize and know that in the womb of the gift of giving is the gift of eternal living.
P. T. MAGAN.
News and Notes
—The Japanese cabinet has resigned.
—Outbreaks against Turkish rule recently occurred in Macedonia.
—Hawaii has decided to give ex-queen Liliuokalani $25,000 a year.
—The New York University’s Hall of Fame will be dedicated the 30th inst.
—By the breaking up of the St. Clair River ice jam, 200 vessels are released.
—The National Council of Mothers will convene in Columbus, Ohio, May 21–24.
—Governor Dietrich, of Nebraska, has resigned, and is succeeded by Ezra P. Savage.
—The convention of the American Anti-Saloon League will be held in Washington, D. C., December 3–5.
—The discovery of some springs of lubricating oil in western Wyoming, is causing considerable excitement.
—Five large shipbuilding concerns of New York City are about to build in that city the largest dry dock in the world.
—A steel combine, formed by Philadelphia capitalists, is to be located at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Capitalization, $117,000,000.
—Rear-Admiral Cromwell has relieved Rear-Admiral Schley of the command of the South Atlantic squadron of the United States navy.
—Mrs. Mary Sankey, mother of the famous gospel singer, Ira D. Sankey, died at her home in New Castle, Pa., the 3d inst., aged ninety years.
—The British ambassador at Washington has received from Secretary Hay “the draft of a new canal treaty, having neutrality as a basic principle.”
—Recent dispatches state that “the friendliness between Russia and France has caused closer relations between Germany and England, with a possible alliance of the latter against Russia.”
—On the 9th inst. a French syndicate loaned Russia 425,000,000 francs, or $85,000,000. The syndicate is backed by the Bank of France, the Credit Lyonnais, the Rothschilds, and other French banks.
—Because of a strike, the street cars of Albany, Troy, Cohoes, Watervliet, and Rensselaer, N. Y., are not running. Among some of the demands of the strikers is one requesting the company to discharge seven non-union men.
—Bessarabia, Russia, is suffering from starvation and typhus, dispatches stating that “seventy per cent of the people in the district have lost all their horses, and are without seed for spring sowing.”
—The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y., opened its gates the 1st inst. However, not over 1,000 paid admissions were sold on that day. The formal opening will take place the 20th inst.
—From India it is reported that “300 troops have been dispatched to the Sialkot district, to suppress plague riots. Twenty-five villages are in revolt, and several hospital assistants have been killed or wounded.”
—J. Pierpont Morgan and his associates have purchased “a controlling interest in the Leyland steamship line, which owns sixty-five vessels employed in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and West Indian trade.” Mr. Morgan paid a very high rate for these vessels—at least so say the English.
—General Waldersee has informed the ministers of the Powers in China that 6,000 men should garrison the Tien-tsin district. Of this force England, France, Germany, and Japan are to contribute 1,400 each, Italy furnishing 400 men. In order to garrison Shang-Hai-Kwan, France, Russia, Great Britain, and Germany “are to contribute 300 men each, and Italy one company until the forts are razed. So long as any forces occupy Chinese territory, the foreign military commanders must exercise the full authority of a civil administration, according to the principles established at The Hague in 1899. War-ships in the Pei-ho will preserve communication with the international fleet at Taku.” This does not look like early peace in China.
—On the 7th and 8th inst. there passed through St. Paul, Minn., 7,500 west-bound home-seekers.
—A $30,000 shortage has been discovered in the accounts of the treasurer of Colorado Springs, Colo.
—The Cuban Commission returned to Havana the 5th inst. It will be interesting to note what their report will be.
—Over 760,000 English coal miners threaten to strike “unless the coal-tax resolution in the House of Commons is withdrawn.”
—The number of Italian emigrants already booked to leave their country for the United States during this month, is 40,000.
—The United States has received an apology from Venezuela “for the arrest and fining of Consular Agent Ignacio Baiz, of Barcelona, and restitution will be made to him.”
—John D. Rockefeller, the oil magnate, recently told his son’s Bible class (in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New York) that he paid $23,000,000 a year to laboring men. But how much did the laboring men pay him?
—A syndicate composed of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co., Baring, Magoun, & Co., the National City Bank, the New York Life Insurance Co., and the Mutual Life Insurance Co., has subscribed for $50,000,000 of the new British war loan of $300,000,000.
—The mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., is appealing for help for the 10,000 persons made homeless by the recent fire. The fire burned to the ground 148 blocks, and not a church is left in the city. The mayor says that “money remittances should be made to A. M. Ives, treasurer.”
