p. 24 | Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 31. (8/5/1902)

Earlier text: Some Financial Matters in the Southern Union Conference

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

“The Niagara Falls Route.”

Corrected Nov. 3, 1901.

EAST

Train columns: 8, Night Express; 12, Detroit Accom.; 6, Mail Express; 10, N.Y. & Bos. Sp.; 14, ? Express; 4, N.Y. & Bos. Sp.; 6, N.Y. & Bos. Sp.; 10, Atlanta Express.

Stations: Chicago; Michigan City; Niles; Kalamazoo; Battle Creek; Marshall; Albion; Jackson; Ann Arbor; Detroit; Flint; Suspension Bridge; Niagara Falls; Buffalo; Rochester; Syracuse; Albany; New York; Springfield; Boston.

WEST

Train columns: 7, Night Express; 17–23, N.Y. No. 1 Ch. Sp.; 6, Mail Express; 9, Fast Mail; 23, Express; 18, Kalamazoo; 27, ? Express.

Stations: Boston; New York; Syracuse; Rochester; Buffalo; Niagara Falls; Suspension Bridge; Falls View; Detroit; Ann Arbor; Jackson; Battle Creek; Kalamazoo; Niles; Michigan City; Chicago.

Daily. † Daily except Sunday.

Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 6.00 p. m., and arrive at 10.40 a. m. and 6.10 p. m. Daily except Sunday.

O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.

R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

GRAND TRUNK R’Y SYSTEM.

EAST	3	4	6	2	10	76
Chicago	AM 11.00	3.02	PM 8.15		AM 7.38
Valparaiso	AM 12.19	4.55	10.25		10.05
South Bend	4.00	6.15	11.52		11.50	AM 7.00
Battle Creek	4.16	5.15	AM 3.00	AM 7.00	PM 12.45	AM 5.00
Lansing	5.20	9.25	5.25	8.50	5.45
Durand	6.00	10.15	4.25	9.30	6.30
Saginaw	6.19			10.05	8.18
Bay City	8.45			11.40	8.45
Detroit	8.00		7.30	11.50	9.30
Port Huron	9.40	AM 12.30	7.00	PM 12.30	8.38
London	11.32	AM 3.27	10.10
Hamilton	2.10	5.24	PM 12.25
Suspension Bridge	3.40	7.05	1.55	8.50	AM 8.30
Buffalo	4.30	8.30	5.05	10.00	5.31
Philadelphia	PM 3.47		7.20	AM 6.55	AM 8.30	PM 3.47
New York	4.31	8.25	AM 8.23	9.33	8.03
Toronto		7.40	PM 1.30	8.10	PM 7.10
Montreal		7.00			7.30
Boston	AM 8.15	8.15		AM 7.05
Portland		6.00		6.35

WEST	3	5	7	9	11	76
Portland	AM 8.15	PM 6.00	AM 10.30
Boston	11.30	7.50
Montreal	PM 10.40	9.00
Toronto	PM 11.00	PM 9.00	PM 5.25		AM 8.30
New York	PM 6.10	8.00	AM 10.00
Philadelphia	PM 7.00	8.45
Buffalo	AM 7.15	AM 8.00	PM 9.30
Suspension Bridge	7.00	PM 3.00	11.15
Hamilton	8.45
London	11.00
Port Huron	12.00	9.00	AM 2.30	AM 6.50	PM 5.50
Detroit	PM 1.35	11.07	4.54	AM 8.45	PM 5.50
Bay City				7.85	4.00
Saginaw	8.00	10.00		7.50	8.00
Durand	8.00	12.00	5.22	9.30	5.30
Lansing	PM 2.45	AM 12.57	8.05	10.50	5.30
Battle Creek	3.50	4.11	7.10	PM 12.15	6.30	AM 5.30
South Bend	5.55	8.08	8.55	2.00	8.30
Valparaiso	6.31	8.55	10.06	2.57	7.30
Chicago	8.45	7.30	11.55	6.11

Nos. 2-4-6—Daily Nos. 3-5-7-9—Daily Nos. 10-?—Daily ex Sunday Nos. 8-11-?—Daily ex Sunday

G. W. VAUX, A. G. P. & T. A., Chicago.

W. C. GUNLIFFE, Agent, Battle Creek.

Business Notices

WANTED.— A man who understands operating a creamery and is familiar with cream separators. Address The Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.

WANTED.— A good home for infant girl two months old. Name Grace. For information apply to Mrs. Mary Welburne, 36 Bedford St., Battle Creek, Mich.

WANTED.— A Christian missionary family to purchase a vegetarian restaurant now in successful operation in Brooklyn. Address Carl Rasmussen, 34 W. Eighteenth St., New York City.

FOR SALE.— Cheap, if taken soon, new, modern 8-room house on Main St., two good lots, fine evergreen trees and hedge. Interurban railway passes door. Good chance for missionary work. Address Mrs. C. E. Hillis, Marshall, Mich.

WANTED.— Two energetic young men, one to learn the blacksmith's trade, the other to learn the tinsmith's. Excellent opportunity to become expert mechanics. Sabbath keepers preferred. Address Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.

Gather the Mission Offerings Each Week

As an evidence that the offerings to missions will be materially increased when attention is given to the matter each week, without added burden to any, one of our Western workers writes:—

We adopted the system of giving weekly to missions some time ago. Formerly our gifts were very small, about sixty-five cents a week. Since I began to collect the mission offerings each Sabbath during the service, we find an increase. Now we have between two and three dollars each week, and usually about thirty-five dollars each quarter.

By keeping our missions continually before the people, they are not inclined to grow careless or forgetful, and overlook the relation of this work to Christ’s coming.