—The corn market has been “cornered” by a speculator on the Chicago Board of Trade who “has the gamblers in that cereal at his mercy, and fixes prices as he pleases.” Many have lost heavily, and, “driven to despair by their losses, May 4 two young men attempted to commit suicide.”
—The Clerical Union of the city of Buffalo, N. Y., is putting forth every effort to close the Pan-American Exposition on Sunday. They recently threatened to “take the matter of Sunday opening, even on a limited scale [the Midway amusements], to the courts.”
—The “committee on indemnity” at Peking, China, have asked China to pay $273,000,000. France, Germany, Japan, and Russia agree that China should secure this amount by raising her customs duties. On the other hand, England and the United States object to this plan, the aim of the latter being to “open all China to trade, not merely the treaty ports.”
—In a recent issue of the Turkish sultan’s official organ, the Sabah, is found the following: “The Christian missionaries are anarchists who are undermining the foundations of the Ottoman Empire. They are giaours, who presume to advocate a heathen’s belief in opposition to Mohammedanism. In the future, missionaries will not be allowed to open schools. The government will retard their activity wherever possible.”
—Recent dispatches from Berlin announce the discovery of “a gigantic conspiracy in Russian Poland, which has been followed by a large number of arrests. Six hundred persons who were suspected of being anarchists were imprisoned in the citadel at Warsaw. These included all the passengers on a train, numbering 200. The districts of Sosnovice, Siedlce, and Dombrova have been occupied by Cossacks.”
—Anticipating the rush of visitors to the Pan-American Exposition, certain capitalists built “the mammoth Statler Hotel, with nine acres of sleeping-rooms, three miles of halls, and a dining-room to feed 5,000 persons.” May 3 there were 286 hotel employees on duty, and but “one guest, Mr. Wilson, of New York, who humorously complained, to the officers, of inattention on the part of the servants, and announced that he would leave the next day. The management began at once looking for some one to take his place.”
—An exchange states that last week, at Columbia University, “instead of the regular lecture in the department of English, the members of the sophomore and freshmen classes were subjected to spelling tests. The instructors are seeking practical proof or disproof of the charge that college men can not spell correctly. The department will not announce the actual results of the tests up to date, but it is known that the percentage of errors in spelling comparatively simple words was surprisingly large. The tests will probably result in the establishment of a college class in spelling as an adjunct to the department of English.” Such a spelling class is sorely needed in most colleges and universities of this country.
—Forest fires are the cause of much damage in Wexford County, this State.
—Australia has vast coal fields, which have so far been practically untouched.
—Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, has been offered $3,000,000 for his interests in the Texas oil fields.
—The anti-imperialists recently objected strenuously to Harvard University’s giving to President McKinley the degree of doctor of laws.
—A State coal-mine is soon to be opened in New Zealand “to supply the government railways with coal, and to keep down the prices.”
—Germany will forbid the employment of saccharine, “except when it is recommended for therapeutic purposes,” as its use is very injurious.
—The Standard Oil Company has just declared a dividend of $12 a share, making a total of $32 per share thus far this year. Last year the total dividends, per share, were $48.
—Civil government was established in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, the 3d inst., “preliminary to the inauguration of a general civil government.”
—The present population of London, including the city itself and “twenty-eight metropolitan boroughs, forming what is termed the administrative county of London,” is 4,536,934, an increase of 308,717 since the previous census.
—“A strange phenomenon was recently witnessed in southern Italy and Sicily,” says the Scientific American. “This was a heavy red cloud which extended over this territory, and the rain resembled drops of coagulated blood. This phenomenon, which is called ‘bloody rain,’ is attributed to dust from the African deserts transported by heavy south winds.”
GENERAL MEETING IN INDIANA
By Alonzo T. Jones
The first general meeting since the General Conference was held at Indianapolis, Ind., May 3-5. There were present Elders A. G. Daniells, W. W. Prescott, A. T. Jones, P. T. Magan, W. C. White, and, as Sister White and her party were starting westward just at this time, she went by way of Indianapolis, and was also present.
By the Testimony during the General Conference, published on page 419 of the Bulletin, the true situation was made plain. The brethren who had led in the wrong course confessed to this, and placed themselves in the attitude of perfect willingness to aid in every way possible in putting the affairs of the Conference on a better basis. At the time of the General Conference, the Indiana Conference Committee tendered their resignation. But as this was a matter to be considered by the people of the Indiana Conference rather than by the General Conference, it was thought best to convene a special session of the Indiana Conference. Although the notice was short, the response was hearty, and a good representation from all the State was present, about one hundred and twenty delegates being in attendance.
The principles and spirit that had characterized the course of the General Conference just closed were continued in this general meeting and conference in Indiana. Everything was done openly, with all the people present. Everything was stated candidly, and made plain to all, that all the people might know all that was done, and should themselves be the principals in the doing of it. Since they, the people of the Indiana Conference, are the Indiana Conference, what was to be done in this Conference, as of the Indiana Conference, must be done by the people. Therefore, it was essential that everything should be plainly stated and thoroughly known by the people who were to do what must be done.
The meeting began Friday evening, with a sermon by Elder Daniells, from the expressive words of Joshua 3:5; 4:24: “Sanctify yourselves: for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” “That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty; that ye might fear the Lord your God forever.” The Lord is ready to do wonders with His people. All that is needed is that the people sanctify themselves, cut themselves loose, and set themselves apart from the world, and all that is of it, that God may317have full possession. The word was well received, and the Spirit of God witnessed to it.
Sabbath morning at 8:30, Brother Prescott gave one of the best Bible studies that ever I heard, from 2 Cor. 3:1-6; 4:1-7, on the ministry of the Spirit of life. Words can not describe it, but a careful reading of the Scriptures used will give an indication of the line of study. The Spirit of God was present in power, giving light and life, and deeply impressing conviction of truth, privilege, and duty.
At eleven o’clock Sister White spoke with her usual power and solemn impressiveness, on the love, the presence, and the ready helpfulness of Christ to all.
At two o’clock the Sabbath-school lesson was studied. The house was so full that, instead of reciting by classes, all joined in a study of the lesson of the Sanctuary, led by Brother Prescott. Beautiful lessons were found on the meaning of the earthly sanctuary, as a parable for the time then present, signifying that the way into the holiest of all was not made manifest while the first tabernacle was yet standing; and, upon the manifestation of that way into the holiest of all, since the first tabernacle is not now standing; hearts were made to burn as it was seen that Christ alone is the Way into the holiest of all; that Christ is the great object and the meaning of the parable, as in all things of God He is the Way.
At three o’clock the writer followed with a discourse on the priesthood and ministry of Christ as the pattern of the priesthood and ministry of Christians. For of us it is written: “Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,” and “all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Cor. 5:18. Christ was made priest “after the power of an endless life.” Heb. 7:16. And it is only “the power of an endless life” that can ever make anybody a priest and minister of God. It is only an endless life, of which we are the ministers. God has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5:19. That word is the word of life, eternal life. It being thus only an endless life of which we are ministers, it is impossible for any one to minister that which he has not. Then, except we be possessed of endless life, our ministry, as of God, is nothing. This simply expresses the great truth that every man must himself be that which he calls others to be, or his call is in vain. No man can minister that which he has not. And in this, as in all other things of Christ, full provision is made, because, though “the wages of sin is death,” “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Endless life is a free gift to every soul, and every one can have it by believing in Jesus. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.
At the close of the Sabbath, there was taken up the business of the Conference. At 7:30 Elder Daniells was to preach; but the business meeting was so spiritual, and therefore so interesting, that it was the unanimous choice that the business meeting should continue. And throughout, the proceedings were not distinguishable in spirit from the meetings that had been held even on the Sabbath; because the same principles were simply continued in the business meetings that had been dwelt upon in the Sabbath meetings. The people themselves did the business; they themselves named the committees.
Sunday morning at 5:20 there was a Bible study led by Elder Prescott on the kingdom of God of Dan. 2:44. At 8:30 Sister White gave counsel, clear and direct, on the situation as it was in Indiana. It was accepted by all; and all willingly began to act in accordance with it. At 10:30 the writer delivered a discourse on the power of that endless life by which alone men are made priests and ministers of God. It is found only in the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ; for “in the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death;” “Righteousness delivereth from death;” and the gospel is the power of God, because therein is the righteousness of God revealed. This was followed in the interval before the afternoon meeting, by a Bible study with the ministers and other workers of Indiana, led by Elder Prescott, on the development of the truth in the book of Daniel, leading up to the finishing of transgression, the making an end of sins, and reconciliation for iniquity, and the bringing in of everlasting righteousness, the sealing up of the vision and prophecy, and the anointing of the Most Holy, by the coming and the sacrifice of Christ, and His ministration in the sanctuary, and the true tabernacle, which God pitched and not man. At noon, Sister White and her party departed for the West.