Try the plan of collecting the offerings each week in your church, and let us know if your experience is not similar to this one. If you have not received a supply of the weekly offering envelopes, you can get them by writing to your State office or direct to the Mission Board.

Mission Board.

Virginia Judge Denies Sabbath Exemption to Seventh-day Observer

IN the Sunday laws of most of the States an exemption clause exists for the benefit of observers of the seventh day. It remained for a Virginia judge to make a new discovery with reference to this provision of the Sunday laws, and set up a precedent which, if followed elsewhere, will bring Seventh-day keepers in every State under the liability of fine and imprisonment. A description of the case is given in the Atlantic Union Gleaner, thus:—

Mr. C. P. Morse, of Fredericksburg, Va., was arrested, tried, and convicted for opening his place of business on Sunday. He appealed his case to the next court, employing a lawyer as counselor. The judge, after hearing the case, made the following decision: Mr. Morse admitted himself that he kept the seventh day from Friday evening sunset to Saturday evening sunset, did thereby show, that he kept a part of the sixth day and a part of the seventh day, and worked on the seventh day from Saturday sunset to midnight. Therefore, he did not come under the exemption clause of the laws of the State, which reads as follows: “Any person who conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as a sabbath, and actually refrains from all secular business and labor on that day [shall be exempt].” . . . The position taken by the judge was that the State recognized the day from midnight to midnight. The fine and costs, amounting to $4.99, were paid by Mr. Morse. (Italics ours.)

In order to escape conformity with one heathen observance, the Virginia Sabbath keeper must conform with another observance equally heathen; he must break the Sabbath, in order to escape the penalty of breaking Sunday. This well illustrates the fact that exemption clauses in a Sunday law do not make such laws right, nor provide justice for the people to whom they apply.

Cablegram Reports Brother Daniells Delayed Two Weeks

A CABLEGRAM was received from London, July 30, stating that Brother Daniells had been delayed two weeks. We conclude from this that the other delegates sailed at the appointed time, and that Brother Daniells will follow two weeks later.

Appeal for the Southern Field Work

By Editor

IN addition to the articles by Elder Butler, now appearing in the REVIEW, setting forth the needs of the Southern field, the Southern Publishing Association has prepared an appeal which they will send to our people individually, so far as they have the addresses. The appeal will be sent direct from the Nashville office. It will doubtless reach most of our readers this week or next. We trust it may result in bringing the help needed for the Nashville work.

Youth's Instructor Marks Fifty Years of Publication

Aug. 9, 1902, marks the expiration of fifty years from the date of the founding of the Youth’s Instructor. The half-century anniversary is commemorated by special features in the Instructor of August 7. Among these is a facsimile of the first page of the first issue of the paper, which was printed in Rochester, N. Y. Articles recalling early experiences in the work for the youth are contributed by J. N. Loughborough, Uriah Smith, and G. W. Amadon. It is a most interesting and instructive number from beginning to end.

Tent Rental Rates for Michigan Camp Meeting

TENTS for the Michigan camp meeting will be rented on the ground at the following rates: 12 by 16 ft., $2.50 per week; 14 by 22 ft., $3.00 per week.

No More Laborers Needed on Sanitarium Building

No more laborers are wanted on the new Sanitarium building. This announcement is necessary because more have already come than can be supplied with work.

The Gospel of Temperance

THE August number of The Life Boat is filled with encouraging and helpful articles for all who are in the bondage of sin, but especially for those who have become slaves of the drink habit. Its motto is “Proclaim Liberty to the Captives,” and among the contributors to this number are A. T. Jones; Margaret Wintringer, editor of Young Crusader; J. H. Kellogg, M. D.; David Paulson, M. D.; W. S. Sadler; John G. Woolley, editor of The New Voice; Eva Marshall Shontz, president American Young People’s Christian Temperance Union; Col. H. H. Hadley, general of Blue Button Army; Lillian Wood, National W. C. T. U. organizer; and Charles H. Shepherd, M. D. Any number of copies of this issue of The Life Boat can be supplied, and it ought to have an extensive circulation. The publishers say:—

On account of the wealth of splendid material that the Lord provided for this number, we felt it our duty to add eight extra pages. We believe that you will find something helpful and inspiring on every page. And we believe that God will put it into your hearts to send us a generous donation, not only to meet this additional expense, but also to enable us to place thousands of copies in the hands of prisoners all over the land. To all those who will respond to this call, we will write personal letters, containing accounts of some of the interesting and encouraging experiences that the Lord is continually giving us in the various branches of the Chicago medical missionary work.

We hope there will be many who will avail themselves of this opportunity to help in sending a message of encouragement to troubled souls. Address The Life Boat, 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago, Ill.

British and Foreign Bible Society's Record Year of Distribution

The report of the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society makes an item which is in pleasant contrast with the signs of general spiritual declension which fill the horizon of vision in the world to-day. However much “evil men and seducers” may be waxing worse upon the earth, the dissemination of the divine word goes on, and the light of it penetrates more and more into the dark corners of the earth. The following figures are given in the Missionary Review:—

Last year the British and Foreign Bible Society issued 5,067,421 copies of Scripture, complete or in parts—a total surpassing all earlier records. Since 1804 the society has circulated more than 175,000,000 copies of Scripture. Of every 100 copies issued, 19 were Bibles, 27 were New Testaments, and 54 were Scripture portions, chiefly Gospels or the Psalms. The colporteurs abroad, numbering 743, sold over 1,350,000 copies, while 620 native Christian Bible women were supported in the East, in connection with nearly fifty different missionary organizations. Translations or revisions are in progress in over one hundred different languages. The list of versions now includes the names of three hundred and sixty-seven distinct forms of speech.

And this, while the greatest Bible Society, is not the only one which is engaged in this grand work.