At 3 P. M. there was again a business meeting of the Conference, which was but a continuation in principles and spirit of the other meetings that had been held. All the committees reported; their reports were freely considered and adopted, in great spiritual blessing. When the Finance Committee reported, there was the period of greatest blessing. The Spirit of God came upon dear Brother M. Hill, and he delivered one of the most thrilling exhortations that it was ever my privilege to hear. And to this statement I know that all who were present will say “Amen.”
The new Conference Committee, unanimously elected, are: President, Ira J. Hankins. Executive Committee: P. G. Stanley, Enoch Swartz, J. H. Crandall, and R. O. Ross, M. D. As Sister Thompson is called to work in another State, Sister A. L. Miller was chosen as Sabbath-school Secretary.
This business meeting closed about six o’clock, in full unity of the brethren, with the deep and heartfelt doxology, “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.”
The closing service was at 7:30, in a discourse by Elder Prescott, on “He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
At the end of the discourse the meeting was closed, and the brethren departed to their homes in good cheer, of good courage, with the set purpose of “endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” There are better days for Indiana, and for all the field; for this meeting made it perfectly plain that the good work of reorganization which God began in General Conference, He will continue in the field until all the Conferences shall be reached and touched with the new life and power which have come down from heaven to water and revive His thirsty heritage. And let all the people pray that thus it may be, and more and more.
ALONZO T. JONES.
ANOTHER SHRINE AT WHICH TO WORSHIP
By C. A. Watkins
The past week has been one of great excitement in Menominee, Mich. Sunday morning a number of Polish Catholics were engaged in great revelry at the home of one Czarnetski, on Wells Street, when suddenly one of the company, a little more devout than the rest, began to feel some remorse of conscience for such conduct on the Sabbath (?), and looking toward a picture of the sacred heart hanging near by on the wall, discovered what since has been the object of curiosity and wonder for thousands who have visited the place to see it.
The heart of Christ was bleeding,—yes, from the hands, and feet, and heart of that picture there was dripping slowly a thin red substance resembling blood. It continued several minutes, then ceased, and the last drops dried on the spot, where they have since been examined by thousands. Many remarks and criticisms have been offered by the visitors, but the Catholics bow in reverence before it, and with weeping and wailing, confess their sins, and make vows of consecration.
To witness the scene is sufficient to move one's heart with pity. Oh, that the truth of the everlasting gospel might reach these yearning souls! How unprepared they are to resist the greater deceptions that are yet to come. The true cause of this mystery has not yet been discovered; but should it be believed to be of supernatural origin, it is but a foreshadowing of what we may expect from him who works with all deceivableness of unrighteousness. 2 Thess. 2:10.
He “deceiveth them that dwell on the earth.” Here a power is brought to view that is to deceive the world. Does God deceive His people?—No, no! There is one deceiver, and as is shown by the last verses of the same chapter, it is he who demands the death of God's servants. That power is easily identified, and it is written: “He doeth great wonders” to deceive them that dwell upon the earth. These deceptions are manifold:—
First: Catholicism is the prevailing religion in this city, and this marvelous demonstration has already caused many to believe that God is on the papal side, and that, after all, to them are granted divine favors that others do not have. All manner of suggestions can come from the author of the mystery to the mind that is uninformed in the truth as revealed in the word of the Lord, concerning this power.
Second: The wonder happened on Sunday, and as the Sabbath truths have been presented here of late, and men's minds have been seeking excuses for continuing in the transgression of the Sabbath commandment, that they may obey the voice of the papacy in observing Sunday, this comes to them as timely evidence. If God, as they believe it to be of God, should be so grieved at the carousals of these people on Sunday as to bring blood from the picture of His Son, as a manifestation of that grief, that day must indeed be sacred. O foolish Menominees, who hath bewitched you?
Still again: The worship of images and sacred pictures is revived in untold measure. Thousands of dollars have already been offered for this bleeding heart, but as yet the family deem it too sacred to let it pass from their home, and hundreds are flocking there to bow before it and worship.
We are living in times of wonders, not wonders from the God heaven,—His wonderful love was long ago demonstrated,—but the marvelous workings of iniquity. “Whose coming is after [at the time of] the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” 2 Thess. 2:9, 10.
C. A. WATKINS.
WISCONSIN
By Wm. Covert
BETHEL.—There were twelve persons baptized by Professor Tenney and the writer at Bethel, Wis., May 4. All these were students in the schools, or else had been during the year. The day was beautiful, as only a lovely, budding May day can be, and the whole assembly of perhaps two hundred persons, was in accord with the glory of the day.
After a discourse on the subject of baptism, the congregation formed in marching order, with the candidates at the head of the column, as a singing choir. Going forward, they sang, “Blessed Lord, how much I need thee,” “Jesus my Lord, to thee I cry,” and, lastly, “Take me as I am.”
A sweet spirit of solemnity and joy rested upon all present. Professor Tenney, though ordained last June, had not previously administered the divine rite. The first candidate he immersed was his own son. Almost all eyes were wet with tears, and remained so to the close of the service.
Among the twelve was an Oneida Indian girl, who came to the school from a settlement of Oneidas west of Green Bay. She is preparing for evangelistic work among her people, and gives promise of being quite capable. She is one of a company who accepted the truth last season through the labors of Elder Hill, an Indian minister who came to Wisconsin one year ago. Wm. COVERT.
ADDRESSES
THE address of Elder J. W. Collie is changed from Battle Creek, Mich., to Stratford, Ontario, until further notice.
Mrs. Lizzie Hoover, 506 E. Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa, desires the address of Martha J. Delhorbe.
MEDICAL MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL
By David Paulson
FIFTY young men and women of mature age, possessing a solid, substantial Christian experience, who have already had some experience in working for others, can be received immediately into the Chicago Medical Missionary Training School. Our large cities are ripe and ready for aggressive work, but those who will attain to the highest success in this work, must secure both training and experience.
Our Medical Missionary Training School in Chicago affords this opportunity for those who feel that they have been called of God to enter our large cities. The class instruction covers, in one year, essentially the same ground as the first year of the Battle Creek Sanitarium Training School. In addition, there is almost an unlimited opportunity for coming in personal contact with whatever class of society the worker’s capacity enables him to reach.
The new class forms July 1, although students can be advantageously received before that date. The expense for board and room may not exceed two dollars a week, and many of those who are active and energetic, and have learned to use their time to the very best advantage, will be able to earn their expenses.
Write at once for application blank, and also send in the names of several of the brethren in responsible positions with whom we can correspond for reference. It is hoped that church elders and ministers will co-operate in selecting a valuable corps of laborers to be trained for work in these most neglected of all fields—our large cities.
David Paulson,1926 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS' REUNION
By James Edson White; S. H. Lane
This meeting will be held at Memphis, Tenn., three days, beginning May 28. The citizens of Memphis have contributed one hundred thousand dollars to meet the expenses of this reunion. Seventy-five thousand soldiers and visitors are expected at that time.
A memorial was presented at the recent General Conference asking that body to take cognizance of this important event, and arrange for a representation of our work by the distribution of reading-matter at that time. A committee was appointed, and its report suggested the distribution of ten thousand copies of a daily paper during the three days of the reunion. It also suggested that headquarters be secured in the city during this time, and that the Review and Herald, Pacific Press, Good Health Publishing Company, and the Religious Liberty Association be asked to each send a supply of suitable literature for distribution. The report of this committee passed unanimously in open session of the Conference, and Elder Bollman was appointed editor of the daily paper, and the Southern Union Conference was empowered to appoint a business manager of the enterprise.
Here is a grand opportunity to put the truth into the hands of men who will carry it into thousands of homes throughout the entire South. As nearly as can be estimated, this work will cost $500. About $135 has already been pledged, leaving a balance of $365 yet to be raised.
Now we would say to our brethren and sisters everywhere, that we hope the Lord will put it into your hearts to contribute enough to make up the $500. We trust you will respond immediately by sending contributions, addressed to I. A. Ford, 243 S. Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga., or to H. M. Mitchell, treasurer of the General Conference, Battle Creek, Mich., and receipts will be forwarded immediately for whatever amounts may be received. Should more than enough be given to pay the expense of this effort, the money will be used in the prosecution of the work in the needy South.
As before stated, this is a wonderful opportunity to place the truth before the public. These aged veterans are men of mature years, established in life, with numerous children and grandchildren, and the reading-matter they carry into their homes will be a means of diffusing the truth everywhere throughout the great Southern territory, at a nominal expense; and as our literature is carried to their families, advertising our work extensively, the books and papers thus distributed will not only be read, but other books and publications will be seen advertised in connection with the reading-matter, and orders will be sent for publications, which will carry the seeds of truth still farther to all portions of the South. Reader, will you send a donation immediately to aid in this work?
We have but a few more years in which to work, and every notable gathering in which thousands are assembled should be permeated with our reading-matter, so that our work may be advertised throughout all parts of the world. Let us work while the day lasts, realizing that the night in which no man can work is fast approaching. Who will respond now? Let no delay mark our efforts in this direction, as the time is short before the reunion, and reading-matter should be furnished and the expenses met immediately; so please send your offerings immediately.
